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TABLE No. 3— continued. Expenditure on Railways to 31st March, 1937— continued.

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I Expenditure out of Public Works Fund Total Expenditure ! during Year 1936-37: New Works. Total Expenditure Val^S,S!3° rk6 Lines of Railwav 1 Milea S e opened for j by General ! b y General nailway. Trafflc _ Government to i L •> t ♦ Government to & 31st March 1 QSfi of Previous Ponatrnotlon and Railways Improvement Qiqt March i QS7 Midland Railway dist Marcn, Wd t>. Years Construction ana and Works on 0pen lst Marcn > iyd7 - Company. surveys. Lines. Waitaki to Bluff —continued. M. ch. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Livingstone Branch (Windsor to Tokarahi) .. .. 11 75 75,864 15 4- .. .. Or. 482 8 0 75,382 7 4 Waihemo Branch (Palmerston to Dunback) .. 8 55 32,906 8 11 .. .. .. 32,906 8 11 Eernhill Railway .. .. .. .. .. 1 60 1,330 0 0' .. .. .. 1,330 0 0 Brighton Road Branch .. .. .. .. .. 6,474 0 0 .. .. .. 6,474 0 0 12,829 0 0 Outram Branch (Mosgiel to Outram) .. .. .. 8 78 12,051 0 7 .. .. .. 12,051 0 7 29,691 0 0 Lawrence Branch .. .. .. .. .. 58 67 718,258 17 1 .. .. 718,258 17 1 Balclutha to Tuapeka Mouth .. .. .. .. .. 2,489 0 0 .. .. 2,489 0 0 Cathy's River Branch (Balclutha to Tahakopa) .. .. 42 67 463,709 6 3 .. .. 6 3 Heriotburn Branch (Waipahi to Edievale) .. .. 26 23 124,808 4 5 .. .. .. 124,808 4 5 Waikaka Branch (McNab to Waikaka) .. .. .. 12 65 68,423 0 0 .. .. .. 6s'423 0 0 Gore to Lumsden .. .. .. .. .. 36 39 112,294 3 2: .. .. 91 11 6 112,385 14 8 Edendale to Glenham .. .. .. .. .. 9 36 50,490 13 11 .. .. .. 50,490 13 11 Riversdale to Switzers .. .. .. .. 13 70 82,285 4 0 .. .. .. 82,285 4 0 Seaward Bush to CatKn's (Appleby to Tokanui) .. .. 32 79 185,229 5 5 .. .. .. 185.229 5 5 Otago Central (Wingatui to Cromwell) .. .. .. 147 27 1,453,717 10 1 .. .. .. ],453, 717 10 1 Invercargill to Kingston — Main Line .. .. .. .. .. .. 87 04 369,244 14 9 .. .. .. 369,244 14 9 91,937 0 0 Mararoa Branch (Lumsden to Mossburn) .. .. .. 10 40 27,508 4 4 .. .. .. 27,508 4 4 Winton to Heddon Bush .. .. .. .. .. 140 0 0 .. . . .. 140 0 0 Makarewa to Orepuki and Waiau .. .. .. .. 56 34 360,075 18 5 .. .. 360,075 18 5 37,097 0 0 Thombury to Wairio .. .. .. .. .. 22 15 103,790 15 10 .. .. .. 103,790 15 10 23,200 0 0 Forest Hill (Winton to Hedgehope) .. .. .. 12 40 23,337 0 0 .. .. .. 23,337 0 0 Expenses of Railway Commissions and other Expenditure not .. 10,337 0 0 .. .. .. 10,337 0 0 chargeable to Individual Lines Surveys of New Lines — North Island .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 31,235 10 1 .. .. .. 31,235 10 1 South Island .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,763 0 0 .. .. .. 5,763 0 0 Rolling-stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,977,319 17 11 .. .. .. 11,977,319 17 11 Motor-omnibus Service, Wellington .. .. .. ■ .. 60,571 1 11 .. .. .. 60,571 1 11 General .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14,076 12 9 .. .. .. 14,076 12 9 Depreciation provided for out of Railway Revenue and actually .. Or. 762,612 9 4 .. .. .. Or. 762.612 9 4 repaid to Public Works Fund Stock of Permanent- way Materials .. .. .. .. 3,542 3 11 .. 5,400 11 10 .. 8,942 15 9 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,388 46 67,891,270 0 5* 464 8 0 611,436 19 6 436,975 14 8 68,939,218 6 7* 1,787,741 0 0t * The £10,400,000 accrued depreciation of assets referred to in section 23 (2), Government Railways Amendment Act, 1931, not deducted. f Includes value for £150,000 paid to debentureholders under the Midland Railway Petitions Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1903.