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RETURN No. 7. Expenditure under Vote for Additions to Open Lines charged to Capital Account, Year ended 31st March, 1897.

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Department. Total Expenditure. /ay and Works locomotive £ a. d. 24,789 8 0 39,927 7 8 £64,716 15 8 Way and Works Department : Particulars of Works, etc. Section. Work, <fec. Amount. Total. K»ihu Station buildings, platform, and siding Dwellings Water-services £ s. d. 488 19 10 184 12 3 217 15 4 £ s. d. Auckland Doubling line between Greenlane and Ellerslie Widening overhead bridge, Mount Roskill Additions and improvements to station buildings, platforms, and signals Additions to sidings, loading-banks, sheep- and cattle-yards, cattle-stops Additions to dwellings Cranes and turntable 1,254 15 6 595 3 0 891 7 J> 432 4 0 Napiar-Taranaki Additions and improvements to station buildings, platforms, and signals Additions to sidings, loading-banks, and sheep- and cattleyards Additions to dwellings .. Fencing Water-supply and drainage Wheel drop-pits 233 8 2 946 3 8 119 8 6 3,581 2 10 2,738 17 1 Wellington 490 5 3 270 0 1 317 8 3 206 7 8 172 3 9 4,195 2 1 Additions and improvements to station buildings, platforms, and signals Additions to sidings and loading-banks Additions to dwellings Drainage Extension of car- and wagon-shop, Petone Ventilation of Bimutaka Tunnel 1,700 1 4 243 8 6 73 18 0 151 19 1 1,193 0 1 68 18 4 Additions and improvements to station buildings and platforms Additions to sidings, loading-banks, and sheep- and cattleyards Additions to dwellings .. Engine turntable Water-supply Purchase of land 3,431 5 i Hurunui-Bluff (Ohristchurch Division) 690 13 11 Y21 14 8 849 11 11 385 18 6 72 14 11 38 13 7 (Dunedin Division) .. 2,759 7 6 Additions to station buildings Additions to sidings, loading-banks, weighbridge, sheepand cattle-yards, and level crossing Additions to dwellings Improvements to Port Chalmers wharves Stone protection, Oamaru foreshore, &c. Purchase of land and compensation 621 16 11 938 14 1 602 11 10 3,723 12 4 526 17 10 464 10 3 6,878 3 3 (Invercargill Division) Additions and improvements to station buildings and platforms Additions to sidings and loading-banks Additions to dwellings Purchase of land 233 0 8 1,154 18 7 659 16 4 7 1 0 Greymouth-Hokitika .. 2,054 16 7 Stone protection, Arahura River Fencing Asphalt footpath, Mawhera Quay, Greymouth Addition to dwelling 159 11 2 132 5 1 45 0 0 6 7 5 Nelson 09 2 4 80 0 0 20 0 0 343 3 S Water-service Addition to dwelling Purchase of land I'ioton 169 2 4 Reclamation for car-shed, and filling in angle 54 18 4 General Securing station safes in concrete Making station booking-offices private .. 54 18 4 196 10 8 234 8 0 430 18 8 £24,789 8 O