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RETURN No. 31. HTTEUNUI-BLTTFF SECTION. Statement of Expenditure charged to Additions and Alterations during the Financial Tear ended 31st March, 1882.

Surfacing,— £ s. d. £ a. d. Check-rails round curves, Waitati Cliffs 2 7 0 Laying loop-line and improvements to Longbush Siding ... ... ... 52 8 8 Extending ballast-discharging siding, Lyttelton ... ... ... 0 4 3 Completing sidings, on Malvern and Whitecliffs Branches ... ... 50 18 4 Shifting south crossing over road, Hornby 19 4 0 Cross over siding, Addington ... 67 10 4 Extending dummy siding, Southbridgo 4 11 0 Dummy siding, 5 chains long, west end of Aylesbury Yard ... ... 900 Siding for cattle-yards, Waihoa ... 25 13 9 Alterations to sidings, Dunedin Yard ... 60 18 2 Buffer-stop in goods-shed, Invercargill 4 8 0 Siding, Addington ... ... ... 299 Laying rails to erecting-shops, Addington 24 10 4 Shifting points of siding, Makikihi ... 22 8 G Additional siding, including earthwork to additional ones, Mosgiel... ... 134 16 0 Extending Dome siding ... ... 40 13 2 522 2 0 Ballasting,— Completing 6 four-bunk ballast-huts ... 6 17 4 6 17 4 Grading— Closing and filling in air-shaft, south end of Deborah Bay Tunnel ... ... 20 9 7 Enlarging C'aversham Tunnel to its full size ... ... ... ... 208 19 6 Lining 10 or 12 feet (lineal) of Caversham Tunnel ... ... ... ... 156 18 11 Forming wing-dam, Mataura River ... 62 12 3 Pitching 4 miles railway embankment beyond Athol ... ... ... 57 18 G Making additional rubble-drain in Deep Crock Bank ... ... ... 80 4 3 Collecting and placing stone at Waitaki Bridge ... ... ... ... 73 18 5 Extending retaining-wall, north end of Waipahi Station ... ... ... 21 5 0 —_____ 682 6 5 Eoad approaches, — Erecting lamp, Wilson's Road ... 4 11 2 Forming and metalling road, Lyttelton 14 12 7 Level crossing, Sheffield, with bridge over water-race ... ... ... 5 6 11 Level crossing, Eyreton Branch ... 6 17 5 Concrete walls under cattle-stops, Springston Road crossing ... ... 15 18 0 Shifting level crossing from 117 miles 71 chains to 118 miles 7 chains ... 140 Lamp-post, Strathallan Street, Timaru 15 0 Forming and gravelling pathway, Otaio 6 15 0 Raising approach to loading siding, Maheno ... ... ... 21 15 0 Making and erecting lamp at level crossing, north end Palmerston yard ... 252 Ditto, Start Street, Palmerston ... 2 13 2 Making up approach-road to overbridge, south of Kaihiku ... ... 10 14 6 Laying in level crossing timbers, Bluff line ... ... ' ... ... 3 11 0 Widening level crossing, Fendal Town Eoad ... ... _ ... 15 12 1 Fixing notice-boards on level crossings and yard-gates, Waipara-Temuka ... 1511 4 Gravelling siding approach, Oamaru ... 27 14 3 Bridges and Culverts, — 12-feot open culvert, 115 miles 43 chains, to take place of old box-culvert ... 35 18 11 6-inch pipe under approach to level crossing, Waikouaiti ... ... 2 14 0 4-feet open masonry culvert, near Goodwood ... ... ... 25 17 1 Construction of 3-feet stone culverts, 389 miles 36 chains and 390 miles 26 chains 103 11 0

I Bridges and Culverts — continued. £ a. d. £ s. d. Footbridge for shunting on overbridge, Pukerau ... ... ... 16 5 11 Bridge orer Waihemo Hirer ... ... 58 18 6 243 5 5 Fences, Gates, &c, — Gate, West Oxford.., ... ... 11 110 Alterations to fencing, &c., Templcton... 3 6 0 Fencing Signalman's house, Heathcote... 6 9 1 Converting -wicket-gate, Herbert, into box-wicket ... ... ... 195 Erection of "vvickel-gate, &c, Tcmuka ... 4 13 9 Making fence good, Addington ... 1 17 5 Alterations to cattle-yards, Addington... 7 5 3 Substituting 2 gates for 2 slip-panels, Pukeuri-Duntroon ... ... 3 18 8 Cattle-stops at each end of fencing erected on Bluff Line ... ... 17 11 8 57 13 1 Signals,— Additions to signal-cabin, Kensington ... 13 19 10 Alterations to signals, Waitati Station ... 64 15 10 „ „ Burkes „ ... 44 3 6 Fitting up old signal-box from Ocean Beaeli Railway Junction at north end of Dunedin Yard, and erecting signalbox, Eattray Street ... ... 30 18. 1 Additions to signals, Mosgiel ... 58 19 6 Starting-signals, Dunedin Yard ... 40 18 8 ———— iiOO XO O Cranes and Weighbridges,— Erecting new weighbridge, Christchurch 77 7 0 2-ton crane, Palmerston, coal-shed ... 72 210 „ Balclutha Station ... 72 211 Weighbridge, Port Chalmers... ... 13 8 5-ton jib-cranes, Addington and Kaiapoi 2 5 9 225 2 2 Water Services, — Erecting windmill, Chertsey (completion) 7 12 1 Erecting hot-air engine, Bangiora and Amberley ... ... ... 28 19 9 Extension of gravitation-pipes, Hampden 41 16 5 Wooden tank, &c, Mihiwaka ... 27 18 7 Now well, Mosgiel ... ... ... 48 5 2 Laying water from town mains to engineshed, Lawrence ... ... 92 0 7 Boring for water, Waikouaiti ... 101 10 0 Engine water service, Stirling ... 88 19 3 Erecting hot-air engine, Clinton ... 16 10 9 Washing-out service, G-ore ... ...- 11 17 1 Purchase of No. 6 ram for half-way tanks, Bluff Branch ... ... 9 0 0 Laying pipes through siding and approach, Lowther ... ... ... 226 Washing out pipes, engine-shed, Bluff 29 18 4 „ „ „ Elbow 42 19 10 549 0 4 Station-Buildings,— Temporary sheep-yard, Gust ... ... 080 Fitting up stages for loading double-deck sheep-wagons, Amberley-Temuka ... 279 010 Ditto, Southbridge Branch ... ... 65 14 4 Ditto, Malvern-Whitecliffs ... ... 59 6 8 Ditto, Temuka-Waitaki ... ... 57 1 7 Alteration of booking-office, Eangiora ... 310 Altering old litting-shop, Christchurch, for Stores Department ... ... 27 16 4 Altering drawing office, Christchurch, for use of Telegraph Department ... 32 13 3 Concreting part of door of running shed, Christolrurch ... 51 3 6 Closing in front of station, Kaiapoi ... 914 10 Concreting floor of Miles and ICo.'s old shed, Lyttelton ... ... ... 102 2 2 Making and fixing window, refreshment - room, Christchurch ... ... 2 12 3 Building new office, Timaru, for Inspector ... ... 37 17 6 Tank and spouting, Otaio ... ... 016 0 Erecting temporary bank, Timaru ... 16 13 4