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The following table shows details of car-work done during the year : —

Included in the above are eight cars repaired for a private line. One hundred and thirty cars were under construction at (he close of the year in the railway workshops. Brake-vans. —The number of brake-vans on the line on the Ist April, 1922, was 450, and the number on the L3st March, 1923, was 461. Twelve bogie brake-vans were built, eleven being additional stock, and one to replace a four-wheel van destroyed by fire.

The following table shows the work done on brake-vans during the year : —

Included in the above are thirteen brake-vans repaired for a private line. Four bogie brake-vans were under construction at the close of the year. Wagons. —The wagon stock on the Ist April, 1922, was 23,524, and the number on the 31st March, 1923, was 25,645. 248 wagons, comprising 5 bogie and 243 four-wheel, were built in Government railway workshops; also 1,887 four-wheel wagons imported from Messrs. Cammell, Laird, and. Co. (Limited), of Sheffield, were erected and placed in service. One four-wheel wagon was converted from a four-wheel car. Fourteen second-hand four-wheel wagons were sold, and one four-wheel wagon was destroyed through accident. The carrying-capacity of wagon stock was increased by 25,276 tons, equal to 12 per cent., or an equivalent of 4,212 ordinary wagons.

The following table gives particulars of. work done on wagons during the year : —

Included in the above are thirty-six wagons repaired for a private line. At the close of the year there were under construction in the railway workshops 680 wagons, consisting of 166 bogie and 514 four-wheel wagons. Tarpaulins. —The tarpaulin stock on the Ist April, 1922, was 20,582, and on the 31st March, 1923, the number was 20,582. 1,182 new tarpaulins were made in the railway workshops, 1,150 to replace missing sheets, 20 for the Public Works Department, and 12 for a private line. 969 worn-out tarpaulins were condemned and written off, and replaced with a similar number of new tarpaulins.

The following table gives details of the work on tarpaulins for the year : —

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Particulars. Number and Type of Carriage. Bogie. Six-wheel. Four-wheel. _ I Total. Number passed through shops .. Built new Erected new Re-erected Thoroughly overhauled Heavy repairs Light repairs Converted Painted Paint touched up 2,377 118 25 10 4 1 390 5 890 26 5 1,082 86 20 1 665 4 1 1,020 8 1 2,377 10 4 390 890 1,082 1 665 1,020 118 1 5 26 86 25 5 20 2,52' 11 39, 92 1,18 67i 1,02 2,520 10 4 1 395 921 1,188 1 670 1,029 4 8 1 1

Description. Number passed through Shops. Built Rebuilt U< ;- Th T n Hea 7 ,» Light Parted. MM now. erected, overhauled. Repairs. Repairs. I i 12 3 1 131 267 616 188 288 Brake-vans 1,030

Description, agons .. Number ,.,, ,, p • + passed Built Erected Re- R b Ut 10r^ ' * Heavy Light p . d J", through! now. ! new. erected. , , 1 Repairs. Repairs. Shops. up ' .. 28,105 248 1,887 20 42 897 12,236 12,775 5,515 15,153

Description. Condemned Number passed Manufactured ! and replaced through Shops. new. with New Tarpaulins. Repaired. Parpaulins 25,706 1,182 969 23,555