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APPENDIX E.

ANNUAL REPORT ON PUBLIC WORKS BY THE ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF.

The Engineer-in-Chief to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works. Sir,— Public Works Office, Wellington, Ist July, 1902. I have the honour to submit the following report on the various works completed and in progress throughout the colony during the past year. EAILWAYS. Abstract. The following table shows the expenditure and liabilities on Government railways in New Zealand up to the Slst March, 1902 :—

Name of Railway. Total Length of Railway or Section. Open for Traffic. Expenditure to 31st March, 1902. Liabilities on 31st March, 1902. Kaihu Valley Kawakawa- Grahamtown — Opua Wharf-Hukerenui Hukerenui-Grahamtown Helensville Northwards to Kaipara Flats Kaipara-Waikato, with Branches Waikato-Thames, with Branches Thames Valley—Rotorua Gisborne-Karaka Wellington-Napier and Palmerston North (including Te Aro Extension and Greytown Branch) Wellington-Foxton Foxton-New Plymouth, with Branches North Island Main Trunk Nelson-Roundell Midland Railway* .. Greymouth-Nelson Creek Greymouth-Hokitika and Ross Westport-Ngakawau Westport-Ngakawau Extension to Mokihinuif Mokihinui Colliery LineJ Ngahere-Blackball.. Picton-Waipara— Picton-McKenzie Waipara-McKenzie Hurunui-Waitaki, with Branches Canterbury Interior Main Line—Oxford-Temuka Waitaki-Bluff, with Branches Otago Central Invercargill-Kingston, with Mararoa Branch Forest Hill Railway—Winton-Hedgehope§ Western Railways Preliminary surveys Miscellaneous Stock of permanent-way on hand Value of permanent-way in hands of Railway Department Rolling-stock M. ch. 19 40 M. ch. 17 21 £ s. d. 55,043 10 7 £ a. d. 10 6 34 1 25 20 56 5 151 1 75 18 69 33 18 0 7 41 22 52 13 66 151 1 62 58 09 33 101,770 17 0 147,397 7 10 131,367 5 8 1,244,581 8 1 361,263 2 4 354,313 15 5 59,950 10 1 308 7 5 261 4 11 1,227 19 6 9,716 2 7 960 0 7 233 12 233 12 2,014,917 7 2 42,116 3 4 1,404,578 8 9 993,765 0 7 164,146 10 1 246,064 8 4 166,471 11 11 191,229 17 2 187,512 15 7 41 4 1 296 49 210 4 22 73 243 55 7 51 39 37 19 56 7 12 3 69 2 40 195 49 69 40 22 73 93 58 7 51 24 37 19 56 7 12 3 69 625 0 5 29,092 17 5 12,123 5 5 37 19 6 116 12 11 147 0 2 138 15 35 0 483 72 83 0 561 48 182 56 117 4 12 40 71 6 20 42 322,231 4 1 61,664 2 1 2,230,487 13 6 59,343 9 2 3,422,757 19 11 987,123 2 1 308,057 15 9 22,525 4 2 239,790 7 7 62,912 19 9 10,336 19 11 58,257 18 8 720 8 1 4,549 13 5 443 08 11 44 468 34 98 18 97 44 12 40 57 56 410 3 1 5,869 17 8 875 18 5 24 6 0 6,376 11 6 25,000 0 0 2,819,896 0 9 40,168 7 6 Total 2,231 55 18,496,991 10 3 113,537 8 2 Pbovinoial Govebnment Lines, etc. Canterbury (lengths included above) Otago Gisborne to Ormond Tramway 731,759 0 0 372,522 2 5 4,975 1 7 Grand total 2,231 55 19,606,247 14 3 113,537 8 2 * The-amount shown as expenditure represents the net amc t The funds for this extension—namely, £35,501 2s. lid.—wei ; The funds for purchase of this line, £15,745, were provided 8 The expenditure on this line as a tramway was made by t] ►unt charged •e provided b; by the Westp be Lands Dei against the c< y the Westpo lort Harbour sartment. solony. >rt Harbour Board. Board.