EETURN 111.

Return, received from the Chief Mechanical Engineer, of Comparative Cost of Locomotives Erected and Placed on Line, with Additional Columns showing Cost of Locomotives Manufactured in Government Workshops, with 33 1/3 per Cent. Commission Charged on Labour and Material.

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Date. Type. Number built or imported. Weight. Wages. Material. 15 per Cent. m at Commission. lo T^ nt - Cost per Ton (Commission at 15 per Cent, on Government Engines). Commission at 331 Per Cent. Total Cost per Engine (Commission at 33£ per Cent.). Cost per Ton (Commission at 33J per Cent.). Remarks. Feb., 1897 .. Nov., 1899 .. Nov., 1903 .. Nov., 1899 .. Mav, 1903 .. May, 1903 .. Sept., 1905 .. Jan., 1906 .. May, 1907 .. U, Addington U, Addington U, Addington Wa, Hillside. Wi, Hillside B, Addington Wf, Addington Wp, Hillside A compound, Addington (first order) 4 4 1 2 3 6 10 6 4 Tons cwt. qrs. 47 6 1 47 6 1 47 6 1 31 14 0 31 14 0 49 19 0 33 16 0 33 15 0 55 4 2 £ s. d. 2,339 15 3 2,088 9 11 2,019 6 11 1,659 3 5 1,531 7 4 2,450 13 5 1,543 1 0 1,323 18 10 3,012 19 2 £ s. d. 1,720 12 8 1,646 16 6 1,294 17 2 1,128 13 9 1,049 3 9 1,718 9 6 1,081 18 0 961 16 9 1,789 1 8 £ s. d. 608 0 2 560 5 11 497 12 4 418 3 6 377 17 5 625 17 6 393 14 10 342 17 5 720 6 2 £ s. d. 4,668 8 1 4,295 12 4 3,811 16 5 3,206 0 8 2,958 8 6 4,795 0 5 3,018 13 10 2,628 13 0 5,522 7 0 £ s. d. 98 13 3) 90 16 0} 80 11 5) 101 2 8 93 6 3 96 0 0 89 6 5 77 15 7 99 19 9 £ s. d. 1,234 8 8 929 5 8 860 3 8 1,389 14 4 874 19 8 761 18 6 Not com £ s. d. 4,937 14 9 3,717 2 10 3,440 14 9 5,558 17 3 3,499 18 8 3,047 14 1 mented on in £ s. d. 104 7 0 117 5 0 108 10 0 111 6 0 103 10 10 90 3 4 Includes cost of patterns. March, 1908 A compound, Addington (second order) B, Sharp-Stewart .. Ua, Sharp-Stewart .. TJb, Baldwin Uc, Sharp-Stewart .. Ub, Brooks TJb, Richmond Q, Baldwin Wp, A. and G. Price 3 57 5 2 2,531 4 4 1,779 0 2 646 10 8 4,956 15 2 86 10 11 1,436 14 10 5,746 19 4 report. 100 6 0 Includes cost of patterns, Exhibition e n g i n o , alterations and improvements. Feb., 1900 .. Feb., 1900 .. Sept., 1901 .. Nov., 1901 .. Feb., 1902 .. March, 1902 April, 1902 .. N.Z., 1905 .. 4 6 10 10 1 1 13 10 49 19 0 47 6 1 44 7 2 47 6 1 47 10 1 43 19 3 48 3 3 33 16 0 3.378 0 0 3,199 13 4 2,655 0 0 3,396 0 0 2,884 17 9 3,096 19 5 2,791 0 0 2,940 0 0 67 12 7 67 12 7 59 16 7 71 15 7 60 14 5 70 8 1 57 18 5 86 19 8 'Contract, £2,800; W.H.B., £140. Contract, £3,998,;; W.H.B., £210; completing painting, £20. .:•■ - N.Z., 1906-09 A compound, A. and G. Price 20 57 5 2 4,228 0 0 73 16 4 Supplied by Railway Department. Supplied by Board. By Railway Department. Notes (by Railway Department). —For all locomotives built by Messrs. A. and G. Price, Thames, the cost of Railway Department's inspection at builders' works during construction has not been included in above totals. For each Class A locomotive cost of inspection averages £50, and for each Class Wp locomotive £40. For engines built outside New Zealand the details of labour and material are not available, but the totals include freight and erecting charges. The B and Da engines built by Sharp, Stewart, and Co. were contracted for at a lump sum ; the proportionate costs have been estimated on the basis of relative weight.