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RETURN No. 27 Statement of Net Expenditure from Vote for Additions to Open Lines, Public Works Fund, 1891-92.

Accountant's Office, New Zealand Railways, A. C. Fife, 25th April, 1892. Railway Accountant. Examined and found correct. James Edward FitzGerald, 26th April, 1892. Controller and 4<luditor-General.

RETURN No. 28. Statement of Alterations effected in and Additions made to the Scale of Charges during the Year ending 31st March, 1892. PART I.—PASSENGERS. GENERAL FARES AND REGULATIONS. (23.) Teachers' Saturday Season Tickets Duration of term fixed. (30.) Athletic Teams Regulation extended to rifle-clubs. (33.) Miscellaneous Additional clause. LOCAL FARES AND REGULATIONS. Auckland Section. Suburban traffic Second-class return fare, Auckland and Newmarket, reduced. PART lI.—LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC. Regulation respecting commercial travellers' luggage altered. Regulation respecting storage of parcels inserted and removed. Regulation respecting horses of members of hunt-clubs returning from meets altered. Cream to be charged same rates as milk. Local milk-rate to Wellington inserted. PART lII— GOODS classified rates. Classes F, H, N, P, and Q Inserted up to 250 miles, and altered for distances beyond 250 miles. Classes A, B, C, D, E, X, and M Altered for distances beyond 400 miles. REGULATIONS. (7.) Class X, Timber When timber is conveyed in double-bogie trucks, check-wagon or -wagons to be charged for when required. (8.) Class M, Live-stock Drovers' dogs included. (9.) Class N, Special Regulation as to minimum quantity amended. (10.) Class P, Native Coal, &c. Clause in regard to minimum quantity of bone-dust, guano, &c, inserted. (18.) Demurrage regulation altered. (19.) Private stores and sidings Regulation amended, also new clause about responsibility of siding-holders for safety of railway property (21.) Stock, implements, dogs, and poultry exhibited at Agricultural Shows, and entire horses exhibited at Horse Parades Regulation altered. (23.) Miscellaneous New regulation respecting supply of trucks, also respecting non-respon-sibility of Commissioners for delivery of goods by particular trains, &c. New clause about goods remaining on hand four working-hours after arrival. Charge provided to cover cost of sending a messenger with any consignment exceeding £500 in value. (24.) Tasmanian Exhibition, Launceston Regulation inserted respecting free carriage of exhibits. PART IV.—LOCAL RATES. The words "unless otherwise provided to the contrary" added to the direction in regard to charging small lots. Whangarei Section. New regulation about storage of goods. Rate for P and Q goods between coal-mines, Whangarei, and Railway Wharf reduced. Auckland Section. Rate, Auckland to Westfield, for copra, candlenuts, peanuts, rapeseed, linseed, sodas, and other raw material, reduced. Clause in regard to rate for raw materials, ex ship, for manufacture of artificial manures, Railway Wharf to Westfield, amended. Rate for oil, soap, candles, soda-crystals, refined tallow, and oilcake, Westfield to Auckland, reduced. Rate for tallow, Westfield to private sidings at Auckland, removed.

Vote No. Name of Vote. Appropriation. Expenditure. Credits. Net Expenditure. Public Works Fund. Pabt I. Additions to open linos Eailway Capital Account £ s. d. 43,000 0 0 3 300 0 0 £ s. d. 30,388 4 11 3,300 0 0 & s. d. £ s. d. 30 388 4 11 3,300 0 0 89 91