THE PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT

PEOPOSED EXPENDITURE, £2,193,052. OTAGO CENTRAL EAILWAY£IOO.OOO. WELLINGTON, September 16. The Minister of Public Works (the Hon. W. Hall-Jones) laid the following Public 'Works Statement on the table of the House of Representatives this evening: — Mr Speaker, — I have much pleasure in laying before hon. members my seventh annual Public Works Statement. The work of railway construction has been carried on with considerable vigour. My colleague the Acting-Premier has already drawn attention in his Financial Statement 1 to the fact of last year having been a record one as regards the proportion of the vote expended within the year. Only £813 remained unexpended at the close of the year, and I am not aware of any previous instance of the unexpended balance of the vote having been so small. The railway construction work in hand since my last Statement was delivered has amounted to 200 miles, and during the same period 29£ miles have been constructed and handed over to the Railway Department for ordinary traffic. In addition to this, 36£ miles are now being used for conveying settlers' produce and merchandise and rails are also laid upon a further 26 miles, still leaving a considerable length of formation in hand. In the early part of the year the number of men employed was greater than in any previous period since the inauguration of the co-operative system of working. The reason for this will be readily understood when it is borne in mind that for the year 1900-1 the total vote for Tailway construction exceeded the amount for the previous year by £224,500. To enable full advantage to be taken of this increased authority from Parliament, during the remaining months of 1800-1 and the early .part of ISOI-2 the number of men was largely increased. The number employed in July, 1901, was 3337 as compared with 1742 in July of the previous year. As the summer of 1901 advanced it became necessary to make considerable reductions in order to keep within | the vote authorised for the year 1901-2. | Fdr the purpose of enabling a comparison to be made of our rate of expenditure last year and that prevailing previously, I have prepared tlie following table, which shows as | regards each several class of work — (a) the total expenditure to 31st December, 1890; (b) the similar expenditure between Ist January, 1891, and 31st March. 1902; (c) the gross total expenditure to 31st March, 1902; and (d) the expenditure for the late financial year : —

From thi3 table it will be apparent that the present Government, while fully alive to | the need of the colony in the important maAters of railway extension and providing suitable and convenient buildings for the use of tho several departments and services of the State, has lent a particularly atteritwe ear to the requests of back-blocks settlers for roads and bridges to open the rural districts of the colony, the expenditure on works of the diameter referred to during rather more than the 11 years' term of office of the present Administration having ox-oe-edod the rate of expenditure previously prevailing by over 18 per eon>t-., notwith standing thaA the tot!il expenditure on public works of all classes during tho fame period eho\v3 a decrease of over 37 per cent. WAYS AND MEANS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC WORKS PURPOSES. At tho 31st March, 1901, the ways and mnans of the Public Works Fund amounted to £1,032,515. Further juum were provided as under:— Of the loan. 1901. £1.250,000 (the amount received vra> £1,062,667); transferred from revenue, £500,000. There were also miscellaneous receipts to the amount of £2129. thus makirg a gross total of £2,597,311. The expenditure List year axnounited to £2,143 252, so that at tho close of the y-eav the balance remaining was £454,059. and it i-5 proposed to pro\id-e .idduional funds as follow? : — Balance of 1901 kv:i 1- ~<- <.~A of raising, say. . . £99,523 New loan, 1902. £1.750 000 Further tr^njer from revtmi" £200 000 This will bring the total ways and mcau3 up to £2,503.392 The estimates of the exy«-enditiire f^r the cuny-nt year total to £2,193,052, in addition 1) £45.000 under the Gc\iii.mcnt L -i/is to Loca 1 . fJo'lieo Account, thus leaving an unallotted b*l*n.«a oi $di.Qtd4Q.

RAILWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. I Before detailing the various works that nave been in hand, a few words in reference to the amounib that is being spent on railway construction in New Zealand as compared with some of the other colonies may not be out of place. I believe a feeling exists in the minds of some persons that we have gone, or are going, rather far in the matter of providing railway facilitiee for our settlers, or, aft anyrate, that our expenditure is oufc of proportion to the smiali-n-e.ss of our population. The Government does not hold this vienv, and a study of the following table will j probably tend to remove any misapprehension on the subject: Table showing the population per mile of railway and the expenditure en railways open for traffic per head of the population in the undermentioned British colonies. —

From the above it will be seen that, with the exception of Tasmania, New Zealand's expenditure on railway construction per head of the population is the lowest in the Australasian or South African colonies. We must consider the necessities of our settlers and provide facilities for conveying the product of their labour to market at the lowest possible cost. We cannot ignore the 1033 that has occurred in the past by the destruction of valuable timber, owing to the absence of means of conveying that necessary article to the centres of population, and instead of too hastily diminishing our expenditure we ought to complete our main lines of communication and steadily proceed with the other works now in hand It was this view of the case that induced the Government to propose larger appropriations for railwaj. purposes during the last five or six years, and the same view actuates me j in submitting my present proposals. j Our total expenditure on railway works (not including additions to open lines) during tho last 20 years has been as follows : —

I will now give a brief sketch of the several railway construction works which have been in progress since my last Statement was made. Kawakawa-CTrahamstown. — Work has been in hand at both ends of this line — viz., at the north end between Kawakawa and a point eight miles southwards, and in the south between Opau wharf and Grahamstown; while a survey party has also been at work locating the position of the unconatiucted section in the middle. The formation and bridge on the first five miles at the northern end are finished, and the rails laid on four miles and a-half — viz., to the point wherp the ballast pit line runs. This latter line which is a mile and threequarters long, has also been formed, and the laying of the rails upon it is now in progress. The formation of the balance of the eight-mile section of the main line is about three-parts done. At the southern end earthworks have been started, but no great progreos has been made, as there is no object in pushing the earthworks at this end until the contractors for the Whangarer bridge have made some headway with their work. The contract for this bridge was let in May last to Messr? Fraser and Co., Dunedin, for <ome £6788. The total length of tho structure 19 70 ft, including one 30ft draw span, and the date fixed for the completion of the work is the 17th April next. The total expenditure on the railway last yoar, exclusive of the value of the pprmanent way materials sunphed, was £9327 : but allowing for permanent way materials it amounted to £17,825. For the current year a vote of £20,000 is proposed. Helensvillc Northwards.— Work on the Komonoriki sretion has been continued. The excavation of a tunnel has been completed and also lining the same, and the format. on works practically finished to Ahuroa, 2 miles 53 chains beyond the tunnel. Platolayino; ha^ been resumed, and on completion ballasting, will be tak^n in hand. A survey party has been engaged in locating the extension of the line beyond Ahuroa. Abt.ut 10 miles ha^p now been fixed, and tn.-il hnp= run for two or three miles in addition. The question v.a=i raised by some local residents as to whether the ronto by the Hoteo Valley would really be the best for tho construction of this railway, and, i with the view of setting this point at rest, a careful examination was made of the , Dome Valley and tho western (or Green's ! Creek) route-, but both were found to be ! inferior to ll»e original surveyed route by ' the Hoteo Valley, and the line has accord nig-ly been located across the Kaipara flats to'that valley aud on by that route towards WolUforrl. "The Railways Authorisation Act, 1901. sanctioned tlip construction of thu railway as far as Wellsford. It ls proposed to provide for the further extension to Maungatumto in the current year's Aut' oi -at 'on B>ll. Oving io bad weather interfering with thf> projrre a< 3 of the survey, field wyik nad to be d.stunuuued rvCunUJu^

