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STATEMENT No. 14. Expenditure under Vote for Additions to Open Lines, charged to Capital Account, for the Year ended 31st March, 1926.

Way and Works Branch: Particulars of Works, etc.

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Amount. Total. £ s. d. £ a. d. Material on hand at 31st March, 1925 .. .. .. .. .. 123,988 18 5 Expenditure charged to Vote No. 43 by Treasury .. .. .. .. 842,321 14 9 Outstanding vouchers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,662 11 10 969,973 5 0 Less material on hand at 31st March, 1926 .. .. .. .. 114.804 17 9 ! — £855,168 7 3 Expenditure on works, &c.— ' Way and Works Branch .. .. .. .. •• I ' 335,564 10 0 Locomotive Branch .. .. .. .. .. .. 519,603 17 3 £855,168 7 3

Railway. i Work, &c. Amount. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. Gisborne . . .. Additions to station buildings, extension of station- 98 14 2 yards, and other facilities 98 14 2 North Island Main Lines Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. .. 10,308 1 9 and Branches Additions to station buildings, extension of station- 48,922 4 9 yards, and other facilities Purchase of land .. .. .. .. 12,819 4 3 Additional dwellings .. .. .. .. 217,045 9 3 [ Bridgework and subways .. .. .. Cr. 959 3 9 Cranes, weighbridges, and turntables .. . . 6,916 10 1 Additions to workshops and sawmills .. .. 11,843 13 0 | Engine depots .. .. .. .. 2,432 17 4 Tablet installations .. .. .. .. 2,176 13 3 311,505 9 11 South Island Main Lines Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. .. 2,090 7 5 and Branches Additions to station buildings, extension of station- 6,280 9 3 yards, and other facilities Additional water-services for Locomotive Branch .. 10 13 9 Purchase of land .. .. .. .. 191 4 5 Additional dwellings .. .j .. .. 2,008 0 3 Bridgework and subways .. .. .. 3,600 13 2 Cranes, weighbridges, and turntables .. .. 7,508 19 11 Additions to workshops . . .. .. 264 6 5 Fencing of railway-line . . .. .. 692 14 11 22,547 9 6 Picton . . .. Additions to station buildings, extension of station- 273 10 2 273 10 2 yards, and other facilities Westport .. .. Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &c. .. 221 15 7 j Additional dwellings .. .. .. .. 324 8 7 [ Capstan on wharf .. .. .. .. 593 2 1 1,139 6 3 £335,564 10 0 I ———