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1928. NEW ZEALAND.
PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT (BY THE HON. K. S. WILLIAMS, MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS).
Mr. Speaker,— This is the third occasion it has been my privilege to present to you the annual Statement of the Public Works Department, and I think I can now claim to have fairly attained the intimate knowledge that the many ramifications of this Department necessitate in order that I, as Minister, may keep my finger on the many activities which my Department carries out. The preceding year has been one of much activity in the various public works conducted by my Department, and I again wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to the members of my staff for the willing and efficient service they have rendered. Railway-construction and hydro-electric development expecially have been on a large scale, and much good work has been accomplished. During the year I continued extending my knowledge of the various works in hand by making personal investigations of the progress being made in as many cases as I was able. The public works now being undertaken must prove to be of much benefit in the development of the country's natural resources. The extending of hydroelectric services to our primary producers, especially in the dairying districts, and the access to markets given to outlying districts by railway and road construction, all tend to increase the Dominion's export trade. The prospects of the coming season are bright, the markets being steady for our chief exports, and it is hoped that the service given by the Government, both in transport and power, will be availed of to the utmost by the primary producers. During the year the most noteworthy progress has been evidenced by the completion and handing over to the Working Railways Department of 118 miles 29 chains of railway. It is true that for some years past a considerable portion of this mileage has been almost completed, and the public have had a modified use of the same. Progress of works further on has been so interlocked with the completed portion, involving the running of construction trains continuously over the completed portion, that it was not deemed advisable to hand over some, which might have been handed over, until my Department was in a position to transfer to the control of the Railways Department a considerable length, and could do so without prejudicing the progress of other works. This more particularly refers to the East Coast Main Trunk Railway in the Bay of Plenty district, where until a through connection was made to Auckland it would not have been possible for the full value of the work to be obtained. Now that the connection between Tauranga and Waihi has been completed, and that a halt has been called in extension eastward, it has been possible to open the railway from Taneatua on the eastward, right through to Auckland. The extension of the rail-head to the northern side of the Northern Wairoa River at Kirikopuni marks another step forward in the removal of the isolation of the far North, and has been instrumental in developing and bringing a large fertile part of the Dominion into close touch with its principal markets and centres of social intercourse. There is an opinion in the minds of many people —I might almost say a great many people—that railways are no longer required, and that further
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expenditure on them is unwarranted. With this view Ido not agree. It is true that many places where a railway would have been the natural means of development in the past can now be developed without the e_pense of laying down a railway, but where long distances have to be traversed or heavy merchandise moved the railway is still the most economical form of transport, provided, of course, that there is sufficient business to prevent the enterprise being overburdened with capital charges. Speaking of capital charges, Ido .not know whether honourable members have ever looked into the question of the capital charges in connection with motor transport; but, if so, they will have found that the capital invested in motor transport, including the track on which it is operated, in New Zealand is greater than that invested in the railways, the roads being, of course, an essential part of motor transport. If rolling-stock and running-expenses alone are taken, the cost of motor transport is several times that of railways, while I do not think anyone would be found who would argue that even double the motor transport which we have in the country could do anything like the work which is being done by the railways at present. There are localities which in order that they may be developed to their fullest must be provided with cheap transport, particularly in the case of manures, and if a method of cheaply transporting fertilizers is not provided, then without doubt the districts requiring such facilities will never be developed. It is, of course, necessary to be reasonably assured, that when the development has been brought about there will then be sufficient business to justify the losses in the early stages. Bearing in mind the foregoing, the question of commencing the railway from Rotorua into the centre of the North Island, into what is now the largest area of undeveloped country in New Zealand which is capable of development, was considered by the Government. The question of development of this country by railway connection was investigated by two Royal Commissions in the past, and the evidence which they collected was of very considerable value to the Government in coming to its decision. The exotic forests which have been established, by the operations of the Government's forestry policy in and around Waiotapu have grown to such a stage that within a very few years it will be necessary to have rail transport in order that the produce therefrom may be economically brought to market. When the Royal Commissions previously referred, to went into this aspect of the problem they had in. mind an expansion of 8,000 or even perhaps 10,000 acres per year on to an already existing area of 27,568 acres, while actually there is at the present time 84,000 acres, 27,000 acres of which was planted last year, while the forestry programme of the next few years contemplates the planting of 30,000 acres per year. If railway connection was considered at all in 1922, how much more has its necessity been, emphasized by this tremendous expansion. Apart from the necessity for a cheap method of transporting the timber, referred to above, from the area to be served by the Rotorua-Taupo Railway, there is also the question of providing the most economical method of developing the immense area, estimated at well over a million acres of land, which lies in the valley of the Waikato River. The wonderful development of the land east of Hamilton which followed the construction of the railway from there to Rotorua inspires the hope that the providing of cheap transit facilities to bring in the much-needed manures and to take away, the produce will result in a similar development south of Rotorua. The progress that has been made by the few progressive pioneers who attacked the problem even without railway transit has demonstrated what can be done with this land, but a full measure of development could never be obtained without rail transport. It is not claimed that the whole million and a quarter acres said by the Royal Commission of 1922 to be served by this line is capable of a high state of development, but a very considerable portion of that area certainly is. The almost total absence of good road-metal or other material suitable for concrete creates conditions under which the construction of a concrete road would be almost as expensive as a railway, and to attempt to carry out the timber already referred to by road would necessitate the road being constructed, with a concrete foundation. Taking all these points into consideration, the Government decided to commence the construction of the railway, making Reporoa in the meantime the objective.
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Making a short review of the railways actually under construction, it can be said that the North Auckland Main Trunk Railway is now making good progress, and will soon reach Rangiahua, on the Hokianga River. On investigating the position, I considered it wise to continue the North Auckland Main Trunk line so as to connect with the existing Dargaville - Kaihu Valley Railway, an isolated section of twenty-four miles. This will have the effect of bringing a large area of country on the west coast beyond Dargaville in touch with the main railway system. Work will be proceeded with at a pace which will give the best results considering the physical obstacles to be overcome, and it is hoped to complete this connection within two and a half years. The extension of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway has been discontinued at Taneatua, and I propose to await the results of the constructed portion, and to ascertain to what extent the local population patronize the railway facilities in preference to other methods of transport running in opposition thereto, before coming to a conclusion as to what further extension is warranted. The Napier-Gisborne Railway will be carried on to Wairoa, which will take some years yet, and before that length is completed a definite decision will have been made concerning the route to be followed on the further connection from Wairoa to Gisborne, and the governing points on that length will be put in hand, so that when the time comes for a forward push from Wairoa the time for making the connection to the existing railway at Gisborne will be reduced as much as possible. The Stratford Main Trunk Railway is now located definitely, and a programme of works entered upon, as a result of which it is hoped to have a through connection completed in from four to five years. Of course, the actual rate of progress will be governed by the amount of money which Parliament makes available ; but even without this restriction I do not think it would be economically possible to complete within four years. In the South Island the only railway on which at present it is proposed to proceed vigorously is the connection between the Westport Section of railway and the Midland Railway system at Inangahua Junction, by which connection the rich bituminous coalfields of the Buller district will be brought in touch with the greater part of the South Island by direct rail connection. When that connection is well under way a forward movement to connect with the Midland system can be taken up. At the present time the railway works in the North Island are proceeding in accordance with a programme, but indications point to the possibility of releasing a certain number of men and money fairly soon, and immediately it becomes possible, without unduly inflating the Railway Vote, more money can be devoted to this end. Although good service has been rendered to the community by the action of the Railway Department in extending its service by car and lorry as far as Murchison, there is no doubt that it is difficult for any isolated section of railway to show a good financial result, the tendency under modern conditions being undoubtedly for the motor to take the short hauls and the railway the long and heavy work. A total vote of £984,000 is proposed for railway-construction, as against £1,007,000 last year. The three important railway deviations —namely, (1) at Westfield, near Auckland, which is being constructed to avoid the heavy grades immediately after leaving Auckland, and also to provide the increased station facilities which the growth, of business absolutely demands ; (2) the Palmerston North Deviation, which will take the business of the Main Trunk line outside the fast-growing town of Palmerston North, and provide the extra station facilities which could not be provided at the present station-yard location within the city limits for this, one of the most important junctions in New Zealand; and (3) the Tawa Flat Deviation, immediately outside Wellington, which is being constructed for much the same reason as the Westfield Deviation at Auckland —which form a substantial part of the works included in the scheme of the Railways Improvement Act, will all De vigorously pushed to completion. The most noteworthy fact in connection with hydro-electric development has been the decision of the Government to proceed with the development of power
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on the Waitaki River, in order to be ready for the time when the increasing demand of the east-coast district exceeds the capacity of Coleridge. What is regarded as the last unit for Lake Coleridge Station is being obtained. It would be possible to still increase this station by the diversion of other streams, but it is considered that another station in South Canterbury, dividing the distance between Coleridge and Waipori, best fits in with the general scheme of development. As honourable members Jmow, the Government has taken over the Arapuni works from the contractors ; good progress is being made, and I am confident that when I present my next Statement, I will be able to state that the northern part of the North Island, is being supplied by the generators of Arapuni, and also that the southern part of the North Island has been put beyond the power of being effected by the vagaries of the weather, owing to the connection on to the present transmission system of the station now approaching completion at Waikaremoana. It is expected that the total expenditure this year will be £1,260,000. Roadwork, both on ordinary roads and on highways, has been pushed on in an endeavour to absorb a large number of men who were unable to find work in civil avenues of employment, and, though this has resulted in works being undertaken which would not otherwise have been undertaken this year, no work has been done which could be criticized as wasteful. Every work is a work which will be an advantage to the Dominion as years roll on, and I am of the opinion that it is better to employ men on useful work, even though that useful work is not immediately necessary, rather than to face the alternative of having to pay what is commonly known as a " dole." I hoped when making my last Statement that it would not have been necessary to make such large provision for relief workers this year as was necessary last year. Unfortunately, the reverse has been the case, because the local labourmarket always, lags to a certain extent behind the returns from produce sent abroad ; in other words, when there is a slump in receipts works then in hand are not stopped immediately, and, conversely, when, owing to better prices and crops, a larger amount of money flows into the country new enterprises are not started immediately ; but I am quite confident that, with the many millions of additional wealth which has flowed into the country in the last few months, as the winter passes away avenues of employment will be opened up which will enable all the relief workers to be absorbed. Already there are indications in that direction. To give one specific instance : where one of my Engineers was authorized to place 120 relief workers on a fairly convenient work, only thirty-six men could be obtained. J Many genuine cases of hardship were met with and relieved thejemployment offered by my Department and other Departments, notably the Forestry. My Department, however, must not be looked upon as a dumping - ground for unemployed. The large body of loyal and efficient workers who now follow public works as a permanent occupation must be protected from being flooded out at certain periods of the year when work at other callings is short. A policy of throwing open work on public works to all unemployed would be to the disadvantage of the State for the reason that it would mean a shortage of work for the regular Public Works employees, -and build up in the minds of outside casual workers the idea that work in the Department would readily be available, and that there was little need to either hold down a job or make preparation for possible forced idleness. One of the very extensive activities that has been thrown upon my Department during the year has been brought about by the passing of the Local Bodies' Loans Act. Under that Act it is necessary for the Board to obtain expert reports on almost all the projects for which local authorities wish to borrow money, and, while all Departments of State are at the disposal of the Loans Board for its purposes, the greater weight of the work falls naturally upon the Public Works Department, because the greater number of the loans of local bodies are for the construction of works. It is necessary, therefore, for my officers to investigate all local bodies' proposals, not only looking into the engineering soundness of the proposals technically, but also going into the question of probable life of the asset to be created and its necessity or otherwise for the community at large. Naturally, the sinking fund which it is necessary to set aside must be governed by the probable life of the asset, and not, as has been the case in the past, by the ideas of the local authority as to their ability to pay, or the willingness of the money-lender to wait for his money.
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The Local Bodies' Loans Act was long overdue, and will probably in the future be lookedjupon*as one of the most important Acts ever passed in this country. Most of us know of instances of loans that have been raised and spent on works that have never produced any beneficial result for the ratepayers. The provision of a sinking fund is the great feature ; but this in some cases presses hardly on the backblocks, where the estimated life of the loan, coupled with the sinking-fund rate, prohibits the raising of a loan. It might be remarked that what may to-day appear a sound proposition's a metalling loan may in a few years, with the rapidly changing methods of and increased desire to travel, assume a very different aspect and become a burden rather than an asset. From the point of|view of the local authorities, one of the events of paramount importance was the passing of the Motor-spirits Taxation Act of last session, providing, as this new source of revenue did, a fund from which the construction and maintenance of the principal roads of the Dominion could be financed without further increasing the already severe load which the local authorities were carrying in the way of local rates. The increase of motor-cars, and particularly of heavy motor-lorries, in New Zealand, with its resultant wear-and-tear on the roads, had made it evident that further income must be derived from some source other than the pockets of the ratepayers, and the decision of the Government that the xiser of the road should pay a larger proportion than had previously been contributed by him has, I am sure, met with universal satisfaction, even those who have to pay not maintaining that any unfairness exists. In considering the question of road finance, it must not be forgotten that for many years before the motor-vehicle was taxed for the upkeep of the roads local authorities and the Government had been forced to spend large and constantly increasing sums for the upkeep of the roads. To such an extent did this apply that from 1917 to 1927 more was spent annually per motor-car than was received in the whole period, and, as I stated when the Motor-spirits Taxation Bill was before the House, something had to be done to give relief to rates. Naturally, this relief cannot be expected to manifest itself immediately. Quite a long period was necessary in which to examine into the comparative merits of various roads before they could be declared highways, and consequently the full benefit could not be realized this year ; and, in any case, the revenue from the motor-spirits taxation only began to flow into the coffers of the Treasury at the beginning of 1928. Since the highways system was inaugurated local authorities have been spending an undue proportion of their rates on the main highways, and as a result their less important roads—particularly those carrying in some cases little less traffic than the main highways —had fallen into a bad state of repair, and it will take some time for this leeway to be made up. I wish it to be clearly understood that the whole of the money derived from the motor-spirits taxation was not intended for further road-improvement, but a considerable proportion of it was intended for, and must be devoted to, the relief of the county ratepayers. That it will have this effect is quite clear if we consider the case of any road where, for instance, the annual cost of maintenance was £50 per annum. ■ Prior to the recent declaration of additional highways, this £50 would all fall on the localauthority ; since declaration as a highway, only £20 would fall on the local authority, and relief to that extent or in that proportion must have a beneficial effect on rural districts. Perhaps this would be an appropriate place for me to make a few general remarks on roads and road transport, which have become in recent years a most important factor in the life of the community. The number of motor-vehicles in New Zealand has risen at a phenomenal rate, so that there is now only one country in the world which per head of population has more motor-vehicles, this being the United States. Canada and New Zealand are practically on the same footing when vehicles are compared with population, but when we come to commercial motors in particular we find that Canada has only one to every ninety-eight of popxilation, while New Zealand has one to sixty-two. No other country approaches New Zealand's ratio any closer, and highly industralized countries like Germany and Italy have only one to 700 and one to 794 respectively —in other words, less than one-tenth of New Zealand's proportion. The result of this exceptional number of commercial motor-vehicles is a very keen competition between the owners of same, resulting in extremely low freights—low from the point of
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view of motor transport —being charged. Frequently the rate charged is unremunerative, and it is well known that on this account many owners have been forced to go out of business. An analysis of all the figures obtainable not only in this country, but abroad, shows that the average price per ton for transport by motor-vehicles is very much more than the lowest prices which are charged by any considerable motor organization operating in New Zealand. The result of the cheap freights quoted in some cases has been to create an impression in the minds of the public that motor transport is more economical than railway transport. This, however, is an entire fallacy. A return of 3d. a ton-mile on the average on the goods hauled on the railways would enable them to make a handsome profit, but the average figures from over one thousand vehicles operating in New Zealand seem to show that Is. 6d. a ton-mile is nearer their cost, and even in the most favourable cases, where long hauls with full loads are operated, it is in the region of 6d. per ton-mile or over. When considering the economy or otherwise of motor transport, the individual consignor is very prone to look only at his freight bill, and to think only of the convenience of having the motor-vehicles calling at his door ; but if he pauses to think of what motor transport viewed as a whole is costing New Zealand this would probably change his ideas. Last year the cost of upkeep of the roads of New Zealand approached the £3,000,000 mark, an enormous increase on what was necessary before the motor became a serious user of the roads. Towards this the motor-vehicle contributed less than £1,000,000, and when converted into cost per motor-vehicle per year, the maintenance expenditure amounts to £18, without making any allowance for the interest and fixed charges on capital expenditure, and the above average cost is obtained by regarding the motor-bicycles (numbering nearly thirty-four thousand) as motor-vehicles. If the latter were ignored, and only the motor-cars and commercial vehicles taken into account, the figure would be in the vicinity of £23. In 1914 the gross annual expenditure on roads, capital expenditure included, was just under two and a half millions ; in 1927 it was considerably over five and a half millions. Viewed in another way, in the past eleven years there has been spent in maintaining the roads £255 per motor-vehicle, during which, time there has been received £24 in taxation per motor-vehicle. The amount of money found in the way of rates by the rural portions of New Zealand has trebled since 1911. When factors like the foregoing are taken in conjunction with the higher rate per ton-mile charged by the motor-vehicles it becomes a question for very serious inquiry as to whether we are not paying too high a price for the convenience of having the long-distance motor carrier calling at our doors. The total expenditure on motor transport is estimated to be nearly three times that spent on railway transport, being about eight and a half millions for railways and over twenty-nine millions for road transport. Another matter which warrants very serious consideration from those utilizing commercial road transport where the State railways are available is that by depriving the railways of the high-class freight they leave the Railway Department in a position that it is unable to operate 'except at a loss, unless the rates on the cheaper and more bulky classes of goods, which provide the greater part of the tonnage to be hauled, are raised. As frequently the margin on which these goods are carried is so narrow that an increase even of a fraction of a penny per ton will divert or kill the traffic altogether, the inevitable result is a deficit on the operation of the railway system. This deficit must be made good by the general taxpayer, and thus many people, while congratulating themselves on obtaining a convenience and imagining even an economy by using road transport, are actually being involved in a loss ; and even if no individual can show from his own books that he is suffering a loss, nevertheless the countsy as a whole is undoubtedly, doing so. The motor-transport bill for every man, woman, and child in New Zealand is £20 per head per year. It is not possible to ascertain definitely how many more tons of goods there are to haul about the line of communication of New Zealand than there were, say, in 1914, before which the motor was not a dominating factor, but if we take the tonnage of overseas vessels entered and cleared we find that between 1914 and 1927 there has been an increase of less than half a million tons.
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It is well known that the shipping which trades here is not fully utilized. For instance, the tonnage of ships cleared in 1922 was 1,782,987, but the actual cargo outwards was only 701,560 tons. Similarly, for 1927 the tonnage of vessels cleared was 2,200,763, while the cargo was only 804,619. The contrast between the increase of exportable goods and the bill for motor transport is startling. Between 1914 and 1927 over sixty millions of money was sent out of New Zealand for the purchase of motor-vehicles, tires, spares, and petrol. When to this sum is added the road expenditure during the same period, we arrive at the stupendous figure of £106,905,577. If the figures up to the 31st March of this year were available they would undoubtedly swell the previous total by well over twelve millions, and from this we see that there has been spent in providing for motor transport in New Zealand since 1914, when it may be fairly considered that the motor began to be an important factor of the life in the Dominion, in round figures the sum of £119,000,000. It should be noted that the immediately preceding figures are not the whole cost of motor transport, but only what is spent on the roads, plus what actually goes out of New Zealand for the purchase of motors and their fuel from overseas. This is not the whole story either, because during the same period—from 1914 to 1927 —the loan indebtedness of the harbour authorities of New Zealand increased by two and three-quarter millions, over one and a half millions of which was spent on the minor harbours, the goods from and to which could quite well have been carried on the railways. The fixed charges on this, extra indebtedness and all the working-expenses connected with the new facilities are a still further charge on the increased tonnage referred to above. It is estimated that all the goods and passengers carried by motor transport on routes where railways are available could have been carried on the railways with almost no additional expense, while the estimated, revenue from this business —■ some £630,000 per annum —would have made the railways practically self-supporting. The significance of this fact from a community point of view cannot be overlooked. Looking at the matter broadly from the point of view of the country as a whole, it is undoubtedly uneconomical to transport goods by road which can be transported by railway, unless the circumstances are exceptional. If the railways are placed in the position that as a result of their higher-tariffed goods being carried by another agency they are unable to be self-supporting, then, naturally, the Dominion cannot expect the overseas investors to supply loan-money for any further railway development, either in the way of extensions, improvement of present lines, electrification, or other works to increase and cheapen facilities. There is no doubt that there is a legitimate field for the motor-vehicle, particularly the commercial motor-vehicle, but the foregoing facts are simply put forward to impress on the public that in this matter there is something more to be considered than just the price at which some lorry-owner will agree to carry goods from the warehouse to a customer up the country. Increased expenditure on roads with the advent of mechanical traction was inevitable, but the roading bill, not only from a maintenance point of view but more especially from the point of view of capital expenditure, has been immensely increased by the necessity for providing for the relatively few heavy vehicles. In connection with roading, I propose this year to provide the sum of £908,500, an increase of £60,250 on last year ; while the Main Highways Board proposes a vote of £940,000 for construction, as against £675,000 last year, and £975,000 for maintenance, as against £725,000 last year. The Main Highways Board, as in the past, has co-operated cordially with the local bodies, with which it has such intimate contact, and, conversely, has received loyal co-operation not only from the County Councils, with which it has always had to deal, but also with the Borough Councils, which now come into the scheme of highway administration. By its system of providing free advice to local authorities concerning the quality of the materials which go to the make-up of roadsurfacing, it has, wherever the local bodies have been far-sighted enough to seek its co-operation, been able to ensure that their money is spent in the most economical manner. It is hoped that more local bodies will avail themselves of this service. The Main Highways Board, having access to the accounts and keeping a close watch on the methods used and results obtained by every local body of importance throughout New Zealand, is in a unique position to advise any local
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authority or association of local authorities which desires to have the benefit of its knowledge. The far-reaching effect of the new finances provided by the Motorspirits Taxation Act is just beginning to make itself felt, and during the coming paving season extensive works in high-class paving will be in progress around a great many of the main centres of population, and, in addition the County Councils and smaller boroughs will be ablej.o improve their maintenance and at the same time lessen the actual expenditure from their own funds. EXPENDITURE. The total net expenditure under all votes and accounts appearing on the public-works estimates for the financial year ended 31st March, 1928, was £7,061,201. Of this sum £3,200,664 was expended out of General Purposes Account, and the balance, £3,860,537, out of special accounts. A brief summary of this expenditure, as well as the total expenditure since the inception of the public-works policy to the 31st March last, follows in tabular form : —
Expert™ TqU1 Class of Work, ended Expenditure to 31st March, 31a n aroh ' 1928. Railways — £ £ New construction .. .. .. .. .. .. 908,669 35,166,168 Additions to open lines .. .. .. .. .. .. 233,153 15,790,234 Payment to Midland Railway bondholders .. .. .. .. 150,000 Roads .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 705,805 16,966,026* Public buildings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 223,540 10,136,524 Immigration .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 67,157 _ 3,184,565 Purchase of Native lands .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,061,148 Lighthouses, harbour-works, and harbour defences .. .. .. 23,870 1,249,214 Tourist and health resorts .. .. .. .. .. 36,673 460,766 Telegraph extension .. .. .. .. .. .. 625,540 9,291,948 Development of mining .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 881,845 Defence works (general) .. .. .. .. .. .. 39,986 1,280,916 Departmental .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 130,951 2,490,564 Irrigation and water-supply .. .. .. .. .. 49,735 781,282 Lands-improvement .. .. .. .. .. .. 72,898 426,607 Minor works and services .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 312,607 Plant, material, and stores .. .. .. .. ..Or. 1,288 348,219 Quarries (acquisition and operating) .. .. .. Cr. 9,325 11,143 Timber-supply and sawmills for Public Works Department .. .. Cr. 6,997 5,689 Motor-transport services .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33,635 Cost and discount, raising loans, &c. .. .. .. .. 100,297 2,596,622 Total General Purposes Account .. .. .. .. 3,200,664} 103,625,722 Aid to Water-power Works and Electric Supply Account .. .. 1,389,341} 7,235,205 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Account .. .. 59,644} 607,989 Total Public Works Fund .. .. .. .. .. 4,649,649 111,468,916 Wellington-Hutt Railway, &c. — 1 Railway .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 228,374 Road .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 101,658 Railways Improvement Account .. .. ... .. .. . 641,275 Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914 Account .. .. 1,488,739§ 4,458,793 Loans to Local Bodies Account —Roads to open up Crown lands .. .. 697,408 Opening up Crown Lands for Settlement Account—Roads to open up .. 206,626 Crown lands Lands for Settlement Account —Roads to open up Crown lands .. 6,337 590,025 National Endowment Account .. .. .. .. .. .. 53,401 Education Loans Account.. .. .. .. .. .. 368,479§ 3,371,426 Main Highways Account Construction Fund .. .. .. .. 547,997§ 1,745,436 7,061,201 123,563,338 * Includes £4,500 expended under section 10, subsection (1), Native Land Amendment and Native Claims Adjustment Act, 1923. f Does not include expenditure under the Ellesmere Land Drainage Act, 1905. J Excludes interest during construction. § Includes proportionate cost of loan raised under theso accounts,
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WAYS AND MEANS. On the Ist April, 1927, the available ways and means for public- £ works purposes were .. .. .. .. .. 839,387 Additional funds were received as follows : — (a) Transferred from Consolidated Fund in terms of section 12 of the Appropriation Act, 1927 .. .. .. .. 250,000 (b) Under Finance Act, 1926, section 2 (public works) .. .. 3,599,001 (c) Recoveries on account of expenditure of previous years .. 40,026 (d) Ellesmere and Forsyth Reclamation and Akaroa Railway Trust Account receipts .. .. .. .. .. 1,615 £4,730,029 The net expenditure on works and services against the General Purposes Account for the year was — £ (a) Under appropriations .. .. .. .. 3,300,369 (b) Under Lake Ellesmere Land Drainage Act, 1905 . . 439 (c) Under Lake Ellesmere and Akaroa Railway Trust Account 121 („) Charges and expenses of raising loans .. .. .. 100,297 Making a total of .. . . .. .. £3,401,226 This left a credit balance in the account for general purposes at 31st £ March, 1928, of .. .. .. ..■'"., .. 1,328,803 Legislative authority exists for raising a further .. .. .. 5,561,050 It is proposed to ask for further legislative authority to borrow, when required .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,000,000 Thus making available for public works, general purposes, a total of . . £9,889,853 The estimated expenditure under the account for the current financial £ year, including the transfer of £200,000 to Main Highways Construction Fund, is .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,047,500 In addition to the requirements for general purposes, there are a number of special accounts for public works with separate ways and means. The most important of these are : —
From the foregoing figures it will be observed that at the end of last £ financial year the unexpended balance of the Public Works Fund for general purposes, plus existing and proposed authorities for raising further moneys, amounted to .. .. .. .. 9,889,853 While the balance at the same date in respect to some of the more important public works, under special accounts, plus existing and proposed legislative authority to raise additional loans, amounted to .. .. .. •• •■ •• 11,043,109 Or a total of .. .. .. .. £20,932, 962
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.p , Unexhausted Additional n w° 6 Borrowing Borrowing Total availName of Account. o? + iur t Authority at Authority to be able Ways S |(Yoa ' 31st March, sought during and Means. iy/s. 1928> yoar _ £ £ £ £ Electric-supply Account .. .. .. 72,701 3,418,990 .. 3,491,691 •Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement 12,078 90,000 .. 102,078 Account Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914 676,769 2,350,000 2,000,000 5,026,769 Account Main Highways Construction Fund .. .. 72,571 2,350,000 .. 2,422,57! Totals for these special accounts .. 834,119 8,208,990 2,000,000 11,043,109
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RATIO OF EXPENDITURE 1927-28. The ratios which the various classes of expenditure on works bear to the whole are indicated graphically in the diagram below.
RAILWAY - CONSTRUCTION. The expenditure for the last financial year on new railway-construction, as given in the foregoing table, is an indication of the importance that is attached to the completion of the important trunk lines on which work is in hand. The amount of new work carried out during the past year is closely up to the volume for the previous year. The most noteworthy achievement for the year is 1 lie practical completion of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway between Tahawai and Taneatua, and the connection thus of the Bay of Plenty district with the general railway system. Though a length of only 14 miles of this line was handed over to the Railway Department during last financial year, a full passenger and goods service coordinated with existing services on the opened line has been established to the end of the constructed line at Taneatua, a distance of 84 miles. The total length on all lines under construction over which goods and passenger traffic has been run during the year is 161 miles, and these services have undoubtedly been of great service and benefit to the districts and settlers served. The schedule attached gives a complete statement of the work on railways now in progress, and the extent to which it is anticipated the railways can be completed during the next two years, assuming that sufficient financial provision will be available. The work done for the year on the several lines in course of construction is fully set out in the Engineer-in-Chief's report, and may be summarized as follows : — North Island Lines. North Auckland Mam Trunk Railway. —On this railway, work is being continued on two widely-separated sections. On the Rangihua Section, between Okaihau and the upper waters of Hokianga Harbour, earthwork operations are being continued in particularly difficult country —difficult owing to the treacherous and unstable nature of the hillside on which the line has to be built. By the extensive use of mechanical plant these difficulties are being overcome, and progress for the year has been substantial. On the Kirikopuni Section, 13i miles in length, construction work was completed, and the line placed in order for handing over.to the Railway Department. The works required to complete were very substantial in character. Cuttings that had slipped badly had to be cleaned up, bridges were completed, and at the several station-yards much building and other work was done. Traffic was run by the Public Works Department until May last, when the line was taken over by the Railway Department,
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Dargaville Branch Railway. —The purpose of this branch railway is to give Dargaville and the Kaihu Valley, so far served by an isolated section of railway, a connection with the trunk system at Kirikopuni. Plant off the recently completed Kirikopuni Section of the North Auckland Main Trunk Railway has been moved forward on to the Tangowahine Section of the branch, and earthwork, culverting, and other construction, work is in hand over a length of 7 miles. Auckland-Westfield Deviation. —Substantial progress has again been made during the past year on this work. The earthwork, which lias been particularly heavy, has progressed, so far that it has been possible to lay a service track from Campbell's Point to Westfield, and this track will facilitate transport and the completion of the formation. The construction of the Auckland Waterfront Road by my Department on behalf of the Auckland City Council is being carried out in conjunction with the railway-deviation works, and these two works have fitted in well together, to the advantage of both. The. Purewa Tunnel, nearly 2,000 ft. in length, is now complete. In a doubletrack tunnel such as this the quantity of work is approximately three times the amount of work in a similar length standard single-track tunnel. The work was successfully carried through, to programme. The extensive bridge programme, including railway-bridges aoross openings in the embankments across the harbour, and many overhead road-bridges of substantial design, is well advanced, and the work done is of first-class standard. East Coast Main Trunk Railway : Waihi Eastwards. —This important section of railway, as far as Taneatua (distant 59 miles from Tauranga), was complete by the end of June last, with, the exception of some minor works between Tauranga and Taneatua. Messrs. Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., completed their contract for the construction of 19 miles of the railway in March last. The work required under the contract, involving heavy railway-construction, was satisfactorily completed, and the section of railway was taken over by the Department at the end of the maintenance period without hitch. The Depaxtment has carried out a substantial programme of works required to complete the balance of the railway between Tahawai and. Taneatua, including formation, ballasting, completion of bridges, and station buildings, and at the same time maintained a suitable passenger and goods service. The big increase in goods traffic that took place as soon as through, railway traffic was inaugurated affords ample indication of the importance of this railway connection to the whole of the Bay of Plenty district. Gisbome-Najrier Railway. —Work on this railway was, as last year, vigorously pushed on between Eskdale, the present terminus of the opened line, and Wairoa. A feature of the work at the southern end is the building of the Waikoau and Matahoura Viaducts. The, former, of total length of 490 ft., with a main span of 250 ft., is complete, while at tin; latter the concrete piers and abutments are complete and the building of the scaffolding for the erection of the main span is in hand.. The associated works at the south end, including earthwork, platelaying, and ballasting, have been, pushed energetically on, so as to afford facilities for the transport of steel to the viaduct-sites. . At the northern end, on the Wairoa Section, the Wairoa Bridge, 458 ft. in length, is in hand. A start has been made with the concrete-cylinder piers, and the steel trusses are now on site ready for erection on completion of piers. On this section a very important feature is the tunnelling programme. It is necessary to push on with the driving of these tunnels to give access to three important viaductsites, to which the steel, when fabricated, will have to be transported by rail. Work has been carried on in four of these tunnels, in which satisfactory progress has been made. At the Waikare, Mohaka, and Maungaturanga Viaduct sites preliminary investigations and borings to test foundations have been made with the object of commencing foundation and pier work during the current year. Stratford Main Trunk Raihvay. —On the eastern end a daily goods and passenger service has been maintained between Okahukura and Oliura, and this
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has been of great service to the district. Construction work on this length, 19 miles long, "is now practically complete. Earthwork on the following (Tokirima) section has made good progress, and tunnelling is in hand, the Mangatatawa Tunnel, 7f chains long, being complete, and a start made with bottom heading of the Mahorahora Tunnel. On the western end of this railway most of the work has been concentrated on the Heao Section. No. 1 Tunnel, 30| chains long, was completed last March, and at No. 2 Tunnel, 54| chains long, a total length of 25 chains is complete. A substantial start has also been made at No. 3 Tunnel. Very good progress has also been made with the earthwork on the west end of this railway, and the work generally has been, much facilitated, in what is really difficult country, by the provision of power-operated inclines over the rough ridges, and by the provision of electric energy derived from a steam electric-power station. Palmerston North Railway Deviation. —This work, which had been started on a small scale in the preceding year, made good progress last year. The deviation, 6f miles long, involves heavy earthwork, for, though the country is very easy undulating in character, the areas required for passenger and goods yards are very extensive, involving heavy cut and fill. This earthwork is now one-fourth complete. The overbridge-construction necessary to carry road-crossings over the railwaydeviation is on an elaborate scale, and of these bridges that on Milson's line, making provision for crossing eleven tracks, is complete. Wellington - Tawa Flat Railway Deviation. —This railway, of total length of 1\ miles, is being constructed for through traffic to avoid the very excessive and unfavourable grades on the existing line through Khandallah and Johnsonville. The maximum grades on the deviation will be 1 in 110 against traffic out of Wellington, and 1 in 100 against traffic into Wellington, compared with grades of 1 in 40 on the existing line. In addition, the new line will reduce the through distance by 2\ miles, and will cut out a great deal of unfavourable curvature. The 1924 report of the Hon. the Minister for Railways on the programme of improvements and new works shows that this deviation would pay interest and show a profit immediately it is constructed. The work of constructing the Tawa Flat Deviation was put in hand during the past year. Its most important feature is the 3__, miles of double-track railwaytunnel required, 'renders were called for this work in New Zealand and abroad. The tenders received were unfavourable and much in excess of the Department's estimate, and it was thereon decided that the work would be carried out by the Department. Special tunnelling plant has been ordered, and most of it should be to liand by the end of October. In the meantime No. 1 Tunnel is being opened up by a bottom heading at each end, and enlargement and lining.is proceeding at the south end, all under the co-operative system. At the No. 2 Tunnel, 2 miles 54 chains long, preliminary work is being pushed on with a view to commencing work underground. Considerable bridge-work has been done, including the completion of piers for the Hutt Road Bridge, while the railway-bridge across the Ngahauranga Gorge is partially erected and in .service. South Island Lines. Midland Railway. —Work on the Kawatiri-Murcliison Section of the railway has been confined to the length of 5 miles between Kawatiri Station and the Gowan Station. Formation is nearly complete, and it is intended to at once proceed with the piatelaying, ballasting, and completion of the Gowan Station buildings, with a view to handing this section, over to the Working Railways. Westport-Inangahua Railway. —On the Cascade-Hawk's Craig Section fair progress has been made with the advance work, including bushfelling and formation. Considerable accommodation for workmen has been provided in two camps on the main road, and access to the railway-works on the other side of the Buller River is being provided by the construction of a light suspension bridge.
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Lawrence-Roxburgh Railway. —A certain amount of platelaying, ballasting, bridge-erection, and station-building erection had to be completed on the Miller's Flat - Roxburgh. Section to complete this railway to its terminus at Roxburgh. This was successfully done, and after goods traffic was run by the Public Works Department for a few months the section was taken over by the' Working Railways in April last. RAILWAYS. Additions to Open Lines. The expenditure out of the Public Works Fund amounted to £233,153 Is. 7d., for the provision of additional rolling-stock, motor-vehicles for road services, improvements and additions to station buildings, extension of sidings, waterservices, cranes, weighbridges, capstans, and turntables, train-control lines and instruments, additional dwellings, and purchase of land. Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914. The expenditure under the Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914, amounted to £1,135,393, including the sum of £4.4,222, proportion of the cost of raising the loan. The works included in this expenditure were new stations and yards, goods-sheds, and terminal facilities at Auckland and Wellington ; AddingtonMiddleton marshalling - yards ; duplication, Penrose-Papakura ; grade - easements Frankton Junction -Te Kuiti; new lines, Hutt Valley, Auckland-Westfield, and Auckland-Morningside ; new locomotive-depot at Greymouth ; deviations, Ravens-bourne-Burke's, Pelichet Bay, Palmerstoji North, and Tawa Flat; workshops and locomotive workshops equipment; bridge-strengthening ; electrification of railway between. Lyttelton and Middleton ; signalling, interlocking, telegraph and telephones, safety appliances, and. electric-lighting. IRRIGATION AND WATER-SUPPLY. in respect to new works, activities have been confined to the pushing-on with the Hawkdun and Arrow schemes, and to the commencement of a small extension to the Teviot River scheme. On the Hawkdun scheme work has mainly consisted of race-construction, and it is anticipated that most of the area will be supplied with water during the coming season. On the Arrow scheme contracts have been let for the supply of pipes and fittings for the long pipe-line and extensive siphons required for the completion of the scheme. It is anticipated that water will be supplied to the district in the 1929-30 season. The irrigation season just passed was a record dry one, and all streams and rivers were exceptionally low, and in respect to some of the schemes that have no water-storage the supply was for a while below requirements. However, taking the season as a whole, all irrigators were supplied with a full complement of water, and that fact, viewed, in the light of the record dry season, is regarded as an indication that the basis of the design of these schemes is sound, in that the greatest possible use of the water available is being made. It, of course, would be possible to restrict the area to be irrigated under any scheme to such an extent that there would be a full supply available at all times in the record dry season. The disadvantage of this would be that in all other seasons there would be water flowing to waste that otherwise could be used to great advantage. The loss under this latter condition would many times outweigh any inconvenience under the former condition. During the year the existing schemes were maintained, in good order, and a supply of water given to all lands requiring it. The total area irrigated under all Government schemes was 32,949 acres, the number of irrigators being 288. The graph appearing below shows the growth of irrigation under the Government schemes during the past nine years.
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During last irrigation season very strong representations were made to the Government as to certain features of irrigation administration, it being alleged that the supply of water provided by some of the irrigation agreements was insufficient for certain lands, and that there was urgent need for classifying irrigation lands. After an examination of the district by the Prime Minister and Ministers of Public Works and Lands, the Government decided to set up an investigating committee, under the chairmanship of the Assistant Engineer-in-Chief of the.Public Works Department, to report to the Government. The order of reference of this committee included an examination into the questions of the duty of irrigationwater, of the question of the rates of payment therefor, and of the future administration of irrigation undertakings. This committee lias now completed an exhaustive investigation and is preparing its report, and I have no doubt that when this comes before the Government for consideration it will be found that the report is a most valuable and constructive one. ROAD-CONSTRUCTION. The past year again saw very great progress made with the roading schemes whereby access is being provided for those settlers in the back districts, and also on the improvements, by way of widening and surfacing, to the many uncompleted roads. Each year the extension and. improvement of the roads throughout the Dominion is assisting more settlers with the better working of their lands, and the record expenditure by the Government of £1,253,801 on roadworks, including main highways, during last year will show the great strides which are being made in this direction. The figure quoted, as was the case last year, shows a very considerable advance on the amount expended on roadworks during the preceding year.
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Wherever possible, consideration in the way of improved access was given to the backblock settlers, and the setting-aside of a substantial sum under the new vote, " Roads to provide access to outlying districts," resulted in more attention being paid to those roads than would have been possible from the general allocation under the ordinary Roads vote. The extension of the Main South Road of Westland with a view to its ultimate connection with the general roading system of Otago is one of the works which I have particularly in mind in this connection. In my Statement last year I mentioned the fact that the new vote was being created, and the results obtained have, I think, amply justified the decision to earmark a specified amount for the purpose of opening up and improving the roads in the sparsely populated districts. In addition to the road-construction which was undertaken by the various local bodies and the Department out of the usual funds provided from the Roads and Outlying Districts votes, a large number of new works in various paxts of the country were put in hand for the purpose of giving relief to the unemployed. Many of these were completed, while others are approaching that stage, and a considerable number of roads the construction of which under ordinary circumstances would have had to remain over for possibly several years have in this way received attention. It is the policy of the Government, where circumstances warrant such treatment, to assist the local bodies with the renewal of bridges, the state of the finance of the county, the nature of the materials used in the old structure, and the fact as to whether the Government or the local ratepayers bore the cost of the original bridge all being taken into consideration when arriving at the rate of assistance to be granted. In the course of the year under review several bridges, some of which were built of soft timber and had been in use for upwards of twenty years, were replaced by modern and more substantial structures. This replacement of old bridges has in some cases been the final work in the general improvement of a road.
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The expenditure on the restoration of flood damages was approximately the same as the previous year, but a considerable portion of it was accounted for by the cost of completing works necessitated by floods which occurred just before the beginning of the financial year. No very disastrous floods were experienced during the year, but the usual slips and washouts, with more extensive damage in some cases, had. to be attended to, thus resulting in a fairly substantial expenditure of Government funds. Regarding the maintenance of roads, this is generally acknowledged to be the responsibility of the local authorities, but in a few cases, where great lengths of main roads pass through little-settled portions of counties, and rates collected have been insufficient to provide for proper maintenance, it has been necessary for the State to assist. Every care is taken, by the Department to ensure that such assistance is recommended only in cases where it is definitely proved that the finances of the controlling authority are inadequate, and where, in the event of maintenance being neglected, capital outlay by the State on the construction of the roads would be wasted. Although the funds available for the purpose last year were administered with the utmost care, the expenditure showed a considerable increase. This, however, is mainly the result of increased assistance having been granted for roads in the deteriorated-land areas, where lack of reasonable access would probably have resulted in properties being abandoned. In most of these cases the assistance was based on a pound-for-pound subsidy on the amount of rates actually expended by the local authority on the maintenance of the particular road. Representations have from time to time been made to the Government pressing for a reduction in the fees charged under the Heavy Traffic Regulations. The question is one which covers a wide economic field very far reaching in its effect, particularly on the finances of the local authorities which collect the fees and utilize them on road construction and maintenance, and while a great amount of thought has been given to the matter, the Government feels that before coming to a conclusion regarding the representations concerning the matter which have been made to it, further time is necessary before giving a final'decision. HYDRO - ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT. The year just completed, the seventeenth since construction works were first commenced, by the Department, has been marked by continued activity throughout its period. The expenditure has been £1,095,993, increasing the total capital spent on hydro-electric works from £6,427,935 to £7,523,928. A considerable portion of this capital —about £3,000,000- is represented in works, mainly at Arapuni and Waikaremoana, which have not yet come into operation. The year has been a particularly difficult one from an operating point of view, especially on account of the severe drought experienced in the Mangahao district, and on account of the operating difficulties at Horahora consequent on the diversion of the river into its new channel at Arapuni. Nevertheless, the annual revenue shows a substantial increase, being now £457,369, as against £364,412 last year, an increase of £92,957, or 25-5 per cent. Even though both Mangahao and Horahora plants were operating at their limit last year, the total load supplied by all schemes shows an increase from 50,150 kw. to 54,502 kw. during the year just completed. Mainly on account of the excessive amount of power that had to be purchased from outside stations on the Mangahao system, and due to the increased operating-costs at Horahora, the percentage return on the whole operating capital in hydro-electric development has decreased from 6-95 per cent, last year to 4-99 per cent, this year.
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Lake Coleridge. The financial position of this scheme can be summarized as follows : — £ Capital investment .. .. .. 1,561,081 Revenue .". .. .. .. 171,127 Operating expenses . . . . . . . 40,054 Balance .. .. • .. £131,073 This balance has been used in paying interest charges and a 2-per-cent. depreciation charge, leaving a profit on the year's working of £25,580. This has been paid into the Sinking Fund. The scheme now has a depreciation reserve of £173,231, and a sinking fund of £62,465. There has not been a great deal of construction work in connection with this scheme during the year. Work at the power-station was confined to final adjustments to the two new units which were put into commission during the previous year. Alterations have been made to the Harper intake works and the outlet weir to ensure a minimum of interruption with the water-supply, which it is anticipated will be getting towards its limit during the next two years. To enable these works to be carried out, water from the Harper was cut off for several months during the summer, and consequently the low level during the winter has been considerably below normal. This, however, will be made up with the increased stream-flow which always occurs in the spring months of the year. A new substation is being built at Woolston to supply power for the Lyttelton - Christchurch Railway electrification. The operation of the system has been free from any very serious interruptions, the only ones of any serious consequence being one of 15-j- minutes' duration on the Christchurch lines, and one of 31 minutes on the South Canterbury lines. Horahora. The financial results of this plant may again be considered satisfactory, although the operating-cost has been considerably increased owing to trouble with sand, pumice, and vegetation coming down the river, following the diversion at Arapuni. There has also been considerable additional cost consequent on. the increased extent to which the fuel-driven plants connected with the system, had to be utilized to meet the increasing demand for power. £ Capital investment .. .. .. 973,173 Revenue .. .. .. .125,312 Operating expenses ~ .. .. 46,568 Balance .. .. .. £78,744 The balance has been used in paying interest and 2 per cent, depreciation, and has left a profit of £15,908 for the year's operation. This has been utilized, in paying £9,732 to the Sinking Fund and £6,176 into a Reserve Fund. This scheme now has a depreciation reserve of £84,272, a sinking fund of £49,847, and a reserve of £53,845. The capital investment shown above includes £363,945 used on lines and substations forming part of the Arapuni scheme but at present operated from Horahora. Following the diversion of the river at the Arapuni power works, very considerable expense was necessitated at Horahora in keeping the screens sufficiently clean to maintain supply. The position is, however, gradually improving, and the station is now generating its normal full-load capacity.
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The steam plant which was purchased from the Grand Junction Mining Co. last year has been operated during the year, and one of the units there which was out of commission when purchased has been repaired and put on load. In addition, power has been obtained under contract from the Tauranga Borough Council's plant at McLaren's Falls, and from the Tourist Department's plant at Okere. The three Diesel-engine-driven generating-sets which were ordered towards the end of last year were erected and put into operation at Penrose in June of this year. Construction work on various lines which, though ultimately forming part of the Arapuni scheme will be operated meanwhile from. Horahora, was continued. A 50,000-volt line from Rotorua to Opotiki, in the Bay of Plenty, was completed, and has gone into operation, with substations at Rangitaiki and Opotiki. In addition, a new 50,000-volt line is being built from Hamilton to Huntly, and new substations at Iluntly, Matamata, and KerepehL Waikaremoana. This plant, of a total capacity of 2,000 horse-power, which was originally installed partly to supply power for. construction purposes and partly to supply the Wairoa Power Board, was operated by that Board under lease until December, 1927, and since that date has been operated by the Department itself. The capital expenditure on all works has been increased from £185,703 to £613,893. Operating charges, including interest and depreciation on the plant in operation, amounted to £8,780. The revenue received has been £5,073, showing a loss of £3,707 on the years' operation. The accumulated loss on this plant now amounts to £18,757, against which there is an accumulated depreciation reserve of £8,925. Construction of the main plant at Waikaremoana has been pushed on very energetically to endeavour to relieve the overload conditions at Mangahao. Contracts for supply from this main plant were made by which we were to give supply in June, 1929 ; but we confidently anticipate that power should be available somewhat before this date. There has been some delay with the delivery of plant from England, but good progress has been made with the headworks and pipe-line, and, should all material come to hand at the dates now promised, power should be available early in the new year. The transmission-line from Waikaremoana to Napier, where it will connect with the Mangahao system, is almost completed, and another line from Waikaremoana to Gisborne will be finished before the end of the year. Mangahao. The past year at Mangahao has been a critical one owing to the severe drought which was experienced in all the western districts of New Zealand during last summer. The financial position can be summarized as follows :— £ Capital .. .. .. .. 2,373,921 Revenue .. .. .. ... 155,857 Operating expenses .. .. .. 145,659 Balance .. £10,198 The balance has been sufficient to pay only 0"49 per cent, towards the interest charges for the year. The operating expenses are particularly heavy because of the purchase of power from other plants connected to the system, amounting to £111,745. The Department was faced, when the drought commenced, with the problem of deciding whether it should endeavour to supply all the demands made on the plant, or whether it should restrict its bulk supply consumers to the actual amounts of power which they had guaranteed to take when contracts for supply were
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originally made. It was decided that, although these amounts had been very considerably exceeded in practically all cases, it would be better to make every endeavour to supply the needs of the community, even at considerable expense, rather than curtail supply in an attempt to make a better appearance in this year's balance-sheet. The financial difficulties of the scheme during the past year are an index of the actual success of electric supply in the district, rather than an indication of any failure on its part, in that the excessive cost of operation was due very largely to the rapid rate at which the demand for power has grown. The following table shows the actual demand of the various supply authorities during the year, as compared with the load equivalent of the amount they were prepared to guarantee for this year when the contracts were originally made :— . Originally- Maximum Load Power Board. guaranteed Load. for the Year. Kv.a. Kv.a. Horowhenua .. . . 720 ' 2,333 Wellington City Council .. 6.370 10,496 Hutt Valley .. ..1,200 2,372 Manawatu-Oroua . . .. 1,100 2,093 Dannevirke . . .. 270 470 Tararua .. . . 400 468 Wairarapa . . .. 282 465 Wanganui . . . . 875 2, 088 Central Hawke's Bay . . 240 476 Hawke's Bay . . . . 800 2,136 The difficulties were accentuated by the fact that the upper dam on the Mangahao, which was completed and available for storing water in January, 1928, could not be filled until after the drought had. broken in April. Even with this additional storage, however, difficulties would have been experienced, as the plant has always been rated as being able to supply 1,600,000 units per week, whereas immediately before the drought and immediately after it the output has been between 2,000,000 and 2,400,000 units per week. The main item of construction during the year has been the completion of the upper dam on the Mangahao River. In anticipation of supply being obtained at ■ an early date from Waikaremoana, condensers and additional switch-gear are being installed in some of the main substations to secure better service. The operation of the plant has given very little trouble during the year, and the number of interruptions on. the main transmission-line lias been very considerably reduced as compared with the previous year. Arapuni. An expenditure of £801,932 has been made on this scheme, of which £483,821 represents payments to the contractors for the headworks and power-station, and the balance is mainly for various transmission-lines and substations which have been built by the Department to transmit and distribute the power to various supply authorities. Fair progress was made with the construction of the main dam, which was completed towards the end of December. Water was finally turned over the new spillway on the Ist January of this year. The diversion of this water into the new channel caused considerable erosion in the Waitete Stream, and on the banks of the Waikato River between Arapuni and Horahora. Large quantities of sand, pumice, and debris of all kinds were carried down the river, and interfered considerably with the Horahora Power-station. The difficulty has been gradually decreasing. As indicated in my Statement of last year, progress on the power-house section had not been altogether satisfactory for some time. After protracted negotiations with the contractors, it was decided to take over this section of the work from them, and to carry it on under the direction of the Department's own staff. An agreement was made with the contractor's by which they were to be paid at schedule rates for the actual quantities of work done and material supplied, and where material was supplied and not actually erected they were to be paid at their schedule rates, less
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their estimated erection costs. The contractors were allowed the benefit of the reduction they made on this section of the work when both sections were let to them at the commencement of the contract. Construction plant and material belonging to the contractors which was of use to the Department was taken over from them at a valuation. It is hoped that under this agreement the work will be completed by the Department at a cost not very much in excess of that contemplated in the original contract. Work was actually taken over at the end of December, 1927, and since that date the excavations for the power-house have been completed, the concrete foundations for the three units in the original installation completed, and the erection of one unit and the steel frame of the building is well in hand. There have been various statements that there were grave difficulties in connection with the construction at Arapuni, and that the Department was taking undue risks in proceeding with the power-house at the site originally selected. Up to date the work carried on. has demonstrated quite clearly that the Department was quite right in insisting that the work should be carried out as originally planned, and that it was well advised in taking over the work from the contractors. If the Department had insisted on the contractors carrying on, there is no doubt that very serious delays would have occurred pending and during litigation, and also because the contractors' representatives indicated that for them to complete the work would have taken considerably longer than was estimated by the Department's own officers as being necessary. It is to be regretted that delays have occurred in the completion of this powerstation, which is so important to the industries of the Auckland District, and the Department is making every effort to have at least a section of it in operation at the earliest possible moment. I hope that by the time the next Public Works Statement is produced power from this important plant will be available in Auckland. Apart from the main generating plant, the main transmission-lines to Auckland have been completed, and the main substation at Penrose is ready for receiving power, as soon, as available. Waitaki. I indicated, in last year's Statement that the Waitaki River had been selected as the next source of power for supply to the South Island system. At that time the actual site was not definitely located, but as a result of surveys and investigations made during the year a site for the dam, about 3,| miles above Kurow, has been selected and construction work has commenced. Tenders have been invited for the main items of plant, and every effort is being made to have power available from this source in three years from the present time. LOCAL ELECTRIC-SUPPLY AUTHORITIi.S. The Department controls only a portion of the electric-supply business of the country, but is more or less vitally interested in all the supply and distribution throughout the country. Many of the supply authorities purchase power in bulk from the Department for distribution and sale to the actual users. Over all supply authorities also, whether customers of the Department or not, a certain amount of control and general regulation has to be exercised. The Government itself now has an investment of £7,523,928 in its hydro-electric development, whilst local authorities drawing their supplies wholly or in part from the Government have an investment of £.10,251,940, and other supply authorities who are generating their own power independent of Government supply an investment of £5,927,384. Generally speaking, most of these supply authorities have been successful during the year, and, although possessed of rating-powers, these powers have been used only to a limited extent. Of the twenty-four Power Boards purchasing power from the Government only four collected rates during the past year, the total amount so collected being £8,333. Of the eleven Boards not using Government supply, three collected rates to a total value of £61,621 during the same period.
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SURVEYS, ETC. The surveys between Lakes Manapouri, Te Anau, and the Western Sounds, which have been going on for some time, were completed during the past summer. It will be remembered that a concession was granted to a syndicate to develop one of the large water-powers in this area for large chemical or metallurgical works. Representatives of this syndicate and of another one which is also desirous of developing works of this nature are at present in England with a view to interesting the necessary capital and manufacturing concerns in the proposals. RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION. Work on the electrification of the Christchurch railway has been proceeding on the lines indicated in my last year's Statement. The main substation at Woolston and the line to supply that point are being constructed by the Public Works Department. The Chief Electrical Engineer of the Public Works Department has also been associated with the Railway Department as chairman of a committee of railway experts to advise on a complete scheme of electrification of various sections of the railway system radiating from Wellington, and. also in connection with the electrical equipment of the various railway workshops. MAIN HIGHWAYS. In my last report 1 pointed to the fact that additional revenue should be made available to the Main Highways Board for four main reasons : Firstly, to enable an additional mileage of roads to'be declared main highways, primarily for the purpose of giving relief to County Councils in the matter of maintenance ; secondly, to en-ible the Board to continue to pay substantially towards the cost of maintenance of the original highway system, notwithstanding the increased mileage of highways referred to above ; thirdly, to assist in a much greater proportion than heretofore in the paving of roads in the vicinity of the large centres of population ; and, fourthly, to help boroughs, more particularly the smaller ones, in the construction and upkeep of the main highways. To provide money for the foregoing, a petrol-tax of 4d. per gallon was approved by the House during the session of 1927, and as a result of this County Councils are now being relieved to a much greater extent of the heavy charges involved in maintaining the roads up to the standard necessitated by the continuous and heavy motor traffic. In addition, the construction programme of the Board is being greatly accelerated, and, fortunately, I am able to say that although the expenditure on construction will be considerably increased it is not necessary, at least in the meantime, to extend the borrowing-powers conferred on the Minister of Finance by the Main Highways Act, 1922. Since the close of the last financial year the Board has recommended that the general maintenance subsidy, which is at present £l 10s. for £l, be increased to £2 for £1, and legislation will be introduced for the consideration of the House giving effect to the Board's recommendation. The power vested in the Board enabling it in special cases to pay more than the usual rate of subsidy has been exercised in a number of cases during the year under review, and I hope that the Board will give special consideration to those cases where local rating is proving a hardship on the ratepayers. The Board, recognizing that bridge finance, more particularly in the case of large bridges, often presents difficulties to local authorities, has since 1926 been subsidizing the cost of erection of bridges on a scale ranging from £l for £l to £2 for £l, according to the cost of the work. The Board has now suggested that bridges costing up to £10,000 be subsidized on the basis of £2 for £l, and that it (the Board) be given authority to pay such subsidy as it in its discretion thinks justified in the cases of bridges costing more than this figure. The Board in fixing the rate of subsidy will require to go thoroughly into special traffic features and the ability of the ratepayers to find their proportion' of the cost. The House will be asked to consider legislation to give effect to this proposal also.
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PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Additions have been made to Departmental Buildings at Wellington, Auckland, and Napier, and at the Government Printing Office. New departmental buildings were acquired at Wanganui. Courthouses. In Wellington a new Arbitration Court has been erected. The building is of two stories, in brick and concrete. This is the only new building erected during the year, but repairs and renovations have been carried out to a large number of Courthouses. Prison Buildings and Works. The general policy of utilizing prison labour on capital works, including prison buildings, road-construction, and farm development, has been pursued with satisfactory results during the year. Last year the monetary provision, for farm development at Hautu and Rangipo was transferred from the Public Works Fund to the Prisons vote, but there has been no curtailment of activities in this connection, and splendid results have been achieved in bringing these waste lands into productivity. Among the principal works in which prison labour was used was the conversion of the crushers at the prison quarry at Mount Eden. An up-to-date plant has now been installed, enabling the Department to produce graded metal products suitable to modern. - day roading requirements. A quarry - workshop has been constructed and equipped, which enables repairs to be done on the spot economically and with a minimum of delay, and at the same time providing facilities for training prisoners in this line of work. A baker's oven was also installed at Mount Eden. This provides another avenue of employment, besides enabling cheaper bread to be supplied to the institution. At the Waikeria Borstal Institution an. additional dairy was constructed, making a third on the farm. This is in pursuance of the extensive farming programme for the training of Borstal lads detained at this institution. Splendid work has been done in road-construction in the Waimarino area. In addition to considerable maintenance-work, prisoners have been engaged in the formation of portion of the Taumarunui-Ohakune section of the main highway. Good progress has been maintained in the building programme at the Wellington, Paparua, and Invercargill institutions. At the Invercargill Borstal Institution a building for the conducting of a wool-classing school was erected by the inmates. At Addington a well-equipped laundry was constructed, enabling women prisoners to undertake laundry-work for several State Departments. Fifty hutments were constructed from surplus timber from the Department's mill stocks for the housing of prisoners at the roadwork camps and at the prisons farms. Police-stations . The expenditure on police-stations amounted to £5,589. A new station was erected at Tokanui, and the station at Phillipstown (Christchurch) was completed. The old post-office dwelling at Paeroa was converted into a constable's residence, and an office and lock-up were built at Ongaonga. A residence was purchased for the Inspector at. Invercargill, and additional land for police purposes was acquired at Lumsden. Post and Telegraph Buildings. The progress of the Dominion is indicated by the necessity for providing at many places additional accommodation for the conduct of post and telegraph business. During the year practically all of the Department's buildings were inspected, and arrangements were made for additions and alterations to be carried out to many of the structures. There is, however, a considerable number of places at which the need for additional accommodation is pressing, but, owing to the expenditure involved, these requirements can be dealt with only in their order of urgency.
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Preliminary work has been commenced in connection with the erection of new chief post-office buildings at Dunedin and Napier ; also, it is intended to proceed as soon as possible with the erection of new buildings at Courtenay Place (Wellington), High Street (Christchurch), and Taumarunui, and with extensive additions to the existing buildings at Greymouth, Masterton, Nelson, and Waipukurau. The growth of the Department's motor transport continually demands the provision of suitable facilities for the storage of petrol. The modern method of providing storage in a tank placed underground and delivering by means of a pump has been adopted at a number of places. During the year new post-offices were erected at Castlecliff, Leigh, Portobello, Te Mata, Uruti, Waimiha, Waiuta, and Miramar (automatic telephone exchange) ; residences for Postmasters at Porangahau, Te Karaka, and Waiuku ; workshop-store-garage buildings at Frankton Junction and Timaru ; and garages at Clyde, Foxton, Newmarket, Pukekohc, Putaruru (purchased), Ruawai, Tolaga Bay, and Warkworth. Increased accommodation was also provided at Courtenay Place (automatic telephone exchange), Frankton Junction Railway, Hastings, Levin, Lower Hutt, Palmerston North, Putaruru, Richmond, Wellesley Street, and the erection of a new post-office building at Waverley is under construction. The following additions and alterations have been authorized: Cromwell (addition and alterations); Gore (addition) ; Hawera (addition) ; Matamata (alterations) ; Milton (alterations) ; Mokauiti (addition) ; Papakura (alterations) ; Pembroke (addition and alterations) ; Radio-Wellington (addition) ; Te Teko (addition) ; Waipukurau (addition and alterations) ; Walton (addition and alterations). Sites for storage purposes were purchased at Blenheim and Napier ; the area of the post-office site at Carterton has been increased by the acquisition of additional land ; and at Palmerston North an area of land adjoining the post-office site was taken over from the Department of Agriculture. Mental Hospitals. Avondale : Alterations have been carried out to the kitchen, men's lavatories, and Nurses' Home ; and, in the main building, necessary alterations have been made to provide quarters for the Matron. A new veranda has been completed for No. 8 Ward, and various repairs and renovations carried out as required. Puhitahi. (Men's Quarters) : The erection of a dormitory, dining-hall, kitchen, bathroom, and lavatories was completed during the year. All buildings are of wood on concrete foundations. Electric light has been laid on to the new site and installed in the various buildings. A windmill has been provided and tanks erected for a temporary supply of water pending the bringing in of a gravitation scheme, the headworks of which are now being proceeded with. Tokanui: A contract was let for the erection of three villas for female patients, and the work is in hand. A mortuary building, in concrete blocks, has been completed. Al4 ft. road, 18 chains in length, has been formed and metalled, to give access to the projected buildings. A 20 ft. bridge has been constructed, and general maintenance-works carried, out as required. Porirua : A new Nurses'' Home, a two-storied brick building containing over one hundred rooms, is being erected by contract, the roof now being on. A new six-roomed residence, in wood, for the Assistant Medical Officer has been erected by contract, and road, &c, formed. The whole of the buildings have been rewired for the 230 voltage, and extensive repairs, renovations, and additions carried out. The water-supply has been augmented by the installation of new mains, pressurereducing tank, and. by the raising of height of the dams. Nelson and Stoke : General maintenance-work has been carried out. Sunnyside : Alterations are being made to the boiler-house and a new chimney being erected. General maintenance-work was carried out as required. Hornby : A residence has been erected for the Assistant Medical. Officer. Templeton : The new villa unit, commenced the previous year, has been completed, and an addition made to the day-room. A water-tank to supply this building is in course of erection.
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Seacliff: A large and important work, comprising a new kitchen, laundry, and stores block, is in hand, and good progress is being made. Modern equipment for botlr kitchen, laundry, and store is being installed, and will greatly facilitate the working of the institution. Additions have been made to the Nurses' Home, and a residence erected for the Assistant Medical Officer. Hospital Institutions. The following works were carried out to institutions administered by this Department:— St. Helen's, Auckland : Hot-water service renewed. Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer : The old electric power-house was dismantled and re-erected elsewhere as storerooms. A new boiler-house and coal-dump are nearing completion, and the machinery, &c, is being assembled. A start was made with the new Nurses' Home, a two-story building, to accommodate upwards of sixty nurses. The stables were removed and re-erected on a new site. Extensive maintenance works, repairs, and renovations were carried out to various institutions as required. Agricultural Buildings. The amount expended last year was £2,863, a sum considerably less than usual. The principal works carried out were a new residence for the Manager at Ruakura Farm, further work on the plant and machinery at the Green Island (Dunedin) poison-mixing depot, and additional buildings at the experimental farms at Galloway (Otago), Puwera (Auckland), and Waimaunga (West Coast), and at the poultry-station at Wallaceville. Education. Considerable progress was made during the year in providing for increase of school population and the continual movement manifested between district and district. The Department is still pursuing its policy of replacing rented accommodation by permanent buildings, with the result that the allocation for rent is steadily decreasing. Further, the policy of making special provision for small country districts has been continued. Among the larger primary schools completed during the year may be mentioned Turu Turu Road, near Hawera, and Linwood Avenue Fresh-air School, Christchurch. The Terrace End School, Palmerston North, has been partially rebuilt ; also the Kakaramea School, Wanganui district. Secondary departments were provided at Foxton, Ohakune, and Te Aroha. The Rongotai Boys' College, Wellington, and the Marlborough Junior High School were completed. A hostel for the Girls' High School at New Plymouth was also erected. Some of the more important of additions to existing schools were Point Chevalier and the new Normal School, Auckland City ; New Brighton, Christchurch ; Timaru Boys' High School; Hutt Valley High School; and Waitaki High School. The Memorial Hall at Wellington College, towards which a substantial grant was provided by the Old Boys' Association, was also completed. A heavy building programme is at present being undertaken, including the Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston North ; a new infant department and remodelling of the main building at Hawera ; additions to Wanganui East; a new school at Fry's Lane, Hutt Valley; additions to Somerfield, Christchurch ; remodelling of Tokomairiro, Otago ; rebuilding of infant department, Rangiora, Canterbury ; new workshops at the Auckland Technical School; and additions to Hamilton and Palmerston North Technical Schools.
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The Department is giving careful consideration to the open-air type of school — i.e., a building one side of which can practically be thrown open if weather conditions are suitable. Arrangements have been made to note from time to time the effect of this type of school on the health of the pupils as against the Department's normal type of fresh-air building. The greater part of the secondary- and technical-school building work was carried out by the Architectural Branch of the Public Works Department. The following table shows for the year ended 31st March, 1927, the amount expended by the Department on new buildings, additions, sites, and teachers' residences: —■ £ Primary schools .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 190,940 Secondary schools .. .. .. .. .. .. 93,878 Technical schools .. .. .. .. .. .. 30,060 Training colleges .. .'. .. .. .. .. .. 6,349 Universities .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23,208 Native schools .. ... .. .. .. .. .. 11,430 Special schools .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,510 Free kindergartens .. .. .. .. .. .. Nil Massey Agricultural College .. .. .. .. .. 9,104 Total .... .. .. .. .. £368,479 LIGHTHOUSES. The policy of gradually improving the lighting of the coast-line and adding to the efficiency of the existing lights has been steadily pursued during the past year. A new automatic light of considerable power has been installed at Kaikoura to give an additional aid between (Jape Campbell and Godley Head, and to mark the Kaikoura Peninsula and adjoining foul ground. A smaller light was erected at Sail Point in Kaipara Harbour, and the beacon at the mouth of the Piako River was completed. The apparatus has been procured and a start made with the erection of a powerful automatic light at the North Cape. The preliminary excavation has been completed, and it is anticipated that the light will be in operation very shortly. The apparatus for the conversion of Manakau South Head to automatic operation has been received, and will be installed as soon as the North Cape is completed. Provision has been made for the erection of a new powerful revolving light for Cape Egmont and a flashing light for Kahu Rock during the ensuing year, and orders have been placed for the necessary outfit. It has also been decided to erect an automatic light on the West Head at the entrance to Tory Channel, and to replace the existing oil-burning leading-lights by range light of a more modern pattern. At Dog Island two new and up-to-date cottages have been erected for the keepers, and the buildings, &c, at other stations have been well maintained. A new diaphone fog-signal has been erected at Godley Head with satisfactory results. HARBOURS. At Westport considerable expenditure has been involved in the protection and conservation works between the Buller River Railway Bridge and the overflow above Organ's Island. The quarry has been fully manned during the year. Extensive service lines and bridging have been carried out, and a large quantity of heavy stone
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transported to the work. Two dredges have been in operation most of the year on the entrance and in the harbour, and arrangements have been made to put the " Ruby Seddon " into commission, and thus enlarge the scope of dredging on the bar as much as possible. At Karamea the work] of reconstructing in stone the existing training-wall is being steadily pushed ahead. The opening-up of the quarry and the laying of the railway from the quarry to the wall is practically completed. The necessary cranes, compressors, air-drills, &c, are being installed in the quarry, and the locomotive and trucks are on the ground. This coming year should see a large quantity of stone deposited. Additions were made to the Waikokopu Wharf, and a 30-ton crane built to handle the heavy machinery for the Waikaremoana hydro-electric work. A contract has been let for the construction of a stone breakwater, which will improve very considerably the conditions at this port. A new reinforced-concrete wharf is being constructed at Whangaroa, and also additions to the existing wharf at Half-moon Bay. In addition, several small wharves have been built at minor ports. TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS. The expenditure for the year was £36,673, as against £31,981 for the previous year. The main works carried out were additions to the Waitomo Caves Hostel ; improvements to the water-supply at the Hermitage, Mount Cook ; extensions to the Rotorua electrical, water, and drainage systems ; erection of a slipway at Lake Te Anau ; and the formation of the road to Lake House, Waikaremoana. During the year a contract was let for the erection of an up-to-date hostel at Milford Sound. TELEGRAPH EXTENSION. It is the general policy of the Government to provide a telephone service which will enable any one, anywhere, to pick up a telephone and talk to any one anywhere else in the Dominion. During the past year a further step towards this goal has been achieved by the installation of modern telephone-repeaters at Wellington and Seddon, and the completion of a new telephone toll circuit between Seddon and Christchurch. When used in conjunction with the new telephone-cable across Cook Strait, these additional facilities not only provide an efficient means of communication between Wellington and Christchurch, but permit telephone communication between such widely divergent places as Auckland and Dunedin, Auckland and Christchurch, Hamilton and Dunedin, Wellington and Dunedin, Christchurch and Gisborne, Wanganui and Greymouth, Dunedin and Rotorua, Dunedin and New Plymouth, Dunedin and Napier, as well as between a great number of the intervening exchanges. In order to extend further the range of intercommunication between exchanges and at the same time to increase the traffic-carrying capacity of the existing circuits, it is proposed to introduce in the near future one of the most interesting developments of modern telephone and telegraph practice, which is known as " carrier current" telephony. By the application of carrier-current principles to a circuit as many as three telephone-channels or ten telegraph-channels may be provided without increasing the actual wire plant. As the carrier-current system possesses great flexibility and has a wide range of application to a variety of differing conditions, it is especially suitable for New Zealand. The speed of toll service and the traffic-carrying capacity of the existing circuits to certain automatic exchanges have been increased by the installation at certain automatic exchanges of apparatus enabling toll operators at distant exchanges to call subscribers at the automatic exchanges without the assistance of toll operators at the automatic exchanges. Another proposal for improving the toll service and for meeting the steady increase in toll business is the adoption of a method enabling subscribers making toll calls to be placed in direct communication with the toll-line
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operator. Thus in many cases subscribers will have their calls completed immediately without the necessity of hanging up the receiver. The convenience of being able to place calls direct with the toll-line operator and the increased speed which should result will, it is anticipated, have a stimulating effect on the use of the toll service generally. The new method will be tried at a number of exchanges as soon as the necessary changes in equipment can be effected. The policy of introducing modern types of exchange switching equipment is being proceeded with as it becomes necessary to replace existing systems. Action will be taken shortly to provide certain new exchanges in replacement of those which are now becoming obsolete and which are incapable of further extension. Tn this connection the needs of the rural communities as well as of the cities are being carefully studied in order that the telephone requirements of the different sections of the community shall be fully met. In consequence of various extensions to the exchange systems in the matter of switching facilities and cable accommodation, the waiting-list. of prospective telephone subscribers has practically disappeared, and considerable progress has been made in reducing the interval between the time of acceptance of an application and the time of providing service. The number of new subscribers connected during the year was 12,159, a total that has been exceeded on but two previous occasions. An important development in radio-telephone operations was the inception on the 30th August, 1927, of commercial short-wave signalling between the Dominion and Samoa. This new service, for which Wellington and Apia are the present terminal stations, has effected several marked improvements over the previous service. Consideration is now being given to the inclusion in the scheme of other Pacific islands in which New Zealand is interested both commercially and politically. The work, when completed, should ensure a quick and reliable means of communication with the islands. Of the works upon which capital expenditure was incurred during the year the following were the more important: The erection of new metallic circuits between Wellington and Seddon, Wellington and Palmerston North, Wanganui and Hawera, New Plymouth and Hawera, Marton and Taihape, Kaikohe and Rawene, Murchison and Inangahua, Lumsden and Kingston, Balclutha and Owaka ; the improvement and extension generally of toll facilities ; the installation of short-wave apparatus at Badio-Wellington ; the conversion to automatic working of the magneto exchanges at Dunedin, Napier, Dannevirke, and Stratford ; the opening of a new automatic branch exchange at Miramar ; the installation of a multiple lamp-signalling switchboard at Greymouth ; the opening of new magneto exchanges at Katikati, Leigh, Paihia, and Te Mata ; the installation of 113 new public call offices (coin-in-the-slot telephones) ; the extension of the switching equipment at five automatic exchanges and twenty-eight manual exchanges; the erection of 2,513 miles of toll and telegraph wire, and 8,305 miles of aerial wire for telephone-exchange subscribers' circuits ; the laying or erecting of 169 miles of lead-covered cable, containing 39,991 miles of wire, for subscribers' circuits ; and the connection of 12,159 new subscribers' stations. In addition, 1,916 new extension telephones were installed ; while 8,093 telephones were installed in new locations on account of subscribers' removals. The total number of telephone stations in the Dominion at the 31st March, 1928, was 144,552. This represents approximately ten telephones for every 100 of population, a density exceeded only by the United States of America and Canada. RIVER-IMPROVEMENT AND LAND - PROTECTION WORKS. Under this head work has been continued on three schemes of river-improve-ment and land-protection. Brief particulars of work done during the _year are as follows : — Wairoa River : The work of protecting the foreshore alongside the Tokatoka stop-banks by the laying of a rock-spall carpet was continued, 32,000 cubic yards of spalls being spread during the year.
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Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers: Important progress on the Lower Waihou River was made with the works of stop-bank construction, clearing of the riverbanks, and of improving the river itself by dredging, a complete and efficient mechanical plant being utilized on the work. A fine bridge over the Ohinemuri River at Paeroa has been completed in concrete and steel. Construction work on this scheme is drawing to a conclusion. Taieri River: The greater part of the stop-bank system on this scheme for protection of the Taieri Plain against floods is now complete, and good progress has also been made with the construction of the pumping-station, the function of this latter being to de water the plain, if subjected to flooding, and to provide for getting rid of ordinary drainage-water. It is anticipated that in a few months time the main stop-bank and the pumping-station will be complete, leaving only some minor works to complete the scheme. DEFENCE WORKS. Training Establishments. Very satisfactory progress has been made with the development of the mobilization base and training-camp at Waikato Camp, Ngaruawahia. The large Ordnance Store building, Ordnance Office, oil-store, vehicle-shed, loading-bank, forage-store, two high-explosive magazines, two married quarters, extensions to railway-siding, permanent latrines, and septic tanks have been completed and are in use. The S.A.A. magazine is in course of erection. Drainage, roading, and noxious weeds have received attention, and the camp generally maintained. The erection of drying-room, shower-baths, three high-explosive magazines, and laboratory, which are now in hand, together with provision of up-to-date fire-fighting facilities and hutment for hospital, will complete this camp. Trentham and Burnham Camps have been maintained, and a hut for camp equipment erected at the latter. New drill-halls at Hamilton and Ponsonby have been erected and are in use. Numerous additions and improvements to drill-halls, offices, and storerooms throughout the Dominion have been made, and the buildings generally maintained. The development of Hobsonville Aerodrome for land-planes and sea-planes is now in hand. The engineering survey has been completed, and the plans and estimates for the various works axe receiving attention. This major work, together with the completion of Waikato Camp, prevents much progress being made with the additional drill-hall accommodation required in various localities. A new drill-hall at Petone to serve the populous Hutt Valley is the only work in this category which it is proposed to complete during the present financial year. MOTOR - VEHICLE LAW. The most important developments in the law affecting motor-vehicles since the last Statement are (1) the imposition of a Customs duty of 4d. per gallon on motor-spirits, and (2) the issue of the Motor-vehicle Regulations. The administration of these measures is proceeding smoothly, although the work involved in the system of refunds of the duty on motor - spirits is, as anticipated, fairly considerable. Certain anomalies in connection with the refunds have been discovered, as was almost inevitable, and it is proposed to bring forward amendments to the law during the present session with a view to rectification in certain cases. The steps taken by the local bodies and the police to enforce the Motorvehicle Regulations have so far not been very active, but now that motorists have had time to become conversant with the requirements more stringent enforcement may be anticipated shortly. The report of the Commission set up to investigate the transport position in the Auckland district has now been received by the Government. Although the problems placed before the Commission were, in general, local, it is noteworthy
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that the Commissioners agree with the policy of the Motor-omnibus Traffic Act, 1926, and find the majority of its provisions, and the provisions of the regulations issued under it, reasonable and satisfactory. The Government is giving consideration to the suggestions made by the Commission for amendments to this law, and also to the question of bringing forward other amendments which experience has shown might be desirable. PLANT AND MECHANICAL. If the order of reference under the heading " Plant and Mechanical " were to be in keeping with the relative importance of the wide variety of work undertaken by the mechanical staff, first place would be given to plant-maintenance in its many phases. However capable an operator may be in the control of an efficient machine, that machine frequently controls the entire local situation—it has, in fact, complete "job control" —hence requests from the field for renewable parts or for the repair of some worn or over-strained part belonging to a hard-worked plant article are immediately dealt with, and are given preference over current general business. During the year certain districts have benefited by the appointment of Plant Overseers, men who by training and experience are competent to correctly diagnose plant-ailments, who immediately counteract threatened, defects, and who are capable of undertaking the practical and other work incidental to the inspection of motoromnibuses, also contracts for manufactured ironwork. As was expected, the regulation of motor-omnibus design and construction for the safety of the public, and for the control of motor-vehicles in general throughout the Dominion, has sent much additional work to the Mechanical Engineers' office, and it is opportune to here add that my Department endeavours to keep abreast of the times in the fast-travelling and progressive motor world. The comparatively large undertaking in the Wellington - Tawa Flat Railway Deviation has occasioned more than the ordinary amount of time in the preparation of specifications for the supply by tender of labour-aiding plant and machinery, but the new plant required for this work is not included in the following schedule of plant which has been purchased and delivered for general purposes during the year: Four air-compressors, one air-hoist, one air-lock, two air-receivers, two bitumen-boilers, six concrete-mixers, five electric motors, one electric winch, two tans, five light locomotives, ten machine tools, nineteen motor-cars, seven motortrucks, one motor-velocipede, one oil-engine, one pump, two road-graders, one steam-crane, three tractors, two trailers, and one welding plant. STAFF. It is with sincere regret that L have to record the fact that a number of officers of the Department died, as one might say, in harness. Mr. ,1. F. Simpson, Assistant Engineer, was accidentally shot while at work. Mr. C. 11. Lawn, Office Engineer, after a long and valuable service, died, having worked until 5 o'clock on the very day of his death. Assistant Engineer A. A. Quartermain died from appendicitis, contracted while on his Christmas holidays. S. Fittall, Storekeeper, and A. Ross, Overseer, died after comparatively short illnesses. Mr. H. Dickson, Office Engineer at Auckland, retired on superannuation, and Messrs. F. N. Thompson, District Engineer, E. R. Mc.Killop, Assistant Engineer, and G. I. B. Thomas, Assistant Engineer, resigned in order to take up positions with the Wellington City Corporation. During the year a number of retired Public Works officers passed away, notable amongst these being Mr. W. S. Short, 1.5.0., for many years Under-Secretary of the Department, and who since his retirement on superannuation has rendered valuable assistance to the Department, extending almost up to the time of his death, by acting as a Commissioner in investigating such questions as the allocation of costs of road and bridge construction and maintenance between different mutually interested bodies.
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CONCLUSION. Shortly, to summarize, I have endeavoured to instil into my staff, from whom 1 have had the most loyal co-operation, the fundamental principle that the taxpayer must receive the very best value for the money spent, that all projects must be considered on an economic basis, and that in that consideration not only the requirements of the day are to be considered, but the ever expanding wants of this vigorous young country. Also, while seeing that only good work is done, and done economically, I have endeavoured to avoid any possibility of it being suggested that lowpriced work was to be obtained at the expense of fair and reasonable treatment of the employees. I have always found the staff eager to assist me, and in all cases anxious to carry out the policy defined for their guidance by the Government. I am satisfied that the works which have been brought into being during this year will serve a useful purpose long after those responsible for their conception and construction have passed away. As appendices to this Statement honourable members will find full details of the principal works carried out by the Department in the reports of the Engineer-in-Chief, Government Architect,' Chief Electrical Engineer, and Main Highways Board respectively.
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Schedule showing Particulars of Railway-lines under Construction at 1st April, 1928.
Handed over Length Ready for Ready for to Railway Length ® hi h Length ready handing over handing over , . p.Length oi Length under Department Rails laid over which Traffic for handing to Railway to Railway Amount spent JMumareo 5 Section. Construction. during Year during Year. Traffic , over to Railway Department Department to Date. ' . Amcjunt ended 31st is being rim. Department. within within to Complete. March, 1928. 8 One Year. Two Years. . _ . ~ ' " ) j j M. CH. M. CH. M. OH. M. OH. M. CH. M. CH. M. CH. M. CH. M. CH. £ £ North Auckland Main Trunk and Branches — Okaihau- Mangamuka .. .. .. 30 0 11 0 .. 3 40 •• •• •• •• 284,522 1,100,000 Waiotira-Kirikopuni .. .. .. 13 56 13 56 .. .. 13 56 .. 13 56 .. .. 1,082,340 15,000 Kirikopuni-Dargaville .. .. .. 17 40 5 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23,921 342,000 Auckland-Westfield Deviation .. .. 9 67 9 67 .. .. .. .. 9 67 .. 445,965 Paeroa - Pokeno .. .. .. .. 42 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... 22,406 1,018,518 East Coast Main Trunk and Branches — Waihi-Tauranga .. .. .. 38 33 38 33 14 0 6 0 24 33 .. .. 24 33 .. 1,010,963\ Tauranga-Taneatua (including Mount Branch) 63 36 63 36 .. .. 63 36 .. .. 63 36 ' 1,459.360/ ' Taneatua-Opotiki .. .. .. 26 26 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,799 600,000 Gisborne-Wairoa .. .. .. 65 12 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 147,241 1,200,000 Wairoa-Eskdale.. .. .. .. 60 21 60 21 2 40 13 0 5 0 .. .. 18 0 1,136,460 900,000 Waikokopu Branch .. .. .. 24 58 24 58 .. .. 24 58 .. .. 24 5S 566,656 20,000 Stratford— Main Trunk — Tahora-Ohura .. .. .. .. 22 40 8 40 .. .. .. .. .. 364,291\ n-n nnr, Ohura-Okahukura .. .. .. ! 19 10 19 10 .. 19 10 .. .. 19 10 .. 660,209/ 9"0,000 Palmerston North Deviation .. .. 70 70 .. .. .. .. .. .. 56,719 Rimutaka Deviation .. .. .. 13 24 .. .. .. .. 6,500 970,000 Wellington - Tawa Flat Deviation .. .. j 8 0 40 .. .. .. .. .. .. I 60,323 1,100,000 Hutt Valley Railway .. .. .. j 2 64 .. 2 64* .. .. .. .. .. 278,335 Midland — Kawatiri-Inangahua .. .. .. 46 43 4 0 .. .. .. .. .. 4 0 . 57,209 1,600, 000 Westport-Inangahua .. .. .. 26 0 5 0 ; . .. 30 .. 30 .. 175,030 630,000 South Island Main Trunk — Wharanui-Parnassus .. .. 76 0 .. •• •• •• .. 44,691 2,300,000 Lawrence-Roxburgh — Miller's Flat-Roxburgh .. .. .. 9 10 9 10 .. .. .. .. 9 10 .. 135,246 10,000 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 283 11 16 64 12 0 161 33 5 0 25 66 145 44 18 0 j 8.022,186 ' 12,845,518 * Double track. NOTE. —Estimates to complete include amounts required for maintenance and running traffic " hare traffic is being run.
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Views showing Slip Country just beyond Okaihau. NORTH AUCKLAND MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.—RANGIAHUA SECTION.
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Kirikopuni Station-yard.
Northern Wairoa River Bridge, Pukehuia. Two 105ft. steel truss spans, two 45ft. and fifteen 30ft. steel plate girder spans. NORTH AUCKLAND MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.—KIRIKOPUNI SECTION.
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General View showing Embankment across Hobson Bay. New waterfront road in foreground. AUCKLAND-WESTFIELD DEVIATION.
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View from Campbell's Point, showing Excavation and Embankment at Southern End of New Auckland Station-yard. Embankment for new waterfront road on left. AUCKLAND-WESTFIELD DEVIATION.
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Wainui River Bridge. Seven 35ft. steel plate girder spans. EAST COAST MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.-APATA SECTION.
Creek-diversion Tunnel at 53m. 25ch.
No. 2 Railway Tunnel, Eastern End.
STRATFORD MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY, WESTERN KND.-HEAO SECTION
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Views showing 250ft. Span in course of Erection.
First Train crossing. NAPIER-WAIROA RAILWAY.—PUTORINO SECTION: WAIKOAU VIADUCT.
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Walkoau Viaduct. One 250 ft. steel deck truss span, four 60 ft. through steel plate girder spans. Height of rail-level above water-level, 235 ft. NAPIER-WAIROA RAILWAY.— PUTORINO SECTION.
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Matahoura Viaduct. View showing trestling and cable ways for erection of 250ft. span. NAPIER-WAIROA RAILWAY.—PUTORINO SECTION.
Top Lift of Cutting at 34m. NORTH AUCKLAND MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.—RANGIAHUA SECTION.
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General View of Excavation for Goods-yard.
Steam-shovel excavating for Goods-yard. PALMERSTON NORTH DEVIATION.
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View showing Piers for Bridge over Hutt Road and Railway. Note three lines of traffic through each span.
View from above Portal of No. 1 Tunnel. This view gives a good idea of the angle of skew of the crossing of road and railway, which is 60.° WELLINGTON-NEW PLYMOUTH RAILWAY.—TAWA FLAT DEVIATION.
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Ngahauranga Stream Bridge. View showing piers under construction.
Ngahauranga Stream Bridge. View showing piers completed and erection of steel plate girder spans almost completed No. 1 Tunnel in background. Bridge consists of two 60ft. and two 50ft. steel plate girder spans. Double-track railway. WELLINGTON-NEW PLYMOUTH RAILWAY.—TAWA FLAT DEVIATION.