but will shortly be resumed. The expenditure on this line during the year considerably exceeded the vote obtained for it last session, having amounted to £18,218, or, allowing for the permanent way materials issued to the line, to £25,049 For the current year a vote of £20,000 is proposed Paeroa-Waihi.— Work on this line ,has , been continued throughout the year, princi j pally on the KarangaliAke tunnel. Some very heavy ground has been met with, and j progress has consequently been slow. The rails are laid from the junction with the Thames line at Paeroa to Karangahake. A ballast pit has been opened out, and a quantity of rock quarried, ready for crushing in the stone-breaker, which has been prpcured for the purpose. Beyond the tunnel the formation is about half done foi another mile and a-quarter. The contractors for the Ohinemuri Bridge (Messrs J and A Anderson) have cast the cylinders in their foundry in Christchurch. and have started work in connection with the abutments and piers at the site of the bridge. As soon as this br dge is completed so as to con- , nect the Karangahake station yard with the main road on tho opposite side of the river, it will be possible to open this section of • the lino for traffic. The expenditure last j year was £18,324, or £24,993, allowing for ' the value of the permanent-way material ' used. For the current year a vote of £25,000 is asked for. | Gisborne-Karaka. — A considerable amount of work was done on this line during the ' year, and tho section from Gisborne wharf to Ormond, 10? miles in length, was handed over to the Railway Department and opened for traffic on tho 26th Juno last. For two miles and a-quarter beyond Ormcmd the formation ie complete and the rails laid, j and for another half-mile the formation is j about half done. This brings the line to I the site of the Waipaoa bridge, tenders for . which are now being invited. This bridge will be 560 ft in length, and its erection will t probably occupy nearly a year and a-half. Beyond the bridge site survey work has been undertaken, and ihe pegs are now in i as far as Karaka. The plans for the extension have been prepared. This line id ouly . authorised ac far as the left bunk of the ! Waipaoa RiveT, and it will therefore be | necessary to make provision in the Railways Authorisation Bill of the present session j for the extension from that point to Karaka. The expenditure during last year was somewhat hpavy, having amounted to £20,556, without perrnanput-ways material, or £27,381 (inclusive of the hitter). For the current year a vote of £20,000 is provided. Stratford-Kawakawa. — The section of the above railway between Stratford and Toko, cix miles 26 chains in length, the construction of which was only begun on the Ist April, 1901, was sufficiently advanced in June last to admit of goods traffic being carried over it. It has since been completed and handed over to the Railway De- | partment for regular working, and was opened for public traffic on Coronation Day, the 9th ult. Exploration of a number of alternative routes beyond the township of Toko has resulted in the selection of a , line following the Ohura road to about 11 i miles beyond this point. There is still a i little doubt as to tho route to be adopted, as the construction of this railway is somewhat of a new departure, being a light line, but, on the New Zealand standard gauge, it will be of interest to hon. members to know | what its cost has been. The expenditure i to 3lst ult. on the six miles 26 chains sec- ' tion to Toko has amounted to £23,929, but , some liabilities for land claims and a few other unsettled matters have yet to be met, which will probably amount to about I £5000, making a total cost of, say, £29,000, I equal to £4594 per mile, exclusive of rolling stock, or £5500 per mile, including rolling stock. The averaore cost of the New Zea- i land railways at date, including rolling stock, | is £3159 per mile. The difference in this case is due partly to the easy nature of the country traversed, but largely, however, to the method of construction adopted. It j i 3 proposed that further sections of the i line now to be undertaken between Toko and the end of the Oruru section of 11 miles shall be of the same character. For the current year a vote of £15,000 is proposed. North Island Main Trunk.— Very considerable work ha 3 been dona on this line, the expenditure, during the year having bc-eir the largest finee. the initiation of the work For the informatioa of hon. members, I ■ give tl.e figures showing the amount ex- j ponded on the line e.ich yoar since the construction of the work began : —1824-5, £2441 ; IFVSS-6, £58.339; 1F26-7. £302 355; 1587-8, £102,776; 188P-9, £42,577; 1889 90, £23,594; 1590-1 £10,318; U9l-2, £19.149; 1E92-3, £47,634; K93-4, £40,496 1E94-5, £34,624; 1895-6. £32,502; F96-7, £29.873; 1897-8, £46.245 ; 1893-9, £55,150 ; 1899-1900, £46,198 ; I9M-1, £116,903; 1901-2, £154,561 ;— total, £993,765. As mentioned in my last year's Statement, regular traffic is carried on by ths Railway Department a>t tli-e northern end of the line so far as the Foro-o tarao tunnel. From that point to Ongarue, a distance of rather more than 14 mile?, Ihf- line is. complete, and a'l station buildings provided. Goods traffic has been carried cm over this length for <=ome mouths, nnd the Faction 13 to bo hand-mi ovpi- to the Railway Department for regular working on the 13th of next mo-nth. Some h^avy sl'ps took plaoo on thi-s section in the early prrt of tho yp.ir, whit h delayed the work considerably. The ground, however, erpms now to be Ijpccming more stable, and tire- ->lips aro cou-equfiitly less trouL^ejonie. The ra ; k are all laid for eijfht miles beyond Ongarv.e, and ihe earthworks are fully tlirc"-fourt-h° completed for a fm fl/o-r *li *taiic of fi\r nules. a.nd al>out Ji.Uf <lon<* -on tnotl rr t. ■( I'-nir of two mil-fl aud a,-half, which brings the line to Tau-ii^-ranui bridge W-oil- on (In* wotion is, hovevei", much hi-lund, d<ie to the delay of the con 1 rn^torr; for thr m.iTmfaclure of the iron and steel work. Formation work i-i in hard upon (hr» poii.l wh.