9

B.— 7a,

Appropriations for Public Works Services.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

2-B. 7a.

1924-25. Ote N o. 44.—Railway Construction— £ Jross Total ... I 1,334,000 jREDITS-IN-AID 134.000 SET TOTAL 1,200,000 Item. 1924-25. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDING LAND AND MATERIALS, HOLIDAY PAY, ETC., AND SALARIES OR WAGES, ALSO COST - OF - LIVING INCREASE, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO REVISION AS COST OF LIVING RISES OR FALLS). Estimated | Estimated Estimated Gross j Credits- Net Amount Expenditure.' in-aid. required. VOTE No. 44. £ £ £ 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 Railway Construction— Kaihu Railway Extension North Auckland Main Trunk— Huarau, Northwards Whangarei Branch Waipu Branch* North Island Main Trunk— Huntly Branch East Coast Main Trunk— Paeroa-Pokeno Waihi-Taneatua (including Mount Branch) Gisborne-Napier Waikokopu Branch ... Opunake Branch Stratford - Main Trunk Wellington-Paekakariki Deviation Wellington - Wairarapa Rai 1 w a y, Rimutaka Deviation... Midland— Glenhope-Murchison Otira-Bealey Westport-Inangahua... Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Orepuki-Waiau Extension Lawrence-Roxburgh ... Land-claims (including land taken for ballast pits and quarries, damages or losses on goods in transit, and other liabilities) Surveys (new lines of railway) Permanent-way materials 1,500 266,000 25,000 4,500 11,000 5,000 280,000 180,000 65,000 67,500 120,000 10,000 16,000 5,000 4,000 6,000 30,000 10,000 10,000 3,000 20,000 1,500 250,000 20,000 500 5,000 5,000 250,000 170,000 55,000 64,500 100,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 14 15 l(> 17 18 I!) 20 30,500 70,000 50,500 1,000 16,000 63,000 500 20,000 500 30,000 50,000 50,000 1,000 15,000 60,000 1,000 3,000 1,000 2,500 54,000 1,000 2,500 49,000 21 22 5,000 Totals ... 1,334,000 134,000 1,200,000 Credits-in-aid ... Total required for Current ' Year—Vote No. 44. 1,334,000 i 134,000 1,200,000 * Transferred to Vote "Ri iads, &e."