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Te Karae-Mangamuka Road. Limestone cutting.
Waioeka Road, Bay of Plenty. Views showing construction in rock country.
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Auckland-Orakei Waterfront Road. View from Hobson Point, looking towards Orakei Point.
Ohinemuri River Road-bridge, Paeroa. Three 60ft. through steel plate girder spans and four 30ft. rolled-steel joist spans. Concrete deck, 18ft. roadway with footway on one side.
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WANGANUI RIVER ROAD-BRIDGE, TE MAIRE. One 110ft. and two 60ft. timber truss spans, and two 25ft. stringer spans.
End View, showing Anchorages.
Side View. One 264ft. cable suspension span with timber stiffening-truss and two 30ft. end spans. WAIAU STREAM ROAD-BRIDGE, TUTAEKURI BLOCK.
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Mangatipa Bridge under Construction. One 120ft. steel deck truss and four 25ft. timber spans. KIRIKOPUNI-PARAKAO ROAD.
Waituna Stream Bridge. 60ft. arched reinforced-concrete span, 20ft. roadway. WAITUNA VALLEY ROAD, KIWITEA COUNTY.
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No. 2 Substation, Hamilton.
Arapuni Dam. Water discharging from diversion-tunnel under high head. ARAPUNI HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.
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View showing Head-race and Spillway.
View showing Excavation at Power-house Site and Lower Concrete Foundations in Place, ARAPUNI HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.
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General View of Workmen's Camp and Village Settlement. WAIKAREMOANA HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.
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General View of Outdoor Switching-station, under Construction. Pipe-line to power-house in background.
Outdoor Switching-station, under Construction. WAIKAREMOANA HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.
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Power-house under Construction.
Weir and River-diversion Race. WAIKAREMOANA HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.
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20,000 kv.a. Generator erected in Maker's Workshops. WAIKAREMOANA HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.
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28,000 h.p. Turbine erected in Maker's Workshops. WAIKAREMOANA HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.
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10,000 kv.a. Synchronous Condenser, Khandallah Substation.
Upper Dam, Mangahao River. MANGAHAO HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.
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View showing Surge-chamber with Screens in Position. WAIKAREMOANA HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.
Adopted Dam-site. Approximate line of dam is shown on photograph. WAITAKI HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.
.Photo, I), If. Qilmour, Oamaru
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View showing Power-house, with extension completed.
Control-gate for Lake Overflow.
Control-gates, Harper River Diversion. LAKE COLERIDGE HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.
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Switch-gear, Lake Coleridge Power-station.
Addington Substation. 66,000-volt transformers and switch-gear. LAKE COLERIDGE HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.
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11,000-volt Live-line changing.
66,000-volt Live-line changing. LAKE COLERIDGE HYDRO-ELECTRIC SCHEME.
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Hawke's Bay Fallen Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Hastings.
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Arbitration Court, Wellington.
Hutt Valley High School.
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Hastings Post-OFFICE. View showing building with additions completed.
Templeton Mental Hospital. Recreation-room of villa for forty-eight patients.
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Castlecliff Post-office.
Gore Hospital—Nurses' Home.
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PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, 1928.
INDEX. TABLES. Page No. 1. —Total Expenditure : Summary showing Total Expenditure out of Public Works Fund .. 2 No. 2. —Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund, 1905-6 to 1927-28 .. .. .. 3 No. 3. —Railways : Statement showing Expenditure on Construction of Railways .. .. .. 7 No. i. —Expenditure out or Separatm Accounts under the Control of the Public Works Department .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 No. 5. —Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Buildings out oi? Public Works Fond .. .. 10 No. 6.—Development op Water-power : Statement of Accounts .. .. .. .. .. 11 No. 7. —Irrigation and Water-supply: Sohedula of Sohemes completed or under Construction and under Investigation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. :!4 APPENDICES. Appendix A. —Expenditure for the Year : Audited Statement of Expenditure out of the Public Works Fund for the Year 1927-28 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 „ B. —Annual Report on Public Works, by the Engineer-in-Chief .. .. .. 38 „ C.—Annual Report on Public Buildings, by the Government Architect .. .. .. 72 D.—Annual Report on Electrical Work and Water-power Schemes, by the Chief Electrioal Engineer .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 70 E. —Annual Report on Main Highways, by the Main Highways Hoard .. .. .. 131
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TABLE No. 1. Summary showing the Total Expenditure on Public Works and other Services out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1928, and the Liabilities on that Date.
Nu " ( ber I Total Ex^t Ure Recoveries Total - Total t!,m„ ... , Net Expenditure I rr„„i.?i on Account of Net Expenditure Liabilities on | Net Expenditure . Works ' to Twelve Months Services to 31st March, 1928. and ! Works - Details | 31st March » 1927 • 3i s t Marcfe 19*28 of Previous Years. 31st March, 1928. Liabilities. £ £ £ £ £ £ 3 Railways*.. .. .. .. 49,816,279 1,141,822 1,699 50,956,402 114,964 51,071,366 Railways.* Roadsf .. .. .. .. 16,261,228 705,805 1,007 16,966,026 94,445 17,060,471 Roads, t Development of mining .. .. 832,975 .. 1,130 831,845 .. 831,845 Development of mining. Telegraphs .. .. .. 8,666,408 625,540 .. 9.291,948 227,018 9,518,966 Telegraphs. Public buildings .. .. .. 9,920,287 223,540 7,303 10,136,524 15,277 10,151,801 Public buildings. Lighthouses, harbour- works, and har- 1,225,509 23,870 165 1,249,214 1,423 1,250,637 Lighthouses, harbour- works, andharbour-bour-defences defences. Departmental .. .. .. 2,372,941 130,951 13,328 2,490,564 2,475 2,493,039 Departmental. 18 of 1878 1 Coal-exploration and mine-development 10,835 .. .. 10,835 .. 10,835 Coal-exploration and mine-development. 11 of 1877 Aiding works on Thames goldfields .. 50,000 .. .. 50,000 .. 50,000 Aiding works on Thames goldfields. Immigration .. .. .. 3,117,408 ~ 67,157 .. 3,184,565 13,126 3,197,691 Immigration. Purchase of Native lands .. \. i 2,061,204 .. 56 2,061,148 .. 2,061,148 Purchase of Native lands. Defence .. .. .. .. 1,241,395 39,986 465 1.280,916 .. 1,280,916 Defence. : Charges and expenses of raising 1 oans.. 2,496,325 100,297 .. j 2,596,622 .. 2,596,622 Charges and expenses of raising loans. Interest and sinking fund .. .. 218,500 .. .. 218,500 .. 218,500 Interest and sinking fund. Rates on Native lands .. .. 68,672 .. .. 68,672 .. 68,672 Rates on Native lands. Thermal springs .. .. .. 14,600 .. .. 14,600 .. 14,600 Thermal springs. Tourist and health resorts .. .. 424,609 36,673 516 460,766 4,590 465,356 Tourist and health resorts. Lands .. .. 356,283 72,898 2,574 426,607 3,170 429,777 Lands improvement.! Payment to Midland Railway bond- 150,000 .. .. 150,000 .. 150,000 Payment to Midland Railway bondholders holders. Irrigation and water-supplv§ .. 734,345 49,735 , 2,798 781,282 2,215 783,497 Irrigation and water-supply .§ Plant, material, and stores .. .. 358,492 Cr. 1,288 8,985 348,219 7,376 355,595 Plant, material, and stores. Quarries (acquisition and operation) .. 20,468 Cr. 9,325 ■■ 11,143 1,997 13,140 Quarries (acquisition and operation). Timber-supply and sawmills for Public 12,686 Cr. 6,997 -. 5,689 552 6,241 Timber-3upply and sawmills for Public Works Department Works Department. Motor Transport Services .. .. 33,635 .. .. 33,635 .. 33,635 Motor Transport Services. Transfer to Main Highways Account, 626,000 200,000 .. 826,000 .. 826,000 Transfer to Main Highways Account, Construction Fund Construction Fund. Totals.. .. .. 101,091.084 3,400,664 40,026 104,451,722 488,628 104,940,350 j Totals. I ! -I * Exclusive of expenditure on Hutt Railway and Road Impiovement and Railways Improvement Accounts. f Includes £4,500 expended under section 16 (1) Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1923. J £6,727 previously expended on irrigation under this item, now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply. § Includes £115,000 previously expended under Irrigation and Water-supply Account, 1911-12 to 1915-16 and part 1917-18, now included in Public Works Fund ; also £6,727 previously expended on irrigation under Lands Improvement, now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply.
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TABLE No. 2. GENERAL SUMMARY. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund, 1906-1907 to 1927-28.
N.B. —The figures in italics, prefixed by " Cr.," are either recoveries on account of services of previous years or receipts-in-aid applied in reduction of expenditure. Total Net Expenditure. Description of Services. I j , i j . — March, 1906. 1906-7. 1907-8. 1908-9. 1909-10. j 1910-11. 1911-12. 1912-13. j 1913-14. i 1914-15. 1915-16. j 1916-17. j i j i : i " 11 ] i | : i £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Immigration.. .. .. .. .. - 2,168,227 14,353 9,132 15,075 17,003 9,441 11,681 14,694 33,914 33,219 10,010 6,533 Cr. 10 - Public Works, Departmental .. .. .. 533,455 16,710 18,219 24,512 41,176 42,733 49,864 57,426 66,650 100,719 111,489 131,701 Irrigation and Water-supply .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,562 2.794 14,689 40,329 32,090 29,874 20,794 Railways .. .. .. .. .. 21,891,578 1,227,880 1,093,535 1,116,183 1,128,400 1,104,071 1,125,905 1,148,832 1,104,897 2,146,75311,065,171 620 947* Cr. 652 Cr. 6,987 Cr.29,528 Cr. 5,485 Cr 6,022 Cr.4,633 Cr. 4,845 Paymenfto Midland Railway Bondholders .. . 150,000 Roads Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges .. .. 6,169,316 308,500 285,248 422,174 297,932 229,537 383,511 337.584 353,836 484,365 400,062 203 746 Cr. 515 Roads on Goldfields.. .. .. .. 703,987 38,970 38,494 47,375 40.830 25,626 41,067 36,761 24,143 30,065 24.432 17,099 Development of Thermal Springs and Natural Scenery .. 16,023 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. \ Lands Improvement Account* .. .. 300,930 Total,Roads .. .. .. .. 7,190,256 347,470 323,742 469,549 338.762 255,163 424,578 374,345 377,464 514,430 424,494 220,845* Development of Mining .. .. .. .. 766,961 11,064 8,633 32,859 18.597 10,845 21,244 10,644 4,889 2,384 6 60 9 4 59-> Cr. 1.000 Cr. 1,000 Cr. 30 Cr. 1,015 Cr. 255 Purchase of Native Lands .. .. .. .. 1,532,443 9,135 2,190 2,099 30,567 2,976 Cr. 2,466 Cr. 917 Cr. 857 Cr. 1,060 Cr. 972 ~Cr. m~. Cr. 2,286 Native Lands Purchase Account .. .. ,. 491,980 Total, Land Purchases .. .. .. 2,024,423 9,135 2,190 2,099 30,567 690 Cr. 2,466 Cr. 917 Cr. 857 Cr. 1,060 Cr. 972 Cr. 868 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. .. .. 1,210,177 114,068 155,491 163,032 123,423 111,867 147,692 251.375 392,648 288,395 249,554 203,311 Public Buildings: — General (including Miscellaneous) .. • • 287,683 14,216 16,260 39,635 41,964 44,044 34,721 44,719 43,199 52,239 22 050 12 648 Parliamentary 62,323 1,047 4,119 5,172 3,157 237 2,004 18,806 23,612 31,478 17! 133 22' 586 f Courthouses .. .. •• ■ ■ 9,580 5,788 14,473 11,119 5,759 14,556 20,097 9,423 5,171 4 902 '299 Judicial"! Prisons .. -. •• •• r 527,039 3,146 4,164 5,008 4,231 7,506 9,760 6,911 4,928 14,515 17,786 15 685 (_ Police-stations .. .. •• •• J 22,466 18,986 17,730 16,256 9,030 19,817 18,423 14,094 19,122 25,484 2l!l47 * Subsequent expenditure under separate class " Lands Improvement," see next page. t Includes £1,000,000 expended 1908-9 and 1909-10 under Wellington-Manawatu Railway Purchase Account. [Continued on page 4.
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Total Net Expenditure. Description of Services. ; : j March, 1906. 1906-7. 1907-8. 1908-9. 1909-10. 1910-11. 1911-12. 1912-13. 1913-14. 1914-15. 1915-16. i 1916-17. Public Buildings —continued. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ I £ £ £ Post and Telegraph .. .. .. .. .. 440,717 43,918 43,724 62,262 68,574 117,815 130,815 122,999 78,S15 60,838 35,258; 22,7-14 Customs .. .. .. .. .. .. 46,238 414 47 2,507 233 .. .. j .. ! Quarantine Stations .. .. .. .. .. 6,865 .. .. .. .... .... Mental Hospitals .. .. .. .. .. 533,758 8,049 7,987 15.296 19,839 12,707 8,809 46,181 26,001 53,996 54,898 1 44,602 Or. 15 Public Health .. .. .. .. .. 18,506 1,765 7,497 I 4,402 319 .. .. 376 .. .. | Health and Hospital Institutions .. .. .. 69,505 10,259 15,576 11,153 7,259 1,484 12,745 8,750 1,435 998 1,426 i 7,570 School Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 1,344,790 109,459 100,197 102,340 98,103 124,926 90,535' 105,000 121,954 122.940 97,972 70,367 Agricultural .. .. .. .. .. 14,111 2,707 1.690 j 5,543 6,103 1,160 3,684 6,475 4,398 2,428 2,972 3.046 Cr. 34 Workers' Dwellings .. .. .. .. .. i J -■ j .. j .. .. 22,644 46,455} 41,741 68,275 55,893 35,437 i Total, Public BuUdings .. .. .. 3,351,535 227,026 226,035 285,521: 277,157 324,668 350,090 445,192 369,600 431,966 335,759 256,131 Lighthouses, Harbour- works, and Harbour-defences: — Lighthouses.. .. .. .. .. .. 162,855 .. 1,417 7,481 6,762 1,470 5,428 9,031 5,174 3,887 1,415 449 Harbour-works .. .. .. .. .. 330,293 2,963 2,867 4,439 4,548 4,092 6,004 7,415 3,346 12,563 9,355 2,280 Cr. 1,462 Harbour-defences .. .. .. .. .. 520,005 1,541 2,579 7,297 5,372 2,865 1,144 339 539 681 2,903 1,038 Cr. 300 : ' ! j Total, Lighthouses, &c. .. .. .. 1,013,153 4,504 6,863 19,217 16,682 : 8,427 12,576 16,785 7,297 17,131 [ 13,673 3,767 Rates on Native Lands .. .. .. .. I 67,113 695 837 27 j .. .. j .. .. | .. j .. j Contingent Defence .. .. .. .. .. 854,720 ! 14,874 18,574 10,766 | 4,977 6,071 j 10,437 23,790 30,186 15,221 37,619 9,742 Tourist and Health Resorts .. .. .. .. j 71,248' 42,271 45,048 24,286? 14,507 5,912; 13,361 12,906 14,989 8,232 5,167 1,094 Gr. 12 Gr. 500 Lands Improvement* .. .. .. .. .. ! 9,409 5,605 9,561 19,542 ! 6,9)0 11,125 20,394 22,550 10,269 i 13,810 5,936 Cr. 2,731 Or. 383 Cr. 432 Cr. 522 i Charges and Expenses of raising Loans .. .. .. 1,249,304 Cr. 5,175 Cr. 8,487 575 17,715 66,367 67,470 72,950 105,449 35,495 5,037 35 Cr. 12,000 Cr. 66,392 Gr. 66,954 Or. 71,681 Cr. 96,741 Gr. 34,865 Gr. 5,030 Interest and Sinking Funds .. .. .. .. 218,500 .. .. .. .. .. i Coal-exploration and Mine-development .. .. .. 10,835 .. .. .. .. .. j Thermal Springs .. .. .. .. .. 14,600 •• .. .. j .. .. .. I Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. .. .. j .. .. •• •• j •• -• •• 74,418 9,778 Toted Ways and Means Credits .. .. 5,175 8,487 .. .. .. 10,530 103,524 105,792 43,400 11,160 5,713 Grand Total— Net Expenditure .. .. 42,790,494 i2,035, 144 1,909,688 2,183,245 2,022 : 876 1,891,918 12,190,731 2,347,965 2,455,066 2,597,109 2,363,658 5 2 588 * For previous expenditure see Roads Class. [Continued on page 5.
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Expenditure. Total Net Description of Services. t : : —— ; r Ex^n^^ re 1917-18. 1918-19. 1919-20. 1920-21. 1921-22. I 1922-23. 1923-24. 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27. 1927-28. March, 1928. a | I I | | __| I I I _J I £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ ££ Immigration .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,856 Gr. 12,018 Gr. 62,561 Gr. 7,806 247,528 90,611 92,600 136,353 107,521 184,918 67,157 3,184,565 | Cr. 140 \ Gr. 1,267 Cr. 16 Gr. 443 : ; : . Public Works, Departmental .. .. .. .. 127,962: 115,419 121,677 143,280 128,002 111,367 110,445 127,556 126,596 115,866 130,951 2,490,564 Gr. 2,662 Gr. 4,119 Or. 6,281 Cr. 525 Cr. 131 Gr. 69 Cr. 19 Gr. 129 Gr. 35,948 Gr.13,328 , Irrigation and Water-supply* .. .. .. .. 11,650 13,665 34,115! 55,344 82,713 58,131 95,467 127,995 56,227 56,937 49,735 781,282 Gr. 31 Cr. 2,798 Railways .. .. .. .. .. .. 495,771 387,923 748.649 1,365,466 3,133,200 2,110,859 1,776,413 1,878,729 1,988,614 1,480,807 1,141,822 50,956,402 Cr. 110 Gr. 4,924 Gr.105,196 Cr. 388 Cr. 751 Cr. 3,171 Cr. 1,167 Cr.37 ,924 Cr. 16,875 Cr.95,647 Cr. 1,699 Payment to Midland Railway Bondholders .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 150,000 Roads: — Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges .. .. .. 128,730 221,887 376,097 527,854 552,895 643,156 751,370 603,968 564,694 575,898 669,833 Cr. 600 Cr. 997 Cr. 603 Cr. 81 Cr. 197 Gr. 244 Cr. 188 Cr. 231 Cr. 4,810 Cr. 981 Gr. 540 Boads to give access to Outlying Districts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33,642 i Roads on Goldfields .. . .. .. .. 6,912 4.186 12,465 11,050 11,264 4,850 2,867 2,755, 3,934 2,230 Cr. 2,330 ! 467 Development of Thermal Springs and Natural Scenery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Lands Improvement Account .. .. .. .. .... Total, Roads .. .. .. .. 135,042; 225,076 387,959 538,823 1 563,962 647,762; 754,049 j 606,492 563,818 577,147 704,798 16,966,026 Development of Mining .. .. .. .. .. 27 I 518 1,173 2,153 2,130 Cr. 98 1,363 .. .. •• •• 881,845 Cr. 6,545 Cr. 1,000 Gr. 7,008 Cr. 1,606 Gr. 51 Gr. 1,785 Cr. 2,310 Cr. 1,130 Purohase of Native Lands .. ., .. .. | Cr. 57 .. Gr. 57 Gr. 57 Cr. 52 .. .. .. .. Cr. 535 Cr. 56 Native Lands Purchase Account .. .. .. .. .. Total, Land Purchases .. .. ■■ Cr. 57 .. Or. 57 Cr. 57 Gr. 52 .. .. .. .. Gr. 535 Cr. 56 2,061,148 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. .. . 213,955 198,611 249,379 1 336,468 590,981 512,657 717,409 957,294 931,661 558,042 625,540 9.291,948 Cr. 11,082 Public Buildings :— : - General (including Miscellaneous) .. .. 11,646 43,168 64,207 39,504 87,057 113,553 8,160 30,791 29,369 119,864 42,553 Cr. 15,067 Cr. 35 Or. 345 Or. 429 Cr. 1,065 Parliamentary .. .. .. .. .. 37,233 i .. ! /•Courthouses.. .. .. .. 21 .. 868 1,400 4,358 2,018 2,448 5,363 7,209 1,261 7,531 ] Gr. 13 Cr. 19 Gr. 13 Juc. icial J Prisons .. .. .. .. .. 13,195 16,299 20,981 30,038 41,740 23,313 26,484 25,279 24,196 22,812 22,359 I Gr. 800 Gr. 2,568 Cr. 86 Cr. 908 Cr. 524 I Police-stations .. .. .. .. 18,814 6,157 24,944 36,843 22,544 6,298 12,838 18,553 16,594 7,411 5,561 _ | i Or. 102 | Or. 13 Cr. 970 * £6,727 previously included under Lands Improvement, now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply. [Continued on page 6.
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Expenditure. Description of Services. i ! i I ! 1 i i 1917-18. j 1918-19. ! 1919-20. 1920-21. ; 1921-22. 1922-23. 192S-24. i 1924-25. j 1925-26. 192S-27. 1927-28. .. ! ! : March, 1928. Public Buildings —continued. £ j £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Post and Telegraph.. .. .. .. .. 33,525! 26,072 66,543 93,364 112,906 77.211 108,395 65,917 89,865 86,052 77,194 ■ Or. 560 Cr. 675 Cr. 69 Cr. 210 Or. 453 Or. 1,114 Or. 834 Customs .. .. .. .. .. • • • j • • ■ • • • • ■ • | Quarantine Stations .. .. .. -• •• •• 35,490 15,529 4,581 154 ] 171 284 Mental Hospitals .. .. .. .. .. 26,502 ; 14,640 18,277 27,368 41,838 13,852 26,541 68,438 77,835 68,635 51,119 Cr. 283 Gr. 3,600 Public Health .. .. .. .. • ■ • • • • Health and Hospital Institutions .. .. .. 4,080 2,332 8,484 4,099 26,131 20,981 7,420 27,951 31,177 15.840 14,361 Or. 1,399 Cr. 300 Cr. 310 School Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 63,082 115,656 195,500 244,722 2,469 Or. 9,255 \ Cr. 367 Cr. 1.090 Gr. 905 Cr. 1,050 Cr. 7,953 Agricultural .. .. .. .. .. 5,685 4,229 7,227 9,345 1,115 514 282 3,242 7,932 4,164 2,863 : Gr. 27 Cr. 171 Cr. 686 Or. 865 Cr. 310 Workers' Dwellings.. .. .. .. .. 15,505 7,293 26,674 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Total, Public Buildings .. .. .. 214,221 235,846 469, 195 500,851 334,809 255,318 188,910 243,877 280,780 315,299 216,237 10,136,524 Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour-defences :— Lighthouses .. .. .. .. .. 561 1,663 253 758 16,350 3,260 4,473 2,850 5,690 5,758 7,979 Cr. 750 Harbour-works .. .. .. .. .. 2,359 3,729 3,245 4,080 2,424 6,524 6,334 423 3,717 13,263 15,891 Cr. 131 Cr. 204 Cr. 165 Harbour-defences .. .. .. .. .. 56 .. .. .. " Cr. 1,235 Cr. 16 Total, Lighthouses, &c. ... .. 2,976 5,392 3,498 4,838 18,774 8,549 10,791 3,273 8,526 18,817 23,705 1,249.214 Bates on Native Lands .. .. .. .. ■■ .. .. •• -• •• •• .. 68,672 Contingent Defence .. .. .. .. .. 6,714 8,809 10,187 8,701 15,586 1,702 4,931 27.133 89,670 34,014 39"986 1,280.916 Cr. 922 Gr. 463 Cr. 280 Cr. 580 Cr. 33 Cr. 751 Gr. 465 Tourist and Health Besorts .. .. .. .. 931 1,620 6,194 19,041 17,996 5,435 27.264 12,343 43,486 31.981 36 673 460.766 Cr. 110 _ Or. 81 Cr.' 516 Lands Improvement* .. .. .. .. .. 1,838 Cr. 4,268 2,964 2,064 17,478 26,204 18.182 34.172 70,493 56,267 426,607 Cr. 19 Gr. 135 ] Cr. 2,574 Charges and Expenses of raising Loans .. .. .. 1 .. .. 184 174,280 62,399 311,905 241,930 297,180 155,373 100,297 2,596,622 Interest and Sinking Funds .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • .. .. .. .. 218,500 Coal-exploration and Mine-development .. .. .. .. .. .. . . _ _ .. ,. 10.835 Thermal Springs .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. __ ). ■ .t ' .. ; 14,600 Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. .. .. 6,811 20,638 47,682 169,910 106,432 ~ Cr. 19,708 Cr. 52,788 .. 34,471 Cr. 21,148 (j r I 288 348,219 Cr. 31 __ Cr. 12,230 Cr. 751 Cr. 1,992 Gr. 8^985 Quarries (acquisition and operation) .. .. .. .. .. .. ■. .. .. .. 1,815 12,351 6,302 o. 9,325 11,143 Timber-supply and Sawmills for Public Works Department .. " .. .. ~ .. 16,369 11 725 3,61.3" Cr. 20,537 Cr. 9,892 ~ 8,5(2 Gr fi '.MC 57689 J Cr. 104 I ' ' | Motor Transport Service .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22,679 962 5,000 4,994 .. ~ "I 33,635 Transfer to Main Highways Account: — ; I — j Construction Fund .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• ... j .. .. .. 226,000 •• 400,000 200,000 1 826,000 Total Ways and Means Credits .. .. 43,492 11,993 112,864 19,627 11,616 20.127 61,914 73,559 27,474 146,933 40,026 | Grand Total— Net Exmndifrnre 1,237,422 1,207,482 2,020.714 3,121,181 i5,449. 351 320 4,056.423 4,632.134 4.615.585 3. 1104,451,722 Expenditure on irrigation and Water-supply 1905—6, £22; 1906—/, £750 ; 1907— 8» £1,554; 1908—9, £1,966; 1909—10, £2,435, now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply.
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TABLE No 3. Expenditure on Railways to 31st March, 1928.
Recoveries Expenditure out of Public Works Fund ! D revtoii fy Valuation of Works To '«r'! tUre onlc™of durine Year 1927-28: New Works. Expenditure Lines of Railway. Government to ®?P en ?' t,lre 4.cts durin? " ° f * ew Govern, nent to 1 Railway 31st March, 1927. ° f ~ ... . „ Year 1927-28.* to 31st March, 1928. Construction and Works on Open individual Line; Surveys. Lines. ! , - - £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Kaihu Valley .. .. .. .. .. 179,067 17 0 .. .. .. .. .. 179,067 17 0 Opua Wharf to Whangarei and Onerahi .. .. 607,558 8 3! .. .. 10,181 1 7 Cr. 7,239 19 0 .. 610,499 10 10 Otiria to Ngapuhi .. .. .. .. 125, 987 0 0 i .. j .. .. .. .. 125, 987 0 0 Whangarei (Kioreroa to Waiotira) .. .. 418,755 19 0 j .. j 1,707 18 2 .. .. .. 420,463 17 2 North Auckland, Main Trunk — Ngapuhi Northwards .. .. .. .. 389,363 6 4 1 1 8 118,358 9 7 .. .. 1,240 9 7 508,961 3 10 Helens vi lie Northwards .. .. .. .. 2,839,632 16 8| 8 9 11 160,167 14 8 609 5 3 2,392 4 0 .. 3,002,793 10 8 North Auckland Main Trunk to Dargaville .. .. 11,623 0 3 .. 12,297 18 7 ! .. .. .. 23,920 18 10 Helensville to Te Awamutu .. .. .. 4,039,619 19 6 .. .. 20,955 17 9. 589,039 0 9 .. 4,649,614 18 0 Waiuku Branch (Paerata to Waiuku) .. .. 207,735 9 10 .. .. 749 10 10 401 1 10 .. 208,886 2 6 Huntly to Awaroa .. .. .. .. 182,751 3 8 200 J O 0 23 0 0 770 14 10 .. .. 183,344 18 6 Waikokowai Branch • .. .. .. 3,442 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. 3,442 0 0 Franktor, to Thames .. .. .. .. 487,496 6 4 .. .. 191 12 2 1,614 16 6 .. 489,302 15 0 Cambridge Branch (Ruakura Junction to Cambridge) 59,304 3 1 .. i .. 1,399 11 6 465 19 11 .. 61,169 14 6 Morrinsville to Rotorua .. .. .. .. 421,985 2 5 .. j 32 7 2 | 257 16 8 1 13 6 .. 422,276 19 9 Marton to Te Awamutu .. .. .. .. 3,013,010 9 3 .. .. ! 7,541 9 1 4,855 3 0 .. 3,025,407 1 4 Waipa Gra vel Access Branch .. .. .. 114 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. 114 0 0 Raetihi Branch .. .. .. .. .. 88,705 8 2 .. .. .. 19 2 7 .. 88,724 10 9 Paeroa to Pokeno .. .. .. .. 19,996 16 5 .. 718 0 0 .. .. 1,691 0 0 22,405 16 5 Paeroa to Waihi and Tauranga .. .. .. 1,046,322 6 8 27 10 0 108,094 4 8 1,279 18 10 Cr. 154 13 6 .. 1,155,514 6 8 Tauranga to Taneatua, including Te Maunga to Maunganu; 1,407,081 6 0 .. 55,223 16 1 .. .. 854 0 0 1,463,159 2 1 Branch Gisborne to Motu .. .. .. .. .. 623,379 7 2 .. .. .. 551 15 4 .. 623,931 2 6 Gisborne to Ormond Tramway .. .. .. 4,975 1 7 .. .. .. .. .. 4,975 1 7 Napier to Gisborne — Gisborne Southwards .. .. .. .. 285,634 4 10 53 0 0 Or. 1,295 18 3 .. .. .. 284,285 6 7 Wairoa Northwards .. .. .. .. 24,929 5 7 .. 4,956 15 0 .. .. .. 29,886 0 7 Napier Northwards .. .. .. .. 973,281 14 4 .. 333,286 14 6 .. .. 4,589 0 0 1,311,157 8 10 Waikokopn Branch .. .. .. .. 573,315 15 5 .. Cr. 6,659 10 1 .. .. .. 566,656 5 4 Wellington to Napier — Napier to Woodville and Palmerston North .. 1,043,895 6 0 20 0 0 •• 14,532 17 5 8,643 6 2 .. 1.067,051 9 7 Wellington to Woodville, including Te Aro Extension 2,168,633 7 4 .. .. i 52,760 0 11 302,373 8 11 .. 2,523,766 II 2 Featherston to Martinborough .. .. .. 399 0 0 .. .. j • • j .. -. 399 0 0 Wellington to Waitara — Wellington to Longburn .. .. .. .. 1,388,850 19 1 50 0 0 .. 48,044 14 0 110,878 0 10 .. 1,547,723 13 11 Foxton to Waitara and Moturoa .. .. .. 1,793,751 11 8 25 0 0 •• 5,776 8 2 93,955 14 10 -• 1,893,458 14 8 Mount Egmont Branch .. .. .. .. 70,686 1 6. .. .. •• .. j .. 70,686 1 6 Moturoa to Opunake .. .. .. .. 759 0 0 .. .. •• .. 2,346 0 0 3,105 0 0 Opunake Branch (Te Roti to Opunake) .. .. 447,620 4 10 .. 4,078 0 4 .. .. .. 451,698 5 2 Manaia Branch (Kapuni to Manaia) .. .. 9,648 6 0 .. .. ! •• .. 9,648 6 0 Eangitikei River Quarry Line .. .. .. 206 0 0 .. .. ! • • ■. .. 206 0 0 * Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Account.
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TABLE No. 3—continued. Expenditure on Railways to 31st March, 1928— continued.
I t> Expenditure out of Public Works Fund Amounts Total[Expenditure on during Year 1927-28 : New Works. Expenditure ctajgedto T °toKS' Ur,! Lines of Railway to E 0 ? p p e r n ® nre - lets dS " to and 31st March, 1927. of vltTL Year 1927-28.* 31st March, 1928. y Years. Construction and Works on Open IndSunes. C ° mPaDy - Surveys. Lines. i ; £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ; £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Stratford to Okahukura (East End) .. .. .. 643,393 2 6 95 0 0 76,812 2 8 .. .. .. 720,110 5 2 Stratford to Okahukura (West End) .. . . 940,013 10 7 .. 128,352 14 5 .. .. .. 1,068,366 5 0 Nelson to Greymouth — Nelson to Inangahua .. .. .. .. 510,765 2 2 .. 22,817 13 11 .. 360 13 5 .. 533,943 9 6 78,307 0 0 Stillwater to Inangahua .. .. .. .. 227,498 0 4 .. .. 672 3 4 Or. 4,392 16 1 .. 223,777 7 7 279,685 0 0 Ngahere to Blackball .. .. .. .. 147,547 5 10 .. .. .. 314 4 6 .. 147,861 10 4 Westport to Ngakawau .. .. .. .. 193,883 5 9 .. .. 9 7 5 614 12 3 .. 194,507 5 5 Westport to Inangahua .. .. .. 208,750 17 5 .. 23,037 6 6 .. 39 6 9 .. 231,827 10 8 Greymouth to Rewanui .. .. .. .. 255,733 4 8 .. .. 6 17 4 10 16 6 .. 255,750 18 6 Point Elizabeth Branch .. .. .. .. 74,165 31 30 00 400 .. .. .. 74,139 3 1 Greymouth to Ross and Mikonui .. .. .. 356,505 18 11 .. .. 6,796 5 0 39,918 4 11 .. 403,220 8 10 Picton to Waipara — Picton Southwards .. .. .. .. 656,092 9 7 54 7 7 .. .. 913 13 3 .. 656,951 15 3 Waipara Northwards .. .. .. .. 380,533 0 7 .. 466 8 1 2 12 6 j 618 13 11 .. 381,620 15 1 Christchurch to Greymouth — Rolleston to Bealey .. .. .. .. 1,003,477 11 3; .. 2,051 12 9 269 10 4 j Or. 232 0 3 .. 1,005,566 14 1 61,579 0 0 Whitecliffs Branch .. .. .. .. 25,021 0 0 | .. .. .. .. .. 25,021 0 0 Greymouth to Bealey .. ' .. .. .. 2,050,760 13 0| 368 5 6 Cr. 1,997 3 1 0 3 6j 1,653 6 9 .. 2,050,048 14 8 263,889 0 0 Hurunui to Waitaki — Main Line (Waiau to Waitaki) .. .. .. 2,274,346 8 4 .. .. 7,966 7 11 141,263 0 8 .. 2,423,575 16 11 316,135 0 0 Oxford Branch (Rangiora to Oxford West) .. .. 53,072 8 2; .. .. .. i .. .. 53,072 8 2 Eyreton Branch (Kaiapoi to Bennett's) .. .. 44,277 0 0; .. .. .. j .. .. 44,277 0 0 Lyttelton Branch .. .. .. .. 91,484 16 Oj .. .. .. ! 9,711 13 3 .. 101,196 9 3 340,500 0 0 Southbridge Branch (Hornby to Southbridge) .. 91,441 0 0 .. .. .. 297 12 5 .. 91,738 12 5 Little River Branch (Lincoln to Little River) .. 110,846 119 .. .. .. .. .. 110,846 11 9 Rakaia to Methven .. .. .. .. 77,233 19 4 .. .. .. .. .. 77,233 19 4 Ashburton to Springburn .. .. .. 64,025 113 .. .. .. .. .. 64,025 11 3 Orari to Geraldine .. .. .. • • 321 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. 321 0 0 Fairlie Branch (Washdyke Junction to Fairlie) 70,194 7 1 .. .. .. .. .. 70,194 7 1 75,124 0 0 Waimate Branch .. .. .. • • 80,765 12 10 109 16 0 5 0 0 .. i . • .. 80,660 16 10 Canterbury Interior Main Line — Oxford to Malvern .. .. .. • • 54,248 0 0 .. •. .. | .. .. 54,248 0 0 Whitecliffs to Rakaia .. .. .. .. 542 0 0 .. •. .. .. .. 542 0 0 Temuka to Rangitata .. .. .. .. 5,152 0 0 .. .. .. j .. .. 5,152 0 0 Waitaki to Bluff — Main Line, including Port Chalmers Branch .. 3,507,222 17 1 .. •• 2,960 13 0 167,702 3 3 .. 3,677,885 13 4 82,259 0 0 Duntroon Branch (Pukeuri to Kurow) .. .. 97,683 6 11 .. 1 .. .. .. 97,683 6 11 37,500 0 0 Ngapara Branch (Waiareka Junction to Ngapara) .. j 26,090 0 0 .. •• .. | .. .. 26,090 0 0 58,009 0 0 * Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Account.
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d Expenditure out of Pub lie Works Fund Amounts during Year 1927-28: New Works. &£d£ r °^~ ture Lines of Railway. Government to of Pr^o" 6 - Acts durine " »'»« w Government to viTtill^d Slst March. 1927. vStTL Year 1927-28 * 31st March, 1928. Years ' construction and Works on Open IndSafune, COmPaUy ' Surveys. Lines. I Waitaki to Bluff —continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Livingstone Branch (Windsor to Tokarahi) .. 83,585 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. 83,585 0 0 Waihemo Branch (Palmerston to Dunback) .. 33,515 18 3 .. .. .. .. 33,515 18 3 Fernhill Railway .. .. .. .. 1,415 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. 1,415 0 0 Brighton Road Branch .. .. .. .. 6,474 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. 6,474 0 0 12,829 0 0 Outram Branch (Mosgiel to Outram) .. .. 12,051 0 7 .. I .. .. .. .. 12,051 0 7 29,691 0 0 Lawrence Branch .. .. .. .. 680,227 0 5 465 18 0 33,900 19 7 559 3 5 .. .. j 714,221 5 5 Balclutha to Tuapeka Mouth .. .. .. 2,489 0 0 .. .. j .. .. .. ! 2,489 0 0 Catlin's River Branch (Balclutha to Tahakopa) .. 463,162 13 6 .. Cr. 4 0 0 j .. .. 463,158 13 6 Heriotburn Branch (Waipahi to Edievale) .. .. 124,808 4 5 .. .. .. .. 124,808 4 5 Waikaka Branch (McNab to Waikaka) .. .. 68,423 0 0 .. .. .. .. 68,423 0 0 Gore to Lumsden .. .. .. .. 112,143 0 0 .. .. .. .. 112,143 0 0 Edendale to Glenham .. .. .. .. 53,328 0 0 .. .. 139 11 6 .. .. 1 53.467 11 6 Riversdale to Switzers .. .. .. .. 82,304 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. 82,304 0 0 Seaward Bush to Catlin's (Appleby to Tokanui) .. 185,356 0 0 24 14 0 4 0 0 .. .. 185,335 6 0 Otago Central (Wingatui to Cromwell) .. .. 1,438,541 7 9 .. 139 19 4 .. 462 10 7 .. | 1,439,143 17 8 Invercargill to Kingston — Main Line .. .. .. .. .. 366,953 9 8 .. .. .. 392 14 3 .. 367,346 3 11 91,937 0 0 Mararoa Branch (Lumsden to Mossburn) .. .. 27,508 4 4 .. .. .. .. .. 27,508 4 4 Winton to Heddon Bush .. .. .. 140 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. 140 0 0 Makarewa to Orepuki and Waiau .. .. .. 357,923 14 2 165 8 10 614 0 0 .. 876 0 11 .. 359,248 6 3 37,097 0 0 Thomburv to Wairio .. .. .. .. 91,047 8 2.. .. 235 12 9 1,677 18 3 .. 92,960 19 2 23,200 0 0 Forest Hill (Winton to Hedgehope) .. .. .. 23,337 0 0 .. .. .. .. i 23,337 0 0 Expenses of Railway Commissions and othor Expenditure 10,337 0 0 .. .. .. .. j 10,337 0 0 not chargeable to Individual Lines Surveys of New Lines — North Island .. .. .. .. .. 40,337 2 5 .. 64 5 0 .. .. Cr. 10,720 9 7 29,680 17 10 Middle Island .. .. .. .. .. 5,763 0 0 .. .. .. .. .. 5,763 0 0 Rolling-stock .. .. .. .. .. 10,184,804 19 10 .. .. 12,703 4 10 6,986 6 4 .. 110,204,494 11 0 General .. .. .. .. .. 7,575 13 .. .. 601 18 1 4,012 0 6 .. 12,188 19 10 Miscellaneous works, R.I.A. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,741 17 0 .. | 7,741 17 0 Suspense Account, being proportion of cost of raising j .. .. .. .. 15,874 13 3 .. j 15,874 13 3 loans for Railways Authorization Improvement Act 1914 Account Stock of Permanent-way Materials, £ s. d. 31st March, 1927 .. .. 10,729 14 6 10,729 14 6 53,756,885 7 10 Stock of Permanent- way increased by 6,213 7 9 6,213 7 9 Vtock of Permanent-way Materials, 31st March, 1928 .. •• £16,943 2 3 .. | .. .. .. .. 16,943 2 3 Total .. -. •• .. 53,763,098 15 7 1,698 11 6 1,077,258 9 7 197,974 9 11 1,504,614 2 3 .. 56,541,247 5 10 1,787,741 0 Of * Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Account. f Includes value for £150,000 paid to debenture-holders under the Midland Railway Petitions Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1903:
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TABLE No. 4. Expenditure out of Separate Accounts on Works under the Control of the Public Works Department.
TABLE No. 5. Expenditure on Public Buildings out of Public Works Fund to the 31st March, 1928, and the Liabilities on that Date.
Waihou anil Loans to A^at - Endowment Land for LO A°c a Jo B u°nt le8 "=" S fc" 6 t '°^t,emen t wtKd issr »Sr e ~ nt • °«r Eands improvement. _ _ _ __ _ _ 1890-91 .. .. .. 25,000 1891-92 .. .. .. 64,000 1892-93 .. .. .. 800 89,800* 1891-92 .. .. .. 8,000f 1892-93 .. .. .. 29,833f 1893-94 .. .. .. 30,000f 1894-95 .. .. .. 6,114f 1894-95 .. .. .. 42,971j 1895-96 .. .. .. 30,057} 1896-97 .. .. .. 31,017 1897-98 .. .. .. 18,770 1898-99 .. .. .. 16,972 1899-1900 .. .. 31,363 1900-1 .. .. .. 37,390 1901-2 .. .. .. 31,979 1902-3 .. .. .. 18,578 1903-4 .. .. .. 25,753 1904-5 .. .. 28,895 1905-6 .. .. .. 38,801 1906-7 .. .. .. 47,371 1907-8 .. .. .. 38,524 1908-9 .. .. .. 54,713 1909-10 .. .. .. 40,507 .. .. 4,975 607,608§ 1910-11 .. .. .. .. 45,691 .. 5,619 1911-12 .. .. .. .. 49,739 .. 6,554 .. 3,769 1912-13 .. .. .. .. 47,951 .. 2,689 .. 9,555 1913-14 .. .. .. .. 63,245 .. 4,282 .. 9,633 1914-15 .. .. .. .. .. 92,975 9,151 .. 10,004 1915-16 .. .. .. .. .. 47,974 13,344 .. 9,225 1916-17 .. .. .. .. .. 24,730 6,787 .. 10,407 1917-18.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 43,996 12,025 1918-19.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 51,355 27,402 1919-20.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 61,692 34,806 1920-21.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 28,920 62,249 1921-22.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 51,471 54,379 1922-23.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 78,350 66,708 1923-24.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 49,186 70,533 1924-25.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23,144 53,887 1925-26.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,181 47,908 1926-27 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,714 65,855 1927-28.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,337 59,644 697,408 206,626 165,679 53,401 424,346 607,989 * Payment to the Public Works Fund under Beetion 31 of the Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886, in reduction of expenditure under Class "Iloads." + Paid into the Public Works Fund, reducing the expenditure under Class " Roads." t Paid into the Lands Improvement Account (now included in Public Works Fund under Olasn " Roads "), reducing the expenditure on roads. § Expenditure under the Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891.
TVktn i Expenditure Total Liabilities on •R'v^ 0 iS»?iipA fr, for Expenditure Authorities, ». !!!!«/«• 5fSS Year ended to Contracts, <ftc., ® x P™diture i qo7 31st March, 31st March, 31st, March, T - ??!•<•• 1927 ' 1928. 1928. 1928. j Llabllltl es- £ £ £ £ < £ Judicial* .. .. .. .. 1,359,958 33,957 1,393,915 2,758 1,396,673 Postal and telegraph .. .. .. 2,000,247 76,359 2,076,606 6,335 2,082,941 Customs .. .. .. .. 49,441 .. 49,441 .. 49,441 Offices for public Departments .. .. 762,859 41,488 804,347 531 804,878 Mental hospitals .. .. .. .. 1,215,749 47,519 1,263,268 3,952 1,267,220 Alexandra Depot, Wellingtonf .. .. 8,084 .. 8,084 .. 8,084 School buildings .. .. .. .. 3,089,393 .. 3,089,393 .. 3,08!),393 Health and Hospitals Institutions J.. .. 328,429 14,051 342,480 1,479 343,959 Quarantine-stations .. .. .. 62,4(i4 .. 62,464 .. 62,464 Parliament Buildings (old buildings) .. 76,553 .. 76,553 .. 76,553 Parliament Buildings (new buildings) .. 393,590 .. 393,590 .. 393,590 Parliament Buildings (alterations to streets sur- 14,187 .. 14,187 .. 14,187 rounding grounds, and purchase of land) Government House, Wellington (land and new 72,645 72,645 .. 72,645 building) Agricultural .. .. .. .. 95,959 2,863 98,822 221 99,043 Workers'dwellings .. .. .. 319,916 .. 319,916 .. 319,916 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 70,813 .. 70,813 .. 70,813 Totals .. .. .. .. 9,920,287 216,237 10,136,524 15,276 10,151,800 * Includes Courthouses, prisons, and police-stations. t Expenditure re Defence requirements only. Other expenditure Included in " Judicial" class. t Includes £32,754 previously shown under " Public Health."
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TABLE No. 6. ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS AT THE 31st MARCH, 1928. General Balance-sheet at 31st March, 1928, compared with Position at 31st March, 1927.
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• I 1 1926-27. Liabilities. 1927-28. 1926-27. j Assets. 1927-28. - £ s. d. Aid to Water-power Works and Electric £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Lake Coleridge scheme — £ s. d. £ s. d. Supply Accounts — 1,608,880 17 10 Assets as per separate balance-sheet- .. 1,644,140 3 11 Debentures issued — 9,192 14 2 Investments, Sinking Fund .. .. 36,884 14 0 274,000 0 0 At 4 per cent, interest .. .. 274,000 0 0 j 1,681,024 17 11 225,000 0 0 At 4| per cent, interest .. .. 225,000 0 0 ' 1,618,073 12 0 50,550 0 0 At 5 per cent, interest .. .. 53,550 0 0 ! I Lake Waikaremoana scheme — 108,450 0 0 At 5J per cent, interest .. .. 103,900 0 0 191,664 15 7 Assets as per separate balance-sheet .. 652,454 5 3 N.Z. inscribed stock —- 15,050 4 7 Profit and Loss Account —Loss to date .. j 18,756 14 2 805,560 0 0 At 5 per cent, interest (due 1930) .. 806,560 0 0 j 671,210 19 5 At 5J per cent. .. .. .. 160,000 0 0 206,715 0 2 293,550 0 0 At 5j per cent, (due 1936) .. .. 294,100 0 0 ; j N.Z. Consolidated Stock — j \ Waikato River schemes — 542,004 10 10 At 4| per cent, (due 1945) .. .. 542,004 10 10 Horahora — 1,652,640 11 2 At 5 per cent, (due 1935-46).. .. 2,577,652 19 6 883,938 15 7 Assets as per separate balance-sheet .. 1,010,006 16 5 1,884,642 6 3 At 6 per cent, interest (due 1936-51) .. 1,884,642 6 3 30,067 1 9 Investments, Sinking Fund .. .. 40,115 8 11 Temporary transfer, section 40, Public j j 1,050,122 5 4 ; Revenues Act, 1926 .. .. .. 100,000 0 0 ! 914,005 17 4 — 7,021,409 16 7 — | 5,836,397 8 3 Arapum— ■ 1,216,032 5 4 Assets as .per separate balance-sheet .. .. 1,997,795 13 10 Waihi Gold-mining Company (Limited) — j Mangahao schemePurchase of Horahora works —Deed of 2,325,264 7 6 Assets as per separate balance-sheet .. 2,450,455 1 4 212,500 0 0 security at 5 per cent, interest .. .. 212,500 0 0 124,193 2 1 Profit and Loss Account —Loss to date .. 255,737 4 9 r ___ " — 2,706,192 6 1 2,449,457 9 7 Consolidated Fund — ! — -j Interest accrued on loans to 31st March, Other schemes, surveys, &c. — 60,640 7 3 1926 .. .. .. .. 73,089 17 7 6,044 17 5 North Island .. .. •• 6,051 16 0 324 11 3 Sundry creditors for interest unclaimed .. 137 13 4 11,965 10 11 South Island .. •• •• 27,191 13 5 73,227 10 11 4,622 19 10 General surveys and investigations 60,964 18 6 ! j —— 22,633 8 2 ; 33,243 9 5 Amount set aside as reserve to cover differ- j 1 £ s. d. ence between interest payable on loans 374 9 7 Material on hand .. 558 7 7 raised and interest earned from their 229 4 7 Sundry debtors .. .. 5 11 10 30,261 11 2 temporary investment pending use .. .. 31,531 18 8 : 563 19 5 23,237 2 4 33,807 8 10 6,140,123 17 11 Carried forward .. .. .. 7,338,669 6 2 6,427,521 6 9 Carried forward .. .. •• 8,140,153 11 5 ;
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TABLE No. 6— continued. General Balance-sheet at 31st March, 1928, as compared with Position at 31st March, 1927— continued.
1926-27. Liabilities. 1927-28. 1926-27. Assets. 1927-28. i £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 6,140,123 17 11 Brought forward .. .. .. 7,338,669 6 2 |6,427, 521 6 9 Brought forward .. .. .. 8,140,153 11 5 Sundry Creditors — Charges and expenses of raising loans not 106,206 11 10 Arapuni scheme .. .. .. 182,112 9 6 875 15 0 distributed to schemes 7,048 16 9 Horahora scheme .. .. .. 15,191 2 6 13,258 9 7 Lake Coleridge scheme .. .. 15,247 7 2 Balance in Electric Supply Account at the 28,023 17 3 Mangahao scheme .. .. .. 75,601 7 1 end of the year — 14,686 3 5 Waikaremoana scheme .. .. 51,307 2 1 44,866 5 8 Cash in Public Account .. .. 30,803 17 2 577 2 9 South Island surveys .. .. .. 2,632 10 11 In hands of Government officers in New — 342,091 19 3 2 0 0 Zealand .. .. .. .. 185 0 11 169,801 1 7 In hands, of- Government officers in 79,322 4 9 London .. .. .. .. 41,711 13 10 72,700 11 11 Depreciation Reserves — 124,190 10 5 63,782 3 2 Horahora scheme .. .. .. 84,271 11 6 142,594 2 0 Lake Coleridge scheme .. .. 173,231 5 10 64,255 5 0 Mangahao scheme .. .. .. 101,817 2 7 6,326 1 0 Waikaremoana scheme .. .. 8,924 11 7 Investment Account (funds invested until — 368,244 11 6 150,000 0 0 I actuallv required for use) 276,957 11 2 Sinking Fund Reserves — 38,515 1 9 Horahora scheme .. .. .. 49,847 8 11 35,442 19 5 Lake Coleridge scheme .. .. 62,465 1 10 Interest accrued on investments to 31st 112,312 10 9 5,573 18 1 March, 1926 .. .. 994 18 8 73,958 1 2 421 7 0 Sundrv debtors for interest due but unpaid 1,317 0 5 ~ 2,311 19 1 5,995 5 1 Reserve Fund — 47,669 10 0 Horahora scheme .. .. .. .. 53,845 2 5 I I Writings-oif in Suspense — 72 15 5 Lake Coleridge scheme .. .. .. 2 12 4 6,708,582 17 3 Total .. .. .. .. .. £8,215,166 2 5 6,708,582 17 3 Total .. .. .. .. £8,215,166 2 5 I hereby certify that the General Balance-sheet has been duly examined and compared with the rela- H. Arthur, tive books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby. — Acting-Accountant, Public Works Department. G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.
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TABLE No. 6— continued. LAKE COLERIDGE HYDRO-ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY. Profit and Loss Account for Year ended 31st March, 1928, compared with Year ended 31st March, 1927. Gross Revenue Account.
1920-27. 1927-28. 1926-27. 1927-28. £ s. d. To Generating expenses, hcadworks, and power- £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Sale of energy — £ s. d. £ jF s. d. house — 147,794 6 6 Wholesale .. .. .. .. 168,584 15 9 2,886 4 6 Salaries .. .. .. .. 3,226 14 10 269 4 8 Retail .. .. .. .. 164 5 2 1,116 9 3 Wages .. .. .. .. 1,241 0 7 — 168,749 Oil 104 5 3 Supplies .. .. .. .. 57 4 1 148,063 11 2 422 10 7 Transport of stores, &c. .. .. 251 11 7 , Maintenance and repairs— 2,488 16 5 ! Harper diversion .. .. .. 2,813 3 11 267 6 10 Headworks .. .. .. .. 4,371 11 3 582 8 11 Power-house building .. .. 559 18 8 1,822 8 3 ; Power-house machinery .. .. 1,599 13 1 Rents — 641 15 6 | Roads and fences .. .. .. 377 0 10 : 1,058 18 3 Land and buildings .. .. .. 1,210 15 1 640 6 5 | Staff residences, &c. .. .. .. 651 4 4 ] 210 3 0 Electric lines .. .. •. 223 5 1 — I — 15,149 3 2 | 465 13 7 Electric plant .. .. .. 411 9 4 10,972 11 11 ■ 1,845 9 6 — — | | 1,734 14 10 Transmission-lines — I 540 0 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 529 13 11 Transport, including upkeep of horses, 567 6 2 traps, cars, and cycles .. .. 532 16 3 Pees for testing and repairing electrical ap- | 3,130 9 2 : Repairs to power -lines .. .. 2,562 10 1 317 3 5 pliances .. .. .. .. 386 12 11 Lire-line testing .. .. .. 558 13 5 4)183 13 8 4,237 15 4 Substation, Addinston — 1,323 12 6 Salaries .. .. .. .. 1,457 15 8 543 0 9 Wages .. .. .. .. 584 10 6 121 12 4 Supplies .. .. .. .. 119 10 10 Maintenance and repairs — 458 6 8 Buildings and yards .. .. 379 5 8 Interest from local bodies in respect of 311 17 7 ! Machinery .. .. .. 815 111 7 9 4 reticulations sold on deferred payment .. : •— 3,356 4 7 116 15 1 Earnings, motor-vehicles .. •- 145 17 7 2,758 9 10 —— 145 17 7 124 4 5 Distribution — 212 10 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 220 0 0 Transport, including upkeep of motor91 9 5 vehicles .. .. .. .. 68 19 7 Maintenance of feeder cables, transformer 3,138 11 9 stations, and tools .. .. .. 3,275 12 8 2,017 19 1 Maintenance of secondary distribution .. 4,021 10 3 213 18 4 . Maintenance of and testing meters .. 319 13 11 97 15 2 Earth-testing .. .. .. 100 17 9 , J — 8,006 14 2 5,772 3 9 I 23,741 0 10 Carried forward .. .. .. .. 30,695 15 7 150,239 13 10 Carried forward .. .. .. .. 171,127 0 11
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TABLE No. 6 — continued. LAKE COLERIDGE HYDRO-ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY— continued. Profit and Loss Account for Year ended 31st March, 1928, compared with Year ended 31st March, 1927 — continued. Gross Revenue Account — continued.
1926-27. 1927-28. 1926-27. 1927-28. £ s . d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 23,741 0 10 Brought forward .. .. .. 30,695 15 7 150,239 13 10 Brought forward .. .. .. 171,127 0 11 To Stand-by provision — Payment to Christehurch Tramway Board ; 1,483 9 5 for energy supplied 1,483 9 5 Management and general expenses — 2,522 11 2 Salaries .. .. .. .. 5,358 6 6 301 12 4 Sick and holiday pay to workmen .. 532 11 10 142 17 8 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 629 18 4 379 0 0 Office-rent .. .. .. .. 336 0 0 65 10 0 Rent of other buildings .. .. j 65 10 0 95 13 3 Postages and telegrams .. .. ! 104 18 2 153 13 9 Telephone subscriptions .. .. 161 16 2 65 3 10 Printing and stationery .. .. 47 1 1 14 2 6 Advertising .. .. .. .. 12 8 9 59 9 2 Accident pay .. .. .. 319 12 6 125 3 0 Fire insurance .. .. .. 139 15 8 163 2 6 Audit fees .. .. .. .. 95 10 6 218 3 1 Meter-reading and line-inspection .. 266 12 6 212 4 3 Electrical testing .. .. .. 238 15 3 9 13 6 Miscellaneous trade expenses .. .. 26 11 7 90 15 5 Duplication works opening ceremony 72 15 5 Bad debts suspense account .. ». 2 12 4 Proportion of salaries, rents, and expenses, Head Office and High Commissioner's 812 0 0 Staff .. .. .. .. 1,020 0 0 ■ 9,358 1 2 5,503 10 10 40,053 16 9 30,728 1 1 119,511 12 9 Balance to Net Revenue Account .. .. 131,073 4 2 £150,239 13 10 £171,127 0 11 £150,239 13 10 £171,127 0 11 Net Revenue Account. j - - - £ s. d. £ s. d. ! £_ s. d. _ £ 8 . d. i 28,167 17 2 To Depreciation at 2 per cent, per annum on completed work .. 29,862 19 7 119,511 12 9 ; ByiBalance from Gross Revenue Account .. .. 131,073 4 2 j 65,093 10 4 | Interest for year ended 31st March .. .. •• 75,629 16 9 j 26,250 5 3 Balance to Profit and Loss Appropriation Account .. 25,580 7 10 12 9 1 £131,073 4 2 I£119,511 12 9 j £131,073 4 2 1 =! -
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1926-27. 1927-28. jj 1926-27. | 1927-28. lj I i I £ s. d. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ' To Balance from previous year's statement .. .. .. 26,250 5 3 By Balance from Net Revenue Account .. .. .. 25,580 7 10 26,250 5 3 Sinking Fund Reserve .. .. .. .. 25,580 7 10 £26,250 5 3 I £25,580 7 10 £26,250 5 3 £25,580 7 10 Depreciation Reserve Account. _ _ _ _ . — - _ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Amounts written off — 1,561 3 2 j Motor-vehicles, tools, plant, &e. .. .. .. 4,929 11 0 111,526 8 0 By Balance from previous year's statement.. .. .. 142,594 2 0 142,594 2 0 | Balance .. . .. .. .. .. 173,231 5 10 I 4,461 0 0 Interest at 4 per cent, per annum .. .. 5,703 15 3 28,167 17 2 Amount set aside as per Net Revenue Account .. . . 29,862 19 7 i £144,155 5 2 £178,160 16 10 |£144,155 5 2 £178,160 16 10 Sinking Fund Reserve Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 35,442 19 5 To Balance .. .. .. .. .. .. 62,465 1 10 8,906 15 11 By Balance at close of previous year .. .. .. 35,442 19 5 26,250 6 3 Amount set aside as per Profit and Loss Appropriation Account .. .. .. •• 25,580 7 10 285 18 3 Interest .. .. .. .. .. •• 1,441 14 7 £35,442 19 5 £62,465 1 10 £35,442 19 5 £62,465 1 10 Arrears of Sinking Fund contributions at 31st March, 1928 .. .. .. £42,122 0 0
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1926-27 Liabilities. ' 1927-28. | 1926-27. Assets. ! 1927-28. i i I I £ s. d. I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Works at Lake Coleridge — £ s. d. £ s. d. 142 594 2 0 Depreciation Reserve Account .. .. .. 173,231 5 10 4,661 7 8 Land, including fencing and planting .. 5,270 13 8 ! i | 10,946 6 4 Coalgate Gorge Road .. .. .. 10,977 19 5 7,566 3 8 Service roads .. .. .. .. 7,566 3 8 310 8 5 : Service telephones .. .. .. 310 8 5 35,442 19 5 ! Sinking Fund Reserve .. .. .. j .. 62,465 1 10 ' 24,125 5 2 1 | 23,484 6 1 Sundry creditors — 10,224 13 9 On open accounts .. .. .. 12,339 6 7 . Head works — 2,717 0 7 On contracts .. .. .. 2,596 6 2 First tunnel, including inlet and outlet 316 15 3 For current paid in advance .. .. 311 14 5 80,728 2 10 works .. .. .. .. 80,743 2 10 i 15,247 7 2 Second tunnel, including inlet and outlet 13,258 9 7 237,698 8 2 works .. .. .. .. 237,310 10 0 121,514 8 9 Pipe-lines .. .. .. .. 121,524 12 0 3,970 7 10 Tram-lines .. .. .. .. 3,905 7 10 72 15 5 Writing-off in suspense .. .. .. •• 2 12 4 3,473 19 5 Weir at lake outlet, gauges, and fencing .. 5,173 2 0 ~ 23,007 6 9 Harper River diversion works .. .. 23,007 6 9 Balance carried to general balance-sheet — 47 1,664 1 5 1,618,073 12 0 Total assets as per contra .. .. 1,681,024 17 11 470,392 13 9 191,368 6 5 Less total liabilities as above .. .. 250,946 7 2 Power-house — 1,430,078 10 9 53,522 12 5 Buildings, &c. .. .. .. 53,552 6 8 1,426,705 5 7 * 151,073 9 0 Machinery, &c. .. .. .. 151,867 8 9 231 2 1 Office furniture, fittings, &c. .. .. 238 2 1 205,657 17 6 204,827 3 6 Accommodation for staff and workmen — 24,062 18 5 Buildings, fencing, &c. .. .. .. 24,571 9 7 Transmission-lines — 4,982 19 4 Land .. .. .. .. 3,924 19 2 178,968 15 5 Power-lines to Christchurch .. .. 182,665 4 11 116,253 10 11 Power-lines to South Canterbury .. 113,845 18 6 42,617 11 0 Power-lines, Timaru-Oamaru .. .. 42,784 16 3 2,480 7 8 Telephone-system .. .. .. 2,480 7 8 Linemen's cottages, depots, tools, and 3,244 17 3 equipment .. .. .. 3,244 17 3 6,588 12 4 Alterations to public telegraph-lines .. 6,588 12 4 11,439 7 10 Point Switching Station.. .. .. 10,212 13 0 365,747 9 1 366,576 1 9 Addington Substation — 3,643 0 5 Land, including cottages .. .. 3,643 0 5 8,835 6 10 Substation buildings .. .. .. 9,573 10 5 55,732 11 10 Machinery, &c. .. .. .. 60,812 12 11 5,865 14 3 Store buildings and workshops .. .. j 5,991 16 3 I 80,021 0 0 74,076 13 4 1,618,073 12 0 Carried forward .. .. .. 1,681,024 17 11 1,163,419 16 10 Carried forward .. .. .. .. 1,171,787 2 9
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1926-27. Liabilities. 1927-28. j 1926-27. | Assets. 1927-28. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,618,07.'! 12 0 ! Brought forward .. .. .. j . . 1,681,024 17 11 1,163,419 16 10 Brought forward .. .. .. .. 1,171,787 2 9 Primary distribution — 7,258 16 6 Supply cables —Christehurch City .. 8,353 17 1 5,171 13 2 Christchurch Tramways .. j 5,204 0 4 7,624 4 2 Lyttelton .. .. j 7,868 8 1 26,161 4 9 Northern .. .. 26,522 17 2 14,016 14 0 Southern .. .. 13,406 3 4 4,064 7 7 Motukarara .. .. 4,064 7 7 10,101 12 6 Substations —Hororata .. .. .. 11,009 19 3 17,930 4 0 Ashburton.. .. .. 14,097 6 6 25,599 17 5 Timaru .. .. .. 26,256 10 7 2,623 8 9 Oamaru .. .. .. 7,544 8 1 622 9 9 Lightning-arresters .. .. ... 622 9 9 300 4 5 Tools and equipment .. .. .. 300 4 5 1,516 12 8 Alterations to public telegraph-lines .. 1,516 12 8 126,767 4 10 122,991 9 8 Secondary distribution — 15,502 10 6 Supply cables and reticulation .. .. 17,001 5 3 30,253 17 3 Local substations .. .. .. 30,824 1 2 47,825 6 5 45,756 7 9 6,000 11 5 Service transformers and meters .. .. .. 8,008 2 8 8,475 1 2 Motor-cars, lorries, and cycles, &c. .. .. .. 10,568 10 8 109 2 7 Test room equipment .. .. .. .. 92 12 7 15,147 17 9 Loose tools, plant, and equipment .. .. .. 17,814 10 6 1,729 3 9 Public telephones to the lake .. .. .. 1,729 3 9 Telephones to Christchurch City Council and 173 19 1 Tramway Board and local offices .. 173 19 1 255 1 0 Christchurch office —Furniture and fittings .. .. 255 1 0 Engineering, office, and general expenses on 53,637 12 2 preliminary surveys and during construction .. 57,419 12 10 Salaries of Engineers and others on preliminary 38,437 8 4 surveys and during construction .. .. .. 38,737 14 3 21,396 0 0 Cost of raising loans .. .. .. -■ 18,469 0 0 61,039 0 4 Interest during construction .. .. .. 61,432 11 6 1,538,568 11 10 1,561,080 12 10 33,222 16 9 Stocks of material, &c., on hand at date .. .. 41,793 15 5 Telephone subscriptions, fire insurance, &c., 88 18 7 paid in advance .. .. .. .. 167 7 2 Sundry debtors — 37,000 10 8 Eor current rent, work carried out, &c. .. .. 41,098 8 6 Sinking Fund — 9,055 7 5 Investment and cash in hands of Treasury 36,264 9 2 20 13 3 Interest accrued .. .. .. 620 4 10 116 13 6 Interest due and unpaid 36,884 14 0 9,192 14 2 £1,618,073 12 0 i£l,681,024 17 11 £1,618,073 12 0 £1,681,024 17 111 ' i ; __ = j = L ====== I hereby certify that the balance-sheet and accompanying accounts have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby. — G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.
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TABLE No. 6 -continued. MANGAHAO ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY. Profit and Loss Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928, compared with Year ended 31st March, 1927. Gross Revenue Account.
U/ WO Xt/Cl/C//KWC W#KC. 1926-27. ! 1927-28. 1926-27. ! 1927-28. . . - - - £ s. d. £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Sale of energy — £ s. d. £ s. d. To Generating - expenses, headworks, and | 118,665 15 5 Wholesale .. .. .. 150,727 10 7 power-house — Retail (staff cottages and construction 3,867 16 8 Salaries, wages, and allowances .. 4,133 15 5 4,505 7 8 works) .. .. .. 3,501 17 2 Maintenance headworks, dams, and — 610 13 10 pipe-lines .. .. .. 626 19 7 123,171 3 1 154,229 7 9 Maintenance power-house building and 22,553 12 11 Less stand-by, &c. .. ... 111,744 14 11 816 7 4 machinery .. .. .. 1,266 2 11 ; — 42,484 12 10 Maintenance staff-village and roads, ( 100,617 10 2 742 1 3 transport and general .. .. ! 762 4 11 — t 6,789 2 10 6,036 19 1 Rents — Transmission-lines, patrol maintenance, 1,266 4 6 Cottages, &c. .. .. .. 1,522 0 2 &c.— 8 13 0 Poles .. .. .. 96 7 0 3,368 19 10 Mangaore-Khandallah .. .. 2,952 12 7 1,618 7 2 2,700 9 4 Mangaore-Wanganui .. .. 3,273 14 9 1,274 17 6 1,605 6 4 Bunnythorpe-Dannevirke .. .. 2,218 13 2 1,700 3 3 Woodville-Masterton .. .. 2,407 8 5 1,080 6 6 Dannevirke-Napier .. .. 2,634 4 11 4 13 8 Tests and inspections .. .. .. 8 12 0 42 0 1 Miscellaneous 11,000-volt lines .. 56 18 3 .. Penalty interest .. .. .. .. 0 3 2 13,543 12 1 10,497 5 4 — —- Substations — Operating, maintenance, See 1,941 2 0 Khandallah .. .. .. 2,013 7 8 9 14 Otaki .. .. .. .. 3 19 6 431 16 4 Bunnythorpe .. .. .. 401 7 3 240 0 6 Dannevirkc .. .. .. 405 7 3 248 10 2 Waipukurau .. .. .. 381 15 2 188 12 7 Woodville .. .. .. 422 4 4 187 6 1 Mangamaire .. .. .. 402 14 0 195 7 2 Masterton .. .. .. 294 3 0 250 3 0 Wanganui .. .. .. 204 6 10 Napier .. .. .. .. 583 1 1 5,112 6 1 3,691 19 2 Management and general expenses — 2,744 4 2 Management and office salaries, &c. .. 4,041 12 0 Distribution salaries and expenses and 1,970 14 10 transport .. .. 2,667 18 6 275 0 1 Postages, telephones, &c. .. .. 1 437 6 1 : 1 1 j 4,989 19 1 Carried forward .. .. 7,146 16 7 25,445 1 0 101,897 1 4 Carried forward .. j .. 44,111 15 2
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i I. I ■ | 1926-27. | 1927-28. 1926-27. 1927-28. j [I | j - I £ s. di £ s. d; £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 4,989 19 1 Brought forward .. .. 7,146 16 7 25,445 1 0 101,897 1 4 Brought forward .. .. 44,111 15 2 To Management and general —continued. 116 7 6 Printing, stationery, and advertising.. 302 10 10 i Motor-ears and general travelling487 13 7 expenses .. .. .. 277 18 6 453 18 9 Accident, sick, and holiday pay 42 15 1 12 4 2 Fire insurance ...... 42 12 3 133 16 1 Audit fees .. .. ..; 20 4 2 Legal expenses .. .. . ■ 93 17 0 480 11 9 Miscellaneous expenses .. .. 563 0 11 —i- 8,469 11 2 6,694 15 1 26,920 18 8 74,976 2 8 Balance to Net Revenue Account .. .. 10,197 3 0 £101,897 14; £44,111 15 2 £101,897 1 4 j £44,111 15 2 Net Revenue Account. £ • s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Depreciation at 2 per cent, per annum on completed works 74,976 2 8 By Balance from Gross Revenue Account.. .. .. 10,197 3 0 32,997 0 0 at 31st March, 1928 .. .. .. .. 35,300 13 4 56,902 9 4 " Loss for year .. .. .. .. .. 131,544 2 8 98,881 12 0 Interest ior year ended 31st March, 1928 .. .. 106,440 12 4 £131,878 12 0: £141,741 5 8 j £131,878 12 0 j £141,741 5 8 Profit and Loss Appropriation Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. dJ To Balance from previous year .. .. .. .. 124,193 2 1 .. By Balance .. .. .. .. .. 255,737 4 9; .. Balance from Net Revenue Account .. .. .. 131,544 2 8 £255,737 4 9 .. £255,737 4 9 Arrears of Sinking Fund contributions to 31st March, 1928 : £66,393.
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TABLE No. 6—continued. MANGAHAO ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY— continued. Profit and Loss Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928, compared with Year ended 31st March, 1927— continued. Depreciation Reserve Account.
1926-27. 1927-28. 1928-27. 1927-28. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s . d. 64,255 5 0 To Motor-vehicles .. .. .. •• .. 308 19 11 30,056 0 0 By Balance at close of previous year .. .. .. 64,255 5 0 Balance .. .. .. .. .. .. 101,817 2 7 1,202 5 0 Interest at 4 per cent, per annum .. .. .. 2,570 4 2 32,997 0 0 Amount set aside as per Net Revenue Account.. .. 35,300 13 4 £64.255 5 0 102,126 2 6 £64,255 5 0 £102,126 2 6 — „ —. """ ....... . | 1 ! — Balance-sheet as at 31st Makch, 1928. 1926-27. I Liabilities.. 1927-28. 1926-27. Assets. \ 1927-28. I ! ! 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Headworks — £ s. d. £ s. d. 64,255 5 0 Depreciation Reserve .. .. .. •• 101,817 2 7 9,993 18 11 Land, headworks, &c. .. .. 9,990 4 7 70,017 19 6 Roads, tram-lines, &c. .. .. 73,065 5 8 28,023 17 3 Sundry creditors .. .. .. •• 75,601 7 1 11,230 16 3 Local electric line .. .. .. 11,666 15 2 — — 379,512 16 6 Dams 1, 2, and 3 .. .. .. 476,658 16 0 Balance carried to General Balance-sheet — 150,058 1 4 Tunnels 1 and 2 .. .. .. 152,300 19 10 2,449,457 9 7 Total assets as per contra .. .. 2,706,192 6 1 108,469 13 2 Pipe-line, &c. .. .. .. 108,788 11 3 92,279 2 3 Less total liabilities as above .. 177,418 9 8 14,882 5 2 Surge-chamber .. .. . 15,045 7 10 — — 2,528,773 16 5 847,516 0 4 2,357,178 7 4 744,165 10 10 Power-house — 63,347 4 6 Buildings, &c. .. .. .. 63,864 4 4 204,496 12 2 Machinery, &c. .. .. .. 205,852 12 2 8,690 17 9 Tail-race .. .. .. .. 12,870 8 8 2,440 0 6 Village water-supply.. .. .. 18,619 11 0 I — — 301,206 16 2 278,974 14 11 Accommodation for staff —Buildings, fences, 15,936 6 0 &c. Transmission-lines (110,000-volt) — 8,523 17 8 Lands, lines, and substations .. 142,423 17 5 Shannon-Khandallah .. .. 147,122 1 2 96,724 16 1 Shannon-Wanganui .. .. .. 97,742 19 4 45,161 6 10 Bunnythorpe-Dannevirke .. .. 45,582 5 7 68,086 10 0 Woodville-Masterton .. .. 68,717 13 9 76,577 12 6 Dannevirke-Napier .. .. .. 76,235 4 0 — 435,400 3 10 437,498 0 6 2,449,457 9 7 Carried forward .. .. .. 2,706,192 6 1 1,476,574 12 3 Carried forward .. .. .. 1,584,123 0 4
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1926-27 Liabilities. \ 1927-28. 1926-27. Assets. 1927-28. I « I | [ ! I II E i" £ s. d. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. j £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,449,457 9 7 Brought forward .. .. .. ;2,706, 192 6 1 1,476,574 12 3 Brought forward .. .. .. 1,584,123 0 4 Transmission-lines (11,000-volt) — 3,004 10 .11 Mangaore-Shannon .. .. .. 3,004 10 11 7,344 12 11 Khandallah— Petone .. .. .. 4,556 10 0 i 7,561 0 11 10,349 3 10 —; Substations — 73,473 11 4 Khandallah .. .. .. 78,126 6 9 1,666 12 8 Otaki .. .. .. .. 1,973 12 11 31,082 11 7 Bunnythorpe .. .. .. 32,621 8 1 20,762 16 2 Wanganui .. .. .. .. 21,312 18 7 13,520 12 2 Dannevirke .. .. .. 19,368 13 7 21,445 8 0 Waipukurau .. .. .. 5 21,871 17 5 25,052 7 4 Napier .. .. .. .. 34,409 11 10 12,159 17 10 Woodville .. .. .. .. 12,394 15 4 17,745 15 5 Mangamaire .. .. .. 23,584 7 1 12,790 7 4 Masterton .. .. .. .. 12,636 10 10 Marton .. .. .. .. 130 0 0 258,430 2 5 229,699 19 10 4,602 13 3 Motor-cars, lorries, &c... .. .. .. 3,738 11 1 961 10 10 Office furniture .. .. .. .. 963 19 10 14,641 4 7 Service buildings .. .. .. .. 14,472 18 1 Salaries and expenses, &c., of engineers and others on preliminary surveys and during 117,515 11 9 construction .. .. .. .. 130,306 15 6 75,806 18 6 Construction-tools, plant, and equipment, &c. .. 56,303 18 7 60,059 3 7 ! Housing workmen, &c... .. .. .. 58,692 19 10 217,068 13 2 | Interest during construction .. .. 236,993 9 8 35,591 0 0 Cost of raising loans .. .. .. .. 22,333 19 6 2,242,870 11 7 2,373,920 15 9 -— — Stocks on hand, 31st March, 1928 (including 45,597 3 7 10 per cent, to cover administration, &c.) 39,088 16 11 15,714 4 2 Stocks issued but not used .. .. 7,793 4 5 46,882 1 4 61,311 7 9 21,029 5 0 Sundry debtors for current, rents, &c. .. .. 29,640 9 9 53 3 2 Telephone subscriptions, &c., paid in advance .. 11 14 6 124,193 2 1 Net loss .. .. .. .. .. 255,737 4 9 £2,449,457 9 7 £2,706,192 6 1 £2,449,457 9 7 £2,706,192 6 1 I hereby certify that the Profit and Loss Account and Balance-sheet of the above-named electric-power scheme has been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby. — G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor- General.
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TABLE No. 6 — continued. WAIKATO ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY—HORAHORA SCHEME. Profit and Loss Account for Year ended 31st March, 1928, compared with Year ended 31st March, 1927. Gross Revenue Account.
I j ~ i ,1 ; ; 1926-27. — 1927-28. 1926-27. 1927-28. £ s. d. To Generating expenses, headworks, and power- £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Sales of electrical energy to wholesale con- £ s. d. £ s. d. house — | 106,421 8 10 j sumers .. .. .. .. 123,017 19 8 3,222 0 4 Salaries and wages .. .. .. 3,379 5 6 j 205 8 11 Less discounts and rebates .. .. 347 2 1 84 5 8 Supplies .. .. .. .. 103 16 5 122,670 17 7 50 1 1 Transport .. .. .. .. 50 12 6 106,215 19 11 Maintenance and repairs — 547 12 5 Headworks and buildings .. .. 761 2 3 1,280 4 7 Power-house machinery .. .. 1,310 2 1 128 16 9 Staff village ........ 231 13 5 5,836 12 2 6 7 6 j Hire of plant .. .. .. .. 9 10 0 5,313 0 10 783 0 9 J Rent of lines .. .. .. .. 780 4 11 1,402 14 0 ! Miscellaneous rents .. .. .. 1,490 14 2 Operation and maintenance of Waihi Grand 2,280 9 1 Junction steam-plant .. .. .. .. 10,608 19 6 2,192 2 3 8,787 5 9 Power purchased in bulk .. .. .. .. 11,268 8 7 Operation and maintenance of main trans- Testing, oil - drying, and repairs for con-mission-lines (50,000- volt) — 264 1 0 sumers .. .. . .. .. 297 7 7 1,541 14 7 Horahora-Waikino .. .. .. 1,431 19 8 Fees for inspection of lines and testing of 571 18 11 Horahora-Hamilton .. .. .. 280 18 10 75 11 0 instruments, &c. .. .. .. .. 63 0 0 167 2 4 Mystery Greek - Te Awamutu .. .. 180 13 1 — 60 2 11 Te Awamutu-Hangatiki .. .. 66 11 4 339 12 0 10 16 8 Wairongomai-Waihou .. .. .. 50 6 5 ■ 107 15 8 Horahora-Arapuni .. .. .. 56 12 10 131 17 11 Arapuni—Ngongotaha .. .. .. 99 3 6 48 5 2 . Arapuni-Hamilton . . . . .. 145 5 1 1,144 8 5 Hamilton-Penrose .. .. .. 3,928 7 1 21 9 7 Penrose-Waitemata .. .. .. 64 19 5 328 3 0 Katikati— Waikino .. .. .. 369 9 3 Bombay-Waikiiio .. .. .. 58 9 1 1 I 6,732 16 5 4,133 15 2 Operation and maintenance of main substations (50,000-volt) — 632 7 4 Waikino .. .. .. .. 771 5 1 470 13 0 Hamilton .. .. .. .. 593 15 0 361 2 0 Te Awamutu .. .. .. .. 273 8 2 87 2 4 Hangatiki . . .. .. .. 265 18 1 309 9 3 Waihou .. .. .. .. 334 17 4 27 9 1 Arapuni .. .. .. .. 24 3 11 272 12 6 Ngongotaha .. .. .. .. 287 10 8 20 3 5 I Bombay .. .. .. .. 22 1 1 943 2 3; Penrose . . .. .. ■ • 913 0 0 30 7 1 Henderson .. .. .. .. 213 17 8 11 13 7 Takapuna .. .. .. .. 272 7 10 Kerepeehi . . .. .. .. 0 11 11 Mamaku .. .. .. 5 7 2 3,978 3 11 3,166 1 10 21,400 3 7 Carried forward .. .. .. 38,425 0 7 i 108,747 14 2 Carried forward .. .. .. 125,311 14 3
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1926-27. ! 1927-28. 1926-27. 1927-28. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 21,400 3 7 Brought forward .. .. .. 38,425 0 7 14 2 Brought forward .. .. j .. 125,311 14 3 Operation and maintenance of distribution 31 5 1 substations (11,000 volt) .. .. .. 202 15 3 Operation and maintenance of distribution lines (11,000 volt) — 468 11 10 Horahora-Hamilton- Plankton .. .. 367 10 0 4 17 3 Waikino-Waihi .. .. .. 14 9 8 381 19 8 473 9 1 General supervision and management of trans1,855 4 1 mission distribution systems .. .. . . 1 9 927 3 9 Management and general — 2,918 15 8 Salaries, wages, and audit fees .. .. 3,678 12 5 216 18 3 Accident insurance, sick and holiday pay .. 339 9 0 330 5 8 Travelling-expenses and motor-cars .. 353 8 4 291 3 4 Postages, telegrams, and telephones .. 295 15 2 55 16 8 Fire insurance .. .. .. .. 65 12 6 259 17 7 Printing, stationery, and advertising .. 160 5 6 i 278 2 0 Office rent, cleaning, and lighting .. 265 16 0 Experimental testing and miscellaneous 360 2 0 expenses .. .. .. .. 197 5 8 4,711 1 2 23,760 1 10 Carried forward .. .. 5,356 4 7 40,936 19 3 108,747 14 2 Carried forward > . .. .. 125,311 14 3 !_ ! B ; 1
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TABLE No. 6 -continued. WAIKATO ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY.—HORAHORA SCHEME— continued. Profit and Loss Account fob Year ended 31st March, 1928, compared with Year ended 31st March, 1927— continued. Gross Revenue Account — continued.
1926-27. 1927 28. j| 1926-27. 1927-28. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ g. d. 4,711 1 2 Brought forward .. .. 5,356 4 7 40,936 19 3 j 108,747 14 2 Brought forward .. .. .. .. 125,311 14 3 To Management and general —continued. Testing, oil-drying, repairs, &c., for con242 4 8 sumers .. .. .. .. 269 12 11 Legal expenses.. .. .. .. 5 5 0 5,631 2 6 4,953 5 10 46,568 1 9 28,713 7 8 80,034 6 6 Balance to Net Revenue Account .. .. 78,743 12 6 £108,747 14 2 £125,311 14 3 £108,747 14 2 ; £125,311 14 3 Net Revenue Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s . d. 80,034 6 6 By Balance from Gross Revenue Account .. .. .. 78,743 12 6 To Interest on purchase-money for plant purchased from Waihi 37,989 7 6 Gold-mining Company, and on advances from Treasury .. 44,189 14 1 16,481 7 0 : Depreciation on completed works (2 per cent.) and on stocks 18,646 6 0 54,470 14 6 62,836 0 1 25,563 12 0 j Balance to Profit and Loss Appropriation Account .. 15,907 12 5 £80,034 6 6 ; £78,743 12 6 £80,034 6 6 j £78,743 12 6 Profit and Loss Appropriation Account for Year ended 31st March, 1928, compared with Year ended 31st March, 1927. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Sinking Fund contributions to date, as required by section 12 j 25,563 12 0 By Balance from Net Revenue Account .. .. .. 15,907 12 5 8,448 0 0 of the State Supply of Electrical Energy Act, 1917 .. 9,732 0 0 17,115 12 0 Reserve Fund .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,175 12 5 i | £25,563 12 0 £15,907 12 5 , £25,563 12 0 j £15,907 12 5
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1926-27. 1927-28. 1926-27. — 1927-28. £ s. d. £ s. d. | £ s. d. £ s. d. To Cost of replacing — 46,443 18 4 By Balance at close of previous year .. .. .. 63,782 3 2 Horahora — Waikino Line- —six towers and telephone line and 1,857 15 0 Interest for year .. .. .. .. .. 2,551 5 9 1,059 0 2 ; hut.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 385 6 5 ! Adjustment of amount incorrectly written off in 1925-26 46 17 0 Horahora Station Oil-store floor .. .. .. .. .. 105 0 0 accounts .. .. .. Amount written off for plant sold and replaced .. : 322 17 0 16,481 7 0 Amount set aside as per Jvet Revenue Account .. .. 18,646 6 0 63,782 3 2 Balance .. .. .. .. .. .. j 84,271 11 6 ' £64,888 0 4 £84,979 14 11 I £64,888 0 4 £84,979 14 11 Sinking Fund Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. j £ s. d. £ s. d. 38,515 1 9 To Balance .. .. .. .. .. .. 49,847 8 11 28,938 11 3 By Balance at close of previous year .. .. .. 38,515 1 9 Amount set aside as per Profit and Loss Appropriation 8,448 0 0 Account .. .. •• .. 9,732 0 0 1,12S 10 6 Interest .. .. .. .. .. 1,600 7 2 £38,515 1 9 £49.847 8 11 £38.515 1 9 £49,847 8 11 j : i [ - Reserve Fund Account. £ s. d. £ s , d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 47,669 10 0 To Balance .. .. .. .. .. .. 53,845 2 5 30,553 18 0 By Balance at close of previous year .. .. .. 47,669 10 0 Amount set aside as per Profit and Loss Appropriation 17,115 12 0 Account .. .. .. .. .. .. j 6,175 12 5 £47,669 10 0 j £53,845 2 5 || £47,669 10 0 £53,845 2 5
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TABLE No. 6—continued. WAIKATO ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY.—HORAHORA SCHEME— continued. Balance-sheet at 31st March, 1928.
