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RETURN No. 7. Expenditure under Vote for Additions to Open Lines, charged to Capital Account, for the Year ended 31st March, 1923.

Way and Works Branch: Particulars of Works, etc.

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Amount. Total. Material on hand, 31st March, 1922 Expenditure chfrgcd to Vote 42 by Treasury £ s. d. 542,770 1 2 751,927 14 3 £ s. d. Less material on band at 31st March, 1923 1,294,697 15 5 132,728 11 11 1,161,969 3 6 Expenditure on works, &c.— Way and Works Branch Looomotivo Branch 238,942 10 7 923,026 12 11 1,161,969 3 6

Railway. Work, &c. Amount. Total. £ s. d. 6,743 11 9 293 19 10 £ s. d. Whangarei Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &o. . . Additional dwellings 7,037 11 7 Kaihu Additions to station buildings, extension of stationyards, and other facilities Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. . . 202 15 9 Gisborne 202 15 9 99 13 3 North Island Main Lines and Branched Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. .. Additions to station buildings, extension of stationyards, and other facilities Additional works, wator-s?rvices, &c, for Locomotive Branch Purchase of land Additional dwellings Bridge-work and subways Cranes, weighbridges, turntables, &c. Additions to workshops Tablet installation Telegraph and telephone facilities 6,089 19 6 9,457 2 4 99 13 3 821 10 8 10,552 11 2 25,112 13 8 563 18 0 636 18 6 23,385 9 1 3,725 18 3 860 17 4 ■ South Island Main Lines and Branches 81,206 18 6 Sidings, loadtng-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. .. Additions to station buildings, extension of stationyards, and other facilities Additional works, water-services, &c, for Locomotive Branch Additional dwellings Cranes, weighbridges, turntables, &c. Additiors to workshops Signals and interlocking Tablet installation Telegraph and telephone facilities 9,021 3 11 34,704 13 9 270 6 5 433 8 5 3,555 11 11 124 0 7 34,375 17 8 1,227 18 3 4,034 16 4 88,347 17 3 Westland Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. .. Additions to station buildings, extension of stationyards, and other facilities Signals and interlocking 568 19 7 36,851 5 4 01,798 0 6 Westport 24,377 15 7 Picton Additions to station buildings, extension of stationyards, &c. Purchase of land 71 8 3 71 8 3 178 5 Ii 178 5 6 £238,942 10 7