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The following table shows particulars of repairs, &c, to locomotives and boilers: —

The following new work is in hand: Two Class IT engines, two Wa, and IFa ; and one Lfs being rebuilt to La. There are also four new boilers in hand, and orders have been issued for fifteen more. Carriage and Wagon Repairs, Rebuilding : Five hundred and two cars, two hundred vans, and three thousand three hundred and eighty-six wagons passed through the shops ; ten new cars Class A were built, and five four-wheel and two six-wheel old type cars were entirely rebuilt to seven bogie cars, Class A ; one old type four-wheel van was entirely rebuilt to bogie type ; seventyfive four-wheel sheep-trucks, and twenty-five Class 0 coal hoppers, were built and added to stock during the year. The following table will show particulars of repairs and renewals to carriages, vans, and wagons: —

The following new work is in hand : Four second-class A cars, and fifteen Class J wagons (balance of fifty), thirty-five Class C cars and fourteen D cars are under conversion to Class A, and one four-wheel brake-van to bogie type. No machinery of any note has been added during the year. Steam Cranes and Stationary Boilers. —Fifty-three passed through shops during the year, the following table shows particulars of the repairs effected : —

The expenditure per train-mile in pence has been as follows: —

The usual returns have been forwarded. I have, &c, T. F, EOTHEBAM, The General Manager, New Zealand Eailways. Locomotive Superintendent.

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Year. i Train Mileage. Engine Mileage. L ° oomot j-? 5 5 per Tram Mile. Car and Wagon per Train Mile. Total. 895 .896 3,221,620 3,307,226 4,136,080 4,261,707 d. 13-09 13-47 d. 3.79 3-97 d. 16-88 17-44