1926—27. Liabilities. 1927—28. 1926—27. Assets. 1927—28. £ s. d. j Electric Supply Account — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Works, &c., at Horahora — £ s. d. £ s. d. 756,990 .5 8 Balance carried to general balance-sheet .. ' -846,967 0 0; I 2,168 5 9 Roads and bridges .. .. .. 2,168 5 9 7,048 16 9 I Sundry creditors .. .. -. 15,191 2 6 1,039 15 3 . Land and fencing .. .. .. 1,039 15 3 63,782 3 2 ; Depreciation reserve .. .. .. j 84,271 11 6 j 11,491 11 6 Accommodation for staff and workmen .. 11,491 11 6 38,515 1 9 ! Sinking Fund .. . .. 49,847 8 11 175,751 9 7 Headworks .. .. .. .. 177,934 2 7 47,669 10 0 j Reserve Fund .. .. .. 53,845 2 5 ' 74,123 18 0 Generating-station .. .. .. 73,750 6 2 1 1,050, 122 5 4 ! 40,203 .2 0 j Transformer building and machinery .. 40,626 9 8 914.005 17 .4 1,632 8 11 Tools and equipment .. .. .. 1,639 18 7 308,650 9 6 306,410 11 0 Auxiliary plant (Waihi Grand Junction steamplant) ' .. .. .. .. .. 10,298 19 1 Transmission-lines (50,000-volt) — 3S,460 1 3 ; Horahora— Waikino .. .. .. 38,660 1 3 11,001 19 2 | Waikino-Katikati .. .. .. 11,048 13 5 4,561 6 6 Wairongomai-Waihou .. .. .. 4,561 6 6 138 19 2 ! Waihou-Hamilton .. .. .. 138 19 2 22,332 6 7 Horahora-Hainilton .. .. .. 22,332 6 7 i 7,803 2 6 '■ Mystery Creek - Te Awamutu . . .. 7,803 2 6 12,079 4 4 Te Awamutu - Hangatiki .. .. 12,116 18 5 4,875 8 7 j Horahora-Arapuni .. .. .. 4,873 0 0 18,895 19 3 Arapuni-Ngongotah a .. .. .. 18,903 2 0 148 15 9 j Arapuni-Te Kuiti ... .. .. 148 15 9 34,765 7 2 Arapuni-Hamilton .. .. .. 34,921 4 5 99,591 11 8 Hamilton-Penrose .. .. .. 100,491 0 10 44,979 11 0 Penrose-Takapuna .. .. .. 45,878 12 S 1,495 6 7 Linemen's cottages .. .. .. 1,543 0 7 Bombay—Waikino .. .. .. 31,727 15 8 335,147 19 9 301,128 19 6 : Main substations (50,000-volt) — 21,094 10 3 , Waikino .. .. .. .. 34,432 0 6 8,495 12 11 Hamilton .. .. .. .. 10,311 2 0 6,691 0 4 Te Awamutu .. .. .. .. 6,964 5 7 9,351 12 6 Waihou .. .. .. .. 12,140 2 5 5.317 19 11 Hangatiki .. .. ,. .. 6,885 13 4 2.318 3 3 Arapuni .. .. .. .. 2,318 19 5 3,627 13 7 Ngongotaha .. .. .. .. 4,183 2 2 2,474 18 3 Bombav .. .. .. .. 3,452 10 3 29,903 3 2 Penrose .. .. .. .. 35,770 19 11 6,156 14 5 Henderson .. .. .. .. 13,966 14 2 5,368 11 10 Takapuna .. .. .. .. 12,588 13 0 Mamaku .. .. .. .. 1,614 6 9 Kerepeehi .. .. .. .. 604 3 11 145,232 13 5 100,800 0 5 1 . 914,005 17 4 Carried forward .. .. .. 1,050,122 5 4 ! 708,339 10 11 Carried forward .. .. .. 799,330 1 9
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1926-27. Liabilities. 1927-28. 1926-27. Assets. 1927-28. £ s. d. £ s. d. | £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 914,005 17 4 Brought forward .. .. .. 1.050.122 5 4; 708,339 10 11 Brought forward .. .. .. 799,330 1 9 Distribution -lines (11.000 volt) — 33,162 10 5 Horahora-Frankton .. .. .. 33.581 10 5 j 704 11 11 Waihi Grand Junction Companv line .. 704 11 11 j 6,000 0 0 Waikino-Waih i .. \. .. 6,000 0 0 j 3,323 19 7 Bombav-Pukekohe .. .. .. 3,314 14 3 ij * 43,600 16 7 ' 43,191 1 11 7,408 3 10 Distribution substations (11,000 volt) — Waihi Grand Junction Co. .. .. 6,450 14 0 Taps for consumers .. .. .. 2,278 0 1 8,728 14 I | Hamilton Area — 3,997 14 6 Land at Ruakura .. .. .. j 3,997 14 6 Stores buildings and fittings and railway- i 7,679 15 1 siding, Ruakura • .. .. .. j 8,127 7 1 4,270 5 11 Staff residences, Ruakura .. .. j 4,380 5 11 3,230 17 7 Loose tools and equipment .. .. 1 3,678 16 6 4,434 15 0 Motor lorries, cars, and cycles .. ... 4,10118 0 892 1 9 Office furniture, Hamilton .. .. 924 0 5 227 9 6 Office accommodation .. .. .. 227 9 6 Engineering, office, and general expenses on 7,524 17 2 surveys and on construction .. .. 11,683 19 5 Salaries of officers on surveys and on con14,513 18 2 struction .. .. .. .. 22,619 14 5 32,013 11 5 Interest during construction .. .. 49,568 5 5 6,548 0 0 Cost of raising loans .. .. 11,528 0 0 120,837 11 2 85,333 6 l_ Arapuni Area — 675 10 9 Electric lines and distribution .. .. .. 675 10 9 . 844,947 13 6 973,172 14~T 11,596 2 3 General stocks of material on hand .. .. 8,710 9 6 Debtors — 27,394 19 10 For electricity and sales of material .. 28,011 14 11 For payments in advance .. .. Ill 17 8 * 28,123 12 7 Sinking Fund — 29,607 5 7 Investment and cash in hands of Treasury 39,451 5 10 i 69 3 1 1 Interest accrued .. • - .. 664 3 1 390 12 3 Interest due and unpaid 40,115 8 11 _30,067 1 9 £914,005 17 4 £1,050,122 5 4 £914,005 17 4 £1,050,122 5 4 Note.— The sum of £363,944 14s. 5d. (excluding proportion of cost of raising loans), representing various assets which form part of the permanent works of the Arapuni scheme but which are in the meantime operated in production of Horahora revenue, is included in the above figures. In connection therewith, maintenance (£17,171 7s.), interest (£17,880 15s. 10d.), depreciation (£7,278 17s. 9d.), and sinking fund (£3,639) are charged against the Horahora scheme. I hereby certify that the Balance-sheet and accompanying accounts have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby. — G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.
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TABLE No. 6 — continued. WAIKATO ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY.— ARAPUNI SCHEME. Balance-sheet at 31st March, 1928.
II i II I 1926-27. ! Liabilities. 1927-28. 1926-27. Assets. 1927-28. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Works, &c., at Arapuni — £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,109,825 13 6 Electric Supply Account —Balance carried to general 1,815,683 4 4 4,832 5 9 Land and fencing .. .. .. 9,108 15 11 balance-sheet 26,549 4 8 Roads and bridges .. .. . . 25,893 0 9 106,206 11 10 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. .. .182,112 9 6 5,579 13 2 Houses .. .. .. .. 5,408 9 9 6,168 10 10 Offices and temporary buildings .. 6,206 7 10 " 46,616 14 3 43.129 14 5 | Headworks — 16,614 7 0 Engineering and preliminary works .. 19,649 14 7 Dam and other headworks under Arm710,930 8 3 strong-Whitworth's contract .. 1,194,751 5 8 i Tailrace .. .. .. .. 17,816 0 6 1 1,232,217 0 9 727,544 15 3 ! 50,000-volt lines — 29,515 9 5 Waikino-Bombay .. .. 783 19 8 Ngongotaha-Opotiki .. .. j 25,488 6 10 Penrose— Takapuna .. .. Hamilton -Huntly .. .. 4,654 19 0 Henderson-North Auckland .. 0 9 11 — — — — 30,143 15 9 30,299 9 1 110,000-volt lines — (. 132,028 1 0 Arapuni-Penrose (tower) No. 1 .. 196,629 18 9 521 16 5 Tamaki deviation Arapuni-Penrose (tower) No. 2 .. 2 9 1 196,632 7 10 132,549 17 5 50,000- volt substations— Ri' 8,956 18 0 Bombay .. .. .. 30.178 17 3 6,254 4 4 Takapuna 3,821 12 10 Henderson 30 5 10 Huntly .. .. .. .. 42 13 10 70 11 5 Kerepeehi .. .. .. 6.989 0 0 929 19 0 Mamaku 2 13 0 Rangitaiki .. .. .. 1,126 7 0 18 3 Waiotahi .. .. .. 1,052 6 2 Matamata .. .. .. 2,530 11 5 41.919 15 8 20,067 12 8 1 110,000- volt substations — j 39,524 14 11 ; Penrose .. .. | 82,633 3 1 438 5 11 i Hamilton .. -- .. 3,701 15 6 jl : 86,334 18 7 39,963 0 10 Penrose Auxiliary Station Diesel plant .. .. 45,802 3 11 I — 1,216,032 5 4 Carried forward .. .. .. .. 1,997,795 13 10 993,554 9 8 Carried forward .. .. .. 1,679,666 16 9
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TABLE No. 6— continued. WAIKATO ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY.— ARAPUNI SCHEME—continued. Balance-sheet at 31st March, 1928— continued.
1926-27. Liabilities. 1927-28. 1926-27. Assets. 1927-2S. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,216,032 5 4 Brought, forward .. .. .. .. j 1,997,795 13 10 993,554 9 8 Brought forward .. .. .. 1,679,666 16 9 Works, &c., at Arapuni —continued. 4,088 3 11 Motor-vehicles .. . • • • 4,088 3 11 6,758 3 11 Loose tools, plant, and equipment .. 6,729 10 4 Engineering, office, and general expenses on preliminary survey and during con45,375 13 10 struction .. .. .. •• 52,702 14 0 Supervision and office expenses on trans-mission-lines and substations during , 10,503 14 5 construction .. .. .. 25,482 13 9 87,985 19 1 Interest during construction .. 151,940 17 4 18,420 0 0 Cost of raising loans .. •• •• 48,007 0 0 ; 288,950 19 4 173,131 15 2 1,968,617 16 1 1,166,686 4 10 48,364 10 2 Stocks of material on hand .. .. •• 28,218 16 11 981 10 4 Sundry debtors .. .. • • • • 959 0 10 £1,216,032 5 4 £1,997,795 13 10 £1,216,032 5 4 £1,997,795 13 10 Note. —The sum of £363,944 14s. od. (excluding proportion of cost of raising loans), representing various assets which form part of the permanent works of the Arapuni Scheme but which are in the meantime operated in production of revenue by the Horahora Scheme, has been transferred to the accounts of the latter scheme. In connection therewith maintenance (£17,171 7s.), interest (£17,880 15s. 10d.), depreciation (£7,278 17s. 9d.), and sinking fund (£3,639) are charged against the Horahora Scheme. I hereby certify that the Balance-sheet and accompanying accounts have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby. — G-. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General,
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WAIKAREMOANA ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY. Profit and Loss Account for Year ended 31st March, 1928, compared with Year ended 31st March, 1927. Gross Revenue Account.
1926-27. ; 1927-28. ! 1926-27. J 1927-28. £ s. d. To Generating-expenses, headworks, and power- £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Sale of electricity — £ s. d. £ s. d. house (temporary development) — Wholesale consumers .. .. 2,100 0 0 Operating salaries and wages .. .. 253 13 9 Retail consumers .. .. .. 128 10 8 Operating supplies . . .. .. 7 13 2 2,228 10 8 Maintenance — Pipe-lines .. .. .. .. 78 0 7 Rents — Power-house building .. .. .. 115 2 Staff cottages .. .. .. .. 111119 Turbines and generators .. .. 2 9 11 Land .. .. .. .. 33 0 0 Transformers .. .. .. .. 200 2,404 2 2 Plant and land leased to Wairoa Power Switch-gear, meters, &c. .. .. 6 18 11 Board .. .. .. .. 2,700 0 0 Staff houses .. .. .. .. 4 15 6 j 2,844 11 9 357 7 0 Management and general — Salaries .. .. .. .. 15 0 0 Fire insurance ........ 10 8 6 i Printing and stationery .. .. .. 2 0 0 Postages and telephone subscriptions .. 8 0 0 Audit fees .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 15 0 0 Head Office expenses .. .. .. 15 0 0 55 8 6 2,389 2 2 Balance to Net Revenue Account .. .. .. 4,660 6 11 £2,404 2 2 £5,073 2 5 £2,404 2 2 £5,073 2 5 ; Net Revenue Account. 1926-27. 1927-28. 1926-27. 1927-28. I I ; i L , I ; ; £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Depreciation at 2 per cent, per annum on completed works 2,389 2 2 By Balance from Gross Bevenue Accoimt .. .. .. 4,660 6 11 1,717 16 0 at 31st March, 1928.. .. .. .. .. 2,345 9 9 " Loss for year .. .. .. .. .. 3,706 9 7 5,038 12 0 Interest for year ended 31st March, 1928 .. .. 6,021 6 9 4,367 5 10 ! £6,756 8 0 £8,366 16 6 I! £6,756 8 0 £8,366 16 6
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£ s. d. £ s. d. ' £ s. d. ! £ s. d. 10,682 18 9 To Balance from previous year .. .. .. .. 15,050 4 7 j 15,050 4 7 j By Balance .. .. .. .. .. .. 18,756 14 2 4,367 5 10 Balance from Net Revenue Account .. .. .. 3,706 9 7 j ! '£15,050 4 7 | £18,756 14 2 j £15,050 4 7 | £18,756 14 2 Depreciation Reserve Account. . _ j : - | 1926-27. 1927-28. 1926-27. 1927-28. I I I ' £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 6,326 1 0 To Balance .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,924 11 7 4.431 0 0 By Balance at close of previous year .. .. .. 6.326 1 0 177 5 0 Interest on £6,326 Is. .. .. .. .. .. 253 0 10 1,717 16 0 Amount reserved for year .. .. .. .. 2.345 9 9 £6,326 1 0 £8,924 11 7 £6,326 1 0 £8,924 11 7 Balance-sheet at 31st March. 1928. 1926-27. Liabilities. 1927-28. 1926-27. Assets. 1927-28. I £ s. d. £ s . d. £ s. d. Temporary development — £ s. d. £ s. d. 6,326 1 0 Dejireciation reserve .. .. .. .. .. 8.924 11 7 , 34 ]7 11 Supervision .. .. .. .. 34 17 11 14,686 3 5 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 51,307 2 1*1 972 7 7 Headworks .. .. .. .. 741 1 6 185,702 15 9 Balance carried to general balance-sheet .. .. .. 610,979 5 9 j 25.855 11 3 Pipe-lines .. .. .. .. 25,962 10 10 26,119 0 5 Power-house and machinery .. •• 26,348 12 9 3,747 1 9 Turbines and generators •• -■ 3,625 14 2 889 13 8 Transformers and lightning-arrestors .. 901 15 7 75 15 6 Switch-gear .. .. .. .. 79 15 4 442 11 4 Workshop and equipment .. ■■ 442 11 4 1 ; 1 58,136 19 5 206,715 0 2 Carried forward .. .. .. .. .. 671,210 19 5 58,136 19 5 ; Carried forward .. .. .. ... 58,136 19 5 * Excludes miscellaneous suspense charges, £702 10s. 5d.
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WAIKAREMOANA ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY— continued. Balance-sheet at 31st March, 1928— continued.
1026-27. Liabilities. 1927-28. 1926-27. Assets. 1927-28. £ s. d. | £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 206,715 0 2 Brought forward .. .. .. .. 671,210 19 5 58,136 19 5 Brought forward .. .. .. .. 58,136 19 5 Lower development — Kahutangaroa Dam .. .. .. .. 313 ]6 g ■ Mam development — Headworks — 816 7 11 Supervision .. .. .. .. 2,530 7 1 14 12 10 River-diversion weir .. .. .. 1,941 6 5 4,234 14 1 River-diversion race .. .. .. 6,347 3 1 409 14 8 Earth dam, Kaitawa .. .. . 5,034 12 1 505 9 5 Approach canal to tunnel .. .. 4,304 17 10 3,496 1 4 Tunnel .. .. .. .. 16,928 18 3 | 2,226 15 8 Surge-chamber .. .. .. 17,269 1 5 5,013 6 10 Pipe-lines .. .. .. .. 59,754 3 11 402 17 3 Tram-line .. .. .. .. 1,533 8 5 2,740 2 3 Access roads.. .. .. .. 3,035 6 9 118,679 5 3 19,860 2 3 Main power-station- — 191 9 2 Supervision .. .. .. .. 1,118 8 7 8,856 0 5 Power-housebuilding .. .. .. 44,388 6 1 Power-house cranes .. .. .. 4,360 13 2 Turbines, piping and valves .. .. 1 10 10 Generators .. .. .. .. 10 5 10 11 kv. switchgear. metering and control equip- 213 19 6 ment Battery and booster .. .. .. 3,489 0 5 Local service transformer .. .. 417 4 5 Electric wiring and lighting .. .. 172 11 10 1,402 14 7 Access road to power-house .. .. 1,318 11 11 Power-house workshop equipment .. 1,324 0 2 Station earths .. .. .. .. 109 1 10 — 56,923 14 7 10,450 4 2 534 17 7 Outdoor station .. .. .. .. .. 58,645 14 9 11,460 0 10 Staff village .. .. .. .. .. 21,459 19 5 Transmission-lines — 2,678 3 7 Waikaremoana-Napier (110,000 volts) .. 93,307 7 10 1,489 1 (i Waikaremoana-Gisborne (5*0,000 volts) .. 9,589 4 9 Waikaremoana— Wairoa (50,000 volts) .. 22,748 12 8 125,645 5 3 4,167 5 1 * Substations — 36 7 5 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 5,339 0 5 Wairoa .. .. .. .. 2,659 18 1 — — — 7,998 18 6 36 7 5 206,715 0 2 Carried forward .. .. .. .. .. ] 671,210 19 5 104,645 16 9 Carried forward .. .. .. .. 447,803 13 7
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WAIKAREMOANA ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY— continued. Balance-sheet at 31st March, 1928— continued.
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1926-27. i Liabilities. 1927-28. 1926-27. Assets. 1927-28. _ . . £ s. d. £f: ''Te. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 206,715 0 2 Brought forward .. .. .. .. 671,210 19 5 104,645 16 9 Brought forward .. .. .. .. 447,803 13 7 Management and general — 479 4 8 Exploration, preliminary survey, &c. .. 479 4 8 7,581 5 4 j Engineering and office expenses .. .. 19,947 11 11 3,913 15 11 Salaries (office, &c.) .. .. .. 8,736 14 2 887 1 11 Travelling and transfer expenses .. .. 1.712 10 5 — — 30,876 1 2 12,861 7 10 13,030 3 1 Workers'accommodation .. .. .. .. 15,798 18 11 54 6 0 Accident appliances .. .. .. .. 81 19 5 > Temporary service buildings — 3,563 5 9 Tuai and Kaitawa .. .. .. 4,791 8 8 1,220 0 1 Wairoa and Napier .. .. .. 4,640 3 4 9,431 12 0 4,783 5 10 Harbour facilities —Waikokopu .. .. .. 3,734 2 4 ! 17,109 13 4 Main roads and bridges .. .. .. .. 39,801 17 3 6,627 6 7 Land and fencing .. .. .. .. 11,641 12 1 1,064 10 4 Telephone-line to Wairoa .. .. .. .. 1,064 10 4 174 3 6 Works telephone-lines .. .. .. .. 205 11 8 3,326 2 1 Temporary power-lines .. .. .. .. 3,659 2 2 621 18 2 Temporary water-supply .. .. .. .. 958 3 0 1,484 1 3 Installation of major plant .. .. .. 183 14 9 5,354 17 5 Construction plant .. .. .. .. 10,366 0 0 55 4 0 Office fittings .. .. .. .. .. 70 18 10 129 12 7 Holiday pay to workmen .. .. .. .. 1,489 9 3 123 2 0 Accident compensation .. .. .. -. 698 11 1 7,782 18 5 Interest during construction .. .. .. 22,623 17 3 2,842 0 0 Cost of raising loans .. .. . • • 13,403 0 0 — 46,695 9 S 613.892 15 1 1,660 7 10 Sundry debtors .. .. .. • .. 3,735 6 5 Plant and material transferred .. . • .. 3,486 10 7 7,933 18 7 Stocks of materials, tools, &c. .. .. .. 31,339 13 2 15,050 4 7 Profit and Loss Account —Accumulated loss to .. 18,756 14 2 ! date j£206,715 0 2 |e671,210 19 5 £206,715 0 2 £671.210 19 5 I hereby certify that the Profit and Loss Account and Balance-sheet of the above-named electric-power scheme have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the above departmental note. — G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.
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TABLE No. 7. IRRIGATION AND WATER-SUPPLY. Schedule of Schemes completed or under Construction.
1? . „ i Works authorized. Works completed. Chge ( Maximum) - j Average Rainfall R Area Area Expenditure Scheme. Source of Supply. fviv from q 02" commanded irrigated to 31st Remarks. (Mini- As per Duiioa Records available. * (Gross). at Present. Main Distribu- Main Distribu- March, 1928. ninny. | Oesign. 1927-2S. | Canals. taries. Canals. taries. Cusecs. Cusecs. Cusecs. Inches. Inches. Acres. Acres. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. £ Steward Settlement Waitaki River .. .. 110 .. 20*78 22*88 18,000 .. 14 60 50 31 14 60 50 31 12,115 Completed. (Steward Settlement) Otekaike .. Otekaike River .. 9 15 .. 22*26 20*11 1,500 800 14 37 3 47 14 37 3 47 3,631 Completed. Used only on (Duntroon) west side of river. Ida Valley .. Manorburn, Pool- .. 110 105 16-07 15*92 28,918 11,248 73 0 54 0 73 0 29 50 170,701 Completed. burn, and Moa (Moa Creek) Creek. (Storage Manorburn Dam) Galloway .. Manorburn Dam .. .. 30 26 13*99 12*11 3,450 2,396 10 50 10 7 10 50 10 7 23,351 Completed. (Galloway) Manuherikia - Alex- Manuherikia River 77 100 84 15*54 13*27 11,000 5,635 23 0 46 20 23 0 46 20 223,366 Completed. andra-Clyde No. 1 (Alexandra, Ophir, and Clyde) Ardgour .. .. Lindis River .. 35 20 .. 18-99 17-67 2,000 1,494 13 0 2 40 13 0 2 40 34,371 Completed. (Tarras) Arrow River .. Arrow River 40 50 .. 23*50 21*40 6,536 .. .. .. 7 51 18 77 55,809 Construction is nearing com(Arrowtown and j pletion. Frankton) • - Hawkdun (formerly Tributaries of Manu .. 60 .. 24*37 21*99 10,000 .. 66 0 101 0 66 0 30 30 41,802 Construction is well in hand. Mount Ida) herikia River and (Naseby and Nasebv Eweburn Reservoir Plantation) Earnscleugh (Fraser Fraser River .. 10 j 47 47 14*26 12*32 2,743 1,900 11 30 17 60 11 30 17 60 12,670 Extension has been comRiver) (allraces) (Earnscleugh) pleted, and whole scheme is in working order. Last Chance (Fruit- Shingle, Coal, Gorge, 8 20 14 14-42 13*89 4,300 2,960 22 0 5 70 20 78 5 70 28,872 Completed. lands and Earns and Butcher's (Earnscleugh and cleugh Tops) Creek Roxburgh East) Tarras .. .. Lindis River .. 35 70 .. 18*99 17*67 7,000 4,373 21 70 17 55 21 70 17 55 133,099 Completed. (Tarras) Bengerburn .. Bengerburn ..1 4 4 .. .. 1,000 144 2 6 .. 2 6 .. 770 Completed. Teviot River .. Teviot River and 40 80 45 14*58 15*47 3,300 2,799 16 51 10 55 16 51 10 55 f Completed and serving all Lake Onslow dam (Roxburgh East) 1 j land requiring water. Teviot River Exten- Ditto .. .. 40 80 45 14*58 15*47 2,000 .. .. .. 3 76 2 5 j ' \ Construction is well in hand, sion I (Roxburgh East) ! ' J
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Main Canals I River Discharge Average Rainfall , ,, m[l - i. Area Length ol Length of Expenditure Scheme. Source of Supply. | Discharge (Maximum), from 1027 commanded Main Distribu- to 31st Remarks. I (Minimum). as per Records available. (Gross). Canal. taries. ; March, 1928. Design. | Casecs. Cusecs. Inches. Inches. Acres. Miles. Miles. £ Maniototo (Upper Taieri) Taieri River and storage 25 500 17-56 16-45 100,000 60 .. 257 Modified scheme for complete irrigation of dam (Waipiata) 5,000 acres is possible without storage, or for reasonable partial irrigation of 15,000 acres. Cromwell Flat and Low Roaring Meg Stream 29 40 21-19 17*01 15,000 10 30 3,174 Development would be costly. burn (Roaring Meg) (gravity), Kawarau 3,000 (Luggate) River (pumping) Upper Manuherikia .. Manuherikia and Dunstan 77 500 20-30 22-66 96,000 130 .. 5,259 Further investigations into water requirements Rivers, and storage dam (Clyde, Ophir, and and areas available, and revised estimates have in Manuherikia River Blackstone Hill) been made. at Falls Hawea Flats (first alter- Timaru Creek (gravity) 20 30 25-85 23-92 4,000 11 20 49 To irrigate lower flat only. native) (Hawea Flat) Hawea Flats (later alter- Hawea River (pumping) .. 25-85 23-92 17,600 .. .. .. Latest tentative proposal. Electric power not native) (Hawea Flat) necessary, but water to be pumped by direct application of power generated by low-pressure turbines at outlet of Lake Hawea. This appears preferable to alternative No. 1, and appears to be a promising scheme. Further closer survey and estimates are necessary. Chapman's Gully .. Butcher's Creek, Conroy's .. .. 14-65 11-23 100 .... 16 Creek, and storage dam (Alexandra) Bendigo Flat .. .. Lindis River and storage 35 30 18-99 17-67 3,000 7 .. .. The greater portion of this area is now served. dam (Tarras) * Teviot River Extension i Teviot River and Lake 40 80 14-43 16-81 2,300 .. .. 207 To irrigate a limited area in the vicinity of Onslow dam (Roxburgh East) Ettrick, on west side of Clutha River. Miller's Flat .. .. Minzionburn .. .. 6 .. .. .. 2,000 .. .. 192 Survey and proposals completed. Luggate Burn .. .. Luggate Burn .. 6 12 21-19 17-01 1,200 .. .. 273 To supply water to part of Mount Pisa settle(after ex- (Luggate) ment lands. isting rights) Scandinavian .. .. Tributaries of Manuheri- .. 20 30-57 39-37 4,000 .. .. .. For lands about St. Bathan's. Include- £12,000 kia River (St. Bathan's) towards cost of Falls dam. Upper Manuherikia scheme. Soil Survey (Central Otago). .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,534 This soil [survey in the irrigation districts is i now complete, and plans are being prepared. 250,000 acres were surveyed this year. Investigation of proposed I .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 120 Includes the reading of river and rain gauges. schemes ; 1 * Put under Teviot River scheme with which it will be ultimately amalgamated.
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APPENDICES TO THE PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, 1928,
APPENDIX A. AUDITED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE ON PUBLIC WORKS OUT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS FUND FOR THE YEAR 1927-28.
Prepared in compliance with Section 8 of the Public Works Act, 1908.
Sib, — Public Works Department, Wellington, 6th July, 1928. In compliance with the Bth section of the Public Works Act, 1908, I enclose a statement of the expenditure during the preceding financial year on all works and services chargeable to the Public Works Fund. I have, &c, K. S. Williams, The Controller and Auditor-General, Wellington. Minister of Public Works.
Statement of Net Expenditure on all Works and Services chargeable to the Public Works Fund for the Year 1927-28.
Vote. Summary. ApP t ion" a " Expenditure. Credits-ia-Aid. Not Expenditure. General Purposes Account — £ £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ g, d. 42 Public Works, Departmental .. .. 141,397 287,502 7 1108,814 10 7 130,687 16 6 +3,44 Kailways .. .. .. .. 1,507,0001,418,645 110276,823 2 111,141,82118 11 45-52 Public Buildings .. .. .. 329,600 238,593 1 4 15,052 13 5 223,540 7 1.1 53 Timber-supply and Sawmills, &o., for Public 15,000 16,937 0 10 23,934 3 0 6V. 6,997 2 8 Works Department 54 Acquisition and Operation of Quarries for 25,000 25,276 2 8 34,601 0 1 Or, 9,324 17 5 Public Works Department 55,56 lighthouses and Harbour-works .. .. 25,250 25,175 10 11 1,305 3 7 23,870 7 4 57 Development of Tourist Resorts .. .. 50,000 36,838 7 1 165 0 4 36,673 6 9 58 Department of Immigration .. .. 125,000 .177,617 9 4110,460 5 11 67,157 3 5 59-61 Koads, Bridges, and other Public Works .. 848,250 808,572 12 9102,767 12 2 705,805 0 7 02 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. 750,000 084,540 10 5 59,000 15 3 625,539 15 2 63 Contingent Defence .. .. .. 50,000 40,127 18 7 141 10 6 39,986 8 1 04 Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. .. 119,100 70,908 3 0 4,010 2 1 72,898 1 5 05 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage .. 83,320 54,997 3 3 5,262 12 49,735 2 1 66 Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. 40,000 73,226 0 5 74,514 2 106V. 1,288 2 5 67 Transfer to Main Highways Account, Con- 200,000 200,000 0 0 .. 200,000 0 0 struotion Fund Unauthorized—Services not provided for .. .. 091 17 6 428 2 6 263 15 0 Totals, General Purposes Account .. 4,308,917 4,115,655 7 0815,286 6 103,300,369 0 8 68 Electric Supply Account .. .. .. 1,340,0001,418,273 10 10 28,932 18 111,389,340 1111 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement .. 00,921 18 5 7,277 10 9 59,044 7 8 Account Totals, Public Works Fund .. .. 5,048,917 5,600,850 10 9J851.496 Iβ 64,749,354 0 3
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H. Akthue, Acting-Accountant. F. W. EuBKEKT, Examined and found correct. Engineer-in-Chief and Under-Secretary. G. P. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.
Name of Vote. prffin. Oredlta-ln-Aid. Net Expenditure. ' i I I Public Works Fond. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 3. [d. General Purposes Account — 42 Public Works, Departmental .. .. .. 141,397 237,502 7 1 106,814 10 7| 130,687 16 6 Railways— 43 ■Railway-oonstruotion .. .. .. 1,007,00011,016,606 6 10 108,027 9 6| 908,668 17 4 44 to Open Lines .. .. .. 500,OOol 401,948 15 0 168,795 13 51233,153 1 7 Public Buildings — 45 General .. .. .. .. .. 61,000 42,828 7 3 274 17 11} 42,553 <J 4 46 Courthouses .. .. .. .. 12,500 7,532 10 2 1 10 0! 7,531 0 2 47 Prison Buildings and Works .. .. 25,000 23,621 12 9 1,262 17 5 1 22,358 15 4 48 Police-stations' .. .. .. .. 10,000 5,589 6 4 28 0 11 5,561 5 5 49 Postal and Telegraph .. .. .. 100,000 77,319 7 5 125 17 0 77,193 10 5 50 Agricultural .. .. .. .. 4,600 2,862 12 7 .. 2,862 12 7 51 Mental Hospital Buildings .. .. 90,000 51,305 12 7 187 1 0 51,118 11 7 52 Health and Hospital Institutions .. .. 26,500 27,533 12 3 13,172 9 2 14,361 3 1 53 Timber-supply and Sawmills, &c, for Public Works 15,000 16,937 0 10 23,934 3 66V. 6,997 2 8 Department 54 Acquisition and Operation of Quarries for Public 25,000 25,276 2 8 34,601 0 1 Cr. 9,324 17 5 Works Department Lighthouses and Harbour-works — 55 Lighthouses .. .. .. .. 8,000 8,090 9 8 111 7 7 7,979 2 1 56 Harbour-works .. .. .. .. 17,250 17,085 1 3 1,193 16 0 15,891 S 3 57 Development of Tourist Resorts .. .. 50,000 36,838 7 1 165 0 4 36,673 6 0 58; Department of Immigration .. .. .. 125,000 177,617 9 4 110,460 5 11 67,157 3 5 Construction and Maintenance of Roads, Bridges, and other Public Works— 59 1 Roads, &c. .. .. .. .. 793,500 768,335 18 4 98,503 11 3 669,832 7 1 60 Roads to give access to Outlying Districts .. 50,000 37,882 8 9 4,240 4 2 33,642 4 7 (il ! Roads, &c, on Goldtiolds .. .. .. 4,750 2,354 5 8 23 16 9 2,330 8 1.1 02 j Telegraph Extension .. .. .. 750,000 684,546 10 5 59.006 15 3 625,539 15 2 63; Contingent Defence .. .. .. .. 50,000 40,127 18 7 141 10 6 39,986 8 I 64 Lands," Miscellaneous .. .. .. 119,100 76,908 3 6 4,010 2 1 72,898 1 5 65 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage .. 83,320 54,997 3 3 5,262 1 2 49,735 2 I 66 Plant, Matorial, and Stores .. .. . . 40,000 73,226 0 5 74,514 2 10 Cr. 1,288 2 5 67 Transfer to Main Highways Account, Construction 200,000 200,000 0 0 .. 200,000 0 0 Fund .. j Unauthorized—Services not provided for .. .. 691 17 6 428 2 6 263 15 0 Totals, General Purposes Account .. 4,308,917 4,115,655 7 6 815,286 6 10 3,300,369 0 8 68 Electric Supply Account .. .. .. 1,340,0001,418,273 10 10 28,932 18 111,389,840 1111 .. j Waihou and Ohinemuri Uivers Improvement Account .. 66,921 18 5 7,277 10 9 59,644 7 8 Totals, Public Works Fund .. .. 5,648,917 5,600,850 16 9 851.496 16 64,749,354 0 3 This statement includes only the expenditure on works, and does not include expenditure such as interest, sinking funds, and charges and expenses of loans.
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APPENDIX B. ANNUAL REPORT ON PUBLIC WORKS BY THE ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF.
The Engineer-in-Chief to the Hon. Minister of Public Works. Sir, — 1 have the honour to submit the following report upon the various works under my control completed and in progress throughout the Dominion during the period from the Ist July, 1927, to the 30th June, 1928.
RAILWAYS. Abstract. The following table shows the expenditure on Government railways in New Zealand up to the 31st March, 1928:—
T.onotS nf Open Expenditure Name of Railway. Railway or £or t0 Sectfon Traffic. 31st March, 1928. M. eh. M; Oh. £ Kaihu Valley .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 32 24 32 179,068 Otiria-Ngapuhi .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 45 13 45 125,987 Opua Wharf - Onorahi .. .. .. .. .. 58 6 58 6 610,500 Kioreroa-Waiotira .. .. .. .. .. .. 19 79 19 79 420,464 North Auckland Main Trunk Railway (from Holensville) .. 189 75 80 63 3,535,675 Helensville - Tβ Awanautu, with Branches (including Auckland- ! Westfield Deviation) .. .. .. .. .. 215 35 160 63 5,045,288 Frankton Junction-Thames, with Branches .. .. .. 127 35 10120 1,728,393 Thames Valley - Rotorua .. .. .. .. .. 69 33 69 33 422,277 Tauranga-Opotiki, with Branches .. .. .. .. 145 32 .. 1,463,159 Gisborne-Opotiki .. .. .. .. .. ..J 93 44 49 32 623,931 Napier-Gisborue (including Waikokopu Branch) .. .. 231 44 23 44 2,191,985 Wellington-Napier and Palmerston North (including Te Aro Extension, Greytown and Martinborough Branches, and HuU Valley Railway) .. .. .. .. .. .. 258 62 235 76 3,591,217 Wollington-Waitara, with Branches .. .. .. .. 350 11 308 42 3,976,526 Stratford-Okahukura .. .. .. .. .. 112 47 47 40 1,788,476 North Island Main Trunk (Marton-Te Awamutu), including Raetihi Branch and Waipa Gravel-aooess Branch .. .. 225 79 218 39 3,114,246 Picton-Waipara (South Island Main Trunk Railway)— Pioton southwards .. .. .. .. .. 92 38 56 6 656,952 Waipara northwards .. .. .. .. .. 90 45 44 14 381,6-21 Nelson-Groymouth .. .. .. .. .. •• 177 51 129 50 757,721 Stillwater - Arthur's Pass .. .. .. .. .. 5141 50 41 2,050,049 Rolleston- Arthur's Pass (including Whiteeliffs Branch) .. 92 59 84 45 1,030,588 Westport-Ngakawau .. .. .. •• ■• 19 56 19 56 194,507 Westport - Ngakawau Extension to Mokihinui* -. .. 7 12 7 12 Mokihinui Colliery Linef .. .. .. .. .. 3 69 3 69 Westport-Cape Foulwind] .. .. .. .. .. 70 70 Westport-Inangahua .. .. .. .. .. 26 0 5 74 231,827 Ngahere-Blackball .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 40 3 40 147,862 Greymouth-Kewanui and Branches .. .. .. .. 1134 1134 329,890 Greymouth-Waitaha .. .. .. .. .. 50 32 38 68 403,220 Waipara-Waitaki, with Branches .. .. .. .. 459 34 413 70 3,117,142 Canterbury Interior Main Line —Oxford-Temuka .. .. 83 0 11 44 59,942 Waitaki-Bluff, with Branches .. .. .. .. 600 21 561 2 5,745,050 Otago Central .. .. .. .. .. •• 182 51 147 27 1,439,144 Invercargill-Kingston, with Mararoa Branch .. .. .. 117 4 97 44 394,994 Forest Hill Railway—Winton-HedgehopeS ■■ •• •• 12 40 12 40 23,337 Western Railways .. .. .. .. .. .. 94 8 78 49 452,209 Preliminary surveys .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35,444 General charges not yet apportioned .. .. .. .. .. 19,931 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. ■.. .. .. 10,337 Stock of permanent-way on hand .. .. .. .. .. .. 16,943 Rolling-stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,204,495 Suspense Account, being proportion of cost of raising loan for Railways Improvement Authorization Aot 1914 Account .. .. .. 15,875 Total .. .. .. .. .. 4,319 14 3,196 39 ||56,536,272 Pbovinoial Goveknmbnt Links, etc. Canterbury (lengths included above) .. ... .. .. .. .. 731,759 Otago and'Southland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 372,522 Gisborne to Ormond Tramway .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,975 Midland Railway, valuation of works constructed by company .. .. .. 11683,460 Grand total '.. .. .. .. 4,319 14 3,196 39 58,328,988 * The funds for this extension —namely, £35,501 2s. lid. —were provided by the Westport Harbour Board. t The funds for purchase of this line. ,£15,745, were provided by the Weetriort Harbour Board. iTlie funds for this line -namely, £93,450—were, provided by the Westport Harbour Board. § The expenditure on this line as a tramway was made by the Lands Department. (Includos expenditure on railways under Hutt Itoad and Railway Improvement, llailway Improvement Authorization Act and Railway Improvement Aurhorization Act 1914 Accounts. T| Includes value for .£150,000 paid to debenture-holders under the Midland Railway Petitions Settlement Act Amendment Act 1903.
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North Auckland Main Trunk Railway. Rangihua Section (24 m. 45 oh. to 38 m. 34 eh. ; length, 13 m. 69 oh.). —The first eight miles of this section traverse hilly country, which has proved to be of a very unstable and treacherous nature. The batters of every cutting in this length have slipped, partially filling the cuttings with a loose water-soaked mass of clay, which has had to be removed by means of steam-shovels. Five shovels have been employed on the section, and without them the cost of removing the slips by hand would have been prohibitive. Where there have been fillings of over 10 ft. the weight has been too much for the country underneath, which, though apparently solid, is actually incapable of bearing much weight. To get over these difficulties it has been necessary either to deviate the line or put in drainage-drives under the bank-foundations. The remaining seven miles of the section traverses the floor of the Waihou Valley. This country is more stable, but the cuttings, when opened up, have been found to consist of soft pug, in which it has been found necessary to revert to the old-fashioned, hand methods of cutting out this tenacious material by means of a piano-wire with handles attached, which is used to cut through the material and separate it into blocks, similarly to the methods used for cutting soa.p. The formation has been completed from 28 m. 30 eh. to 32 m. 0 eh., a distance of 3m. 50 eh., thus giving a total completed distance of 7m. (id eh. beyond Okaihau. A further length of 4m.is in hand. Fences have been erected on both sides of the railway reserve from 32 m. 30 eh. to 34 m. 35 eh., a total length of 330 eh. of fence. Twenty concrete culverts have been built, varying from 2 ft. to 8 ft. in diameter and seven concrete-pipe culverts. 33 m. 37 eh. of permanent-way have been laid, from 26 m. 44 eh. to 30 m. 1 eh., and lj m. of rails for a tram-line to ballast-pit at Okaihau. This ballast-pit is being opened, up, and ballasting will be put in hand during the coming year. Three workmen's camps have been built along the route of the railway and one at the quarry. These have been equipped with bathhouses, cookhouses, and other conveniences, and a standard V.M.C.A. hut has been erected at Okaihau and is well patronized by workmen and settlers. Kirikopuni Section (107 m. 0 eh. to 121 m. 0 eh.). —The principal work during the year on this section has been the general cleaning-up of the whole section, the clearing of slips, and completion of bridges, station-yards, and buildings. At the end of last winter considerable trouble was caused by slips in the cuttings generally and subsidence of banks, but by the end of the summer the work was well consolidated and in first-class order for handing over to the Railway Department in May last. Six steam-shovels were fully occupied in removing slips. Both the Omana and Tokatoka Tunnels have been strengthened in places to resist the very heavy pressures which developed since they were completed. At Waiotira the platform was converted to an "island. " type, points and crossings were laid at the north and south ends, and a double siding constructed on the west side of platform. At Pikiwahine Station a goods-shed was erected and. the yard cleaned up and completed. Three standard. 16 ft. gates were erected at Omana, and the metalling of access roads has been completed. All buildings, gates, cattle-stops, and fences were completed at Pukchuia, and metalling laid. At Kirikopuni Station all buildings, with the exception of one platelayer's cottage, which is in hand, were erected, and a sheepdrafting race and. yards have been constructed at the south end of the yard, having access from the stockyard approach road. The metal for the Parakao Road is still being unloaded at Kirikopuni Station, and for this a temporary siding has been laid and hopper erected ; this will remain until the metalling is completed. All. bridges on the section, of which there are fourteen railway and four overlvridges, have been erected. At 113 m. 66 eh. it was found necessary, owing to the erosion of the banks, to construct stone bases between centre piers to a width of about 80 ft. and a depth of 5 ft. (i in. The most important bridge, that over the Wairoa River at 118 m. 77 eh., is 765 ft. long, and consists of two 106 ft., two 45 ft., and fifteen 30 ft. steel spans on three concrete cylinder piers and seventeen timber piers. This was completed during the period. At 1.20 m. 1 eh. considerable difficulty was experienced with the piles owing to the subsidence of the banks and ground-movements, and to counteract this raker piles were driven and stone packing placed under the full length of bridge to a width of 21 ft. and a depth of from 3 ft. to 15 ft., with twin 2 ft. concrete pipes embedded to take the normal flow of the creek. All culverts on the section have been completed, the wing walls and parapets between 111 m. and 121 m., which had been left over until aggregate could be brought in by train, being the main construction items under this heading for the. period. Platelaying was completed from 118 m. 77 eh. to 121 m. ooh., and three lifts of ballast were placed between 107 m. 25 eh. and 121 m. Och. In order to provide a water-supply for the Kirikopuni Station a. concrete dam and reservoir were, erected, and connections were made to platelayers' cottages, 6,000-gallon vat, latrines, station buildings, and water-troughs in the stockyards. A metered connection was also made to the new butter-factory at the north end of the station. The necessary land was taken and fenced at intake, and reservoir and 25 links right-of-way surveyed along pipe-end. .Approximately 6 acres of silver-poplar cuttings and young gum-trees have been planted in reserves at Pikiwahine, Omana, and Pukehuia station-yards, and at the bottoms of various slips. A 40-acre reserve between Waiotira and Tauraroa was fenced and planted in mixed trees. This planting was carried out mainly to stabilize the slopes adjoining the railway, but it is anticipated that the timber will also have a future value.
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During the year all temporary accommodation at Waiotira, workers' dwellings, &c, was dismantled and re-erected at Pukehuia, Kirikopuni, and the Devil's Elbow, on the Dargaville Branch Railway. Special goods and passenger services were run over the section up to the time of handing over to the Railway Department. Dargaville Branch Railway. Tangowahine Section (0 m. to 10 m. ; length, 10 m.). —The permanent-line survey over this section was completed early in the year, and a considerable amount of work has been done on the section. As the Main Trunk line neared completion the necessary materials were transferred from time to time and a good start has been made with the work. The formation is of a. much lighter character than on the Main Trunk, and every endeavour is being made, by means of fairly steep momentum grades, to keep the earthwork in the large cuttings to a minimum, in order to reduce the risk of slips, whichare liable to occur in deep cuttings. Where the line passes through the Tangowahine Swamp the Bucyrus drag-line is being used to carry forward canals from the Wairoa River and complete the light-railway formation. At the same time it is proposed to complete a certain length of road-formation for the Lands Department in connection with the Tangowahine Settlement. It is anticipated that several miles of line should shortly be ready for rails and ballasting, the object being to get the line to Tangowahine as soon as possible, so that temporary services may be run for the benefit of settlers in that part of the district and farther afield. Four steam-shovels and one drag-line have been employed on the formation of the first seven miles, and scoops and co-operative hand gangs are employed on the same length in cuttings that are too light for steam-shovel operation. The barrels of all minor culverts to 6 m. 23 eh. have been completed, and excavations are complete and pile-driving in hand for the foundations of a 4 ft. arch culvert at 3 m. 12 eh. Fencing has been completed on both sides to 3 m. 66 oh., on the right from 6 m. 10 eh. to 6m. 42 eh., and on the left from 6m. 15 eh. to 6m. 31 eh. and 6m. 35 eh. to 6m. 40 eh. Cattlestops have been installed at 0 m. 40 eh. Approximately half a mile of rails have been laid and ballasted with one lift. Several single huts and a married man's cottage have been erected at the Devil's Elbow, and temporary accommodation at Ta.ngowahine ; but generally in the construction of the work to the Devil's Elbow, at Tangowahine Flats, men are transported to the work morning and evening by launches, as it is cheaper to keep the men camped at Pukehuia at present, and save the very great expense of transferring houses for the accommodation of workmen in a locality where they will only be required, for a short time. Auckland-Westfield Deviation. Substantial progress has again been made this year with the construction of that portion (8 m. 70 eh. in length) of this deviation which is being constructed by the Public Works "Department. Formation. —The marked progress made has resulted in. the formation work approaching completion, the portion, still remaining to be done consisting mainly of trimming-work, the widening of cuttings, and the borrowing of some 30,000 cub. yd. required to complete the banks in the vicinity of Purewa and Westfield. In the early part of the year, trouble was experienced with the embankment being made across the Orakei basin, where the bottom is soft mud of considerable depth. The difficulty was overcome, and the subsidence checked, by the construction of banquettes, or low extensions of the bank, on either side. This has the effect of further distributing the weight of the bank and. overcoming the tendency for the bottom to be pushed up at the sides of the fill. The embankment between Point Resolution and Orakei has stood fairly well, and. a subsidence of 18 in. has been made good by topfilling and corresponding widening. A. service track now extends from Campbell's Point to Westfield, and during the next few weeks a connection will be made with the Westfield Freezing Co.'s siding in the vicinity of the existing main line. It is anticipated that the remaining earthwork between Purewa Tunnel and Westfield will be sufficiently far ahead during the next four or five weeks to allow of the systematic transportation of some 25,000 yards of stone being commenced for the stone pitching of banks in Hobson Bay and Orakei basin. Approximately 3,000 yards of this stone is located in the Sylvia Park station-yard, and arrangements have been made with the Railway Department for railage via Westfield over their main line to Campbell's Point, thus expediting the work and making a considerable saving in haulage. During the year about 70 eh. of station approach roads and overbridge approach roads have been completed, with gravelling and footpaths. The total earthwork done during the year under review amounts to 430,000 cub. yd., including hard lava rock, clay, and papa. This progress was only rendered possible by the efficient organization of the available excavating machinery, consisting of six steam-shovels, and of the associated earthworktrains. The employment of this plant has been very effective in reducing direct and overhead costs, as well as being instrumental in speeding up the work. It is anticipated that the formation will be far enough advanced to enable platelaying of one complete through track to be commenced very shortly. Purewa Tunnel. —This tunnel, of a total length of f,954 ft., is now complete, with, the exception of the portals, which are in hand, that at the north end being almost complete. The lining of the tunnel was completed on the 27th March, 1928, and the service track and its temporary foundation is being removed preparatory to the laying of the tile drain and the rock-spall foundation for the permanent track. The total quantities of excavation and concrete lining in the tunnel have amounted to — excavation in papa and tuff, 48,687 cub. yd. ; concrete lining, 15,632 cub. yd.
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Bridges. —The bridge-construction programme on this deviation is a large one, the most important structures being three bridges over openings left in the embankment across Hobson Bay, and seven concrete and steel road-ovcrbridges of heavy construction, and two bridges to carry the railway over roads. The concrete piers, nineteen in number—concrete on piled foundations—for the Hobson Bay bridges are all complete, ready for the superstructure. Of the heavy road-overbridges, four, being those at 2 m. 70 eh., 7 m. 14 eh., 8 m. 3 eh., and 8 m. 77 eh., are complete, and that at 6 m. 60 eh. is almost complete. In addition, work is in hand at several of the other bridges. East Coast Main Trunk Railway.—Waihi Eastwards. During the year this line has been completed, except for a few minor details, between Tahawai and Taneatua —a total distance of 84 m. 26 eh. Messrs. Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co. completed their contract, nineteen miles in length, between the 14 m. and Te Puna, on the 19th March last, and handed over that part of the line to the Public Works Department on the 30th May. The line between Tahawai and Tauranga was declared officially open by the Right Hon. the Prime Minister on the 28th March, and a tri-weekly through passenger service was inaugurated between Taneatua and Auckland as from that date. The portion of the line between Tahawai and Tauranga was handed over to the Working Railways on the 18th June, and a daily passenger and goods service was at once established. Pending the handing over to the Railway Department of the TaurangaTaneatua length, the service thereon is being run by the Public Works Department. It is anticipated that this latter section will be complete and ready for handing over towards the end of the month of August. A description of the work done on the various sections of the line is as follows : — Katikati Section (14 m. to 16 m. 28 eh. ; length, 2 m. 28 eh.). —The Tahawai bank, which gave considerable trouble through subsidence, was completed. Platelaying and ballasting on the whole section, including Katikati station-yard, was completed, and station buildings, goods-shed, and cattleyards at Katikati erected. The Tahawai Bridge at 15 m. 2 eh., consisting of five 40 ft. spans, was completed, and all bridges painted. A start has been made with the erection of a Stationmaster's house at Katikati. Flood-gates have been erected where necessary. Aongatete Section (16 m. 28 eh. to 21 m. 5 eh. ; length, 4m. 57 eh.). —One girder was placed on the Waitekohe Bridge, completing the bridge. The Uretara, Rereatuakahia, Te Mania, Waitekohe, and Aongatete Bridges were painted. Platelaying was completed from 20 m. 51 eh. to 21m. 5 eh., and. the whole of the section ballasted. The banks at the Rereatuakahia and Aongatete Streams were stone-pitched with spalls from Te Puke quarry. Private crossings at 17 m. 30 eh. and 20 m. 40 eh. were metalled. Goods-shed, latrines, and stockyards at Aongatete station-yard were completed. Flood-gates have been erected where necessary. Apata Section (21 m. 5 eh. to 27 m. 50 eh. ; length, 4 m. 12 eh.). —(Short length is due to deviations from original line.) All fencing on the section was completed. Th-s- old piers of the first Wainui Bridge (23 m. 2 eh.) were removed, and a new bridge of seven 35 ft. spans erected. The stability of the original bridge had been destroyed by ground-subsidences that took place as the heavy filling was being placed. This was referred to in my report for last year under heading " Apata Section." The Watakao and Wainui Bridges were painted. Im. 12 eh. of platelaying was done, and the ballasting of the whole section completed. A wash-out occurred at 23 m. 28 eh., taking away 1,000 cub. yd. out of the bank. This damage was repaired. Apata station-yard was widened, and a platform and cattleyards constructed. The approach-road fence to the overbridge at 26 m. 49-50 eh. and the gates at Apata stationyard were painted. Flood-gates were erected along seotion. Te Puna Section (27 m. 70 eh. to 34 in. 78 eh. ; length, 7m. 2ch.). —The fencing, culverting, formation, and ballasting of this section were completed. Cattleyards were erected at Omokoroa and Te Puna Stations. Stone-pitching with spalls from Te Puke quarry was done at overbridges at 30 m. 15-75 eh. and 31 m. 43 eh., at Te Puna Bridge, and along the Mangawhai bank, 30 m. 60 eh. to 31 m. 7 eh. The overbridge at 31 m. 43 eh. was completed, and a new abutment and one new pier put in the Waipapa Bridge. All bridges and station buildings were painted. Flood-gates were erected where necessary. A considerable yardage of slips was removed from the Mangawhai cut. Tauranga Section (34 m. 78 eh. to 41m. 5 eh. ; length, 6m. 7 eh.). —This section was open for traffic throughout the year, and usual maintenance-work carried out. Considerable ballasting was done between Tauranga and Te Puna,. Spalls were placed around the piers of the Wairoa Bridge, along the banks in the Wairoa section, and along the Tauranga Wharf approach. A platform, cartdock, and station building were erected at the Strand. The Wairoa and Waikareao Bridges were painted. Te Maunga, Te, Puke, Paengaroa, Pongakawa, Otaramakau, and Matata Sections (41 m. 5 eh. to 79 m. 16 eh. ; total length, 38 m. 11 eh.). —This length has carried regular goods and passenger traffic, and adequate maintenance has been carried out. Most of the line between Tauranga. and Paengaroa, has been regraded and ballasted. Shelter-sheds have been erected at Te Maunga and Matapehi. The Tauranga, Otaimatua, Kopuroa, Kaituna, Otamarakau, and several smaller bridges have been painted. A number of small bridges have been close-sleepered and straightened. A siding has been put in at Te Maunga, and a 4 ft. arched culvert at 67 m. 60 eh. The Te Puke quarry output included. 28,670 cub. yd. crushed metal and 1.4,645 cub yd. spalls, as well as a quantity of screenings. The Matata pit output included 26,750 cub. yd. metal for ballast and 16,850 cub. yd. stripping, the latter being mostly used for widening banks. Rangitaiki and Awakeri Sections (79 m. 16 eh. to 91 m. 40 eh. ; length, 12 m. 24 eh.). —This length has carried regular goods and passenger service, and has been well maintained. Considerable ballasting-work has been done on this section. The Tarawera. Rangitaiki, and a number of smaller bridges have been painted. Two extra spans have been erected on bridge at 88 m. 35 eh. Level crossings have been formed and metalled at 89 m. 45 eh. and 90 m. 26 eh.
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Taneat.ua Section (91 m. 40 ch. to 100 m. 5 oh. ; length, Bm. 45 oh.). —This length has carried goods and passenger traffic, and has been well maintained. A considerable quantity of ballast has been put on this section. A large slip came down at 97 m. 50 ch. and blocked the line, 11,190 cub. yd. being removed by steam-shovel. Gates and cattle-stops were erected throughout the section. A 6,000-gallon water-vat was erected at Kiwinui, and an engine-shed and 70 ft. turntable at Taneatua. Filling was placed on cottage-sites at Taneatua to bring them up above flood-level. Additions to the Whakatane Railway-bridge to convert it to a combined road and railway bridge are substantially finished. The road-decking is almost complete, and the approach road has been formed and metalled and two bridges have been erected thereon. The girders of the Waioho and Whakatane Bridges have been painted. Waimana Section (100 m. 6 ch. to 100 m. 16 ch. ; length, 10 ch.). —The platelaying and ballasting of this section were completed. Mount Workshops.—62B tons of steel were fabricated into girders during the year, mostly for bridge-work outside, the Tauranga district. An additional 140 tons is drilled ready for riveting. Girders were manufactured for the Whakaruatapu Bridge, Dannevirke ; Makatote River Road-bridge, Mangatipa Stream Bridge, Waihou River Bridge ; Ohinemuri River Bridge, Wairoa River Railwaybridge, Kirikopuni; and bridges on Auckland-Westfield Railway deviation, Lawrence-Roxburgh Railway, and the Napier-Wairoa Railway. An air-lock was manufactured for the Motu River Bridge, and a crane for Waikokopu Wharf. Maintenance-work has been done to the Department's construction plant and to the railway rolling-stock. The latter includes work done on eleven locomotives, eight passenger-cars, and 261 wagons. Traffic.- —A regular passenger and goods traffic has been maintained throughout the year between Taneatua and Tauranga, and since March between Taneatua and Tahawai. The total revenue for the nine months up to 27th March was £14,614 lis. lid. Since then the Railway Department has been doing the accounting. Gisborne-Napiek Railway. Putorino Section (1.0 m. 56 ch. to 37 m. 35 ch. ; length, 26 m. 59 ch.). —The two most important works on this section are the erection of the Waikoau and Matahoura Viaducts, and consequently the year's programme was so arranged as to enable the construction of these viaducts to be pushed ahead as speedily as possible. With the exception of the approach filling to the Matahoura Viaduct, the cutting at 35 m., a small portion of Maori Creek filling, and the Putorino station-yard, the whole of the earthwork on this section has been completed. Two steam-shovels were employed for the first part of the year, and, in addition to these, hand gangs and scoops shifted approximately 80,000 cub. yd. The road-deviation at 34 m. 10 ch. has been formed, and that at 35 m. 10 ch. has been formed, metalled, and incorporated in the main highway, while the approaches to overbridges at 18 m. 69 ch., 23 m. 31 ch., 26 m. 22 ch., and 28 in. 33 ch. have been completed. The access road to Putorino Station has been formed for 60 ch. The permanent telephone-line has been constructed throughout the section. The fencing of the railway reserve for the whole section is now practically completed, 7 m. 33 ch. having been erected during the year. Two 16 ft. gates have been put in at the Waikoau station-yard, and others made for Waipunga, Tutira, and Matahoura Stations. Between Eskdale and Tutira the culverting of the line has been completed, with the exception of a few portals, forty-two pipe culverts being installed during the year. From Tutira to Putorino four 2 ft. diameter pipe culverts, three 3 ft. arched concrete culverts, one 4 ft. arched culvert, and the 9 ft. by 8 ft. 7 in. water-drive at Maori Creek were completed. On the access-road to Putorino Station three pipe culverts were placed. Overbridges have been built at 23 in. 31 ch., 26 m. 22 ch., and 28 m. 33 ch., and a concrete subway at 17 m. 20 ch. in the form of an 8 ft. flat-topped culvert has also been provided. The Waikoau Viaduct, consisting of four 60 ft. approach spans and one 250 ft. main span with rail-level 236 ft. above the creek-bed has, with the exception of a small portion of the wind-screen and an inspection-platform, been completed, the first train crossing the bridge on the 15th February last. The temporary trestle used in the erection of the 250 ft. span has been dismantled and railed ahead, as have also all buildings and accommodation for workmen. The concrete piers for Sandy Creek Bridge at 29 m. 10 ch. have been built, and a temporary trestle has been erected to carry the traffic ahead pending the arrival of the steel for the permanent structure, which consists of three 60 ft. spans on steel trestles. The subway at 30 m. 19 ch., consisting of two 20 ft. spans and one 30 ft. span on timber pile abutments and concrete piers has been completed. Good progress has been made with the Matahoura Viaduct at 33 m. 42 ch., all concrete piers and abutments having been completed. The cableway, with head and tail towers for landing the steel, has been erected, and the steel trestle at pier B, with the 40 ft. approach span has also been erected. The temporary trestle for the erection of the main 250 ft. span has been completed to a height of 40 ft. above the creek-bed, and 75 per cent, of the steel for the viaduct has been railed to the site. All accommodation required for workmen has been transferred from the Waikoau Viaduct and re-erected, as well as the store, office, rivet-shed, blacksmith's shop, and engine-shed. At 34 m. 10 ch. the excavations for the abutments of a subway, consisting of one 40 ft. span on concrete abutments, are in hand, and all aggregate, reinforcing-steel, and cement have been delivered to the site. The rail-head has been brought forward to 33 m. 42 ch. in order that the steel and timber for the Matahoura Viaduct could be railed to the site at the earliest possible date,
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All sidings and crossings at Tutira station-yard have been laid, while a temporary dead-end siding has also been put in at the Matahoura Viaduct to facilitate the handling of the steel. During the period ballasting has been pushed on continuously, and the final lift and boxing-in has been completed from Eskdale to Waikoau, with the exception of 5 m. which still require boxing in. From Waikoau to Tutira the first lift only has been completed. At 24 in. 56 eh. a new ballast-pit is being opened up, and special ballast-wagons are being hired from the Railway Department with the object of vigorously pushing ahead with the ballasting of the track from Waikoau to Putorino. At Waipunga Station a shelter-shed has been erected, and the stockyards which had been dismantled at Westshore were re-erected here, together with holding paddocks and gates complete. At Waikoau Station shelter-shed, stockyards, 6,000-gallon vat, and permanent water-supply have been completed. At Tutira Station a goods-shed, stockyards, and three platelayers' cottages have been built during the period. A. regular passenger and goods service has been maintained between Waikoau and Eskdale, connecting with the railway service at the latter station, and as soon as the Waikoau Viaduct was completed a service was instituted from Tutira. The Department's sawmill has proved invaluable in connection with the construction wo generally. During the year 826,767 sup. ft. of timber was cut, supplying all timber for accommodation, bridges, concrete-work, &c, as well as that for the permanent station buildings and cottages. In May last the main office, together with the engineering and clerical staff, was shifted to Tutira, but the store and store's staff are still at Waikoau, where it is proposed to leave them until the section is completed. Wairoa Section (37 m. 35 eh. to 70 m. 67 eh. ; length, 33 m. 32 eh.). —This section consists of two subseotions—Kotemaori (37 m. 35 eh. to 53 m. 15 eh. and Wairoa subsection (53 m. 15 eh. to 70 m. 67 eh.). The work on the Kotemaori subsection consists mainly of driving and lining tunnels and the excavation with steam-shovels of approach cuttings to tunnels. During the first half of the period the section was fully manned, but for the latter half activities were confined solely to steamshovel exca.vations and portion of the Mohaka Tunnel. At present six steam-shovels are in operation on this section. The tunnel approaches generally are now well in hand and as the shovels become available they are placed in the larger block cuttings, several of which involve very heavy excavation. Preliminary investigations have been made on the site of the Waikare, Mohaka, and Maungaturanga Viaducts, and during the coming year it is anticipated that the foundations for the Waikare Viaduct and, possibly, the Mohaka, Viaduct will, be in hand. Chimney Creek No. 1 tunnel, at 46 m. 25 eh., was proceeded with from the north end until about 6J eh. of the whole tunnel, was completed. The bottom heading is now being pierced from both ends to solve the ventilation problem. When the heading is through, excavated material from tunnel will be hauled to bank at 45 m. 55 eh., and this tunnel should be completed in nine months. Chimney Creek No. 2 tunnel, at 47 in. 9 eh., was also worked from the north end. The work was then finished back to 47 m. 4 eh. A total of 12| eh. of tunnel was completed when work was discontinued for a few months. Work has just been restarted with a single shift, and tunnel should be completed in seven months. Road-deviation at 47 m. 67 eh. to 48 m. 8 eh. is being formed with scoops. Cutting at 47 m. 79 eh. was taken out to 47 m. 18 eh., and the material used to form bank at 4.8 m. 3 eh. The Mohaka Tunnel, at 53 m. 2 eh., has been in progress throughout the year. This is the wettest tunnel on the Wairoa section. Just after Christmas a bad fall occurred in this tunnel and stopped progress for some months. Completed work is now at 53 m. 9-50 eh., and just over 10 eh. of the tunnel is complete. Extensive investigations were made during the summer to ascertain the nature of the foundations for the Mohaka Viaduct. Six, bores were put down and the solid papa found to be at a depth of from 45 ft. to 60 ft. below low water. Practically all culverts, side drains, and water-drives on this length are now complete. Fencing has been completed between the following points: On the right, 38 m. 31-50 eh. to 39 m. 18 eh., 42 m. 53 eh. to 43 m. Och.; on the left, 38 m. 50 eh. to 38 m. 62 eh., 42 m. 53 eh. to 43 m. 12.50 eh., and 47 m. 16 eh. to 47 m. 65 eh. On the Wairoa, subsection there have been four steam-shovels engaged on formation, in addition to a number of hand gangs and scooping teams, the formation work being spread over approximately 11 m. between 53 m. and 64 m. 208 eh. of fencing were erected on railway reserve between 55 m. 28 eh. and 62 m. 10 eh.; 45 eh. were erected on road-deviation 57 m. 71 eh. to 58 m. 36 eh. The excavation and lining of the Waihua Tunnel was completed from 60 m. 72-75 eh. to 60 m. 66-25 eh., and the bottom heading driven right through. This leaves a balance of 3sjch. to be completed, exclusive of botton heading. This tunnel has been closed down since December, but it is expected to have it in hand again by the beginning of next month. The road-deviations at 59 m. 7 eh. and 60 m. 7 eh. were completed and handed over to the Wairoa County. Good progress is being made with the Wairoa, River Bridge at 68 m. 59 eh., consisting of two 107 ft. 6 in., two 106 ft. 3 in., and two 15 ft. 2 in. spans. 180 lin. ft. of temporary pile staging has been erected, and 50 ft. of concrete cylinder has been cast and placed in position. Twenty-four 40 ft. reinforced-concrete piles have been cast, and all reinforcing-steel bent. The steel trusses for the four 100 ft. spans have been delivered at Wairoa and are being scraped and painted ready for erection, and 1,000 yards of shingle has been delivered on the bank near the bridge site. All culverts, water-drives, &c, between 53 m. 45 eh. and 62 m. Och., with the exception of the 3 ft. arched culvert at 54 m. 15 eh. and several small pipes, have been completed.
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Stratford Main Trunk Railway—East End. Matiere Section (0 m. to 10 m. 23 eh. ; length, 10 in. 23 eh.). —All work on this section is now complete, and the only work carried out during the period has been the general maintenance and ballast for fettling, repairs, &c, 2,600 cub. yd. of ballast being used for that purpose during the period. Ohura Section (10 m. 23 eh. to 19 in. 10 eh. ; length, 8 in. 67 eh.). —The formation, platelaying, and ballasting on this section have now been completed. All bridges and culverts, with the exception of three overbridges at 13 m. 46 eh., 15 m. 32 eh., and 17 in. 69 eh. have been built. At Niho Niho (13 m. 10 eh.) and Kopuha (15 m. 78 eh.) the station buildings are practically completed, and at Ohura (18 m. 73 eh.) the goods-shed, stockyard, platform, and one platelayer's cottage have been built, and four cottages and the turntable are well in hand. Road-deviations at 12 m. 67 eh., 16 m. 0 eh., and 17 in. 25 eh. have been completed, and also the Hihi Street deviation at the Ohura Station. 7,941 cub. yd. of ballast were distributed on the section during the year, and a daily train service for passengers and goods has been maintained throughout the year between Okahukura and Ohura. This service is of. great assistance to the settlers and has been well patronized by them, the total earnings for the period being £6,893. A depot has been provided and sidings laid adjoining the Ohura Station, the bulk of the stores and construction material transferred to Ohura, and the whole organization will be also transferred as soon as the Ohura cottages are ready for occupation. Tokirima Section (19 m. 10 eh. to 30 m. 0 eh. ; length, 10 m. 70 eh.). —From 19 m. 10 eh. to 21 m. the formation is practically complete ; 75 per cent, of the work has been done between 20 m. and 21 m., whilst approximately 20 eh. of formation work are in hand between 21 m. and 22 m. Work has not yet been commenced between 22 m. and 23 m., but about 10 eh. of earthwork is in hand at the approach to No. 3 (Mangaparo) tunnel, and between this tunnel and the Tokirima Tunnel, at 24 m. 64 eh. approximately 20 eh. of formation are in an advanced condition. The total excavation on the formation work for the period was 64,000 cub. yd. The No. 1 tunnel (Mangatawa), at 19 m. 45 eh. (7§ eh. long), has been lined throughout, only the portals remaining to complete the work. At the No. 2 tunnel (Mahorahora), 20 m. 50 eh., work was commenced at the end of May, and the bottom heading has been driven a distance of 3J eh. All culverts have been completed as far as the 21 m. peg. A 3 ft. concrete arch culvert is nearing completion at 21 m. 35 eh., while a 4 ft. water-drive at 23 m. 43 eh. and a 5 ft. arch culvert at 24 m. 45 eh. is in hand. The formation for private level crossings at 21 m. 1-5 eh. and 21 m. 39 eh. is complete, and 25 eh. of road-deviations from 20 m. onwards have been formed and metalled, while a further 6 eh. is ready for metalling. Approximately 60 eh. of metalling has been done on the Turoto and Tokirima Roads, which are in use as service roads ; and Kereru Road and a portion of Ruru Street, Ohura, have been formed and metalled for the same purpose. Stream-diversions have been completed at 19 m. 41 eh., 57 eh., 77-5 eh., 23 m. 74 eh., 24-1 eh.,' and are in hand at 23 m. 0 eh. and 24 m. 56 eh. 3| m. of fencing have been erected, and approximately 70 eh. of side drains have been excavated. The permanent-line surveys to 32 m. 40 eh. have been finished, and the plans are well in hand. Stratford Main Trunk Railway—West End. Raekohua Section (47 m. 40 eh. to 50 m. 60 eh. ; length, 3 m. 20 eh.). —This section has not been so vigorously prosecuted as the Heao section, further ahead, owing to the fact that the tunnels on the latter seotion are the determining factor in the final time of completion. 78 eh. of formation have been completed, however, and a start made with the tunnel at 50 m., V { eh. of tunnel having been lined and completed. Between Taharoa and Raekohua the line follows down the Raekohua Valley, and, as this is a very narrow valley, it was necessary to divert the stream at 48 m. 5 eh., 48 m. 24 eh., 49 m. 30 eh., and 49 m. 60 eh., in order to build the road and railway. The concrete piers for the railway-bridges at 48 m. 15 eh., 48 m. 24 eh., 49 m. 16 eh., and 49 m. 63 eh. have been completed, and are ready to receive the girders, which are expected to arrive shortly. On the Raekohua Road, from 47 m. 40 eh. to 50 m. 40 eh., all bridges, totalling 255 lin..ft., and their approaches, have been completed. A regular passenger and goods service connecting with the railway service at Tahora has been run over the service tramway from Tahora three times a week. Heao Section (50 m. 60 eh. to 57 m. Och.; length, 6m. 20 eh.). —This section is through very rough country, necessitating heavy construction work, including four tunnels, 2,013 ft., 3,597 ft., 4,191 ft. and 3,300 ft. in length respectively. No. 1 tunnel (51 m. 15 eh. to 51 m. 45-50 eh.) was successfully completed in March last, the alignment and level from either end meeting very accurately, the alignment being within § in., the chainage correct to link, and the levels exactly correct. At No. 2 tunnel (52 m. 10-50 eh. to 52 m. 65 eh.) good progress has been made, 17 eh. having been completed at the west end and 8|- eh. at the east end. Work was commenced at the west end of No. 3 tunnel in January last, and 5|- eh. of tunnel has been completed, a start not yet having been made with the east end. A 6 ft. concrete culvert, 64 ft. long, was built at 50 m. 65 eh., and a water-drive 6 ft. long at 52 m. 9 eh. has been lined and completed. An 8 ft. by 6 ft. water-drive has been excavated at 53 m. and the concrete lining is in hand, while a 12 ft. by 10 ft. water-drive at 53 m. 25 eh. through heavy ground is in hand, 1| eh. being complete with concrete lining.
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The large filling at 51 m. 50 eh. has been brought up to formation-level for a width of 9 ft., and is being completed with spoil from the adjacent cutting at 51 m. 60 eh. This filling, containing 70,000 cub. yd., was built from a large trestle, the formation-level being 90 ft. above the bottom of the ravine, and the stream has been by-passed through a large water-drive. The formation, between No. 1 and No. 2 tunnel and between No. 2 and No. 3 is, with the exception of a few points, practically completed. A good outcrop of rock was discovered in the Mangaone Valley a short distance from the centreline at 53 m. 40 eh., and. a quarry has been opened up there, with a, connecting tram to crushing plant, which, is electrically driven. Bins have been provided, and the crushed metal obtained is being used for tunnel-lining and other concrete-works in the valley. This plant saves the heavy transport costs of bringing metal in from the Te Wera quarry and haulage by motor-lorry over the Mangaone Saddle. The difficulties of transport from one part of the section to another are much increased by the fact that the line traverses a number of huge ridges which have to be pierced by tunnels, and in order to enable work to be prosecuted ahead construction material has to be hauled over these ridges. Now that the No. 1 tunnel has been completed, material for works ahead can go through the tunnel. Previously everything- had to be hauled over the top of this tunnel by means of an electrically operated jig-line, and a total of 9,408 tons of construction material has been hauled over this jig-line. To reach the eastern face of No. 2 tunnel and the western end of No. 3 it has been necessary to form a service road on a very steep grade over the ridge pierced by the No. 2 tunnel, between the Mangatatoko and Mangaone Valleys. Haulage over this road was at first carried out by tractors, but later a, light coat of metal was laid down, on corduroy and the service is being adequately carried on by means of motor-lorries. Power for all activities has been supplied by the steam power-house at Tangarakau, and this met all demands satisfactorily during the year, supplying electric power to all tunnels for lighting, haulage, and operation of plant generally. It also supplied compressed air for the pneumatic plant in all tunnels. In order to generate the necessary power at a reasonable figure, the Department some time ago acquired rights over a, coal area in tin; Tangarakau Gorge, and. made arrangements with a local syndicate to take ii[) and mine these areas on the condition that they supplied a specified amount of coal per annum for our purposes at a reasonable figure. During the period, 1,161 tons of coal were supplied under this arrangement. This coal has proved to be a very fair steam coal, and it is anticipated that its use will reduce the generating-costs at the power-station, in addition to assisting in. the development of a coal area which should, owing to its proximity, be of benefit to the Taranaki consumer. Te Wera Quarry* (21 m. 60 eh.). —This quarry has-been in operation throughout the year, 14,449 cub. yd. of stone being quarried and crushed during the period. 8,263 cub. yd. of this was used for railway-construction and 6,186 cub. yd. was supplied to various local bodies for roadwork and other purposes. The Department's ballast-train maintained a tri-weokly service running crushed metal from Te Wera to Tahora for railway-construction until April last. It has since been running a daily service between Te Wera and Pohokura with road-metal for the Ohura Main Highway. Palmerston North Railway Deviation. It has been possible to carry on this work on a considerably larger scale than during the previous year, and steady progress has been made on its construction, which includes the building of 6f m. of double-track railway and of a large up-to-date goods-yard, and passenger-station. The clearing of the railway reserve is practically complete, this work involving the removal of a number of houses and large, farm buildings. Nine miles of fencing has been erected. The drainage and culverting work completed has been of a substantial character, and has comprised the cutting of 350 eh. of drains, and the building of the following concrete culverts : One 6 ft. arched, 200 ft. long ; three flat-topped culverts, 4 ft., 3 ft. 6 in., and 3 ft. square in section, totalling 1,347 lin. ft. ; one 3 ft. arched, 95 ft. long; one 24 in. circular, 180 ft. long, and one 18 in. circular, 120 ft. long. A feature of this railway-deviation will be the extensive road-overbridge. construction. These structures, seven in number, will be of heavy concrete and steel construction, and necessarily involve expensive earthwork approaches, as the country is flat. The largest of these, that on Milson's Line, is in hand and Hearing completion. It makes provision for eleven railway-tracks passing under it. The approach, ramps are Hearing completion. Several temporary bridges over streams have been erected for service purposes. The formation work is well suited to power-shovel and earthwork-train operations. Three steam-shovels and six construction locomotives are in use, and the earthwork on the deviation is now one-fourth completed, the excavation done amounting to 125,000 cub. yd. Formation is almost complete from Longburn Railway-station for a, distance of 3| m., and the goods-yard formation is also well advanced. A heavy service track connecting with the main line at Longburn has been laid into the goods-yard site, involving 5-J m. of track. This greatly facilitates transport and construction work generally. The average number of men employed on this work for the year has been 147. Wellington - Tawa Flat Railway Deviation. (1 m. 70 eh., to 9 m. 30 eh. ; total length, 7 m. 40 oh.) Work was commenced on this railway during the year. Tenders were called, in the first place, for stone for a sea-wall to protect a, reclamation for the line from. Im. 70 eh., to 2m. 39 eh. All tenders were considered too high, and wore declined. The Department decided to do the work itself. Great difficulty was experienced in obtaining a suitable quarry, but eventually good stone was located on the Horokiwi Road, about a mile off the Hutt Road. A big blast was fired, and the stone was
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broken into fairly good blocks for protective purposes. A 3-ton electric crane was installed at the quarry for loading the stone on to motor-lorries. 5 eh. of sea-wall have now been completed with this stone. The bridge over the Hutt Road at 2 m. 40 eh., giving access from the first tunnel to the reclamation, was put in hand, at an early stage, and the whole of the concrete piers have now been completed. For some of these, cylinder piers founded below sea-level wore required. Steel-plate girders are under order for this bridge. The bridge at 3m. 29 eh. over the Ngahauranga Gorge Road was also put in hand. All piers are completed, and two 50 ft.-span plate girders have been placed in position. There are two tunnels on the railway-deviation. No. 1 tunnel, commencing at 2m. 41 eh. and ending at 3 m. 26 eh., is 66 eh. in length ; No. 2 tunnel, commencing at 3 m. 40 eh. and ending at 6m. 14 eh.., is 2m. 54 eh. in length. A contract was let to drive a, bottom heading through No. 1 tunnel last October. When the contractor had driven 212 ft. at the south end the Department took over the work at this end in order that the enlargement and lining should be commenced immediately. A co-operative contract has been let for this work. From the north end the. contractors have driven the heading back to 3m. 8-64 eh., a distance of 17-36 eh. In No. 2 tunnel no work has yet actually been done at the south end, but 10,000 cub. yd. have been excavated from the approach, cutting and filled into the reclamation behind the sea-wall. Preparations have been made to sink a, shaft to No. 2 tunnel at 5 in. 41 eh., and a start will be made immediately on the sinking. At the north end of No. 2 tunnel the approach cutting is complete, and the driving of a fO ft. by 8 ft. heading is in hand. Plant for the whole of the tunnel-work has been ordered, and most of it should be on. the ground, by the end of October. Excavation for the abutments to a small bridge at 6 m. 18 eh. is in hand, and preparatory work has been done for the piers and abutments to another small bridge at 6 m. 38 eh. Accommodation is being provided for all the shift-men at both ends of the tunnel. A contract has been let for thirty married men's huts at Khandallah, and thirty-seven single huts have been erected. At Tawa Flat, fifty single huts have been completed, and tenders arc being called for fifteen married men's huts. A good many huts for married men will be available in three or four months' time from the Auckland-Westfield Railway Deviation, and these will be transferred to Tawa Flat. All the necessary workshops, stores, dining-rooms, bathhouses, &c, have been erected. Midland Railway. Murchison Section (63 m. 10 eh. to 86 m. ; length, 22 m. 70 eh.). —Work on this section has been vigorously prosecuted as far as 67 m. 5 eh., the end of the Gowan station-yard. The formation has been completed with the exception of cuttings at 64 m. 79 eh., 66 m. 0 eh., and 66 m. 12 eh. Every effort is being made to complete these cuttings, double shifts being worked on two of them, and it is anticipated that they will, bo finished in about four months. All culverts have been built from 64 m. 58 eh. to 67 m. 5 eh., and 15 eh. of road-deviation completed. The formation of the Gowan station-yard and access road has been completed, and contracts let for the erection of the station buildings. The concrete fronts to station platform and loading-ramp have been completed. The permanent-way material is on the ground, and the completion of platelaying and ballasting will be put in hand shortly. It is anticipated that all work will be completed and the section ready to hand over to the Railway Department by the end of the ensuing year. Westport-Inangahua Railway. Cascade Section (5 m. 70 eh. to Bm. 78 eh. ; length, 3m. 8 eh.). —The principal work on this section has been the completion of ballasting and bridge-work, so that the Railway Department might take over and run a goods service from the Cascade Co.'s coal-bins as soon as the company were in a position to operate. Ballasting was completed, 1,195 cub. yd. being placed on the length, and the line boxed in and brought into first-class running-order. A retaining-wall was erected at 6m. 13 eh., and the bridge at 8 m. 7 eh., consisting of two 40 ft., two 30 ft., and two 20 ft. span steel girders on concrete piers was completed. A siding was put into the coal company's bins early in the year, and a regular output has been maintained. An engine-shed and blacksmith's shop was erected at Te Kuha, while the accommodation was increased by a new cottage and several single huts. Hawk's Craig Section (8 m. 78 eh. to 14 m. Och.; length, sm. 2ch.). —Bushfelling and clearing was completed from 10 m. 40 eh. to 13 m. 0 eh. Good progress is being made with the formation, and during the early portion of the period the work was carried on by parties of relief workers, but as soon as it was definitely decided to prosecute the work vigorously the relief parties were merged into regular co-operative gangs and the number of workmen gradually increased. The section is manned from the 9m.t011 m. 0 eh., and further development is in hand beyond that. At 9m. 0 eh., test pits were sunk to ascertain the depth of foundations necessary for the Cascade Creek Bridge, this work being considerably hampered by floods. At 9m. 50 eh. a light temporary bridge was erected for the transport of materials, and the foundations for the permanent bridges investigated. A temporary bridge is also in hand at 11 m. 45 eh., and a concrete culvert at 9 m. 59 eh. The preliminary work necessary to the start of a large undertaking such as the active prosecution of this line has involved a great deal of work. Two main camps have been established alongside the main road at Ohika, opposite 10 m. 40 eh., on the railway, and the other at Tiroroa, opposite 12 m. 0 eh. At the former, five married men's cottages, forty-seven single huts, with cookhouse and bathhouse, have been completed ; while at the latter there are nine married men's cottages, sixty-three single huts, cookhouse, and bathhouse. A school with provision for thirty children, a store, and office have also been erected as well as the necessary sanitary equipment for camps of this size.
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In order to give access from the main road and camps to the work, it has been necessary to erect a mechanically operated cableway for the transport of material and three boat ferries on cables for the purpose of conveying workmen, the country on the railway side of the river being so precipitous that it is impossible to establish camps there. The erection of a light suspension bridge situated centrally in regard to the work is in hand at present, so that communication will not be cut off at any time of floods. Lawrence -Roxburgh Railway . Roxburgh Section (49 m. 59 eh. to 58 m. 69 eh. ; length, 9 m. 10 eh.). —When my last report was written all work on this section had progressed substantially towards completion. During this year the following work was done : The concrete piers on the Timaburn Bridge were finished, and the steel girders, fabricated at the Department's workshop at Tauranga, were placed in position on the three bridges on the section, which total 270 ft. in length. Platelaying, ballasting, and fencing were completed. Station buildings : At Teviot station-yard the goods-shed, shelter-shed, and stockyards were completed by contract. At Roxburgh station-yard one cottage, the latrines, stockyards, and a 6,000-gallon vat were erected by contract. The platform, loading-bank, engine-pits, turntable, and buffer-stops were erected by the Department. The station-yard buildings were completed by the removal from Beaumont or Miller's Flat and their re-erection at Roxburgh of three cottages and station buildings, goods-shed, engine-shed, and coal-store, this work being carried out by the Railway Department's staff. From the 26th December, 1927, a daily goods service was run on this section, and considerable freight, mostly fruit, was carried. The section was handed over to the Working Railways on the 19th April last. All plant, stores, and buildings are being transferred or otherwise disposed of, as there is no longer any need for such in this locality. SURVEYS OF NEW LINES UNDER CONSTRUCTION, NEW RAILWAYS, ETC. Gisborne-Wairoa Survey. Two parties have been engaged on the survey of the coastal route for the major part of the year, and on the north end the trial line was surveyed to 18 m. 40 eh., while the permanent line was pegged to 17 m. 53 eh. On the south end the permanent pegging was completed to 33 m. During the latter part of the period work was commenced on. the inland route, and on the north end the old line was investigated up to 32 m. On the south end approximately 15 m. of trial survey was completed. Stratford Main Trunk (East End). The survey of the permanent line to 32 m. 40 eh. has been completed, and the plans are well in hand. The location survey for an approach road from Tatu, on the Stratford-Taumarunui Main Highway, has also been completed. Dargaville Branch Railway. The survey of the permanent line to Dargaville has been completed after several trial lines had been run to determine the most suitable position, for the terminal point of the branch railway at Dargaville. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS AND BRIDGES. Okaihau-Kerikeri Road (Bay of Islands County). —This road was formed 20 ft. wide over a, length of 520 eh. Opua-Wc.imate Road (Bay of Islands County). —3 m. 20 eh. of formation 1.4 ft. wide was completed . Ruapekapeka-Tapuhi Road (Bay of Islands County). —Formed to a, width of 14 ft. for 4 m. 3 eh. Donnelly's Crossing - Tutamoe Road (Hobson County). —44 eh. of metalling was completed and 700 cub. yd. of slips were removed. Kirikopuni-Parakao Road (Hobson and Whangarei Counties). —Considerable progress was made on this important road during the year, a further length of approximately 7 m. having been metalled, and the base course was laid as far as the Mangatika Viaduct, a distance of 3m. The concrete piers and abutments for this viaduct were built, and a great deal of the steel truss span was in position at the end of the year. In addition to the foregoing, several very heavy slips were removed from the formation. Waimamaku-Donnelly's Crossing Road (Hobson and Hokianga Counties). —The old roads between Waimamaku and Donnelly's Crossing were connected up by the completion, of 6 m. of 18 ft. formation to the 16 m. 24 eh. peg. 5 m. were metalled with good blue-metal or hard conglomerate, and 4m. were covered with rubble and inferior shingle. One hundred and twenty culverts were placed and seven temporary bridges erected, so that the road is now available for through traffic except in midwinter. It is anticipated that a metalled connection will be made through the forest this summer. Broadwood-Takahue Road (Hokianga County). —This road was widened to 12 ft. for 146 oh., and 1,826 cub. yd. of slips were removed.
