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Boilers. —Boiler-work generally, including new boilers, renewals, and repairs, has been kept well up to date. Twenty-five new locomotive boilers were made. The following statement shows details of the boiler-work done :•■

Thirty-eight new boilers were under construction at close of year, and comprised ten Class An, seven Class F, two Class .1, one Class P, and eighteen Class Ww . Carriages. —The stock on the Ist April, 1914, consisted of 1,363 cars, and on the 31st March, 1915, the number was 1.397 cars. Two cars were damaged in a collision and written off, and replaced with two new cars. Thirty-four new bogie curs were built and added to stock. The following table shows details of ear-work for the year : —

Seventy-seven new bogie cars are under construction in railway Workshops. Brake-Van* —The number of brake vans on the line on the Ist April, 1911. was 406, and the number on the 31st March, 1915, was 410. Eight new bogie vans were built, five beingadditional stock and three to replace two vans damaged arid one written off. One van was sold and written off, and is being replaced with a new bogie van. The following table shows the work done on brake-vans during the year : —

Thirty new bogie brake-vans are under construction. Wagons. —The wagon stock on the Ist. April, 1914, consisted of 19,845 vehicles and the number on the 31st Maroh, 1915, was 20,816. Ten wagons were sold, six wagons were damaged, and twenty-five worn-out wagons were written off. One thousand and twelve new wagons were built: of these, 966 were additional stock, thirty-one wagons to replace the wagons worn out and damaged, thirteen wagons to replace wagons sold last year, and two wagons to replace wagons sold this year. The second-hand wagons sold are being replaced with new stock. The carrying-capacity of wagon stock increased by 9,889 tons, equal to 5*93 per cent., or an equivalent of 1,648 ordinary wagons. The following table gives particulars of the work done on wagons during the year : —

Description. )6S (8C cri ipt itti Kill 1. I rH °5 a. co co o n en 5; .— ■'Sfri t oJCfi , £_ - * r? 3, s a « 1 i ~ j co ! <° §■« 3 .3 -° ra 3 X ■th CO OZ r. I, 54 ill 1* r3' gi I fi £ X rrj O cp A » - <° -2 .2 "c!| « fc-§' I 1 ioilers 415 25 144 246 81 15 8 16 i 133 1 J ; I ;

i " : " i t Number and Type of Carriages. Particulars. Total. Number passed through shops ... Built new Rebuilt Heavy repairs Light repairs ... Painted Touched up ... Bogie. Six-wheel. Pour-wheel. n 1,923 109 64 36 1 1,052 13 8 834 96 61 541 16 563 7 2,096 36 J I ,068 991 557 570

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Description. 1 gco J3 <3go "fl fe SP H 5h rZi^ | Be S * £ a -J CU ft 03 „ co' .a c « S" I . I X 5 ■d <d ■ '3 Ph di ■a CO A CO o EH r agons 20,339 1,013 : 61 5,716 13,549 3,517 6,497