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EXHIBITS. A ].—DOCUMENTS PUT IN BY THE PETITIONEES. Statement showing the Details of Expendituee (£1,338,314 18s. 2d.) appearing in the Company's Audited Balance-sheet at 30th June, 1895. £ s. d. Purchase of rights under the contract dated 17th January, 1885 ... ... ... ... ... 6,000 0 0 Commission, law charges, and advertising, 1887 ... ... 21,148 14 4 Commission and expenses re issue of £745,000 debentures ... 58,420 1 7 Discount on debentures issued at £92 10s. ... ... 55,785 0 0 Trustees' fees (debenture-holders) ... ... ... 2,194 12 6 Committee fees (New Zealand) ... ... ... 4,750 0 0 Directors'fees (England) to 30th September, 1894 ... 25,195 1 1 Law-costs (England) ... ... ... ... 2,728 6 10 Salaries, rent, and other current expenses ... ... 40,766 6 6 Land-grant expenses ... ... ... ... 21,103 1 4 Timber Department expenses ... • ... ... 6,994 16 1 Bates and taxes (New Zealand) ... ... • ... 14,039 3 4 Shareholders'interest to 30th September, 1893 ... ... 77,162 15 4 Debenture-holders'interest to 1894 ... ... ... 198,900 2 5 to be funded ... ... 26,342 18 4 Arbitration and petition expenses ... ... ... 13,058 0 6 Construction Account, being payments to contractors (see separate list " A") ... ... ... ... 523,324 510 Boiling-stock ... ... ... ... ... 27,977 5 0 Permanent-way (see separate list " B") ... ... 73,108 10 2 Compensation account (Beefton line) ... ... ... 28,077 0 0 (Stillwater-Springfield line) ... 5,290 2 3 (Belgrove line) ... ... 1,532 14 2 „ „ Suspense Account ... 115 10 0 Surveys ... ... ... ... ... 18,385 12 4 Engineers'fees ... ... ... ... 43,192 15 3 Construction plant ... ... ... ... 2,366 14 10 Working railways, plant, and fittings ... ... 962 3 9 „ reference plans ... ... ... 254 14 10 Wages and salaries (construction) ... ... ... 23,639 1 5 Carriage of construction material ... ... ... 3,587 7 3 Land plans ... ... ... ... ... 1,993 2 5 (Belgrove Section) ... ... ... 199 0 0 Sundry expenses (construction) ... ... 2,066 17 9 Freight Account „ ... ... .327 9 3 Travelling-expenses „ ... ... 322 9 11 Office-rent „ ... ... 239 5 0 Sundry repairs „ ... ... 219 4 6 Insurance „ ... ... 6 3 7 Advertising „ ... ... 75 19 6 Stationery and printing „ ... ... 130 13 4 Law-costs „ ... ... 1,101 14 11 Discount, bank charges, &c. „ ... ... 301 16 8 Postages and telegrams „ ... ... 246 14 10 Office expenses „ ... ... 93 19 5 Stations and buildings ... ... ... ... 388 1 9 Locomotive certificates ... ... ... ... 13 2 6 Wagon-covers, ropes, &c. ... ... . . ... 152 12 10 Telegraph materials ... ... ... ... 185 10 6 Brunnerton siding ... ... ■ ... ... 180 0 0 Purchase of horses ... ... ... ... 191 2 6 Stores issued ... ... ... ... ... 404 4 6 Leasehold-land rents ... ... ... ... 21 8 0 Materials for use in carriages and wagons ... ... 6145 Signals ... ... ... ... ... 3 10 1,335,322 16 4 Entries at 30th June, 1895, in the company's books in London, of which no details are in the colony ... 2,992 1 10 £1,338,314 18 2 The New Zealand Midland Bail way Company (Limited) (Norman H. M. Dalston, Wellington, 10th July, 1900. General Manager).

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