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Iwitaua Road (Hokianga County). —This road was widened to 16 ft., with 20 ft. on corners, for a distance of 619 eh. The formation is through limestone country, and 2,290 cub. yd. of stone was stacked ready for metalling. Mander's Bridge, 42 ft. long, was erected, and 216 cub. yd. of approach filling completed ; one 16 ft. bridge was erected and 60 eh. of metalling done. Whangape - Rotokakahi Road (Hokianga County). —Widened from 10 ft. to 14 ft. for 79 eh., 10 ft. to 16 ft. for 82 eh. ; 1,608 cub. yd. of filling were placed in banks 16 ft. wide ; 4m. 21 eh. metalled ; one 14 ft. bridge erected ; and 420 cub. yd. slips cleared. Diggers' Valley Road (M.angonui County). —Widened from 10 ft. to 14 ft. over a length of 188 eh., 928 cub. yd. of slips were cleared, and 86 eh. metalled. Oruru - Fern Flat - Mangamuka Road (Mangonui County). —155 eh. of this road were widened from 12 ft. to 16 ft., slips were cleared over a length of 40 eh., 16 eh. were metalled, and one 40 ft. bridge consisting of two 20 ft. spans with approaches 16 ft. wide was completed. The materials for three other bridges were delivered on to the sites. Waipapakauri - Tangoake Road (Mangonui County). 214 eh. were formed to a width of 14 ft. and 68 eh. to a width of 22 ft.; 92 eh. of drains were cut. Mareretu-Waikiekie Road (Keay's Deviation) (Olamatea County). —No. 1 bridge, consisting of four 30 ft. spans, was commenced and is well in hand ; the approaches to three other bridges were formed up, and a considerable amount of clearing of slips and cleaning out of water-tables was done. Carter's Valley Road (Whangarei County). —l2B eh. of metalling were completed. Rualcaka Bridge (Whangarei County). —This bridge of three 40ft. spans, on. the One Tree Point Road, was erected, and the approaches were formed and metalled. Waiotira - Ararua Road (Whangarei County). —Formation 16 ft. wide, with necessary culverts, was completed from 0 m. 44 eh. to 2m. 44 eh. ; the approaches to two bridges were formed up, and slips cleared over 2m. A temporary bridge across the Mangonui River was commenced. Kaeo River Bridge (Kaeo Village Road) (Whangaroa County). —This bridge of three 40 ft. spans was completed, and 8 eh. of approaches were formed and metalled. Oakleigh - Waipu Road (Whangarei County). —Substitution of road for railway: Slips were cleared from heavy cuttings, the banks near the 9| m. and 10 m. pegs were widened, and additional drainage was completed between the 8-| m. and m. pegs. The road was further improved by the cants on curves being made up between. 11 m. and 13 m. A start was made with the bitumen surfacing, the first coat of " Resmex " having been placed on the first 7 m., and four experimental strips 35 eh. long were put down in " Resmex " and bitumen. The remaining 9m. of the road was maintained with a loose top by the application of fin. metal chips to the extent of 120 cub. yd. per mile and by frequent grading. Colville - Port Charles Road (Coromandel County). —The construction of this road was completed during the year, 8 m. 24 eh. of formation having been, carried out. Tapu - Coroglen Road (Coromandel County). —3 m. 60 eh. were metalled, and 21 eh. of that length were blinded with sand. In addition, a bridge of one 30 ft. rolled-steel-joist span, concrete abutments, and hardwood decking was erected. Taurangaruru Main Road (Franklin County). —3 m. of dray-read 18 ft. wide were formed. Port Fitzroy - Nagle Cove Road (Great Barrier County). —A 6 ft. bridle-track was formed for lj m. Ngararahi Stop-Bank Road (Hauraki Plains County). —110 eh. were metalled 10 ft. wide by 9 in. deep. Te Maika Road (Kawhia County). —113| eh. of bridle-track were widened to 12 ft. and the whole length of road was handed over to the local body. Buckland's Road, (Manukau County). —6s eh. of penetration completed to a width of 20 ft. Waikopua Creek - Maraetai (Manukau County). —3 m. of metalling 10 ft. wide completed. Horahora Special Area Roads (Matamata County). —3 m. 65 eh. metalled. Matamata - Gordon Road (Matamata County). —Proposals were approved for double-sealing 1 m. 68 eh. to a width of 15 ft., 2 m. 48 eh. to a width of 12 ft., and 3 m. 72 eh. to a width of 10 ft., and 4 m. 36 eh. were completed. Putaruru - Waotu Road (Matamata County). —2 m. 24- eh. were metalled 12 ft. by 10 in. Ohinemuri River Bridge (Paeroa). —This bridge, which consists of three 60ft. and four 30ft. steel-girder spans, concrete piles and piers, concrete deck. 18 ft. wide, and cantilever footway 4 ft. 6 in. wide, was erected and the old bridge dismantled. Waihi - Whangamata Road (Ohinemuri County). —The formation of this road was completed over a length of 9 m., this including the harbour section and Ross's and Bjerring's deviations. This road provides an outlet to Waihi for Whangamata settlers, and the work was done by relief workers. Otorohanga-Pirongia Road (Otorohanga County). —212 i eh. were metalled during the year, and proposals for a further 2J eh. wore approved. Owawenga Valley Road (Otorohanga County). —Relief workers formed 5 m. 10 eh. of this road to a width of 14 ft., and placed necessary culverts. This length was handed over to the local body, and a further section of 2 m. 10 eh. is in hand. Kuranui Road (Piako County). —2 m. 47 J eh. were-metalled. Pakarau Soldiers Settlement Road (Piako County). —242 eh. were metalled. 10 ft. wide by 6 in. deep. Waihou River Brid,ge (Te, Aroha) (Piako County). —This reinforced-concrete bridge of ten 40 ft. spans, 18 ft. roadway, and footpaths 4 ft. 6 in. wide on both sides was completed by the Te Aroha Borough Council. Waikaretu - Port Waikato Road (Raglan County). —9 m. 74 eh. of formation 14 ft. wide completed. Waingaro- Waingaro Landing Road (Raglan County). —2 m. 15 eh. were metalled with rubble rock and 2 m. 17 eh. were surfaced. Te Hana- Tomoraia Road (Rodney County). —A total length of 3 m. 26 eh. was metalled.
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The work is being carried out by the Public Works Department, the activities being co-ordinated with those of the construction of the Auckland-Westfield Railway deviation not only in respect to supervision, but also in respect to use of plant and the disposal of earthwork and rockwork. Good progress was made during the year with the construction of the sea-walls and road-formation. From Campbell's Point, the low-level sea-wall of dumped rubble rock was continued to 2 m. 60 eh., and the facing of hand-placed rock and mortar-grouted face-joints was completed from Im. 0-04 eh. to Im. 30 eh. and from Im. 72 eh. to 2m. 14 eh. The full-width formation now extends as far as f m. 41-80 eh. and from 1 m. 55 eh. to 1 m. 70 eh., while from there on to 2 m. 14 eh. it has been completed to approximately three-quarter width. The cuttings at 2m. 24 eh. and 2m. 42 eh. were completed, and the spoil was used to fill in the adjacent embankments. A spall foundation for metalling was laid for full width from 1 m. 0-02 eh. to 1 m. 13 eh., and for half-width from Im. 13 eh. to Im. 18 eh. and from Im. 58 eh. to Im. 70 eh. The spoil was practically all excavated by four steam shovels, and during the year some 300,000 cub. yd. were tipped into the embankments. Temporary bridges were erected at Im. 40 eh. and 2m. 15 eh., and the road was opened to traffic. Mission Bay Extension : Beyond 3 m. 20 eh. the low-level stone protection wall was continued to 3 m. 45 eh., and a relief party working in the cutting at 3 m. 30 eh. extended a half-width formation for about 13 eh. Whakatakataka Bay Road : This road, which gives access to the Orakei Garden Suburb from opposite 2 m. 22 eh., was constructed to approximately one-third width for its full length of 26 eh. A good surface was maintained, and the constructed portion was thrown open to traffic. Purewa Stream Bridge : This bridge, which is to be erected in reinforced concrete, will consist of four 40 ft. and two 30 ft. spans, with a roadway 30 ft. wide, and two footways each 6 ft. wide. During the year some preliminary stone protection work was placed, the cutting on the south side was opened up, and as far as possible both approach banks were built. The steelwork was ordered, and a party is engaged making the 18 in. square concrete piles. Orakei Garden Suburb (Eden County). —The various works in this block were pushed ahead vigorously during the year, an average of one hundred men having been continuously employed. Some 6 m. of roads are being dealt with, of which 3 m. 15 eh. have been completed and are in readiness for handing over to the local authority. The following is a brief summary of the works completed during the year : Street-formation, 2 m. 7 eh. ; kerbing and channelling, 19,729 lin. ft. ; kerbing only, 18,763 lin. ft. ; foundation course, 313 eh. full width and 38 eh. half width ; footpaths (scoria), 478 eh. 22,000 cub. yd. of scoria were used for foundation purposes and footpaths. 412 eh. were metalled, rolled, and blinded with waste, a total quantity of 14,500 cub. yd. of metal and 5,750 cub. yd. of waste being used. Water-mains —349-02 eh. of pipes were laid complete with hydrants, valves, &c. Sewerage —12,917 lin. ft. of pipes laid, 58 manholes and 26 lamp-holes completed, and 164 building allotments were linked up with the city sewerage system. Storm.-water drainage — 9,300 lin. ft. of field tiles and 5,899 lin. ft. of pipes were laid complete with manholes, &c, and 69 cesspits were completed. Opotiki - East Cape Road (Molu River - Te Kaha Section) (Opotiki County). —One 61 ft. standard truss bridge in hardwood on concrete abutments was erected at Waiorori ; 3 m. 8 eh. were formed 14 ft. wide ; 16 ft. of pipe culverts and 230 ft. of concrete-pipe culverts were placed in. position. Opotiki - East Cape Road (Molu River Bridge) (Opotiki County). —The contractor is making good progress with this bridge of four 110 ft. and one 81 ft. truss spans in timber on concrete abutments and concrete cylinder piers. The whole of the plant is on the site, one abutment is completed, 84 lin. ft. of concrete cylinders have been cast, and the sinking of cylinders to foundation has been commenced. Opotiki-Matawai via Waioeka Road (Opotiki County). —2 m. 70 eh. of 16 ft. formation were completed, 62,907 cub. yd. of hard rock, 7,155 cub. yd. rubble rock, 5,163 cub. yd. loose rock, 1,696 cub. yd. loose rubble, 14,321 cub. yd. of clay and boulders, and 3,137 cub. yd. clay having been excavated, and 14,548 cub. yd. of slips removed. In addition, 100 lin. ft. of timber box culverts and 856 lin. ft. of Hume pipes were placed in position. Maraeroa Road (Rotorua County). —2i m. metalled 12 ft. wide, and 147 ft. of 12 in. and 36 ft. of 9 in. concrete-pipe culverts placed. Okere-Hamurana Road (Rotorua County). —4f m. of formation 14 ft. wide and 1-| m. of metalling were completed, and 947 ft. of culverts were placed. Tauranga-Rotorua Direct Road (Tauranga County). —This road was re-formed and graded over a length of 10 m., and 30 eh. were formed 18 ft. wide. Williams Mount Road, (Tauranga County). —2$ m. of 16 ft. formation and 75 eh. of metalling were completed, and. 21 ft. of concrete-pipe culverts were placed. Awaiti Road (Whakatane County). —2| m. metalled and two dray-bridges 10 ft. long by 18 ft. wide were erected. Waioho Valley Road (Whakatane County). —Bo eh. metalling, 30| eh. of formation, and 70 eh. of regrading were done, and 100 ft. concrete-pipe culverts were placed.
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Hangaroa-Tahora Road (Cook County). —This important settlement, road was metalled for 4 m. 10 ch., and a further length of \ m. was formed. Main East Coast Road (Hicks Bay to Whangaparaoa) (Matakaoa County). —This road is important in that it will provide access for a large portion of the county to the port at Hicks Bay. A length of 6 m. was put in hand and 3| m. were completed during the year. Tolaga Bay to Tauwhareparae Road (TJawa County).—This also is an important settlement road, of which 66 ch. were metalled. Ihungia River Bridge (Waiapu County).—This bridge, consisting of four 36 ft. rolled-steel-joist spans and timber substructure was completed. Motu Valley Road (Waikohu County) .- —During the year 3 m. were metalled, If m. formed, and a bridge 105 ft. long was erected. The road gives access to the Motu Railway at Matawai for a considerable area. Kouturoa Road (Kaitieke County).—l m. 48 ch. of formation and thirty culverts totalling 459 ft. were completed. Wanganui River Bridge (Te Maire) (KaitieJce County).—This bridge, of one 110 ft. central span, two 61 ft. spans, and two 25 ft. landing-spans on mass concrete piers was completed. Haparua Road (Ohura County).—2 m. 10 ch. of surfacing and 1 m. 48 ch. of formation completed. Tongaforutu Road (Ohura County).—3 m. 20 ch. of formation, Im. of metalling, and twentythree culverts totalling 708 ft. were completed. Ongarue-Waimiha Road (Ohura County).—The formation of this road was extended by relief workers for a further 6 m. 24 ch., and sixty-six culverts totalling 1,992 ft. were placed. Kururau Road (Taumarunui County).—l m. 45 ch. of formation and 448 ft. of culverting were completed. Takiri-Mokauiti Road (Waitomo County).-—A length of 2 m. 18 ch. was surfaced. Kiritihere Road (Waitomo County). —A section of 2 m. 55 ch. was formed and handed over to the local body. Okahu and Wiremu Roads (Egmont County).—Relief workers were engaged on this road and during the year completed 4 m. 67 ch. of formation. Maben Road (Patea County).—3 m. 73 ch. of 6 ft. track and 70 ch. of dray-road formed. Raetihi-Ohura ( Manganui-o-te-ao to Retaruke) (Waimarino County).—This road was extended for 1 m. 30 ch. and 3 m. were maintained. Watershed Road (Waitotara County) .—Formation extended 2 m. 33 ch., and 6|- m. maintained. Field's Track -Rangiwaea (Wanganui County).-—2 m. 65| ch. of formation completed. Wanganui River Road (Left Bank), Upokongaro to Jerusalem (Wanganui County).—A further length of 1 m. 68 ch. of formation was completed, and 2 m. 6 ch. maintained. Mangangarara Block Access Road (Dannevirke County).—A contract for 2 m. of fencing is nearing completion. Tutira-Pohokura Road (Hawke's Bay County).- —With the completion of a further 1 m. 65 ch. this road is now open over a length of 12 m. 22 ch. An engineering survey of a deviation of 1|- m. was carried out and the deviation approved. This will shorten the road, by 1J m., and better grades will be obtainable. Kahotea Block Access Road (Wairoa County) .—2 m. 75 ch. of second-class formation and thirtyeight culverts of a total length of 808 ft. were completed. Mangaone - Mangapoike Valley Road (McGee's Access) (Wairoa County).—3 m. 70 ch. of secondclass formation was done, a water-drive of 105 ft. was completed, and seventy-one culverts totalling 1,404 ft. were laid. Ruakituri-Waim,ana Road (Wairoa County).—The formation of this road was continued for 1| m., eleven culverts totalling 229 ft., were placed, and a water-drive of 100 ft. was put in. Pongaroa-Akitio Road (Aldtio County). —Waiotiaki deviation, 2 m. 57 ch. in length, was formed and culverted, and 93 ch. of Aldtio Hill were metalled. Heckler's Loan Block Road (Eketahuna County).—This road was resurfaced over a length of 100 ch. Cape River Road (Featherston County).—6o ch. of metalling completed. Hutt River Bridge.—The new reinforced-concrete bridge, consisting of eight 45 ft. spans, with roadway 40 ft. wide, in Lower Hutt Borough was commenced. All the piles were driven : the piers, one abutment, and six spans were completed. This bridge is being erected by the Lower Hutt Borough Council at the joint expense of that body, the Wellington City Council, Petone and Upper Hutt Borough Councils, the Hutt County Council, and the Government. Wairere Road (Masterton County).—l m. 10 ch. were metalled. Reu Reu Road (Oroua County) .—WO ch. formed and culverted, and 70 ch. metalled. Palmerston North - Pahiatua Track (Pahiat.ua County).—The points were taken off and the track was widened to 18 ft. over the whole length of the Pahiatua County side. Tlawai Railway-station-Cape Road (Awatere County).—l m. 48 ch. metalled. Mangles River Bridge (Longford) (Murchison County).—This bridge, consisting of one 100 ft. truss span and one 25 ft. end span in M.A.H. on concrete piers and adutments, with 6 ft. roadway, was erected. Ravpahanock Bridge (Murchison County).—One 81 ft. truss span in birch timbers on pile abutments, with 9 ft. roadway, was erected and 4-45 ch. of approaches were completed. Blenheim - Hope Junction via Tophouse (Murchison and Waimea Counties) This very important road has proceeded steadily during the year, an average of 152 men having been employed. A total length of 17 m. 26 ch. has been formed, 1,196 ft? of culverts placed (all the concrete pipes having been made on the works), 7| m. metalled, and 31 m. oi bush was felled and 4 m. of general clearing done. In addition, a total length of 5 m. of fencing was erected, and 4,000 posts, B,ooo'droppers, and 200 strainers were split on the work.
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Traverse - Branch River Road (Marlborough County). —7B eh. were formed and metalled and two 40 ft. culverts completed. East Takaka Main Road (Takaka County). —1 m. 13 eh. metalled. Little Wanganui - Wangapeka Road (Buller County) . —2 m. 60 eh. of road widened to dray-width, 3 m. 57 eh. gravelled, 63 eh. track formed, and 100 lin. ft. of culverts laid. Westport - Greymouth Coast Road (Buller County). —Work on this road proceeded during the year, and with the exception of the section of 9 m. between Fox's River and Punakaiki has now been declared a secondary highway. During the year, Im. 32 eh. of formation and 2m. 65 eh. of metalling were done, and 759 lin. ft. of culverts were laid. The plans for the Punakaiki and Pororari River bridges have been approved, and arrangements are being made for purchase of materials. Brunner - Blackball Road (Grey County). —lm. 35 eh. of engineering surveys were carried out, 1 m. 6 eh. constructed, 12J eh. gravelled, and 136 lin. ft. of culverts were laid. Koluku-Bell Hill Road (Grey County). —51 eh. dray-road formed, lm, 72 eh. gravelled, and 426 lin. ft. of culverts placed. This road is now completed, and forms a connecting link between Greymouth and Inchbonnie. Matakitaki - Springlands Junction (Inangahua County). —An additional 4 m. 40 eh. of engineering surveys were carried out, 3 m. 11 eh. were formed 17 ft. wide, 2 m. 69 eh. gravelled, three bridges erected, and 356 lin. ft. of culverts laid. When completed, this road will form an alternative route between Nelson and Greymouth. Dorothy Falls Track (Westland County). —This road will eventually give tourists access by car to Dorothy Falls via the newly gazetted Lake Kanieri secondary highway. During the year Im. 40 eh. of engineering surveys were completed, 1 in. 17 eh. of track widened to i 4 ft., 74 eh. gravelled, and 42 lin. ft. of culverts laid. Menzies Bay - Little Akaloa (Akaroa County). —170 eh. of road were formed 12 ft. wide in heavy side-cutting, mostly in rock, and the same length was metalled. The work was carried out by unemployed, and the road is now completed. Coskerie's Road (Ashburton County). —This road was completed with the metalling of 2 m. 25 eh. Valetta - Cavendish Road (Ashburton County). —4 m. 25 eh. of formation completed. Ball Hut Road (Mackenzie County). —54; m. of road have been formed in heavy side-cutting, mostly in rock, and a bridge 40 ft. long was erected over Blue Lake Stream. The completion of this work permits of all traffic getting to within 4 m. of the Ball Hut. Beach Road (Waipara County). —Relief workers completed 10 m. of formation in side-cutting, partly in rock, and. placed all necessary culverts. Kinloch Settlement Roads (Wairewa County). —2 m. metalled. Longpoinl Road (Cluiha County). —2 m. 39 eh. were widened and 35 eh. metalled. Little Valley Road (Vincent County). —6 m. 20 eh. were formed and 1 m. 40 eh. gravelled. Tussocky Road (Waitaki County). —3 m. 40 eh. were gravelled. Evansdale - Karitane Road (Waikouaiti County). —Widened to 20 ft. for approximately 12 m., improvements being made to curvature, visibility, and drainage. Otara - Ilaldane Road (Southland County). —4 m. 75 eh. of engineering surveys were carried out, and relief workers formed 4m. 75 eh. In addition, 32 eh. were surfaced and forty-nine culverts placed. Waikawa - Ghaslands Road (Southland County). — 7 m. of engineering surveys were carried out and the same distance formed by relief workers ; 4m. 10 eh. were surfaced, one bridge was erected, and sixty-four culverts were placed. Manapouri-Te Anau Road (Wallace County). —Relief workers were placed on this road and completed 6 m. of formation. Naturally it cannot be expected that the same mileage of roading can be done for the same amount of money as was the case a few years ago. At one time preliminary metalling could be carried out to a very moderate standard, but nowadays, with the certainty that motor-lorries will use a road as soon as it is surfaced, it is necessary to spend far more per mile than used to be the case; also, better curves, wider formation, and stronger culverts are now required. HYDRO ELECTRIC WORKS. Arapuni. No. 1 Section of Contract. —Messrs. Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co. continued to make good progress on No. 1 section of their contract, this section including all the headworks up to the penstock intakes. By the end of November, 1927, the concreting of the dam was completed, with the exception of the parapets and roadway in bays Nos. 1 and 2. The total quantity of material excavated for the dam and cut-off walls was 95,950 cub. yd., and the total quantity of concrete placed was 59,950 cub. yd. Of these quantities, 5,300 cub. yd. were excavated, and 48,850 cub. yd. of concrete were placed during the period under review. The hydraulic pump and cylinders for operating the diversion-tunnel gates were erected and tested before the end of November, and proved satisfactory. At the penstock intakes the concreting of intakes 5, 6, 7, and 8, which was commenced during the period covered by my last report, was completed, as was also the concreting of intakes 1, 2, 3, and 4. This work, together with the placing of screens on intakes 1, 2, and 3, was finished just prior to the water
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entering the headrace in December of last year, as the lake was being filled. The gates for intakes Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 have been erected, and the automatic screen-cleaner has been placed in position. The spillway was completed by the concreting-up of the 20 ft. gap, which had been left open for the purpose of access to works, and by the erection of the inspection bridge across the spillway. In anticipation of trouble with the screens at Horahora, following the diversion of the river, all scrub and vegetation in the headrace and overflow-channel, and on the Waiteti Flat, was cut and burned, and logs were removed and two constrictions in the Waiteti Channel were reduced. The diversion-tunnel gates were closed on the 2nd December last, so that the lake commenced to fill, and by 11.30 p.m. on the 31st December water commenced to flow over the spillway, and since then the river has flowed by its new channel over the Waiteti Flat. No. 2 Section of Contract. —My report of last year indicated that the contractors had made no progress at the power-house site. That condition remained unchanged as far as the contractors were concerned during the year under review, no work being done by them on the excavation for the powerhouse foundations, in December last an agreement was reached between the Government and the contractors under which the latter were relieved from further work on No. 2 section of the contract. At the end of January the Department commenced work on No. 2 section with its workmen and staff. Efforts were specially concentrated on the power-house construction. It had been hoped that the diversion of the Waikato River would so lower the water-level in the old channel at the powerhouse site that difficulties due to the inflow of water into the foundations would largely disappear. Owing, however, to the raising of the Waikato River bed at the Waiteti Stream junction by the deposit of material eroded by the diverted river, these anticipations were realized to a comparatively small extent only, in that the water-level was only lowered 7 ft., and there was substantially as much trouble with inflow of water as before. To overcome this, very extensive use was made of cement grout, this being pumped in under pressure, through a series of drilled holes, into the coffer-dam which had been built by the contractors. This proved effective in so reducing the inflow of water, and in strengthening the coffer-dam, so that work could be prosecuted with vigour. No departure from the power-house site or scheme of works as required by the contract was found necessary. Concentrating on the foundations for Nos. 3 and 4 units, the concreting for these was commenced on the 22nd April, and concreting at units 1 and 2 begun on the Bth June. During June a commencement was made with, the erection of No. 3 turbine ; and the steel draft-tube, with foundation ring, has been assembled, riveted, and placed on the concrete foundation. A commencement has also been made with the assembling and riveting of steel columns, roof-trusses, and bracing for the power-house. It is, I think, clear from the foregoing that the difficulties that confronted, the Department at the power-house site in January last were satisfactorily and quickly overcome, and that the work is now proceeding with, vigour. At the penstock-tunnels the, riveting and placing of the steel linings and the placing of the concrete behind the steel linings were completed last December. The cable-tunnel is complete except for 14 ft. at the lower end. The outdoor station is complete except for the erection of fence, and the pump-house is complete except for floor and window-glazing. The tail-race excavation presented difficulty by reason of the high water-level, due to the raised condition of the Waikato River bed already referred to. However, as a bank of sand and, pumice had. been created at the lower end of the tail-race by the river on diversion, it was considered possible, by installing a pumping plant, to dewater the old river-bed and deal with the normal flow of 12 cub. ft. per second therefrom. A pumping plant has been installed and water-level was reduced by the end of June by a depth of 10-5 ft. Excavation, work is now being successfully carried out, 3,700 cub. yd. having been moved by the end of June. The dewatering of the tail-race disclosed that the work of clearing and enlarging it has been greatly increased by the very large quantity of rhyolite rock excavated by the contractors from above the power-house site and dumped into the river. A large proportion of this had not been carried away by the current, and now must be moved by the Department. Erection of Electrical Equipment. —Practically the whole of the permanent equipment required by the contract as part of the installation of three 15,000 kw. units is on the site, and the position in respect to the erection is shortly summarized as follows : — 50 kv. switching-station : The erection of this equipment is complete as required for the present installation —namely, for f4,000 kv.a,., 50 kv. to 110 kv., Horahora tie transformer-bank, Rotorua line ; and 750 kv.a., 50 kv. to 11 kv. transformer-bank ; but no operating-cables have been installed. 110 kv. switching-station : The erection of the 110 kv. and llkv. outdoor switch-gear for trans-former-banks Nos. I, 2, and 3, and the Horahora tie bank is complete, but no operating-cables have been installed. Main transformers : The erection work on the main transformers is complete. Painting of transformers and oil-switches still to be done. Oil circulating, pumping, and testing system : This is complete, save for some piping connections. Transformer water-cooling system : The installation of this system is well advanced. Minor items : Pumping for village water-supply is complete and in service. For the operatinggear for penstock-gates, the automatic screen-cleaning machine, and the water-rheostat the electrical installation is practically completely erected. In the cable-tunnel seventy-eight angle-iron cable-racks have been erected. A grounding-system at outdoor station, consisting of a ground bus of 19/-083 bare copper cable, has been run round the station and connections made to transformer-tanks, oiiswitches, and steel structures. A commencement has been made with the erection of the permanent lighting equipment at outdoor station, building, steel structures, &c. Adequate attention has been given to the temporary storage, the unpacking, and care of such items of permanent equipment as required it.
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Waikaremoana Power Development. Work on the first stage of this power development has progressed at a substantial rate during the year. The intake race between the Waikaretaheke River and Lake Kaitawa, which was commenced in July, 1926, was completed in September, 1927, except for a temporary by-pass opening in the right wall, and the Waikaretaheke River turned into the race early in October. To bring the water into the race fourteen holes, 1.2 ft. to 16 ft. in depth, were drilled in the face of the excavation under the riverbed. The drilling of these holes was completed on the 3rd October, and charges were placed and fired the following morning. The soft rock at the intake was thoroughly shattered, and by using drags sufficient material was removed to permit of some 380 cusecs flowing through the race that evening. Dragging operations and the shooting of obstructions were continued to give the water a clear channel. At the same time a sand-bag wall was carried across the old bed of the river to completely divert the stream. In the main race the normal flow is about 600 cusecs, while leakage down the old river-bed amounts to about 2 cusecs. A temporary timber dam was erected near the Kaitawa end of the race and the water diverted temporarily to its normal channel through the by-pass opening. When the above work was completed a commencement was made on the permanent diversion weir, which, extends across the original river-bed to a length of 100 ft. The cut-off wall was taken down 5 ft. to a bod of tight pug. The weir was completed in April, 1928, 308 cub. yd. of concrete being placed at this point. Automatic water-level indicators and measuring-devices are being installed at the weir. These instruments will record graphically in the power-house the water-level at the weir and the volume of water passing over the weir, thus enabling future possibilities of this development to be gauged. To reduce the velocity of approach of the stream at the weir, and to reduce turbulence, the river-bed is being deepened and. obstructions removed. Excavation for this purpose totalled 1,678 cub. yd. at the end of June, 1928. As the design provides for the raising of the level of Lake Kaitawa 10 ft. above the original level, it was necessary to construct an earth dam at the south end of the lake. To achieve this a stratum of porous pumice at the dam-site was removed and a pug-core wall carried down to reach as nearly as possible an impervious layer. There is no solid-rock base available. The earth dam was completed in February, 1928, except for a spillway which was left to maintain the lake at a fixed level while the temporary power plant is in operation. Material placed in the dam totalled 15,904 cub. yd. of clay and crushed rock. The dam has been stone-pitched on the lake side to prevent erosion, while the opposite face has been sown in grass. Excavation of the approach canal from Lake Kaitawa to the tunnel-portal was completed in May, i 928, a temporary barrier being left at the lake end to exclude water until work at the tunnel-portal is completed. On the lake side of the barrier the bed of the lake has been deepened to provide an adequate waterway at periods of low lake-level, and vegetation growing there has been removed by dragging. The total excavation for the approach canal was 12,603 cub. yd. The sides of the canal have been stone-pitched and a stone toe placed at the foot of the batter to prevent scour. Excavation of the main tunnel was carried on from both ends, the two headings meeting in January, 1928. Owing to the tendency of the country to slip and the consequent difficulty of maintaining a batter to the canal, it was deemed advisable to extend the tunnel approximately 70 ft. nearer to Lake Kaitawa than was originally intended. The tunnel proper, 773 ft. in length, was completed in May, 1928, and work commenced immediately on the portal, which is now almost complete. The adit opening was closed in June, and back-filling of the adit completed. Grouting of the tunnel was commenced in April and completed in June, cement mortar being forced under pressure into any open ground that existed behind the concrete lining of the tunnel. Concreting of the surge-chamber was completed in March, 1928, a total of 1,803 cub. yd. of concrete being placed. Surge-chamber screens and gates and gate-operating gear have been erected, and the latter tested for hand operation. A water-level recorder will be installed to record graphically in the power-house the water-level at the surge-chamber. The contractors for the pipe-line completed the installation of their plant in July, 1927, and immediately commenced the drilling and rolling of plates. Anchor-blocks were concreted to invert level, angle-pieces set in position, and blocks completed. In addition, three pipes were set at the surge-chamber and concreted into the gate-chamber wall. At the end. of June, 1928, the south line was complete between No. 3 anchor-block at the power-house and the surge-chamber, except for expansion joints. In the north line 2,303 ft. of pipe were completed. The erection of pedestals was completed in February, 1928. Steady progress has been maintained on the erection of the power-house. The shell of the building was almost completed by the end of June, and at the south end. a portion of the roof over the machineroom is in place. The foundation for No. 1 machine has been concreted, while No. 2 foundation is nearing completion. Foundations for the two exciter sets now in operation in the temporary powerhouse were completed in February, 1928. To date 7,468 cub. yd. of concrete and f39 tons of steel have been placed in the building. Work is now proceeding on the erection of the 80-ton crane in readiness for handling the heavy plant which is expected at an early date. At the outdoor transformer and switching station the transformer-house was completed, except for windows, in April. The erection of a 50-ton crane for the handling of transformers and oil circuitbreakers is now in hand. At the point where the access road meets the outdoor station site a 30-ton unloading-crab, electrically operated, has been, erected, and thence heavy plant is moved into position, on a 30-ton truck running on 6 ft. gauge traverser-tracks. The main traverser-track from the unloadingcrab to the transformer-house has been laid, and the turntable at the entrance to the transformer house erected. Track C, giving access to the 50 kv. transformers and switch-gear, has been partly laid, and the turntable connecting it to track D is now in course of erection. Erection of the outdoor switch-gear was commenced early in January, and at the end of June substantial progress had been made.
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The 110 kv. and 50 kv. lightning-arresters were complete, the 50 kv. oil circuit-breakers assembled and the 50 kv. air-break switch-gear Hearing completion. Of the 110 kv. air-break switch-gear the steelwork and all switches have been erected and bus-bars strained up. Final connections are now being made. The erection of the 110 kv. oil circuit-breakers is now in hand. The seven 110 kv. transformers have been transported to site and placed in position on their foundation pads. Drying out of those transformers will be put in hand as soon as they can be handled by the 50-ton crane in the transformer-house. The 50 kv. transformers are also on site, being stored near the unloading-crab until they can be dried out and placed in position on their foundation pads. Five oil-storage tanks have been erected on a pad outside the transformer-house, and oil bus-pipes and oil-level indicators connected to them. An oil-filter house has been erected, al2 in. oil-filter press set in place, and. oil-pipes run from same to the oil-storage tanks. From the main generating-station to the outdoor station a cable-tunnel is now in course of construction, a double tunnel being run from the power-house to the 110 kv. transformers, and a single tunnel from that point to a point opposite the 50 kv. switch-gear. At the end of June the single tunnel, 129 ft. in length, and 312 ft. of double tunnel had been completed. To provide a storage area for the subsequent lower development an earth dam is to be constructed across the Kahutangaroa Stream, which will serve as a tail-race from the station now under construction. Excavation for the earth, dam has been taken down to an impervious layer of clay, 1,660 cub. yd. being removed. Concreting of the culvert through the dam is now being put in hand. Provision has been made for the accommodation of the permanent operating staff. In addition to the two cottages erected when the temporary scheme was installed, twelve five-roomed and six three-roomed cottages have been erected. Quarters for single men containing seven bedrooms, besides conveniences, have been built. A staff hostel, containing dining-room, recreation-room, visitors' bedrooms, and cook's quarters, has also beeen erected. All these buildings have been connected to the permanent sewerage, drainage, and water systems. At Wairoa the unloading-store has been completed and equipped with 30-ton and 10-ton cranes. At present stored there are the first generator and parts of the first turbine, 11 kv. switch-gear and control gear, 500 kv.a. service transformer, transformer-oil, storage battery and booster, and various small items for the main generating-station, in addition to transformers for the Wairoa Substation. At the Gisborne and Wairoa Substations a start has been made with the concreting of foundations for transformers and switch-gear. Timber required for the many operations connected with the scheme has been out at the Department's sawmill. For the year ending 30th June approximately one million feet were cut, making the total since the Department took over the mill of 2|- million feet. The temporary generating plant, which was leased to the Wairoa Electric-power Board, was taken over by the Department on the Ist January, on the expiration of the Power Board's lease. This plant has operated very satisfactorily throughout the year, coping with all demands made on it. Mangahao. Mangaone Section. —The principal work carried out on this section during the period has been the general maintenance of road-surfaces, repairs to bridges, and culvert replacement on the length of road between Shannon and the No. 3 dam, and the regulation and enlargement of the Mangaone Stream to enable it to carry the additional tail-water from the power-house without causing erosion or flooding. On the lower section of this stream, which acts as a main drain for the adjoining properties, it was found that the power-house tail-water caused a rise in water-level, resulting in the submergence of the outlets from several of the private drains where they entered the main stream. In order to remedy this difficulty, the lower channel has been straightened and deepened, 31,000 cub. yd. of material having been excavated by means of a floating dredge with successful results. In the upper portion of the stream a number of stone groynes were built and other protective measures adopted to cope with the erosion which has taken place recently. It is not considered that this erosion is wholly due to the increased flood flow, but it was, however, anticipated that there would be enlargement of the normal channel, and stability under the new conditions should be obtained very shortly. Mangahao Section. —At No. 1 dam the lifting-mechanism controlling the siphon-tower port-gates and the new type of lateral gate-tighteners have been fitted and have proved fairly satisfactory. Two 60 ft. steel truss foot bridges between the towers have been erected and the temporary suspension bridge dismantled. The shaft-control houses at Arapeti and No. 1 dams, together with the footbridges, have been painted. At No. 3 dam all construction work has been satisfactorily completed. The major portion of the concrete-work at the dam proper was carried out prior to Christmas, 12,006 cub. yd. of concrete being placed, which, in addition to that placed during last period, gave a total of 37,589 cub. yd. The rock excavation and trimming involved 28,385 cub. yd., of which 6,014 was taken out during the current period. As it was desired to bring the dam into operation at the earliest possible date, three shifts were worked regularly until December. In order to enable the permanent gates to be placed on the diversion-tunnel it was necessary to fit temporary wooden gates, behind which the excavation and concreting of the tapered section and the installation of the permanent gates was carried out. The 4 ft. steel culvert and Johnston control-valve was fitted and concreted in the bottom of the dam, a section at the centre having been left open to take care of floods in excess of the capacity of the diversion-tunnel. After the placing of the steel culvert this section of the dam was successfully concreted without any difficulty.
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The erection of the 50 ft. 4 in. automatic spillway-gates, involving careful work in fitting the steel rubbing strip, the construction of the gates themselves, as well as the concreting of siphon-towers and the fitting and adjusting of all mechanical, controls, screens, &c, was successfully carried, out, the automatic action being entirely satisfactory. The spillways have been concreted and plastered, and the filling on the extreme ends of core-walls on both banks has been completed and faced with spalls or rough concrete. The shaft-control house has been built, and the three 50 ft. steel truss footbridges between towers have been erected and painted. The installation of the necessary motors for mechanical control, the permanent wiring and lighting of the shaft and towers, and the water-level indicator have all been satisfactorily completed. All construction plant, machinery, tramways, water-supply, and electric light and power fittings have been dismantled, overhauled and transported to Mangahao for transfer. All service buildings and accommodation, with the exception of a, caretaker's cottage, two buildings for the use of visitors, and. several that have been purchased by private, individuals, have been either dismantled or sold for removal. In spite of th,e fact that the dam was ready to hold water in December, it did not fill until early in April owing to the very dry summer experienced. Generally speaking, in spite of the hazardous nature of the undertaking and the number of floods experienced during erection, only a comparatively small amount of time and material was lost. Waitaki River. Following extended and careful investigations, a decision was made to develop, as the next source of supply of power for the South Island, a hydro-electric station on the Waitaki River at a point situated four miles above Kurow. At the end of May last a commencement was made to set up the construction organization of staff and workmen for the building of this important station. The erection of workmen's housing and of accommodation for staff and offices was at once begun. Surveys were made for a service railway connecting the existing railway-line to Kurow with the works, and construction of this line will be at once put in hand, so that all material for construction purposes will be transported thereon without need for transhipping at Kurow. Construction plant is being assembled and the work planned with a view to concentrating on the difficult foundation work in the Waitaki River. By the end of June seventy workmen were employed on the preliminary works. RIVER IMPROVEMENT AND PROTECTIVE WORKS. Wairoa River. Tokatoka Stop-banks. —During the year the work of protecting the foreshore of the Wairoa River against tidal and wave erosion, with consequent destruction of the stop-banks, was continued. Approximately 32,000 cub. yd. of rock spalls were laid as a carpet along the foreshore between Ruawa. and Awaroa River, including a distance of 15 oh. up the latter stream from its junction with the Wairoa. Stop-banks were also strengthened where necessary, and two 3 ft. culverts were placed. Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers. The works involved in this scheme for rivers improvement and the protection of adjoining lands from flooding has again, made substantial progress this year, and are now approaching the stage when completion is in sight. The main work has been done this year on the Lower Waihou River, and a summary of the work carried out is as follows : Stop-bank construction by suction dredges, 6 m. 62 eh.; soiling stop-banks by use of Ruston drag-line excavators, 6 m. 23 eh. ; clearing and trimming berms by use of Ruston, drag-lines, 4 m. 9 eh. ; clearing willow growths by log-haulers and stump-extractors, 7m. The stop-bank and clearing-work on the Komata, Hikutaia, and Omahu streams that flow into the Lower Waihou River has been completed. During the year five culverts of 3 ft. and 4 ft. diameter, with flood-gates, have been constructed. For drain improvement and maintenance work a light type of drag-line has been purchased and is now completing the improvement of drain H. The Ohinemuri River Bridge, Paeroa, with concrete piles and piers, steel-plate girders, and concrete deck, of total length of 300 ft., is complete. The old bridge, which had about reached the end of its life, and of which the superstructure came below maximum flood-level, has been removed. This work constitutes a noteworthy improvement to the Borough of Paeroa. The important dredging and associated plant in use on this work has been maintained, in good condition. Tateri River. This work, designed to protect the Taieri Plains from flooding by the Taieri and Waipori Rivers, has again made substantial progress during the year. A number of incomplete sections of the main bank have been made good by drag-line or suction-dredge operations, and the only portion of the main bank not constructed is a section of some 20 eh. fronting Waipori Lake and adjoining the new pumping-station. This section of bank is in hand, but the gap cannot be finally closed till the new pumping-station is complete and in operation.
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The erection of the pumping-station for the three low-head pumping-units is progressing very well. The foundation work, including inlet and outlet culverts, draft-tubes, and machine-foundations, is of substantial character, in concrete, and this part of the work is complete. The placing of the pump units is proceeding with the concrete-work, and the erection of the timber-work for the housing of the plant has commenced. It is anticipated that this station should bo complete and available for operation by the end of this year.' Work is in hand cutting the main drainage-canal from Maori Lake to the pumping-station, and in addition a main, internal drain from Momona to connect with the Maori Lake canal is being excavated. The contour-channel deviation to allow this channel to discharge direct into Waipori River instead of Maori Lake has been cut, and the deviation stop-banked to the same standard as the main defensive bank. On the Henley-Berwick Road, across the contour-channel deviation, a traffic-bridge, in hardwood timber, of eight 25 ft. spans is in hand to first-class standard and will shortly be complete. Provision for draining the area between the contour channel and Berwick was necessary, and this has been furnished by the construction of a 20 ft. bridge span with flap gates discharging into the Waipori River and by the construction of a 2 ft. steel-pipe culvert 290 ft. long .under the contour channel. MARINE. Lighthouses. North Cape Lighthouse- -The apparatus for this lighthouse, which is to be of the automatic flashing type with an optical range of sixteen miles has come to hand, and the site has been prepared for its erection. Unfortunately, the weather was too rough to land the material on the last trip of the lighthouse tender, but it is anticipated that the light should be in operation by the end of the current year. Kaipara Harbour (Sail Point). —A small automatic flashing light operated by compressed acetyline gas has been purchased and is at present being installed. It will have an average range of seven miles, and should be of great assistance to shipping in this locality, the definition of the main channel being very necessary on account of the large amount of shoaling taking place. Piako Beacon. —The original oil-burning leading-lights have been replaced by single automatic flashing light fitted with sectors to define the channel at the entrance to the river. Manakau South Head. —It was decided to convert this lighthouse to automatic operation ; at present it is a third-order watched light, and the necessary flasher and automatic controlling-mechanism has been procured for installation in the existing lens and tower. Tiritiri Lighthouse. —Painting and repairs carried out. Cape Brett Lighthouse. —The keepers' residences were repaired and renovated. Godley Head Fog-signal. —The complete apparatus for a large diaphone fog-signal similar in every respect to that recently installed at Pencarrow was procured and erected, with the necessary building. The signal has been in operation for some time and is giving satisfactory service. In addition to the assembly proper, it was necessary to construct an incline and track to enable the materials to be lowered to the site of the fog-signal. Godley Head Access Road.—A road four miles in length giving access to the lighthouse was also formed from Evans Pass to the lighthouse. Kaikoura Lighthouse. —This is a new light, which has been erected to fill the comparatively long gap between Cape Campbell and Godley Head. The light itself, which consists of an open-flame automatically-operated flasher in a, 500 m.m. catadioptic lens, was procured and erected during the past year. The lens is mounted on a small iron tower containing the gas-holders. Kahau Rocks. —The proposals to install a light at this point were investigated carefully last year, and following that investigation a, final survey was made and plans prepared for an automatic light with an optical range of sixteen miles. This light will be of the new automatic Dalen type, and, as the cost of placing it on the rock itself would be very high, it has been arranged to place it on the foreshore immediately adjacent, and cover the rock itself with a red sector. To have placed the light on the actual rocks, which are very low and difficult of approach, would have involved an expense running probably into many thousands. The prominent position selected will compensate for the fact that the light is inshore of the danger. The order for the apparatus has been placed and the erection will be proceeded with as soon as it arrives. Cape Egmont. —The existing watched light on this point is a, fixed light and has been in use for many years, being one of the earliest provided. Owing to the multiplication of powerful electric lights in the locality and the confusion caused by the headlights of motor-cars on the main road between New Plymouth and Opunake, it has been decided to provide a new and up-to-date light with a definite characteristic. An order has therefore been placed for a powerful new revolving light. This light will be the most modern yet installed on the New Zealand coast. It will be fitted with triple lenses, giving, when revolved, throe flashes at definite intervals. The whole of the apparatus, both the lighting and revolving parts, will be automatically operated and governed by the pressure of the gas, the whole process in turn being controlled by a daylight valve which automatically starts the mechanism as the daylight fades and stops it again at daybreak. Thus, in addition to increased efficiency, there will be decreased expense.
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Cape Foulwind. —A new type of burner was provided at this light, and has resulted in a considerable and satisfactory increase in the optical range. Cow Rock, Coromandel. —A small automatic light has been erected. Dog Island. —Two new six-roomed dwellings were erected for the light-keepers. The old stone residences dated back to 1868, were inconvenient, and were falling into disrepair. Waipapa Point Light. —Fairly extensive repairs were carried out to the residences hero. Harbours. Westport Harbour. —The past year has been a fairly active one as far as construction and maintenance has been concerned. There has been a great deal of work carried out. The " Eileen Ward " has been kept steadily employed wherever conditions were favourable, and handled a total of 380,000 cub. yd. During the latter half of the period considerable shoaling took place, and opportunity was taken to push on with dredging on every possible day (including Sundays) when the state of the bar allowed. Arrangements have also been made to put the " Rubi Seddon " into commission to supplement the work of the " Eileen Ward." In addition to dredging on the bar, the bucket dredge " Maui " was hired from the Gisborne Harbour Board and utilized to deepen the berthages and increase the swinging-area. This dredge excavated 66,324 cub. yd. during the period. The breakwaters are in excellent order. No work has been found necessary on the eastern breakwater, but 2,400 tons of selected 15- to 20-ton stone was placed on the western, breakwater and a further 600 tons has been reserved for use here if required. The erosion which was taking pla.ee immediately above the Railway Bridge has been arrested by the construction of a short stone training-wall, approximately 4 eh. long. This wall contains some 8,200 tons of stone and has already performed good work, the main current of the river having been forced further out into the channel. In addition to this, some 10 eh. of river-bank between the down-stream end of the erosion and the Railway Bridge, where previous stone facing was collapsing, has been rebuilt with some. 5,000 tons of stone. In order to cope with the situation at what is termed Organ's Island, adjacent to the relief channel, extensive stonework has been carried out in facing the river-bank. Ten chains of work have been completed, and there is 40 eh. yet to do, which it is hoped to complete during the coming year. In order to carry out this work it has been necessary to construct one miie and a half of railway-track, including a bridge 450 ft. long across the old river-bed near the Orowaiti overflow-channel. Erosion has also been taking place on the right bank of the river some distance above the Buller Bridge, adjacent to properties owned by Messrs. Hannah, Organ, and Howey. This erosion covers a considerable length of the bank, but, as the stream has beached considerably at this point, it was decided to try and deal with the problem by planting willows. A strip of land, 2 eh. wide and the whole length of the erosion was therefore acquired and extensive willow-planting carried out. In spite of the very dry summer, the majority of the trees seem to have taken well, and it is hoped that they will soon be successfully established. A great deal of snagging was carried out above the Cape Foulwind Railway Bridge, especially towards the end of the period. A large number of snags, some of very large proportions, were removed, and many others were loosened for removal by floods. The quarry at Cape Foulwind is now in good working-order, and an ample supply of good stone is in sight. The shifting of a 25-ton crane, compressor, boiler, and other plant from Tauranga Bay quarry was completed, and the railway-track thereto has been picked up and used on other parts of the work. One 25-ton and one 10-ton crane are in full operation, and the provision of a 5-ton crane is in hand. Two locomotives are in constant use transporting the stone to the various protective works, the output from the quarry to all works during the yea,r being 22,000 tons. A great deal of survey-work was carried out during the year, including soundings in the roadstead, swinging-basin, and berthage area, traverses of various shingle beaches, lagoons, &c, and investigations at the Orowaiti overflow. All plant has been well maintained during the year, and ail buildings were completely renovated and painted. Karamea Harbour. —The erection of the new wharf-shed was completed early in the year. This is a, substantially built building, 30 ft. by 20 ft., and its provision has considerably facilitated the work sit the port. In connection with the development work which was necessary in order to enable the permanent stonework at the training-walls to proceed, 3 m. 50 eh. of tram-line from the trainingwall to the quarry-site ■at the Oparara quarry has been completed and the track laid throughout. Two miles of ballasting has been completed, 300 lin. ft. of trestling erected, and a further length of 280 ft. from the end of the tram-line to the beginning of the training-wall is in hand. A considerable amount of work has been involved in the stripping and general opening-up of the quarry-site. Blacksmith's shop and benzine-store have been erected, together with one cottage and eight huts for workers' accommodation. Four end-tip and four side-tip stone-wagons have been delivered, whilst a petrol-locomotive, air-compressor, and 5-ton crane have been procured and are awaiting shipment. Okoriti Harbour. —A thorough engineering survey of this locality was made, covering the harbour lagoon and roadstead, the final plans and report being in course of preparation. Russell. —The new ferro-concrete wharf has been completed, during the period and is now in. use. Whangaroa. —lt is proposed to erect two new wharves here —one at Whangaroa in reinforced concrete, which is almost complete, and one at Totara North, for which a contract has been let for the erection in timber. Waikopu Wharf. —An addition was made to the main wharf to strenghten it and enable a 30-ton crane to be mounted on it. This crane, which was designed by the Department and constructed in New Zealand, was provided to enable the transformers and other heavy lifts for the Waikaremoana power-station to be handled. The plans for a stone breakwater at this port were also prepared, and a contract has been let for its construction.
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Waitangi Harbour, Chatham Islands. —Extensive harbour surveys were carried out, plans prepared, and a very full examination made of the above harbour to determine the possibilities of erecting a wharf there, and. of the economic position generally. Karaka Point Wharf. —Practically all timber for the above wharf has been received, and a contract is being arranged for the erection. Half-moon Bay Wharf —Amended plans were prepared for this wharf, all material was ordered, and the work is well in hand. Matakana Wharf. —The erection of a wharf, shed, and approach was completed during the year. The work was carried out by the Rodney County Council and subsidized by the Department. Marlborough Sounds. —The wharf at Manaroa has been repaired and extended, and the whole position regarding wharves in the Sounds has been investigated and reported on. A number of minor works have been carried, out among which were : Nugget Bay fishing-station —repairs to breakwater ; Tahakopa Bay —improvement, surveys, and reports ; Waikawa Harbour — fishermen's wharf ; Raupo Ferry slip —plans, &c. ; Rawene car and launch landing—plans, &c. General. A large number of applications have been received from local bodies and private individuals for the approval of works involving nrnrine interests. Among the various applications were the foflowing : — Wharves. —Jetties : Bob's Cove, Lake Wakatipu ; Devonport, Auckland ; Kawarau Rapids, Frankton Avon, Lake Wakatipu ; Victoria Wharf, Otago Harbour ; Rangitoto Island, Auckland Harbour; No. 3 Jetty, Lyttelton Harbour; Naumai, Kaipara Harbour; Oyster Wharf, Bluff Harbour ; Horeke, Hokianga, River ; Kaiti Wharf, Gisborne Harbour ; Kawakawa Bay ; Mechanics Bay, Auckland Harbour; Moturoa Wharf, New Plymouth; Polloc Wharf, Manakau Harbour; Cornwallis Wharf, Manakau Harbour ; Thorndon Breastwork, Wellington. Miscellaneous Works. —Sewage-outfall, St. Leonard's, Takapuna. Boat Sheds and Landings. —Rat Island, Avon River ; Railway Wharf, Tauranga. Transmission-line. —Tauranga Harbour. Foreshore Licenses and Buildings. —Happy Valley, Cook Straits ; Horeke, Hokianga Harbour ; Whangarei Harbour ; Riverhead, Auckland ; Bob's Cove, Lake Wakatipu ; Rangaunu ; Rawene, Hokianga Harbour; Wharekawa; Horeke, Hokianga; Point Chevalier, Auckland; Tewharanui Peninsula ; Tawa Tawe, Whangaroa Harbour; Awakino ; Kawarau Rapids, Lake Wakatipu; Rawene ; Rangitoto Island, Auckland Harbour; Admiralty Bay; Horeke, Hokianga River; Mahurangi River ; Kawerua, Hokianga ; Picton ; Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island ; Totara North, Whangaroa Harbour ; Wh.au Creek, Auckland Harbour ; Wairoa River, Kaipara ; Oparau River ; Kaitawa, Awanui River. Harbour-works. —New Plymouth; Nelson; Greymouth; Wanganui; Gisborne; Wellington; Auckland. Boat Slips and Sheds. —Karaka, Bay, Wellington ; Freeman's Bay, Auckland. Reclamations. —Devonport, Auckland Harbour. Bridges, &c. —Aparima River, Riverton ; St. Heliers Bay ; railway-bridges, Otago Harbour, Avon River, New Brighton. DEFENCE WORKS. Admiralty Naval Base and Fuel-oil Depot, Devonport. The fuel-oil installation, with associated pumping plant and fire-fighting plant, was maintained in satisfactory service and then handed over to the control of the Naval authorities. Maintenance painting of the fuel-oil. tanks has been done. New Zealand Air Force Base, Auckland. Preliminary work has been carried out on the Hobsonville site for the Now Zealand Air Force base. Engineering surveys of the grounds have been made ; proposals prepared for approach road, drainage, slipway, apron, and airplane-hangar. Clearing has been done and earthwork commenced. Repairs have been carried out to two cottages. Waikato Camp, Ngaruawahia. Steady progress has again been made in the past year with the buildings required to complete the Waikato Camp establishment. The works that were in hand, at the end of last year, including Nos. 6 and 7 Magazines, three cottages, the Ordnance Offices, and the Ordnance Depot are all complete. This latter building, 320 ft. by 100 ft., is in reinforced concrete, and has been provided with extensive fittings for the housing of stores. The Ordnance Workshops, 60 ft. by 48 ft., in concrete, are practically complete ; the Magazines Nos. 8, 9, and 10 are in hand ; and the Small-arms-ammunition Magazine, 74 ft. by 30 ft., is almost complete. A vehicle-shed, 100 ft. by 26 ft. ; forage-store, 60 ft. by 40 ft. ; and other smaller buildings have been built. Permanent latrines and sewage system have been installed, a roading-system laid down, loading-bank provided, and considerable work has been done clearing grounds of blackberries and laying down in grass. The whole of the buildings and other works that are being provided at this establishment are of a permanent and up-to-date character, so that as soon as works now authorized and in hand are complete the training-camp and Ordnance Depot should be very well provided and complete.
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These totals compare with figures for the previous year of 288 irrigators and 31,102 acres under irrigation. The several demonstration plots that have been laid down on the border-dyke method have been maintained and kept in operation, and have demonstrated the efficiency of the method with its resultant economy in the use of water. New Schemes under Construction. Hawkdun Scheme. —Steady progress has been made during the year. 27A m. of the main race have been enlarged and renovated, 60 m. of distributory races have been constructed, 15 eh. of siphons and flumes have been erected, and the remainder of the work on road-crossings, culverts, &c, is in hand. A telephone-line has been constructed along portion of the main race, commanding 40 m. of its length. Most of the area will be supplied with water next spring. Arrow River Scheme. —With the exception of the pipe-lines and siphons, this scheme is practically complete. 2m. 70 eh. of _ race were constructed and 80 road and private crossings of various types and two measuring-weirs were built. Contracts totalling £32,000 have been let for the steel pipes required for the pipe-lines and siphons, and erection of these will commence as soon as deliveries begin. Teviot River Extension. —This extension is to command a further irrigable area of 2,066 acres on the east bank of the Clutha River between Roxburgh and Miller's Flat, and work was commenced during the current year. 6m. 24 eh. of race have been cut, and the construction of culverts, weirs, &c, is in hand. A contract for the supply of steel pipes for the siphons has been let. Most of the area to be irrigated under this extension will be supplied with water next spring. Surveys and Investigations. Surveys and reports on a further extension of Teviot scheme, on the Miller's Flat scheme, and on dam-sites in the Lindis Valley have been made. Soil surveys which had been in hand during the two previous years were completed last season by the Geological Survey Branch of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. The survey last season included the Arrow and Upper Clutha Valley areas. Plans showing results of these surveys are in hand. TRAMWAYS. Wellington. —23 eh. of duplication at Rongotai, Seatoun, 5 eh. of loop at Pitt Street, Wadestown, and 3J eh. at Wellington Road, Miramar, were inspected and passed. Twelve new cars were examined, tested, and passed for traffic. Wanganui. —One of the existing trams was satisfactorily converted to one-man control, and is now in operation.
a , Number of Area under „ , Scheme. Irrigators. Irrigation. Remarks. Aorea. Ida Valley .. 48 11,248 Galloway .. 21 2,396 The enlargement of main race was completed. Manuherikia .. 73 5,635 Maintenance-work was heavy owing to breaks in main race. Earnscleugh .. 54 1,900 Maintenance includes recoating Earnscleugh Extension pipe-line. Ardgour .. 12 1,494 20 ch. of race were lined in concrete. Tarras .. .. 17 4,373 60 ch. of race were enlarged. Last Chance .. 26 2,960 Teviot River .. 41 2,799 59 ch. of top race replaced by steel pipe and fluming. Bengerburn .. 14 144 Totals .. 306 32,949
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Christchurch. —3 eh. of line for a trailer-siding on the Opawa line, 67 eh. of double line between Bealey Avenue and Leicester Road, and 48 eh. of double line on the Exford Terrace were built by the tramway authorities. The plans were examined and approved, and the work inspected and passed when finally completed. A siding was also laid at Moorhouse Avenue near the workshops. One new car was completed and passed for traffic during the year. Dunedin.— -24 eh. of duplication and sch. of extension from the former terminus were laid on the Anderson's Bay line ; 44 eh. of duplication from Calder's Crossing to the terminus on the Northeast Valley line were completed, and both works were inspected and passed for traffic. Invercargill. —During the year four of the regular cars were converted to one-man operation, and the usual inspection carried out. PUBLIC BUILDINGS.—MAINTENANCE. The maintenance of public buildings has been carried out by the District Engineers and their staffs in accordance with proposals and reports prepared in District Offices. Maintenance-work is, for more ready reference, included with public-building work reported on by the Government Architect. PUBLIC-BUILDING WORKS AND ELECTRICAL OPERATIONS. For details of the public-building works and of the operations of hydro-electric enterprises please see separate reports by the Government Architect and the Chief Electrical Engineer. F. W. FURKERT, C.M.G., M.lnst.C.E., A.M.I.Mech.E., Engineer-in-Chief.
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ANNEXURE I TO APPENDIX B. TABLE OF LENGTHS OF GOVERNMENT LINES AUTHORIZED, CONSTRUCTED, AND SURVEYED UP TO 31st MARCH, 1928.
Note. —Column 11: For detail information as to dates of openings of such portions of lines as are not given in this table see tables of lengths of lines in Public Works Statements, 1904-23. - - - State of Line. Appropriation. Division. © Section. £ Total. -6 Opened. S ljlne - 2 g, Under Under n ££ Forma- Plate- j j ; y tion. laying. m Date. 1923-24. 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27. 1927-28. Total. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 j 12 13 14 j 15 16 17 M. oh. M. ch. M. oh. M. oh. M. oh. M. ch. 31. oh. M. eh. M. oh. M. oh- M. oh. M. oh. 3£. oh. Kawakawa- Kawakawa .. 7 16 Opua Wharf - Kawa- 7 16 0 57 7 73 .. .. .. .. .. •• •• •• •• 7 16 Graham- kawa town (Onerahi) Kawakawa-Kamo .. 41 48 i Kawakawa-Towai 21 18 0 61 21 79 .. .. 12 April,1911 .. .. .. .. .. 21 18 ■ Towai-Hukerenui .. 4 30 0 33 4 63 .. •• 2 May, 1910 .. .. .. .. ) | Hukerenui-Kamo 16 0 3 29 19 29 .. . • .. .. .. ... I • • " j- 27 2 Kamo-Grahamtown 9 22 Kamo-Kioreroa .. 6 52 2 27 8 79 : .. •• .. | •• .. ! •• • • ) | Kioreroa-Onerahi .. 2 50 1 16 3 66 ; ... •• i • • Oct., 1911 .. .. ... j .. •• 2 50 Kawakawa-Hokianga | 48 38 Otiria-Kaikohe .. 16 25 1 45 17 70 .. .. •• 1 May, 1914 .. .. •• ! •• •• 16 25 | Kaikohe-Okaihau .. 8 20 0 34 8 54 .. .. . | -• 29 Oct., 1923 8 20 8 20 I Okaihau-Hokianga.. 23 73 2 06 25 79 j 13 73 6 00 j 4 00 .. j .. .. ... .. .. • ■ Kaihu Valley j Kaihu Valley .. 24 32 ; Dargaville-Booms 17 21 0 75 18 16 .. •• ! •• •• •• •• " " " I 19 58 Booms-Tarawhati .. 2 37 0 25 - 2 62 .. ** •" 1 June, 1914 | .. •• J Tarawhati- Donnelly 's 4 54 0 38 5 12 .. .. j .. 5 Feb., 1923 •• 4 54 Crossing North Auck- Dargaville-N.A.M.T. , 17 40 Kirikopuni-Dargaville 17 40 .. 17 40 12 40 5 00 .. land Main : Railway Trunk Rail- Kaipara Northwards 83 39 Kirikopuni-Waiotira 13 56 1 44 15 20 .13 56 way Waiotira-Maieretu .. 9 44 1 20 10 64 .. •• ! 29 Nov., 1925 .. 9 44 .. .. 9 44 Mareretu-Paparoa .. 4 16 0 25 4 41 .. •• j 29 Nov., 1925 .. ■■ j 4 16 .. .. j 4 16 Paparoa-Huarau ., 1 56 0 36 2 12 .. .. •• 29 Nov., 1925 .. ■■ 1 56 .. .. 1 56 Huarau-Maungaturot< 2 5 0 38 2 43 .. .. •• 1 April, 1920 .. .'. •• •• 2 5 Maungaturoto-Ranga 4 25 0 61 5 6 .. •• •• 1 April, 1920 .. .. • " 4 25 nui Ranganui-Kaiwaka.. 2 35 0 62 3 17 .. •• 1 Aug., 1914 .. . .. •• •• 2 35 j Kaiwaka-Te Hana.. 8 65 1 3 9 68 18 Mar. 1913 .. .. .. .. .. Te Hana-Wellsford.. 3 27 0 58 4 5 .. .. •• 16 May, 1910 Wellsford-Wayby ..13 18 0 28 3 46 .. .. • • 1 April, 1909 .. .. .. .. Wayby-Hoteo .. 3 40 0 13 3 53 .. .. • • 13 May, 1908 .. .. .. .. Hoteo- Kaipara Flats 2 45 0 13 2 58 .. •• •• 11 June, 1907 .. .. •• i > 45 42 Kaipara Flats-Wood- 3 5 0 16 3 21 .. .. .. j 17Nov., 1905 .. .. j cock's 1 Woodcock's- Ahuroa 2 41 0 16 2 57 .. .. •• I 18 May, 1905 .. •• ** Ahuroa-Helensville.. 18 41 1 75 20 36 .. .. ..I .. .. ..I •• I •• •• '
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State of Line. © os I' &ti \ r • bo Appropriation. Division. § Section. .9 Total. -d Opened. 3 Lme ' 3 g, Under Under 3 » ® Forma- Plate- — h tion. laying. m Date. 1923-24. 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27.! 1927-28. Total. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ! 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 M. ch. M. ch. M. eh. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M, ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. cb. M. ch. Whangarei Whangarei Branch.. 19 79 Kioreroa-Portland .. 5 23 0 37 5 60 .. .. .. 3April,1920 .. .. .. .. .. 5 23 Branch Portland-Waiotira .. 14 56 1 39 16 15 .. .. .. 29Nov.,,1925 .. .. 14 56 .. .. 14 56 Railway Kaipara- Kaipara-Newmarket 35 73 Helensville-Newm'rk't 35 73 6 66 42 59 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35 73 Waikato Onehunga Branch .. 2 73 Penrose - Onehunga 2 73 1 70 4 63 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 73 Wharf Auckland-Waikato .. 100 13 Auckland-TeAwamutu 100 13 16 66 116 79 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 13 Auckland- Westfield 9 68 : Deviation via Orakei 9 68* 1 10 10 78 .. 8 48 1 20 Auckland City Branch 2 60 Auckland City Branch 2 60 .. 2 60 2 60 Prelim. —Kingsland Station to Auckland Station via Western Park and Freeman's Bay Waiuku Waiuku Branch) (Paerata-Patumahoe 5 4 0 78 6 2 .. .. .. lODec.,1917 .. .. .. .. .. 5 4 Branch! Railway J | {Patumahoe-Waiuku 7 65 1 3 8 68 .. .. .. 10 May, 1922 .. .. .. .. .. 7 65 Huntly- Huntly-Awaroa .. 8 75 Huntly-Awaroa .. 8 75 1 18 10 13 .. .. 16 June, 1924 .. 1 55 .. .. .. 8 75 Awaroa , Survey, new Waikokowai Branch 8 25 Waikokowai 8 25 .. 8 25 8 25 lines Railway Surveys, new Paeroa-Pokeno .. 42 15 Paeroa-Pokeno 42 15 .. 42 15 42 15 lines Waikato- Waikato-Thames .. 62 58 Prankton Junction- 62 58 10 17 72 75 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 62 58 Thames Thames Hamilton- Hamilton-Cambridge 12 2 Ruakura Junction- 12 2 3 14 15 16 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 2 Cambridge ] Cambridge Paeroa- Paeroa-Waihi .. 12 40 Paeroa-Waihi 12 40 1 30 13 70 .. .. .. 9Nov., 1905 .. .. .. .. .. 12 40 Waihi Ea9t Coast Waihi - Opotiki, or 139 53 Waihi-Tauranga 38 33 4 42 42 75 .. .. 24 33 1 May, 1927 .. .. .. .. 14 0 14 0 Railway East Coast Railway Tauranga-Te Maunga 3 75 0 17 4 12 .. .. 3 75 J unction Te Maunga Junction- 9 0 1 38 10 38 .. .. 9 0 Te Puke ■ Te Puke-Paengaroa.. 5 67 1 16 7 3 .. .. 5 67 Paengaroa - Ponga- 4 28 0 56 5 4 .. .. 4 28 kawa : Pongakawa-Otamara- 6 70 0 52 7 42 .. .. 6 70 kau J Otamarakau-Matata 8 11 0 46 8 57 .. .. 8 11 * Double track.
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■ | I ; 7 State of Line. 6 to " — tc • . U) Appropriation. Division. g Section. ffj™ .3 Total. -a Opened. 3 ne ' 2 g, Under Under £ Forma- Plate- — j § tion. laying. cq Date. 1923-24. 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27. 1927-28. Total. 1 ! 2 3 4 j 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 [ 16 17 M. oh. ! | M. eh. M. oh. M. ch M. eh. M. oh. M. oh. M. eh M. ch. M. ch. M. eh. M. ch. M. ch. East Coast Waihi-Opotiki— etd. .. Matata-Rangitaiki .. 8 29 2 04 10 33 .. .. 8 29 Railway — Rangitaiki-Awakeri 4 2 0 65 4 67 .. .. 4 2 contd. Awakeri-Taneatua .. j 8 47 1 67 10 34 .. .. 8 47 .. .. .. .. .. .. Taneatua-Opotiki 26 26 .. 26 26 26 26 Branch Lines .. .. Mount Maunganui - 4 27 0 67 5 14 .. .. 4 27 Te Maunga Junction Te Puke Quarry .. I 3 0 0 20 3 20 .. .. 3 0 Moturiki Quarry § .. | 1 0 0 10 1 10 Whakatane Branch j75 .. 7 5 7 5f .. .. Whakatane Ballast 0 33 .. 0 33 .. .. 0 33 Siding Thames Yal- Thames Valley-Roto- 69 33 Morrinsville-Rotorua 69 33 5 27 74 60 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. j .. 69 33 ley - Roto- rua rua New survey Rotorua-Taupo .. 53 30 Rotorua-Taupo 53 30 .. 53 30 j 53 30* Gisborne- Gisborne- Opotiki .. 92 44 Gisborne Wharf-Kai- 13 10 2 45 I 15 55 Rotorua | teratahi Kaiteratahi-Karaka 5 5 0 71 j 5 76 .. .. .. 13 April, 190.5 Karaka-Puba .. j 1 75 | 0 24 | 2 19 .. .. .. 20 May, 1907 Puha-Waikohu Bridge; 3 29 j 3 29 .. .. .. 28 May, 1908 .. .. .. .. .. [ . WaikohuBridge-Wai- 0 35 0 32 0 67 ! .. .. .. 1 April, 1909 .. .. .. .. .. ;-49 32 kohu Waikohu-Otoko .. 7 75 0 32 8 27 ; .. .. .. 6 April, 1912 Otoko-Rakauroa .. 6 60 0 32 j 7 12 .. .. .. 2 Nov., 1914 Rakauroa-Matawai.. 5 65 0 50 j 6 35 .. .. .. 2 Nov., 1914 Matawai-Motuhora 4 78 0 61 j 5 59 .. .. .. 26 Nov., 1917 .. .. .. .. ..I | Motuhora-Motu .. 2 10 .. 2 10 2 10 1 Motu-Opotiki .. 41 2 ! .. 41 2 I 41 2 Estim. Gisborne- Napier-Wairoa .. ; 72 14 Napier-Eskdale .. 11 73 1 31 13 24 I .. .. .. 23 July, 1923 11 73 .. .. .. .. 11 73 Napier Eskdale-Putorino .. 26 69 1 38 28 27 | 10 67 16 02 t Putorino-Wairoa 33 32 2 50 36 02 j .. 31 60 1 52 Gisborne-Wairoa .. j 72 42 i Gisborne Station- 3 5 .. 3 5 | (Inland Route) j Makaraka Makaraka-Ngatapa.. 11 51 1 29 13 0 j .. .. 1151 15 Dec., 1924 .. 11 51 .. .. .. 11 51 j , Ngatapa-Wharekopae 4 69 [ .. 4 69 0 19 3 0 1 50§ ' Wharekopae-Waikura 5 40 j j 5 40 ' 5 40 .. * Trial survey. t Preliminary survey. t Permanent survey. § Bails taken up.
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j I I - State of Line. © tri ~~ * ~~ be , j- . | ta i Appropriation. Division. © Section. T j .9 Total. -d Opened. § Lme - 2 2. Under Onder a I > Forma- Plate- : :— j g tion. 'aying. ! ! cq Date. 1923-24.' 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27. 1927-28. Totau ! 1 1 i I 1 ! I 1 1 I ■ I 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 M. ch. | M. ch. M. ch. : M. ch. M. cb. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. eli. M. cli. M. ch. Gisborne- Gisborne - Wairoa — Waikura-Waterfall.. 6 66 .. 6 66 gQ pr™ m Napier continued. Waterfall-Hangaroa 40 .. j 4 0 *4 0 . " " " " " !!['!! Hangaroa-Te Reinga 17 11 .. 17 11 17 11 „ .. .. .. " .. .. .. Te Reinga-Marumaru 9 40 .. 9 40 9 40 „ .. j .. .. " .. .... Marumaru- Wairoa .. 10 0 .. 10 0 -j g ® Prelim " " " " Wairoa - Gisborne 65 12 Wairoa-Nuhaka 18 24 1 18 j 19 42 .. .. 18 24 .. .. " i .. j (Waikokopu Route) i Nuhaka-Waikokopu 6 11 0 49 j 6 60 .. .. 6 11 .. .. • • ; .. Waikokopu-Patutabi 34 0 .. 34 0 - 2 g fatutabi Gisborne .. 6 57 6 57 .. j .. • • ! - ■ • • Wairoa - Freezing- 0 34 .. .. 0 34 works Biding j Napier- Napier-Woodville .. 96 65 Napier Spit-Woodville 96 65 15 5 111 70 •• •• •• ■■ •• •• •• 96 65 Woodville Woodville-Palmerston : 17 21 Woodville-Palmerston 17 21 0 51 17 72 .. .. .. .. ' .. J .. .. .. 17 21 and Pal- North North m e rston North Wellington - I Woodville-Wellington 115 79 | Woodville-Wellington 115 79 21 73 137 72 j .. .. i .. .. .. •• •• •• i 15 79 Woodville [Te Aro] 3 7 Greytown Branch .. 3 7 Woodside-Greytown 3 7 0 64 3 71 Featherston - Martin- 11 50 Featherston- Martin- 11 50 11 50 11 50 .. -• i -• •• borough ; borough Greytown - M art in- 4 62 Greytown-Martin- 4 62 .. 4 62 4 62 Trial borough borough Lower Hutt - Silver- 9 34 Lower Hutt-Waterloo 9 34 1 62 11 16 6 50 .. .. 25 May, 1927 .. .. .. .. 2 64f 2 64f stream Road Rimutaka Coach road Route .. 9 0 Kaitoke-Featherston 9 0 .. 9 0 9 0 Prelim. Incline Tauherenikau Route 21 30 Upper Hutt-Woodside 21 30 .. 21 30 21 30 .. Deviation Wainui-o-mata 31 40 Petone-Pigeon Bush 31 40 .. 31 40 31 40 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Surveys Route Coast Route .. ! 52 0 Petone - Pigeon Bush 52 0 1 52 0 52 0 .. j .. .. .. .. .. Coast Route .. 70 0 Petone-Carterton, vis 70 0 .. 70 0 70 0 Martinborough Wellington-Manawatu 83 37 Wellington-Longburn 83 37 15 76 99 33 .. .. .. 7 Dec., 1908" .. .. .. .. .. 83 37 Foxton-New Foxton-Patea .. 120 44 . Foxton-Patea .. 120 44 j 14 75 135 39 .. j .. j .. .. .. j 120 44 Plymouth Route Improvement: 26 7 | Turakina-Matarawa 11 67 j .. 11 67 11 67 ..I | .. .. .. | .. .. Surveys j Aramoho- Goat Valley 7 40 j .. 7 40 7 40 .. .. j .. .. .. [ Tunnel Kai Iwi - Okehu .. 3 60 j .. 3 60 3 60 .. | .. .. .. .. ! Nukumaru-Waitotara 3 0 .. 3 0 ' 3 O Prelim. .. .. .. ' .. ' * Date of purchase. t Double track.
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State of Line. © co tc - tc Appropriation. Division. © Section. T 3 Total. -o Opened. | Lme - 2 g, Under Under S go « Forma- Plate- § tion. laying. <n Date. 1923-24. 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27.; 1927-28. TotaL l 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. Foxton-New Patea Waitara and 72 29 Patea-New Plymouth 72 29 11 52 84 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 72 29 Plymouth New Plymouth Breakwater —contd. Bull's Branch .. 3 79 Bull's Branch .. 3 79 .. 3 79 3 79 Prelim. Wanganui Branch .. 3 29 Aramoho-Wanganui 3 29 2 23 5 52 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 29 Stratford- Stratford-Main Trunk 89 10 Stratford-Toko .. 6 26 0 40 6 66 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Main Trunk Toko-Oruru .. 4 72 0 36 5 28 .. .. .. 1 Mar.,1905 .. .. .. .. •• Oruru-Huiroa .. 4 50 0 35 5 5 .. .. .. 1 April, 1908 .. .. .. .. * • Huiroa- Te Wera .. 6 77 1 16 8 13 .. .. .. 20June,1910 Te Wera - Pohokura 8 55 0 65 9 40 .. .. .. 1 Aug., 1912 .. .. .. .. .. Pohokura - Whanga- 6 13 0 45 6 58 1 July, 1914 f*' * u momona Whangamomona-Ko- 4 53 0 29 5 2 .. .. .. 7 Jan., 1918 huratahi Kohuratahi-Tahora 5 14 0 37 5 51 .. .. -. 21 Nov., 1924 .. 5 14 .. .. / Tahora-Raekohua .. 3 20 .. 3 20 .. 3 20 Raekohua-Heao 8 20 .. 8 20 2 Of 3 20 3 0J Heao-Ohura 11 0 .. 11 0 8 10f 2 70 Ohura-Matiere .. 8 67 1 21 10 8 .. .. 8 67 Matiere-Okahukura.. 10 23 1 10 11 33 .. .. 10 23 Stratford - Ongarue— 33 40 Mangaroa-Puketutu 33 40 .. 33 40 33 40 Prelim. Deviations 14 0 Aramatai-Hangatiki 14 0 .. 14 0 14 0 Prelim. Puketutu - Mangaroa 30 0 .. 30 0 30 0 30 0 Prelim. Deviation Opunake-Mountain Rd. 23 10 Opunake-Eltham 23 10 .. 23 10 23 10 Te Roti Moturoa .. 56 18 Te Roti - Opunake 22 63 3 02 25 65 .. .. .. 12 July, 1926 .. .. •• 22 63 .. 22 63 Opunake-Stony River 18 70 .. 18 70 18 70 Stony River-Moturoa 14 45 .. 14 45 14 45 Te Roti-Moturoa .. .. Oakura-Breakwater .. .. .. 2 30 Deviation Manaia Branch .. 5 50 Manaia-Kapuni 5 50 0 78 6 48 .. 4 25 1 25 Mount Egmont 8 77 Manganui Section .. 5 74 2 3 7 77 .. .. .. 1 April, 1908 .. .. .. .. .. 6 0 Branch Quarry Section .. 3 3 0 60 3 63 .. 1 58 1 25 t Permanent survey. X Preliminary survey
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II j State of Line. o5 <a be -»,» - tt Appropriation. Division. $ Section. v.^ ln ,S Total. 13 Opened. S S J, Under Under ® Forma- Plate- 1 j : £ tion. laying. x Date. 1923-24. 1924-25. 1925-26. 1920-27.! 1927-28 j Total. I j X 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 j 17 M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M ch Northlsland Marton-Te Awamutu 209 69 Marton Junction- 31 67 4 61 36 48 Main Trunk Mangaweka - Railway Mangaweka-Taihape 13 1 1 61 14 62 .. .. .. 10 Sep., 1904 Taihape-Mataroa .. 5 70 0 61 6 51 .. .. .. 1 June, 1907 .. .. .. .. Mataroa-Waiouru 18 10 .. .. .. 30 June, 1908 Waiouru-Erua .. 30 63 12 50 97 28 ■ .. .. 13 Feb., 1909 .. .. .. .. .. • 84 58 Etua-Taumarunui .. 35 65 J .. .. .. 9 Nov., 1908 .. .. .. .. .. Taumarunui-Te Awa- 74 33 6 20 80 53 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 74 33 mutu Waipa Gravel Access 7 40 Otorohanga .. 7 40 7 40 Branch Raetihi Branch .. 8 50 Raetihi Section .. 8 50 1 7 9 57 .. .. .. 18 Dec., 1917 .. .. .. .. .. 8 50 Central Route Devia- 30 0 Ohakune to Mokau- 30 0 .. 30 0 30 0 Prelim. tion Surveys Retaruke Divide 34 0 Makatote Gorge - Ma- 34 0 .. 34 0 34 0 Prelim. rae - Kowhai '" . 20 0 Marae-Kowhai-Ohura 20 0 .. 20 0 20 0 Explor Valley " Ngaire-Ongarue .. 103 58 Ngaire Section .. 38 73 .. 38 73 38 73 Tangarakau Section 26 0 26 0 26 0 Heao Section .. 10 70 .. 10 70 10 70 Ohura Section .. 27 75 .. 27 75 27 75 Waitara-Tangarakau 46 75 Waitara Section .. 46 75 .. 46 75 46 75 Urenui Route .. 12 0 Urenui to Tangitu 12 0 .. 12 0 12 0 Prelim. River Hastings-Te Awamutu 170 0 Hastings-Te Awamutu 170 0 .. 170 0 170 0 Prelim. Totals .. 2783 63 .. 2783 63 235 73 3019 561098 06 80 48 187 62 .. 20 13 18 40 30 12 22 63 16 64 1411 54 !_ Note. —Taonui and Lichfield Branches not mentioned above, as the rails have been taken up.
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Not®. —Column 11: For detail information as to dates of openings of such portions of lines as are not given in this table see tables of lengths of lines in Public Works Statements, 1904-23. State of Line. d5 02 bD Main M Appropriation. Division. © Section. T • -S Total. -d Opened. g Lme ' 2 £ Under Under S co « Forma- Plateg tion. laying. co Date. 1923-24. 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27., 1927-28. Totai. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch M. eh. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. Nelson- Nelson-Belgrove .. 22 73 Nelson-Belgrove .. 22 73 2 52 25 45 .. .. .. .. j .. .. .. .. .. 22 73 Roundell Midland Stillwater - Belgrove 146 75 Stillwater-Reefton S. 37 30 4 79 42 29 .. .. •• I •• •• •• •• •• I Railway (via Tadmor) Reefton S.-ReeftonN. 1 30 1 0 2 30 .. .. .. 31 Mar., 1907 j .. .. .. .. I Reefton N.-Cronadun 5 38 0 56 6 14 .. .. •• ! 7 Aug., 1908 .. .. .. .. J j- 57 32 Cronadun-Landing.. 8 40 0 45 9 5 .. .. .. 1 T lai/i / Landing-Inangahua 6 0 0 10 6 10 1 26 .. ../j June ' lyl4 | .. .. .. .. .. J Inangahua-Murchison 23 53 .. 23 53 jjggg " j Murchisnn-Kawatiri 22 70 0 33 23 23 3 75 Kawatiri-Glenhope.. 3 73 0 15 4 8 .. .. .. 21 June, 1926 .. .. .. 3 73 .. \ .. Glenhope-Tui .. 9 42 0 55 10 17 .. .. 0 1010 ( .. Tui-Kivvi .. .. 3 17 0 34 3 51 | 2 Se P- 1912 | I ,, Kiwi-Tadmor .. 5 9 0 29 5 38 .. .. .. 18Dec., 1908 .. .. .. .. .. Tadmor-Kohatu 10 29 0 69 11 18 .. .. .. 7 Aug., 1906 .. .. .. .. •• Kohatu-Belgrove .. 9 44 0 62 10 26 .. .. •• •• •• •• I Brunner-Springfield 92 68 Brunner-Otira 42 27 2 68 45 15 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 1 Otira-Arthur's Pass 8 14 5 38 13 52 .. .. .. 26 May, 1924 .. 8 14 .. .. •• Arthur's Pass-Cass 14 67 0 20 15 7 .. .. .. 1 July, 1914 Cass - Broken River.. 15 22 1 29 16 51 .. .. .. 10 Dec , 1910 .. .. .. .. .. J- 92 68 Broken River - Ota- 7 40 0 30 7 70 .. .. .. 29 Oct., 1906 .. .. .. .. j ram a Oiarama-Springfield 4 58 0 16 4 74 .. .. .. 29 Oct., 1906 .. .. .. .. ' Blackball Ngahere-Blackball .. 3 40 Ngahere-Blackball .. 3 40 1 20 4 60 .. .. .. 16 July, 1910 .. •• .. .. .. 3 40 Railway Greymouth- Greymouth - Nelson 7 51 Greymouth-Brunner- 7 51 6 18 13 69 .. .. .. .. .. • • .. .. .. 7 51 NelsoD Creek ton-Stillwater Creek Westpcrt- Westport-Ngakawau 19 56 VVestport-Ngakawau 19 56 8 12 27 68 .. .. .. .. .. •• .. .. .. 19 56 Ngakawau Westport- Ngakawau - Moki- 7 12 Ngakawau-Mokihi- 7 12 1 18 8 30 .. .. .. .. .. •• .. .. .. 7 12 Ngakawau hinui nui Extension Mokihinui Colliery 3 69 Mokihinui-Seddonville 3 69 0 25 4 14 .. .. .. .. .. •• .. .. .. 3 69 Line Westport- Westport-Cape Foul- 7 00 Westport Cape Foul- 7 0 0 60 7 60 .. .. .. .. .. •• •. .. .. 7 00 Cape Foul- wind wind wind Westport- Westport Inangahua 26 0 Westport-Te Kuha.. 5 74 0 10 6 4 .. .. .. 1 April, 1912 .. .. .. .. .. 5 74 Inangahua Junction Te Kuha - Inangahua 20 6 0 39 20 45 15 6 2 00 3 0 Junction ' * Permanent.
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i State oi Line. - c5 cd ! 60 . SO Appropriation. Division. § Section. TV" 3 Total. -6 Opened. 3 Lme - 2 g, Under Under 50 £ Forma- PlateS tion. laying. oq Date. 1923-24. 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27. | 1927-28. TotaL I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch M. ch. Al. ch. >1. ' i. State Col- Greymouth - Point 5 1 Greymouth- Runanga 5 1 2 10 7 11 .. •• 1 Dec., 1904 .. .. .. .. .. 5 1 liery, or Elizabeth Collieries Colliery Coal Creek Railway Extension .. 3 69 Runanga Colliery-Point 3 69 2 20 6 9 j .. .. .. 21 Jan., 1914 .. .. j .. 3 69 Elizabeth Collieries „ .. | 2 44 Runanga to Seven-mile 2 44 I 1 40 4 4 j .. .. 2 44 3 Sept., 1923 2 44 .. .. .. .. 2 44 Greymouth- Greymouth-Hokitika! 24 37 Greymouth-Hokitika 24 37 j 2 10 26 47 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 37 Hokitika K u m a r a Kumara Branch .. 4 10 Kumara Branch 4 10 .. 4 10 4 10 .. .. .. .... .. j .. j Branch Hokitika- Hokitika-Ross .. 15 75 Hokitika-Ruatapu .. 7 10 0 61 , 7 71 .. .. .. 9 Nov., 1906 .. .. .. .. .. 7 10 Boss Ruatapu-Ross .. 7 21 0 69 8 10 .. .. .. 1 April, 1909 .. .. .. .. 7 21 Survey to Ross Town- 1 44 1 44 1 44 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ship New survey Ross-Waitaha ..10 0 Ross-Waitaha .. 1 10 0 .. 10 0 2 54 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. P i c t o n - Picton - Kaikoura .. ; 92 38 Picton-Seddon .. 33 45 3 26 36 71 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. j i Waipara Seddon-Kaparu .. 6 30 0 76 7 26 .. .. •• ) 19A i ion •• •• •• [ Kaparu-Ward .. 8 15 1 20 9 35 .. .. .. f id p ' .. .. .. .. .. L 56 Ward-Mirza .. 3 38 0 30 3 68 .. . • • 1 a "n iqi*; •• ! •• •• Mirza-Wharanui .. 4 38 0 34 j 4 72 .. .. 4 uec " 15,10 . .. .. I j Wharanui-Kekerangu 7 0 j 7 0 2 42 1 18 3 20 .. .. .. .. .. .. Kekerangu - Hapuka 29 32 .. 29 32 29 32 River Hapuka River- 40 50 Hapuka River-Lime- 23 0 .. 23 0 23 0 Prelim. Mendip Hills stone Creek Limestone Creek-Con- 7 0 J .. 7 0 7 0 Prelim. .. .. ! -• way River Conway River-Men- 10 50 .. j 10 50 10 50 Prelim. .. .. . dip Hills | Mendip Hills - Par- 5 61 Mendip Hills 5 61 .. 5 61 2 0 3 61 nassus Parnassus-Waipara 44 14 Parnassus-Mina .. 8 43 1 14 9 57 .. .. .. 1 Sept., 1912 .. .. .. •• Mina-Domett .. 3 63 0 70 j 4 53 .. .. .. 1 Aug., 1910 .. .. •• •• •• | Domett-Tormore .. 3 10 1 n I Q „. j .. .. .. 14 Nov., 1906 .. .. .. •• i u u Tormore-Ethelton .. 5 28 j DD | \ .. .. .. 21 Mar., 1907 .. f Ethelton-Scargill .. 8 51 0 51 | 9 22 .. .. .. 3 Nov., 1905 .. ..I •• •• i Seargill-Waipara 14 59 1 2 15 61 .. .. .. .. ..I .. .. Hurunui- Main Line.. .. 206 7 Culverden-South Wai- 206 7 64 68 270 75 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I 206 7 Waitaki taki 13 0 Culverden-Achray .. 5 23 0 10 i 5 33 .. .. .. \ Achray-Rotherham.. 1 75 0 43 j 2 38 .. .. ..I 15 Dec., 1919 •• •• •• •• I 13 0 Rotherham-Waiau 5 62 1 3 ' 6 65 .. .. ..I 1
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Public Works Map SHOWING THE RAILWAYS SOUTH ISLAND OF New Zealand 1928
By Authority: W A G, SKINNER, Government Printer, Wellington
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Public Works Map SHOWING THE RAILWAYS NORTH ISLAND OF New Zealand 1928
By Authority : W. A. G. SKINNER, Government Printer, Wellington.
