8.—7 [PT. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1946

PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT

Minister of Works AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1946, to defray the Expenses of Railway Construction. Summary

163

1945—46. 1944-45. Unopened Sections. Estimated Estimated Total ex- 1,-yHin^u. Amount Amount > (/1 Cost of Work ponded to " t required to voted. Expended, when 31 Marc , ™ be voted. authorized. 1945. complete. I — Vote—Railway Construction — £ £ £ £ £ £ Gross Total .. .. .. .. •• 251,000 391,000 310,992 0,365,101 8,650,800 781,872 Amount required fob Current Year .. .. 211,000 391,000 310,992 Credits-in-aid .. .. .. .. • • («) 26,500 52,967 NET TOTAL .. .. • • ..211,000 364,500 258,025 6,365,161 8,650,800 781,872 1945-46. 1944-45. Unopened Sections. Estimated liattmatod Amnnnt rS'oTworic expended Estimated Date Gross Ex- Credlts-iii- A ™?' I i lt Expended. 0 wl !en to SI March to Hallway VOTE —RAILWAY CONSTRUC- penditure. aid. votert - authorized.* 1915 complete, authorized. TION (INCLUDING LAND AND MATERIALS, HOLIDAY PAY, ETC., AND £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ SALARIES, OR WAGES) Paeroa-Pokeno .. .. 11,000 .. 2,000 2,470 1,070,000 272,273 781,872 1918 Taneatua-Opotiki .. .. 1,000 .. 1,000 1 East Coast Main Trunk (Gis-borne-Napier)— Gisbo rne-W a.ikokopu .. 9,000 .. 17,000 7,985 1,488,375+2,824,718 Automatic-signalling installation .. .. .. .. 20,000 .. .. •• Westport-Inangahua— Te Kuha-Inangahua .. 1,000 .. 5,000 13,925 830,0301,307,274 .. 1904, 1911 Automatic-signalling installation .. • ■ 1,000 .. 9,000 South Island Main Trunk (Picton-W aipara)— Wharanui-Parnassus .. 200,000 .. 330,000 285,002 2,535,750 3,538,830 .. 1911,1915, 1926 Automatic-signalling installation .. .. 25,000 .. 3,000 Land claims (including land taken for ballast-pits and quarries, damages or losses on goods in transit, and other liabilities).. .. 2,000 .. 2,000 Cr. 192 Surveys (new lines of railways) 1,000 .. 1,000 .. .. Dargaville Branoh .. .. .. .. 1,000 1,795 441,000f 047,705 Total .. .. .. 251,000 .. 391,000 310,992 0,305,101 8,050,800 781,872 Amount required for CURRENT YEAR .. 211,000 .. 391,000 310,992 CEEDITS-IN-aid .. .. 26,500 52,967 NET TOTAL .. .. 211,000 (a) 364,500 25?,025 6,365,161 8,650,800 781,872 •Includes administration chargos and loan charges. t Estimated before permanent line survey made. (a) £25,000 now included in public accounts as " Miscellaneous Receipts." 11*