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No. 2. RAILWAY . RETURN of Expenditure and Liabilities for Survey and Construction to 30th June, 1872 ;* but including the Six Railway Contracts entered into with Messrs. Brogden and Sons on the 10th of August, 1872.

00 oj be Miles. Expendituee. Liabilities. Total Total Expendituee and Total Lines op Railway. fcfj " rH pq ».a I Surveyed and jSurveying. Completed or in course of Completion. Expendituee. Liabilities. 1870-71. 1871-72. \ jContracts, General. Contracts, Messrs. Brogden. Liabilities. NORTH ISLAND. Mis. chs. Miles chains. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. £ 8. d. Kawa Kawa to place of shipment Kaipara to Riverhead, and Survey to Auckland Auckland to Mercer Napier to Ruataniwha ... Wellington to Masterton Patea to Manawatu Gorge ... ... 7 Waitara to Patea... ... ... ... j ii 32 8 0 37 0 47 0 57 0 70 0 17 0 47 0 18 0 8 0 920 0 0 707 7 5 1,559 6 10 (, 669 7 1 ( 235 15 6 10,565 10 6 19,451 14 1 1,708 5 1 1,517 4 10 2,360 0 4 252 4 10 10,565 10 6 20,371 14 1 2,415 12 6 3,076 11 8 3,029 7 5 488 0 4 105 0 0 35,569 4 0 30,047 13 5 166,724 0 0 50,807 0 0 28,616 0 0 105 0 0 35,569 4 0 196,771 13 5 50,807 0 0 28,616 0 0 105 0 0 46,134 14 6 217, 143 7 6 53,222 12 6 31,692 11 8 3,029 7 5 488 0 4 69 0 7 o Totals 43 288 0 I 97 0 I 4,091 16 10 35,854 19 8 39,946 16 6 65,721 17 5 246,147 0 0 311,868 17 5 351,815 13 11 MIDDLE ISLAND. Brunner to Greymouth ... Nelson to FoxhiU Picton to Blenheim Kowai to Rangiora Rangiora to Addington ... Rangiora to Oxford Kaiapoi to Eyreton Rolleston to Malvern and Southbridge Selwyn to Rakaia... Rakaia to Ashburton Ashburton to Ternuka Temnka to Timaru Timaru to Waitaki Waitaki Bridge ... Waitaki to Moeraki Tokomairiro to Lawrence Dunedin to Clutha Clutha to Mataura Mataura to Invereargill ... Winton to Kingston Sleepers Unapportionable ... ... 12 i 2 7 0 20 20 20 20 15 0 19 0 21 0 10 40 53 40 11 21 20 0 32 0 12 0 41 0 0 25 17 0 .. - . 19 0 7 0 __ ... . 12 0 11 21 60 0 0 566 6 11 100' 0 0 118" 7 0 422 11 5 546 19 6 1,182 18 8 312 5 7 82,483 7 9 367 0 3 71 15 3 734 17 0 11,353 18 7 312 1 2 247 5 0 9,981 19 5 105 0 0 10,106 3 8 1,245 4 7 122 4 11 42,311 3 11 700 1 6 759 10 8 838 12 4 422 11 5 606 19 6 1,182 18 8 312 5 7 83,049 14 8 367 0 3 71 15 3 734 17 0 11,353 18 7 412 1 2 247 5 0 10,100 6 5 105 0 0 10,260 1 2 1,245 4 7 122 4 11 48,293 7 3 700 1 6 1,413 11 11 838 12 4 2,785 9 2 1,400 0 0 1,227 0 0 997 6 6 4,518314 8 75,534' 0 0 75,534 0 0 2,785 9 2 1,400 0 0 1,227" 0 0 997 6 6 4,51814 8 422 11 5 606 19 6 76,716 18 8 312 5 7 85,835 3 10 1,767 0 3 71 15 3 1,961 17 0 12,351 5 1 412 1 2 247 5 0 14,619 1 1 105 0 0 11,447 3 2 3,495 10 5 122 4 11 209,021 0 4 700 1 6 88,110 11 11 838 12 4 26,146 13 4 500 0 0 2 44 "i 153 "l7 6 1,187" 2 0 2,250 5 10 1,187 2 0 2,250 5 10 "(3 40 40 20 0 51 0 50 0 40 20 16 0 ,_ '" ■ 51 0 5,982 3 4 18,727 13 1 142,000' 0 0 160,727 13 1 40 20 654' 1 3 86,697' 0 0 86,697 0 0 500' 0 0 sob" 0 0 26,14613 4 26,146 13 4 Totals 24 500 41 160 30 7,634 16 0 164, 705 1 2 172,339 17 2 59,240 4 7 304, 231 0 0 363, 471 4 7 535,811 1 9 * The " Expenditure " includes the payments made for Plant and Rolling Stock by the Agent-General to the date of his last accounts (31st March) ; but in the " Liabilities," the plant yet to arrive ia not included, owing to the impossibility of apportioning the amount to the various Lines —see separate Table, No. 3.