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j i j I State of Line. 6fl Appropriation. Division. © Section. .5 Total. ! -6 Opened. •= Lme - 2 I £ Under Under s 50 % Forma- Plate- j : j ! £ tion. laying. £ ' Date. j 1923-24. 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27. j 1927-28. Total. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch Hurunui - Branches, — Waitaki Ran gi or a - Oxford 21 76 Kangiora-Oxford West 21 76 2 36 24 32 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 76 —contd. Eyre ton (from 20 7 Main Line - West ; 20 7 1 61 21 68 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 7 Main Line) Eyreton-Bennett's j Lyttelton .. 6 26 Lyttelton - Christ- 6 26 .. 6 26 I .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 26 church Southbridge .. 25 31 Hornby-Southbridge 25 31 3 17 28 48 j .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • • • • 25 31 Little River- 42 10 Lincoln - Little River 22 46 2 5 24 51 .. .. .. .. .. .. . - .. .. 22 46 Akaroa Reconnaissance .. ; 19 44 .. 19 44 19 44 Prelim. Springfield .. 30 60 Rolleston- Springfield : 29 63 ) Q n Q o qn fin Springfield-Coal-mine j 0 77 j d ' d " b ' " Whifceclifis .. 11 38 Darfield-Whiteclifis 11 33 i , „ „ n qa Whifcecliffs to Bridge 0 5 I d '" "' " ' - " Eakaia, - Ash- 22 20 Rakaia-Methven .. : 22 20 2 65 25 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ■ 22 20 burton Forks Ashburton .. 29 46 Tinwald-Springburn 27 29 1 52 29 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . • • • 27 29 Extension ..217 .. 2 17 2 17 Opawa and Albury 55 8 Washdyke-Eversley 36 5 2 45 38 50 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 36 5 to Fairlie Creek and Burke's Pass Preliminary survey ..19 3 . - 19 3 19 3 Prelim. Waimate .. 17 43 Studholme-Waimate 4 42 1 3 5 45 .. .. .. .. .. •• •• •• ) Waimate- Waihao 8 21 0 54 8 75 .. .. .. .. .. •• •• •• •• j- 12 63 Downs | 1 Waihao Downs - Ser- 2 65 •. 2 65 .. 2 65 pentine Serpentine-Kelcher's 1 75 .. 1 75 .. 1 75 Canterbury OxJord-Teruuka .. 83 0 Oxford-Sheffield 11 44 0 27 11 71 .. .. .. .. .. •• -• •• .. 11 44 Interior Surveyed .. 21 7 21 7 21 7 Main Line Reconnaissance .. 50 29 .. 50 29 50 29 Prelim. Orari-Rangitata, via 10 25 Orari-Geraldine .. 4 17 .. 4 17 4 17 Geraldine Geraldine-Bangitata 6 08 .. 6 08 6 08 Waitaki - Main Line .. 246 69 South Waitaki - Blufi 246 69 59 13 306 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 246 69 Blufl and Branches, — Branches Duntroon - Haka- 37 33 Pukeuri-Duntroon 21 75 1 35 23 30 .. .. •• .. .. .. .. .. 21 75 taramea Duntroon - Hakatara- 15 38 1 5 16 43 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 38 mea Ngapara .. 14 76 Waiareka-Ngapara.. 14 76 1 31 16 27 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 76 Livingstone .. 16 40 Windsor-Tokorahi 12 0 0 50 12 50 .. 0 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 75 Survey (trial) .. 4 40 .. 4 40 4 40 Prelim. Palmerston - Wai- 8 55 Palmerston-Dunback 8 55 0 54 9 29 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 55 hemo 0 65 Surveyed 0 65 .. 0 65 0 65
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— • j State of Line. Appropriation. Division. J Section. Lin™ | Totai ' £ Dnder Dnder Opened. x g Forma- Piate- , a tion. laving. * Date. 1923-24. 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27.. 1927-28. Total. I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ym. cli. M. ch. H. ch. H. cli. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. nil. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ah. Waitaki- Branches —oontd. Bluff and Inch Valley Railway 2 29 Inch Valley-Lime Kiln 2 29 0 23 2 52 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 29 B r anches — contd. Port Chalmers .. 19 Glendermid - Port 1 9 3 40 4 49 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 9 Chalmers Green Island .. 2 44 Burnside-Saddle Hill 2 44 0 52 3 16 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 44 Green Island to 4 65 Surveyed .. 4 65 .. 4 65 4 65 Brighton Fernhill Colliery 1 60 Abbotsford to Fern- 1 60 0 24 2 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 60 Line hill Colliery Kaikorai Valley 2 60 Surveyed .. .. 2 60 .. 2 60 2 60 Railway Outram .. 8 78 Mosgiel-Outram 8 78 0 68 9 66 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 78 Lawrence .. 21 76 Clarksville-Lawrence 21 76 22 23 78 .. ** *" ** ** ** *" ** *' ) Lawrence - Rox- 36 71 Lawrence - Big Hill 7 33 0 44 7 (7 .. .. .. 1 Aug., 1910 .. .. .. .. .. [ burgh Big Hill - Beaumont 5 36 0 45 6 1 .. .. .. 15 Dec., 1914 .. .. .. .. .. I Beaumont-Miller's 14 70 0 38 15 28 16 Dec., 1925 .. .. 14 70 .. .. J Flat Miller's Flat-Box- 9 12 0 68 10 00 .. .. 10 00 burgh Lovell's Flat - Tua- 23 20 Surveyed .. .. 23 20 23 20 23 20 peka Mouth Balclutha - Tua- 22 0 Surveyed .. ..7 0 .. 7 0 peka Mouth Trial Survey ..150 15 0 Crichton-Tuapeka 11 60 Surveyed .. 11 60 .. 11 60 11 60 Mouth Stirling - Hill End 11 43 Trial Survey .. 11 43 .. 11 43 11 43 (via Stoney Creek) Balclutha - Applebv 105 49 Balclutha-Owaka 19 20 1 63 21 3 Junction or Cat- Owaka-Catlin's .. 3 38 0 30 3 68 .. .. .. 1 Aug., 1904 lin's - Seaward Catlin's-Houipapa 2 30 0 9 2 39 .. .. ..17 Dec., 1909 .. .. .. .. .. I Bush Houipa'pa-Puketiro.. 7 11 0 43 7 54 .. .. .. 1 Feb., 1915 .. .. .. .. .. j Puketiro-McLennan 5 29 0 59 6 8 .. .. .. 1 Feb., 1915 McLennan-Tahakopa 5 19 0 38 5 57 .. .. .. 1 Feb., 1915 .. .. .. .. .. J Tahakopa-Marinui .. 23 63 I .. 23 63 23 63 Prelim. Marinui-Tokanui 6 0 j .. 60 60 Tokanui-Waimahaka 8 27 j 0 64 9 11 .. .. .. 20 Sept., 1911 .. •• •• .. .. I « rq Waimahaka-Appleby 24 52 | 1 50 26 22 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. J Waipahi - Heriot 26 23 Waipahi-Heriot .. 20 3 2 3 22 6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Burn Heriot-Edievale .. 6 20 0 45 6 65 .. .. .. 15 Feb., 1905 Extension to Box- 28 10 Surveyed .. 28 10 .. 28 10 28 10 Prelim. burgh, via Rae's Junction and Ettriek , Via Spylaw .. 25 70 Surveyed .. 25 70 .. 25 70 25 70 Prelim.
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State of Line. © ai hfi v# - te Appropriation. Division. I Section. 5 Total. -d Opened. 2 Lme - 2 g, Undei Under 3 m « Forma- Plate- , — b tion. laying. w Date. 1923-24. 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27. ! 1927-28. Total. I | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 I 14 15 16 17 M. ch. SI. ch. M. cli. M. ch. ■ M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. eta. M. ch. W a i t a k i - Branches —contd. Bluff and Waimea Plains 36 39 Gore-Lumsden .. 36 39 1 34 37 73j .. .. ! .. .. " " I Branches District By. —contd. Kelso-Gore .. 24 0 Surveyed .. 9 58 9 58! 9 58 j .. .. .. • • I Preliminary survey.. 14 22 .. 14 22j 14 22 Prelim. .. .. Gore-Waikaka .. 12 65 Waikaka Section .. 12 65 1 51 14 36 .. •• 26 Nov., 1908 .. .. .. .. .. 12 65 Riversdale- Switzers 13 70 Riversdale-Waikaia 13 70 1 40 15 30 .. .. ! .. 1 Oct., 1909 .. .. .. .. .. 13 70 Edendale-Toitois.. 19 30 Edendale-Glenham 9 36 0 72 10 28 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 36 Surveyed .. 9 74 9 74 9 74 .. .. Otago Cen- Waitaki Bluff Main 182 45 Wingatui-Ida Valley 98 18 5 62 104 0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. \ tral Line to Lake Ida Valley -Omakau 13 20 1 16 14 36 .. .. .. 1 Sept., 1904 Hawea Omakau-Chatto Creek 7 36 0 34 7 70 .. .. .. 14 July, 1906 .. .. .. .. .. 1147 97 Chatto Ck.-Alexandra 10 39 1 6 11 45 .. .. .. 15 Dec., 1906 .. .. .. .. .. ( Alexandra-Clyde .. 1 5 45 0 77 6 42 .. .. .. 27 Mar., 1907 Clyde-Cromwell .. : 12 29 0 69 13 18 .. .. .. 10 July, 1921 .. .. .. .. .. I Surveyed .. 35 18 35 18 .. .. .. .. .. Invercar- Invercargill-Kingston 87 4 Invercargill-Kingston 87 4 5 15 92 19 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 87 4 gill-King- I Wharf ston and Lumsden-Mararoa .. 30 0 Lumsden- Mossburu 10 40 1 0 11 40 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 40 Branch, Lumsden- Surveyed .. .. 8 20 8 20 8 20 Mararoa Reconnaissance .. 11 20 11 20 11 20 Prelim. Win ton - Heddon 11 0 Surveyed .. .. 11 0 11 0 11 0 Bush Forest Hill Wintou to Hedge- 12 40 Winton-Hedgehope 12 40 0 65 13 25 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 40 Railway hope Western , Orepuki-Waiau .. 60 74 Makarewa-Orepuki .. 35 41 6 37 41 78 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ' Railways Orepuki- Orepuki-Waiiioaka .. 4 48 0 58 5 26 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. , fi W a i a 11 1 Waiboaka-Tuatapere 8 7 1 10 9 17 .. .. .. 1 Oct., 1909 .. .. .. .. .. Rivet Tuatapere-Orawia .. 8 18 8 18 •• 8 18 20 Oct., 1925 .. .. 8 18 Orawia-Clifden .. 4 40 4 40 4 40 | Otautau Branch .. 22 15 Thornbury-Wairio 22 15 22 15 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 15 Orawia Branch .. 11 0 Surveyed .. .. | 11 0 11 0 11 0 Totals .. 2368 07 .. 2368 07 267 52 2635 59 487 47 15 59 27 2 .. 2 44 8 14 23 8 3 73 .. 1784 65
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APPENDIX C. ANNUAL EEPORT ON BUILDINGS BY THE GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT. The Government Architect to the Hon. the Minister of Public Works. Sir, — I have the honour to submit the following report on the activities of the .Architectural Branch of the Department for the year ended 30th June, 1928 : — During the period plans were prepared for seventy-eight new works, of a total estimated value of £751,060, of which thirty-three contracts, to the amount of £96,699, have been let. In addition, thirty-three contracts, to the amount of £172,570, for buildings designed prior to the 30th June, 1927, have also been let, making the total of works completed or under construction £269,269. The latter total includes £48,719 for secondary-school buildings, and £51,602 for hospitals, &c, designed for Hospital Boards. In addition to the above totals for buildings designed in Head Office, a large amount of minor additions, alterations and repairs, and general maintenance of public buildings has been carried out by District Engineers, and a considerable quantity of furniture and fittings has been manufactured in the Public Works workshops for various Government Departments. New Zealand materials and manufactures have been used, except where the use of imported material was unavoidable, with generally satisfactory results. Competition for Government contracts has been keen, with prices generally showing a downward tendency, and the standard of workmanship has been satisfactory. The following is a schedule of the works carried out during the year: —■ Viceregal Residences. Auckland District. —General maintenance has been carried out and a new hot-water service provided. Wellington District. —General maintenance has been carried out and the cottages have been renovated. Post-offices. Whangarei District. —Repairs and renovations have been carried out to thirty post-offices. Auckland District. —Extensive additions in brick were completed at Wellesley Street, and renovations carried out to the old portion. New post-offices in. wood were erected at Leigh and Te Mata, and additions carried out at Putaruru, Ohinewai, Papakura, and Warkworth. A new residence was completed at Waiuku, and a contract let for additions at Walton. At .Frankton the erection of new offices, store, motor-garage, and workshop was completed, and renovations and repairs carried out to a number of post-offices in the district. Taumarunui District. —Renovations and repairs were carried out to thirteen post-offices. Tauranga District. —Renovations and repairs were carried out to nine post-offices. Gisborne District. —A Postmaster's residence in wood has been erected at Te Karaka. A storeroom, and garage are being built at Tokomaru Bay. Repairs and renovations have been carried out to eight post-offices. Stratford District. —At Waverley a new two-storey post-office in brick and concrete is in course of erection, and a new office in brick and concrete was completed at CastleclifL At Hawera a contract has been let for very extensive additions to the Post-office. A new post-office in wood has been erected at Uruti. Considerable alterations and renovations were carried out to Wanganui Chief Post-office, and general maintenance-works carried out to other post-offices as required. Napier District. —Extensive additions in brick have been made to Hastings Post-office, the old portion being remodelled. A garage and store have been erected. Renovations and repairs have been carried out to fourteen post-offices. Wellington District. —A new automatic telephone exchange has been erected in brick at Miramar, and a new wing added to the Courtenay Place Exchange. A large addition in brick has been made to Palmerston North Post-office ; a new garage erected at Foxton ; the electrical change-over to the 230 voltage completed in the Wellington City and suburban post-offices, and repairs and renovations carried out to same. In addition, repairs, &c, have been carried out to four post-offices in the district. Nelson District. —Repairs and renovations have been carried out to nine post-offices. Christchurch District. —Renovations and repairs have been carried, out to sixteen post-offices in the district, and the electrical installations have been overhauled in eleven offices. Dunedin District. —Repairs and renovations have been carried out to thirty post-offices. Greymouth District. —Repairs and renovations have been carried out to fourteen post-offices. Courthouses. Whangarei District. —Repairs have been carried out at Dargaville and Kawakawa. Auckland District. —Renovations have been carried out at Hamilton, and new furniture supplied. Gisborne District. —A number of maintenance-works were carried out. Napier Difirkt.- -Renovations and repairs have been carried out at Napier and Hastings.
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Wellington District. —The new Arbitration Court, a two-storied brick building, is practically completed, the electrical, painting, and drainage works have been carried out by the Public Works staff. The Supreme and Magistrate's Courts have been changed over to the 230 voltage, and repairs, &c, carried out to several, courthouses. Nelson District. —Repairs have been carried out to four Courthouses. Christchurch District. —Repairs, &c, have been carried out to five Courthouses. Greyinouth District. —Repairs have been carried out to five Courthouses. Dunedin District. Repairs, &c, to four Courthouses. Police-stations and Gaols. Whangarei District. —Repairs and renovations have been, carried out to nine police-stations and residences. Auckland District. -Repairs and renovations have been carried out to eleven police-stations, At Mount Eden Prison electric-light has been installed in eight cottages, extensive additions nia.de to the stone-crushing plant, and the old bath-house has been converted into a bakehouse and baker's oven installed. At the Waikeria Borstal Institute, in addition to general maintenance-work, a new building has been erected, and various additions and repairs carried out. Taumarunui District. -Repairs and renovations have been carried out to six police-stations. Tauraitga, District. - Repairs and renovations ha.ye been carried out to two police-stations. Gisborne District.- Repairs and renovations were carried out to seven police-stations. Stratford District. -Repairs and renovations were carried out to Wanganui Gaol. Napier District. —Repairs and. renovations have been, carried out to five police-stations. Wellington District. —At the Central Police-station accommodation has been provided for the detective staff ; several stations have been changed over to the 230 voltage, and repairs and renovations carried out in nine others. Nelson District. —Repairs and renovations have been carried out to seven stations. Christchurch District. —Repairs and renovations have been carried out to eight stations. Greymouth District. — Repairs and renovations have been carried out to sixteen stations. Dunedin District. —At Tokanui a new police-station and residence in wood has been erected, and at Numsden a, similar building is in course of erection. Repairs and renovations have been carried out to fifteen stations. Mental Hospitals. Avoudale. —Extensive alterations have been carried out to the kitchen, men's lavatories, Nurses' Home, anil in main building, to provide quarters for the. Matron. A new veranda for No. 8 Ward has been completed, and various repairs and renovations carried out. Puhitahi. —Men's quarters. The erection of a, dormitory, dining-hall, kitchen, bathroom, &c, in wood was completed during the year. Electric light was installed in several buildings, and a windmill, and tanks provided. Tokanui. —A mortuary chapel, in concrete blocks, was completed ; a contract for three villas for female patients was let and the work is in hand ; 18 eh. of new road, was completed ; a, 20 ft. bridge was contracted ; and general maintenance-works carried out. Porirua. —A new Nurses' Home, a. two-storied brick building containing over 100 rooms, is being erected by contract, the roof now being on. A new six-roomed residence, in wood, for the Assistant Medical Officer has been erected by contract, and roads, &c, formed. The whole of the, buildings have been rewired for the 230 voltage, and extensive repairs, renovations, and additions carried out. The water-supply has been augmented by the installation of new mains, pressure-reducing tanks, and by the raising of height of the dams. Nelson and Stoke. —Extensive repairs and renovations have been carried out. Sunnyside. —Alterations are being made to the boiler house and a new chimney being erected. General maintenance-work wa.s carried out as required. Hornby. —A residence has been erected for the Assistant Medical Officer. Templeton. —The new villa, unit, commenced the previous year, has been completed, and an addition made, to the day-room. A water-tank to supply this building is in course of erection. Seacliff. -A large and. important work, comprising a, new kitchen, laundry, and stores block, is in hand, and good progress is being made. Modern equipment for both kitchen and laundry is being installed, and will greatly facilitate the working of the institution. Additions have been made to the Nurses' Home, and a residence erected for the Assistant Medical Officer. A contract has been let for steel racks for the stores. Education Department. Whangarei District. —New Native schools were erected »at Oruawharo and Te I'upuke, and additions, repairs, and renovations carried out to six other schools. Auckland, District. —A contract was let for, and work started on, additions to the Hamilton Technical School. A new assembly-hall is nearing completion for Seddon Memorial College. Alterations and maintenance-work have been carried out at Ponsonby and Rukaumanga. Tauranga, District. —At Maraenui a new Native school and a residence have been completed. Extensive additions have been'made to the Native school and residence at Te Paroa, Repairs and renovations have been carried out to eight schools. Gisborne District. —A new Native school and teacher's residence has been erected at Te Araroa ; two class-rooms have been added to the Gisborne High School ; a, new Native school and residence erected at Tokata ; and various repairs, renovations, and additions carried out to a number of other schools.
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Stratford District. —An addition, in concrete, was made to Hawera Technical High School, and extensive additions are being made to Wanganui Technical College. At Parinui a new Native school and residence in wood have been erected, and at Otoko Pa a Native school has been erected. Napier District. —The Napier Technical School was completed during the year ; also a large new cooking-room and a dormitory for Dannevirke High School. An extra class-room was provided at Tongoio Native School, and repairs and maintenance carried out to four schools. Wellington District. —A new Technical School, workshops has been erected in concrete at Palmerston North. A large addition, consisting of seven class-rooms, headmaster's and clerk's rooms, has been made to the Hutt Valley High School. Two class-rooms have been added to Palmerston North Technical School and to Wairarapa. High School, and various additions and repairs carried out to otherschools as required. Nelson District. —Repairs and renovations were carried out to several schools. Christchurch District. —A new home-science and cookery room has been erected and fitted up at Timaru Girls' High School, and a, chemical laboratory fitted up at the Timaru Boys' High School. At the, Timaru Girls' Hostel the dining-room has been extended and a new dormitory, &c, erected. Greymouth District. —A new two-storied hostel in wood has been erected at Greymouth. General repairs were carried out at Westport. Dunedin District. —At Otekaike a large dormitory block and assembly-hall have been erected, and extensive alterations and repairs carried out. Renovations, &C, ha.ye been carried out as required at various schools. At [nvercargill Technical College a. new home-science building in brick has been completed. Health Department. Auckland District. — The, hot-water service was renewed at St. Helens Hospital and general mainten-ance-work carried out. Gisborne. District.- --Minor repairs and maintenance were carried out at St. Helens Hospital, Gisborne. Stratford District. —Extensive repairs and renovations have been carried out to St. Helens Hospital, Wanganui. Wellington District. —Extensive alterations and renovations were, carried out in the old library wing of Parliament Buildings, to provide new offices for the Department, and a store was fitted up in the Sydney Street offices. A new vaccine station in concrete and timber was erected in Wellington Hospital grounds. Repairs and renovations were carried out to St. Helens Hospital and to Otaki Sanatorium, and several farm buildings were erected at the latter place. Nelson District. —Rooms were subdivided and renovated in the Education Board's building to provide accommodation for the Health Department. Christchutch District. —At Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer, the old electric power-house has been dismantled and re-erected elsewhere as storerooms. The new boiler-house and coal-dump are Hearing completion, and the entensive plant for the boiler-house, &c, is being assembled. A start has been made with the new Nurses' Home, a two-storey building in brick, concrete, and wood. This will accommodate upwards of sixty nurses. The stables have been removed and re-erected to make room for the Nurses' Home. Various maintenance works have been carried out. Dunedin District. —Various repairs and renovations have been carried out to St. Helens Hospital at Dunedin and Invercargill. Hospital Boards. Gisborne District. —A new hospital is in course of erection for the Matakaoa Hospital Board at Te Ara.roa. Stratford District. Repairs and renovations have been carried out at, New Plymouth and Wanganui St. I lelens Hospitals. Napier District.- Extensive additions to the women's ward, and a new kitchen block, in brick and concrete, were completed for the Waipawa Hospital Board at Waipukurau ; also a new administration block. At Hastings, the new Hawke's Hay Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Hospital and Nurses' Home, in brick and concrete, were completed. At Napier a, brick disinfector building, and the new specialservices block, a, three-storey structure in brick and concrete, were completed during the year. A large new ward in brick and concrete, known as the Coleman Ward, is nea.ring completion. Wellington District. The, Wellington Hospital Board having purchased the old Bryant and May's match-factory, at the. back of the main hospital buildings, requested this Department to convert, the buildings into a, laundry, boiler-house, &c, This very extensive work was completed during the year, the old building being entirely remodelled to form a laundry, kitchen block and stores, diet, and staff dining-rooms, &C, A new boiler-house, engine-room, coal-bunkers, &c, were erected in brick and reinforced concrete, and a reinforced«concrete chimney-stack, 140 ft. high was built. Tin- contract provides all the engineering services lor the whole of the hospital, and comprises boilers and machinery lor the supply of the hot-water, heating, and sterilizing services, complete laundry machinery, &c. Nelson. District.—-A site-plan and sketch-plan were prepared for a new residence for tin- Medical Superintendent at, Nelson Hospital. Greyinouth District.-- Extensive alterations and additions were carried out at the Grey River Hospital. Greymouth, comprising additions in brick to two wards, and provision of laboratory, diet and laboratory kitchens, staff quarters, &C, Additions and renovations were carried out to a house for the Medical Superintendent. Plans, &c, were prepared and a contract let for a. new administration block and additions to operating-room, &c. Dunedin District. —A new Nurses' Home, a, two-storey building in brick, has been completed at Core for the Southland Hospital Board. Tenders were recently accepted for a, porter's cottage and additions to the kitchen block at the same institution.
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Defence Department. Auckland District. — A new drill-hall and rifle range were completed at Ponsonby, and extensive, alterations, repairs, and renovations carried out to other drill-halls, barracks, &c. At the, Waikato Camp, Ngaruawahia, the following works started the previous year were completed : Magazines Nos. (i and 7 : three cottages for married men ; Ordnance Depot, and offices and fittings for same. New worlcs completed comprise : Roading access ; erection of fences ; ploughing, harrowing, and sowing of swamp land ; oil and forage stores ; sheds, latrines, septic tank, cookhouse, reel-shed, pipe-line, concrete paths, &C. The single men's quarters were converted into a, hospital. The. following works are in hand : Magazines Nos. 8, 9, and 10 ; roading ; railway back-shunt ; S.D.A. magazine, Ordnance workshops, butcher's shop, and coal - store. Electric lighting has been installed in all buildings. In addition to the above, general maintenance-works have been carried out, and assistance has been given to the Defence Department on many occasions as required. Wellington District. —At Trentham Camp the whole of the buildings have been changed over to the 230 voltage, and four 25 h.p. motors installed. Extensive repairs and renovations were carried out; also at Defence Headquarters, Buckle Street, this building also being changed over to the 230 voltage. At, Palmerston North a, gun-shed, store, and office were erected. Repairs and renovations were carried out to other Defence buildings as required. Nelson District. —Repairs and renovations were carried out at the drill-hall, &c. Christchurch District. —A portion of the Crown Brewery has been fitted up as a, drill-hall for Naval cadets. Various maintenance-works have been carried out. Dunedin District. —Various repairs and renovations have been carried out to a, number of drill-halls, barracks, (fee. Tourist Department. Tauinarunui District. The contract for the extensive additions to the Waitomo Hostel is being satisfactorily carried out and is practically completed. This is virtually a new hostel, the old portion being a comparatively small wood building. The "addition" is of reinforced concrete, with tiled roof, and is fitted with the most modern equipment for the comfort of tourists. The building has electric light, an electrically equipped kitchen, central heating, modern cold - store, appliances, refrigerator, <fee., and an up-to-date steam-laundry, At Toka.a.nu Fish-hatcheries the garage has been enlarged, alterations and renovations carried out to the office and men's quarters, and a kitchen and maids' quarters provided. New lluming and weir-gates have been installed, and roads and fences attended to. Napier District. —At the Morere Baths extensive improvements and renovations have been carried out. Nelson District. —A hut has been erected at Mount Hora and cleaning-work completed. Dunedin District. —Huts for tourists have been erected at Glade House, MeKinnon Pass, and on Ben Lomond, and tool-shed at Quecnstown Park. At Lake Te Anau a new slipway has been constructed for the Department's steamer. A contract was let for a large new hostel at Milford Sound, and the work is in hand, the framework for the laundry having been erected. Department of Agriculture. Auckland District. —At Ruakura Farm a six-roomed residence has been erected lor the Farm Manager, and electric light installed. Electric lighting in other building has been overhauled. Renovations were carried out at Te Kauwhata. Napier District. —Renovations were carried out at Woodville and Port Ahuriri. Wellington District. —Considerable alterations and renovations were carried out in the Dominion .Farmers' Building to provide new offices for the Department. Repairs, (fee, were done at Wallacevillc Laboratory ; new laboratory, Sydney Street; the fumigation-shed, Bunny Street; and the Biological Laboratory. At the Massey Memorial Agricultural College, Palmerston North, a cowman's cottage was erected. Nelson District. —Renovations, &c, were carried out for the Department at Motueka and Blenheim. Greyinouth District. —At Waimaunga Experimental Farm a, workman's hut was erected, and an office, was fitted up for the Field Instructor at Greymouth. Dunedin District.- —Repairs and renovations have been carried out to six buildings. General. Renovations and repairs have been carried out to various departmental buildings, and furniture and fittings were made and supplied as required. In conclusion, 1 desire to place on record my appreciation of the co-operation of the, district, offices, and the efficient and loyal manner in which the members of the architectural staff carried out their duties. John T. Man;., A.R.L.8.A., Covernment Architect.
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APPENDIX D. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF ELECTRICAL ENGINEER. The Chief Electrical Engineer to the Hon. the Minister of Public Works, Sir,— I beg to report on the position of the. development of electric power in the Dominion lor the past year as follows : — GOVERNMENT SCHEMES IN OPERATION. LAKE COLERIBGE ELKCTI.UC-'POWEK SUPPLY. The year ending .'.lst March, 1928, represents the thirteenth year of opera I ion of the Lake Coleridge scheme, and the results of the year's working must again be considered very satisfactory. The attached tables (A, C, and F) give the analysis of results obtained for the year's operations, connected load details appearing in Table D. Financial Rjbstj lts. The capital outlay at the end of the year was £1,561,081, as against it 1,538,569 for the previous year, showing an increase, of £22,512, and is analysed in Table B. The total revenue, for the year was £171,127, as compared with £150,240 for the year ending 31st March, 1'.)27, and after payment of all charges, including interest and depreciation, but not sinking fund, a surplus of £25,580 was shown. This amount has been credited to the Sinking Fund Account, bringing that fund to a total, of £61,023, to which, however, must be added accrued interest earned of £1,442, bringing the total amount to the credit of the sinking fund to £62,465. The arrears of sinking-fund contributions as at 31st March, 1928, are now reduced to £12,122, and it is hoped that these arrears will be wiped out completely in the next few years. Table A shows particulars of financial results and load records. The total cost per unit generated was 0-372 d., being a decrease of 0-007 d., due to increased output with little increase in capital charges. Total operating-costs have increased by £9,326, due to increased proportions of generating and. management costs chargeable to operation consequent on small amount of capital expenditure during the year. Particulars will be found in Table C. • Connected Load. The total connected load at the end of the year was 136,361 kw., being an increase of approximately 21-5 per cent, on that of the previous year. Details of connected load are given in Table 1). Power-house Load and Operation. The maximum output from the power-house for the year was 21,020 kw., representing an increase of 21-5 per cent, over the previous year's output. This increase is abnormal in thai unlimited supply was not available during 1926 until July, and also that a. general, reduction in heating and cooking rates was made at the same time by the Christchurch City Council. The effect of these two factors was not, felt until the winter of 1927. Units output from the power-house totalled 93,853,759, as against 78,342,797 for the previous year, an increase of nearly 20 per cent. The maximum units generated in any one day was 318,540, and the maximum weekly output exceeded for the first time the two-million mark, being 2,023,495. The annual load-factor was 51 per cent., or 2-4 per cent, lower than that of the previous year. With the full capacity of the plant (27,000 kw.) available, there was no overload experienced, and no calls were made on the tramway stand-by pla,rd, for this reason, or due to any interruption to supply. During the period from 31st March to 30th June, 1928, the maximum demand on the powerhouse reached 24,370 kw.—viz., on 21st June. This figure is unlikely to be exceeded during tinyear ending 31st March, 1929, and the percentage increase viz., 16 per cent, -is considered more normal. TuANSMIKNION-MNKK. With the object of changing all lines between Lake Coleridge and Addington from 7/-135 aluminium to 19/13 S.W.G. copper, work was commenced on the remaining ten miles of flic north line between the power-house and Hororata. This when completed will complete the change-over on all three lines between the power-house and Hororata,. There will remain a section of twenty-four miles of the north line, between Hororata. and Christchurch, and the work of converting this portion from aluminium to copper will be put in hand during the ensuing year. The automatic sectionalizing of lines by means of relay-controlled oil circuit-breakers is proceeding, and when completed will add considerably to the continuity of supply at all points. Excellent progress has been made in live-line insulator-testing and operation. During the year the whole of the insulators on the transmission-lines and substations were tested under live-line conditions ; 317 insulators were located as faulty on the 66 kv. lines by this means and seventy-one
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.were replaced under live-line conditions. In addition, one 66 kv. pole, was changed without interruption to supply. On the 33 kv. lines similar work has been carried out with good results. On the 11 kv. lines location of faulty insulators has been carried out on the live lines by means of special telephone-receiver method for some time, and this year 511 insulators, mostly the original type, were located as faulty. Replacing of poles on these feeders has been successfully accomplished with conductors alive, even with duplicate circuits. The adoption of the live-line methods has resulted in a distinct reduction in interruptions due to insulator failures and to repair work. 66 kv. Substations. The following table shows the installed capacity of each substation, together with tide maximum demand and units output:—
A 12,000 kv.a.. bank of transformers was received from the makers and installed in May, finally being put into operation on the 3rd June. Considerable trouble has been experienced with leakage of oil on these transformers, and it was found necessary to take each unit out of service and reweld the joints. Pressure-relief valves were installed during the work. Since the above repairs the bank has operated quite satisfactorily. The 6,000 kv.a. condenser was shut down in July owing to trouble with the field spool insulation becoming loose. The makers sent out new insulation, and. work is still proceeding on the repairs. The erection of the final seotion of the ironclad switch-gear was completed and put into operation at the end of August. Considerable trouble was experienced with faulty switch-bushings, and large numbers have been replaced. Regular tests are carried out, on all bushings in order to note any deterioration in their insulation value. The completion of the ironclad switch-gear enabled the original open-type switch-gear to be dismantled, thus decreasing the electrical hazard and providing additional space. A new storage battery for operation of oil circuit-breakers, 20-ton crane, and general lighting was installed and put into operation in December. The telephone system has been rearranged, and all transmission- and distribution-line telephone circuits are now brought on to an annunciator-board in the operator's sound-proof cabinet. A contract was let on the 24th November, 1927, for an additional 12,000 kv.a. bank of transformers to replace one of the original 5,000 kv.a,. banks. This bank will be installed during the ensuing year, and will bring the transformer-capacity of Addington Substation up to 29,000 kv.a. INTEKUUTTIONS TO StM'L'LY. Christchurch Lines. The total number ol interruptions to supply during the year exceeding I minute was seven, and the total time of same was 29 minute. The longest period occurred on the 2nd March, of Isi minutes' duration, and was due to the governor on one of the new machines going out of action. It is only fair to the operating staff at the power-house to state that the governors of both new machines were still in the hands of the makers' representative. Of the remaining six interruptions, totalling 13i minutes, four were due to trouble with the power-station voltage regulator—one owing to a horse opening an air-break switch under load at the Point, and one due to a, magpie causing a (lash-over. There were no interruptions during the year due to defective insulators. Timaru-Oamaru Lines. The total number of interruptions on these lines, excluding those prearranged, was sixteen, and the total time of same was 1 hour 57 minutes. The longest period occurred, on the .11th March, of 31 minutes, due to operating-rod on one phase of the oil circuit-breaker at Hororata breaking and the difficulty in discovering the fault. As the seven interruptions on the Christchurch lines also affected the Timaru lines, the actual number of outages on the Timaru -Oamaru section only was nine. Of these, five wendue to direct overload, two were due to breakdown in Waitaki Power Board's cables, and two to causes unknown. No fault was actually traceable to defective insulators. Lake Coleridge Duplication. This work was practically completed last year, but there still remained the completion of the cross-drive between the old and now tunnels at the intake end. This was undertaken in October,
Substation. installed Maximum v^ Capacity. Demand. ' ' Kw. Addington .. .. .. .. 22,000 16,088 70,796,553 Timani .. .. .. .. .. 5,000 1,616 6,853,176 AshburtoD .. .. .. .. 5,000 1,306 4,848,543 Oamara .. .. .. .. .. 750 681 2,574, m>0 liororata .. .. .. .. .. 21)5 239 821,142 Addington Substation.
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and at the same time opportunity was taken to repair the old tunnel. For this purpose a, bulkhead was built at the outlet oi the tunnel at the surge-chamber, in order that the original pipe-lines and turbines could be kept in operation. This work was completed -in January. During the year the operation of the new units has not been altogether satisfactory, considerable trouble having been experienced with the turbines of both. No. 2 and No. 3 units. Lubricating troubles were successfully overcome, but the erratic governing was a. serious matter and was not overcome until considerable alterations were made. The effect on supply was serious, and there were numerous complaints regarding frequency and voltage, particularly during December and early January, when the new units were on occasions supplying the total load. The longest period of interruption during the year—viz., 15J minutes -was due to failure of the governor on one of these units. These troubles were rectified in May, 1928, and up to the 30th June the sets have operated satisfactorily. In order to tide over the period between the time when it may be possible that the present installation at Lake Coleridge is fully loaded and the bringing into operation of the Waitaki development, contracts have been entered into for the supply and erection of an additional pipe-line and turbogenerating set. This set will be of 7,500 kw. capacity, and will then bring the total capacity of Lake Coleridge up to 34,500 kw. Contracts were let for both pipe-line and generating-set in May, 1928. General. A 3,000-volt lino was erected in August on behalf of the Railway Department to supply the Middleton marshalling-yards, and also the signalling-system between Addington and RoUeston. To cope with, the increased demand, at Addington Workshops, a new bank of transformers of 1,500 kv.a. capacity has been installed on behalf of the Railway Department. In order to supply power for the electrification of the railway between Lyttelton and Christchurch, arrangements were made to erect a special duplicate 11 kv. line between. Addington and Woolston, and the erection of a, concrete substation to house the. necessary switch-gear and machinery to supply the Railway Department with, direct current at 1,500 volts. The contract for the conversion machinery was let in August, 1927, and the building contract was let in April, 1928. At the same time opportunity will be taken to remove the old Woolston Substation and instal ironclad switch-gear of the self-closing type on all the Department's outgoing feeders. The present 3,000-volt and 400-volt supply will be changed to 11,000 volt, and work has already commenced on the change-over. The contract for the ironclad switch-gear was let in April, 1928. The work of erecting the 33 kv. line between Addington and Southbrook to supply the North Canterbury Power Board was postponed, but the route has been pegged out, and the work will be commenced at the beginning of July, 1928. The North Canterbury Power Board, which was formed in March, 1927, was granted its license, in June, 1928, and will take supply from the Department as from the Ist July, 1928. Rainfall. The rainfall at tin; power-house for the year was 37-64 in. For the three months ended 31st March the weather was the driest on record, only 2-43 in. of rain falling. MANGAHAO ELECTRIC-POWER SYSTEM. Financial Results. The capital outlay at, the close of the year was £2,373,921, as against £2,242,871 for the previous year, an increase of £131,050, which is analysed in Table G. The net revenue for the year was £44,111 15s. 2d., as against £101,897 Is. 4d. for'the previous year, a. decrease of £57,785 (is. 2d., or 56-79 per cent., the decrease being due solely to the large amount-—viz., £111,744 14s. lid. —paid for power purchased. Working-expenses were £33,914, an increase of £6,993, mainly due to the coming into operation of Napier substation and maintenance work on transmission-lines. Operation and Maintenance. Headworks and Power-house. Towards the end of the year No. 3 dam was completed and ready for storage of water, but owing to the light rainfall experienced very little water has been available for storage. During the year the water-level indicators at Nos. 1 and 3 dams were overhauled, and are now working satisfactorily. The water-level indicator at the surge-chamber has been put into commission. Further work has been done to reduce the leakage from the automatic gates on Mangahao No. 1. dam, and new operating hand-gear was installed. Painting has been carried, out on the pipe-line and the power-house roof steelwork as weather permitted. One of the transformers on the headworks 3,000-volt line broke down during the year and repairs were carried out on same. The turbines have operated well during the year, practically all trouble being due to cracked and broken buckets. Twenty-three buckets have been replaced, during the year, repairs to the damaged buckets being done by the electric welding plant at Mangahao. A complete new equipment of bronze buckets has been ordered for No. 5 turbine. Also, in order to cope with the increase, in load on the station, a new set of nozzles, slightly larger than the originals, has been ordered. These are expected to increase the capacity of the machines by 5 per cent. The oil in the bearings and governors was filtered during the year, and oil-pipes cleaned and painted.
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The running-times of the various units in the power-station during the year, including Ist April, 1928, have been as follows :— TT . • On Load. Idle. unit - Hrs. mm. His. mm. No. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 6,868 55 1,939 05 No. 2 .. .. .. .. ..6,973 55 1,834 05 No. 3 .. .. .. .. .. 6,880 11 1,927 49 No. 4 .. .. .. .. .. 6,875 14 1,932 46 No. 5 .. .. .. .. .. 6,310 24 2,497 36 Transmission. Lines- — 110,000-volt Lines. Mangaore-Khandallah Section. During the year there has been only one total interruption to supply over these lines. This was of 10 minutes duration and was due to an operating mistake in the power-house whereby all lines were put out of commission. The line has been brought up to standard by hanging weights, as per revised schedule, lengthening junipers, &c. Mangaore-Bunnythorpe Section. — West Line: This line has been in operation through the year, supplying power to Mana.watu-Oroua and Wanganui-Rangitikei Power Boards. There have been live interruptions to service, totalling 5 hours 48 minutes, of which one, of 5 hours 8 minutes' duration, was arranged for work at Bunnythorpe and Wanganui Substations ; one, of 12 minutes, was due to powerhouse operating mistake ; one, of 1 minutes, to lightning ; one of 22 minutes, to a broken earth-wire fouling one of the cables ; and one, of 2 minutes, to some unknown cause. On this section jumpers have been lengthened and weights hung to revised schedule from Bunnythorpe to Albert Road, leaving about five miles still to complete. The earth-wire has been removed from Manawatu River to one mile from Bunnythorpe. East Line. —Over this line power has been delivered, through the. year to Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay districts. Apart from three prearranged shutdowns at convenient levels, eleven interruptions have been recorded during the year, totalling 7 hours 32 minutes. One interruption, of 6 hours 45 minutes, was due to a, break in one of the cables on the Bunnythorpe Woodville section, due to vibration; one, of 12 minutes, was due to a switching mistake at the power-house ; one, of 9 minutes, was due to the surge caused, by a, flash-over on the Mangaore - Khandallah line ; one, of 5 minutes, was due to the failure of a rotating insulator at Mangamaire Substation ; and one, of 3 minutes, to a, similar cause at Dannevirke. The remaining six interruptions, of 18 minutes, were probably due to surges caused by troubles on Power Board lines and improper functioning of the Department's oil circuit-breakers. On this line, about five miles still require weights to be hung as per revised schedule. A piled groyne was built, at the Manawatu River crossing, and the banks revetted with willows and wire netting as a. protection against erosion in case of floods. Bunnythorpe Wanganui Line. This line is in series with the Mangaore-Bunnythorpe west line. Apart from shutdowns by arrangement at convenient times interruptions during the year numbered 23, of a total duration of 3 hours 52 minutes. Of these, four interruptions, of 54 minutes, were for the same reasons as on the Bunnythorpe we. t line, the longer time being required for switching at Bunnythorpe. Ten interruptions, totalling I hour 36 minutes, were due to troubles on Wanganui-Rangitikei Power Board's lines bringing out the oil circuit-breaker at Bunnythorpe. One interruption, of 34 minutes, was due to a fire in a, gorse hedge setting a, pole alight, and the line was cut out to extinguish the fire. One, of 3 minutes, was probably caused by a gorse fire under the line. No cause has been found for the remaining seven interruptions of 45 minutes' duration. During the year two special towers were erected on the banks of the Rangitikei River, and a special crossing made of this river in stranded copper-weld cable to prevent damage by floods, most of the arranged shutdowns on this line being for this purpose. Four poles were also replaced during the year as being under specification lor their respective positions when the sap had rotted. Bunnythorpe Woodville Section. Apart from prearranged shutdowns 17 interruptions were experienced on this line during the year, totalling 8 hours 16 minutes. Of these, eleven, of 7 hours 52 minutes, were as for Mangaore east section, with which this line, is in series, the extra time being for switching operations at Bunnythorpe ; two interruptions, of 6 minutes, were caused by the failure of a, rotating insulator on an air-break switch at Mangamaire Substation ; two interruptions, of 9 minutes, were probably caused by troubles on 11,000-volt Power Board lines ; and the remaining two, of 9 minutes, were probably caused by a heavy gale blowing jumpers or cables close enough to poles to enable them to arc over to the pole-steps. At one tower on the Ruahines a piece of ground has been acquired round the tower and planted with willows and poplars to prevent slipping. W'oodville-M'angamaire Section. —Apart from prearranged shutdowns on this section a, total of twenty-three interruptions, amounting to 10 hours 53 minutes, were experienced during the year. Seventeen of these were from causes as for Bunnythorpe Wdodville Section, except for the longer time delay necessitated by switching operations at Woodville, these interruptions totalling 10 hours 34 minutes. Of the remainder, one, of 3 minutes, was due to a severe lightning-storm which blew the arrester-fuses at Mangamaire ; two, of 6 minutes total duration, were due to troubles originating on 11,000-volt feeders; one, of 2 minutes, was due to a switching error at Woodville. The cause of the remaining two, of 8 minutes' duration, was not ascertained. On this section weights have been completed to revised schedule, all defective insulators replaced, and the line generally put in first-class order.
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Manga.inadre Masterton Section. —Apart from shutdowns at convenient times arranged for workon the lines and substations this section experienced twenty-nine interruptions for the year, of a total duration of I I hours 44 minutes. Of these, twenty-three were from the same causes as those on the Woodville -Mangamaire section, and accounted for 1.1 hours 23 minutes, leaving six interruptions, of 21 minutes' duration, due to other causes. Of these, one, of 1 minute, was due to a surge originating on the Waipukurau Napier section causing the oil circuit-breaker at Mangamaire to open ; one, of 1 minute, was due to a switching mistake at Mangamaire ; and the remaining four, of 19 minutes, had. their origin in troubles on Bower Board systems. This section has also been brought up to standard during the year in the matter of weights, clearances, &o. Woodville - Dannevirke Section. —Apart from shutdowns, arranged at convenient times, this section sustained forty-three interruptions during the year, of 12 hours 37 minutes duration. Seventeen of these were as for the Bunnythorpc-Woodville line, those accounting for 10 hours 59 minutes, as against 8 hours 16 minutes for the same interruptions on that section, most of the extra time being required to remove, a broken rotating insulator at Dannevirke and to resume service at and beyond that point. Of the remainder, one, of 3 minutes, was due to a, broken jumper on the Dannevirke Waipukurau section; eleven of 50 minutes, were due to troubles originating on the 11,000-volt Power Board systems. The remaining fourteen interruptions, of 45 minutes, were due to some unknown transient trouble between Woodville and Napier, ten of these occurring in one day during a violent, gale. From a study of conditions, it has been thought that in sullen squalls, the cables have blown c use enough, to pole steps to arc over to earth, so insulator-strings have been shortened and pole-stops removed where these tended to lessen clearances of cables to earth. Since this work has been carried out no further troubles of this nature have occurred, but, possibly the wind has not reached the same velocity since as when the interruptions occurred. Dannevirke-- Waipukurau Section.—The forty-three interruptions recorded for the seotion above accounted for a total interruption, time of 17 hours 34 minutes on this section. The extra, time was taken in patrolling the line and repairing a broken jumper, and also by holding this seotion out during a violent storm when the interruptions occurred on the Woodville -Napier section while endeavouring to locate the fault. A further five interruptions, of 49 minutes, probably had their origin on t lu-ll,ooo-volt Power Board lines. Waipukurau-Napier Section. —A total of forty-eight interruptions of 26 hours 41 minutes duration were from the same causes as those on Dannevirke Waipukurau section, with which this lino is in series, the difference in time being mainly duo to this line being held out of service for 8 hours while being patrolled in an endeavour to find a fault, which ultimately proved to be in the overload relays at Dannevirke, a coil on one phase being burnt out. Of a further three interruptions, one, of 19 minutes, was probably due to a surge caused by trouble on Bunnythorpe Wanganui section. The other two, of .12 minutes duration, wore probably due to Power Board troubles. Transmission-lines- -11,000-volt Lines. Mangaore- Shannon Section. —The number of interruptions to supply over this line during the year was two. Of these, one, of 13 minutes, was due to faulty switching at the power-house, and the other, of I minute, was due to a faulty relay opening the oil circuit-breaker. Supply is now taken over two feeders in parallel, the load being too great for one lino. Khandallah - Hutt Power Board Section. —Supply is taken by the Hutt Bower Board over two feeders, Nos. I and 2. Apart from trouble on the Power Board's own main lines there were twenty-nine interruptions to supply, amounting in all to 6 hours 36 minutes, during the year, One, of 12 minutes, was due to a, switching mistake, at the power-house, four, of 12 minutes, were due to Mangaore-Khandallah section being out of commission, seven, of 28 minutes, were due to faulty relays at Khandallah. Nine interruptions, amounting to 5 hours 20 minutes, were necessary to extinguish three fires on poles and to effect repairs, one, of 15 minutes, was due to the breakdown of a trifurcating-box at Khandallah end of line ; three, of 3 minutes, were due to flash-overs of a, L.T. air-break switch ; two of 3 minutes, to linemen switching in the good tine to a, faulty line, when trouble had been experienced on one feeder ; while two, of 3 minutes, wore duo to some unknown causes. Leakage-relays have been installed on these feeders in an endeavour to prevent sustained short circuits to earth setting fire to the poles and cross-arms in the event of failure of insulators, broken tie-wires, &c. Khandallah- Pelone Railway Line. Six interruptions to supply have occurred during the year, lasting 2 hours 40 minutes. Two of those, lasting 6 minutes, were duo to interruptions on the Mangaore Khandallah 110 kv. line. The cause of the remaining four interruptions have not been located. On one of these occasions the Khandallah switch came out under such a, heavy overload that it, was deemed advisable to patrol the line before attempting to put it back into service. In addition to these, a good number of shut-downs were arranged on this section at times when no power was required by the Railway Department. Kliaitdallah Wellington Meal Export Co. Section. —Three interruptions to service occurred on this line, all dm- to power being cut off from Khandallah on 110 kv. lines. Transmission-lines — General. The first testing of insulators by the buzz-stick method was completed over the whole system during the year. All units reported defective were replaced and. forwarded to Khandallah for tests on the oscillator set.
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Good progress has been made with the second year's tests, the power-house, the Mangaore-Bunny-thorpe, Bunnythorpe-Wanganui, Bunnythorpe-Woodville, Woodville- Mangamaire-Masterton, and Woodville-Dannevirke sections being completed, and Mangaore-Khandallah section completed except for about seven miles of line. A start has also been made on Dannevirke-Waipukurau section. The work of replacing defective units has also been commenced, and is being carried out as opportunity offers. Generally, the transmission-lines have operated exceedingly well during the past year, few troubles due to the lines themselves having been experienced. All lines have now been brought up to standard with regard to jumpers, weights, clearances, &c, except for about five miles north of the power-house on the Bunnythorpe line, which still needed revised weights. A large proportion of the interruptions to supply have had their origin in troubles on Power Board feeders. Due to the short time delay on relays at remote substations, necessary to provide discrimination to the relays on different sections of the Bunnythorpe east line, a fault on a Power Board feeder—say, Hawke's Bay Power Board—has often produced enough short-circuit current to bring out oil circuit-breakers on other parts of the system as far back as Dannevirke, Woodville, Bunnythorpe, or even the power-house. Further investigations are now being made to try and overcome this difficulty. Earth-leakage relays have now been set up at the power-house with a time delay of 1-8 seconds, with a time difference of 0-4 seconds between, relays at consecutive substations. Sap-testing has now been completed on the poles of the whole system, and a few poles have been replaced on the Bunnythorpe-Wanganui and Waipukurau-Napier sections. Generally, poles have proved to be quite up to standard, but there are a few which will require to be replaced or strengthened owing to a proportion of sap being found much larger than allowed for in designing the lines. As lightning is one of the worst factors that is met with on transmission systems, a check is being kept cm all such storms in the area traversed by the Mangahao lines. A total of fifteen lightningstorms was reported during the year, but only one very severe storm caused trouble on the system. Fuses were blown on the lightning-arresters at Wanganui, Bunnythorpe, Mangamaire, and Masterton, the worst of the storm centring round Bunnythorpe and Mangamaire. Substations. The apparatus at the various substations operated very satisfactorily throughout the year. The main 11,000-volt oil-switch at Masterton Substation gave trouble, so a new oil-tank, lj in. deeper than the original, was made and fitted, and no further trouble has been experienced. A large amount of work has been done at all substations, levelling and draining the grounds. All metering-apparatus has been checked up during the year. Two rotating insulators on air-break switches at Mangamaire and one at Dannevirke failed during the year and were replaced. The insulators that have failed have all been of the hollow type, and new insulators of the solid type have been ordered as spares. New metering equipment has been ordered for Khandallah, Bunnythorpe, Mangamaire, Dannevirke, and Waipukurau Substations. This has now mostly come to hand and is in process of being installed. Spare transformers (1,000 kv.a. three-phase) ordered for Dannevirke. and Mangamaire Substations, have now arrived. General. Due to the Waikaremoana scheme being due for operation shortly, new remote-controlled oil circuit-breakers have been ordered for Napier, Waipukurau, Dannevirke, and Bunnythorpe Substations, with necessary isolating switches and steel framework. Also due to the Waikaremoana scheme being expected to come into operation before the end of the year, synchronous condensers are being erected at Khandallah, Mangamaire, Dannevirke, and Napier to obtain proper voltage-regulation when both schemes are in parallel operation. With the whole system of transmission-lines and substations in operation throughout the year, the operation of the system has been very satisfactory. The oil circuit-breakers have reduced the time of interruptions to a, very marked extent, owing to the ease with which sections can now be cut out and in, also owing to the automatic cutting-out of troublesome sections by means of the 0.C.8. relays. The buzz-stick method of testing insulators on live lines has been persevered with, and the second series of tests over the whole of the live insulators is well under way. This system is fortunate in its linemen, for, in selecting men for training in live-line testing, only two were found who, owing to very slight deafness, could not be trained. This work demands a rather keen sense of hearing as well as a natural inclination, and not every man can be suitable. With these exceptions, every lineman on the system has been trained in this work, which enables the testing to be done with much less disorganization of the ordinary routine than was the case last year, the men going out testing on suitable days on their own sections of line and carrying on their ordinary duties when the weather was unsuitable for testing. The results so far this year confirm the results obtained last year, except that one make of insulator has proved much better this year than last. One make shows deterioration much above the average, as was also the case last year. 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A flash-over of one string of insulators occurred during the year, but, apart from a pitting of one unit, the insulators were not damaged, proving quite good when sent to Khandallah for test. Another four linemen have been trained in live-line changing of insulators, but up to the present no need has been found for doing work on live lines, apart from testing of insulators, as in eases where a spare line is not available the Power Boards concerned were in agreement with having a shut-down on the lines between certain hours. Trouble has been experienced during the year on failure of A.C.S.R. cables, which is almost certainly due to vibration, the affected portion of the line being between Bunnythorpe and Ashhurst. Five failures have occurred on a short section of about one mile, although in only one case did the steel core fail, causing a shut-down till the break was repaired. Also, probably due to the same cause, the earth-wire on the system is showing a, decided tendency to fail at the points of support, particularly on the section between Manawatu River and Bunnythorpe. On this section the steel cable was in such a bad state that it was necessary to remove it altogether, which has been done, except for about one mile south of Bunnythorpe Substation, which has been left as a protection to the substation apparatus. Construction. During the year the Mangahao No. 3 dam has been completed, and the spillway-gates erected. On 9th April, 1928, this dam was full for the first time, and revealed some minor defects, which have since been removed. Further work has been done on. the tail-race, a number of groynes being built or extended and. the mouth of the Otauru Stream being dredged. Khandallah Substation —During the year the foundations for the 10,000 kv.a. synchronous condenser were put in. The condenser has now arrived and a start has been made to install same. Permanent water-supply and sewerage from the Wellington City mains has now boon installed. In connection with the 250 kv. testing outfit, a tank for making puncture tests under oil has been installed at this station. During the year a large number of tests have been made on insulators and other allied material under high voltages. These tests include flash-over tests (both high-frequency and 50-cycle), puncture tests (50-cycle), porosity tests, and immersion tests. Tests have also been carried out on the influence of wind and rain on the voltage at which Hashover occurs at various distances to earth. Reverse power relays have been installed on the incoming 110 kv. lines. Earth-leakage relays have also been installed on the two 11,000-volt feeders to the Hutt Valley Power Board. Bunnythorpe Substation. —The tank - lowering mechanism and framework for the llOkv. oil circuit-breaker used as a tie-switch at Bunnythorpe has arrived, and the switch has been dismantled and the framework erected ready for the switch. The re-erection of the switch is proceeding. Wanganui Substation. —A new panel has been erected by the Wanganui-Rangitikei Power Board in the substation for the supply of 11 kv. power to the East Town Railway Workshops. Mangamaire Substation. —The 1,500 kv.a. synchronous condenser ordered for this station has arrived, and been partly erected. The hand-operated crane has been installed. A 110-volt D.C. battery and motor-generator set has been purchased for operation of condenser and tripping of oilswitches. A new 2,200-gallon oil-storage tank has been ordered for this station. Dannevirke Substation. —The building has been extended to accommodate a 1,500 kv.a. synchronous condenser, which is now nearly completely erected. A battery and motor-generator set have been installed for the control circuit. A hand-operated crane has also been installed, as also has an outdoor 2,200-gallon oil-storage tank. Waipukurau Substation. —A battery and motor-generator-charging set have arrived to replace the present primary-cell tripping battery for the oil circuit-breaker controls. Napier Substation. —Supply was given from this station to Hawke's Bay Power Board on the Bth April, 1927, and all apparatus has worked very satisfactorily throughout the year. A 4,500 kv.a. synchronous condenser has been installed in this station for voltage and power-factor regulation. The machine has been tested out satisfactorily, but is awaiting some minor interlocks and trip-coils before it can finally be put into service. Load. During the year supply has been given to the Hawke's Bay Power Board, completing the whole system as designed. The last quarter of the year was conspicuous by the almost entire absence of rainfall over the Mangahao drainage area, creating a very serious shortage of water-power, so that special arrangements had to be made with all Power Boards, Borough Councils, and. large meat-works which possessed steam, gas, or oil generating plants, to start these up and either supply their own load or, where possible, deliver surplus power into the Mangahao system, this being in addition to the ordinary stand-by plants of Wellington and Wanganui Cities and Palmerston North Borough. Also, Power Boards were asked to restrict their load as much as possible. In general, the Power Boards proved anxious to co-operate and by cutting out street-lighting, getting large factories, &c, to change over to night shift, cuttingout heating and cooking load where possible, the dry period was passed with as little inconvenience as possible, no arbitrary cutting-off of power or reduction of supply being necessary.
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Napier and Hastings Boroughs, the Tomoana, Whakatu, and Pakipaki Meat-works, the Central Hawke's Bay Tower Board's Waipukurau plant, Longburn Freezing-works, the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board's Feilding plant, the Wellington Meat Export Co.'s and Gear Co.'s freezing-works, all supplied more or less power back into the system during the water-shortage. The following dates show the times when these auxiliary plants were called on to supply power to the Mangahao system: Wellington steam plant—4th to 9th, 12th to 19th, and 21st to 22nd April; 2nd to 9th, 12th to 19th, and 21st to 22nd May ; 2nd August to 3rd September ; sth to 19th and 20th to 23rd September ; 3rd to 11th October ; 2nd to 7th and 21st to 30th December ; 2nd January to 25th March. Wanganui steam plant—4th to 6th April; 3rd to 4th and 13th to 19th May ; Bth August ; Ist to 2nd, 11th, 14th, 16th to 21st, and 24th September ; 4th to 11th October ; sth to 6th and 21st to 30th December ; 2nd January to 7th March ; 12th to 24th March. Palmerston North gas plant — Ith to 6th April; 13th to 19th May ; Bth August; Ist to 2nd and sth to 6th September ; 4th to 11th October ; sth to 6th and 21st to 30th December ; 2nd January to 7th March ; 12th to 25th March. Hastings Diesel plant —2nd January to Bth March ; 12th to 25th March. Napier plant —4th January to 25th March. Wellington Meat Export Co. —16th January to 11th March. Pakipaki Freezingworks —17th January to 7th March; 12th to 25th March. Whakatu Freezing-works—l3th January to 7th March ; 12th to 25th March. Gear Freezing-works—lBth January to 7th March. Tomoana Freezing-works—3rd February to 7th March ; 12th to 25th March. Feilding plant —6th February to 7th March. Waipukurau plant—3rd February to 7th March. The maximum load to date is 20,960 kw., and the maximum number of units generated per week, 2,174,340. The plant is therefore overloaded 9 per cent, on plant capacity, and overloaded by 53 per cent, on units generated. It will be necessary during the coming year for Wellington City Council to cut their peak during times of maximum demand on the station, thus reducing the revenue to be obtained from this source. The following table shows the guaranteed load of all Power Boards, and also the actual load supplied to them, showing that all Boards have taken power far in excess of their respective guarantees.
Summary of Revenue from Power Boards for the Year ending 31st March, 1928.
WAIKATO ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY. Capital Outlay. The capital outlay at the end of the year was £609,228, an increase of £32,387 during the year. This is analysed in Table L herewith, which shows that the principal item in this increase was in the main substations — i.e., at Hamilton No. 1 (Claudelands), Waikino, Waihou, and Hangatiki. In addition to the above capital outlay provided under the Horahora scheme, works of total capital cost of £363,945, provided under the Arapuni scheme, are in operation, and are supplied with power from Horahora. The increase in this item during the year has been £95,838, including the purchase of the Grand Junction plant, the cost of the Waikino-Bombay transmission-line, the completion of Henderson and Takapuna Substations, and of the 50 kv. equipment at Penrose Substation. The combined capital outlay on assets in. operation on which capital charges are paid out of revenue is thus as follows : Horahora, £609,228 ; Arapuni, £363,945 : Total, £973,173 : as compared with £844,948 last year, an increase if £128,225. Financial Results op Operation and Future Prospects. The year ended with a profit, after paying all working-costs, interest, depreciation, and sinking fund, of £6,176, as compared with £17,117 last year. The annual revenue increased from £108,748 last year to £125,312, an increase of £16,564, or 15-2 per cent. Interest, depreciation, and sinking fund increased from £62,918 to £72,568, an increase of £9,650, and working-costs increased from £28,713 to £46,568, an increase of £17,855. Total costs increased by £27,505. The abnormal increase in working-costs is thus the principal cause of the reduction in profit this year, and Table M herewith shows it to be due principally to an increase in generating-costs of £11,133, and in cost of purchased power of £2,481.
(guaranteed. Actual. Power Hoard, Ac. Peak Load. Load. ftovennc. Rebate. 30th June. 30th Sept., 31st Dec. 31st March. Kv.a. £ Kv.a. Kv.a. Kv.a. Kv.a. £ s. d. £ s. d. Horowhenua .. 720 0,160 1,741 1,924 2,333 2,125 16,643 12 1 526 5 3 Wellington City Council .. 50,000 10,496 10,016 9,248 8,544 54,202 4 4 91,019 12 9 Hutt Valley .. 1,200 10,000 2,060 1,878 1,950 2,372 16,917 7 1 840 14 7 Manawatu-Oroua .. 1,100 9,200 2,000 1,960 2,040 2,093 16,586 13 4 957 5 2 Dannevirke.. .. 270 2,560 438 419 460 470 3,972 10 0 90 19 10 Tararua .. .. 400 3,600 428 403 401 468 3,958 4 4 76 18 11 Wairarapa .. .. 282 2,656 426 413 413 465 3,832 17 3 115 7 8 Wanganui .. ..875 7,400 1,941 1,998 2,088 2,016 16,030 3 4 9,616 10 4 Central Hawke's Bay 240 2,320 455 395 476 438 3,928 10 4 389 4 10 Hawko's Bay .. 800 6,800 371 836 1,800 2,136 10,013 7 0 646 17 7
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The item of generating-costs includes the operation of the Grand Junction plant since the date of purchase by the Department, and this accounts for the increase. 3,612,720 units were purchased from or generated by this plant during the year at a total cost of £13,300 9s. lid., as compared with 162,700 units the previous year for £1,250. The total units generated at Horahora were 88,703,370, at a working-cost of £5,837. As Horahora was loaded almost up to its full capacity in the previous year, and almost all the power available from McLaren's Falls and Omanawa was being supplied, the normal increase of load would of itself have necessitated greater use of the Junction, plant, with its comparatively high generating costs. This effect was increased in January and February as a result of the Arapuni diversion, and in March by the low water stage reached in the Waikato River. The table given below is an analysis of the sources and amounts of revenue : — 1925. 1926. 1927. 1928. Revenue from— £ £ £ £ Large mining companies .. .. 18,086 16,476 16,150 16,091 Four orginal Power Boards (Cambridge, Central, Te Awamutu, and Thames Valley) .. .. 35,302 42,226 50,616 52,487 Additional Power Boards (other than Auckland) .. .. .. .. 504 6,173 18,198 Auckland Power Board .. .. .. 10,850 15,139 16,132 Hamilton Borough .. .. 5,461 6,205 6,888 7,452 Tourist Department, Rotorua .. .. 276 2,262 2,440 Other wholesale consumers .. 4,264 7,432 8,988 9,871 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 2,071 1,861 2,532 2,641 Total .. .. ..65,184 85,380 108,748 125,312 The table shows that the only striking increase in revenue is in the case of the new Power Boards, other than Auckland — i.e., Waitomo, Franklin, and (principally) Waitemata. The amount of power supplied to Auckland was not materially greater than in the previous year, and amounted to 15,486,310 units, or approximately one-sixth of their total consumption of power. The increase in the case of the four original Power Boards has been small, owing partly to the fact that they are approaching a condition of saturation, and partly owing to the improvement of power-factor by them. One of these Boards (Te Awamutu) shows a decrease in revenue for the year. Future Prospects. The financial prospect for the coming year is less favourable, as the indications are that the Horahora output will be reduced about 10 per cent, by loss of head, and this difference, as well as the increase in demand, will have to be made up by increased supply from the more expensive Grand. Junction and Penrose Diesel plants. With Arapuni likely to be in service fairly early in the year following, the prospect for that year is good. Extensions during the Year, and Future Extensions. General, Additional Consumers, and Connected Load. During the year supply has been given at the following additional points : —
The substation at Mamaku is a small substation of 150 kv.a. capacity, 50,000 to 11,000 volts stepping down again from 11,000 to 400 volts, to supply Mamaku Township. The 11,000-volt supply will permit of supply to the timber-mills in the district if any of them require electric power, but up to the present the demand from them has been inconsiderable. The connected load, not including Auckland, has increased from 52,205 kw. to 64,580 kw., as shown i n table N. The number of milking-machines supplied has increased from 3,308 to 3.559, as shown in Table Q. The maximum load last year and this year has been as follows : Horahora—Last year, 12,400 kw. ; this year, 12,400 kw. System —Last year, 14,160 kw. ; this year, 15,700 kw. The " system total. " of units generated and purchased for the year was 100,075,668, and thus for the first time exceeded 100,000,000. The diversity factor, exclusive of power supplied to Auckland and of connected load in Auckland, is 4-8, compared with 4-1 last year. Horahora. There were no extensions at Horahora during the year.
Consumer. Point of Supply. Date. Tourist Department, Kotorua .. Mamaku .. 14th. April, 1927. Thames Valley Power Board .. Kerepeelii (Temporary substation) .. 10th July, 1927.
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Additional Transmission-lines. The following line was completed during the year : Bombay—Waikino, 50 kv. ; put in service on the 10th July. Completion of the steel structures at Penrose and Henderson Substations enabled the second circuit of the Penrose-Takapuna 50 kv. line to be put in service in November. The Tamaki-Penrose portion of the 11.0 kv. polo line was altered, a, new lino being erected on the Department's 2-chain right-of-way, and the line on the old route removed. The new section was put in service on the 3rd July, .1927. It crosses the Tamaki River on two special, steel towers 107 ft. high, the same as for the Arapuni-Penrose tower line. Arapuni-Penrose 110 kv. Double-circuit Tower Line. —This line was completed in October, but no part of it has yet been put in service. Ngongotaha-W aioiahi 50 kv. Pole Line. —The survey for this line showed the best route obtainable was from Ngongotaha, round the north of Lake Rotorua, south of Rotoiti and Rotoehu, and north of Rotoma, through the Manawahe district, to Edgecumbe, on the Rangitaiki Plains, and thence in a fairly direct line to Waiotahi. The route is in very rough country through the Manawahe district, and also across the hills between Taneatua and Kutarere. Cartage of poles commenced about the end of October, fitting and erection of poles at the beginning of December, and at the end of the year, of 704 total number of supports on the line, 563 were erected and 500 wired. The line was practically complete by the end of May. Hamilton-Huntly ,50 kv. Line. —This line follows a fairly direct route across the fairly level country between Hamilton and Taupiri, and over the hills to the east of Huntly to a, substation on the edge of the town. Construction on it was started in February, and of a total number of about 220 supports twenty-nine were erected and twenty-two wired by the end of March. Substations. Penrose (110/22 kv. and 22/50 kv.).—Construction work has continued throughout the year. Inside the substation building the 22 kv. switch-gear battery and 10,000 lev.a,, synchronous condenser have been erected. On the outside work three 5,000 kv.a,. transformers (1.10/22 kv.) have been dried out, assembled, and placed in position ; 110 kv. oxide-film lightning-arresters have been erected ; three 1,667 kv.a. transformers (22/50 kv.) have been dried out, assembled, and placed in position : three 3,333 kv.a. 22/6-6 kv. transformers for the synchronous condensers are being dried out; two 110 kv. oil-switches have been erected, and also the steelwork for the 110 kv. transformer structure and for the Penrose-Takapuna 50 kv. line, and the 50 kv. oil-switches controlling that line. Diesel Plant, Penrose. —From January onwards work at Penrose was concentrated on completion of the Diesel plant. The date set for completion of this was the Ist June, and the principal factor determining the time of completion was the obtaining of information to enable the foundations for both engines and generators and the rest of the building to be designed. The site was marked out and the ground cleared about the 12th October, and excavations started. The main excavations on the site were finished by the end of November. Two of the engines arrived in Auckland about the 12th November, and the third about three weeks later; the erecting engineer from England arrived at the beginning of December. Concrete work on the building was started about the I.oth December, and in the meantime the engine parts were being cleaned and got ready for erection. Placing concrete on the engine-foundations started about the 12th January, and the first engine and generator foundation was completed about the 24th January, the second about the 28th January, and practically all foundation work was completed by the 4th February. The crane-columns, water-cooling tower, and fuel-oil tanks were commenced about the Bth February, and the first parts of the engines and generators to be erected were taken to the building about the same time. Meanwhile the walls of the building were pushed on, and one crane was erected by about the 23rd February, and the other two (one for each engine) by the end of February. The bed-plates of two engines were placed in position by the 3rd March, and that of the third by the 10th March. By the 3,lst March the main part of the erection works was completed, except for the valve gear, and the engines had been finally levelled up and bolted down, and the generator rotors were in position. The framework of the cooling-tower was up to its full height, and the fueloil storage tanks in position. Since the 31st March, the erection work was completed, the principal additional items being the oil and water piping, exhaust-pipe and silencers, the auxiliary aircompressor, lubrioatiug-oil pumps and cooling-water pumps, and the switchboard to control the three units and the local service power-supply. The three sets were given a trial run of a few minutes each on 17th and 18th May, and the necessary cables, which had previously been put in position to connect to the bus-bars, were connected in ready to supply. The engines were run for fifty hours on the 22nd, 23rd, and. 24th May to dry out the generators on short circuit, and the engines were run without any trouble! in parallel with Horahora and King's Wharf station. Their performance on the fuel oil available has, however, not so far been altogether satisfactory. Bombay (110/50 kv. and 50/11 kv.). —Temporary 50 kv. switch-gear was installed to supply the Bombay Waikino line from the Horahora-Penrose wood-pole line. The substation building was practically completed during the year, and a start made on the erection of 1.1. kv. switch-gear. A second house at the substation was built. Bombay, along with Arapuni, Hamilton, and Penrose, will be points of supply to the 50 kv. lines from the Arapuni 110 kv. lines, and the main feature of Bombay is the 110 kv. structure with switches for sectionalizing lines and supplying the 110/50 kv., and the 50/11 kv. transformers. Work on this structure was started in September, on concrete foundations for the steel columns. Owing to the ground-slope, some of these have to be built up a good deal, and a considerable amount of concrete is required. Work on this structure and switch-gear erection has
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continued throughout the year. The temporary 50/11 kv. substation supplying the Franklin Power Board has continued in operation throughout the year. Hamilton No. 2 (.11.0/50 kv.). —A start was made on erection of the steel structure and switchgear about the end of April, and was finished in October, except for the extra steelwork and additional oil-switches which were ordered subsequently to the main structure. Hamilton No. 1 (50/11 kv.). —Three additional 500 kv.a. transformers were dried out and installed, thus duplicating the previous installation of 1,500 kv.a. capacity. The necessary pole structure and air-break switches were erected to control these, and the new bank was almost ready to go in service at the end of the year. Extensions to Hamilton workshop were started, and the old crane from Horahora was transferred for use in the workshop. Plans were prepared for a new test-room, and new layout for the substation. Waikino (50/11 kv.). —A 1,500 kv.a. synchronous condenser was, placed in service in November, this serving both to improve power-factor at Horahora, and to enable voltage at Waikino to be controlled. The additional 50 kv. lines terminating at Waikino— i.e., those from McLaren's Falls and Bombay —in addition to the original Horahora-Waikino line, made the installation of 50 kv. oilswitches on each line desirable, together with a bus-sectionalizing oil-switch. These four oil-switches, and lightning arresters on the Bombay and McLaren's lines, were installed during the year, the work being completed in November. The original horn gap and resistance arresters on the Waihi 11 kv. line were replaced by Oxide film pellet-type arresters. Takapuna (50/11 kv.). —Construction work on the steelwork and. switch-gear was completed in May, and this was put in service, replacing the temporary installation, which had been in service since the previous December. Henderson ( Waitemala) (50/11 kv.). —The work was completed on the steel structure and the permanent equipment put in operation in November, replacing the temporary installation which had been in service since the previous December. Kerepeehi (50/11 kv.). —A 1,000 kv.a. three-phase transformer, with air-break switches controlling the 50 kv. side, was put in service on the 10th July. Construction of the substation building started in August, and was completed in March. A house also was completed, but the permanent substation switch-gear and transformers did not arrive during the year. Mamaku (50/11 kv. to 150 kv.a.). —This substation was completed and placed in service on the 14th April. Edgecumbe (Rangitaiki), Waiotahi, Huntly, and Matamata Substations (50 kv.). —Sites were selected for these substations, the first two to supply the Bay of Plenty Power Board, and the others for Central Power Board and Thames Valley Board, and the necessary equipment was ordered to enable them to be completed towards the end of 1928. New transformers were ordered for Waikino Substation (7-1,000 kv.a.) and for Waihou (4-750 kv.a.) to be connected 50 kv. delta to 11 kv. star, to be substituted for the original star-star and deltadelta connected transformers at these two points, so that that operation with the 11 kv. neutral earthed would be possible. The transformers thus replaced at Waikino arc to be sent to the Gisborne substation, and those replaced at Waihou to the two Bay of Plenty substations. Operation and Maintenance. Headworks and Power-house, Horahora. The plant has been running on. overload almost every day now for two years, and has on occasions been carrying continuous overload for ten days at a time. This apparently, has not had any detrimental effect on the machines, but it has necessitated refitting of a number of the switch contacts and connections to prevent overheating. Apart from trouble directly due to the debris brought down by the Arapuni diversion, the following difficulties have been met with : — (1) Failure in May of 1,310 kv.a. main transformer, 5/50 kv., No. 2 transformer, No. 2 bank. The failure was due to breakdown of one of the 50,000-volt. porcelain bushings, which, flashed over inside the tank and punctured the top turn of the lead cooling-coils. The punctured turn was removed, the damaged bushing replaced by a spare, and the transformer dried out and put in the spare position. (2) One of the guide-wheel castings of No. 1 turbine was found seriously worn, and a new one was ordered from the makers to replace it. Replacement was carried out in February, and took about three weeks. (3) The three cables carrying power from the power-station to the transformer-house were found to be heating excessively. (The fourth had previously been replaced by overhead wires.) This was remedied by placing split 12 in. earthenware pipes around them to allow ventilation. (4) To improve ventilation, the holes that had previously been cut through the bottom of the generator-pits were enlarged. (5) Six cracked vanes in No. 2 runner of No. 5 turbine were repaired by welding ; also on. No. 2 turbine, three vanes on No. 4 runner and four on No. 3 runner ; on No. 3 turbine, two on No. 3 runner and one on No. 2 runner; and on No. 4 turbine, two on No. 3 runner and two on No. 2 runner. A lamp was connected in the secondary of No. 2 neutral earthing transformer to indicate discharge to earth. Overload and earth-leakage relays were put in service on outgoing 11 kv. feeders in October. On the installation of the synchronous condenser at Waikino, voltage at Horahora was lowered 5 per cent, and was raised at all substations a corresponding amount on the 11th December.
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Effect of Arapuni Diversion. Diversion of River at Arapuni. —On the 2nd December, at 4.20 p.m., the Arapuni diversion-tunnel gates were partially closed to commence filling the Arapuni Lake. The flow in the river was then gauged at 8,700 cusecs, of which 7,000 cusecs were required for Horahora, leaving 1,700 cusecs to be impounded. At 10.30 p.m. on the 25th December, the gates were further closed to reduce the flow to approximately 3,000 cusecs, and after some adjustments to allow sufficient water to generate 7,000 kw. at Horahora the gates were left at this setting over the Christmas holiday period. Water commenced to flow over the spillway (320 ft. level) at about 11.30 p.m. on the 31st December. By 12 noon on the Ist January the flow in the new channel was estimated at 2,000 cusecs. The tunnelgates were closed at 2 p.m. to reduce the flow through them to about 2,000 cusecs, but were opened again at 9 p.m. to increase the flow through them to about 4,000 cusecs, with the object of reducing the erosion in the new channel. The gates were closed completely on the 2nd January for twenty-five minutes for examination, opened again to 4,000 cusecs, closed to 2,000 cusecs at 7 p.m., and completely closed at 9.50 a.m. on the 3rd January. Steps taken in Anticipation of Trouble. —The possibility of trouble with debris was given a good deal of consideration, but except for the construction of the boom across the river above Horahora and for cutting and burning scrub on the Waitete Flat it did not appear practicable to do much to prevent such trouble. The boom served its purpose well in diverting large quantities of pumice and other floating debris and discharging them over the weir ; but after the first three weeks the amount of floating material dropped to almost nothing, and also practically the whole flow of the river was required by the turbines, leaving nothing available to carry any floating debris over the weir. In the latter half of January and the first week of February the greater part of the old crib weir was demolished by blasting, to make an effective channel to the Glenfiekl-Kennedy gate, so that sand and submerged debris could be discharged through it whenever it was practicable to open the gate. All the foregoing work was carried out by the Arapuni office. Difficulties met with at Horahora. —These commenced at 11.15 a.m. on the Ist January when large quantities of pumice, tea-tree, fern, flax, &c, began to come down the river. Most of the floating debris was diverted by the weir, but more came into the. headrace than could be coped with. The screens in front of Nos. 1 to 6 turbines are in front of the turbine-pit gates, whereas Nos. 7 and 8 machines have the screens between the gates and the turbines. There was one mechanical scraper for the screens on Nos. Ito 6 turbines, and a second for Nos. 7 and 8. (A second scraper for Nos. I to 6 turbines has since been obtained.) The original screens (Nos. 1 to 6) require the headrace empty to do anything to them, and they had not been examined for three or four years. They are continuous across the front of the whole six machines, and with, say, fa in." rusting the ferrules between bars, the different bars could move sideways and allow the slack to accumulate in one place. Thus there were several gaps of up to 4 in. between bars, with the result that pieces of pumice could get through larger than could pass through the turbines, so that the turbines themselves could get blocked and the governors could not move the moving guide-vanes. After the first few days this happened to varying degrees- on. all these six turbines, which at this time had all to be shut down in rotation for cleaning, and, after cleaning, the same thing started again, bringing the machine down to half-load or less in about a day at the most. Nos. 7 and 8 turbine screens were in better condition, and these turbines have large openings which will pass anything that goes through the screens. The minimum load at one time, however, was down to 300 kw., carried on No. 5 machine, at a time when No. 7 and No. 8 had both to be taken off load. This was on Sunday the Ist January. The half-hourly maximum and minimum loads and total units on the following days were as follows : —
Horahora Output, 2nd January to 9th March.
Da,te. Maximum. Minimum. Units. kw. kw. January 2 .. .. .. 4,500 64,890 3 .. .. .. 4,000 1,300 74.370 4 .. .. .. 4,100 2.100 82,950 5 .. .. .. 4,500 2,800 88,810 6 .. .. .. 4,700 3,200 95,060 7 .. .. .. 5,100 3,700 115,570 8(5) .. .. .. 5,700 3,800 115,210 9 .. .. .. 6,200 .. 130,800 10 .. ., .. 6,000 4,700 131,840 11 Shut down 5 hours .. 6,800 5,400 125,360 12 Shut down 5 hours .. 6,800 5,400 128,660 13 .. .. .. 7,100 .. 152,465 14 .. .. .. 7,400 .. 159,445 15 (5) Stat down 7 hours .. i 6,900 .. 93,180 16 .. .. .. 9,300 5,300 185,430 ,,17 .. .. .. 9,100 5,700 187,550 ,,18 . . .. .. 8,600 5,400 177.600 ,,19 .. .. .. 8.900 6,500 188,135 ,,20 .. .. .. 9,200 .. 193,345 ,,21 .. .. .. 8,800 6,300 182,280
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Figures below are average for the 5 week-days ending on the date shown : —
By the middle of March the flow in the river was down to about 6,000 cusecs, or only sufficient to generate a little over 10,000 kw., and the subsequent deficiency in power-supply was due more to lack of water in the river, than to obstruction of the screens. The headrace was emptied six times as follows : Wednesday, 11th January, from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. ; Sunday, 15th January, from 8.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. ; Sunday, 29th January, from 8.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. ; Sunday, sth February, from 8.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.; Sunday, 12th February, from 8.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.; and Sunday, 4th March, from 8.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. These shut-downs were necessary mainly to improve the spacing of the old screens to prevent the turbines getting blocked, but the opportunity was taken on each occasion to clean them and to scour as much debris as possible out of the race. A 14 in. discharge-pipe was put in No. 1 turbine pit to discharge material directly from in front of the screens. Soundings in the headrace and. observation on the occasion of emptying it show little increase in the amount of silt in it since the end of January. The river above and below Horahora, is being carefully observed to note any changes that may affect operation, and a small rise in tail-water level below Horahora was noticeable at the end of March. A thorough examination in April and May, 1928, of all turbines showed that there had been little wear on any of them, except on No. 1. There is a tendency for sand and other debris to collect in the corner of the headrace in front of No. I turbine, which thus gets more than its share of sand and pumice through it, and the four guide-wheel castings on this machine are all considerably worn. Now castings have been ordered to replace these. It is probable that the cracked runner-vanes already mentioned were due to the debris through the turbines. Transmission-lines. On the Horahora-Waikino line (mountain section) five new towers were erected during the year replacing some of the original towers which were badly corroded. Material was obtained to alter the top construction of the standard towers on this line by mounting the top insulator on a wooden block, and the two side insulators on wooden cross-arms instead of steel cross-arms. By so doing it is hoped to make the towers less attractive for birds' nests, and also to improve matters by the added insulation of the wood between the insulator and the tower. The alteration is being tried out first on forty towers. On the Mystery Creek - Te Awamutu section of lino, a fire in the Ohaupo peat swamp burned through one log of an A pole. Defective (cracked) insulators on the Horahora - Hamilton - Te Awamutu and WaiorongomaiWaihou sections of line continue to be found in considerable numbers, but no actual breakdown has been traced to them. They are usually found by live-line testing, and. replaced as soon as convenient. Very good service has been given by all lines except the Horahora-Waikino line, and by the alterations referred to above it is hoped to improve this line to the standard of the others. Several defective poles on the Penrose telephone-line were replaced. Substations. Penrose. —The temporary 50/6-6 kv. substation remained in service throughout the year. On completion of the 50 kv. switch-gear structure, controlling the Penrose-Takapuna line, the switch and wiring for supplying this line temporarily were removed and replaced by the permanent connections. Bombay. —The temporary 50/11 kv. substation remained in service throughout the year. The third 11 kv. feeder was connected up in May. Hamilton No. I. —Overload and earth-leakage relays with. 12-volt D.C. trip circuit were installed on all feeders in Juno. Breathers were fitted to the existing 500 kv.a. transformers. 100/5 amp. currenttransformers were installed, replacing 50/5, on the Hamilton Borough metering. Waikino. —Overload and earth-leakage relays were installed in September. Additional gear to synchronise the Waihi feeder to the, 11 kv. bus was installed. The neutral earthing-reactor broke down in December. Two 300/5 current-transformers were damaged owing to fault at Kerepeehi. Waihou. —A neutral earthing-reactor was installed in June. Overload and earth-leakage relays were installed in August. A 30/5 current-transformer broke down in July. The incoming feeders were put underground in August. S. and C. fuses were installed to protect the 50 kv. side of the second transformer-bank.
Date. Maximum. Units. J I ! kw. January 27 .. .. .. .. 8,700 191,600 February 3.. .. .. .. 9,700 221,550 10.. .. .. .. 10,000 228,250 17.. .. .. .. 10,400 234,200 24.. .. .. .. 10,400 241,100 March 2 .. .. .. .. 10,500 237,900 ,-, 9 .. .. .. .. 10,600 243,000
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Arapuni. —An 11 kv. bushing broke down and was replaced in November. The maximum load on the substation was 640 kw. Mamaku.—A 50 kv. 11,000/400-volt transformer was installed by the Tourist Department in October, replacing a smaller one. Ngongotaha. —An induction-regulator and overload and earth-leakage relays were installed in January. Te Awamutu. —A bird caused a flash-over on the Burke arrester in August. Two 11 kv. compression chamber arresters broke down and were replaced with oxide-film pellet type in August. Overload and earth-leakage relays were installed in November. Hangatiki. —A fault occurred in April in No. 1 feeder current-transformer chamber, and a similar fault occurred the following February on No. 2 feeder. These faults were in the Power Board's switchgear. In February also a bushing in the trifurcating-box on the transformer end of our incoming cable broke down. Henderson. —The permanent equipment was put into service on the 22nd November. Connections were made at this substation and at Takapuna to give 11,000-volt supply from Takapuna over one circuit of the 50 kv. line to Henderson in case of breakdown of the main transformer at Henderson, pending provision of a spare transformer. Takapuna. —A trifurcating-box on the 1,000 kv.a. transformer broke down in June, requiring the spare transformer to be placed in service. 15/5 current-transformer on No. 3 feeder and 20/5 on No. 4 feeder were put in to replace others of 3/5 and 4/5 amp. capacity. One of the 3/5 amp. capacity had broken down. Grand Junction Plant. This plant has been in regular operation throughout the year, running two shifts on five days a week and one shift on Saturdays at the beginning of the year, and two shifts on six week-days at the end of the year. Considerable attention has been required to the boilers, which were rather badly pitted, and in repairs to the brickwork. The, mechanical stokers have also on several occasions required adjustment. Repairs to the boiler-house roof have also been necessary, and also to the pipe-line for condensing water from the Ohinemuri River. A new rotor is on order for one steam turbine, and on its arrival it is expected that the plant will be capable of generating 2,500 kw. for short periods, the capacity of the boilers and the supply of condensing water being the limiting factors. New copper cooling-coils were substituted for the iron cooling-coils on the four 500 kv.a. transformers. One of these transformers broke down on the 16th December due probably to water from a leak in the improvised cooling-coils getting into the transformer. A new winding was ordered to replace this. Two additional transformers, and the additional switch-gear necessary to provide and to control two separate transformer-banks, one for each main turbo-generator were ordered, and erection of these commenced in March. 11,000-volt Lines and Substations. Little trouble has been experienced on these during the year. On the Horahora-Leamington-Frankton line eight decayed poles were replaced, and single-unit strain insulators, two of which broke down during the year, were replaced with two-unit insulators of the same type. At the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Co.'s substation, Frankton, building operations above the 11,000-volt cable necessitated placing about 50 ft. of this in earthenware ducts. Power purchased. Power purchased during the year amounted to 8,604,078 units, at a cost of £11,268 Bs. 7d., including 7,379,095 units from McLaren's Falls for £7,690 7s. 2d. 3,612,720 units were generated by the Grand Junction plant, now owned by the Department. This compares with totals for the previous year of 7,398,942 units purchased for £8,787, which included 7,217,830 from McLaren's Falls and 162,700 from the Grand Junction plant. General. The Okere plant has been run regularly at certain hours of the day throughout the year, by arrangement with the Tourist Department. Owing to the difficulty at Horahora, Waitoa factory was cut off for the March quarter of the year, and supply to some other factories was reduced under the agreements, which provide for this. For the first two weeks in January it was necessary fairly frequently to cut off feeders to reduce load. This necessity recurred occasionally afterwards, but not to any serious extent. For the two weeks ending Bth and 15th January Horahora supplied only 629,810 units and 921,750 units or about one-third and one-half of its output previously. The Auckland Power Board, as well as taking no power from us during the three weeks ending 22nd January, supplied to us 129,610, 124,750, and 4,220 units respectively in the three weeks, and by making the most use possible of the Grand Junction and McLaren's Falls plants the system total units for these three weeks were brought up to 1,110,760, 1,374,516, and 1,567,620. The completion of the Bombay-Waikino line, which completes the ring Horahora-Hamilton-Bombay-Waikino-Horahora, has. been of considerable use on occasions. Thus Penrose has been supplied once or twice during the year via Waikino and Bombay, and in emergency Waikino has been supplied via Hamilton and Bombay. Telephone communication also from Horahora to Waikino has occasionally had to be carried out via Bombay. Interruptions to Lines. During the year there were fifty-nine interruptions in system, of which sixteen were prearranged and totalled 133 hours 36 minutes. Of the remaining forty-three accidental interruptions, totalling 57 hours 12| minutes, fifteen were due to unknown causes and totalled 1 hour 39 minutes ; the
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balance of twenty-eight, totalling 55 hours 33J minutes, included flash-overs due to lightning, hay blown on lines, broken binders, birds across arresters, and faults in oil circuit-breakers. One interruption, lasting 34 minutes, was due to loss of excitation at "the power-house, and .affected all lines. Line-testing. During the year the routine work of testing live lines was continued, and the following is the result of same : —
Live-line testing, 50kv. Lines.
