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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 of Public Works. Sir,— Public Works Office, Wellington, 30th June, 1909. I have the honour to submit the following report on the various work completed and in progress throughout the Dominion during the past year.

N EAILWAYS. Abstract. The following table shows the expenditure and liabilities on Government railways in New Zealand up to the 31st March, 1909 :—

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Name of Railway. Total Length of Railway or Section. Open for Traffic. Expenditure to 31st March, 1909. Liabilities on 31st March, 1909. Kaihu Valley Kawakawa- Grahamtown — Opua Wharf - Hukerenui Hukerenui-Grahamtown Helensville Northwards to Maungatapere Kaipara-Waikato, with Branches Waikato-Thames, with Branches Thames Valley - Rotorua Gisborne-Motu Wellington- Napier and Palmerston North (including Te Aro Extension and Greytown Branch) Wellington-Waitara, with Branches Wellington-Manawatu (purchased 1908) Stratford-Ongarue North Island Main Trunk .. .. Picton-Waipara— Picton-Cheviot Waipara-Oheviot Nelson-Roundel! Midland Railway* Westport-Ngakawau Westport-Ngakawau Extension to Mokihinuit M!okihinui Colliery Line} Westport-Inangahua Ngahere-Blackball Greymouth - Goal Creek Greymouth-Brunner Greymouth-Ross Culverden-Hanmer Motor-oars and Repairs to Road 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. cl. 55,044 17 1 £ s. a. 32 64 25 20 75 29 151 1 75 18 69 33 ,50 25 • 7 41 22 52 30 12 151 1 75 18 69 33 23 39 155,227 6 7 208,610 5 0 327,280 12 2 1,478,549 10 7 487,314 13 11 355,576 11 1 206,549 4 4 20,008 16 7 2,762 2 0 1,302 0 0 4,338 10 2 233 12 205 42 83 37 101 0 209 69 233 12 196 22 83 37 15 68 209 69 2,364,602 10 9 1,597,023 13 8 960,008 18 8 143,754 14 10 2,669,165 16 0 19,638 0 0 24 9 0 1,900 11 7 1,577 14 8 138 15 35 35 22 73 241 67 19 56 7 12 3 69 26 0 3 30 8 70 7 51 40 21 33 45 31 68 22 73 123 65 19 56 7 12 3 69 421,256 19 3 243,428 12 1 175,623 8 4 935,409 1 0 188,008 17 3 275 16 2 1,412 17 2 588,426 19 1 34,247 16 7 103,779 6 10 1190,531 10 5 150,512 11 11 331,907 1 1 3,819 14 0 2,400,502 17 3 59,343 9 2 4,176,009 5 7 1,280,104 11 10 334,649 2 9 22,983 14 5 312,792 10 7 39,180 11 0 10,336 19 11 88,624 19 9 634 13 9 1,619 17 10 5 1 7 51 31 47 344 13 6 483 72 83 0 616 58 182 56 117 4 12 40 71 6 443 8 11 44 490 77 134 78 97 44 12 40 62 24 2,976 0 0 22,277 18 8 486 6 2 26,568 14 1 25,000 0 0 4,433,541 7 0 107,184 0 0 Total 3,454 5 2,675 27 ||26,870,303 2 8 803,760 0 5 Provincial Government Lines, etc. Canterbury (lengths included above) Otago Gisborne to Ormond Tramway Midland Railway, valuation of works constructed by company 731,759 0 0 372,522 2 5 4,975 1 7 •*683,460 3 1 Grand total 3,454 5 2,675 27 28,663,019 9 9 803,760 0 5 * The amount shown as expenditure represents the net amo , t The funds for this extension—namely, .£35,501 2s. lid.—wen t The funds for purchase of this line, £15,745, were provided t § The expenditure on this line as a tramway was made by th i| Includes expenditure on railways under "Hutt Road and iion Act" Accounts. f Includes £24,983 18s. expended out of State Coal-mines Accc ** Includes value for £150,000 paid to debenture-holders unc let, 1903." unt charged e provided b; >y the Westp :e Lands Dep 1 Railway In against the ! y the Westpc )ort Harboui mrtment. nprovement Dominion. ort Harbour Board. f Board. " and " Railway Improvement Authorisaount, 1908-9. Jer "The M Mland Rail\ way Petitions Settlement Act Amendment