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TABLE No 3. Expenditure on Railways to 31st March, 1919.

GolSent'to 31st March, ot iTtT? 1918. learB - New Works. Land Clajms i 1 and other I on Open „,, Construction. Permanent- Total New Lines. Liabilities and Surreys. way. Works. Expenditure out of Public Works Fund during Year 1918-19. New Works. Amounts Total I of Expenditure previously ->„ h>„ Works under charged to comtrll< , ted by Special Acts " Surveys of New f, *,.,_„, f : Provinces during Year Lines" now ,„", *«.">, I aud Midland 1918-19.* charged to to ".,., ren ' '■ Hallway Individual Lines. i»i». Company. Lir.es of Railway. I I £ Kaihu Valley .. .. .. .. 104,130 Otiria to Ngapuhi .. .. .. 176,601-f Opua Wharf to Whangarei and Onerahi .. 522,718 Whangarei to Waiotira .. .. _ .. 1 87,292 ■ Waipu Branch .. .. .. 369 Helensville Northwards — Ngapuhi Northwards .. .. .. 31,450f Helensville Northwards .. .. j 848.634 Helensville to Te Awamutu .. .. 2,285,532 Waiuku Branch (Paerata to Waiuku) .. 76,711 Huntly to Awaroa .. .. .. 107, 856 Waikato to Thames — Frankton to Te Aroha .. .. .. 154,117 Te Aroha to Thames .. .. .. 207, 649 Cambridge Branch (Ruakura Junction to 51,500 Cambridge) Paeroa to Waihi and Tauranga .. . •• 185, 902 J Thames Valley to Rotorua — i ■ Morrinsville to Lichfield.. .. .. 167,100 Putaruru to Rotorua .. .. .. 200,671 Marion to Te Awamutu .. .. .. 2,729,708 Raetihi Branch .. .. .. 83,940 Tauranga to Taneatua, including Te Maunga- 352, 561 J Maunganui Branch Gisborne to Motu .. .. .. 626,649 Gisborne to Ormond Tramway .. .. 4,975 Napier to Gisborne — Gisborne Southwards .. .. .. 178,279 j Wairoa Northwards .. .. .. 1,640 | Napier Northwards .. .. .. 52,043 Wellington to Napier — Napier to Woodville arrd Palmerston North 925,154 ! Wellington to Woodville, including Te Aro : 1,631,605 Extension Featherston to Martinborough .. .. I 399 Wellington to Waitara — Wellington to Longburn .. .. ' 1,017,272 Foxton to Waitara .. .. .. 1,559,417 Mount Egmont Branch .. .. .. 72,080 Opunake Branch (Te Roti to Opunake) .. 56,769 Manaia Branch (Kapuni to Manaia) ... 4,782 Rangitikei River Quarry Line .. .. 206 i £ £ 854 50,077 I 38 25,430 33,921 | .'. 16,666 Cr. 554 11,696 35 141 45,544 Cr. 4,481 13,227 117 Or. 4,431 30 484 773 £ 4,781 398 86 - 271 247 £ 854 54,858 38 25,430 34,319 16,752 \Or. 554 11,696 | 141 45,815 | Or. 4,481 13,474 117 Cr. 4,431 484 773 £ 17 8,813 5,966 880 2,593 2,282 744 2,708 £ £ . £ £ 104.984 176,601 522,735 242,150 407 £ I 53,822 56,880 945,588 2.285.532 93,463 107,302 I : 691 - 690 154,808 208,339 51,500 197,598 I 1 I 837 ! 838 . 4,739 167,937 201,510 2,740,378 84,081 398,376 623,100 4,975 52 191,753 1,757 47,612 2,255 927,747 1,636,142 399 689 1,457 1,018,675 1,563,582 72,080 57,253 5,555 206 * Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Account. f £31,450 expended on portion of line from Ngapuhi Northwards now shown separately. surveys westward from Tauranga previously included in Tauranga-Taneatua now- transferred to " Waihi-Tauranga." J £200 expended or