D.—2.

STATEMENT No. 15. Expenditure out of Public Works Fund, General Purposes Account, Vote Railways, Improvements and Additions to Open Lines, for the Year ended 31st March, 1932. Way and Works Branch : Particulars of Works. Total. £ Land .. .. .. . , .. .. .. .. 1,352 Grading and formation .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,230 Bridges, culverts, and subways .. .. .. .. .. 93,498 Fences, gates, and cattlestops .. .. .. .. .. 771 Permanent-way .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,928 Station buildings, platforms, cattle-yards, and loading-banks .. .. 29,771 Engine-sheds, car and wagon depots, and other operating buildings .. 9,007 Dwellings .. .. .. .. .. .. Or. 2,709 Wharves .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Or. 3,000 Water-services .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 164 Non-operating buildings .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 7,837 Workshops buildings .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 3,666 Workshops plant .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,607 Locomotive depot plant .. .. .. .. .. .. 104 Cranes, weighbridges, capstans, and turntables .. .. .. 5,507 Maintenance movable plant .. .. .. .. . . .. 728 Miscellaneous (roads, sewerage, drainage, fire-fighting appliances, &c.) .. 6,420 Signalling and interlocking .. . . .. .. .. 7,669 Automatic and power signalling .. .. .. .. Cr. 1,738 Electric lighting .. .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 1,077 Telegraph and telephone lines .. .. .. .. .. 5,811. Safety appliances (bells, wig-wags, &c.) .. .. .. Cr. 891 Train-control .. .. . . . . .. .. .. 24,925 Electrical pneumatic interlocking .. .. .. .. Cr. 207 Electrification of track .. .. .. .. .. 88 186,455 Expenditure charged by Public Works Department— Hutt Valley Railway .. .. .. .. .. .. 192 Auckland-Westfield deviation .. .. .. .. Cr. 1,845 Palmerston North deviation .. .. .. .. .. 1,112 Tawa Flat deviation .. .. .. .. .. .. 194,522 193,981 Total .. .. .. .. .. ..£380,436 Road Motors. Purchase of motor-buses .. .. .. .. .. Cr. £443

15