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RETURN No. 7. Expenditure under Vote for Additions to Open Links, charged to Capital Account, for the Year ended 31st March, 1925.

Amount. Total. £ s. (1. £ s. d. Material on hand at 31st March, 1924 .. .. .. .. .. 149,902 7 10 Expenditure charged to Vote No. 45 by Treasury .. .. .. 712,922 6 9 892,824 14 7 Less material on hand at 31st March, 1925 .. .. 123,988 18 5 - —— — 768,835 16 2 Expenditure on works, &c. — ■ Way and Works Branch .. .. .. . ■ •• 440,946 12 11 locomotive Branch .. .. .. • • •• 327,889 3 3 — 768,835 16 2 Way and Works Branch : Particulars of Works, j«c. I Railway. Work, See. Amount. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. Wliangarei .. .. Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. .. 867 17 11 Additions to station buildings, extension of station- 44,104 5 0 yards, and other facilities Purchase of land .. .. .. .. 750 6 0 Additional dwellings .. .. .. .. 6,876 0 2 Tablet installation .. .. .. .. 467 3 11 53,131 13 0 Kaihu .. .. Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. .. 123 19 6 123 19 6 Gisborne .. .. Additions to station buildings, extension of station- 653 12 8 yards, and other facilities 653 12 8 North Island Main Lines Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. .. 10,289 14 7 and Branches Additions to station buildings, extension of station- 52,330 5 2 yards, and other facilities Additional water-services for Locomotive Branch .. 52 7 1 Purchase of land .. .. .. .. 36,738 14 5 Additional dwellings .. .. .. .. 175,851 6 3 Bridgework and subways .. .. .. 9,193 2 8 Cranes, weighbridges, and turntables .. .. 264 7 4 Additions to workshops .. .. .. 63,138 14 5 Engine depots .. .. .. .. 1,420 11 4 Tablet installation .. .. .. .. Or. 237 5 7 — — 349,041 17 8 South Island Main Lines Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. .. 8,222 17 1 and Branches Additions to station buildings, extension of station- 8,126 18 8 yards, and other facilities Additional water-services for Locomotive Branch .. 66 2 2 Additional dwellings .. .. .. .. 3,448 3 7 Bridgework and subways .. .. .. 54 10 8 Cranes, weighbridges, turntables .. .. 474 7 2 Engine depots .. .. .. .. 289 8 2 Tablet installation .. .. .. .. 236 1 5 20,918 8 11 Westland .. .. Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. .. 2,102 17 11 Additions to station buildings, extension of station- 7,703 15 7 yards, and other facilities Additional water-services for Locomotive Branch .. 154 3 5 Purchase of land .. .. .. .. 1,461 14 11 Additional dwellings .. .. .. . . 793 2 4 Cranes, weighbridges, turntables .. .. 69 16 6 Additions to workshops .. .. .. 79 4 4 Fencing of railway-line .. .. .. 1,489 6 8 . 13,854 I 8 Westport .. .. Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, (fee. . . 505 0 6 Additions to station buildings, extension of station- 2,293 7 7 yards, and other facilities Additional dwellings .. .. .. .. 424 11 5 3,222 19 6 £440,946 12 11