-re tlio railway^ will crow tho Wanganui River, two mi!o3 and a-quorl/r 1. --yond T.uuiaia.nui, a*id a porv'co roail !>3s Ijocti ennsfruccftl for some j distance on the south Fide of the river, so , as to fa-eilitatft the construction of the railway at the southern <>nd of th-e line The ; most notable event to record is the practi- j CA'l completion of the Makol.ine viaduct, , which I had the pleasure of formally open- [ ing en tlie 17th June 1.-st. I take this | opportunity of complimenting the officers of the department who designed and »iiporin fended tho erection and carrying out of the work on the- result of t',eir labour* As this , viaduct is a structure of unusual magnitude, ■ it \vouM probably be ck^ira'>!e to give pome detailed information regarding it. A viaduct a.t this point could only have been avoided by a line following the Mnkohine and joining the present line near Mangaweka. The country was so rough that this route was at once condemned. It could on ir kg n-i lo^ diminished in magnitude bjr

adopting a line located along the steep slopes adjacent to the coach road. The formation works involved in this alternative were too costly, and the ground was considered too treacherous to justify adopting; besides,, steeper grades and sharper curves 1 than those allowed on the North Island Main Trunk railway would have been necessary This would have reduced the carrying capacity of the line. After very careful consideration the location of the railway across fehe gorge^was decided uuon, involving a viaduct 765ffc long and 238 ft from the bed of the stream, to the rail level. The height from the bottom to the foundation top of the handrail is 254 ft. There are 7430 cubic yards oE concrete, about 1252 tons of steel and iron, and 26,560 superficial feet of timber in the structure The viaduct is designed to carrylocomotives weighing up to 85 tons, followed by heavy trains. The department decided to cany out the erection of the structure by ita own staff in May, 1896. The order for tho machinery was sent in November following, but, unfortunately, the great engineers' strike occurred shortly after it reaohed England, and the execution of the order was consequently greatly delayed, the last shipment not coining to hand until June, 1898. The machinery was all erected, and the manufacture of the steel work begun by September, 1893, and the erection of the piers wag commenced in April, 1900. so that the erection of the structure has occupied about two years. The first train crossed the viaduct on the 6th June last. The cost o£ the structure, including a due proportion of the plant and machinery, has been about £71,500, but, as the painting has been left over for a time and a few small finishing works have yet to be done, the total cost will probably reach £72.000. This includes a large amount of work in the foundations and superstructure over and above what was provided for when tenders were invited. Beyond the viaduct good progress has be-on made with the formation of the line. la connection with the other bridges and viaducts the present position of the work aft the southern end of the railway is as follows : — The line to Mangaweka is practically finished, and will probably be handed over to th-o Railway Department for regular traffic at the end of the prt«ent month. It has been in daily use for traffic since the Ist inst. Between Mangawoka station and the site of the viaduct over the Mangaweka Stream the formation is complete, and the rails aro being laid, tind will reach the viaduct site by the end of the present month, when the transporting of the iron and 6teel work for the structure will ba begun and the building-up proceeded with. The abuttments, piers, and foundation are already built. Between Mangaweka andl Taihape the formation is nearly complete exeppt the unfinished tunnels, which aro actively in progress. Beyond Taihape the formation is well advanced for about five miles, and ground haa been broken for another 11 miles, or as far as 60 miles from ilarton Junction. Tlie total expenditure on the line last year was £155,979, or £184,561, allowing for the value of the permanent-way materials issued. This constitutes a record, being the largest amount expended on the line in any one year since its inception. For the current year a vote of" £250,000 is proposed. Blenlxnm-Waipara. — The northern end of this railway, from Blenheim to Seddon, is pract-'ca.lly finished, the section between* Blenheim and Dumgrie, 13 miles 21 chalins, having already been inspected and passed! as safe and fit for public traffic; while the remaining