(a) Strain; six replaced: (/.) strain; thirty-four replaoed. Replacements on these strains were made in those cases where more than one disc showed defective. (c) Replacements on this section are being held over until it is convenient for Arapuni to do without power at present being used on the power-house, installation work. Live-line testing revealed a total of ten as above. No live-line "changing" has been carried out up to date. Now that the now building at Claudelands is finished, an oven will be fitted for drying purposes and changing operations on the live line will commence. On the 110 kv. construction lines running at 50,000 volts there has not been any testing carried out. Waikaremoana Power Development. The original portion of this plant, which was erected in 1922, partly in anticipation of the major development and partly to supply power to the Wairoa Power Board, was operated by that Board during the first nine months of the year, but in January, 1928, was taken over by the Department and operated by its own staff. The financial results for the yeax ended 31st March, 1928, are as follows :— £ Operating capital . . .. .. .. .. ... .. 123,040 Annual capital charges (interest and depreciation) .. .. .. 8,367 Operating costs .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 413 Revenue .. .. ... .. .. .. .. 5,073 leaving a loss of £3,706 on the year's operations. This loss does not take into account the value of power used on the construction of the main scheme. Major Scheme. —Construction work on the headworks of the main development of 40,000 kv.a. is dealt with more fully in the Engineer-in-Chief's report. The headworks and power-house were nearing completion at the, end of the year, and it was hoped to make a start on the erection of the plaid, in the station in September. Erection of the outdoor switchgear was commenced early in January, and at the end of June substantial progress had been made. The 110 kv. and 50 kv. lightning-arresters were completed, the 50 kv. oil circuit-breakers assembled, and the 50 kv. air-break switchgear nearing completion. Of the 110 kv. air-break switchgear, the steelwork and all switches have been erected and busbars strained up ; final connections are now being made. The erection of the 110 kv. oil circuitbreakers is in hand. The seven 110 kv. transformers have been transported to site and placed in position on their foundation-pads. The drying-out of these transformers will be put in hand as soon as they can be handled by the 50-ton crane in the transformer-house. The 50 kv. transformers are, also on site, being stored near the unloading-crab until they can be dried out and placed in position. The erection of the main transmission lines to Napier and Gisborne has been pushed ahead. At the end of June 270 of the 278 towers on the Napier line had been erected and 133 towers wired. The Napicr-Waikaremoana telephone line has been erected for a distance of 50 miles. On the Gisborne line considerable difficulty has been experienced in the transport of line material to site, owing to the rough nature of the country and the amount of wet weather experienced. To the end of June 69 miles had been erected and a start had been made on the stringing of cable. The insulators on the power-house-Wairoa line have been changed in preparation for an increase in operating voltage on this line from 11,000 to 50,000 volts when the main generating station commences supply. Electric-power Boards. Amendments to the original Act, based on the results of experience, were passed in 1919, 1920 1921, 1922, and 1923. The legislation was. consolidated and amended in the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925. The development of the reticulated areas of Electric-power Boards ha.s made substantial progress during the year. There are now forty-three districts constituted, and thirty-five actually carrying
T . o . • Insulators Percentage ,. , ,. ,, , Line or Section. Defective. Defective. DatB of 'tepiacements. J Horahora - Mystery Creek .. .. 31 3-92 12th April, 1927. Horahora-Claudelands .. .. 20 8 13th April, 1927. Mystery Creek - Te Awamutu .. .. 15 3-97 1st May, 1927. Waiorongomai-Waihou .. .. 2-91 | 23rd January, 1927. Horahora-Arapuni .. .. .'. 28 J 1-38 17th July, 1927. Waikino-Aongatetc .. .. .: 1 0-15 12th June, 1927. Mystery Creek - To Awamutu .... 1-6 18th September, 1927. Horahora-Waikino (Huts 1-6) .. .. 16(a) 9-37 29th September, 1927. Ilorahora-Claudelands .. .'. 13 1-08 12th and 13th October, 1927. Waiorongomai-Waihou .. .. 16 7-84 8th January, 1928. Horahora-Waikino (mountain section) .. 75(6) 6-56 Christmas, 1927. Horahora-Arapuni .. .. .. 10(c) 3-9
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out the distribution and sale of electrical energy (August, 1928). The total area covered is 66,903 square miles, or 63 per cent, of the total area of the Dominion ; the total population concerned is 929,763, or 64 per cent, of the total population of the Dominion ; and the unimproved value of the land included in the electric-power districts and outer area is £255,906,336, or 77 per cent, of the total unimproved value of the Dominion. The attached coloured map shows the location of the various Boards already constituted and the proposed Boards. The areas in which Electric-power Boards have not been sot up are, on the whole, comparatively sparsely populated, but there are two localities where it would appear that such Boards could with advantage be formed—viz., the suggested Nelson Electric-power District, including Nelson City, Richmond, Motueka, Brightwater, Wakefield, and surrounding district, and the suggested Waimarino Electric-power District, which includes Ohakune, Raetihi, and surrounding districts. So far only one of the four main cities —viz., Auckland—has been included in the inner area of a power district, but of the secondary centres the boroughs of Wanganui, Palmerston North, Invercargill, Timaru, Napier, Hastings, Blenheim, Greymouth, Gisborne, and Oamaru are included. The advantage of Power Board organization is more obvious to rural than to urban ratepayers, and yet the above position indicates that some of the more important centres are realizing that it is to their advantage generally to bo associated with the country in undertaking the work of reticulation of electric power on a comprehensive scale. The Boards already formed are working energetically in carrying out their functions. Twentyfour Boards —viz., Waitemata, Thames Valley, Bay of Plenty, Cambridge, Central, Franklin, Waitomo, Te Awamutu, Hutt Valley, Horowhenua, Manawatu-Oroua, Wanganui-Rangitikei; Central Hawke's Bay, Hawke's Bay, Dannevirke, Tararua, Wairarapa, Malvern, Banks Peninsula,, Springs-Ellesmere, Ashburton, North Canterbury, South Canterbury, and Waitaki—have carried out fairly complete reticulation of their areas, and are distributing power taken in bulk from the plants at Horahora, Mangahao, and Lake Coleridge. The Auckland Board has taken over the city electric-power station, and is providing for large extensions of both plant and mains. It has also entered into a contract to take the whole of its power, with a minimum of 15,000 kw., from the Government when the Arapuni Station is completed, which is estimated to be in 1929. Taranaki is now giving a supply from its own generating-station at Tariki. Wairoa is taking power in bulk from the Department's station at Lake Waikaremoana, and supplies the Borough of Wairoa and a large portion of Wairoa County. Six —viz., Opunake, Taranaki, Southland, Wairere, Marlborough, and Teviot —have local water-power stations in operation, and the Golden Bay Power Board is arranging to do likewise. The Wcstland Power BoaTd has delegated its license to Westland Power, Ltd., for a term of years. One other— viz., Poverty Bay —is arranging to take power in bulk from the Government hydro-electric sources, and is preparing its systems of reticulation with this end in view, whilst meanwhi'e operating its own fuel plant. The Grey Power Board has erected a steam station of its own. The Tauranga, Otago, and Otago Central Boards have arranged to purchase power in bulk from other authorities. The other four —viz., Hobson, South Taranaki, Buller, and Reefton—are making arrangements which have not yet been finalized. Table T gives details of the date of constitution, the area, population, and rateable value of each of forty-three power districts already formed, also the amounts of the loans already authorized, and the voting on each poll taken. The total amount of the loans authorized by the thirty-seven districts which have taken their polls is £11,272,726. The population of the districts concerned is 926,017, so that the loans authorized amount to £12-1 per head of population, as compared with £13-1 last year. The unimproved valuation of the districts is £230,884,781, the loans authorized amounting to 4-88 per cent, of the unimproved rateable value of the lands pledged as security for the loans. The voting at the polls totalled 49,228 to 7,940 — i.e., a majority of 84 per cent. Table U shows the capital expenditure incurred by each Board up to the end of the financial year 1927-28, the revenue and expenditure, and the amount of rates struck and collected. The total capital outlay by the thirty-live Boards which have started construction is £11,072,920, and a small proportion of this is on works not yet in services. The gross revenue from the sale of electricity by the thirty-live Boards which had commenced supply was £1,628,191, of which 35-3 per cent, was received by the Auckland Board. The general result is a, profit over the whole business of the Power Boards of £107,702 for appropriation to Depreciation and Reserve Funds, &c. During last year six of the Boards struck a general rate, which was collected in three cases, and five of the Boards struck special rates for the security for loans, which were collected in three cases. Several of the Boards have been passing through a critical stage owing to the high cost and high interest rates ruling in 1921 when they started construction work, and to the fact that they have undertaken the construction of many lines without requiring the guarantees from consumers authorized by clause 7 (d) of the 1922 regulations, and since amplified in the 1927 regulations. But costs and rates of interest are now substantially lower, and other Boards are profiting by such experiences, and much better results will be attained by the Power Boards generally in future as the result of the experience of these earlier districts. Local Electric-supply Systems. Including the Government plants, there are now (31st March, 1928) forty-one public electricpower stations in the 'Dominion, as compared with forty-eight last year. One new hydro station (Marlborough) came into operation, and four water-power (Fairlie, Havelock, Waverley, Rotorua), one gas (Napier), one oil (Hastings), and one steam (Wanganui) stations were shut down from regular operation when bulk supply became available. The total installed capacity has increased during the year by 7,445 kw., or 5-3 per cent, (from 138,915 kw. to 146,360 kw.), while the sum of the maximum loads has increased by 11,163 kw., or 10-41 per cent, (from 106,282 kw. to 117,445 kw.).
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The proportion of installed plant is now as follows : — Stations. Kilowatts. Proportion per Cent. Water-power .. .. .. ..32 114,132 78-00 Steam-power (excluding hydro stand-by plants at Wellington (10,000), Invercargill (2,450), Waihi (2,500) .. .. .. .. ..3 30,874 21-00 Gas-power .. .. .. .. ..3 208 0-22 Oil-power .. .. .. .. .. ' 3 1,146 0-78 41 146,360 100-00 The number of consumers supplied has increased from 228,345 to 243,795, an increase of 15,450, or 6-8 per cent., for the year. The total population included in the various areas of electric-power supply is 1,414,932, or 94 per cent, of the total population of the Dominion, so that the ideal of a supply being available to every home in the Dominion is well on the way to realization. The maximum demand per head of population in the areas supplied is 0-083 kw., slightly over one-half of the allocation of 0-15 kw., or 0-2 h.p. per head of population, which is the basis of the design of the Government schemes. The units sold per head of population supplied were 320, as compared with 310 last year. The total length of distribution-line is 17,063 route-miles, as compared with 14,975 last year, an increase of 2,088 miles, or 14-8 per cent. The number of consumers per route-mile is 14-3, as compared with 15-2 last year, the decrease being due to the extra mileage of new lines erected during the year to which the full number of services is not yet connected, and to the increased proportion of country lines. The maximum power-demand per route-mile is now 6-9 kw., the sales 26,800 units, and the revenue £198. The units are better than last year (25,700), and there is a slight increase in revenue as against £193 last year, but there is a decrease in the corresponding maximum demand of 7'l kw. last year. The decrease is due to the new territories of the Marlborough and Poverty Bay Power Boards consisting mainly of country reticulation. The revenue per kilowatt of maximum load of all stations was £28-4, as compared with £27-3 last year. The water-power stations show a revenue of £30-52 per kilowatt, steam stations of £22-5 per kilowatt, oil stations of £32-8 per kilowatt, and gas stations of £44-53 per kilowatt. These are valuable figures for use in forecasting the revenue from systems of various descriptions. The water-power systems include the greatest proportion of large consumers, and the gas-engine stations the greatest proportion of small consumers. Out of the ninety-eight distributing authorities, sixty-nine showed a profit for the year amounting to £651,239, and twenty-nine showed a loss amounting to £197,835. The general result is a net profit for the whole Dominion of £453,402 after paying working-costs (£1,660,031) and capital (interest and sinking fund) charges (£1,260,286) at the rate of 5-95 per cent, on the total capital outlay of £21,221,722. This shows a net profit of 2-13 per cent., as compared with 0-66 per cent, last year. The business on the whole is thus a thoroughly sound and remunerative one, as well as supplying a public necessity to 94 per cent, of the population of the Dominion. The following table summarizes the results of the year's operations in connection with electric supply throughout the Dominion : —
Results for Electric-power Supply of New Zealand for the Year ended 31st March, 1928.
Water. Steam. Gas. Oil. Total. Number of stations ...... 32 3 3 3 41 Average capacity (kilowatts) .. .. 3,570 10,291 69 382 3,560 Number of consumers .. .. .. 196,745 42,191 791 4,068 243,790 Installed capacity (kilowatts), (main plant 114,132 30,874 208 1,146 146,360 only) Maximum load (kilowatts) .. .. 88,840 27,373 159 1,073 117,445 Units generated .. .. .. 427,556,602 93,472,628 217,429 2,168,297 523,414,956 Annual load-factor (per cent.) .. ,. I 54 9 39-0] 15-6 I 23-1 50-5 Unitssold .. .. .. .. i 371,162,947 84,276,442; 177,959 1,696,515 457,313,863 Total capital outlay in operation, in- : £18,205,043 £2,757,453 £33,436 £225,790 £21,221,722 eluding distribution systems Total capital per kilowatt installed (includ- , £160 £89 £160 £195 £145 ing distribution system) Total annual working-costs .. .. | £1,339,196 | £292,556 £6,606 £21,673 £1,660,031 Total annual working-costs per unit sold .. 0-868d. 0-83d. 8-9d. 3-05d. 0-88(1. Total annual working-costs per kilowatt , £15-1 £10-7 £41-54 £20 £14-0 (maximum) Total annual capital charges .. .. £1,054,007 £196,613 £1,888 £7,778 £1,260,286 Total annual capital charges per unit sold.. 0-68d. 0-56d. 2-54d. 1-ld. O-66d. Total annual capital charges per kilowatt £1.1-85 £7-2 £11-87 £7-2 £10-6 (maximum) Total annual capital charges as percentage 5-8 7-1 5-65 3-43 5-95 of capital outlay Total annual costs .. .. •• £2,393,203 £489,169 £8,494 £29,451 £2,920,317 Total annual costs per unit sold .. l-548d. l-39d. ll-44d. 4-16d. l-54d. Total annual costs per kilowatt (maximum) £26-95 £17-9 £53-41 £27-2 £24-6 Total annual revenue (not including rates) £2,714,195 £617,128 £7,081 £,'55,315 £3,373,719 Total annual revenue per unit sold .. l-75d. l-76d. 9-54d. 5-0d. 1-77(1. Total annual revenue per kilowatt (maxi- £30-52 £22-5 £44-53 £32-8 £28-4 mum) Net profit .. .. .. .- £320,992 £127,959 * <£5,864 £453,402 Ratio of working-costs to revenue (per cent.) 49-0 47-4 93-5 61-5 49-3 •Deficit, £1,418.
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Broken Wires and Poles. During the year there were reported 699 cases of broken wires and sixty-five broken poles. Prom incomplete returns the approximate number of miles of each size of conductor is scheduled below, together with a summary of the number of .breaks reported in the respective sizes of wires in use. From this it will be seen that the proportion of breaks per mile of conductor erected is very small, and it is significant that 24-4 per cent, of same were directly attributable to the proximity of trees. As regards broken, poles, it has been assumed that, taking an average of twenty-five poles or supports per route mile, there are approximately 426,000 in service, and the proportion of broken poles reported is thus also very small.
Actual Mileages and Sizes of Overhead Conductors in Use at 31st March, 1928.
Growth of Load. In the early days of electric supply electricity was used almost exclusively for lighting purposes. With the advent of electric motors and the application of electricity for heating purposes the power and heating load increased, until at the present time the energy used for lighting is small compared with that used for other purposes. The benefits of electric drive in factories and workshops have to a large extent been taken advantage of, and the use of electricity for commercial heating and domestic heating and cooking is rapidly increasing. The use of electric ranges and water-heaters during the past few years tends to confirm the opinion that the use of electricity for domestic purposes will soon exceed the demand for industrial and commercial uses. Returns have again been obtained of electric ranges and water-heaters in use throughout the Dominion, and the figures obtained continue to show satisfactory increases over those of the previous twelve months, and the statistics obtained for the year ending 31st March, 1.928, have been scheduled in Table Y. Of the ninety-nine electric-supply authorities engaged in retail distribution of electrica energy, eighty-three of them have an aggregate total of 15,766 electric ranges connected to their systems, and the number now installed represents an increase of 66 per cent, for the year. The return shows the percentage of consumers using electric cooking to the total number of consumers being supplied in each area respectively, and an examination of this column shows where the field for electric cooking still remains to be developed. The number of consumers using electric, water-heaters has increased from 14,160 to 21,513 during the year, an increase of 51-5 per cent.
CoMurtors Copper. | Aluminium. | | iSJffiS. | I °to5T 1 1 Bronze - 1 h in tH jh h ' pq [* ! Miles. Miles. Miles. Miles. Miles. Miles. 7/20 .. 4,447 218 .. .. .. .. .. 7/18 .. 7,194 220 .. .. .. .. I .. 7/17 .. 1,278 4 .. .. I .. .. .. .. I 7/16 .. 9,635 79 4(i 7/15 .. 207 .. 2 .. 7/14 .. 7,458 28| 71 .. j 221 .. .. 7/13 .. 1,052 27 7/12 .. 345 4 162 3 .. .. .. 1 19/12 . . 139 1 .. .. 2 .. .. 2 19/13 ..1,187 .. .. .. .. .. .. 19/14 .. 491 2 .. .. ! i .. 19/15 . . 419 4 .. .... .. .. .. I .. 19/16 .. 722 4 .. .. .. .. i .. 19/18 .. 177 4 12 .. 2,083 102 .. .. .. .. 96 .. 30 10 .. 8,797 151 .. .. 222 .. j 251 : 353 | 4 .. 8 .. 9,480 105 .. .. ; 1,715 7 | 5,248 7 622 7 .. .. 5 .. .. i .. .. .. .. 89 .. .. 6 45 .. .. I .. .. i 15 22 .. .. J .. Miscellaneous Sizes. 7/10 .. 14 .. 8 .. .. .. ! .. j .. 7/-062 i I 107 7/4227 : 2 7/-135 83 .. .. .. .. i .. 6/-I80 42 6/-144 9/16 .. 13 I 1/16 .. 22 I 3/123 2 j 3/12 10 ! 3/10 44 1 37/12 .. 34 .. .. .. .. .. .. 37/10 .. 10 .. .. .. .. .. .. 19 3/0 1,140 2 2/0 • ■ • • • • .. . • 59 Totals.. 55,249 .. 470 .. 2,160 .. 5,637 .. 1,086 .. 1,329 .. 30 ! Total miles, 65,961. N OTio.—Return incomplete.
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When electric-supply authorities actively canvass their areas for the above, class of load the response is generally favourable, and it is only reasonable to anticipate that in the near future the demand on the available stations will be such as to warrant further extensions to keep up with the requirements. This development of load is particularly noticeable in, rural and country areas, where the facilities for more congenial living-conditioils are being brought into lino with those already existing in the metropolitan areas. As regards electrically-driven milking-machines, the figures this year show a, steady advance over those of previous years — viz., 1925, 3,581 ; 1926, 4,856 ; 1927, 6,738 ; 1928, 8,514, The collection of these statistics was inaugurated in 1923, when the total number of electricallydriven machines was only 1,310. The increase in five years is thus 550 per cent. ; and, as there arc still about 9,500 machines which are fuel or water driven, the work of conversion is not yet half completed, and the electric-supply authorities have still this additional load of approximately 12,000 horse-power in prospect and ready for canvassing. Electrical Supply and Wiring Regulations. Since the above regulations were gazetted the work of the Advisory Committee lias continued to be of valuable assistance to the Department in reviewing the regulations in connection with questions raised by the supply authorities and others. With the issuing of Wiring Regulations, hitherto published by the Fire Underwriters' Association, there has been a lot of work associated with interpretations of certain clauses, all of which has been indexed for future reference when the time arrives for a revision of the present issue. The working of the new regulations has, however, been comparatively smooth, and the supply authorities are showing a live interest in seeing that the spirit of same is given effect to. Inspection op Electric Lines. Since the staff has been strengthened by the appointment of two Electric-line Inspectors the periodic inspection of the electric lines throughout the Dominion has been maintained in conjunction with inspections necessitated by the addition of 2,088 miles of new lines erected during the year. It is satisfactory to record that the supply authorities are co-operating with the Department in facilitating these inspections, followed in most cases by prompt attention to the removal of defects brought under their notice. The idea previously held by some supply authorities that no attention bo paid to maintenance of lines until a disregard of the regulations was made apparent either by accidents or arising out of departmental inspections, is disappearing, and they are recognizing more than hitherto the obligations imposed, by the conditions of the license issued to them. Investigations into the voltage of supply to consumers to ascertain if electric lines arc; being properly designed and maintained to comply with the permissible voltage variation, and the matter of seeing that the relay protective devices are operating effectively, have not yet been finally organized, but it is anticipated being able to devote more attention to this in the near future. Cognizance of these matters by supply authorities is already in evidence, anil it is hoped that with the full co-operation of the Public Works Department the public will eventually enjoy the benefits of efficient electric supply. Inspections of interior wiring have on occasion been carried out by the Public Works Department during the year (more particularly in public garages), and the defects scheduled as a result of such inspections have revealed, a lack of supervision by the supply authority concerned. In my report of last year attention was directed to the. necessity for all electric-supply authorities recognizing the responsibility resting on them, through their Inspectors, who are registered under the Wiremen's Registration Act, and to take active steps to detect bad. workmanship and unregistered wireman. This matter has again been brought under the notice of all supply authorities by means of a circular letter, with a request that their staffs be instructed to make more frequent and stricter inspections to see that the regulations are being complied With. The following is a list of the various electric-supply authorities and companies whose lines have been inspected during the past y-ear : — Power Boards (35). Ashburton (extensions) Hawke's Bay (part) South Canterbury Wairarapa Auckland (part) Hutt Valley Southland Wairere Banks Peninsula Malvern Springs-EUcsmere Wairoa, Cambridge (part) Manawatu-Oroua Taranaki Waitaki (part) Central (part) Marlborough (part) Tararua Waitemata (extensions) Central. Hawke's Bay Opunake Tauranga (part) Waitomo (extensions) Dannevirke Otago Te Awamutu (part) Wanganui-Rangitikei. Franklin (extensions) Otago Central Teviot Grey Poverty Bay (part) Thames Valley Cities (I). Wellington (part). Boroughs (31). Hastings New Plymouth Rangiora Tauranga Hamilton Ohakune Riccarton Te Aroha Inglewood Opotiki Rotorua Thames Kaiapoi Picton Stratford Wairoa. Lyttelton Palmerston North Sumner Waitara Motueka Patea Timaru (part) Westport Mataura Queenstown Taihape Whakatane. Napier Raetihi Taumarunui
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Town Districts (4). Havelock North Kaponga Mangaweka Te Puke. County Councils (8). Halswell Heathcote Kowai Kaikoura Murchison Rangiora Ua.wa Waimairi, Companies (15). J. D. Barry, Tokomaru Hawera Reefton Westport, - Stockton Coal Blackball Coal Co. Kanieri Tai Tapu Co. Farmers' Co-operative New Zealand D.airy Co., Union Steamship Co., Co., Tokomaru Frankton Port Chalmers Farmers' Freezing Co., Otago Harbour Board Waimea Tokomaru .1. F. Pettie, Waipiro Westport Coal Co. Licenses issued (Electrtc-line and Water-power). Licenses from September, 1927, to July, 1928, were issued to the following : Blackball Coal Co. ; Wellington City Council (amendment) ; Kaitangata Coal Co. (amendment) ; South Taranaki Power Board ; New Plymouth Borough Council (amendment) ; John Thompson, Queenstown ; Eltham Dairy Factory Co. ; Waitemata Power Board (Devonport area) ; John Alfred. Potham, Wairoa ; Marlborough Power Board (purchase of Havelock plant) ; Union Steamship Co., Port Chalmers ; Waimairi County Council (amendment) ; Wanganui-Rangitikei Power Board (extensions and purchase of Waverley plant) ; North Canterbury Power Board ; Hikurangi Coal Co. (extensions); Hawke's Bay Power Board (Taradale) ; Golden Bay Power Board. Approval Board. The setting-up of an Approval Board being closely allied with the administration of the regulations, steps have now been taken to draft the necessary legislative enactment. The proposed Act will contain provisions primarily for prohibiting the sale and use of electrical appliances which are dangerous, and will also contain provision for the issuing of approval of electrical appliances, so that the public may have the assurance that apparatus purchased is safe and in conformity with the regulations. The constitution of the proposed Board will be such as to provide representation for all interests concerned. B.egtstratton op Electrical Wtremen. The, Electrical Wiremen's Registration Act has been in operation since the Ist April, 1926 (i.e., two years and three months), and although the administration of the Act during the year occasioned a largo amount of work it is now settling down to routine. ' To the end of June, 1928, there have been registered 264 Inspectors of Electrical Wiring and 2,619 electrical wiremen, an increase of 72 Inspectors and 359 electrical wiremen since July, 1927. In addition to the above registrations, 182 provisional licenses were issued between the Ist July, 1927, and the 30th June, 1928, Of the 2,619 electrical wiremen registered, 406 have been registered after passing the Registration Board's examination. The work under the Act will in future, now that the wiremen who were working at the time the Act came into force have been registered, consist mainly of the examination of apprentices, the receipt of reports of bad workmanship, and reports of breaches of the Act. It is, however, anticipated that action for breaches of the Act will be taken more by the electrical-supply authorities, and thus avoid the delay which must result from centralization in this matter. Valuable experience has been gained in laying out the information necessary for a, successful prosecution, and the services of the Board are available to supply authorities when taking their first prosecutions. The number of reports of bad workmanship and reports of breaches of the Act received during the year indicates that the supply authorities and their Inspectors are becoming more conversant with the Act and that they are co-operating with the Registration Board in enforcing it. The Act is operating very well, and there is no doubt that the standard of workmanship is steadily improving. It is anticipated the. action being taken by the Board in the cases of reports of bad workmanship will have a good effect. The number of endorsements for bad workmanship has steadily increased, and. a larger number of registration certificates would have been endorsed had there been power to remove endorsements after a certain period. The endorsement of a certificate for life is too drastic a punishment for most cases reported, and. the Board has been reluctant to endorse certificates except for bad work of a particularly dangerous or inferior nature. The elimination of workmen who are incompetent or who persist in doing inferior work will tend to reduce still further the comparative small number of fires and accidents due to the use of electrical energy. The rapidly increasing use of electrical energy and the comfort to be derived from its efficient use makes it necessary that only skilled workmen be permitted to carry out the installation of the wiring and consuming devices. It is proposed to amend, the Act this session to provide for several matters not included in the main Act. The principal amendments are conditional registration where the workman, has specialized in some particular part of wiring-work ; the employment of apprentices and improvers to carry out certain minor classes of wiring-work ; the employment of improvers ; provision for the removal of an endorsement for bad workmanship : provision that any repair work or assembly work carried out in a, workshop or similar premises shall be subject to inspection by a qualified wireman before being put into use ; provision that an Inspector shall not inspect any work carried out by himself, and for the cancellation of registration in the case of incompetent Inspectors ; making it an offence for any one to connect up any premises or apparatus until it has been inspected, tested, and approved ; making it an offence to withhold information which may be of assistance in proving who carried out certain wiring-work; and provision for the control of the operation of stage-lighting and portable apparatus used thereon.
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Section 18, subsection (2), of the, principal Act made it necessary for the, person undertaking to do any electrical wiring to notify the electrical-supply authority of the name of the wiremen who would be employed on the work. This was found to be unworkable, and was not applied by the electricalsupply authorities. It has now been made necessary for the person undertaking to do the work to give notice to the electrical-supply authority specifying the date on which it is proposed to begin such work, and giving details of the work. This amendment should remove the difficulty experienced by the electrical-supply authorities in obtaining the necessary information to enable progress inspections and tests to be carried out. The onus of seeing that only qualified men are employed has now been placed on the employer, as it was quite evident that certain employers were employing unregistered wiremen and relying on the fact that it was difficult to prove that a breach of the Act had been committed. The provision that stage-lighting and portable, apparatus shall be under the control of qualified persons will tend to remove any danger which may exist of a panic occurring through a fire on the stage. This portable, apparatus and its flexible leads are, subject to particularly hard wear in service. There has been one, appeal under section 23 of the Act against the decision of the Board, and, as the evidence was not complete, this has been adjourned. Forty-eight prosecutions for working contrary to the. Act have, been taken since the Ist April, 1927, and others are pending. Of the above prosecutions, twelve have been taken against wiremen who had neglected to become registered ; two cases were against registered wiremen for failing to return their certificates for endorsement; eleven cases were against employers for permitting apprentices to work without supervision ; and one case was against a carpenter for interfering with wiring during alterations to a building. Fines and costs totalling £109 were imjxised in the above cases. In the majority of cases only nominal fines were inflicted, but it is proposed to ask for heavier penalties in all future cases. Ninety-three reports of breaches of the Act were received during the period Ist April, 1927, to 30th June, 1928. Figures for the yearly periods since the Act came into force are as follows : Ist April, 1926, to 31st March, 1927, fifty-two reports ; Ist April, 1927, to 31st March, 1928, sixty-three reports. A number of cases were not taken, as the evidence was insufficient to secure a conviction. As the electrical-supply authorities become more familiar with the. Act the oases with insufficient evidence will gradually be eliminated. There were fifty-two reports of bad workmanship received during the period Ist April, 1927, to 30th June, 1928, and a comparison of the yearly figures shows that the electrical-supply authorities are beginning to tighten up on the inferior type of workman. The figures are as follows : Ist April. 1926, to 31st March, 1927, seventeen ; Ist April, 1927, to 31st March, 1928, forty-six. Of the cases reported during the period Ist April, 1927, to 30th June, 1928, the following action has been taken: One name was removed from the register, the certificates were endorsed for bad workmanship in thirteen cases, seven wiremen were censured, fifteen wiremen were cautioned, five satisfactory explanations were recehed, two were cases where the work had been done by unregistered persons, one was referred to the electrical-supply authority to take action, in three of the cases the offence occurred before the Act came into force and no action could be taken, and the other cases are of recent date and are still under review. Examinations were held in October, 1927, and March, 1928. Details of the examinations will be found in the following table,: —
Electrical Wiremen's Examination Results.
Written Part. Practical Part. °l C 92e er ' April, 1927. °<*$f- March, 1928. °f o ° 2^ r ' April, 1927. °'™™- March, 1928. w 03 dj d) d5 ' df oJ ■ <d MbfibPtiO Cβ bC ttt> 5) ( I —l Hj . i » , i , jj t ( I ~> ( • gT3 CI £J Plg'd ClgT3 fl £ ■ £ a ° g^'Ofl Auckland . . .. 29 20 69 41 22 54 55 28 51 53 37 70 23 19 83 37 31 84 44 39 89 35 23 66 Ohristuhurcli .. .. 22 10 45 35 21 60 29 17 59 31 20 651 21 15! 71 32 23 72 22 17 77 27 9 33 Dunedin .. . . 8 6 75 22 17 78 2(5 10 38 24 14 581 9 8 89 23 17 74 25 17 68 19 6 32 Gisbome .. 7 2 29 M 5 45 10 7 70 fi 4 67 5 4 80 6 117 Grcymouth .. .. 6 4 67 5 3 60 6 2 33 3Nil .. 6 4 67 6 3 50 5 5 100 2Nil .. Hamilton .. .. 18 13 72 28 13 46 20 11 55 14 8 57 20 18 1 90 28 14 50 20 5 25 13 6 46 Havclock South 1 1100 .. ! 1 1100 Hawera .. 2 Nil .. 5 2 401 ..I 5 5;100 3 2 67 Inveroargill .. .. 4 4 100 1 Nil .. 8 3 37 10 7 70 6 6100 1 Nil .. 8 7 87 6 3 50 Kaikoura .. .. 2 Nil .. 2 2100 2 2100 J Masterton .. .. 5 4 80 8 5 63 7 3 43 9 3 33 5 5100 8 8100 6 5 83 5 Nil .. Napier .. .. 8 7 87 7 2 29 15 6 40 14 11 79 8 7 87 8 7 87 12 9 75 11: 10 91 Nelson .. .. 5 2 40 6 3 50 6 1 17 4 2 50 6 5 83 5 4 80 4 4100 ..1 .... Now Plymouth 11 7 64 7 3 43 9 7 78 6 6 100 Palmers'ton North .. 13 10 77 20 13 65 15 9 60 16 10 63 14 12 86 19 17 90 12 11 92 10 5 50 Stratford .. .. 7 4 57 13 4 31 I Nil .. 7 4 57 15 9 60 Timaru .. 5 4 80 4 1 25 7 6 86 5 5 loo! 4 3 75 6 5 83 Wanganui .. .. 6 5 83j 9 1 11 12 2 17 6 4 67 7 6 86 6! 6100 Wellington .. .. 29 16 55 34 22 65 38 26 68 44 34 77 33 23 70 31 18 58j 37 28 76 39J 26 67 Westport 2 1 50 2 Nil .. 2 1 50 2 1 50 ( 2 2100 2 ] 50 Whangarei .. .. 5 4 80 3 2 67 ] 1100 I 1100 5 2 40 5 3 60 1 1100 1 1100 Total .. 167109 1 6523ojl36 57J265 131 49268169 63 171134 78231164 71J228 175 77198111 56 Highest marks obtained 91 86 80 89 94 111 91 96 The tendency of the Board will be to consistently raise the standard of future examinations to ensure that candidates passing have a good technical knowledge as well as being competent of maintaining a high grade of workmanship.
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Work for other Departments. This Department during the year has again been called upon to co-operate with other Government Departments, amongst which may be quoted work done on the advisory committee set up to report on railway-electrification proposals for Wellington suburban lines of the Railways Department. The assistance of this Department \ was also sought by the Mental Hospitals Department in connection with their proposals to equip the hospitals at Porirua, Seacliff, Sunnyside, and Drury. .Reports are also in course of preparation for the Health Department in connection with proposals for electrifying Coromandel Public Hospital. The assistance of this Department was also sought in connection with extensions and alterations to the electrical installation at Hanmer. Work has also been undertaken on behalf of the Tourist Department in connection with supply of electric light and power for the new hostel at Milford Sound. For the Cook Islands Administration a proposed scheme and estimate for the supply of electricity at Rarotonga was prepared and submitted. For the Department of External Affairs this Department is still co-operating for the completion of the hydro-electric plant now in course of erection at Apia. For the Education Department estimates have been prepared in connection with electric supply to the special school at Otekaike. Electrical Accidents. . The following is a list of various electrical accidents reported to the Department during the year : — 1/7/27 Horse electrocuted in Hamilton by accidental contact with 3,000-volt line. 13/7/27 Linesman severely injured by fall from pole (Hastings). 14/7/27 Operator severely burnt while operating 3,300-volt air-break switch, due to defective insulator (Manawatu-Oroua). 20/8/27 Child at Tikorea received shock from live fence-wire. 2/9/27 Linesman fell from pole and received concussion through neglect to securely fasten safetybelt (Sumner). 13/9/27 Man committed suicide by throwing fencing-wire over 11,000-volt lines (Wellington). 19/9/27 Man received severe shock while working on high-tension lines (Waikaremoana). 23/9/27 Engineer injured by fall from pole, due to electric shock (Havelock North). 15/11/27 Seven cows electrocuted by contact with fence which had become livened up through a farmer disconnecting without authority the service lines and leaving them across the fence (Wairarapa). 9/12/27 An assistant linesman while working on service connections received shock and fell from a ladder ; severely bruised (Dunedin). 18/12/27 Man electrocuted by a defective portable electric hand-lamp (Frankton). 6/1/28 Woman received severe shock and burns from a defective electric kettle (Martinborough). 6/1/28 Boy received shock and burns through climbing on a roof and allowing a bucket to foui live lines (Cambridge). 6/1/28 Horse electrocuted by fence livened up by contact with iron shed containing motor, the leads of which became jammed in bed-plate adjusting-screw (Cambridge). 15/2/28 Man electrocuted in a garage through a wrongly connected plug-point (Westport). 2/8/28 Linesman received shock and burns while working on dead lines, due to flashover of a lightning-discharge (Manawatu-Oroua Power Board), 5/3/28 Man received slight shock from an insufficiently protected motor installation (Wellington). 13/3/28 Linesman electrocuted while working on 230-volt line, due to defective binding (Waimairi County Council). 13/3/28 Linesman received shock and burns through accidental contact with 6,600-volt clamp (Hutt Valley Power Board). 20/3/28 Linesman received shock and burns due to carelessness while measuring high-tension voltage (Central Power Board). 31/3/28 Assistant linesman received shock and slight burns while working on dead electric high tension by carelessly allowing binder-wire to come in contact with live high tension below. There was no reason why high-tension lines should not have been made dead also (Dunedin). 7/4/28 Linesman electrocuted through accidental contact with 11,000-volt air-break switch (Tauranga Power Board). 31/4/28 Horse electrocuted through contact with fallen line (Rangiora). 4/5/28 Carpenter electrocuted while engaged on demolition work through coming in contact with a bolt accidentally livened up through damage to the conduit of a motor installation (Dunedin). 4/6/28 Linesman received shock and burns through contact with 230-volt line wrongly assumed to be dead (Manawatu-Oroua Power Board). 4/6/28 Assistant Engineer seriously burnt through accidentally coming in contact with 11,000-volt lines (Manawatu-Oroua Power Board). 27/6/28 Boy received shock from portable electric drill through wrongly connected three-pin plug (Christchurch'). F, T. M. Kissel, B.Sc, M.1.E.E., A.M.I;C.E., Chief Electrical Engineer,
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Table A. —Lake Coleridge Electric-power Supply.—Results of Operation.
_ ,. , _ ,, Tenth Year, Eleventh Year, Twelth Year, Thirteenth Year, Riaulte of Operation. le26i J926. 1927. 1928. £ £ £ £ Capital-outlay .. .. .. .. 1,008,491 1,866,051 1,538,569 1,561,081 Costs —>' Working-costs .. .. .. .. 2:!, 270 27,035 30,728 40,054 Interest .. 47,780 50,324 65,094 75,630 Depreciation. 2 per cent. .. .. .. 15,679 19,350 28,168 29,863 Total costs .. .. .. .. 86,729 96,709 123,990 145,547 Accumulated Depreciation Fund .. .. 88,631 11],526 142,594 173,231 Accumulated deficiency .. .. .. 17,738 Sinking Fund Account .. .. .. .. 8,907 35,443 62,405 Revenue — City Council .. .. .. .. 28,925 50,377 64,322* 08,000* Tramways .. .. .. .. 9,477 10,122 16,094 16,863 Wholesale consumers .. .. .. 49,822 60,250 67,378 83,722 Retail consumers .. .. .. .. 1,880 264 269 164 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 2,059 2,342 % 2,177 2,378 Total revenue.. .. .. .. 92,163 123,355 150,240 171,127 Maximum load (kilowatts) — Power-house .. .. .. .. 13,180 14,430 16,880 21,020 Substations (66 kv.) .. .. .. 11,190 13,583 15,512 19,313 City Council .. .. .. .. 6,216 7,244 7,978 10,102* Tramways .. .. 2,760 2,880 2,860 2,720 Average load (kilowatts) — Power-house .. .. .. .. 6,820 7,916 9,000 10,710 Substations (66 kv.) .. .. .. 5,680 ! 6,303 8,200 9,780 City Council .. .. .. .. 2,930 ! 3,357 3,760 4,480* Tramways .. .. .. .. 897 972 980 1,020 Units output — Power-house .. .. .. .. 59,528,216 68,860,614 78,342,797 93,853,759 Fed to village, tunnel, and intake .. .. 1,865,344 1,664,917 741,462 757,678 Fed to transmission-lines .. .. .. 56,935,840 65,491,130 76,941,870 93,096,081 Substations (66 kv.) .. .. , .. 53,261,142 61,167,881 71,791,696 85,969,069 Units distributed— j City Council (sold) .. .. .. j 25,616,445 29,126,211 32,935,247 39,390,350* Tramways (sold) .. .. .. .. 7,851,060 8,511,530 8,583,270 8,893,650 Wholesale consumers and local bodies (sold) .. | 17,420,138 22,988,931 27,829,050 34,912,744 Retail consumers (sold) .. .. .. 399,390 41,453 23,699 20,844 Substations and power-house local consumption .. 284,764 1,516,395 1,453,130 (unsold) Total units distributed .. .. 51,287,033 60,952,889 70,887,661 84,770,718 Losses— Transmission-line losses .. .. .. 3,676,518 4,323,249 5,150,174 7,127,012 Percentage .. .. .. .. 6-43 6-270 I 6-7 7-65 Distribution losses.. .. .. .. 1,973,199 1,342,454 I 1,645,497 1,956,029 Percentage .. .. .. ..I 3-71 2-20 2-2 2-3 Average load-factor (per cent.) — Power-house .. .. .. .. 51-8 54-8 53-4 51-0 Substations (66 kv.) .. .. .. 50-8 54'0 52-9 50-6 City .. .. .. .. .. 47-1 46-3 47-2 44-4* Working-costs— Per kilowatt (power-house maximum) .. £1-76 £1-874 £1-820 £1-905 Per kilowatt (substation maximum) .. .. £2-08 £1-99 £1-981 £2-074 Per unit generated .. .. .. 0-094d. 0-094d. 0-094d. 0-102d. Per unit distributed .. .. .. 0I09d. 0-106d. 0-104d. 0-113d. Capital charges— Per kilowatt (power-house maximum) . . £4-82 £4-828 £5-525 £5-019 Per kilowatt (substation maximum) .. .. £5-67 £5-129 £6-012 £5-462 Per unit generated .. .. .. 0-255d. 0-243d. 0-286d. 0-270d. Per unit distributed .. .. .. 0-297d. 0-274d. 0-323d. 0-299d. Total cost— Per kilowatt (power-house maximum) .. £6-58 £6-702 £7-345 £6-924 Per kilowatt (substation maximum) .. .. £7-75 £7-119 £7-993 £7-536 Per unit generated .. .. . . 0-349d. 0-337d. 0-379d. O-372d. Per unit distributed .. .. .. ()-406d. 0-38Id. ()-419d. 0-412d. Revenue (total revenue) — Per kilowatt (power-house maximum) .. £6-992 £8>548 £8-900 £8-141 Per kilowatt (substation maximum) .. .. I £8-230 £9-081 £9-685 | £8-860 Per unit generated .. .. .. 0-371(1. 0480d. 0-460d. 0-437d. Per unit distributed .. .. .. 0-43Id. 0-486(1. 0-509d. 0-484d. Per unit sold (city) .. .. .. 0-27U1. 0-415(1. 0-469d. 0-414(1. Per unit sold (trams) .. . . .. 0-289d. 0-285d. 0-450d. 0-450d. Per unit sold (wholesale consumers) .. O-686d. 0-629d. 0-581(1. 0-575d. Per unit sold (retail consumers) .. .. M29d. l-528d. 2-724d. l-889d. Substations maximum : Addingtor, 16,088 kw. ; Tirnaru, 1,616 kw. ; Ashburton, 1,306 kw. ; Oamaru, 581 kw., Hororata, 239 kw. ; Point, 19 kw. * Excludes Wpojstop Borough ('ouncil.
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Table B.—Lake Coleridge Electric-power Supply.—Analysis of Capital Outlay.
Table C. —Lake Coleridge Electric-power Supply.—Operating or Working Costs.
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Total Expenditure to 31st March, Tfpm Expenditure during year 1927-28. 1927. 1.928. J £ £ £ Land, roading, and fencing .. .. .. 23,484 24,125 641 Harper diversion .. .. .. .. 23,007 23,007 Headworks, No. 1 .. .. .. .. 209,687 211,346 1,659 Headworks, No. 2 .. .. .. .. 237,699 237,311 Or. 388 Power-house machinery .. .. .. 204,827 205,658 831 Staff village .. .. .. .. .. 24,063 24,571 508 Transmission-lines .. .. .. .. 366,576 365,748 Or. 828 Addington Substation .. .. .. .. 74,077 80,021 5,944 Primary distribution .. .. .. .. 66,737 67,859 1,122 Secondary distribution .. .. .. 102,011 106,733 4,722 Service transformers and meters .. .. 6,001 8,008 :!,007 Vehicles and loose tools .. .. .. 23,732 28,476 4,744 Telephone-lines .. .. .. .. 1,903 1,903 Office furniture ........ 255 255 Surveys, preliminary expenses, &«. .. .. 113,471 114,627 1,156 Interest during construction .. .. .. 61,039 ■ 61,433 394 Total .. .. .. .. 1,538,569 1,561,081 22,512 i \__
1927. 1928. Item. „ .. Cost per Unit -, t Cost per Unit Lost - Distributed. {Mau Distributed. £ d. £ d. Harper diversion .. .. .. 2,488 0-008 2,813 0-008 Generating .. .. .. 8,484 0-029 12,336 0-035 Transmission-line .. .-, .. 4,237 0-015 4,184 0-012 Main distribution .. .. .. 2,758 0-009 3,356 0-009 H.T. distribution .. .. .. 3,448, 0-012 3,565 0-010 L.T. distribution .. .. .. 2,326 0-009 4,442 0-013 Standby .. .. .. .. 1,483 0-005 Management .. .. .. 5,504 0-019 9,358 0-026 30,728 0-106 40,054 0-113 Units distributed—1927, 70,887,661 ; 1928, 84,770,718.
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Table D. —Lake Coleridge Electric-power Supply.—Connected Load in Kilowatts at 31st March, 1928.
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Consumor. Light. Heat. Power. Total. ' ; I ; i Local bodies, &c— Ashburttm Power Board .. .. 1,354 0,024 1,524 8,902 Banks Peninsula Power Board .. 363 1,636 333 2,332 Chriatohuroh City Council .. .. .. .. .. 72,158*t Christohuroh Tramway Board •• -. .. .. 7,550* Eyre County Council ' 41 72 84 197 Halswell County Council .... 72 197 49 318 Heathcoto County Council .. 418 2,077 119 2,614 Kowai County Council .. .. 112 219 62 393 Kaiapoi Borough Council .. .. 133 249 80 462 Lyttfitoin Borough Council .. 308 459 580 1,347 LytteltOnPumping-station .. .. 3 114 117 Malvera Power Board .. .. 252 1,122 198 1,572 Rangiora, County Council .. .. 401 766 524 1,691 Riocarton Borough Council .. 594 2,167 430 3,191 Sumner Borough Counoil .. .. 305 696 125 1,126 SmilJi Canterbury Power Board .. 2,830 6,770 2.574 12,174 Springs-Ellesmere Power Board . .• 670 2,291 662 3,623 T;ii Tapu Dairy Co. .. . . 105 238 70 413 Waimairi Couiity(Hillmorton) .. 91 183 20 244 Waitaki Power Board .. .. .. .. .. 5,494* Freezing-works (4) .. .. .. 165 45 2,280 2,490 Flour-mills (2) .. .. .. 10 8 281 299 Dairy factory (1) ...... 2 2 66 70 Quarry (1) ...... 3 Iβ 111 130 Tanneries and wool-scourers (6) .. 34 26 784 844 Seed-cleaning (4) ...... 7 5 173 185 Brickyard (1) ...... 2 1 156 159 Railway workshops (1) .. .. 60 20 1,106 1,186 Harbour Board (1) .. .. .. 60 1 1,445 1,506 Institutions (4) .. .. 162 438 161 761 Steelworks (1) .. .. .. 3 1,200 26 1,229 Glue-works (1) ...... 4 1 99 104 Woollen-mill (I) ...... 10 2 119 131 Chemical-works (1) .. .. .. 16 .14 332 362 Railway-station (1).. .. .. 77 10 140 227 Railway signalling (1) .... 29 .. 98 127 Twine-mill (1) ...... 2 1 119 122 Retail (24) ...... 7 16 5 28 Substations — Aridington .. .. .. 18 57 50 125 Ashburton ...... 1 10 .. 11 Hororata ...... 1 6 .. 7 Point ........ 1 II .. 12 Timaru ........ 2 19 1 22 Oamaru ...... 1 6 .. 7 Lake Coleridge .. .. .. .. .. .. 302* 8,726 27,034 15,100 136,364 • Light, power, and heat combined. t Includes Wooleton Llorough Council. Power-house maximum, 21,020 kw. Number of consumers : Local bodies, 19 ; industries, &c, 32 ; retail, 24 : total, 75.
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Table E.—Lake Coleridge Electric-power Supply: Gross Financial Results of Distribution of Energy for Year ended 31st March, 1928.
£ Gross profit .. .. .. .. .. 27,672 Raised by rates .. .. .. .. .. 4,118 Net profit .. .. .. •. £23,554
Revenue. Expenditure. Balance. Number Distributing Authority. JJ* From Sale p iH f ; Sinking nt . or — ■ Outlay. Electrical *•*-■ Accounts™ ToUL """J* tenance. datfon". £e Expand!- Total. Profit.: Los s . Energy.- I ] Energj. ! Fund. Ac. ture " j ; " ; £ £ £ £ £ £ £££££££££ Public Works Department .. .. 76 1,561,081 48,748* .. .. 2,378 171,127 .. 40,054 75,630 29,863 25,580 .. 171,127 Ashburton Power Board.. .. .. 3,069 302,374 34,928 .. .. 555 35,483 9,237 9,598 16,138 2,400 2,481 37 39,891 .. 4,408 Banks Peninsula Power Board .. .. 912 97,626 10,478 4,118 343 336 15,275 2,028 5,194 6,123 .. 1,042 901 15,288 .. 13 Christchurch City Council .. .. 25,415 584,312 188,373* .. 2,987 4,921 201,171 63,110f 46,560 26,211 30,749 11,099 .. 182,619 18,552 Eyre County Council .. .. .. 148 6,400 1,394 .. .. .. 1,394 671 163 273 .. 50 .. 1,157 237 Halswell County Council .. .. 127 6,627 1,662 .. .. 11 1,673 720 513 263 .. 50 .. 1,546 127 Heathcote County Council .. .. 1,122 23,985 7,484 .. 260 25 7,769 3,081 2,485 626 .. 456 .. 6,648 1,121 Kaiapoi Borough Council .. .. 455 10,333 2,939 .. 142 .. 3,081 949 1,089 641 , .. 253 .. 2,932 149 Kowai County Council .. .. .. 293 23,812 2,600 .. 8 59 2,667 677 420 1,205 | .. .. 448 2,750 .. 83 Lyttelton Borough Council .. .. 552 5,000 4,360 .. .. .. 4,360 1,588 1,841 235 ! .. 100 18 3,782 578 Malvern Power Board .. .. .. 577 52,297 5,369 .. 391 445 6,205 1,897 1,252 2,425 981 417 50 7,022 .. 817 Rangiora County Council .. .. 450 25,040 5,476 .. .. 759 6,235 2,690 1,401 1,469 .. 270 23 5,853 382 Riccarton Borough Council .. .. 1,147 16,820 8,139 .. 3 .. 8,142 2,817 3,216 581 j 765 40 .. 7,419 723 South Canterbury Power Board 5,053 264,768 33,419 .. 100 347 33,866 14,067 2,984 8,752 ! 554 4,470 147 30,974 2,892 Springs-EIlesmere Power Board .. .. 1,716 * 102,332 16,177 .. 188 173 16,538 3,404 2,386 6,350 1,000 1,065 1,606 15,811 727 Sumner Borough Council .. .. 916 13,032 5,351 .. .. 8 5,359 1,544 462 459 .. 81 21 2,567 2,792 Tai Tapu Dairy Company .. .. 240 10,271 3,592 .. 744 .. 4,336 1,521 1,744 416 348 .. 217 4,246 90 Waimairi County Council .. .. 2,750 64,936 16,434* .. .. 1 16,514 5,065{ 4,927 2,543! .. 947 .. 13,561 2,953 Waitaki Electric Power Board .. .. 2,605 130,105 24,720 .. 887 105 25,712 4,626 5,975 6,429 j 5,300 1,712 .. 24,042 1,670 Totals •• •• 47,623 3,301,151 421,643 4,118 6,053 10,123 566,907 119,692 132,264 156,769 71,960 50,113 3,468 539,235 32,993 5,321 ,, * sates to other distributing bodies, totalling —Public Works Department, £120,001: Christchurch City Council, £4,890; Waimairi County Council, £79. t After deducting amount paid by Waimairi County Council, £4,890. t After deducting amount paid by Springs-EUesmere Power Board, £79.
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Table F. —Mangahao Hydro Electric-power System.—Results of Operations.
1927. 1928. £ £ Capital outlay .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,242,871 2,373,921 Costs— Working-costs* .. .. .. .. .. .. 26,921 33,914 Interest .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 98,881 100,441 Depreciation j .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 32,997 38,301 Total costs .. .. .. .. .. .. 158,799 175,656 Revenue .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 101,897 44,112t Loss .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 56,902 131,544 Depreciation ;JTundJ.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 32,997 35,301 Maximumjload (kilowatts) — Power-houso .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18,100 20,040 Khandallah Substation .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,720 . 12,120 Wellington City .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,078 10,496 Hutt Valley Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. 1,700 2,120 Wellington Meat Export Co. .. .. .. .. .. :S97-(i 455 Railway Department .. .. .. .. .. .. 360 480 Horowhenua Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. 1,688 1,968 Manawatu-Oroua Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. 1,632 2,094 Dannevirke Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. 381 420 Tararua Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. .. 382 442 Wairarapa Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. .. 820 930 Wanganui-Rangitikei Electrie-powor Board .. .. .. 1,848 2,016 Bay Electric-power Board .. .. .. 300 440 Units output — Generated — Power-house total .. .. .. .. .. .. 72,133,890 74,726,880 Purchased— Wellington City Council .. .. .. .. .. 5,720,463 22,539,685 Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power Board .. .. .. 549,620 2,307,964 Palmerston North Borough Council .. .. .. .. 143,911 1,176,556 Napier Borough Council .. .. .. .. .. .. ■ 1,267,120 Hastings Borough Council .. .. .. .. .. .. 841,095 Other sources .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,118,809 Total units generated and purchased .. .. .. 78,547,884 103,968,109 Units sold — Wellington City Council .. .. .. .. .. 36,140,668 40,024,449 Wellington Meat Export Co. .. .. .. .. .. 1,292,500 1,574,550 Horowhenua Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. 5,986,110 7,090,301 Hutt Valley Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. 6,334,156 9,193,558 Wairarapa Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. .. 1,676,550 2,246,344 Tararua Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. .. 1,556,650 2,105,967 Dannevirke Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. 1,337,202 1,612,296 Central Hawke's Bay Electric-power Board .. .. .. 1,188,238 1,945,807 Hawke's Bay Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. .. 6,035,193 Manawatu-Oroua Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. 9,068,259 11,442,722 Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power Board .. .. .. 6,959,957 11,865,489 New Zealand Railways .. .. .. .. .. .. 704,456 965,175 Headworks and village .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,346,880 1,309,635 Testing, &c. (includes supply to substations) .. .. .. 250,391 375,086 Total units sold .. .. .. .. 73,842,017 97,786,572 Losses — Total losses (units) .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,705,867 6,181,537 Percentage .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6-0 5-9 Load-factor (per cent.) — Power-house (annual) .. .. .. .. .. .. 48'3 42-4{ Power-house (average weekly) .. .. .. .. .. 55-3 53'1 Working-costs (less power purchased)— Per kilowatt (power-house maximum) .. .. .. .. £1-49 £1-7 Per unit generated .. .. .. .. .. .. 0'0895d. 0-109d. Per unit sold .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0-087d. 0 084d. Capital charges— Per kilowatt (power-house annual maximum) .. .. .. £7-28 £7-066 Per unit generated .. .. .. .. .. .. 0-44d. 0-46d. Per unit sold .. .. .. ' .. .. .. .. 0-43d. 0-35d. Total costs — Per kilowatt (power-house annual maximum) .. .. .. £8-62 £8-76 Per unit generated .. .. .. .. .. .. 0-53d. 0-56d. Per unit sold .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0-517d. 0-43d. Revenue — Per kilowatt (power-house annual maximum) .. .. .. £5-64 £2-2 Per unit generated .. .. .. .. .. .. 0-339d. 0-142d. Per unit sold .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0-331d. 0108d. • Does not include £111,746 for power purchased, t Gross revenue, £155,857. t On unite generated ; 69-1 per cent, on total units.
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Table G. —Mangahao Electric-power Supply.—Analysis of Capital Outlay.
Table H.—Mangahao Electric-power Supply.—Operating or Working Costs.
Table I. —Mangahao Electric-power Supply.—Connected Load in Kilowatts at 31st March, 1928.
Expenditure to 31st March, 1927. 1928. £ £ Land, roading, tram-lines, and fencing .. .. .. .. .. 80,012 83,055 Headworks .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 064,154 764,461 Generating-station and machinery .. .. .. .. .. 278,975 301,207 Transmission-lines .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 447,847 442,961 Main substations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 229,700 258,430 Service buildings and workmen's accommodation .. .. .. .. 74,700 73,166 Staff village .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,936 Vehicles and loose construction tools .. .. .. .. .. 7,946 7,262 Office furniture .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 961 964 Surveys, expenses, and salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 117,516 130,307 Construction plant and equipment ... .. .. .. .. 72,464 52,781 Interest during construction .. .. .. .. .. .. 217,069 236,993 Cost and expenses of raising loans .. .. .. .. .. 35,591 22,334 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,242,871 2,373,921
1927. 1028. Cost. Per Unit sold. Coat. Per Unit sold. £ d. £ d. Generating .. .. .. .. .. 6,037 0-019 6,789 0-016 Transmission .. .. .. .. .. 12,468 0-041 16,211 0-038 Substations .. .. .. .. .. 3,692 0-012 5,112 0-012 Management and general .. .. .. 4,724 0-015 5,802 0-014 Totals .. .. .. .. 26,921 0-087 33,914 0-080
stmnt General LightPublic Works Department .. .. .. .. 1-3 403-4 175-6 58()-,'{ Construction No. 3 Dam .. .. .. .. .. 17-1 46-4 404-5 468-0 Wellington City Council .. .. .. .. .. 353-0 40,580-0 25,430-0 66,363-0 Wellington Meat Export Co. .. .. .. .. .. 63-8 959-0 1,022-8 Railway Department .. .. .. .. .. .. 91-0 982-5 1,073-5 Hutt Valley Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. 94-0 16,436-0 3,572-0 20,102-0 Horowhonua Electric-power Board.. .. .. .. 29-0 5,041-8 2,480-1 7,550-9 Manawatu-Oroua Electric-power Board .. .. .. 135-0 16,443-3 3,976-7 20,555-0 Dannevirko Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. 17-8 I 3,437-6 766-5 4,221-9 Tararua Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. 11-6 2,569-0 729-8 '3,310-4 Wairarapa Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. 27-0 7,092-0 2,018-0 9,137-0 Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power Board .. .. 90-0 11,926-0 4,016-0 16,032-0 Central Hawke's Bay Electric-power Board .. .. 20-0 2,487-5 476-0 2,983-5 Hawke's Bay Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. 4,500-0 12,168-0 16,668-0 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 795-8 111,117-8 58,154-7 170,068-3
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Table J.—Mangahao Hydro-electric Power System.—Gross Financial Results of Distribution of Energy for the Year ending 31st March, 1928.
Revenue. Expenditure. Balance. Distributing Authority. Consumers. Outlay. From Sale Tradine Other Paid for ! ,! j. - 8 Other k^ al j Rates " IccoSt. Sources. TotaL ®ectnc a ! j anc £ n " | Interest, j Expend!- Total. Profit. Loss. £ £ ££ ££££££££££££ Public Works Department .. 68 2,374,061 11,446* .. .. 1,628 155,857 111,745 21,415 106,441 35,301 .. 12,591 287,493 .. 131,636 Horowhenua Electric - p o w e r 2,782 181,375 38,465 .. 387 2,501 41,353 16,117 4,714 10,500 2,784 1,665 5,037 40,817 536 Board Bannevirke Electric-power Board 1,823 176,396 19,430 .. ! 181 1,037 20,648 3,882 2,641 8,060 3,095 1,551 2,531 21,760 .. 1,112 Central Hawke's Bay Electric- 1,300 107,303 15,027*; .. .. 667 16,049 3,419 1,324 6,557 .. 741 2,222 14,263 1,786 power Board Hawke's Bay Electric - power 1,603 176,241 18,483 | .. .. 1,335 19,818 ! 9,671 163 10,365 .. 2,000 1,042 23,241 .. 3,423 Board Hutt Valley Electric - power 7,046 305,667 58,568 | .. 502 1,122 60,192 16,077 7,514 15,382 7,935 3,073 6,563 56,544 3,648 Board Manawatu-Oroua Electric-power 3,891 421,728 ; 50,010* .. 658 1,622 52,811 15,629 3,281 24,324 4,819 4,417 4,962 57,432 .. 4,621 Board Tararua Electric-power Board 1,307 136,763 16,860 .. 295 692 17,847 3,881 1,038 7,416 .. 1,391 4,554 18,280 .. 433 Wairarapa Electric-power Board 3,130 339,003 38, 7 I I .. 1,966 1,384 42,064 4,474 3,727 20,814 2,214 3,521 11,333 46,083 .. 4,019 Wellington City Council .. 23,000 988,493 254,747* .. .. 2,225 339,979 5,229 9,242 29,711 .. 114,983 129,854 289,019 50,960 Wanganui-Bangitikei Electric- 7,293 463,178 84,851* : .. 275 4,030 98,773 15,484 7,461 30,154 ..' 19,889 24,117 97,105 1,668 power Board Totals .. .. 53,243(5,670,208 606,601! .. 4,264 j 18,243 865,391 ; 205,608 62,520 269,724 56,148 153,231 204,806 952,037 58,598 145,244 * After deducting sales to other distributing bodies, totalling— Public Works Department, £142,783 ; Wellington City Council, £83,007; Wanganui-Kangitikei Electric-power Board, £9,617 : Central Hawke's Bav Electric-nower Board, £355; Manawatu-Oroua Electric-power Board, £521. > s » j- j power Net loss, £86,646.
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Table K.—Waikato Electric-power Supply.—Results of Operations.
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Sixth Year, Seventh Year, Eighth Year, March, 1926. March, 1927. March, 1928. Capital outlay— £ £ £ Horahora —Total expenditure .. .. .. .. 561,065 570,841 009,228 Less assets not in operation .. .. .. 33, 734 Horahora —Assets in operation .. .. .. .. 527,331 576,841 009,228 Arapuni—Assets in operation .. .. .. .. 174,026 268,107 363,945 Total assets in operation .. .. .. 701,357 844,948 973,173 Costs — Working-costs .. .. .. .. .. 19,612 28,713 46,568 Capital costs—Interest,.. .. .. .. .. 31,269 37,989 44,190 Capital costs—Depreciation .. .. .. .. 13,601 16,481 18,646 Sinking Fund.. .. .. .. .. .. 11,342 8,448 9,732 Total costs .. .. .. .. .. 75,824 91,631 119,130 Revenue .. .. .. .. .. .. 85,830 108,748 125,312 ProHt .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,006 17,116 0,176 Accumulated surplus .. .. .. .. .. 30,554 47,670 53,845 Accumulated Depreciation Fund .. .. .. .. 40,444 63,782 84,272 Accumulated Sinking Fund .. .. .. .. 28,939 38,515 40,847 Maximum load (kilowatts) — System for year (includes Grand .function and McLaren's Falls) 11,800 14,760 15,700 P'ower-liouse for year .. .. .. .. .. j 11,400 12,400 12,400 Power-house, average weekly .. .. .. .. I 9,665 11,090 11,370 Units output— I'ower-hoiise total generated .. .. .. .. 05,435,030 79,253,160 88,703,370 Units purchased .. .. .. .. .. 1,590,511 7,398,942 11,372,298 Units, generated and purchased.. .. .. 67 ,026 ,141 86,652,102 100,075,068 Horahora exciter sets .. .. .. .. .. 1,210,230 1,850,000 1,720.090 Horahora local service .. .. .. .. .. .. 424,600 Units available for outgoing lines .. .. .. 05,815,911 84,802,102 97,930,378 Units sold .. .. .. .. .. .. 60,261,326 75,844,229 87,852,007 Units unaccounted for .. .. .. .. 5,554,585 8,957,873 10,078.311 Percentage of units available .. .. .. .. 8-44 10*56 10-29 Total units fed to 11 kv. lines at Horahora .. .. 7, 626 ,020 8,458,230 10,403,059 Total units fed to 50 kv. lines at Horahora .. .. 56,321,700 08,204,125 76,318,205 Input to 50 kv. substations from Horahora . . .. 51,919,046 60,467,232 09,036,223 Transmission losses 50 kv. (units) .. .. .. 4,402,654 7,730,893 0,281,982 Percentage of units to 50 kv. lines .. .. .. 7-82 11-35 9-1 Distribution losses, 11 kv. (units) .. .. .. 874,251 350,58S 215,995 Discrepancy in metering .. .. .. .. 277,680 Load-factor, annual (per cent.) — Syetem .. .. .. .. .. . . 04-5 07-7 72-8 Power-house.. .. .. .. .. .. 05-5 72-9 81-7 Load-factor, average weekly— Power-house .. .. .. .. .. .. 77-5 81-6 88-2 Working-costs (less power purchased) .. .. .. £17,050 £19,926 £35,300 Per kilowatt (power-house annual maximum) .. .. El-49 £1-645 £2-845 Per kilowatt (power-house average weekly maximum) .. £1-70 £1-84 £3-11 Per unit generated at Horahora .. .. .. 0-063d, 0-002d. 0-0955d. Per unit sold (less units purchased) .. .. .. 0-070d, 0-0645d. 0-11 Id. Capital costs .. .. -• .. •■ ■■ £56,212 £02,919 £72,568 Per kilowatt (power-house annual maximum) .. .. £4-93 £5-07 £5-85 ST Per kilowatt (power-house average weekly maximum) .. £5-81 £5-69 £6-38 Per unit generated at Horahora.'. .. .. .. 0-200(1. 0-1905(1. 0-1964d, Per unit sold (less units purchased) .. .. .. 0-230(1. 0-l99d. 0-228d. Total costs (less power purchased) .. .. .. .. .. £82,845 £107,808 Per kilowatt (power-house annual maximum) .. .. £0-42 £6-715 £8-09 Per kilowatt (power-house average weekly maximum) .. £7-58 £7-51 £9-48 Per unit goneratod at Horahora.. .. .. .'. 0-269d. 0-252d. 0-291d. Per unit sold (less units purchased) .. .. .. 0-299d. ()-264d. 0-338d. Total costs on system £75,824 £92,095 £119,136 Per kilowatt (system annual maximum) .. .. .. £6-39 £6-25 £7-59 Per unit generated and purchased .. .. .. 0-27Id. 0-255d. 0-286d. Per unit sold .. .. 0-302d. 0-292d. 0-326d. Revenue .. •■ ■■ ■■ •• £85,830 £108,484 £125,312 Per kilowatt (systom annual maximum) .. .. .. £7-24 £7-72 £7-98 Per kilowatt (power-house annual maximum) .. .. £7-52 £8-75 £10-1 Per kilowatt (power-house average weekly maximum) .. £8-88 £9-79 £11-1 i Per unit generated and purchased .. .. .. 0-307d. 0-301 d. 0-305d. Per unit sold 0-342d. 0 343d. 0-342d.
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Table L.—Waikato Electric-power Supply (Horahora Scheme). —Analysis of Capital Outlay.
Table M. —Operating or Working Costs.
Table N. —Waikato Electric-power Supply.—Connected Load in Kilowatts at 31st March, 1928. (Does not include Auckland Power Board.) Waihi Gold-mining Co. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,545 Waihi Grand Junction Gold 00. .. .. .. .. .. 2,528 Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Co. .. .. .. .. 411 New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Co., Frankton .. .. .. 828 State Farm, Ruakura, .. .. .. . . .. .. 16 New Zealand Railways, Frankton .. .. .. .. .. 1,906 Hamilton Borough Council .. .. .. .. .. 0,153 Armstrong-Whitworth Co., Arapuni .. .. .. .. 193 Tourist Department, Rotorua .. .. .. .. .. 3,390 Cambridge Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. .. 2,211 Central Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. .. 6,354 Te Awamutu Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. 3,520 Thames Valley Electric-power Board .. .'. .. .. 16,493 Waitomo Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. .. 1,428 Franklin Electric-power Board .. . . .. .. .. 4,085 Wuitemata Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. .. 10,075 Public Works Department, Horahora . . . . . . . . 151 Public Works Department, Arapuni . . . . . . .. 110 Public Works Department, Hamilton .. .. . . . . 56 Public Works Department, Penrose .. . . . . .. 127 Total connected load .. .. .. .. ..64,580
At 31st March,'At 31st March, At 31st Maroh, Expenditure 1920. 1927. 1928. during Year. £ £ £ £ Land roading and fencing at Horahora .. .. .. 3,208 3,208 3,208 Headworks .. .. .. .. .. .. 174,510 175,741 177,934 2,193 Generating-station transformers and machinery .. .. Uβ,900 115,969 116,010 47 Staff village, Horahora .. .. '.. .. .. 11,461 11,492 11,492 Transmission-lines .. .. .. .. .. 125,900 126,032 126,736 704 Distribution-lines .. . . .. .. . . .. 705 705 705 Main substations .. .. .. .. .. .. 43,923 50,952 70,734 19,782 Distribution substations .. .. .. .. .. 7,353 7,408 8,729 1,321 Vehicles and loose construction equipment .. .. .. 7,652 7,666 7,781 115 Land, stores, and railway-siding, Claudelaiuls .. .. .. 11,625 11,677 12,125 448 Staff residences .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,270 4,270 4,380 110 Office furniture, Hamilton .. .. .. .. .. 067 1,120 1,151 31 Supervision, preliminary expenses on surveys and on construction 21,562 28,587 36,223 | 7,636 Interest during construction .. .. .. .. 32,014 32,014 32,014 561,005 576,841 609,228 32,387 Works constructed out of Arapuni moneys brought into operation in conjunction with the Horahora scheme— Grand Junction plant .. .. .. ■• .. .. .. 10,299 10,299 Supervision and preliminary expenses on surveys and on con- .. .. 9,609 9,609 struction Interest during construction .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,555 17,555 Eleotrio lines at Arapuni .. .. .. .. .. 675 675 675 Transmission-lines .. .. .. .. .. 137,035 217,582 251,308 33,726 Main substations .. .. .. 36,316 49,850 74,499 24,649 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 174,026 268,107 363,945 95,838 Grand totals .. .. .. .. .. 735,091 844,948 973,173 ! 128,225
1925-26. 1926-27. 1927-28. rVmt Per Unit C<wt Per Un,t Pn«t Per Unit (j03t - sold. L03t - sold. Cost - sold. £ d. £ d. £ d. Generating .. .. .. .. 5,511 0-022 5,313 0-0168 16,446 0-0449 Transmission .. .. .. 3,403 0-0139 5,226 0-0165 7,757 0-0212 Main .substations .. .. .. .. 3,621 0-0144 4,434 0-014 5,460 0-0149 H.T. distribution .. .. . . .. 21 0-000084 Management and general .. .. .. 4,494 00179 4,954 0-017 5,631 0-0154 Purchase of power .. .. 2,562 j 0-0102 8,787 0-0278 11,268 0-0308 Totals .. .. .. 19,612 0-078 28,714 0-0922 I 46,668 0-1272 Units sold : 1925-26, 60,261,326 ; 1926-27, 75,844,229 ; 1927-28, 87,852,067.
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Table O. —Waikato Electric-power Supply.—Route Mileage of Department's Lines in operation at 31st march, 1928.
Table P. —Waikato Electric-power Supply.—Route Mileage, Power Board Lines, at 31st March, 1928.
Table Q. —Waikato Electric-power Supply.—Milking-machines connected at 31st March, 1928.
Electric Banges.. 2 kw. and not over 3 kw., 155; 5 kw. and over, 1,132: Total number, 1,287. Elecitbio Water-heaters. Total number, 4,163; Total kilowatts, 2,660.
Size o( Wire (S.W.G.). Miles. tin,not)-volt Lines (Singh Circuit)— Horahora—Tap on Arapuni- Penrose line, Penrose (Arapuni scheme— 19/13 94 in operation at 50,000 volts) 50,000-volt (Double Circuit) — Penroso-Takapuna .. .. .. .. 7/14 28'6 50,000-volt (Single Circuit)— Horahora—Tap on Arapuni-Penrose line (temporary) .. .. 7/14 2-0 Horahora-Waikino .. .. .. .. .. 7/12 of No. 0 44-42 Waiorongomai—Waihou .. .. . . .. . . 7/12 5-22 Waikino-Aongateti , . (Department's part of McLaren's Falls line) .. 7/14 17-27 Horahora-Claudelands .. .. .. . . 7/12 27-5 Mystery Creek - Te Awamutu .. .. .. 7/14 9-5 To Awamutu - Hangatiki .. .. .. 7/14 19-5 Horahora—Arapuni .. .. .. .. .. 7/12 6-8 Arapuni-Ngongotaha .. .. 7/14 32'25 Bombay-Waikino .. .. .. .. .. .. 7/14 50-7 Total .. . . .. .. .. [ 337-76 Number of Circuits. Size of Wire (S.W.G.). Miles. 11.000-valt Lines — Waikino-Waihi . . .. .. 1 37/13 5-77 Waihi Grand Junction .. .. .. 1 7/12 0-75 Horahora-Loamington .. .. .. 2 7/14 12-54 Leamington—Hamilton .. .. .. 7/16 l5-8(i Hamilton-Frankton . . .. . . 4-3-2 7/16 3-8 Bombay-Pukekohe .. .. . . 2 7/14 !>•(> Total . . .. .. 43-72 Total miles .. .. 381-48 Miles of wood-pole portion, Penrose-Takapuna line 9-10 Total route-miles in operation [ 390-58
■ 11,000 Volts. 3,000 Volts. 400 Volts. Total lloute-miles. Number of circuits ........ 2 1 2 1 1 Cambridge Electric-power Board .. .. .. .. .. 99-5 69 168-5 (a) Central Eleotric-powor Board .. . . 7-25 125-75 .. 93 155 381 (6) Te Awamutu Eiectric-power Board . . 12 37 5 168 70 292 (c) Thames Valloy Electric-power Board .. 90 333 .. 114-5 138 672-5 (d) Waitomo Electric-powor Board* Franklin Electric-power Board .. .. 1 183 .. .. 78 262 (e) Waitemata Eloctric-power Board .. .. 5-45 104-73 .. .. 157-4 267-58 (/) Hamilton Borough Council .. .. I .. 0-5 5 45 52-5 (g) * No returns available. (a) Also 44 miles of 400 volts on 3,000-volt lines. (6) Also 2£ miles of 3,000 volts on 11,000-volt polos ; 66 miles of 400 volts on 11,000-volt poles ; ,-ind 48 miles of 400 volts on 3,000-volt poles, (c) Also 21 miles of 3,000 volts on 11,000-volt lines, 18 miles of 400 volts on 11,000-volt lines, and 1.17 miles of 400 volts on 3,000-volt lines. {d) Also 269 miles of 400 volts on 11,000-volt lines, and 99 miles of 400 volts on 3,000-volt lines, (e) Also 118 miles of 400 volts on 11,000-volt lines. (/) Also 77 miles of 400 volts on 11,000-volt lines. (g) Also 4 miles of 400 volts on 3,000-volt lines.
£ Horse- 1 Horse- 1$ Horse- 2 Horse- 3 Horse- I 5 Horse"power. power. power. power. power. power. Total Total Electric-power Board. [ • Number Horse- * power. No. H.P. No. H.P. No. H.P. No. H.P. No. H.P. No. | H.P. 1 I ! 1 j | ii 1 ii Cambridge Board.. .. 1 I 9 9 115 172-5 126 252 8 24 259 458-0 Central Board .. 51 51 91 13(5-5 598 1,196 9 27 .. .. 749 1,410-5 Te Awamutu Board .. 6 3 23 23 132 198-0 271 542 .. j 432 769-25* Thames Valley Board 19 19 5 7-5 1,614 3,228 60 Jl80 2 10 1,700 3,444-5 Waitomo Boardf .. .. .. .. .. Franklin Board .. .. .. .. 18 18 187 280-5 129 258 334 556-5 Waitemata Board .. .. .. .. 64 128 1 3 .. 65 131-0 Tourist Department 2 3-1 10 20 8 24 20 47-0 Totals .. .. 7 *3J 120 120 532 798-0 '2,812 5;624 86 2 10 3,559 6,816-75 * Includes thirteen J h.p. motors. t No returns available.
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Table R.—Waikato Electric-power Supply.—Gross Financial Results of Distribution or Energy for the Year ended 31st March, 1928.
* After deducting amount of salea to other distributing authorities— Public Works Department, £79,806 ; Thames Valley Electric-power Board, £4,785. £ Gross profit .. .. .. .. .. 19,737 Raised by rates .. .. .. .. .. 2,138 Net profit .. .. .. ..£17, 599
Revenue. Expenditure. Balance. Distributing Authority. Consumers Outlav' From Sales Paid for Sinking Consumers. Out,a, =f „ Beprecia- £££££££££££££££ Public Works Department .. 19 973,173 48,395* .. .. 2,641 51,036* 11,268 34,494 44,190 18,646 9,732 806 119,136 6,176 Cambridge Elcetric-power Board 1,128 104,018 16,360 .. 474 1,026 17,860 4,489 5,190 6,045 400 1,134 15 17,273 j 587 Central Electric-power Board.. 3,015 258,335 37,491 .. .. 2,556 40,047 9,880 7,480 15,125 2,650 2,687 1,842 39,664 383 Te Awamutu Electric - power 1,353 159,002 23,063 2,138 61 574 25,836 4,640 4,266 8,874 153 1,452 1,201 20,586 j 5,250 Board Thames Valley Electric - power 4,915 706,741 102,749* 3 3,410 3,697 109,859* 33,390 19,974 40,477 4,540 8,791 9,734 116,906 .. 2,262 Board Franklin Electric-power Board 2,319 179,238 25,133 .. 1,938 2,860 29,931 5,913 4,532 7,151 7,800 4,000 .. 29,396 535 Waitemata Electrie-power Board 5,512 293,709 44,976 .. 1,582 1,836 48,394 9,569 17,183 10,097 833 10,479 233 48,394 Tourist Department .. 1,451 63,023 13,388 .. .. 116 13,504 2,447 3,774 3,152 1,261 2,870 .. 13,504 Hamilton Borough .. .. 3,388 69,943 31,530 .. .. 91 31,621 7,452 7,120 3,254 .. 5,892 3,502 27,220 4,401 Te Aroha Borough .. .. 640 19,025 6,363 .. .. 517 6.880 1,424 1,913 688 .. 186 15 4,226 2,654 Thames Borough .. .. 1,074 31,307 10,776 .. .. 133 10,909 3,361 2,661 1,059 1.356 459 .. 8,896 2,013 Totals .. .. 24,814 2,857,514 360,224 2,141 7,465 16,047 385,877 93,833 108,587 140,112 37,639 47,682 17,348 ! 445,201 21,999 2,262
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Table S.—Return showing Average Revenue per Consumer and per Capita for Year ending 31st March, 1928.
Ratio of Average Average Capital Liceusoo. Consumers to Revenue per Eevenue per Outlay per Population. Consumer. Capita. Capita. Per Cent. £ £ £ Ashburton Power Board .. .. .. .. | 17-0 11-56 1-97 17-56 Auckland Power Board .. .. .. .. i 22-1 14-9 3-30 14-65 Banks Peninsula Power Board .. .. .. 22-5 12-23 2-76 24-1 Bluff Borough .. .. .. .. .. 22-4 8-47 1-9 6-04 Cambridge Power Board . . .. .. .. 18-8 15-83 2-97 17-3 Central Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. 12-3 12-34 1-52 10-55 Central Power Board .. . . .. .. 16-7 13-2 2-22 14-32 Christehureh City .. .. .. .. .. 27-7 7-91 2-2 6-6 Dannevirke Power Board . . .. .. .. 14-4 11-35 1-63 13-98 Dunedin City .. .. .. .. . . 22-6 9-87 2-23 13-87 Eyre County .. .. .. .. . . 13-4 9-42 1-26 5-75 Franklin Power Board .. .. .. . . 14-1 12-9 1-82 11-32 Grey Power Board .. .. .. .. 11-8 12-41 1-46 8-8 Halswell County .. .. .. . . . . 6-8 13-1 0-91 3-57 Hamilton Borough.. .. .. .. .. 21-8 9-33 2-04 4-59 Hastings Borough .. .. . . .. . . 29-3 7-74 2-27 10-66 Havelock North Town Board .. .. .. 23-5 13-01 3-06 21-91 Hawera Company .. .. .. .. .. 35-4 11-1 3-93 15-55 Hawke's Bay Power Board .. .. .. .. 10-4 12-37 1-29 11-5 Heathcote County . . .. .. .. 22-4 6-92 1-55 4-79 Horowhonua Powor Board .. .. .. .. 17-3 14-86 2-58 11-33 Hutt Valley Power Board .. .. ... .. 19-7 8-54 1-69 8-57 I nglewood Borough .. .. .. .. 311 8-45 2-63 9-72 Invercargill Borough .. .. .. .. 18-7 11-69 2-19 7-38 Kaikoura County Council .. .. .. .. 22-2 11-05 2-45 15-33 Kaiapoi Borough .. .. .. .. .. 25-2 6-77 1-71 5-8{i Kamo Town Board .. .. .. .. 16-0 8-71 1-4 5-56 Kanieri Electric Limited . . .. .. .. 18-8 13-38 2-52 15-89 Kaponga Town Board .. . . .. .. 28-3 13-15 3-74 18-77 Kowai County .. . . . . .. .. 15-0 9-1 1-36 12-44 Lyttelton Borough.. .. .. .. .. 14-7 7-89 1-16 1-33 Mackenzie County (Fairlio) .. .. .. .. 9-7 7-78 0-75 5-74 Malvern Power Board .. .. .. .. 11-4 10-75 1-22 10-77 Manawatu-Oroua Power Board* .. .. . . 10-0 13-57 1-35 10-81 Mangaweka Town Board .. .. .. .. 26-0 11-86 3-09 13-86 Marlborough Power Board .. .. .. . . 6-4 7-4 0-48 13-55 Mataura Borough .. . . . . .. .. 23-0 4-57 1-05 3-45 Motueka Borough Council .. .. . . .. 17-7 6-86 1-21 8-58 Murchison County . . . . .. .. 26-6 15-55 4-14 33-77 Napier Borough .. . . . . .. .. 19-3 9-47 1-83 7-65 Noison City Council . . . . . . . . 18-4 10-1 1-85 7-32 New Plymouth Borough .. .. . . . . 24-9 12-05 3-0 18-38 Ohakune Borough .. . . .. .. .. 19-1 7-8 1-49 6-92 Opotiki (Lett Bros.) .. .. .. . . 28-2 9-7 2-75 7-76 Opunake Power Board .. .. .. .. 15-2 9-88 1-5 15-0 Otago Central Power Board . . .. .. 33-8 9-95 3-37 31-4 Otago Power Board .. . . .. . . 22-0 7-55 1-65 19-6 Palmerston North Power Board .. .. . . 21-9 10-47 2-29 10-23 Patea Borough Council .. . . .. .. 17-2 9-19 1-58 6-93 Picton Borough .. .. . . .. .. 26-3 8-5 2-24 13-49 Poverty Bay Power Board .. .. .. .. 10-0 8-62 0 : 86 5-6 Queenstown Borough Council .. .. .. 25-1 6-45 1-62 15-7 Raetihi Borough .. .. . . .. .. 8-7 10-71 0-93 7-86 Rangiora Borough .. .. .. .. 23-3 6-47 1-61 4-75 Rangiora County .. .. .. .. .. 14-2 13-85 1-97 7-93 Riciarton Borough .. .. .. .. 23-4 7-09 1-66 3-44 Rotorua (Tourist Department) .. .. .. 26-3 9-3 2-45 11-46 South Canterbury Power Board .. .. .. 5-7 14-35 0-81 6-59 Southland Power Boardf -- •• ■• .. 11-9 12-8 1-53 24-58 Springs-Ellesmere Power Board .. .. .. 15-0 9-63 1-45 9-0 Stratford Borough .. .. .. .. .. 27-2 11-42 3-1 16-21 Sumner Borough .. .. .. .. .. 26-1 5-86 1-53 3-78 Taihape Borough .. .. .. .. .. 23-0 8-96 2 06 7-38 Tai Tapu Dairy Co. .. . . . . .. 4-2 18-06 0-76 1-81 Taranaki Power Board . . .. .. .. 12-2 16-14 1-97 37-0 Tararua Power Board .. . . .. .. 12-7 13-69 1-75 13-78 Taumarunui Borough .. .. .. .. 17-8 11-82 2-11 15-19 Tauranga Boroughf .. .. .. .. 33-7 26-1 8-84 64-08 Tauranga Power Board . . .. .. .. 9-5 25-9 2-46 13-6 Tβ Aroha Borough .. .. .. .. 27-5 10-75 2-96 8-18 Tβ Awamutu Power Board . . .. . . .. 7-65 17-52 1-39 9-0 Tβ Puke Town Board .. . . .. . . 25-6 10-57 2-7 10-56 Teviot Power Board . . . . . . .. 21-6 13-3 2-9 30-7 Thames Borough .. .. . . . . .. 21-4 10-16 2-18 6-27 Thames Valley Power Board§ .. . . . . 3-48 23-33 0-82 5-05 Timaru Borough .. .. .. .. .. 15-8 8-8 1-39 6-31 Waimairi County .. .. .. .. .. 22-7 6-0 1-36 5-66 Waimea Electrical Supply Co. . . .. .. 15-3 7-38 1-13 6-05 Wairarapa Power Board .. .. .. .. 16-0 13-4 2-15 16-4 Wairere Power Board .. .. .. .. 11-7 12-5 1-96 11-4 Wairoa Borough .. .. .. .. .. 25-8 11-41 2-95 8-0 Wairoa Power Board . . .. .. .. 4-86 46-24 2-24 15-0 Waitaki Power Board .. .. 14-8 9-87 1-46 8-24 Waitara Borough .. .. .. .. .. 24-0 7-42 1-78 5-86 Waitemata Power Board .. ' .. .. .. 15-1 8-77 1-32 8-04 Waitomo Power Board . . .. .. .. 13-9 10-09 1-41 11-71 Wanganui-Rangitikei Power Board .. .. .. 14-0 13-56 1-89 9-55 Wellington City .. .. .. .. . - 23-0 14-78 3-39 9-96 Westport Borough .. .. .. .. 10-5 9-96 1-04 7-07 Whakatano Borouah .. .. .. .. 31-5 12-12 3-82 41-28 Whangarei Borough .. .. .. .. 26-0 10-32 2-68 7-96 Average for reticulated areas in New Zealand .. .. 20-4 11-5 2-36 14-8 * Palmerston North Borough counted as one consumer. f Invercargill and Bluff Boroughs counted as two consumers. $ 'J'auranga Power Board, Te Puke Town Board, and Public Works Department counted as three consumers. § Thames and Te Aroha Boroughs counted as two consumers.
