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RETURN No. 7. Expenditure under Vote for Additions to Open Lines, charged to Capital Account, for the Year ended 31st March, 1906.

Total Expenditure. laterial on hand at 31st March, 1905 Ixpenditure charged to Vote 85 by Treasury £ s. d. 7,649 18 3 351,043 14 6 Less material on hand at 31st March, 1906 .. * 358,693 12 9 5,669 0 9 Ixpenditure on Works, &c.— Way and Works Branch Locomotive Branch .. £88,795 0 10 264,229 11 2 £353,024 12 0 Way and Works Branch : Particulars of Works, e 1 'C. Section. Work, &c. Amount. Total. Auckland Additional works, &c, for Locomotive Branch Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, approaches, crossings, Ac. Additions to station buildings Weighbridges Filling in Mechanic's Bay Junction for Waihi line Bridge-work Telegraph and telephone facilities Tablet-working £ s. a. 155 6 4 826 17 1 1,248 19 1 573 17 6 1,484 3 7 2,082 14 6 154 18 5 834 0 6 5,309 5 2 £ s. d. Wellington - Napier-Ne.w Plymouth Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, approaches, crossings, &c. Additions to station buildings Additions to dwellings Additions to Kaiwarra Wharf Additions, Palmerston North Pile-driving engine Fenoing Viaduct, Mangarangiora Departmental buildings, Wellington Telegraph and telephone facilities Signals and interlocking Tablet-working 4,041 12 5 3,211 19 8 ' 372 19 2 296 10 7 129 12 0 400 7 5 154 2 2 8,191 16 0 1,416 13 11 143 12 0 10,287 11 2 1,421 17 11 12,670 2 2 Hurunui-Bluff— (Christchurch District) 3,224 12 3 2,473 11 8 255 3 1 204 19 10 2,396 8 6 4,210 15 0 79 3 10 30,068 14 5 Sidings,loading-banks,stockyards,approaches, crossings, &c. Additions to station buildings Additions to dwellings Weighbridges Purohase of land Signals and interlocking Tablet-working .. .. .. (Dunedin District) Additional works, &c, for Locomotive Branoh .. Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, approaches, crossings &o Additions to station buildings Additions to dwellings Lining Mansford Tunnel Purchase of land Electrio lighting, Port Chalmers Tablet-working 251 17 1 937 4 8 21,898 13 10 797 7 11 602 8 1 150 0 0 511 10 5 2,309 16 8 12,844 14 2 (tnvercargill District) Additional works, &c, for Locomotive Branch .. Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, approaches, crossings, &c. Additions to station buildings Pile-driving engine Workshops .. .. .. 446 8 10 1,490 14 3 739 5 i 385 1 4 230 0 0 27,458 18 8 Westland Pioton 3,291 9 9 217 10 11 2,243 10 9 Siding accommodation New station building, &c. .. £88,795 0 10