RAILWAY-LINES. (RETURN SHOWING LINES AUTHORISED AND NOT COMPLETED, LENGTH NOT COMPLETED, AND ESTIMATED COST OF COMPLETION.)

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RAILWAY-LINES. (RETURN SHOWING LINES AUTHORISED AND NOT COMPLETED, LENGTH NOT COMPLETED, AND ESTIMATED COST OF COMPLETION.)

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the sth July, 1897. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing—(l) The several lines of railways authorised to be constructed and not yet completed ; (2) the length of each line of railway which has not been completed ; and (3) the estimated cost of completing each such line of railway."—Mr. Guinness.

Return showing Lines authorised and not completed, Length not completed, and Estimated Cost of Completion.

Lines of Railways authorised to be constructed and not yet completed. Length of each Line of Railway which has not yet been completed. Estimated Cost of completing each such Line of Railway. North Island. Whangarei-Kamo and Extension— Kamo, Whangarei, and Port Hikurangi-Hukerenui ... Kaihu Valley— Opanake-Waima Kaukapakapa Northwards — Kaukapakapa Northwards Waikato-Thames ... Boxton-New Plymouth— Bull's Branch North Island Trunk Bailway— Marton-Te Awamutu Mountain Boad-Opunake ... M. 2 3 2 3 19 ch. 48 32 19 62 20 £ 29,000 15,000 20,000 23,000 53,000 3 79 15,000 143 23 40 10 1,446,000 120,000 Total North Island 201 70 1,721,000 South Island. Picton-Hurunui— Picton-Awatere Hurunui-Waitaki—■ Little River-Akaroa Whitecliffs ... Ashburton Branch Opawa Branch Waitaki-Bluff— Livingstone ... Palmerston-Waihemo Green Island ... Catlin's Biver ... Biversdale-Switzer's ... Edendale-Toitois Seaward Bush 13 19 0 2 19 6 44 19 17 3 70,000 280,000 1,000 9,000 120,000 25,000 3,000 27,000 20,000 60,000 55,000 20,000 4 0 4 3 13 9 7 45 65 65 0 70 74 18 Carried forward 98 26 690,000

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Return showing Lines authorised and not completed, Length not completed, and Estimated Cost of Completion— continued.

H. J. H. Blow, Under-Secretary. Public Works Department, 21st December, 1897. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given: printing (1,425 copies), £1 6s. 6d.

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Lines of Railways authorised to be constructed and not yet completed. Length of each Line of Railway which has not yet been completed. Estimated Cost of completing each suoh Line of Railway. Brought forward ... South Island —continued. Canterbury Interior— Oxford-Sheffield Otago Central Invercargill-Kingston— Lumsden-Mararoa Forest Hill Tramway M. 98 ch. 26 £ 690,000 71 116 36 36 375,000 800,000 19 14 40 0 80,000 20,000 Total South Island 319 58 1,965,000 North Island South Island 201 319 70 58 1,721,000 1,965,000 Grand total 521 48 £3,686,000