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Table T.—Electric-power Boards of New Zealand as constituted on 31st March, 1928.
Value of Rateable Property. Numb « A <sq™ r rjffl£r Population. UsedasKatinK n Amount Voting lor Loan Poll. Name of Board. of Members bSsU Unimproved. Valuation Baals. of Loan Area gazetted. on Board - 1 authorized. District. Outer Area. District. Outer Area. District. District. Outer Area. For. Against - | £ £ £ £ 1. Aahburton .. .. 17/11/21 12 1,193 1,349 17,468 533 11,500,000 9,346,863 700,181 Capital .. .. 326,150 1 590 96 2. Auckland .. .. .. 1/4/22 12 300 .. 175,000 .. 50,491,865 50,491,865 .. Capital .. .. 1,603,000 7 096 476 3. Banks Peninsula .. .. 8/1/20 7 385 .. 4,050 .. 4,685,385 3,791,413 .. Capital .. .. 100,000 331 23 4 Bay of Plenty .. .. 20/8/25 8 460 2,615 8,500 3,100 2,219,657 1,769,657 450,000 Unimproved .. 170,000 436 137 5. Buller .. .. .. 11/5/22 5 1,987 .. 9,197 .. 696,374 696,374 .. Unimproved .. Poll not yet taken. 6. Cambridge .. .. 8/1/20 8 137 .. 6,000 .. 2,559,567 1,550,262 .. i Capital .. .. 113,236 474 71 7. Central .. .. .. 8/7/20 8 817 .. 18,039 .. 8,091,272 4,554,703 .. Capital .. .. 307,000 1 059 78 8. Central Hawke's Bay .. 19/10/22 9 1,300 .. 10,500 .. 6,839,951 6,839,951 .. Unimproved .. 'o43 41 9. Dannevirke .. .. 11/8/21 10 578 118 12,188 426 4,275,674 4,275,674 487,019 Unimproved .. 175,000 646 95 10. Franklin .. .. .. 25/9/24 9 822 .. 16,359 .. 6,763,874 5,084,084 .. Capital .. .. 234 \820 1,127 154 11. Golden Bay .. .. 18/6/25 5 51 .. 1,400 .. 455,593 240,717 .. Capital .. .. 25.000 118 48 12. Grey .. .. .. 26/10/22 9 640 810 10,200 2,085 1,545,502 515,700 107,000 Capital .. .. 138,000 1 368 298 13. Hawke's Bay .. .. 19/6/24 11 1,682 2 41,090 1,120 18,127,637 11,416,761 136,641 Capital .. .. 304,000 681 68 14. Hobson .. .. .. 29/3/23 8 778 .. 7,180 .. 1,424,942 1,424,942 .. Unimproved .. Poll not yet taken. 15. Horowhenua .. .. 1/12/21 9 630 .. 16,000 .. 3,403,255 3,403,255 .. Capital .. .. 260,000 973 26 16. Hutt Valley .. .. {n/12/24}' 11 530 " 35,640 .. 3,119,920 3,119,920 .. Unimproved .. 390,000 2,333 343 17. Malvern .. .. .. 28/6/23 6 308 1,833 3,550 1,500 3,037,533 2,433,080 1,458,588 Capital .. .. 65,000 508 33 18. Manawatu-Oroua .. .. 1/12/21 12 1,301 .. 39,011 .. 13,846,231 13,846,231 .. Unimproved .. 500,000 1,144 96 19. Marlborough .. .. 11/9/24 8 3,218 .. 20,780 .. 9,442,042 6,728,793 .. Capital .. .. 300,000 1,334 300 20. North Canterbury .. .. 26/2/27 8 746 312 9,340 3,745 6,052,918 5,051,124 1,903,803 Capital .. .. 160,300 430 86 J. 1 : 21. Opunake .. .. { 11 3/22/ 7 197 5 7,000 300 1,728,168 916,111 .. Capital .. .. 92,000 61 9 22. Otago .. .. .. {23/12/2!!} 7 781 1,500 12,801 11,281 3,578,923 2,085,383 2,611,066 Capital .. .. 240,000 1,217 179 23. Otago Central .. .. 26/10/22 9 232 2,452 3,085 2,085 538,838 160,008 863,819 Capital .. .. 60,000 380 17 24. Poverty Bay .. .. 12/6/24 11 1,751 .. 36,276 .. 16,502,852 9,599,999 .. Capital .. .. 280,000 1,203 244 25. Reefton .. .. .. 30/6/21 5 24 .. 1,639 .. 178,055 38,504 .. Capital .. .. Poll not yet taken.
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Table T.—Electric-power Boards of New Zealand as constituted on 31st March, 1928— continued.
Value of Rateable Property. Number Popalation. - Amount Voting for Loan Poll. Name of Electric-power Board. SSL j>of Members j Unimproved. Valuation Basis. of Loan Ar"ettel ™ Board - j- — J authorized. District. Outer Area. District. Outer Area. District. District. Outei Area. For. 1 Against. I i j j j r i j j i | £ £ £ £ 26. South Canterbury .. .. 3/7/24 12 1,673 3,429 35,618 6,000 12,946,839 12,946,839 2,536,815 Unimproved .. 329,000 1,861 584 27. Southland .. .. .. 19/11/19 12 7,819 3,035 67,090 22 15,200,658 15,200,658 137,513 Unimproved .. 1,650,000 6,516 450 28. South Taranaki .. .. 24/4/25 8 162 700 12,000 4,500 6,271,271 3,699,667 .. Capital .. .. Poll not yet taken. 29. Springs-Ellesmere .. .. 1/7/20 5 412 .. 11,370 .. 6,480,598 6,480.598 .. Capital .. .. 140,000 959 56 30. Taranaki .. .. .. 18/5/22 8 354 1,333 13,985 8,015 6,141,672 j 2,865,396* 3,109,336* Capital .. .. 430,000 1,026 250 31. Tararua .. .. .. 23/3/22 10 700 565 ! 8,485 1,770 2,833,994 2,833.994 1,149,113 ! Unimproved .. j 164,480 ! 714 83 32. Tauranga .. .. .. 14/6/23 7 636 3 8,300 3,506 1,124,773 1,124,773 494,076 Unimproved .. 114,500 421 277 33. TeAwamutu .. .. 8/1/20 8 270 .. 7.620 .. 3,699,132 2,353,948 .. Capital .. .. 178,000 173 ! 107 34. Teviot .. .. .. 22/7/22 7 320 .. 1,500 .. 195,431 255,661 .. Unimproved .. 50,500 191 27 35. Thames Valley .. .. 8/1/19 12 2,295 6 37,055 3,739 12,932,134 7,503,921 34,152 Capital .. .. 850,000 ; 1,236 806 1 i 1 36. Wairarapa .. .. 25/3/20 9 516 1,480 19,500 500 9,183,537 5,161.438 I 4,209,065f Capital .. .. 327,250 2,284 312 37. Wairere .. .. .. 18/1/23 7 335 72 2,400 300 380,000 623,459 1 236,541 Unimproved .. 38,500 82 8 38. Wairoa .. .. .. 29/7/20 10 1,354 .. 7,678 .. 4,378,796 2,609,059 .. Capital .. .. 100,000 504 31 39. Waitaki .. .. .. 9/8/23 9 520 1,813 17,029 551 6,735,789 4,406,970 239,322 Capital .. .. 135,000 1,286 124 f15/10/23 40. Waitemata .. .. -J 25/11/24 )■ 12 625 2 33,953 2,536 10,786,927 5,605,857 249,295 Capital .. .. 280,000 5,052 1,603 !. 29/11/24 J 41. Waitomo .. .. .. 6/3/24 7 160 1,100 5,000 3,000 1,066.361 1,066,361 2,500,000§ Unimproved .. 117,000 557 90 42. Wanganui-Rangitikei .. 1/12/21 12 1,648 972 52,000 22,099,617 6,568,540 1,408,210 Capital .. .. 375,000 1,315 214 43. YVestlandl .. .. 28/10/20 9 750 .. 3,272 .. 196,268 196,268 .. Unimproved .. Poll not yet taken. Totals .. ..I .. 378 41.397 25,506 866,148 63,615 303,759,825 1230,884,781 25,021,555 .. ill,272, 726 49,228 7,940 I j * 1924 figures. t Assessed. J License delegated to Westland Power, Ltd. § 1926 figures.
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Table U.—Electric-power Boards.— Return for Year ended 31st March, 1928.
Revenue. I Expenditure. General Rate. Availability Rate. Special Ratee. Main 1 Board - S ™ P m- y Outlay. Sale Sale ° f Total (not ] Capital Total Proflt - Loss " menced. Materials ' General. including j Charges, j Power. General. Annual Levied. 1 Collected. Levied. Collected. Levied. Collected. Bulk. Retail. ;ProBt) - I Bates> " ! &c ' I Costs " I ! I i £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ d. £ d. £ d. £ 1. Ashburton .. 1923 316,160 .. 34,928 .. 555 35,483 18,619 14,394 4,478 37,491 .. 2,008 .. .. 1 2. Auckland.. .. 1908 2,568,817 .. 570.149 .. 8,430 578,579 184,661 232,113 38,036 454,810 123,769 3. Banks Peninsula .. 1921 97,626 .. 10,478 343 336 11,157 7,165 5,390 2,733 15,288 .. 4,131 A •• •• -■ t 4,288f 4. Bay of Plentv* .. j .. .. .. .. • ■ • • • • • • • ■ ■ • ■ • • • • • 5. Cambridge .. 1922 i 104,018 16,360 474 1,026 17,860 7,029 7,123 2,571 16,723 1,137 6. Central .. .. 1921 I 258,335 .. 37,491 .. 2,556 40,047 17,812 14,248 4,954 37,014 3,033 7. Central Hawke's Bay 1925 : 110,860 469 14,623 1 .. 957 16,049 7,298 5,026 1,940 14,264 1,785 8. Dannevirke .. 1925 176,396 .. 19,430 181 1,037 20,648 9,230 6,523 2,531 18,284 2,364 9. Franklin .. .. 1925 1S5,288 .. 25,133 1,938 2,860 29,931 8,651 7,925 2,520 19,096 10,835 .... | 10. Golden Bay* .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11. Grey .. .. 1926 108.115 .. 17,741 13 292 18,046 7,052 8,475 2,895 18,422 .. 376 .. .. .. .. 1£, J, f, and If 12. Hawke's Bay .. 1927 176,241 10,865 7,618 ! .. 1,335 19.818 12,365 9,834 1,042 23,241 .. 3,423 13. Horowhenua .. 1924 181,375 .. 38,465 387 2,501 41,353 12,165 20,831 5,037 38,033 3,320 .. .. .. .... 14. Hutt Valley .. 1925 305,667 .. 58,568 502 1,122 60.192 18,455 23,591 6,563 48,609 11,583 15. Malvern .. .. 1925 54,397 .. 5,369 391 445 6,205 2,842 2,236 963 6,041 164 .. iandj i ' 16. Manawatu-Oroua .. 1924 1 421,728 6,560 43.971 658 1,622 52,811 28,741 19,501 4,371 52,613 198 17. Marlborough .. 1927 281,587 107 4,547 .. 5,330 9,984 10,011 1,033 748 11,792 .. 1,808 18. Opunake .. .. 1924 j 100,239 .. 10,344 .. " 178 10,522 7,634 2,060 1,792 11,486 .. 964 19. Otago .. .. 1926 ■ 251.703 399 20.400 .. 478 21,277 14,365 11,284 1.699 27,348 .. 6,071 20. Otago Central .. 1925 63,915 .. 6,131 512 220 6,863 3,668 983 1,966 6,617 246 .. .. .. .. .. | 21. Poverty Bay .. 1912 202,034 .. 29,951 607 747 31,305 5,967 14,793 4,062 24,822 6,483 22. South Canterbury .. 1925 274,530 8,983 24,436 100 347 33,866 13,222 15,171 2,027 30,420 3,446 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23. Southland .. 1925 1,650,033 17.688 74,260 53 10,782 102,783 115,500 25,236 23,909 164,645 .. 61,862 J 47,000£ .. .. ljandf 11,446§ 24. Springs-Ellesmere .. 1922 102,332 .. 16.177 188 173 16,538 7,415 4,726 , 2,670 14,811 1,727 25. Taranaki .. .. 1927 451,941 5,735 18,011 .. 600 24,346 24,075 5,804 3,984 33,863 .. 9,517 .. 9** 2 2,757 i ! i ! J I 26. Tararua .. .. 1925 141,363 .. 16,860 293 747 17,900 I 8,703 6,385 3,112 18,200 .. 300 27. Tauranga .. .. 1926 113,016 .. 18,220 48 2,170 20,438; 7,364 8,947 3,867: 20,178 260 28. TeAwamutu .. 1921 159,002 .. 23,063 61 , 574 23.698 10,326 7,272 2,835 20,433 3,265 .. \ 2,105!| 29. Teviot .. .. 1924 48.520 761 3,754 50 12 4,577 I 3,535 710 574 4,819 .. 242 I 409*; 30. Thames Valley .. 1920 711,741 5,130 102,404 3,410 3,697, 114,641 49,268 44,065 19,033 112,366 2,275 .. .. .. .. 3** 31. Wairarapa .. 1924 320,533 1,498 37,216 1,966 1,384 1 42,064 24,335 8,855 9,884 43,074 .. 1,010 32. Wairere .. .. 1925 32,893 i .. 2,834 .. 92 2,926 , 2,313; 291 899 3,503 577 33. Wairoa .. .. 1923 80,662 j 7,487 3,962 468 106 12.023 5,250 6,942 981 13,173 .. 1,150 Jg 657ft .. 1,280 34. Waitaki .. .. 1926 144,942 .. 24,720 887 105 25,712 8,141 8,241 2,360 18,742 6,970 35. Waitemata .. 1926 , 293,709 .. 44,976: 1,582 1,836: 48,394 15,707 15,587 11,398 42,692 5,702 36. Waitomo .. .. 1926 93,731 .. 10,788 .. 495 11,283 5,737 5,468 3,542 14,747 .. ! 3,464 .. .. .. .. 1J, i, |, and f 37. Wanganui-Rangitikei 1924 495,221 9,339 85,228 275 4,030 98,872 35,767 37,940 9,122 82,829 16,043 Totals .. .. 11,072,920 [ 75,021 1,478,606 | 15,387 ! 59,177 1,628,191 720,388 j609, 003 191,098 jl,520, 489 204,605 96,903 .. 50,180 ! 2,760 ! .. 17,014 * Not operating at 31st March, 1928. t Includes £170 arrears. X Includes £4,389 arrears. § Composed of arrears and surcharge for years 1925-26-27. || Includes £671 arrears. U Includes £49 arrears. ** Arrears collected, ft Includes £317 arrears. The North Canterbury Power Board commenced functioning in July, 1928. The South Taranaki, Hobson, Buller, and Reefton Power Boards are not yet functioning actively. The Westland Power Board delegated its powers to "Westland Power, Limited," which commenced operations in April, 1928.
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Table V.—Summary of Returns of Operating Results for the Year ended 31st March, 1928.
Capital Total Working-expenses. Capital Charges, &c. Net Results. Working-costs. Capital Charges, &c. Total Costs. Retail Selling-rates. •- 1 Title Outlay at : Revenue ! Per AnmL i i i 3l8 J Q9 Q rch ' t'l'! r fni PerCent. Total. 9f nt .' + 0 / Costs. p nfii- , PerUnit Per Kw. PerUnit Per Kw. Per Unit Per Kw. Per Unit Per Kw T i.rM iTitr □ ,, 1928. mg Kates). Total. of Capital Profit. Loss. sold f Max ld _ of Max . sold . of Max _ sold _ ot Max. Luting. Heating. Power. ! Revenue. Outlay. o ] , Steam Stations. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. d. d. " 1. Auckland Power Board .. 2,568,817 578,579 270,149 46-7 184,661 7-18 454,810 123,769 .. 1-70 22-0 0-802 10-4 0-55 7 1 1-35 17-5 Z^ 0 , 2 — 4 " LA11 less 5 per ce nt. 2. Grey Power Board .. .. 108,115 18,046 . 11,370 63-2 7,052 6-52 18,422 .. 376 1-74 ! 20-9 1 1 13-22 0-69 8-2 1-79 21-42 6 2 to 3 i 2 to 1J 3. Nelson City Council.. .. 80,521 20,503 11,037 53-85 4,900 6-1 15,937 4,566 .. 4-75 40-0 2-56 21-5 1-1 9-5 3-66 31-0 9 4 to 2 4 to 2 Totals .. .. 2,757,453 617,128 j 292,556 47-5 196,613 7-1 489,169 128,335 376 1-76 22-5 0 83 10-7 0-565 7-2 1 395 17-9 I Gas Stations. 1. Kaikoura County Council .. 9,659 1,547 1,649 106-0 746 7-72 2,395 .. 848 12-6 51-5 13-4 54-96 6-06 24-86 19-46 79-82 12 12 6 2. Letts Bros. Company -• 10,095 3,584 3,237 96-48 180 1-78 3,417 167 j .. 8-2 46-0 7-4 41-5 0-41 ' 2-31 j 7-81 43-81 10 5 to 21- 5 3. Motueka Borough Council .. 13,682 1,950 1,720 88-21 962 7-06 2,682 .. 732 10-77 38-24 9-5 33-73 5-32 18-86 14-82 52-59 12 4 4 Totals .. .. 33,436 7,081 6.606 93-29 1,888 5-64 8,494 167 1,580 9-54 44-53 8-9 41-54 254 11-87 11-44 i 53-41 : < ) ; St'itioni. 1. Picton Borough Council .. 17,538 2,918 2,294 78-6 1,173 6-68 3,467 .. 549 8-03 49-0 6-3 38-5 3-2 19-7 9-5 58-2 10 4 to 2 4 2..Uawa County Council .. 6,218 1,092 524 51-57 638 10-3 1,162 .. 70 18-7 81-6 9-0 39-1 10-96 47-61 19-96 86-71 17 11 11 3. Poverty Bay Power Board .. 202,034 31,305 18,855 62-95 5,967 2-95 24,822 6,483 .. 4-7 31-3 2-83 18-85 0-9 5-96 3-73 24-81 {lupins 25* per cent Totils .. .. 225,790 35,315 21,673 61-5 7,778 3-44 29,451 6,483 619 5-0 32-8 3'05 20-0 1 1 7-2 4"16 27-2 Hydro Stations. \ ■ !. Coleridge (Public Works) .. 1,605,932 171,127 ! 40,054 23-74 101,210 6-34 141.264 29,863 .. ! 0-492 8-141 0-115 1-905 0-291 4-81 0-406 6-71 Ashburton Power Board .. 316,322 35,483 i 18,872 54-03 18,619 5-88 37,491 . .. 2,008 2-25 25-7 1-214 13-70 1-2 13-5 2-41 27-2 Banks Peninsula Power 97,626 11,157 j 8,123 77-52 7,165 7-33 15,288! .. 4,131 3-7 40-7 I 2-7 29-65 2-38 26-15 5-08 55-8 10 2 to f 3 to 1J Board Christchurch City Council .. 604,225 201,171 114,560 59-3 37,310 6-14 151,870 49,301 .. 1-38 19-7 0-788 11-22 0-256 3-65 1-044 14-87 6 to 1 1J to 1 1J to'J Eyre County Council .. 6,400 1,394 834 59-83 323 5-04 1,157' 237 .. 2-19 11-1 1 31 6-6 0-506 2-54 1-81 9-14 Flat Rate. Halswell County Council .. 6,627 1,673 1,233, 74-18 313 4-97 1,546 127 .. X-625 14-95 1-2 10-99 0-304 2-78 1-504 13-77 Flat Rate. Heathcotc County Council 23,985 7,769 5,566 74-37 1,082 4-51 6,648 1,121 .. 1-57 20-8 1-13 14-87 0-22 2-89 1-35 17-76 5 1 to 1J 3 to 1 Kaiapoi Borough Council .. 10,553 3,081 2,038 69-34 894 8-47 2,932 149 .. 3-76 30-6 2-48 20-09 1-09 8-81 3-57 28-90 6 1 H Kowai County Council .. 24,275 2,667 1,545 59-42 1,205 5-06 2,750 .. 83 5-0 37-5 2-89 21-8 2-26 17-0 5-15 38-80 , 9 to 8 3 3 to 1 Lyttelton Borough Council 5,000 4,360 3,447 ! 7-88 335 6-7 3,782 578 .. 2-12 22-4 1-67 17-7 1-63 1-7 3-3 19-4 ! 4J 1 3 to 1 Malvern Power Board .. 54,397 6,205 3,199 59-6 2,842 5-22 6,041 164 .. 3-61 34-1 1-86 17-57 1-65 15-61 3-51 33-18 9 to 1 9 to J 3 to 1 Rangiora Borough Council 9,976 3,174 2,437 77-38 396 3-97 2,833: 341 .. 3-05 26-5 2-36 20-3 0-38 3-31 2-74 23-61 5 1J to J 2 to i Rangiora County Council .. 25,050 6,235 4,114 75-13 1,739 6-91 5,853 382 .. 1-94 21-4 1-28 14-09 0-54 5-96 1-82 20-05 8 2 to if 3 to i Riccarton Borough Council 16,820 8,142 6,033 74-1 621 3-69 6,654 1,488 .. 1-6 24-6 1-19 18-0 0-12 1-88 1-22 19-88 6 to 1 1 1J South Canterbury Power Bd. 274,530 33,866 17,198 51-46 13,222 4-81 30,420 3,446 .. 1-41 ! 22-06 0-73 11-35 0-56 8-72 1-29 20-07 8 to 3 3 to 2 3 to 1 Springs-Ellesmere Power Bd. 102,332 16,538 7,396 45-7 7,415 7-24 14,811 I 1,727 .. 4-02 I 42-0 1-84 19 0 1-85 19-25 3-69 38-25 8 3 to i 3 to J
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Capital Total Working-expenses. Capital Charges, &c. Net j l(Sll i t3i Working-costs. Capital Charges. Total Costs. Retail Selling-rates. Tit| Outlay at Revenue — , Per t j 1 - «| Total. Costs. Proflt .- Los , S S S P :r . Llghtlng lHeating .j Power . Hydro Stations —continued. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. d. d. Sumner Borough Council .. 13,238 5,359 2,027 37-88 540 15-06 2,567 2,792 .. 2-38 32-8 0-904 12-44 0-24 3-31 1-144 15-75 5 li H Timaru Borough Council .. 107,330 28.845 16,815 61-53 8.980 8-75 25,795 3,050 .. 2-2 25-2 1-28 14-75 0-68 7-87 1-96 22-62 7 3 to 14 3 to 2 Tai Tapu Dairy Company .. 10,271 4,336 3,482 96-94 764 7-43 4.246 90 i .. 1-97 23-9 1-59 19-23 0-35 4-22 1-94 23-45 Flat r a t e. Waimairi County Council .. 68,412 16.514 10,071 60-99 3,490 5 1 13,561 2,953 .. 1-62 25-13 0-98 15-33 0-34 5-31 1-32 20-64 5 2 to 4 2 to 1 Waitaki Power Board .. 144,942 25.712 10.601 42-88 8,141 5-62 18,742 6,970 .. 3-12 38-5 1-29 15-92 0-99 12-22 2-28 28-14 9 to 3 3 to J 3 to i 2. Dunedin (Waipori) City Council 1,110,298 378,617 60.707 34-34 59.291 4-98 119,998 58,619 .. 1-14 14-99 0-39 5-14 0-38 5-029 0-77 10-17 6 to 1 2J to 1 2 to £ Otago Power Board" .. 251,703 21,277 12,983 63-4 14,365 5-7 27,348 .. 6,071 1-48 16-48 0-93 10-25 1-03 11-35 1-96 21-6 7 1| 1 3. Havelock North Town Board 24,097 3,370 1,090 32-0 1,735 7-2 2,825 545 .. 3-06 25-0 0-99 8-0 1-57 12-85 2-56 20-85 7 2 2 4. Haveloek South Town Board 5,269 354 297 84-04 132 2-50 429 .. 75 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 Flat rate. 5. Hawera Electric Company .. 104,188 26,349 10,442 44-04 1,294 1-24 11,736 14,613 .. 5-1 43-18 2-2 19-02 0-27 2-35 2-47 21-37 4]fless lOpercent ' i 7 p rr ' I* 6. Kanieri Electric Company .. 39,733 6,320 5,323 86-84 1,384 3-48 6,707 .. 387 0-56 9-75 0-48 8-45 0-126 2-19 0-606 10-64 6 < Less 25 to 50 per cent. 7. Kaponga Town Board .. 22,531 4,493 3,822 85-07 1,184 5-38 5,006 .. 513 3-63 29-95 3-08 25-48 0-95 7-89 4-03 33-37 9 to 1 4 to 1 5 to 2 8. Mangahao (Public Works) .. 2,373,921 155,857 145,659 94-5 106,441 4-89 252,100 .. 96,243 0-38 7-69 0-359 7-27 0-26 5-3 0-62 12-58 Central Hawke's Bay Power 110,860 16,049 6,965 46-15 7,298 6-58 14,263 1,786 .. 2-48 34-3 1-14 15-82 1-19 16-58 2-33 32-4 10 3 to 1J 3 to 14 Board Dannevirke Power Board 176,396 20,648 9,054 46-59 9,230 5-23 18,284 2,364 .. 3-21 46-25 1-49 21-55 1-52 21-97 3-01 43-52 8 3 to 1J 3 to 1 Hawke's Bay Power Board 176,241 19,818 10,876 58-88 12,365 7-0 23,241 .. 3,423 1-1 8-9 0-66 5-25 0-75 5-96 1-41 11-21 8 to 1J 8 to 1J 3 to li Hastings Borough Council | 108,228 23,068 14,493 63-07 4,232 3-91 18,725 4,343 .. 3-08 28-57 1-9 18-02 0-56 5-26 2-46 23-28 9 to 1J ! 4 to H 3 to 1J Napier Borough Council 140,933 33,800 24,391 74-26 7,697 5-46 32,088 1,712 .. 2-34 30-61 1-74 22-7 0-55 7-17 2-29 29-87 6 to 4 3 to 2 3 to 14 Horowhenua Power Board 181,374 41,353 25,868 67-25 12,165 6-7 38,033 3,320 .. 1-56 19-54 1-05 13-14 0-49 6-18 1-54 19-32 8 4 to If 4 to 1 Hutt Valley Power Board 305,667 60,192 30,154 51-49 18,455 6-03 48,609 11,583 .. 1-83 27-62 0-94 14-22 0-58 8-71 1-52 22-93 6 to 5 3 to l" 3 to 1 Manawatu-Oroua Power Bd. 421,728 52,811 23,872 47-3 28,741 6-81 52,613 198 .. 1-22 24-12 0-57 11-4 0-69 13-75 1-26 25-15 8 34 to 14 44 to 4 PalmerstonN. Borough CI. 196,532 44,063 20,850 49-17 12,724 6-47 33,574 10,489 .. 2-04 25-15 1-0 12-3 0-6 7-5 1-6 19-8 6 li ~ 3 to if Tararua Power Board .. 141,363 17,900 9,497 56-33 8,703 6-15 18,200 .. 300 2-07 38-15 1-15 21-46 1-06 19-66 2-21 41-12 8 4 to 2 4| to 1 Wairarapa Power Board .. 320,533 42,064 18,739 48-4 24,335 7-59 43,074 .. 1,010 2-38 40-3 1-15 19-5 1-5 25-3 2-65 44-8 7 .3 J 6 to 2 Wanganui-Rangitikei Power 495,221 98,773 47,062 50-0 35,767 7-22 82,829 15,944 .. 2'15 30-75 1-02 15-25 0-78 11-7 1'80 26-95 7 34 Various. Board Mangaweka Town Board 4,784 1,068 1,182 150-38 323 6-75 1,505 .. 437 2-39 23-1 3-6 34-76 0-98 9-5 4-58 44-26 12 34 4J Wellington City Council .. 996,493 339,979 144,325 42-73 37,140 .. 181,465 158,514 .. 2-09 26-16 0-89 11-17 0-23 2-87 1-12 14-04 6 to 3 2 to 1 3 to 1|9. .Mackenzie County Council .. 11,163 1,471 222 15-87 612 5-48 834 637 .. 5-58 46-23 0-88 7-34 2-44 20-22 3-32 27-56 9 to 4f 44 to 2 44 10. Marlborough Power Board .. 281,587 9,984 1,781 37-4 10,011 3-55 11,792 .. 1,808 3-8 11-66 1-4 4-45 8-2 25-05 9-6 29-5 9 to 14 9 to li 3 to 2 11. Mataura Borough Council .. 4,486 1,373 1,392 100-5 234 5-21 1,626 .. 253 4-3 18-1 4-71 19-8 0-75 3-34 5-46 23-14 6 2\ 24 12. Murchison County Council .. 15,200 j 1,866 715 40-4 974 6-4 1,689 177 .. 2-74 18-61 1-18 7-5 1-51 10-25 2-69 17-75 4 3 3 13. New Plymouth Borough CI... ; 386,171 | 63,029 19,832 33-46 23,350 6-04 43,182 19,847 .. 1-52 24-69 0-5 8-26 0-57 9-72 1-07 17-98 7 to 6 2 to 1 2 to 1 Inglewood Borough Council 12,644 : 3,424 3,065 92-7 750 5-93 3,815 ; .. i 391 2-83 .30-04 2-63 27-86 0-64 ! 6-82 3-27 34-68 6 2 2 Waitara Borough Council. . : 10,488 , 3,187 1,834 64-23 900 8-58 ; 2,734 453 j 4-2 33-6 2-69 21-58 1-32 10-56 4-01 32-14 9 3 to 1 3 to 1 14. Ohakune Borough Council .. j 16,616 : 3,590 1,763 51-12 j 975 5-86 2,738 852 .. 5-22 34-14 2-67 17-45 1-48 9-65 4-15 27-1 9 3 to 1| 4 to 2 15. Opunake Power Board .. i 105,185 10,522 3,852 37-2 7,634 7-25 11,486 .. 964 2-34 28-7 0-88 10-7 1-75 21-2 2-63 31-9 4,3,2 2 3,2,1 16. Patea Borough Council .. 12,488 2,851 l',570 56-6 542 4-34 2,112 739 .. 2-8 30-02 1-6 16-9 0-55 5-8 2-15 22-7 8-J to 6J 4 to 3 3j%tol 17. Queenstown Borough Council 12,675 1,304 419 34-01 826 6-51 1,245 59 .. 3-12 22-4 1-06 7-62 2-09 15-02 3-15 22-64 7 to 2* .. 4 to 2 18. Raetihi Borough Council .. 35,397 | 4,199 2,047 50-08 1,912 5-41 3,959 240 .. 2-22 20-17 1-51 ! 13-65 1-41 12-75 2-92 26-4 10 to 8 2 to 1 3 19. Reefton Electric Company .. 9,199 i 3,716 2,448 72-94 .. .. 2,448 1,268 ; .. 6-71 49-35 4-9 36-0 .. .. .. .. Flat raite. 20. Southland Power Board .. 1,650,033 I 102,783 49,145 53-44 , 115,500 , 6-99 164,645 .. 61,862 1-47 18-76 0-78 10-02 1-85 23-57 2-63 33-59 7 to 1J j 7 to li , 7 to H Bluff Borough Council .. 10,217 ! 3,219 2,134 76-9 | 659 j 6-45 2,793 426 .. 2-54 14-3 1-95 1 11-0 0-602 3-37 2-55 14-37 6 to 4 2 I 3 to 1|Invercargill Borough Council' 155,058 46,143 25,883 58-56 1 13,363 ! 8-61 39,246 6,897 .. 2-2 ' 29-7 1-29 ! 17-4 0-66 8-98 1-95 26-38 6 to 2 2-7 to 1 1 2-7 to 1
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Capital Total I Working-expenses. I Ca P ltal Charges, &c. Net Results. Working-costs. Capital Charges, <£c. Total Costs. Retail Selling-rates. Title Outlay at Revenue - 1 Per _ ! j j 1 7 1 ; ; j 1 1 . I 31S^5 tCh ' K It„* 0 i Percent. TtI (^- of Costs. T „,„ Unit Per Kw, Per Unit Per Kw. Per Unit Per Kw. Per Unit Per Kw. T . . .. .. i 1928. ing Rates). Total. Capital Profit. Loss. , sold . of Max . sold _ ol Max _ soId . ; ol Max sold . ol Max . Lighting. Heating. ■ Power. I i i I I ! i j I 1 i 1 I Hydro Stations —continued. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ d. £ d. £ d. £ I d. £ i d. d. d. 21. Taranaki Power Board .. 457,941 24,346 9,788 41-21 24,075 5-25 ! 33,863 .. 9,517 .. 13-19 0 605 5-43 1 48 13-37 2-08 ! 18-8 6 3 3 to 1 Stratford Borough Council 54,181 10,368 6,366 61-4 2,761 5-09 9,127 1,241 .. 2-51 29-6 1-54 18-2 0-67 7-89 2-21 26-09 8 4 to 1J 4 to 1 22. Taihape Borough Council .. 18,103 5,057 3,371 67-84 996 5-48 4,367 690 .. 3-8 23-22 2-58 15-75 0-76 4-65 3-34 20-4 8 1J 2 23. Taumarunui Borough Council 60,764 8,455 2,561 32-1 4,367 7-18 6,928 1,527 .. 2-84 17-34 0-91 5-57 1-56 9-5 2-47 15-07 9 to 7 3 to 1J 3 to 9 24. Tauranga Borough Council .. ! 163,616 22,116 6,949 31-66 9,881 6-03 ' 16,830 5,286 .. 0-423 6-15 0-14 1-95 0-19 2-77 0-33 4-72 7 1£ 2tol Tauranga Power Board .. I 113,016 20,438 12,814 70-3 : 7,364 6-5 20,178 260 .. 1-51 31-4 1-06 19-7 0-61 11-3 1-67 \ 31-00 5 to 1J : 5 to 1| 3 to 1 Te Puke Town Board .. ! 10,355 2,654 1,266 48-4 563 5-43 1,829 825' .. 2-43 31-1 1-1 15-07 0-52 | 6-69 1-62 21-76 | 8 2J to 1J 25. Teviot Power Board .. , 48,520 4,577 1,284 28-44 3,535 7-52 4,819 .. 242 0-56 7-0 0-16 1-99 0-43 i 5-48 0-59 7-47 ; .. .. ! Otago Central Power Board 63,915 6,863 2,949 48-0 3,668 5-73 6,617 246 .. 1-63 19-8 0-78 9-5 0-97 11-8 1-75 21-3 £10 per £2 10s. k. w. per k.w. year year 26. Waikato (Horahora) .. 9S1.883 125,312 46.568 37-96 53,922 5-47 100,490 ! 24,822 .. 0-335 7-813 0-127 2-96 0-147 3-43 0-274 6-39 '.. Cambridge Power Board .. 104,018 17,860 9.694 59-25 7,029 6-73 16,723 1.137 .. 1-75 32-33 1-04 19-15 0-75 13-89 1-79 33-04 9 to 4* 3 to j 3 to J Central Power Board .. 258.335 40,047 19,202 51-2 17,812 6-9 37,014 3.033 .. 1-85 34-08 0-95 17-46 0-88 16-19 1-83 33-65 8i" 1£ 3 Franklin Power Board .. 185,288 29.931 10,445 41-56 8,651 4-66 19,096 10,835 .. 2-4 34-55 1-02 14-36 0-84 11-89 1-86 26-25 8" l| 3 to 2 Hamilton Borough Council 71,228 31,621 18,074 57-32 4,899 6-78 22,973 8,648 .. 3-08 35-38 1-76 20-28 0-47 5-5 2-23 25-78 6 2 2 Te Awamutu Power Board 159,002 23,698 10,107 43-8 10,326 6-49 20,433 3,265 .. 1-7 31-0 0-75 13-58 0-77 13-8 1-52 27-38 8 to 7 2 to H 3 to 1J Thames Valley Power Board 706,741 114,641 63.098 58-67 49,268 6-95 112,366 2,275 .. 1-43 24-67 0-84 14-47 0-65 11-3 1-49 25-77 8 3 to if 3 to 0-7 Thames Borough Council .. 31,357 10,909 6.022 55-88 1.268 4-04 7,290 3,619 .. 2-7 30-72 1-51 17-15 0-32 3-62 1-83 20-77 8 3 to 1| 3 to 0-5 Te Aroha Borough Council 19.026 6,880 3,352 52-68 874 4-59 4,226 2,654 .. 2-88 35-35 1-52 18-6 0-396 4-85 1-91 23-45 7 to 5 3 to £ 3 to J Tourist Dept. (Botorua) .. 63,049 13,504 6,221 46-47 4,413 6-99 10,634 2,870 .. 3-11 34-33 1-44 15-95 1-02 11-32 2-46 27-27 7 3 to I 3 to 1 Waitemata Power Board .. 292,684 48,394 26.985 59-9 15,707 5-35 42,692 5,702 .. 2-4 38-37 ] 1-4 23-02 0-84 13-4 2-24 36-42 7 3J to 1J j 3£ to 1£ Waitomo Power Board .. 93.731 11,283 : 9.010 83-51 5,737 6-12 14,747 .. 3,464 2-58 39-08 | 2-16 32-64 j 1-35 20-8 I 3-51 53-44 10 3 to H 2 to 1J 27. Wairoa Power Board (Wai- 80,662 12,023 7,923 69-2 5,250 6-5 13,173 .. 1,150 1-12 10-98 0-77 7-6 0-51 5-04 1-28 12-64 9 to 1 .. 3 to 1J karemoana) Wairoa Borough Council .. 18,698 6,909 3.874 58-7 1,416 7-57 5,290 1,619 .. 1-57 27-75 0-924 16-3 0-337 5-95 1-261 22-25 6 3 to 1 3 to 1J 28. Waimea Electric Company .. 20,223 4.534 2,882 67-29 455 5-58 3,337 1,197 .. 9-02 42-83 6-07 28-82 0-96 4-55 7-03 33-37 11 4 4 29. Wairua (Wilson's Cement Co.) .. 14,420 5.683 40-6 .. .. 5,683 8,737 .. 0-294 6-1 0-119 2-5 .. .. .. •• 4-9 to 2-72-7 to 1-52-7 to 1-5 Kamo Town Board .. 3,114 784 632 i 80-61 232 7-45 864 .. 80 7-84 34-38 6-32 27-71 2-32 10-17 8-64 37-88 9 4 4 to 3 Whangarei Borough Council 55,755 18,797 11,854 66-4 1,658 5-04 13,512 5,285 .. 2-85 36-0 1-89 23-95 0-265 3-35 2-15 27-3 5J to 5 3 to 2 30. Wairere Power Board .. 22,893 2,926 1.190 41-99 2,313 7-01 3,503 .. 577 1-29 13-69 0-54 5-75 1-06 11-17 1-6 16-92 9 4J 1 plus flat rate. 31. Westport Borough Council .. 28,335 4,185 1,758 46-53 2,350 8-29 4,108 " 77 .. 4-79 30-2 2-23 14-0 2-98 18-8 5-21 32-8 9 3 to 1 3 32. Whakatane Borough Council 53,667 4,971 1,876 39-27 3,368 6-27 5,244 : .. 273 j 2-02 16-47 0-79 6-46 1-42 11-61 2-21 18-07 9 9 3 to 1 Totals .. .. 18,205,043 [2,714, 195 1,339,196 49-34 1,054,007 I 5-78 2,393,203 516,254 195,262 1-75 30-52 0-868 15-1 0-68 11-85 1-548 26-95 I I | : 1 i | | I I | I ! |
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Table W.—Electric-supply Stations of New Zealand at 31st March, 1928.
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(G = gas ; 0 = oil; S = steam ; W = water.) " <♦-. * © i i I ! >.g Population °S Capacity. Connected Unite. g> Average j Average \ p nt j 8-g . ag included in j Tolld Demand : =-5a Units sold I Units sold System ! Supply miSsof i S r * s s Area of a I Main Stand-bv Maximum (Kilowatts Factor - Generated Percentage a -S> 8 Per ! per of Supply. Voltage. 1 •g s »PP«y- gj S- Plant ; (IUloWatts " Sold - Non-prodnctm. pr *°- ve *JI ConsUmeI ' | Capita ' j J~ _ . . St'.am Stations. Kv.a. Kv.a. Kw; ! 1.Auckland .. .. 1908 175,000 38,708 29,000 3,750 26,000 130,000 20-0 88,932,070 80,791,776 8,140,294 8-15 39-04 2,087 462 A.C./D.C. 230/400/460 876 2. Grev .. .. .. 1926 12,285 1,454 1,250 .. 860 2,575 33-4 3,202,338 2,447,453 754,885 23 : 57 42-51 1,680 199-2 A.C. 400/230 76 3. Nelson .. .. 1923 11,000 2,029 624 .. 513 3,712 13-8 1,338,220 1,037,213 301,007 22-5 29-7 511 94-3 A.C. 400/230 46-5 i i ■ 1 | ; Totals .. .. I .. 198,285 42,191 30,874 3,750 27,373 136,287 20-8 93,472,628 84,276,442 9,196,186 9-8 j 39-0 1,990 425 .. j .. 998-5 ) Gas Stations. 1. Kaikoura .. .. 1922 630 140 47 | 30 105-75 28-36 42,780 29.520 13,260 30-99 16-27 210-8 46-85 A.C. 400/230 26-99 .. 2. Motueka .. .. 1922 1,600 284 62 .. j 51 158 32-28 51.649 43,439 8,210 15'8 11-56 152-9 27-1 A.C. 400/230 11-7 3. Letts Bros. .. .. 1914 1,300 367! 99 .. ! 78 170-9 45-64 123,000 105,000 18,000 14-63 18 286-1 80-7 D.C. 460/230 12 ! ; 1 ' Totals .. .. .. 3,530 791 208 .. 159 434-65 36-6 ; 217,429 177,959 39,470 18-27 15-6 224-9 50-4 .. .. 50-69 Oil Stations. 1. Picton .. .. 1917 1,300 343 136 .. 59-5 458 13 120,430 87,187 33,243 27-6 23-1 254-1 : 67 D.C. 460/230 10 i 279 2. Uawa (Tolaga Bay) .. 1925 400 94 30 .. 13-4 61-5 21-79 19,596 13,971 5,625 28-71 16-69 148-6 i 34-9 i D.C. 460/230 6 3. Poverty Bay .. .. 1912; 36,276 3,631 980 350 (S) 1,000'0 .. .. 2,028,271 1,595,357 432,914 21-34 j 23-15 439 43-97 A.C./D.C. 460/400/230 137 Totals .. .. .. | 37,976 4,068 1,146 j 350 1,072-9 519-5 .. 2,168,297 1,696,515 ! 471,782 j 21-75 23-1 416 I 44-5 .. .. 153 _ _ _J_ l__ I 1 I I I I Hydro Stations. 1. Coleridge .. .. ! 1915 242,580 20 bulk 33,750 .. 21,020 135,880 15-47 93,853,759 83,317,588 10,536,171 11-2 50-97 .. 345 A.C. .. - 524-8 480 56 dom. Ashburton .. 1912 (18,001) 3,069 Bulk 200(0): (1,377) (8,901-4) 15-47 (4,810,858) (3,728,840) (1,082,018) 22-5 39-9 1,010-5 207 A.C. 400/230 816 Banks Peninsula .. 1921 (4,050) 912 I „ 90 (W) (274) (2,339-5) 11-71 (1,078,508) (721,880) (356,628) 33-07 44-9 791-5 178-2 A.C. 400/230 195 | 310 Christchureh .. 1904 (91,500) 25,415 „ 400 (S) I (10,210) (72,159) 14-15 (39,757,621) (34,894,754) (4,862.867) 12-23 44-45 1,372-9 162-3 A.C. 400/230 267 .. Eyre .. 1920 (1,110) 148 „ .. (126-6) (196-7) 64-4 (191,978) (153,582) (38,396) 20* 17-23 1,297-1 172-9 A.C. 400/230 21-5 Halswell .. .. 1919 (1,850) 127 „ j .. (112-22) (318) 35-3 (308,936) (247,148)*! (61,788)* 20* 31-42 1,946* 133'5 A.C. 400/230 22 Heathcote.. .. 1914 (5,000) 1,122 „ .. (374-2) (2,614-33) 14-31 (1,274,242) (1,185,746) (88,496) 6-94 38-87 1.056-6 237-1 A.C. 400/230 30 Kaiapoi .. .. : 1917 (1,800) , 455 „ .. (101-4) (462-34) 21-94 (252,061) (196,992) (55.069) 21-85 ! 28-37 432-9 109-4 A.C. 400/230 21 Kowai .. .. 11922 (1,950) 293 „ j .. (71) | (392-8) 18-1 (188,620) (127,873) (60,747) 32-2 30-32 436-4 65-5 A.C. 400/230 63-78 .. Lyttelton .. .. 1917 (3,749) 552 „ I .. (194) j (1,343-4) 14-4 (620,463) (493,465) (126,998) 20-5 j 36-5 893-9 131-6 A.C. 400/230 9-2 .. * Assessed.
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(G = gas; O = oil; S = steam ; W = water.) X® Population Capacity. _ Units. I w | Avetage Average _ , l"« Tit ,., Ug r included in : ®g ; = — Demand : : g-Sc Units sold Units sold System Supply -Koute- M o nf ; Supply, j |J j Sol, bon-producfve. 5|| oJS-. L&. « |S ° I 1 I I I I I I cc Hydro Stations —continued. Kv.a. Kv.a. Kw. Malvern .. .. 1925 (5,050) 577 Bulk. .. (182) (1,572) 11-6 (646,960) (413,070) (233,890) 36-2 40-5 843-0 81-7 A.C. 400/230 150 Rangiora Borough CI. 1919 (2,100) 490 „ .. (120) (903) 13-3 (318,100) (247,762) (70.338) 22-11 30-26 505-6 117-9 A.C. i 400/230 12 Rangiora County CI. 1919 (3,155) 451 „ .. (292) (1,691) 17-27 (911,760) (773,098) (1-38,662) 15-2 35-64 1,714-1 245-0 A.C." ' 400/230 59-5 Riccarton .. .. 1916 (4,887) 1,147 „ .. (330-7) (3,190-5) 10-3 (1,374,240) (1,211,068) (163,172) 11-8 47-43 1,055-8 347-8 A.C. 400/230 1825 .. South Canterbury .. 1925 (41,618) 2,360 „ .. (1,514-6) (5,916) 25-6 . (6,717,400) (5,672,003) ; (1,045,397) 15-56 50-63 1,122-5 i 96-7 A.C. 400/230 563-5 Springs-EIlesmere .. 1922 (11,370) 1,716 „ .. (385) (3,625) 10-6 (1,461,544) (963,407) (498,137) 34 43-3 561-4 ! 84-7 A.C. 400/230 238-65 .. Sumner .. .. 1903 (3,500) 916 „ .. (162-9) (1,126-6) 14-47 (664,785) (538,362) (166,823) 25'1 46-59 587-7 153-8 A.C. 400/230 18-25 .. Timaru .. .. 1906 (17,000) 2,693 „ .. (1,140) (6,207) 18-2 (3,317,998) (3,139.808) (178,190) 5-37 33-2 1,165-9 184-6 A.C. 400/230 534 Tai Tapu Dairy Co. .. 1915 (5,700) 240 „ .. (181-1) (413) 43-85 (658,986) (527,188) (131,798)* 20 41-53 .. .. A.C. 400/230 Waimairi .. .. 1916 (12,082) 2,750 „ .. (657) (7,862) 8-36 (3,062,851) (2,450,281) (612,570) 20 53-21 1,139-6 202-8 A.C. 400/230 139 Waitaki .. .. 1918 (17,580) 2,605 „ 390(0) (666) (5,494) 12-1 (2,674,028) (1,972,254) (701,774) 26-24 45"83 757-1 i 112-1 A.C. i 400/230 ' 287 250 2. Dunedin (Waipori) .. 1907 80,000 18,090 13,750 860(0) 11,790 55,348 21-3 48,023,575 37.065,376 10,958,199 22-8 46-5 2,048-9 463-3 A.C. 400/230 476 700 Otago .. .. 1926 12,804 2,822 Bulk .. (1,262) (7,062-6) 17-87 (4,004,003) (3,353,628) (650,375) 16-24 36-2 1,188-3 261-9 A.C. 400/230 468-5 3. Havelook North .. 1916 1,100 259 160 .. 135 .. .. 400.300 264,181 136,119 34 33-9 1,020-0 204-01 A.C. 400/230 16-5 50 4. Havelock South .. 1918 300 50 15 f t t t t t t t t t t A.C. 400/230 2 270 5. Hawera County Electric 1902 6,700 2,372 1,125 532(0) 549 I 3,837-75 14-3 ' 1,430,960 1,133,825 297,135 20-76 29-75 478-0 169-2 A.C. 400/230 i 78 57 Co., Ltd. 6. Kanieri Electric Limited 1908 2,500 472 700 150(0) 630 914 68-9 3,175,500 2,633,830 541,670 17'06 57-5 644-7 121-7 A.C. 400/230 17-7 250 (Hokitika) 7 Kaponga .. .. 1916 1,200 341 165 .. 150 505} 29-9J 316,300 297,387 19,913 6-3 24 872-1 247-8 A.C./D.C. 400/230 50 58/31 8. Mangahao .. .. 1925 358,628 55dom.24,000 .. 20,040 170,068 11-78 103,968,109 97,786,572 6,181,537 5-95 59-2 .. 272 A.C. .. 358-4 896 13 bulk Central Hawke's Bay 1925 [ (10,500) 1,301 Bulk; 80(G) (440) (2,983) 14-75 (1,945,807) (1,460,049) (485,758) 24-9 50-4 1,122-2 139-0 A.C. 400/230 94 Dannevirke .. 1925 (12,614) 1,823 „ .. (420) (4,221-8) 9-95 (1,612,296) (1,449,708) (162,588) 10-08 43-8 795-2 114-9 A.C. 400/230 251-6 Hawke's Bay .. 1925 (15,343) 1,603 „ .. (2,072) (16,668) 12-4 (4,730,000) (3,942,866) (787,134) 16-64 26 483-7 89-8 A.C. 400/230 185 Hastings.. .. 1912 (10,150) 2,978 „ 1,175(0)(G) (804-7) (5,234) lo-3 (2,104,400) (1,788,292) (316,108) 15 29-8 600-5 176-1 A.C./D.C. {400/930} 54 Napier .. 1913 1 (18,410) 3,569 „ 1,330(0)(G) (1,073) (5,734) 18-7 (4,216,410) (3,369,582) (846,828) 20-08 44-86 944-1 183-0 A.C./D.C. -[400/230/ 33 Horowhenua .. 1924 (16,000) 2,782 „ .. (1,968) (7,551) 26-06 (7,090,301) (5,906,235) (1,184,066) 16-69 41-12 212-1 26-8 A.C. 400/230 269-5 — L— . 1 — Hutt Valley .. 1924 (35,640) 7,046 „ 500 (S) (2,120) (20,102) 10-5 (8,852,945) (7,663,587) (1,189,358) 13-43 47-67 108-7 21-5 A.C. 400/230 255 Manawatu-Oroua .. 1924 (39,011) 3,892 „ .. (2,093-3) (10,914) 19-1 (11,392,722) (9,904,214) (1,488,508) 13-06 62 1,222-8 170-1 A.C. 400/230 494 Palmerston North.. 1924 (19,210) 4,207 „ 1.350(G) (1,688) (9.641) 17-5 (5,987,926) (4,965,699) (1,022,227) 17 40-4 1,180-3 158-4 A.C. 400/230 71-5 Tararua .. .. 1925 (10,250) 1,307 „ .. (442-5) (3,310) 13-36 (2,185,413) (1,973,837) (211,576) 9-7 56-4 1,510-2 192-5 A.C. 400/230 162-76 .. Wairarapa .. 1924 (19,500) 3,131 „ 837 (W) (960) (9,137) 10-5 (4,987,424): (3,890,252) (1,097,172 ) 22 59-3 1,242-4 199-5 A.C. 400/230 432-5 { b','90 * Assessed. t Taken over by Marlborough Power Board. i Partly included in Taranaki Power Board.
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(G = gas ; O = oil; S = steam ; W = water.) if! Population Z ! Capacity. Connoted i UDitS ' ell Average Average fj Title. gg ln ATra e nf ln 1= Lead Demand t — - = .= -g Units sold Units sold System I Supply R< J" te f KS 2. I s , I c Main Stand-by Maximum (Kilowatts). Factor - Generated „ ., .. , I ercentage cio I per per of Supply. Voltage. " ®1 Supply " Plant. Plant. Load. or purchased. Sold - Son-productive. Non- ■< g s Consumer. Capita. " Lme3 - B = S * Productive. j 2 ' —i II I | j oq i I i I j ; 1 Hydro Stations —continued. Kv.a. Kv.a. Kw. Wanganui-Rangitikei 1924 (52,000) 7,293 Bulk 1,650(S) (3,070) (16,032) 19-2 (13,736,555) (10,989,244)* (2,747,311)* 20* 51 1 1,506'S* 211-3* AC 400 >30 651 Mangaweka .. 1913 345 90 „ 40 (W) (34) (45-97) 73-96 (86,793) (78,831) (7,962) 9-17 29-14 875-9 228-4 A C 400/230 7 Wellington .. 1888 (100,000) 23,000 „ 9,650 (S) (12,910) (66,363) 19-45 (46,313,769) (38,742,838) (7,570,931) 16-35 40-95 1,684-4 387 AC 400/230/105 268 9. Mackenzie (Fairlie) .. ; 1922 1,942 189 40 .. 30-26 143 21-2 i 66,866 60,214 6,652 9-95 25-23 318-5 31 A.c! 400/230 5-5 66 10. Mataura .. .. 1913 1,300 300 75 150 (S) 70 340 20-5 ! 91,322 70,852 20,470 22-4 14-86 236-1 54-5 a!c! 440 i20 8 22 11. Marlborough .. .. 1927 20,780 1,340 625 .. : 400 2,239 17-8 : 664,937 292,595 372,342 56 18-9 ' 218-3 10-5 A.C. ; 400/230 °01 100 12. Murchison .. .. 1922 450 120 100 .. 95 253 37-6 257,500 154,668 102,832 39-9 30-9 1,288-9 343-7 A.c! 400/230 14 HO 13. New Plymouth .. 1905 21,000 5,233 3,600 500 (0) 2,400 13,010 18-4 11,043,295 9,342,665 1,700,630 15-3 52-52 1,539-9 387-8 A.C. 400 230 225 120'•Jin Inglewood .. .. 1905 1,300 405 Bulk 120 (W) (110) (1,032) 10-65 (391,155) (279,883) (111,272) 28-44 40-59 691 215-2 A.c! 400/230 ~~8-12 38 Waitara .. .. 1907 1,787 429 „ .. (85) (510) 16-6 j (228,370) (163,214) (65,156) 28-53 30-67 380-4 91-3 AX'! 400/230 11-5 14. Ohakune .. .. 1914 2,400 460 120 I 141 (0) 101 592-35 17-06 | 185,265 158,419 26,846 14-49 20-93 344-3 66-0 AC ! 400/230 19 15. Opunake .. .. 1924 7,000 1,064 380+! .. 360 1,034 34-8 ! 1.307,400 1,041,900 265,500 20-3 41-46 979-2 148-8 AC 400/230 137-5 53 16. Patea .. .. 1901 1,800 310 82 80(0) 92-4 272 33-9 273,282 232,955 40,327 14-8 33-7 751-4 129-4 A.c! lio/iho 13 78 17. Queenstown .. .. j 1924 804 202 100 .. 55 236 23-3 I 131,790 94,626 37,164 28-2 27-4 467-9 117-5 A.C 400/230 , 25 510 18. Raetihi .. .. 1917 4,500 392 470. .. 150 650 23-07 407,530 326,124 81,406 19-97 31-01 831-9 72-4 A.C. 400/230 28 308 19. Reefton Electric Light 1887 1,200 287 80 .. 68 -.. .. 16,000 12,000 4,000 25 26-84 41-8 10 D.C. 460/230 2-25 27 and Power Co., Ltd. 20. Southland (Moaowai) .. 1925 67,090 8,033 7,050 .. 4,900 32,285 1-5-17 21,155,905 14,968,107 6,187,798 29-24 49-28 1 667-1 1 211-2 AC 400/' -:> 30 2 373 154 Bluff .. .. 1903 (1,690) 380 Bulk .. (194) (816-37) 23-8 (330,441) (262,100) (68,341) 24-67 19-49 689-9 'l55 400/230 ' 9-62 Invercargill .. 1913 (21,000) 3,946 „ 2,450 (S) (1,488) (9,846) 15-1 (5,377,701) (4,801,684) (576,017) 10-7 41 1,211-7 228-6 A.C. 400/230 75 21. Taranaki .. .. 1925: 12,285 1,511 ! 3,600 ! .. 1,800 5,293 34-0 4,855,260 3,884,208 971,052* 20 30-79 .. AC 400-">30 25? 30(7 Stratford .. .. 1898 3,336 908 ! Bulk! .. (350) (1,673) 20-9 • (1,192,814) (990,141) (202,673) 17 39 1,090-4 296-8 A.C. 400/230 19-5 22. Taihape .. .. 1913 2,450 564 150 75 (G) 214 906 23-6 459,010 313,020 145,990 31-8 24-49 555 127-7 D.C. 460/230 10-25 30 23. Taumarunui .. .. 1924 4,000 715 500 .. 460 1,338 34-3 958,126 670,518 287,608 30 23-7 937-7 167-6 A.C. 400/230 15 25 24. Tauranga Borough Coun- 1915 j 2,500 848 4,300 .. 3,566 4,642 76-82 1 14,211,925 11,982,350 2,229,575 15-68 45-5 1,761-6 597-5 A.C. 400/230 69-5 110/86 cil Tauranga Power Boaid 1925 8,300 788 Bulk .. (650) (2,881) .. (3,459,688) (2.883,074) (576,614) (16-6) .. 365-5 34-7 AC 400/230 280 TePuke .. .. 1921 980 251 „ .. (84) (515 8) 16-2 (274,015) (258,290) (15,725) 5-75 37 1,029-0 263-5 A C 400/230 " 8-75 25. Teviot .. .. 1924 1,580 343 750 .. 645 2,076-5 31-06 2,470,446 1,976,356 494,090* 20 43-72 .. .. A.C. 400/230 65 380 Otago Central .. 1925 2,037 690 Bulk .. (310) (1,074) 28-8 (1,236,287) (903,295) (332,992) 26-93 45-5 1,309-1 443-4 A.C. 400/230 84 * Assessed. t Also bulk supply from New Plymouth.
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(G = gas ; 0 = oil; S = steam ; W = water.) 13 **-<00 . i • ! © I I "O Population °o Capacity. UnIts - els Average Average R t g.g ag included in ®S ; 1 0oI i n n e a( 5 ed Demand; r ; ; S-jJa ! Units sold Units sold ! System Supply mi ° esot j a £ • S*S Area of p £ , r . j a . , , , r . Load Factor. n ► a Percentage per per : of Supply. Voltage. , J. " I Supply. Ig *f al " 1 Steid-by Maximum (Kilowatts . Generated s ld Non-productive. Non- < f § I Consumer. Capita. Lmes - | | vv * j fco Plant.: Plant. | Load. | or purchased. | v Productive. 35 I | : j ! j j Hydro Stations -contd. | Kv.a. j Kv.a. Kw. 26. Waikato (Horahora) .. 1913' 271,625 19bulk il2,875 ! 3,000 !S) i 15,700 64,-580 j 24-31 100,075,668 i 87,852,067 12,223,601 12-21 72-77 .. 324 A.C. i .. 656-38 27 Cambridge .. 1922: (6,000) 1,128 i Bulk: .. (506) (2,203-6) ! 22-96 (3,018,937) (2,233,997) (784,940) 26 68-1 1,980-4 372-3 A.C. 400/230 141 Central .. .. 1921 (18,039) 3,015 „ ! „ j (1,100) (6,352) 17-32 (5,891,776) (4,851,608) (1,040,168) 17-65 61-14 1,609-1 268-9 A.C. 400/230 388-25 .. Franklin .. .. 1925 (16,359) 2,319 „ 350(G)! (727-4) (4.311) 16-87 (3,007,981) (2,506,651) (501,330) 16-66 47-2 1,080-9 153-2 A.C. 400/230 262 Hamilton .. .. 1913 (15,500) 3,388 „ .. (891) (6,153) 14-43 (2,947,233) (2,454,809) (492,424) 16-7 37-76 724-5 158-3 A.C. 400/230 46-7 TeAwamutu .. 1920 (17,620) 1,353 „ .. (744) (3,520-3) 21-13 (3,989,310) (3,217,554) (721,756) 18-12 61-2 2,378 422-2 A.C- 400/230 291-5 Thames Valley .. 1920 (140,794) : 4,915 „ .. (4,359) (16,493) ! 26-42 (22,669,688) (18,024,393) (4,645,295) 20-49 59-37 2,719 1 374-5 A.C. 400/230 673 Thames Borough 1914 (5,000) 1,074 „ 205 (W) (350-7) (1,549) 22-64 (1,405,880) (956,942) (448,938) 31-93 45-76 891 191-2 A.C./D.C. 460/400/230 20 Council TeAroha .. .. 1906 (2,324) 640 ., 150 (W)| (180) (1.135) 15-85 (610,475), (529,389) (181,086) 29-7 38-71 827-1 227-3 A.C. 400/230 16-25 600 Tourist Department 1901, (5,500) 1,451 „ 387(G) (390) (2,721) 14-33 (1,403,668) (1,034,655) (369,013) 26-29 41-08 713-0 188-1 A.C. 400/230/200 45-25 14 (Rotorua) I /115 Waitemata.. .. 1926 (36,489) 5,512 „ .. (1,172) 1(10,074-8) 11-63 (5,494,849)! (4,503,238) (991,611) 18-05 53-5 816-9 123-4 A.C. 400/230 266-9 Waitomo .. .. 1925 (8,000) 1,118 ,. 170(G) (276) (1,410) 19-58 (1.328,291) (1,000,281) (328,010) 24-69 54-93 894-7 125 A.C. 400/230 65 300 27. Wairoa (Waikaremoana) 1923 5,341 260 2,000 .. 1,042 2,963 35-16 2,792,224 2,462,077 330,147 11-82 30-58 2,846-3f 320-6 A.C. 400/230 105-5 680 Wairoa Borough 1913 2,337 605 Bulk .. (237-4) 1,756 13-55 (1,101,364) (1,005,766) (95,598) 8-68 52-95 1,662-4 430-3 A.C. 400/230 12-6 Council 28 Waimea .. .. 1910 4,000 614 100 40(G) 100 738 13-55 147,778 114,016 33,762 22-84 16-87 185-6 28-5 A.C. 400/230 35 11 Also bulk . 29. Wairua (Wilson's Cement 1916 7,560 43 j 2,500 .. 1 2,300 .. .. 13,047,750 11,374,024 1,673,726 ! 12-83 64-75' 1,504-5 A.C. 400/230 36-38 130 Co. Kamo .. .. 1923 (560) 90 Bulk .. (22-8) (110-6) 20-6 (29,971) (23,976) (5,995)* 20 15-01 333-0 53-5 A.C. 400/230 5-62 .. Whangarei .. 1915 (7,000) 1,819 i „ .. (495) (3,561) 13-9 (1,841,950) (1,500,512) (341,438) 18-53 42-47 824-9 214-3 A.C. 400/230 28-5 30. Wairere .. .. 1925 2,000 234 480 .. 207 855 24-2 584,540 526,139 58,401 10 32-24 2,248-4 263 A.C. 400/230 72-25 65 31. Westport .. .. 1925 4,000 420 250 .. 125 476 26-2 292,350 189,120 103,230 35-3 26-7 450-2 47-2 A.C. 400/230 21-5 430 32. Whakatane .. .. 1922 1,300 410 240 .. 290 290 100 891,930 566,168 325,762 36 52 35-1 1,380-8 435-8 A.C. 400/230 25 276 Totals .. .. .. 1,175,141 196,745 ;114, 132 27,052 S8,840 508,320 17-48 427,556,602 371,162,947 56,393,655 13-19 I 54-9 1,885 | 316 | .. 15,860-46 .. * Assessed. t Includes P.W.I), construction units. J Includes units used in cement-^vorks.
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Table X.—Electric-supply Stations.— Appropriations for Year ended 31st March, 1928.
Supply To Deure ! Renewal General Accident | M"* i Accumulated Funds. Ktle - ' Ownership. corn- ciatio P n . Fund . Reserve Insurance (Local V Total. , , ■ meneea - lund ' Jnmd - :Authorities) Revenue). tlon Renewal. Reserves. Accident. Sinking. Steam, Stations. ££££££££££££ 1. Auckland .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1908 43,950 .. 14,119 .. ... .. 58,069 155,054 .. 196,849 .. 272,130 2. Grey .. .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1926 979 .. .. .. .. 9 988 943 .. .. .. 6,600 3. Poverty Bay .. .. .. Power Board .. .. .. 1,600 .. .. .. .. 5,684 7,284 1,600 .. .. .. 5,412 4. Nelson .. .. .. Citv Council .. .. 1923 2,307 .. .. .. 2.000 3,643 , 7,950 8,758 .. .. 6 589 1 | : Totals .. .. .. .. .. 48,836 .. 14,119 .. 2,000 9,336 74,291 166,355 .. 196,849 .. 290,731 Gas Stations. 1. Kaikoura .. .. .. County Council .. I 1922 j .. .. .. .. .. j .. .. .. .. .. 588 2. Motueka . .. .. Borough Council .. ! 1922 j 359 .. .. .. .. 82 441 .. .. .. .. 1,454 Totals . . .. . . .. | .. j 359 • ■ ! . • .. .. 82 | 441 .. .. .. .. 2 042 I I | I ! I Oil Stations. 1. Picton .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1917 .. .. .. .. .. 617 617 .. .. .. .. 919 2. Uawa (Tolaga Bay) . . .. County Council .. 1925 • • I ■ • ! • • • • - • • ! 37 37 .. .. .. .. 920 Totals .. .. .. .. .. •' i ' - • ■ • • 634 654 ■ • I ■ • • • • • 1,839 Hydro Stations. 1. Coleridge .. .. .. Public Works Dept. .. 1915 29,863 .. .. .. .. .. 29,863 173,231 ! .. .. .. 62,465 Ashburton .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1912 2,400 .. .. .. .. .. 2,400 2,400 11,435 .. .. 9^333 Banks Peninsula .. .. Power Board .. .. 1921 .. 1,010 .. .. .. .. 1,010 .. 3,010 .. .. s'884 Christchurch .. .. City Council .. .. 1904 30,749 .. 18,552 .. .. 25,412 74,713 10,000* 3,000 14,953 .. 216^458 Eyre . . . . . . County Council .. 1920 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 507 .. .. 396 Halswell . . .. . . County Council . . 1919 .. .. .. .. .. 155 155 .. .. .. .. 497 Heathcote .. .. .. County Council .. 1914 .. .. .. : .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. 3,239 Kaiapoi . . . . Borough Council . . 1917 .. .. .. .. .. 518 518 .. .. .. .. 747 Kowai .. . . .. County Council . . 1922 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 ; 144 Lvttelton . . . . .. Borough Council .. 1917 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 Malvern .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1925 981 .. .. .. .. .. 981 3,701 .. .. 1,822 Rangiora .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1919 348 .. .. .. .. 652 1,000 .. .. .. .. 763 Rangiora .. .. .. County Council .. 1919 .. .. .. .. .. 1,434 1,434 .. .. .. .. 1,930 Riccarton .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1916 765 | 229 2,000 35 .. 1,013 4,042 2,973 815 .. .. 40 South Canterbury .. .. Power Board .. .. 1925 554 .. .. .. .. .. 554 554 .. .. .. 9,011 Springs-Ellesmere .. .. Power Board .. .. 1922 1,000 .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 .. .. .. .. 4^672 Sumner .. .. .. j Borough Council .. 1903 .. .. .. ! .. .. 1,454 1,454 .. .. .. .. 27,673 Timaru .. .. . . Borough Council .. 1908 .. : .. .. .. .. 1,173 1,173 .. .. .. .. .' Tai Tapu Dairy Co. .. .. Company .. .. 1915 348 ' .. j .. ;• .. 348 1,102 .. .. .. Waimairi .. .. .. County Council .. 1916 947 .. .. .. .. .. 947 .. .. .. 2,335 Waitaki .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1918 5,389 .. .. .. .. 5,389 11,000 1 .. .. .. 659 * Trading stock only.
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SllT)1)lv i General Accident belief of Capital Ex- Accumulated Funds. Title. Ownership. "com- j Insurance! Total. — ; j menced.j ' • Fund. Fund. Authorities) Revenue). Renewal. Reserves. Accident, j Sinking. Hydro Stations —continued. £ 1 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 2. Dunedin (Waipori) .. .. City Council .. .. 1907 17,875 | 14,932 .. .. 1(5,384 13,288 62,479 95,645 119,563 .. .. 86,331 Otago .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1926 2,627 .. .. .. .. .. 2,627 .. .. 8,334 3. Havelock North .. .. Town Board .. .. 1916 .. .. .. .. 545 .. 545 .. .. .. .. 3,731 4. Hawera County Electric Co., Ltd... Company .. .. 1902 4,575 .. 100 .. .. .. 4.675 7,188 .. ... 5. Kanieri Electric, Ltd. (Hokitika) .. Company .. .. 1908 1,263 .. .. .. .. .. 1,263 . • • • • • 6. Kaponga .. .. .. Town Board .. . 1916 .. .. .. .. .. 569 569 • • • - - • • • 1,112 7. Mangahao .. .. .. . Public Works Dept. .. 1925 35,301 .. .. .. .. .. 35,301 101,817 Central Hawke's Bay .. Power Board .. .. 1925 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• •• -• i 3,010 Dannevirke .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1925 3,095 .. .. .. .. 381 3,476 3,095 .. 100 .. 5,246 Hawke's Bay .. .. Power Board .. .. 1925 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• .. •• 4,123 Hastings .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1912 .. .. .. .. 297 3,249 3,546 3,300 2,226 .. .. 4,708 Napier .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1913 .. 1,286 1,286 .. .. .. 2.572. .. 8,903 8,402 .. 7,303 Horowhenua.. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1924 2,784 .. .. .. .. .. 2,784 .. 4,784 .. 999 4,469 Hutt- Valley » .. Power Board .. .. 1924 • • i • • • • • • • • • • • • 10,435 . . .. .. 7,631 Manawatu-Oroua .. .. Power Board .. .. 1924 4,819 .. .. .. •• .. 4,819 .. 4,819 .. .. 28,437 Palmer ston North .. .. Borough Council .. 1.924 .. 2,000 .. •• 3,000 5,489 10,489 .. 2,041 .. .. 10,324 Tararua .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1925 1,326 .. .. .. .. 163 1,489 1,827 .. .. .. 8,115 Wairarapa .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1924 2,214 .. .. .. .. 795 3,009 .. .. .. 10,294 Wanganui-Rangitikei .. .. Power Board .. .. 1924 14,276 .. .. .. •• .. 14,276 14,276 .. 4,000 .. 12,168 Wellington .. .. .. City Council .. .. 1888 .. 17,244 17,244 " .. .. 73,066* 107,554 .. 87,032 22,608 10,107 144,325 8. Marlborough .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1927 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 6,426 9. Mataura . . .. .. Borough Council .. 1913 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • . - • • • 123 10. Mackenzie County .. . . County Council .. 1922 .. .. .. .. .. 37 37 .. .... .. 689 11. Murchison .. .. .. County Council .. 1922 .. .. .. 6 .. 260 266 .. •• -• •• 1,134 12. New Plymouth .. .. Borough Council .. 1905 5,404 1,724 .. •• •• 15,358 22,486 79,945 13,570 27 .. 39,375 Inglewood .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1905 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• -• •• 2,229 Waitara .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1907 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . - • • • • • • 1,600 13. Ohakune .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1914 .. .. .. .. 1,000 544 1,544 .. •• •• 14. Opunake .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1920 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • • • • • • • • 8,828 15. Patea .. .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1901 399 .. .. — •• 116 515 1,949 1,949 .. .. 34 16. Queenstown .. .. . . Borough Council . . 1924 627 31 .. . • • • .. 658 . - 84 .. .. 350 17. Raetihi .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1917 .. .. .. .. .. 647 647 .. •• .. .. 2,946 18. Reef ton Electric Light and Power Company .. .. 1887 Co., Ltd. 19. Riccarton .. .. .. Borough Council .. .. 765 229 2,000 35 .. 1,013 4,042 2,973 815 j .. .. 40 20. Southland (Monowai) .. .. Power" Board .. :. 1925 3,168 .. .. •• •• .. 3,168 3,168 .. .. .. 140,080 Bluff .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1903 !. 198 .. •• •• 203 401 .. 6,061 .. .. 364 Tnvercargill .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1913 .. 500 .. •• •• I 5,000 5,500 •• 32,057 .. .. 19.580 21. Taranaki .. .. .. Power Board . . .. 1925 .. 1,079 .. •• •• •• 1,079 2,292 .. .. .. 7,488 Stratford .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1898 15,398 .. .. •• •• •• 15,398 23,967 .. .. .. 38,861 22. Taihape .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1913 23. Taum trunui .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1924 .. 400 .. •• 600 291 1,291 .. 613 2,350 .. 614 ♦Special expenditure out of revenue on "change over."
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; , ri i Relief of {Capital Ex-! Accumulated Funds. , r ... . . , S " M ' 15 : To Depre- Renewal t Rates I penditure ! T , I . Title. Ownership. i com- Nation if„ T „< Reserve j Insurance rr, \ i n „ t nf Total. menced. ' ' Pund - F <">d. Authorities)! Revenue). De^ Ia " Renewal. Reserves. Accident, j Sinking. . |-j — "j I | j , j " "j — Hydro Stations —continued. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 24. Tauranga .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1915 .. .. .. .. .. 1,191 1.191 1,725 .. .. .. 11,433 Tauranga .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1925 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.225 .. .. - • 2,746 TePuke .. .. .. Town Board.. .. 1921 178 213 .. .. .. .. 391 1,047 1,166 .. .. 726 25. Teviot .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1924 .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . • 1,576 Otaso Central .. .. Power Board .. .. 1925 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,226 26. Waikato (Horahora) .. .. Public Works Dept. .. 1913 18,646 .. 6,176 .. .. .. 24,822 84,272 .. 53,845 .. 49,858 Cambridge .. .. .. Power Board .. =. 1922 400 .. 150 .. .. .. 550 400 .. 150 .. 7,250 Centra] .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1921 2.650 .. .. .. .. .. 2,650 2.650 10,130! 4,087 .. 15,407 Franklin .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1925 7,800 .. 2,500 .. .. .. 10,300 7,855 .. 5,108 .. 3,208 Hamilton .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1913 .. 2,130 2,000 117 4,551 1,512 10,310 .. 10,364 4,131 .. 12,490 Te Awamutu .. .. Power Board .. .. 1920 153 .. .. .. .. .. 153 153 .. .. •• 6,555 Thames Valley .. .. Power Board .. .. 1920 4,540 .. .. .. .. .. 4 540 .. .. •• •• 54,801 Thames ." .. .. Borough Council .. 1914 1,356 250 .. .. ... .. 1,606 9,122 850 .. .. 4,172 Te Aroha .. .. .. Borough Council .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,583 1,583 3,621 .. .. .. 1,312 Tourist Department (Rotorua).. Government .. .. 1901 1,261 .. 1,621 .. .. .. 2,882 7,806 .. .. .. 7,806 Waitemata .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1926 833 .. 4,869 .. .. .. 5,702 3,805 .. 10,607 .. 12,573 Waitomo .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1925 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,580 27. Wairoa (Waikaremoana).. .. Power Board . . .. 1923 2,142 .. .. .. .. .. 2,142 6,923 .. .. •• 3,649 Wairoa .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1913 .. .. .. .. 1,296 323 1,619 .. .. .. •• 2,300 28. Waimea .. .. .. Company .. .. 1910 675 .. .. . . .. .. 675 .. 29. Wairua (Wilson's Cement Co.) .. Company .. .. 1916 Kamo .. .. .. Town Board .. .. 1923 .. .. .. .. .. 153 153 .. .. .. • • 319 Whangarei .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1915 .. 1,181 .. .. .. j .. 1,181 .. 2,998 .. .. 1.933 30. Wairere .. .. .. Power Board .. .. 1925 I .. .. .. . . 31. Westport .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1925 523 .. .. .. .. 374 897 1,022 .. .. .. 1,837 32. Whakatane .. .. .. Borough Council .. 1922 .. .. .. .. .. 1,180 1,180 .. .. 4,117 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 230,417 44,625 58,498 193 I 27.673 158,596 520,002 688,464 328,792 142,819 11,106 1,165,469
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Table Y.—Return of Electric Ranges, Water-heaters, and Milking-machines.
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Hanges, 31/8/28. Percentage Water . Percentage MilkinKLioensee, i 0, N ™ ber heaters, °' Number maeMne9i 2-5 kw. 5 kw. and over. Consumers 81/8/28. Consumers 81/8/28. . Ashburton Power Board .. .. 5 434 14-3 273 8-8 36 Auckland Power Board .. .. .. 3,024 7-8 5,973 15-1 Banks Peninsula Power Board .. .. 7 Bβ 11-2 92 10-0 120 Cambridge Power Board .. .. 8 81 7-89 312 27-65 25!) Central Hawke'e Bay Power Board .. S 68 4-7 108 7-9 52 Central Power Board 21 117 4-57 681 22-58 74!) Ohrletohuroh City .. .. .. 1,728 7-65 2,180 9-52 Danneviike Power Board .. .. I .. 78 4-0 140 7-6 185 Uunedin City 541 30 075 3-7 118 Byre County .. •• •• •• •■ ■• 4 2 ' 7 '■' Franklin Power Board .. .. 141 6-0 423 18-2 888 Grey Power Board .. .. .. I 12 0-88 26 1-78 Halswell Coiuitv .. . . .. II 2 10-2:1 a 3-93 15 Hamilton Borough .. .. ... 8 51 1-65 67 l-!)7 Hastings Borough .. .. .. 12 62 2-4 0-06 Havelook North Town Board .. .. II .. 4-2 4 1-8 EaweraCo 2 8 0-4 28 1-2 142 Hawke's Bay Power Board .. .. .. 154 9-69 145 9-07 25 Heathoote County 22 130 13-64 150 13-37 I Horowhenua Power Board .. .. 2 307 1 1-1 r>47 lt>-07 382 Hutt Valley Power Board .. .. II 570 8-7 340 4s 47 [nglewood Borough .. .. .. 3 1<> 4-7 13 3-2 I InveroargfllBorough .. .. .. 10 81 2-3 008 Kaiapoi Borough .. .. .. It* 2 2-65 .0-21 Kamo Town Board .. .. .. I ■• 1'42 I 1-42 Ivaniori Eleotrio, Ltd. .. .. .. 2 I 0-64 Kaponga Town Hoard 2 0-57 28 7-98 86 Kowai County .. ... I 2 1-02 I 0-8 Lyttelton Borough .. .. ■ - . - 4 0-73 3 0-5 Mackenzie County (Fairlie) ...... 10-5 10-5 I Malvern Power Board .. •- 15 t>8 14-4 3:i 5-7 6 Manawatu-Oroua Power Board.. ..' .. 379 10-0 775 I!)-!) 609 Mangahao (Public Works Department) .. .. 31 56-3 31 f 56-3 Mangawcka Town Board .. .. .. 5 5-0 4 4-0 MariDOrOUgh Power Board ...... 58 <> Mataura Borough ...... I * Murohison County ■• 2-5 H 9-1 It. Napier Borough . . . . .. I L7 0-5 90 Nelson City l ,MM9 New Plymouth Borough .. 75 451 1 00 443 8-4 212 Ohakune Borough .. .. • - 5 3 1-73 6 1-8 Opotiki Borough . . • • • • - r > • • l-3B ■ ■ ■ • * Opunake Power Board .. .'. •• 36 3-3 99 9-3 Ills Otago Central Power Board .. .. 2. 63 9-16 60 8-69 8 Otaeo Power Board 9 177 6-6 140 5-0 50 Palmerston North Borough .. .. 6 279 6 7 457 10-8 4 Patea Borough CounoU .. • • • • 2 ' 8 5 ' Pioton Borough • ■ • • • ■ °' 2!, Poverty BayPower Board .. .. .. 144 H)fi Ouoenstowti Borough Council .. .. .6 RaetiMBorough " I 0-266 3 0-77 It) Rangiora Borough .. .. •. :5,,,7 .. •• "' 13 2-89 26 Riootrton Borough !! •• 8 124 Ll-2 147 12 8 Rotorua Tourist Department .. .. Iβ 30 64 South Canterbury Power Board .. II 2«4 I I-β 154 6-6 68 Southland Power Board .. !. •• I.I 2 '1 14-0 579 7-1!) 771 Springs-Ellesmere Power Board .. ; 2 70 4-2 41 56 Stratford Borough .... 3 87 10-0 80 8-8 Sumner Borough 2 " 81 6-6 63 6-8 I Taihape Borough .. 7 1-24 0 1-77 .. TaiTapu Dairy Co i •• « ; ; •' \ *"| 39 Taranaki Power Board ..I I 95 6-3 22-08 391 Tararua Power Board .. M 1 17 10-0 226 17-29 164 Taumarunui Borough .. ..... 7 it> -•- Tauranga Borough .. .. 37 .S3 4-0 232 27-5 Tauran|aPower g Board 29 64 1-9 233 29-5 293 :: :: "i 8 ™ » £? .. Te Puke Town Board 8 8-J 7< ; Teviot Power Board ' Sβ l7 ' 2 5 « J^ Thajnea Borounh ..... '■> 4 l'S 2» 18'5 !!;:;;:: Board .. ee m l.sm »i i,™ Tiraaru Borough 180 I B-β 91 3-3 Wmmairi County ! 3 | 275 10-1 343 12-47 13 Waimoa Electric Supply Co , •• •• •■ j ■• Wairarapa Power Board 1 196 6-6 2.U 7 4 230 Wairero Power Board j 46 2O{5 Wairoa Borough « «8 12-2 88 14-6 Wairoa Power Board .... 23 56 30-7 58 22-5 26 Wairua (Wilsons) .. •• •■ ■■ ■• •' ", s WaitaM Power Board.. 4 196 7-7 185 71 18 Waitara Borough »-2 12 £« Waitemata Power Board .. •• 9 390 74 696 10-8 61 Waitomo Power Board .. .. 43 3-84 112 0;l 96 Wanganui-Rangitikei Power Board *>6i 9-0 818 11-2 Wellington City , '•' J;89 189 0 82 Westport Borough ! •• 4 UBO 1-4 * Whakatane Borough }8 •• 3-65 10 2-43 4 Whangare. Borough .. _W_ 82 3 ' 8g U4 _ 6 ' 26 Totals " 800 14,966 .. 21,513 ~. 8,514
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Table Z. —Available Water-power in New Zealand.
Note.— The information givon in this table has been reoast, find it is hopof! that in its new form it will be found more useful. isili a igi. leiis Source of Power. S"™? DaiTyO')), fJMfil &1 «2? slsst! |Il!i lit lilt lifts! a ph o a< NOBTH JSI.ANM. Auckland— Ft. II. |>. II.l>. H.|>. H.p. OinapereLake .. .. 550 D,J3 .. •• .. 1,000 Wairua Falls .. .. .. 130 I) 2,666 2,600 Kaituha River. . .. .. 784 l>, S 115,000 Oraanawa .. .. .. 110 .. I ,400 1,400 VVairoa River .. .. 80 I) 4,200 4,200 Waikato Biver— AiatiatiaRapids .. .. 170 I), S 136,000 Orakeikorako .. .. :S5 I), S .. .. .. 14,000 Aniwhaniwha .. .. 80 D, S .. .. .. 32,000 Atiamuri .. .. .. 25 l>, S .. .. .. 10,000 Arapuni .. .. .. 175 l>. S 160,000 .. 60,000 Horahora .. .. .. 27 8 13,800 13,800 Pokaiwhenua-Horahora .. 170 D, S 4,000 Marakopa Falls .. ..420 .. .. .. .. 3,100 Wairere Falls-Mokau River .. 65 .. 2,000 r>00 Hawke's li(tjj — Waikaremoana— Upper .. .. .. 440 D, S 40,000 Main .. .. .. 675 .. 00,000 2,000* 40,000 Lower .. .. .. 365 .. 40,000 Tβ Reinga Falls .. ..125 .. .. .. .. 1,300 Waikohii River .. 847 .. .. .. .. 0,000 Waiiganui — Mangawhero-WanganuiRiver .. 680 .. .. .. 12,000 Raukawa Falls (alternative) .. 90 .. .. •■ •• 1,000 Rangitikei River - Makohim .. 300 O .. .. .. 75,000 Waagaehu River .. .. 70 .. .. .. .. 1,500 Karioi .. .. ..180 .. .". .. .. 8,800 Tamnaki — Waitara River.. .. ..140 .. .. .. .. '(,000 Waiwakaiho River .. .. 240 I) it,000 3.000 Tariki-Mangonui River .. 330 D 0,750 4,500 Wellington — Mangahao River .. .. 895 D, PartS 24,000 24,000 Makuri River .. .. .. 384 .. .. ... .. 0,400 Waiohine River - Woodside .. 120 .. .. .. .. 2,400 Hutt River .. .. .. 330 D, 8 11,000 Tauhercnikau River .. .. 440 D .. .. .. J 1,000 Kourarau .. 71!) D. Part S 2,600 1,300 .. ... • Will ho absorbed by major development.