eartion between Dumgrie and! Seddon, 2 mileß 18 chains, only awaits the* completion of tlie wind ecreem on tha Awatere bridge and the station building ait Seddon. Both works will probably be finished within a few weeks, when the lin« will be handed over to the Railway Department for regular traffic. At the southern end the work is proceeding satisfactorily* The earthworks on the first 15 miles — viz., from Wai para to Scargill — are ftn'ished, and! rails are also laid, 10 miles of ballasting completed, and sv ptart has been made witn tfa& station buildings. As the line will be eufnoieutly forward to admit of thef eusuing Reason' 3 wool clip being carried over it, and will be ready to hamd over to the Railway Department for regular working during the summer, a tender for t)he supply of the iaxm for the steel work for the Hurunui bridge has beeni accepted. The concrete piers ana abutments will be carried out by tho department. Tho total expenditure on the Blraheim-Waipara. line last year, exclusive of th-e value of ; permanent way material* issued to tlie line, w.ac £48,382, or, inehisive of the latter, I £65,823. For the current year an authori- ! cation of £60,000 is provided. Midland. — Operations in connection with the Midland railway were in- progress ipl four different places last year. At the Nelson end of tho line, between Mo-tupika I and Tadmore, earthworks have besTi iia hand, aiul al>out seven niilo<» have been nearly completed, and a contract has recently been let for the bridge over tlia Motueka. River. The- bridge is to be cora- ! plete-'J by tho 23rd November, 1903, a,nd will be available for road as well as railwaytraffic. Northwards from Reefton a t-urvey has been in progress throughout the yenr, and is now nearly finished. A vwy good lin.3 hafl been obtained, the gradient* and curves being well within the limits allowed. It will probably cost about £5000 per znilo on an> average to construct. As regards tlie e-x tension towards Camterbury from Otira, I mentionod in my last Statemocivfl that the Government was in communication with railway authorities of the highe&fl standard in America with the view of ob tainin? a, report from a.v American off Cajia-diaii cngmeer of emroe'nos and experience in. the construction of mountain rail* ways. Since tbat Stateiner/t waa delivered, Mr "Virgil Gay Bogue, of New York, haa vLited the colony, and has made a careful! inspection of the grotind, a:nd also familiarised l;im<=elf wi-th the various plans a.nd oitheT information in the po.asess.ion of tho Government, and has furnished two repovca on the matter, which are printed us app(?ndioes to this Statement. Bripfly summari=ed, Mr Bogue's opinion 33 averse to the six-mile tunnel project. While' admitting that the gradient and curves obtainable on that line are probably better! than can be got on any other, and that that' line h aho the shortest and most direcfc available, Mr Bogue neve-rthelpss thinks thab the price we should have to pay would be too great for the advantages g?ined. Ho has not at present definitely advised tho adoption of any particular line, but the suggestions he makes are in the direction of employing a steeper gradient and materially reducing the length of the summit tunnel. To enable Mr Bogue to express an authoritative and final opinion on the subject further Mirveya are now being made, which will take some little time, so that it v/ill be impnssibLa bo Isur. bia matured opinion

before the House during the present sesaioD. At the Canterbury end of the railway good progress has been made with the formation. The very heavy earthworks "have been practically completed ao far as Staircase Gully, or nine and three-quarter miles from Springfield, and a good deai of work has been done beyond that point Four out of six tunnels on this section are finished, and the others are nearing completion. The manufacture of the ironwork for Patterson's Creek viaduct made considerable progress, and come of it has been delivered at the site, but no erection work Iha-s yet been done. As coon as the viaduct as out of the contractor's hands rails can be laid right through to Staircase Gully, and the erection of the viaduct at that point can be gone on with. Plans for this viaduct are now nearly ready, and tenders for its construction will be invited shortly. The total expenditure on the Midland Railway last year amounted to £66,391, and this year a vote of £100,000 is proposed. The conjunction of a branch line leaving the Midland Railway at Ngahere and running thence to the Blackball collieries was Authorised last session. The most important work on the line is a large bridge over the Grey River, for which tenders have xecsntly been accepted. This bridge will ■take at least 18 months to erect, and the etasll ■ amount of formation work required can easily be carried out while the bridge ds in course of erection. The blackball Coal Company has entered into an agreement with the Crown by which the company undertakes to send traffic over tlsis railway for a period of seven years, sufficient to yield a gross freight between Blackball acd Ngahere of not less than £1500 per annum. A vote of £2000 was taken for this ra ; !way last year, but only £117 was expended. This year a vote of £4000 is proposed, which will probably be sufficient to meet the charges that will come to book before the 319t MBich next. Greymouth-Hokitika Extension to Ros=. — This line alco wae authorised *n the Railways Auiliorisa.tioii Act of lael session. The first and most important work to be "undertaken upon it is the erection of a bridge over the Hokitika River, and a tender for its construction ha 3 recently been accepted. The contract time for the completion of the structure in the 12th of April, 1904. The exyvey of the line from the Hokitika bridge aits towards Rose was started in December laa:, end about 10 miles of the permanent survey sias now been finished. A trial line has Ir:cxi run over the whole distance. Formation work* have also recently bten started between 25 and 27 miles measuring from tfreymouih, for between two and three mile 3 below Hokitika. A vote of £2000 was 1a ken for this line last year, but only £355 ■was expended. For the current yeer &« appropriation of £10,000 ie asked for Coal Creek. — This is the line which will connect the State colliery with the port of Greymouth. Its construction was commeLced several ' years ago by the Greymouth Point Elizabeth Coal Company, from which company the Government acquired it in June last. Since acquiring the railway ihe Government has been advised by its officers to abandon the terminus proposed by the 3ate company on the grounds that it is not 'central to the coalfield. A suivey of tho deviation to the site which is considered beet for the coal bins has lately been made. The ■work of completing the first three miles and a-half of the railway commenced by the company has also been put in hand. The "cost of the completing of this railway will be a charge on the State coal mines account. Otago Central. — A great deal of work was Idone on this railway last year, the total "expenditure on the line having reached the Very large sum of £103,273, which is the largest on record for this line. The Ida Valley section, 12 miles 24 chains in length, ■was completed and handed over to the Railway Department for regular working in December last. The heavy work in the •Poolburn Gorge has made good progress. The formation of the first four miles is finished, and the next three miles and a-quarter — viz., to the first crossing of T £he Manuherikia River — is more than palf done, and for a further distance of eight Smiles a large amount of work has been «xecuted. The driving of the first twin-si in the gorge lias been completed, and work ion the second is in hand and more than •half done. Two of the piera for the PoolI burn viaduct are practically finished, and •Che steel superstructure is in course of delivery by the contractors, and the cylinders of the Manuherikia bridge are being eunk As already stated, the total expenditure on tihe line last year was £103,273, or, exelusi\ c of the value of the permanent way material*, £93,779. This year a vote of £100,000 is proposed. Heriot Extension. — The formation works on the first two miles and a-half of this railway are nearly finished. After carefully considering the question of the route to be followed in the construction of this line, it has been decided to adhere to that already approved by Parliament — namely, by the Anquill Stream to Edie Vale. The vote for this line last year was £5000, and £4056 was expended. For the current year we ask for a vote of £6000. Catlin's River - Seaward Bush. — Further progress has been made with the formation of the extension of this line at the Catlins end, the work being well advanced over the whole length. At the Seaward Bush end further survey work has been undeitaken, which shows that the proposed route Via Tokonui is three miles longer than the Waimahaka "Valley route, and would be more costly to construct. The gradients and curves and the total height to rise and fall on the former route also compared unfavourably with tho latter. Still further survey work is necessary, however, before finally deciding on the precise route to be adopted, and it is proposed to place a eurvey party on the line again as soon as winter is over. The appropriation for this railway last year was £12,000, but only £5000 was expended. This year a- vote of £15,000 is proposed. Riversdale-Switzers. — A contract for a combined road and railway bridge over the Mataura River was let to Mr A. Shaw, of Dunedin, in May last, and the bridge is, to be finished within 12 months of that date. The contract does not include the road approaches. The vote for this railway last. year was £1000, but only £23 was expended. This year a vote of £3000 has been provided. Orepuki - Wairio Railway. — Considerable ftrogreaa has been made with the formation works on this railway, the expenditure last year having exceeded the vote by £4456. All the culverts are finished on the first four miles and a-half, and the earthworks for the same distance are nearing completion, po that rail-laying will be taken in hand shortly. The expenditure on the line for last year was £16,456. This ycai an appreciation of £15,000 if juakoj^.

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