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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, 1924.

Way and Works Branch: Particulars of Works, etc.

I Amount. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. Material on hand at 31st March, 1923 .. .. .. .. .. j 132,728 11 11 Expenditure charged to Vote No. 46 by Treasury .. .. .. .. 643,648 4 3 776,376 16 2 Less material on hand at 31st March, 1924 .. .. .. .. 149,902 7 10 — 626,474 8 4 Expenditure on works, &c.— Way and Works Branch .. .. .. .. .. 340,483 4 5 Locomotive Branch .. .. .. .. .. .. 285,991 3 11 626,474 8 4

Railway. | Work, Ac. Amount. Total. £ s. U. j £ s. tl. VVhangarei .. .. Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. .. 792 12 7 ! Additions to station buildings, extension of station- 16,004 3 0 yard, and other facilities Purchase of land .. .. .. .. 25 0 0 J Additional dwellings .. .. .. .. 734 3 4 J Tablet installation .. .. .. .. 101 13 7 Telephone and telegraph facilities .. .. 4,938 11 8 — 23,196 4 2 Gisborne .. .. Additions to station buildings, extension of station- 197 14 7 yard, and other facilities —-— 197 14 7 North Island Main Lines Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. .. 10,197 8 1 and Branches Additions to station buildings, extension of station- 20,417 6 3 yards, and other facilities Additional water-services for Locomotive Branch .. 80 10 3 Purchase of land .. .. .. .. 4,212 17 8 Additional dwellings .. .. .. .. 55,471 15 7 Bridge-work and subways .. .. .. 14,870 1 8 Additions to workshops .. .. .. 8,085 0 7 Engine depots .. .. .. .. 504 11 8 Tablet installation .. .. .. .. 330 15 10 Telegraph and telephone facilities .. .. 4,108 14 1 124,357 7 8 South Island Main Lines Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. .. 9,044 4 11 and Branches Additions to station buildings, extension of station- 30,335 14 8 yards, and other facilities Additional dwellings .. .. .. .. 2,176122 Bridge-work and subways .. .. .. 548 7 1 Cranes, weighbridges, turntables, &c. .. .. 102 10 0 Signalling and interlocking .. .. .. 03,819 10 9 Tablet installation .. .. .. .. 45 6 0 Telegraph and telephone facilities .. .. 3,925 10 3 115,998 1 10 Westland .. .. Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. .. 859 17 11 Additions to station buildings, extension of station- 26,429 8 2 yards, and other facilities Additions to water-service for Locomotivo Depot .. 346 16 0 Purchase of land .. .. .. .. 2,021 17 3 Cranes, weighbridges, turntables, &c. .. .. 129 1 2 Signalling and interlocking .. .. .. 40,810 10 0 Tablet installation .. .. .. .. 14 3 0 76,611 14 0 Picton .. .. Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &e. .. 122 2 2 122 2 2 £340,483 4 5