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&M& vk s«i i '(' «e a, S a o> S °* b q » « S S£§ I' fi Jhl a|fe^ SourceolPower, ,,'' ,T ' Daily (D), **-"S£'S if «®1 SSBIS* "■"■ *°» "< s )-' g* IS |~§^ Hill J* i«1j» gllil! m H O S iSoiitii Island. Marlborcrugh— Ft. H.p, H.p, II. l>. II. i>. Waihopai River .. .. 100 .. 1,910 1,500 Clarenoe River - Brioaburn 180 l> 18,000 Neleofl wnd liidlef — Boulder Lake .. ..* .. 2,600 I), S .. .. .. 22,000 RotoitiLake .. .. .. t>00 I), S .. .. .. 20,000 aotoroa Lake .. .. .. 465 I) S 40,000 [nangafaua River .. .. i I2r> .. .. .. .. 8,000 Four-mile Creek .. .. t50 .. .. •• .. 2,000 Cobb River .. .. 1,800 .. .. .. .. 10,000 Wi'Hlaiid— LakeBruaner .. .. 200 D, S .. .. .. 30,000 Kumara Waterloo .. .. 330 .. .. .. .. 2,400 Otira River .. .. .. 700 .. •• .. •• 2,300 Bolleston River - Otira.. ..700 .. .. .. .. 2,000 KanieriLake .. .. ..I 255 D, 8 2,000 940 Toaroha River .. .. 760 .. .. •• •• 10,000 Whitoombe River-Hokitika River 800 .. .. - .. 16,000 Kakapotahi River .. .. 580 .. .. •• . • 4,800 Wangamii River - Hende's Ferry 580 -.. .. .. •■ 40,000 Wataroa 700 .. .. .. .. 80,000 I 'tinterlmn/ — Clarenoe River - JolUe'e Pass .. 1,160 .. .. .. .. 10,000 Clarenoe River -Conway River .. L.050 .. .. •• •• 20,000 Walau-ua (Culverden) .. .. 200 .. .. .. .. 20,000 Waimakariri River — Gorge Bridjro .. .. 90 \) .. •• .. 35,000 Otavaraa .. .. .. 150 D r>7.000 Broken River .. ..119 I) .. .. .. 41,000 Ksk River .. .. ..180 I) .. .. .. 5:!,000 Lake Coleridge .. .. 480 D, S 46,000 36,000 10,000 Aoheron River .. .. 480 D, S 4,000 Wilberioree River .. .. 480 1), S .. .. .. 40,000 Rakaia River .. .. .. 30 D .. .. .. 6,000 LakeTekapo 100 D, S 40,000 LakePukaM ,. .. •■ 50 D, 8 18,000 Oha/uRiVer-Ohau Bridge .. 80 D, S 30,000 Otago ami. Southland — Waitaki River— Oooseneok .. .. .. 80 D, S 100,000 Black Jack's Point, .. .. 70 D, 8 90,000 Upper Otemfttata .. .. 43 I). S 55,000 Lower Otematata .. .. 37 I), S 50,000 Awakino .. .. •• 70 l>, H 100,000 .. 40,000 Lower Awakimo .. 30 D, 8 43,000 Ahuriri River-Waitaki River .. 300 D, S .. .. .. 15,000 Waipoi-i .. .. .. 725 D, S 28,000 10,250 Lee Stream .. .. .. 750 .. .. .. .. 1,800 Deep Stream-Taieri .. .. 900 .. .. .. 8,400 Taieri River - Deep Stream .. 220 .. .. 12,000 Tallabnrn-Clutha River .. 890 .. .. .. 2,200 TeviotRiver .. .. •• 1,685 S 22,000 1,000 Manuherekia River .. .. 350 .. .. .. .. 5,800 Hawea Lake -Wanaka Lake .. 198 DS 80,000 Shotover River -Wakatipu ..250 .. .. .. .. L0.000 Lake Tβ Anau - George Sound .. t>73 J), iS Under consideration Lake Manapouri - Deep Cove .. 508 D, S Under consideration Lake Monowai- Wniau River .. 154 D, S lfi.OOO 8,000 Lake Hanroko - Te Waewac .. 514 D, S .. .. .. 100,000
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APPENDIX E, FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MAIN HIGHWAYS BOARD. The Main Highways Board to the Minister of Public Works, Wellington. Sir, — In accordance with the provisions of section 24 of the Main Highways Act, 1922, the Main Highways Board has the honour to submit its fourth annual report for presentation to Parliament through the Hon. the Minister. Introductory. The total expenditure by the Board for the year under review was £1,073,607. Of this amount £592,522 was expended from the Revenue Fund and £481,085 from the Construction Fund. The operations under the Revenue Fund involved the payment of subsidies on the maintenance of 6,608 miles of main highways, which length includes sections of roads in boroughs of under six thousand inhabitants, amounting to 186 miles, which were declared main highways on the 23rd February, 1928. The following summary shows roughly the achievements in the way of construction, the figures in brackets being the lengths for the previous year : Length of highways surfaced, 256 (252) miles, made up as follows —Portland cement concrete, 6 (16) miles; bituminous concrete, nil (12 miles) ; bituminous macadam (penetration), 34 (38) miles ; tar and bituminous surface treatment, 83 (35) miles ; gravelling and metalling, 133 (151) miles. Length of highways formed and widened, 173 (174) miles ; length of bridges completed, 7,760 (6,408) lin. ft. A comparison of the two sets of figures indicates a reduction in the length laid down of expensive high-class pavements and a substantial increase in the mileage of surface-treated roads. The most important feature of the year was the passing of the Motor-spirits Taxation Act by Parliament during the session of 1927. It is estimated that the income which will be derived, from this tax will exceed the total derivable from both the tire-tax and the motor-registration and annuallicense fees. The three principal sources of income now available to the Board are estimated to yield approximately £1,250,000 per annum. The annual expenditure during the next few years from both Revenue and Construction Funds will show an increase from the average of the last two years of £1,100,000 to approximately £1,800,000, but it is worthy of note that despite such increase the amount to be borrowed annually will not be greater than heretofore. As mentioned above, 186 m. of streets in boroughs were declared to be main highways on the 23rd February, 1928. This mileage represents the total continuations of main highways through boroughs under six thousand inhabitants, and up to the 23rd February the subsidy paid by the Board was in respect of maintenance only, and was based on the amount of subsidy paid to County Councils on the adjoining lengths of main highways. The declaration places the small boroughs in the same position as counties. Maintenance will in the future be subsidized on the basis of the actual expenditure, and, in addition,'the boroughs will be entitled to the statutory subsidy payable on construction expenditure. A necessary prehminary to the declaration of the continuations of the main highways through these boroughs was the inclusion of such boroughs in the highway districts. Accordingly, by resolution of 16th December, 1927, the highway districts were redefined, and were regazetted on the 26th January, 1928. A schedule showing the districts as redefined is attached to this report. The date of expiry of annual license fees in respect of motor-vehicles was altered in the Motorvehicles Amendment Act, 1927, from 31st March to 31st May. The result will be that in future the annual license-fees will, be received during the financial year in respect of which they arc; paid, and the cash balance in the Treasury at the end of each year will more clearly show the true position. Section 33 of the Finance Act (No. 2), 1927, gave the Board power to find out of the Revenue Fund such amount as may be required to pay the interest and sinking-fund charges in respect of loans raised under the authority of the Hutt Road Amendment Act, 1917 ; the Wellington City and Suburban Highways Construction and Hutt Road Amendment Act, 1924 ; and the Wellington City and Suburban Highways Construction and Hutt Road Amendment Act, 1927. In consideration of the Board'sacceptance of this liability and the payment of such amounts by the Board, the same section provides that the Wellington City Council shall not collect nor receive in any year any part of the fees payable by motorists in the Wellington area under the local taxation scheme. The Board has exercised the powers conferred upon it by this section, and, as an assurance has been given to the Wellington City Council that the interest and sinking-fund charges on loans raised under the Hutt Road Acts will be paid by the Board, the tax of £2 per motor-vehicle upon motorists in the Wellington District has not this year been imposed by the Wellington City Council. As will be seen under the report on construction, the Board is continuing its policy of closing up unmetalled sections of main highway. There are yet a number of unmetalled gaps to surface on important highways, and by the close of the next working season the Board hopes to see several of these completed.
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During the year the Board made two comprehensive tours of the South Island. It is pleasing to record that during the two years which elapsed since its previous tour of this Island a very considerable improvement in the condition of the surface of the main highways has been brought about in practically every locality. This visit enabled the Board to obtain first-hand information in regard to the large number of roads which had been recommended by District Highways Councils for declaration as main highways in consequence of the introduction of the petrol-tax. In several cases the Board took the opportunity of inspecting roads, the claims of which for inclusion in the highways scheme seemed doubtful. Personal. In consequence of the death of Mr, P. S. Waldie, Chief Clerk of the Public Works Department, who had been a member of the Board for three years, Mr. J. J. Gibson, Accountant of the Public Works Department, was appointed to be a member of the Board on the 9th February, 1928. Main Highways Amendment Act, 1927. Several amendments to the Main Highways Act, 1922, were made by the passing of the Main Highways Amendment Act, 1927. Only two clauses of importance were embodied in this Act, the remainder of the sections being merely machinery clauses. One clause authorized local authorities to borrow their proportion of the cost of reconstruction of any bridge over 30 ft. span without a poll of the ratepayers, provided a resolution by the District Highways Council to the effect that the reconstruction of the bridge is necessary is confirmed by the Board. While the Board has always strongly supported the system whereby the interests of ratepayers are safeguarded by the taking of polls, it was felt that in many cases of bridge reconstruction the expenditure involved in following the statutory procedure was out of proportion to the cost and importance of the works concerned. The operation of this amendment will also expedite the rebuilding of small structures which have, through obsolescence, become a danger to the travelling public. The second clause, to which reference has been made, was that authorizing the Board to charge the cost of experimental works to the Revenue Fund irrespective of whether the type of work would ordinarily be classified, as construction or maintenance. Declaration of New Main Highways. In pursuance of section 11 of the Main Highways Act, 1.922, the usual annual review of main highways was made. Recommendations for new highways totalling 975 hi. in length were received from District Highways Councils. The following roads, of a total length of 64 m. 29 eh., were declared, while 17 m. 12 eh. were revoked. New Main Highways. Length. No. 1 Highway District— M. oh. Hoteo Railway-station Road .. .. .. 0 20 Paparoa-Maungaturoto Railway-station .. . . ..60 No. 2 Highway District— Panmuro-Howick .. .. .. .. .. 4 66 Drury-Waiuku via Pukekohe .. .. .. 20 30 No. 4 Highway District— Hick's Bay Wharf Road .. .. .. .. 1 44 No. 8 Highway District — Waitotara Station Road .. .. .. .. 1 40 No. 10 Highway District — Dreyer's Rock Road .. .. .. .. ..60 No. 13 Highway District— Christchurch-Blenheim Main Highway (alteration in route) . . 0 48 No. .14 Highway District— Christchurch-Governor's Bay via Dyer's Pass.. .. .. 4 0 No. .1.6 Highway District— Cromwell-Hawea Flat (alteration in route) .. .. .. 0 20 No. 17 Highway District — Dunedin-Portobello (low road) .. .. .. 10 16 Dunedin-Portobello (high road) .. .. .. 8 65 04 29 Main Highways revoked. No. 2 Highway District— Auckland-Helensville .. .. .. .. 1 55 No. 4 Highway District— Rotokautuku Bridge -Tikitiki via right bank Waiapu River .. 9 66 No. 5 Highway District— Napier-Wellington Main Highway (section in Waipawa Borough) 0 31 No. 12 Highway District— Westport-Nelson (Westport-Te Kuha) .. .. .. 5 20 17 12
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In addition to the above, 185 m. 41 eh. of the continuations of main highways through boroughs of a population of less than six thousand inhabitants were declared to be main highways. The mileages in the various boroughs are shown hereunder. These declarations, together with the above, brought the total length of main highways in the Dominion at the 31st March, 1928, to 6,608 m. 11 eh. No. 1 Highway District— M. eh. Birkenhead Borough .. .. .. .. 1 60 Dargaville Borough .. .. .. .. 3 10 4 70 No. 2 Highway District— Otahuhu Borough .. .. .. .. .. 1 47 Ngaruawahia Borough .. '.'. .'. .. 1 77 Te Awamutu Borough .. .. .. .. 2 56 Cambridge .. ' .. .. .. .. ..23 Paeroa .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 60 Waihi .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 77 Thames . . .. .. . . .. . . ..44 Morrinsville .. .. .. .. .. 1 47 Pukekohe .. .. .. .. 1 47 Te Aroha .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 2 18 24 36 No. 3 Highway District— Tauranga .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 14 Whakatane . . . . . . . . .. 2 36 Opotiki .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 42 Rotorua .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 64 12 76 No. 5 Highway District— Wairoa .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 30 Waipawa .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 31 Waipukurau .. .. .. .. .. # 1 57 Dannevirke .. .. .. .. .. 2 62 Woodville .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 34 12 54 No. 6 Highway District— Taumarunui .. .. .. .. .. 3 37 Te Kuiti .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 60 6 17 No. 7 Highway District— Waitara .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 15 Inglewood .. .. .. .. .. ..23 Stratford .. .. .. .. .. .. ..371 Eltliam .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 71 Hawera .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 32 15 32 No. 8 Highway District — Patea .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 51 Taihape .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 55 Ohakune .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 12 Raetihi .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 63 10 21 No. 9 Highway District— Otak'i .. .. 0 40 Levin .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 21 Foxton .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 68 Feilding .. .. .. .. .".' .. .. 6 43 Shannon .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 57 13 69
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No. 10 Highway District— M. eh. Featherston .. .. .. .. .. 2 31 Greytown .. .. .. .. .. 2 28 Carterton .. .. .. .. .. 2 43 Fketahuna .. .. .. .. .. 1 76 Pahiatua .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 42 10 60 No. 11 Highway District—■ Picton .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 32 Blenheim .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 45 Richmond .. .. .. .. .. 2 35 Motueka .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 44 10 76 No. 12 Highway District— Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 29 Bruuner .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 32 Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. 2 75 Kumara .. .. .. .. .. .. ..10 Hokitika .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 54 Ross .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 24 13 54 No. 14 Highway District— Rangiora .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 55 Kaiapoi .. .. . . .. .. .. 1 24 Riccarton .. .. .. .. .. 1 25 Lyttelton .. .. .. .. .. 2 63 Akaroa .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 70 8 77 No. 15 Highway District— Ashburton .. .. .. .. .. 1 58 Geraldine .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 52 Temuka .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 60 Hampden .. .. .. .. .. 1 20 Waimate .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 60 8 10 No. 16 Highway District— Waikouaiti .. .. .. .. .. .... 1 41 Palmerston .. .. .. .. .. 1 78 Cromwell . . .. .. .. .. .. 1 32 Queenstown .. .. .. .. .. 0 70 Arrowtown .. .. .. .. .. 2 59 Alexandra .. .. .. .. .. ..14 9 44 No. 17 Highway District— Milton .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 77 Balclutha .. .. .. .. .. 1 49 Mosgiel .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 63 Tapanui .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 21 Lawrence .. .. .. .. .. 1 35 Roxburgh.. .. .. .. .. .. 1 64 7 69 No. 18 Highway District— Mataura .; .. .. .. . . .. 2 45 Gore .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 40 South Invercargill .. .. .. .. ~ 4 42 Bluff .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 63 Winton .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 46 14 76 Total .. .. .. .. .. 185 41
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Declaration of New Government Roads. During the year a number of new Government roads, as under, were declared involving a length of 87 m. 39 eh., while sm. 20 eh. were revoked, making the total mileage of Government roads at 31st March, 1928, 1,637 m. 18 eh. No. 1 Highway District — M. eh. Whangaroa-Okaihaii .. .. .. .. ..40 Auckland-Wainui .. .. .. .. .. 13 0 No. 2 Highway District — Thames-Coromandel .. .. .. .. 12 66 No. 6 Highway District— Stratford-Taumarunui .. .. .. .. .. ] 8 70 Piopio-Tatu via Aria and Ohura. .. .. . . 11 40 No. 14 Highway District— Christchurch-Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. 20 0 No. 16 Highway District— Dunedin-Christehurch . . .. .. . . 6 40 No. 17 Highway District — Clarksville-Clyde .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 63 87 39 The declaration of the following section of Government road was revoked : No.. 12 Highway District—Westport-Nelson (Westport- Te Kuha), 5 m. 20 eh. The Board feels that it is desirable to point out that the declaration of these main highways as Government roads does not relieve local authorities of all responsibility in connection with their construction and maintenance. The act of declaring them. Government roads allows the Board to pay more than the statutory subsidy for the time being in force, the rate of subsidy being fixed by the Board in. accordance with the merits of each case. It is only in most exceptional cases that the Board provides the whole of the expenditure. Finance. The actual contributions to the Board's Revenue Fund from external sources for the year 1927-28 amounted to £688,980, including an amount of £130,461, representing the first proceeds from motorspirits taxation, which was imposed by Parliament after the presentation of last year's report. The excess of the actual income over the estimate given in the third annual report is almost wholly accounted for by a substantial increase in the Customs duties on tires and tubes. The following tabulation shows the details of the revenue of the Board from external sources for the past three years. Special attention is drawn to the extraordinary variations in the receipts from the Customs duties on tires and tubes : — 1927-28. 19213-27. 1925-26. £ £ £ Transfer from Consolidated Fund .. .. .. 35,000 35,000 35,000 Proceeds of ta,x on tires and tubes, collected through the Customs Department .. .. .. .. 219,658 188,450 223,699 Registration and license-fees of motor-vehicles .. .. 303,861 283,963 78,038 Motor-spirits tax .. .. .. .. ..130,461 £688,980 £507,413 £336,737 For the year ended 31st March, 1928, the appropriations and expenditure under the Revenue Fund were as follows :—
The most important feature in connection with expenditure from the Board's Revenue Fund is that the, cost of maintenance of the highway system has not continued to increase at the same extraordinary rate as it did during the first three years of the Board's activities. A graph shown later in this report
[ Percentage of Available for A . , , T , ,., Expenditure . ., . . Appropriated. Expenditure. , { Authorization. " ' t to Appropriations. £ £ £ North Island .. .. .. .. 448,552 421,370 346,962 82-34 South Maud .■. .. .. .. 237,065 222,437 176,619 79-40 Administration charges .. 28,000 28,000 22,583 80-65 Commission paid to Postal Department for collection 15,000 15,000 12,022 80-14 of motor registration and license fees Miscellaneous payments, including recoupment of 40,000 40,000 34,336 85-84 interest on loans to Consolidated Fund Totals .. .. .. .. 768,617 726,807 592,522 81-52
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in the section dealing with maintenance clearly indicates the position. There are probably two reasons for this development. The first reason, and in the Board's opinion the principal reason, is that during the first three years of the Board's operations a great deal of the highway maintenance was really longdeferred work, due to the inability of the local authorities to provide sufficient funds from their own revenue to enable them to cope with the damage inflicted upon the roads by the increased motor traffic. Secondly, the importation of motor-vehicles has fallen during the year under review, and consequently the increase in traffic on the roads as compared with the increase of the previous two years was not so great (see graph). An analysis of the Board's expenditure and the expenditure by local authorities on actual maintenance, as distinct from interest on loans and other overhead charges, is shown in the tabulation below :—
It is interesting to point out that, although the local authorities in their estimates submitted for maintenance for the year under review indicated their willingness to find a substantially larger sum than for the previous year, their contribution actually dropped from £276,349 to £269,065. It would appear, therefore, that the sum of about £270,000 per annum represents as much as the local authorities can reasonably find towards the cost of maintenance of the primary highway system. It will also be noted from the above table that the total sum found by the Board on maintenance, as compared with the sum found by the local authorities is almost exactly in the ratio of £2 for £1 whereas during the previous year the ratio was £1-59 to £1. The increase is largely due to the fact that the year under review was the first complete year during which the Board's basic subsidy of £1 10s. for £1 for maintenance obtained throughout. Again, the above figures indicate that the Board is finding a greater percentage of the cost of maintenance of the main highways of the South Island than it is finding in the case of the North Island, the respective proportions being £2-18 to £1 and £1-84 to £1. An analysis of the actual expenditure on maintenance in each Island as compared with the number of motor-vehicles in each Island at the 31st March, 1928, gives the following results, expressed in percentages of the Dominion totals : — North Island — Per Cent. Maintenance expenditure .. .. .. . . .. .. 67-51 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 62-19 South Island— Maintenance expenditure . . .. .. .. .. .. 32-49 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 37-81 As in the case of the previous two years, there is again a balance of expenditure in favour of the North Island to the extent of 5 per cent. This figure merely indicates that the accumulated Revenue Fund to the credit of the South Island is increasing at a slightly greater rate than in the case of the North Island. In accordance with the direction contained in section 21 of the original Act, and following on the Board's resolution passed in May, 1925, an apportionment of the tire duty and license fees collected for the year ending 31st March, 1928, was made between the two Islands in proportion to the number of motor-vehicles registered, in each Island on that date. In making this apportionment the interest on moneys borrowed for construction work in each Island has been charged against the allocation to each Island, and other adjustments in connection with interest on accumulated balances have been made. The balances to the credit of the North Island and South Island respectively on 31st March, 1928, were £277,951 and £362,472. The following statement shows the manner in which these balances have been obtained :— North Island. . £ s. d. £ 3. d. Expenditure (general) .. .. 346,961 15 8 Balance at Ist April, 1927 .. .. 317,823 3 3 Abolition of toll-gates .. .. 1,807 0 0 Interest from investments' — Interest and expenses of raising loans, &c. 25,231 4 1 Construction Fund .. .. 2,047 19 1 Commission on collection of motor fees 7,476 10 6 Revenue Fund .. .. .. 14,337 17 0 Miscellaneous expenditure .. .. 16,758 14 3 Motor Registration—Annual license fees Balance .. .. .. .. 277,950 14 6 and tire-tax .. .. .. 325,576 19 8 Rent of and tolls from ferries . . 300 0 0 Transfer from Consolidated Fund .. 16,1.00 0 0 £676,185 19 0 £676,185 19 0
,, ,, Local Percentage , *??!£! . r\ ( T\ H Authorities' Total. Boards Oontri-^f 1 * ,1 *^"- Contribution. I /.i . •. .• .. . m i 1 tics ContribuContribution. but.on to Total. ta tQ Tota , £ £ £ North Island .. .. .. 346,962 188,142 535,104 64-84 35-16 South Island .. .. 176,619 80,923 257,542 68-58 31-42 Totals .. .. 523,581 269,065 792,646 66-05 33-95
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£ s. d. £ s. d. Outstanding liability for sinking fuiiil .. 51,251 0 0 Balanoe brought down .. .. 277,950 14 6 Amount expended on construction (see explanation below) .. .. 181,605 0 0 Net balance .. .. .. 45,094 14 6 £277,950 14 6 £277,950 14 6 South Island. £ s. d. £ s. il. Expenditure (general) .. .. 176,618 13 8 Balance at Ist April, 1927 .. ... 324,920 0 3 Interest and expenses of raising loans, &c. 4,591 16 8 Interest from investments— Commission on collection motor fees .. 4,545 11 0 Consolidated Fund .. .. 33,8 8 1 Miscellaneous expenditure .. .. 8,530 18 5 Revenue Fund .. .. .. .14,658 0 4 Balance .. .. .. .. 362,472 510 Motor Registration—Annual license fees and tire-tax .. .. .. 197,942 16 II Transfer from Consolidated Fund .. 18,900 0 0 £556,759 5 7 £556,759 5 7 £ s. d. [ £ s. d. Outstanding liability for sinking fund . . 8,697 0 0 i Balance, brought down .. .. 362,472 510 Amount expended on construction (see explanation below) .. .. 30,011 0 0 Net balance .. .. .. 323,764 5 10 £362,472 5 10 £362,472 5 10 It is expressly pointed out that the total of the above two balances does not, represent the total accumulated fund to the credit of the Revenue Account at the 31st March, 1.928, the difference being the sum of £130,461, representing the proceeds from motor-spirits taxation collected up to the end of the financial year. As explained in detail in the previous year's report, in view of the fact that the Government loan schedule, did not, in terms of section 12 of the Main Highways Act, 1922, provide any loan-moneys for the Board's use for the financial year 1927-28, it was found necessary during the year to exercise the powers contained in subsection (2) of section 15 of the original Act. The section in question gives the Board authority to transfer moneys not required for the Revenue Fund to the Construction Fund, and accordingly the sum of £300,000 was transferred. In some quarters this transfer was regarded with suspicion, particula.rly in view of the fact that in the original Main Highways Act there was no provision for the reimbursement to the Revenue Fund of moneys so transfer-red ; but a provisional arrangement was ma.de by the, Board with the Minister of Finance that this sum be transferred temporarily only, and that it be returned to the Revenue Fund when required. To enable this arrangement to be carried out a machinery clause was inserted in the Main Highways Amendment Act, 1927. In this connection also, as explained in last year's report, in order to retain the allocation of the revenue from tire-tax and annual-license fees between the two Islands in terms of section 21 of the original Act, the following resolution was passed by the Board. : " That the moneys temporarily transferred from the Revenue Fund to the Construction Fund shall be allocated according to their use between the North and South Islands on the basis now in force in regard to the distribution of revenue funds received from motor-taxation." Of the £300,000 transferred, a sum of £211,61.6 lias been actually expended on construction, the amounts in each Island being as follows: North, £181,605 ; South, £30,011.. When this £300,000 is retransferred the foregoing sums will be refunded to the respective Island accounts. When the outstanding liability for sinking fund has also been provided for, it will be seen that the net balances actually in the Board's hands are as follows: North Island, £45,095; South Island, £323,764. There have been numerous references in the press during the past few months to the Board's accumulated revenue of ap] roximately £1,000,000. When the proceeds of the petrol-tax to 31st March, 1925, are added to the above net balance it will be fo ,nd that the sum in the Board's hands which had. not been spent on roadwork at 31st March amounted to under £500,000, the greater part of which is to the credit of the South Island. For the year ended 31st March, 1928, the appropriations and expenditure under the Construction Fund were as follows :—
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An analysis of the Board's expenditure and the expenditure by local authorities under the Construction Fund shows the following position : —
The most interesting point with regard to the construction expenditure is that the total amount found by the local authorities in the North Island during the past year is almost identical with the total for the previous year, the figures being £224,670 and £225,042 respectively, while the corresponding figures for the South Island are £37,868 and £30,818. The latter figures indicate very little greater willingness on the part of the local authorities in the South Island to take advantage of the Board's subsidies for construction purposes. Maintenance. It is again gratifying to record that the local authorities of the Dominion have in. the vast majority of cases heartily co-operated in securing better maintenance of the highway system. It is also pleasing to record that the local authorities are continuing to purchase, chiefly with the aid of the Board, considerable quantities of up-to-date maintenance machinery. The average cost of maintenance per mile per annum during the past four years is as follows : 1924-25, £51-7 per mile ; 1925-26, £73-2 per mile ; 1926-27, £111-9 per mile ; 1927-28, £119-9 per mile. The diagram below shows the information in graphical form, and also shows the total number of motor-vehicles in use in each year. It is evident that maintenance expenditure per mile is stabilizing to some extent, and this, no doubt, has in great measure been brought about by the adoption of better methods and the use of suitable maintenance plant, and to a certain degree as the indirect result of the mileage of high-class pavements already laid down.
Graph showing the Relationship between the Annual Cost of Maintenance per Mile of the Main Highway System and the Actual Number of Motor-vehicles using the Roads of the Dominion from 1924 to 1928.
I Board's . , T + 1 B Pe roentage of LoalXttforitL , „ . ., ,, Authorities Total. .Bourn s Contribu- n , -i j- j Contribution. Contribution , Won to Total. : to £ £ £ Nortli Island .. 362,261 224,670 586,931 61-72 38-28 South Island .. .'. 87,643 37,868 125,511 69-83 30-17 Totals.. .. 449,904 262,538 712,442 63-15 36-85
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Construction. Good progress has been made during the year with the construction programme. The accomplishments, however, were not so spectacular, perhaps, as in previous years. The Board has continued its policy of concentrating on the closing up of unmetalled gaps in the main-highway system, although, as reported last year, several schemes involving work of this nature have been temporarily retarded by the unwillingness of the local authorities to find their proportion of the cost. The additional finance which will be available to the Board during the forthcoming year, however, will assist very largely in completing the gaps which still, exist in the system, and the anticipated achievements are likely to be particularly gratifying to the travelling publio. The most important connections made during the past year have been the completion of the surfacing on the Pokeno-Waihi Main Highway between Waikato and Hauraki Plains Districts, the provision of metalled access between Kaitaia and the rail-head at Okaihau, and the partial completion of the surfacing of the Mamaku Bush section, between Hamilton and Rotorua. The last work-, was not quite completed by the end "of the financial year, but immediately thereafter vigorous steps were taken to secure all-the-year-round access for the thermal district. This objective, at the time of writing has been accomplished. During the year a. number of large bridges were completed. The most important of these structures was the Waihou. River Bridge at Kopu, on the Pokeno-Waihi Junction to Coromandel Main Highway. This bridge consists of plate-girder spans and reinforced-concrete decking with bituminous-concrete top. Its length is 1,520 ft., and an electrically-operated swing span has been provided for navigational, purposes. The bridge was completed by the Public Works Department in a comparatively short time. The structure was actually opened on the 11th May, 1928. The swing span functions perfectly, and is a credit to the designing staff of the Public Works Department. The completion of the bridge has given great satisfaction to the inhabitants of the district and to the travelling public generally, as it replaces a ferry service which of late years has often proved inadequate to deal with the traffic offering. Another very important structure completed and opened during the year was the Mokau River Bridge, on the Auckland-Wellington Main Highway. The erection of this bridge eliminated the last ferry on the primary highway system of the Dominion. It is 660 ft. in length, and is constructed of plate girders with reinforced-concrete decking, on which has been laid a bituminous concrete carpet. The bridge contains a lifting span for navigational purposes. The mechanism of the lifting span may be operated either by oil-engine or by hand, and functions perfectly. Since being opened the bridge has been very highly appreciated by the travelling publio. On the Gisborno-Whakatane via Motu Main Highway the Waioeka River Bridge was completed and opened to traffic. This bridge, which is constructed of reinforced concrete throughout, consists of twenty-five 40 ft. spans, and has a deck 18 ft. in width and a footpath 4 ft. in width. Another important bridge which was almost completed by the end of the financial year is the Manawatu River Bridge on the Foxton-Shannon Main Highway. This structure consists of twelve 60 ft. plate-girder spans on pile piers. Two other important bridges in the North Island were completed in reinforced concrete—namely, the Mangatainoka Bridge, consisting of six 40 ft. spans, and the Ngaturi Bridge, consisting of two 60 ft. spans and three 30 ft. spans—the former on the Wellington-Napier Main Highway, and the latter on the Pahiatua-Pongaroa Main Highway. In the South Island the most important structure erected during the year was the Selwyn River Bridge. This bridge consists of thirty-five 30 ft. spans, and is built of reinforced concrete throughout. It provides a roadway 18 ft. in width. On the Pukeuri-Kurow Main Highway the Otiake River Bridge was completed. This structure is a light-traffic bridge 640 ft. in length. During the forthcoming year three important bridges in the South Island will probably be commenced —the Hurunui Bridge, on the Christchurch-Blenheim Main Highway, and the Pareora and Ashburton Bridges, on the Christchurch-Duiiedin Main Highway. As a result of the imposition of the petrol-tax, there will be greatly increased activity during the coming working season on construction work throughout the country, particularly on paving-work on the more heavily trafficked portions of the main-highway system. Before the end of the financial year a paving scheme for the area immediately surrounding Christchurch City was embarked upon. Alternative tenders for Portland cement and bituminous concrete surfacing were called for a section of the Christchurch-Blenheim Main Highway, and a tender for the former class of work was accepted. The Board was in a position to make an early start with the scheme around Christchurch because of the large amount of preliminary investigation which had been carried out by a local voluntary committee organized by the Canterbury Progress League and consisting of representatives of the interested local authorities and the local Automobile Association. For some considerable time, the necessity for urgent reconstruction and paving-work in the vicinity of the City of Dunedin has been apparent, but serious difficulty has been experienced in obtaining the co-operation of local authorities concerned in the manner intended and anticipated by the original highway legislation. A. satisfactory arrangement, however, has at last been arrived at between the Board and the Taieri County Council, which controls the first 16 miles of the Dunedin-' nvercargill Main Highway immediately south of Dunedin. As a result of this arrangement the Board will proceed vigorously with the reconstruction of the section during the present year. Similar negotiations have been in train for some considerable time between the Board and the Waikouaiti County Council, which controls the section of the Dunedin-Christchurch Main Highway immediately north of Dunedin, but up to the time of writing this report it is regretted that no satisfactory arrangement has been arrived at.
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During the forthcoming year it is also hoped to make several important connections in the highway system which have seriously inconvenienced the travelling public for many years. In particular, preparations are in hand to provide all-weather access between Gisborne and Opotiki via Motu by the surfacing of the unmetalled section of 6 miles. It is also hoped to complete the surfacing between the Ohakune district and the southern part of the North Island. In addition, if weather conditions permit vigorous construction work during the summer, it is anticipated that light motor traffic will be able to traverse the whole length of the main highway from Te Kuiti to Bulls via Taumarunui during next winter. In regard to standards of construction, very satisfactory progress has been made during the year under review. Local authorities are now appreciating the necessity for the requirements of the Board, particularly as regards improved alignment and visibility. The increasing traffic, and the increased speed of that traffic, require frequent modification of these standards, and in approving proposals an endeavour is made to anticipate in a reasonable manner the requirements of the future. Motor-spirits Taxation Act, 1927. During the last session of Parliament the Motor-spirits Taxation Act, 1927, was passed. This Act, which provides for the imposition of a Customs duty of 4d. per gallon on motor-spirits imported into New Zealand, will have a very far-reaching effect on the policy and activities of the Main Highways Board. The tax is estimated to produce a total net sum of approximately £720,000 per annum, there being provision in the statute for exemptions for certain users of motor-spirits whose activities do not involve the use of roads. The Act provides that after deducting the expenses of administration and the amount of any refunds or drawbacks on duty the residue shall be apportioned as follows :— (a) Ninety-two per ccnt. thereof shall be paid into the Revenue Fund of the Main Highways Account under the Main Highways Act, 1922 ; (b) The balance shall be apportioned among those Borough Councils in whose districts there is a population of six thousand or upwards, in amounts bearing to each other approximately the same proportions as exist for the time being between the populations of the several boroughs. As shown in the earlier part of this report, a sum of £130,461 was paid into the Main Highways Revenue Account under the provision contained in paragraph (a) above. At the 31st March, 1928, a sum of £10,200 was distributed among the several borough councils in whose districts there is a population of six thousand or upwards. Although the 8 per cent, payable to Borough Councils does not pass through the Main Highways Revenue Account, the staff of the Main Highways Board assists in the administration work in connection with its distribution. Brief reference is made hereunder to the more important factors which brought about the introduction of the petrol-tax. As was mentioned in last year's report, it was anticipated that there would be a further large increase in the cost of maintenance, and as a result of this the expenditure would exceed the revenue by a substantial amount. Also, during the past two or three years the Board's attention had been drawn to a considerable mileage of road which, although not in the mainhighways system, nevertheless was carrying a large amount of motor traffic. While recognizing the claims of many such roads, the Board did not, in view of its financial position, feel justified in recommending their declaration as main highways. Another significant fact was that during 1927 the motorists and local authorities in a number of individual districts were making preparations for the promotion of local roading schemes involving the imposition of special local taxation on motorists. These were, in the most part, inspired by the results which followed the formation of the Wellington City and Suburban Highways Board, which in 1924 was given statutory power to impose a tax of £1 10s. per motor-vehicle on all vehicles within a specified area, and in 1927 was authorized by Parliament to increase the annual payment to £2 per motor-vehicle. While the disadvantages of one such scheme were not so apparent, nevertheless the multiplication thereof would unquestionably have brought about considerable dissatisfaction amongst those callcd upon to pay the special taxes ; and, moreover, the possible variations in the rates of the taxes required in the different localities would undoubtedly have aggravated the position. It was considered advisable by the Government to adhere to the fundamental principle in modern highway administration, that the national authority should impose and control all motor-taxation levied for the specific purpose of road-improvement. Although the schemes for local taxation were superseded by the national legislation, nevertheless the fact that quite a number of local schemes were being considered pointed to the necessity of the motorists assisting to a greater extent than in the past towards the cost of the construction of higher-type pavements adjacent to the larger centres of population, which construction was the primary object of practically all the local schemes above mentioned. It was obvious, therefore, that sufficient finance should be available from the national taxation to enable these desirable works to be undertaken without unduly burdening the local authorities through whose areas the most heavily trafficked roads pass. In the three years during which the Board has been in operation, its notice has been continually drawn to the difficulties with which the smaller boroughs had to contend in endeavouring to maintain the continuations of the- main arterial roads through their areas. Consequently, when it was decided to impose additional motor-taxation, provision was made to enable the smaller boroughs to participate to a greater extent in the benefits provided under the main-highways scheme. Immediately upon the passing of the Motor-spirits Taxation Act the Main Highways Board took steps to remould its policy and enlarge its activities with the object of giving immediate effect to the intentions of the legislation.
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The continuations of all main highways through boroughs of a population of under six thousand inhabitants were declared to be main highways on the 23rd February, .1.928. Early in the year 1928 all District Highways Councils were asked to make recommendations for the declaration of an additional length of main highways equivalent to approximately 50 per cent, of the existing system. In response to this request District Highways Councils recommended a total of 4,34-2 m. of road, of which 2,809 m. were declared to be main highways on the 2nd April, 1928, while a further 74-7 m. were declared on the 2nd July, 1928, making a total of 3,556 m. of additional main highways. Thus at the time of writing this report the total mileage of main highways in the Dominion exceeds 10,000 m. In deciding upon the new declarations the main object kept in view was to afford relief to the local authorities towards the cost of maintenance rather than to extend the advantages of the Board's construction subsidy. With regard to the construction of high-class pavements adjacent to the larger centres of population, the Board has taken the initiative and has prepared paving schemes covering the ensuing five years in the areas adjacent to all centres of population of over six thousand inhabitants. In framing these schemes the Board in most, cases has consulted with the District Highways Councils and the local Automobile Associations. The additional finance provided by the petrol-tax will enable the Board to increase its construction subsidy on practically all such schemes to £3 for £1. At the end of the financial year initial steps had already been taken for the commencement of paving-work in several localities. A comprehensive review of the Board's finance, taking into full consideration the proceeds of the petrol-tax, together with the fact that a number of local authorities are carrying too great a share of the cost of maintenance of the highway system, has induced the Board to recommend to the Government legislative provision for an increase in the maintenance subsidy of £1 10s. for £1 to £2 for £1, and that such increased rate of subsidy be made retrospective to the Ist April, 1928. In addition, the Board has often been impressed with the difficulties experienced by many local authorities in financing the reconstruction of bridges. It has therefore recommended that power be given to enable its subsidy towards the cost of construction or reconstruction of bridges to be increased to £2 for £1 on bridges not exceeding £.1,0,000 in cost, instead of the present subsidy of £1 for £1 up to this figure. In the case of bridges costing more than £10,000 it is proposed that the Board be given discretion to pay such a rate of subsidy as it may consider justified in the circumstances. In connection with the additional 3,556 m. of new main highway referred to above, it was not intended to allocate funds for construction purposes, but, as the Public Works Department on many of the roads in question was providing subsidies for construction purposes before their declaration as main highways, the Board has decided to continue to subsidize such work as would in the ordinary course of events be subsidized by the Department. While the Board's desire is to have all its funds expended on road works as expeditiously as it can, it is more than possible that there will be a considerable accumulation, of funds at the close of the financial year ending 31st Maroh, 1.929. This will be due to the fact that the large paving schemes and other construction work rendered possible by the petrol-tax could not commence contemporaneously with the collection of such tax. The schemes had to be formulated, submitted to the District Councils, and thereafter to the local bodies. These negotiations all take time, and, after settlement of conditions, plans and specifications have to be prepared and approved, and the local bodies in many cases have to take polls and raise loans for their contributions. Though the Board is expediting the consummation of the schemes as fast as possible, it is clear that some will not be in full swing before the end of the year. But in the years following it is anticipated that the accumulation will be rapidly eliminated. Moreover, the estimates are for a fiveyears programme,, but if it is found that funds permit, the Board wiil be in a position, as the schemes are in order to proceed, to speed up the operations according to the state of its finances. It is clear that, as the whole of the Board's estimates are based on receipts over a period of years, and include any temporary accumulations, these accumulations cannot be devoted to any other purpose without upsetting entirely the programme laid down by the Board and disorganizing the whole system. Purchase op Plant. The policy of purchasing and hiring plant on the hire-purchase system to local authorities has been continued. The total value of plant! on hire-purchase at 31st March, .1928, amounted to £75,707. The following statement shows the plant ordered and hired to local authorities from the 31st March, 1927, to the 31st March, 1928, the amount involved being £24,502 : Power graders, 12 ; ordinary roadgraders, 6; motor-lorries, 3; trailer, 1 ; crushers, 7 ; elevators, 3 ; tractors, 10; granulator, 1; oil-engine, 1 ; bitumen-sprayer, 1 ; preheater, 1 ; rotary screens, 2 ; electric motors, 2 ; drag-line excavator, 1 ; &c. In addition to the above, the Board purchased the following plant for its own use at a total cost of £8,080 : Power graders, 4 ; ordinary road-graders, 4 ; road-rollers, 2 ; motor-lorries, 2 ; crusher, 1 ; elevator, 1 ; excavator, 1 ; scarifier, 1 ; tractors, 2 ; and trailers, 4. Elimination of Level Crossings. The elimination of the following crossing was completed : — Auckland-Wellington via Taranaki Main Highway : Crossing at Turakina. The following eliminations were almost completed at the end of the financial year :— Wellington-Napier via Wairarapa : Crossing at Matahiwi Hill. Christchurch-Blenheim via Parnassus : Crossing at Weka Pass. The following eliminations are under way : — Wellington-Napier via Wairarapa : Crossing at Piripiri. Auckland-Wellington via Taranaki: Crossing at Hawera. Dunedin-Christchurch : Crossing at Tumai.
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Plans have been prepared for the elimination of the crossings at Porirua and Paraparaumu on the Auckland-Wellington via Taranaki Main Highway, and. it is hoped to have these under construction during the forthcoming year. A further tentative programme of eliminations has been gone into with the Railway Department, and surveys and investigations are in hand for a further five schemes. Road-signs. During the year the Public Works Department, under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1924, brought, out regulations for cautionary signs on all roads. The Main Highways Board has decided to subsidize the cost of such signs on main highways on the basis for the time being in force for general maintenance, and has also decided to increase the subsidy on direction-signs to the same rate. Testing of Highway Materials. The Petrological Laboratory has continued to carry out the standard tests on roadmaking materials. Table 6a shows the tests carried out- during the year on rocks, while Table 6b shows results of abrasion tests carried out on a number of samples of gravel from different parts of the Dominion. The testing of samples of tar, bitumen, and bituminous concrete was carried out as usual by the Dominion Analyst, Wellington. E X PERIMENTAL WORK. During the year two special sections of experimental road were laid, down —one on the Christchurch - Dunedin Main Highway a low miles south of Christchurch, and the other on the Napior-Taupo Main Highway a few miles south of Taupo Township. The former section was laid down in several classes of bituminous concrete manufactured from a variety of aggregates. The coarse aggregates used were uncrushed shingle, partially crushed shingle, and crushed quarry-stone. The second experiment consisted of the construction of approximately half a mile of oil-treated pumice road. The method used was that known in America as the " oil-mix method." Very interesting results were obtained, and it is proposed during the forthcoming year to carry out several miles of similar work on pumice roads. In addition to the above, short lengths of road have been treated with calcium chloride and with various classes of bituminous materials for the purpose of ascertaining their behaviour under traffic. Examination ok Fqbemen and Overseers employed on Road Construction. The third examination of foremen and overseers for the purpose of issuing certificates of competency was held on the 28th February, 1928. Fifty-two candidates sat for the examination, out of which six obtained a complete pass, seven completed the examination, and five obtained a partial pass. Certificates have now been issued to the following successful candidates :„ P. S. Finlayson, W. .1. Hawkes, 0. G. Hewison, J. H. Kendall, B. L. Larson, R. M. Lankshear, J. G. Mahood, 0. R. Marshall, F. F. Maynard, ,J. G. Mclvor, F. Muggeridge, H. J. L. Wottcn, S. Annabell, J. W. Bean, H. V. Bond, D. E. Brown, F. Hermans, H. N. McDonald, J. V. Neill, L. Oldham, R. B. Price, S. G. H. Robinson, S. G. Stockloy, J. Stringer, J. A. Williams. Progress Report. The following statement shows the more important construction work carried out under the control of the Main Highways Board dining the year ended 31st March, 1928 :—- Whangaroa-Okaihau. —Whangaroa-Kaeo Concrete Bridge Section : Several very dangerous corners have been widened on this section. Waiare Junction to County Boundary : 46 eh. of formation has been completed and 9 eh. of road metalled. KawaJcawa-Mangamuka. —Rangiahua-Mangamuka: The whole length of 6| m. of deviations has now been completed. The bottom course of limestone was also laid and completely rolled during the year. In addition, approximately Im. of gravelling was carried out. The completion of this work provided for the first time a metalled connection between Kaitaia and the rail-head at Okaihau. Mangamuka - Te Karae. —57 eh. of this road has been formed, and 3 m. 57 eh. of bottom course has been laid and rolled. Kohukohu —Te Karae. —2 m. 50 eh. of this main highway has been formed, and 2m. completely metalled and rolled. The top coat of shingle has also been placed. Waimamaku-Ohaeawai. —Taheke Deviation : On this deviation the Mangatoa Bridge has been completed and 91 eh. of new formation metalled throughout. Hokianga County Section : A length of 2 m. at Waima has been given a top course of metal. No. 3 Bridge, in the Pakanae Gorge, has been finished. Kaikohe-Omapere. —1 m. of road has been formed by relief workers. M.aungatapere-Kaikohe. —Poroti-Parakao : The whole length of this section has now received its final coat of shingle. Whangarei-Kawakawa. —Whakapara Bridge: This new bridge, consisting of three 40ft. spans, has been completed. Akerama-Waiomio : All the formation work on the unmetalled length in the Bay of Islands County, a distance of 6| m., has been completed, including the erection of three bridges. Dargaville-Maungaturoto. —Hardies Bridge : This bridge, consisting of five 40 ft. spans, and its approaches have been completed. Kaiwalear-Mangawai. —Approximately | m. of this road has been metalled during the year. Wayby-Maungaturoto. —Mainene Bridge : This bridge, consisting of two 40 ft. spans, and its approaches have been completed.
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Breakneck Valley Bridge : This bridge and its approaches have been completed. Kiriwaka-Maungaturoto : 16 eh. of this road has been surfaced with limestone. It' 'ark.worth - Kaipara Flats. —30 eh. of wearing-course has been placed. Waiwera-Mangawai. —Tomorata-Mangawai: A length of 65 eh. of this road has been metalled, connecting up Tomorata and Mangawai. Helensville-Waiwera. —Upper Wai wera - Wai wera : On this length considerable work has been done and very great improvements made ; | m. of gravelling has been carried out. Aucldand-Wainui, via Birkenhead. Birkenhead Albany : The re-formation, widening, and metalling work of this section have proceeded very slowly. The work was originally let by contract, and after protracted negotiations, extending for a period of six months, the contract was determined. Better progress has since been made with the work : 3| m. of base-course metalling has been completed and the formation is now well forward. Albany - Dairy Flat: The (inn! length of unmetalled road on the south side of Dairy Bridge and beyond Dairy Bridge to Massey Road Junction was completely surfaced. The metalling of this length provides an all-weather route between Auckland and Silverdale. Kumeu-Albany. —The section of main highway between Sunnvside Flat and Pukeatua Junction has been surfaced with gravel. Auckland-Helensville. —Waitakere Section : The remaining gap of unmetalled road has now been surfaced, thus making a connection along this highway between Auckland and Hclensville. Great South Road. —Auckland-Papakura.: The concrete pavement between Auckland and Papakura was completed, except for 26 eh. at various bridges. The length constructed during the year was sm. 12 eh. Bombay Hills Deviation : The earthwork and culverting of this deviation was completed, and the road opened for summer traffic. Mercer Town District Section : Raising and widening of the road on this section was commenced during the year, and good progress has been made. Rangiriri Hills Section : A length of 3 m. 23 eh. of bituminous sealing was completed. Pokeno-Waihi. —Maramaru Deviation : This deviation, 1 m. 27 eh. in length, was formed and metalled. Pekapeka Road : A length of 2 m. 70 eh. of this road was metalled. Pokeno-Waihi Junction to Coromandel. —Waihou River Bridge at Kopu: This bridge was almost completed at the end of the financial year. Thames - Northern Boundary Thames County: A considerable amount of stone walling and widening has been carried out. Kopu-Raglan. —Reconstruction work has been continued between Thames and Hikutaia. Hamilton-Rotorua. —Karapiro Deviation: This deviation, near Cambridge, was commenced and is now approximate!)' half completed. Mamaku Bush Section : A deviation 3 m. 24 eh. in length has been completed, and the gravelling is in hand. Steps are also being taken to apply a wearing-course of gravel to the length of 10.1 in. which was laid with a foundation course of rhyolite last year. Waitoa-Taupo. —Putaruru-Southern Boundary Matamata County : A total length of 4 m. 64 eh. has now been laid in bituminous macadam. Tirau-Northern Boundary Matamata County : A total length of 15 m. 56 eh. of this section has now been surfaced with bitumen. Matamata Town District Section : The portion of this main highway in Matamata Town District has been surface-treated with bitumen. Malamata-Tauranga (No. 2 District). —Kaimai Hill : Regrading and widening of this section on the Waikato side, have been put in hand as relief work. A tola! length of 4m. 41 eh. has been formed to 20ft. width, and a. commencement has been made with the surfacing of this length with rhyolite. Matamata Town District Section: This section of the main highway has been surfaced with bitumen. Matamata County Section: A length of I m. 56 eh. has been surfaced with bitumen. Qisborne-Whakatane, via Motu. —Waioeka Bridge: This bridge, consisting of twenty-live 40ft. spans, has been completed in reinforced concrete and opened to traffic. Wlialittitnv Tauranga. —Otamarakau Paengaroa: 4 in. of this section has been re-formed and pumiced. Taiiiitnga-Waihi. —ll9 eh. of formation and metalling have been completed. Camlnidge-Rolorua. —Steel's Mill- Rotorua : A deviation 56 eh. in length has been formed and metalled. 250 eh. of the road has been widened, and a considerable length surfaced with rhyolite. Between Ta.rukenga and Ngongotaha 2|-m. of metalling was completed. Rotorua-Napier. Rotorua. Waiotapu : This section of road was considerably improved dining the year. A number of sharp bends have been straightened out and a considerable length of the road surface treated with pumice. Cambridge Taupo. Between Atianmri and Wairakei 10J in. of road has been widened and straightened. A considerable length has also been treated with pumice. Tanranga-Malamata (No. 3 District). —Kaimai Hill: On the Tauranga side of the hill sm. of formation and 4m. of bottom-course metalling have been completed. Between Ruahihi and the county boundary a further 1-Jm. of formation and 2m. of metalling have also been completed. Whakatane-Rotorua.- Whakatane-Rotoma : A length of 80 eh. of this road has been metalled. Te Teko-Te Ngae: This section of road has been considerably improved during the year by cutting off all sharp bends and by the treatment of the surface with pumice. At Te Ngae a section of 2£m. of road was metalled.
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Te Ngae - Paengaroa. —Between Te Ngae and Waiwhakaretu a considerable amount of improve ment work has been carried out. Gisborne-Wairoa, via Hangaroa (No. 4 District). —The chief work on this highway during the year was the construction of a deviation of the Tiniroto Hill. The grades on the old road were as steep as 1 in 6, and the road climbed to a height of 300 ft. more than necessary. The new deviation has much improved alignment and a maximum grade of lin 14. Altogether 9m. 60 eh. of re-formation was carried out and 3 m. 52 eh. of metalling finished. Gisborne-Opotiki, via Motu. —4 m. 54 eh. was re-formed, and 4m. metalled. Two level crossings were eliminated. Gisborne-Opotiki, via the Coast. —Altogether 7 m. of gravelling and 1| m. of formation were carried out during the year. Two and a half years ago motor traffic could proceed only 11J m. north of Gisborne in winter, whereas it is now possible all the year round to reach a point 87 m. north of Gisborne in a little over three hours' running-time. Gisborne-Wairoa, via Morere. —A length of 4 m. 66 eh. was reconstructed in bituminous macadam. Napier Gisborne, via Wairoa. —Napier Borough Section -Te Ngaru Crossing: 2m. of bituminous surface treatment was completed on the Westshore embankment and a further 25 eh. of similar work was carried out in the Petane Township. Wairoa-Gisborne, via Hangaroa (No. 5 District). —Horseshoe Bend Deviation: This deviation wa.s almost completed during the year. Sunken Bridge Culvert : This culvert and filling were also completed. Moßae's Bridge Deviation : This bridge and deviation were also completed. Petane-Taupo. —A few miles south of Taupo a section of pumice road, nearly half a mile in length, was treated with asphaltic road-oil for experimental purposes. Napier-Wellington, via Wairarapa (No. 5 District). —Hawke's Bay County Section : At Waitangi washout a length of 60 eh. was surface-treated with bitumen. The formation of the Pakipaki deviation, 1 m. 14 eh. in length, was completed. Waipawa-Waipukurau : The bituminous surfacing of the remaining 2 m. between Waipawa and Waipukurau was completed. The metalling of the Corkscrew Gully deviation was carried out. Dannevirke County Section : 3J m. of first-coat sealing-work and 4m. of second-coat sealing-work were carried out during the year. Whakaruatapu Deviation and Bridge : The formation work on this deviation has been completed. The construction of the steel bridge, 170 ft. long and 70 ft. in height, is under way. Mangatewai-iti Deviation : This deviation, approximately 43 eh. in length, is almost completed. The grade was improved from 1 in 10 to 1 in 15. Matahiwi Hill Deviation : This deviation, the object of which is to eliminate two level crossings, has been completely formed, and metalling is in hand. Piripiri Overbridge,: The construction of this overbridge to eliminate a dangerous level crossing is in hand. Woodville County Seotion : 2 m. 70 eh. of first-coat sealing-work has been carried out between Oringi Station and Corby Settlement roads. Dannevirke-Waipukurau, via Porangahau. —Mangamaire Bridge : This bridge, consisting of three 40 ft. spans, and its approaches have been completed. Napier-Tukituki, via Omahu. —Hawke's Bay County Section: 3m. of sealing-work was carried out between Napier and Taradale, and 1 m. from Hastings Borough boundary towards Omahu. The Waimarama Deviation was completely formed, and metalled and is now open to traffic. Taradale Town Board Section : The whole of this seotion of highway has now been surface-treated. Taradale-Rissington. —Taradale Town Board Section : A length of 24 eh. of this section has been sealed with one coat. Woodville-Palmerston North. —Woodville County Section —Bridge at om. 32 eh.: This bridge, consisting of one 60 ft. span and one 40 ft. span placed alongside each other, has been completed and opened, to traffic. Manawatu Gorge Section : 2m. of first-coat sealing-work was completed at the end of the financial year, and the surfa.ee treatment of the remainder of the section is in hand. Kawhia- Junction Auckland - Wellington Road, via Kawa. —Kawhia - Oparau River Bridge: The metalling of the unsurfaced gap of this section, 62 eh. in length, has been completed. A concrete arch, culvert and a creek-diversion have also been constructed. County Boundary - Waipa River Bridge: sm. 30 eh. of formation and a similar length of gravelling have been completed. Waitomo Caves-Lemon Point. —The widening and metalling of a bluff, 3ch. in length, near the county boundary has been completed. Te Kuiti - Bulls, via Taumarunui (No. 6 District.) —Kurakura Deviation : The whole of the formation work on this deviation has now been completed, and 40 eh. of bottom-course metalling has also been carried out. Bingham's Bridge : This bridge is under construction, and the formation of the approaches is in hand. Hiwi Road :3m. 14 eh. of formation work has been carried out; 3m. 5 eh. of gravelling has also been completed. Taumarunui-Raurimu : 59 eh. of this road has been formed in the vicinity of Oio. Raurimu - Kaitieke County Boundary : 2 m. 66 eh. of formation and metalling has been completed, and three bridges constructed. Piopio-Tatu. —Waitewhena Road : 1 m. 9 eh. of gravelling has been completed on this road. Stratfard-Taumarunui.—'PiiTpa.Tata, Saddle - Ohura County Boundary : 2 m. 36 eh. of gravelling has been completed, making a continuous section of metal from Tatu to Tokirima Hill.
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Hawera County Section: Over a length of 180 eh. of this section the sealed surface has been widened, and strengthened by the addition of bituminous macadam shoulders 2 ft. in width on each side of the road. Lepperton Junction - Hawera, via Opunake. —Taranaki County Section : 51 eh. of this section has been regraded, metalled, and surfaced with bitumen. An additional length of 150 eh. of macadam road was surface-treated with bitumen. Egmont County Section : 4m. 48 eh. of bituminous macadam has been laid. A concrete bridge and. deviation at the Rautini Stream, north of Rahotu, are under way. The Pungareere Stream Bridge has been completed and the Heimama Stream Bridge is almost completed. New Plymouth - Kairnata, via Inglewood. —lnglewood County Section : 99 eh. of regrading-work and 23 eh. of deviation are in hand ; 70 eh. of bituminous-macadam pavement is also in hand between Maketawa <and Mangamr. EUham-Opunake. —1 m. 70 oh. of bituminous macadam was completed near Awatuna. There is now a bituminous surface the whole way from Eltham to Opunake. Ohura Road. —3 m. 56 eh. of this road has been formed or widened and 54 eh. metalled during the year. Stratford County Section : 2m. 29 eh. of this section between Toko and Gordon Road was surface-treated with bitumen. Rawhitiroa Road. —l m. of this road, has been widened with bituminous-macadam shoulders. Stratford-Opunake. —The surface-sealing of several sections of this highway in Stratford County, totalling 232 eh. in length, is in hand. Auckland-AN ellington, via Taranaki (No. 8 District). —Patea County Section: 28 eh. of road has been reconstructed and metalled. \n addition, a length of 1 ra. 46 eh. was constructed in bituminous macadam. Waitotara County Section : 5 m. 51 eh. of sealing-work was carried out on this section. Wanganui County Section : 3| m. of this section was surface-treated with bitumen. Turakina Railway-crossing : The overhead bridge and deviation for the purpose of eliminating this railway-crossing were completed and opened to traffic. Turakina River Bridge : A contract has been let for the construction of a new steel and concrete bridge of two 100 ft. spans, and work has been commenced. Te Kuiti-Bulls, via Taumarunui (No. 8 District). —Rangitikei County Section: A length of 3 m. 40 eh. of new metalling was carried out south of Waiouru. Waimarino County Section: 1(1 eh. of new metalling was completed near Waitangi. Ranrjilatau East and Watershed Roads. —I m. 18 eh. of re-formation and 35 eh. of new metalling were completed on this highway between Bruce Road and Kauarapaoa Road. Wanganui-Horopito. —2 m. 42 eh. of widening was completed during the year together with a 40 ft. rolled-steel-joist bridge. Im. 20 eh. of metalling was completed south of the Mangawhero River. Auckland-Wellington, via Taranaki (No. 9 District). —Ngahauranga Gorge: Im. 23 eh. of this section was widened to a minimum of 24 ft., and Im. 65 eh. remetalled. Three large reinforced culverts were also constructed. Johnsonville - Tawa Flat: The widening and remetalling of a length of 3m. 9 eh. of this section were completed. Tawa Flat - Porirua : The widening and remetalling of this section, 2 m. in length, were completed. Porirua-Paremata : 53 eh. of this section was sealed during the year. Paremata-Waikanae : On this section a total length of 3 in. 57 eh. of surface-sealing was completed. Waikanae-Otaki: A length of 4m. 60 eh. of bituminous macadam has been carried out. Otaki-Manakau :1 m. of bituminous macadam was completed. Three deviations have been formed and partially metalled. Sanson-Bulls : 2 m. 14 eh. of reconstruction work and 3 m. of surface-sealing have been carried out. Levin - Palmerston North, via Shannon. —2 m. 25 eh. of reconstruction and metalling was carried out between Tokomaru Bridge and Tokomaru . Foxton-Shannon. —Manawatu River Bridge and Deviation: This bridge, consisting of twelve 60 ft. plate-girder spans, was well advanced at the end of the year under review. The formation of the road approach at the Shannon end of the bridge was completed, and the formation work at the Foxton end is under way. Himitangi-Ashhurst, via Palmerston North. —Burkes Drain Bridge : The concrete-work on this bridge was completed. Kairanga County Section : 78 eh. of bituminous surface treatment was carried out.
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Greatford-Woodville, via Feilding and Ashhurst. —Oroua County Section : Jack's Creek Bridge was completed during the year, and two other concrete bridges are in hand. A deviation at McCool's Corner near Ashhurst was also completed. Wellington-Napier, via Wairarapa (Nos. 9 and 10 Districts). —Taita Gorge Section : 1 m. 20 eh. of surface treatment was carried out on this section. Akatarawa - Mangaroa Hill: 42 eh. of this length was widened to 24 ft., and culverts extended where necessary. Mangaroa Hill - Rimutaka Hill: 2m. 57 eh. of this length was widened to 24 ft. and the alignment considerably improved. 3m. 22 eh. of remetalling was carried out in preparation for sealingwork. Rimutaka Hill - Featherston Borough Boundary : On this section Im. 26 eh. of widening to 24 ft. has been completed and surfaced with gravel. A length of 50 eh. of bituminous surface-sealing has been carried out. Waiohine Bridge - Waingawa Bridge : 2 m. 33 eh. of this section was widened, and 3 m. 21 eh. of bituminous macadam constructed. Masterton County Section : 38 eh. of widening was carried out between Masterton and Mount Bruce. Faulkner's Bridge - Eketahuna : 15 eh. of this section was widened to 24 ft. Eketahuna Deviation : Formation of this deviation is completed, 72 eh. having been carried out during the year. A contract has been let for the erection of the Wiwaka Bridge over the Makakahi River, and a commencement has been made with the work. Mangatainoka Bridge : This reinforced-concrete bridge, consisting of six 40 ft. spans, has been satisfactorily completed and is now open for traffic. Pahiatua-Pongaroa. —Ngaturi Bridge : This reinforced-concrete bridge, consisting of three 30 ft. and two 60 ft. spans, has been completed and opened to traffic. Allen's Bridge, Makuri Township : The approaches to this bridge have been completed. Maslerton-Tinui. —24 eh. of widening-work on the Masterton County section of this highway has been completed. At the Rorokoko Deviation 12 eh. of widening has been carried out. Castlepoint County Section : Thirteen corners were improved, and a certain amount of widening and new culverting was carried out. Masterton-Weber, via Alfredton. —Between Masterton Borough and Te Ore Ore 77 eh. of bituminous surface treatment was completed. Martinborough-Otaraia. —On this main highway 24 eh. was widened to 24 ft., raised above floodlevel, and metalled. Featherston-Martinborough. —2 m. 40 eh. of re-formation and widening and 2m. 10 eh. of bituminous macadam were completed. Blenheim-Nelson. —Ruapeka Stream Bridge : The construction of this bridge has been completed. Rai Hill Widening :16 eh. of this hill has been widened and gravelled. Further improvements are in hand. Nelson-W estport. (No. J1 District). —Tahunanui-Grlenhope : The construction of Pretty Stream Bridge in reinforced concrete has been completed. Doctor's Creek Bridge : The deviation at this bridge has been completed. Doughboy Creek Bridge : The construction of this bridge and its approaches are in hand. Richmond-Pakawau. —Motuoka River Bridge : The completion of this bridge consisting of fifteen 44 ft. spans in reinforced concrete is well under way. Small's Creek Bridge : This reinforced-concrete bridge and its approaches have been completed. Stoney Creek Bridge : This reinforced-concrete bridge and its approaches have been completed. Lindsay's Bridge - West Road : eh. of formation and one 8 ft. culvert have been completed. Colling wood County Section : The construction of the Tomatea Creek culvert has been completed. Squire's Creek and Church Creek culverts are in hand. Westport-Kararnea. —Karamea River Bridge : The fencing of the approaches to this bridge has been completed. Westport-Nelson (No. .12 District). —Ohikanui Bridge : The approaches to this bridge were completed. Hawk's Craig Retaining-wall: The construction of this retaining-wall in concrete, 288 ft. in length, has been completed. Stiff's Bluff : The construction of this concrete wall, 176 ft. in length, has been completed. Inangahua Junction Combined Bridge Approaches : The approaches to this bridge were completed. Hawk's Craig Creek Washout Bridge: This bridge, 100 ft. in length, has been renewed. Dellavadovas Creek Bridge : This bridge, 50 ft. in length, has been completed. Back Crock Bridge : The renewal of this bridge has been carried out. Black Pine Creek Bridge : A temporary bridge has been erected at this creek to enable the new bridge to be commenced. Bridge No. 38 : Materials have been ordered for the renewal of this bridge. Dee Creek Bridge : This structure is being rebuilt. Widening Cascade Point: Considerable improvements have been effected to the alignment and grades at this point. Inangahua Junction - Waiho. —The following small bridges on this highway have, been completed : Hinau Bridge, Loggoes Creek Bridge (No. 4), Blaokwater Bridge (No. 2), Waimaunga Culvert, Granite, Creek Bridge, Cameron's Creek Bridge, Dry Creek Bridge. The following minor bridges are in hand : Maimai Station Bridge, Stoney Creek Bridge, Marsdcn's Culvert, Fitzgerald Overflow Bridge (No. 2), McEnroe's Overflow Bridge (No. 1), Slaty Creek Bridge.
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SCHEDULE OF MAIN HIGHWAY DISTRICTS AS GAZETTED ON 26th JANUARY, 1928. Highway District No. I. —Auckland North. Allthat area comprised with in the Counties of Mangonui, H okianga, Kay of Islands, Whangaroa, Hobson, Whangarei, Otamatea, Rodney, and Waitemata, and the Boroughs of Dargaville, Birkenhead, Northoote, and the Town Districts (not forming part of a county) of Kaitaia, Kamo, Hikurangi, Kaikohe, Warkworth, Helensville, Henderson, Glen Eden, and New Lynn. Highway District No. 2.—Auckland South. All that area comprised within the Counties of Eden, Manukau, Franklin, Waikato, Raglan, Waipa, Coromandel, Thames, Hauraki Plains, Ohinemuri, Piako, and Matamata, and the Boroughs of Newmarket, Otahuhu, Pukekohe, Cambridge, Ngaruawahia, Te Awamutu, Te Aroha, Morrinsville, Paeroa, Waihi, Thames, and the Town Districts (not forming part of a county) of Ellerslie, Mowick, Papatoetoe, Manurewa, Papakura, Waiuku, Tuakau, Huntly, Leamington, and Matamata. Highway District No. ,'). —Taukanoa. All that area comprised within the Counties of Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatane, Opotiki, and Taupo, and the Bo i.ughs of Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatane, Opotiki, and the Town District (not forming part of a county) of Te Puke. Highway District No. 4. —Gisborne. All hat area comprised within the. Counties of Matakaoa, Waiapu, Uawa, Waikohu, and Cook. Highway District No. 5. —Hawke's Bay. All that area comprised within the Counties of Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, Waipawa, Waipukurau, Patangata, Dannevirke, Weber, and Woodville, and the Boroughs of Wairoa, Waipawa, Waipukurau, Dannevirke, Woodville, and the Town Districts (not forming part of a county) of Taradale and Havelock North. Highway District No. 6.—King Country. All that area comprised within the Counties of Waitomo, Taumarunui, Ohura, Kaitieke, Kawhia, and Otorohanga., and the Boroughs of To Kuiti, Taumarunui, and the Town Districts (not forming part of a county) of Otorohanga and Manunui. Highway District No. 7. —Taranaki. All that area comprised within the Counties of Clifton, Whangamomona, Taranaki, inglewood, Egmont, Stratford, Waimate West, Eltham, and Hawera, and the Boroughs of Warfare, Inglewood, Stratford, Eltham, Hawera, and the Town Districts (not forming part of a county) of Opunake and Manaia. Hiohway District No. B.—Wanganui. All that area comprised within the Counties of Patea, Waitotara, Waimarino, Wanganui, and Rangitikei, and the Boroughs of Patea, Ohakune, Raetihi, Taihape, Marton, and the Town Districts (not forming part of a county) of Waverley, Rangata.ua, Mangaweka, Huntcrville, and Bulls. Highway District No. 9. —Wellington West. All that area comprised within the Counties of Kiwitea, Pohangina, Oroua, Kairanga, Manawatu, Horowhenua, Hutt, and Makara, and the Boroughs of Feilding, Foxton, Shannon, Levin, Otaki, Upper Hutt, Eastbourne, and the Town District (not forming part of a county) of Lohnsonvillc. Highway District No. 10.—Wellington East. All that area comprised within the Counties of Pahiatua, Akitio, Eketahuna, Mauriceville, Castlepoint, Masterton. Wairarapa South, and Feathei-ston, and the Boroughs of Pahiatua, Eketahuna, Carterton, Greytown, Featherston, and the Town District (not forming part of a county) of Martinborough. Highway District No. 11.—Nelson. All that area comprised within the Counties of Collingwood, Takaka, Waimea, Sounds, Marlborough, and Murchison, and the Boroughs of Picton, Blenheim, Richmond, Motueka, and the Town District (not forming part of a county) of Tahunanui. Highway District No. 12. —West Coast. All that area comprised within the Counties of Buller, Inangahua, Grey, and Westland, and the Boroughs of Westport, Greymouth, Brunner, Kumara, Hokitika, Boss, Runanga, and the Town District (not forming part of a county) of Cobden. Highway District No. 13. —Canterbury North. All that area comprised within the Counties of Awatere, Kaikoura, Amuri, Cheviot, and Waipara. Highway District No. 14. —Canterbury Central. All that area comprised within the Counlies of Tawera, Oxford, Ashley, Kowai, Rangiora, Eyre, Waimairi, Heathcote, Paparua, Halswell, Mount Herbert, Akaroa, Wairewa, Springs, Ellesmere, Malvern, and Selwyn, and the Boroughs of Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Riccarton, Now Brighton, Sumner, Lyttelton. Akaroa, and the Town District (not forming part of a county) of Leeston. Hi in way District No. 15.—Canterbury South. All that area comprised within the Counties of Ashburton, Geraldine, Mackenzie, Levels, Waimate, and Waitaki, and the Boroughs of Ashburton, Geraldine, Temuka, Waimate, Hampden, and the Town Districts (not forming part of a county) of Tinwald and Pleasant Point. Highway District No. 16. —Otago Central. All that area comprised within the Counties of Maniototo, Vincent, Lake, Waihemo, and Waikouaiti, and the Boroughs of Palmerston, Waikouaiti, Port Chalmers, West Harbour, Naseby, Alexandra, Cromwell, Queenstown and Arrowtown. Highway District No. 17.—Otago South. All that aroa comprised within the Counties of Peninsula, Taieri, Tuapeka, Bruce, and Clutha, and the Boroughs of Green Island, Mosgiel, Milton, Kaitangata, Balclutha, Tapanui, Lawrence, and Roxburgh. Highway District No. 18. —Southland. All that area comprised within the Counties of Southland, Wallace, and Fiord, and the Boroughs of Gore, Mataura Winton, South Invercargill, Bluff, Rivcrton, and the Town Districts (not formin; part of a county) of Lumsden Wyndham, Otautau, and Nightcaps.
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TABLE 1.—MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT. CONSTRUCTION FUND. Income and Expenditure on Capital Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928, and Total to Date.
Total since Total since Government Ordinary Main Total for Year Declaration of iArr«r»T\n? Total for Year j Declaration of uitiii. Roads. Highways. 1927-28. Main Highways lJNLUftm. 1927-28. Main Highways (9/6/24). (9/6/24). To Net expenditure on construction and improvement of main highways, By Recoveries on account of expenditure of previous years :— including cost of administration by Public Works Department and Highway District — £ s. d. £ s. d. accident compensation: — No. 2, Government roads .. .. .. .. .. 178 778 Highway District — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. No. 4. ,, .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 8 8 No. 1 .. .. .. 29,621 7 2 10,578 3 3 40,199 10 5 182,683 13 2 No. 7, „ .. .. .. .. .. 7 6 10 7 6 10 No. 2 .. .. .. 30,407 8 11 48,444 9 0 78,851 17 11 256,875 12 2 No. 12. „ .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 19 0 No. 3 .. .. .. 31,246 16 0 3,036 14 4 34,283 10 4 88,536 7 2 No. 13, ,, .. .. .. .. .. .. 102 0 0 So. 4 .. .. .. 20,868 15 9 3,753 16 8 24,622 12 5 155,328 16 0 No. 5 .. .. .. 1,389 5 0 17,211 11 3 18,600 16 3 80,712 12 2 8 14 6 120 2 2 No. 6 .. .. .. 40,175 16 1 3,821 6 4 43,997 2 5 119,446 8 3 Receipts under section 15, Finance Act, 1923, from Public Works Fund, No. 7 .. .. .. 14,494 8 2 25,257 7 3 39,751 15 5 190,523 2 6 General Purposes Account* .. .. .. .. .. 200,000 0 0 826,000 0 0 No. 8 .. , .. 6,496 14 0 14,667 13 6 21,164 7 6 61,549 16 0 Loans raised under Main Highways Act, 1922 — No. 9 .. .. .. 25,854 0 6 39,278 6 4 65.132 6 10 196,094 8 9 Consolidated stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 542,007 14 0 No. 10 .. .. .. 4,649 6 3 15,602 16 4 20,252 2 7 52,133 12 0 Debentures .. ,. .. .. .. .. .. .. 100,000 0 0 No. 11 .. .. .. 9,675 7 4 485 10 3 10,160 17 7 19,478 9 6 Inscribed stock .. .. .. .. .. .. 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 No. 12 .. .. .. 3,957 1 2 333 0 0 4,290 1 2 74,484 12 6 Balance, excess of expenditure over income, carried to general balance-sheet 231,076 1 10 211,615 IS 2 No. 13 .. .. .. 126 1 0 4,207 16 9 4,333 17 9 61,154 6 7 No. 14 .. .. .. 4,020 12 2 10,938 11 11 14,959 4 1 35,291 1 9 No. 15 .. .. .. .. 3,050 17 4 3,050 17 4 9,766 2 5, No. 16 .. .. .. 1,480 15 8 3,477 1 8 4,957 17 4 35,009 '7 0 No. 17 .. .. .. 28,834 14 7 12,505 6 10 41,340 1 5 76.305 2 11 No. 18 .. .. .. 1,406 12 7 9,729 5 0 11,135 17 7 34,369 13 6 254,705 2 4 226,379 14 0 481,084 16 4 1,729,743 14 4 481,084 16 4 1,729,743 14 4 * Interest on these amounts is paid from Consolidated Fund.
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TABLE 1.—MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT— continued. REVENUE FUND. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928, and Total to Date.
Total since | Total since Government Ordinary Total for i Inception of Main 1 J. ., Total for Inception of Main Roads. Main Highways. Year 1927-28. Highways Act, 1922, ! Year 1927-28. Highways Act, 1922, to 31/3/28. | | | to 31/3/28. _ - . . . . To Net expenditure on maintenance of j 1 By Income from — main highways — Interest from investments of— £ s. d. Highway District — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Construction Fund .. .. .. 2,386 7 2 No. 1 .. .. .. 7,325 9 4 29,937 7 8 37,262 17 0 86,127 19 6 Revenue Fund .. .. .. .. 26,385 15 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. No. 2 .. .. .. 7,508 16 2 52,875 17 9 60,384 13 11 135,523 12 5 28,772 2 8 117,108 8 10 No. 3 .. .. .. 21,479 12 10 7,930 4 4 29,409 17 2 71,621 4 8 1 Interest from local bodies on plant purchased on their behalf .. 2,610 1 10 4,505 2 7 No. 4 .. .. .. 11,623 15 2 3,338 17 2 14,962 12 4 53,366 3 5 Motor-registration licenses, fees, and fines (section 24, Motor-vehicles No. 5 .. .. .. 3,898 5 4 41,087 6 2 44,985 11 6 128,663 17 8 Act, 1924) .. .. .. .. .. .. 303,861 8 6 934,041 9 5 No. 6 .. .. .. 5,769 15 11 6,854 1 3 12,623 17 2 48,722 13 7 Motor-spirits tax (section 9, Motor-spirits Taxation Act, 1927) .. 130,460 17 7 130,460 17 7 No. 7 .. .. .. 13,432 17 11 30,327 3 5 43,760 1 4 107,948 13 2 Recoveries on account of expenditure of previous years —Ordinary No. 8 .. .. .. 513 5 9 30,208 10 0 30,721 15 9 78,889 13 4 mam highways .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 28 12 0 No. 9 .. .. .. 10.035 5 2 35,942 15 4 45,978 0 6 107,199 5 7 Rent of and tolls from ferries .. .. .. .. .. 300 0 0 2,081 10 6 No. 10 .. .. .. 2,559 0 10 24,313 8 2 26,872 9 0 75,827 18 10 Tire-tax (sections 13 and 14, Main Highways Act, 1922) .. .. 219,658 8 1 1,043,700 16 2 No. 11 .. .. .. 10,725 6 0 10,190 11 3 i 20,915 17 3 66,614 18 8 Transfer from Consolidated Fund (section 14, Main Highways Act. No. 12 .. .. .. 36,904 0 1 1,138 1 9 38,042 1 10 120,052 15 9 1922) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35,000 0 0| 140,000 0 0 No. 13 .. .. .. 2,871 18 10 | 14,647 15 1 17,519 13 11 45,966 15 1 No. 14 .. .. .. 644 13 3 20,893 12 4 21,538 5 7 52,893 6 10 No. 15 .. .. * .. 27,429 16 3 27,429 16 3 65,864 19 9 No. 16 .. .. .. 5,933 10 6 9,608 2 5 15,541 12 11 28,099 13 4 No. 17 .. .. .. 2,532 6 1 15,716 13 8. 18,248 19 9 38.936 0 10 No. 18 .. .. .. 818 14 2 16,563 12 0 17,382 6 2 53,302 5 2 144,576 13 4 1 379,003 16 0 523,580 9 4 1,365,421 17 7 Abolition of toll-gates (section 20, Finance Act, 1925) .. .. 1,807 0 0 10,344 14 7 Accident compensation .. .. .. .. .. .. 534 4 4 713 0 11 Administration and supervision expenses, including salaries and travellingexpenses of Public Works officers, printing, stationery, postages, and miscellaneous expenses .. .. .. .. .. 22,583 1 7 69,267 9 11 Charges and expenses of raising loans .. .. .. .. 250 0 0 42,467 14 6* Commission on collection of motor-registration fees by Postal Department 12,022 1 6 31,097 2 0 Depreciation of furniture, fittings, &c. .. .. .. .. 43 3 5 132 6 6 Depreciation of plant not in service .. .. .. .. 1000 10 00; Erection of signposts (subsidies to) on County boundaries .. .. 536 10 11 770 12 7 Expenses of District Councillors attending District Council meetings and annual conference .. .. .. .. .. . . 214 7 9 306 13 3 Fees and travelling-expenses of members of the Main Highways Board, other than Government members .. .. .. .. 1,300 1 1 5,938 0 7 Interest on loans, recoupment to Consolidated Fund (section 4, Finance Act,1919).. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29,246 0 7 73,275 3 4" |: Management charges of consolidated stock on account of Construction Fund .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 327 0 2 355 11 9 j Miscellaneous expenses (advertising, maps, rent of halls, traffic tallies, transport of samples, <fec.) .. .. .. .. .. 68 3 7 942 11 8 !j 592,522 4 3 1,601,042 19 2 Balance, being excess of income over expenditure, carried to general balance-sheet .. .. .. .. .. .. 128,140 14 5 770,883 17 11 £720,662 18 8 ',£2,371,926 17 1 £720,662 18 8 £2,371,926 17 1 * Includes £42,007 14s. transferred from Construction Fund, for which transfer legislative authority is being sought.
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TABLE 1.—MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT— continued. General Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1928.
I 11 pi. ttipq Revenue (.'on struct ion 11 . . i Revenue Construction xnfii LIABILITIES. Fund Flln(1 . lotal - ASSi-JS. Flmd Fund. 10tal ' Accumulated Revenue Fund — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Gash in Public Account — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance at 31/3/27 .. .. .. .. 642,743 3 6 At call .. .. .. .. .. .. 379,986 0 1 72,570 17 6 452.556 17 7 Add excess of income over expenditure for 1927-28 128,140 14 5 Invested temporarily until required .. .. .. 242,900 0 0 .. 242,900 0 0 770,883 17 11 .. 770,883 17 11 622,886 0 1 72,570 17 6 j 695,456 17 7 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 12,052 14 7 51,363 2 i0 j 63,115 17 5 Motor-registration fees in hands of Postal Department .. 98,532 13 6 .. 98,532 13 6 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. .. 110,662 19 3 59,417 10 6 170,080 9 9 Interest due and accrued .. .. .. .. 6,103 0 8 .. 6,103 0 8 Interest accrued on loans .. .. .. 3,636 3 8 .. 3,636 3 8 Stocks of material, tools. &c. .. .. .. .. 5,472 9 0 21,004 7 0 26,476 16 0 1928-29 and 1929-30 motor-registration fees — Stocks, &c., deficits Suspense Account .. .. .. 25 19 9 182 3 2 208 2 11 Keceived during 1927-28 .. .. .. 250,000 0 0 .. 250,000 0 0 Roadmen's cottages, huts, and road buildings generally •• 2,644 0 0 2,863 5 0 5,507 5 0 Writings-off in Suspense .. .. .. .. 25 19 9 182 3 2 208 2 11 Furniture, fittings, Sc. — £ s. d. Temporary transfer from Revenue Pund . .. .. 300,000 0 0 300,000 0 0 Expenditure to 31/3/28 .. .. 599 10 8 Depreciation and hire to 31/3/28 .. 136 3 11 463 6 9 .. ! 463 6 9 Plant and equipment — . For Main Highways Board — Expenditure to 31/3/28 .. .. 37,018 18 G Less depreciation charged to works .. 3,181 12 6 33.837 6 0 .. 33,837 6 0 Purchased for local bodies — Expenditure to 31/3/28 .. .. 75,706 19 6 Less repayments of principal .. 24,265 9 3 51,441 10 3 , j 51,4+1 10 3 Construction Fund — Excess of expenditure over income, 1927-28 .. .. .. .. 231,076 1 10 Less balance at 31/3/27 .. .. 19,460 3 8 .. 211,615 18 2 211,615 18 2 Temporary transfer to Construction Fund .. .. 300,000 0 0 .. 300,000 0 0 Advances to local authorities (Main Highwavs Amendment Act, 1926, section 2).. .. .. .. .. 1,750 0 0: .. 1,750 0 0 1,135,209 0 7 j 359,599 13 8 [1,494,808 14 3 j 1,135,209 0 7 j 359,599 13 8 1,494,808 14 3 H. Arthur, Acting Accountant, Public Works Department. I". W. Furkert, Chairman, Main Highways Board. I hereby certify that the Income and Expenditure Accounts and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby subject to the above departmental notes. — G. F. C. Campbell. Controller and Auditor-General.
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Table 2. —Lengths of Main Highways at 31st March, 1928.
Table 3.—Construction Work completed during Year 1927-28.
Number and Name of Highway District. ™ "^ M. ch. M. oh. M. oh. 1. Auckland North .. .. 413 50 163 37 577 7 2. Auckland South .. .. 408 73 57 57 466 50 3. Tauranga .. .. .. 179 36 266 40 445 76 4. Gisborne .. .. .. "102 19 138 40 240 59 5. Napier .. .. .. 404 43 36 50 441 13 6. King-country .. .. . • 146 15 187 28 333 43 7. Taranaki .. .. .. 249 42 60 25 309 67 8. Wanganui .. .. .. 277 56 49 60 327 36 9. Wellington West .. . . 283 7 25 32 308 39 10. Wellington East .. .. 322 42 15 40 338 2 Totals, North Island .. 2,787 63 1,001 9 3,788 72 11. Nelson 179 14 128 4 307 18 12. West Coast .. .. .. 13 54 334 65 348 39 13. Canterbury North .. .. 269 68 38 20 308 8 14. Canterbury Central .. .. 328 57 74 0 402 57 15. Canterbury South .. .. 438 50 .. 438 50 16. Otago Central .. .. .. 244 14 14 40 258 54 17. Otago South .. .. .. 278 77 20 40 299 37 18. Southland .. .. .. 429 76 26 0 455 76 Totals, South Island .. 2,183 10 636 9 2,819 19 Totals, Dominion .. .. 4,970 73 1,637 18 6,608 11
I » J , g> .gjL ||| lij'gai »• Engineering Surveys. Number and Name of Highway §■§ o g .5 2 ,3 <u £ 1 §0 Dl8tll0t ' l S a all 111 II ill I Survey, P.ans £ £ 53 H g m |a| »< u o w oomplrted, completed. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 1 M. ch. M. ch. Ft. M. ch. M. ch 1. Auckland North .. .. 14 71 26 51 .. .. .. 14 837 15 29 15 29 2. Auckland South .. '.. 20 27 9 23 17 46 I 70 .. 5 12 3. Tauranga .. .. j 19 50 11 73 .. .. .. .. 1,048 8 25 8 25 4. Gisborne .. 15 34 7 6 .. 4 66 .. .. 330 7 15 7 15 5. Napier.. .. .. 3 11 4 45 26 22 .. .. .. 379 6 63 2 61 6. King country . . .. 14 15 19 71 .. .. .. .. 65 15 13 15 13 7. Taranaki .. .. 0 62 0 54 4 11 12 15 .. .. 692 11 78 11 78 8. Wanganui .. .. 4 23 6 3 7 9 1 46 .. .. 63 5 14 5 14 9. Wellington West .. 13 51 0 28 9 58 5 60 .. .. 814 1 10 1 10 10. Wellington East .. .. j 8 50 0 52 6 47 5 31 .. .. 461 2 5 2 6 11. Nelson .. .. .. 0 61 0 61 .. .. .. .. 110 0 38 0 38 12. West Coast .. .. 0 13 0 13 .. .. .. .. 214 1 14 1 14 13. Canterbury North .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 350 14. Canterbury Central .. 17 16 15 56 .. .. 0 14 .. 1,086 22 72 22 72 15. Canterbury South .. I 67 9 10 3 55 I .. .. .. 724 16. Otago Central .. .. 12 20 16 3 64 ' .. .. 60 27 40 17. Otago South .. .. 22 19 18 25 .. 2 4 .. .. 287 33 4 15 4 18. Southland .. 3 70 15 4 24 .. .. .. 240 Totals .. .. 173 20 133 22 83 16 33 52 0 14 I 6 16 7,760 158 20 108 58
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Table 4. —Appropriations and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st March, 1928.
Table No. 5.—Maintenance of Main Highways (including Bridges).
' 'otijtru'ction. Maintenance. Number and Name of Highway Uistn,,, - Avai'able „ ... Available _ ... J for Authorization. Expenditure. for Anthorization , Expenditure. £ £ £ £ 1. Auckland North .. .. 59.229 37,393 43,899 37,263 2. Auckland South .. .. 99,050 73,609 91,830 60,385 3. Tauranga .. .. 43,094 32,379 33,841 29,410 4. Gisbo'rne .. .. 43,073 22.927 21,831 14,963 5. Hawke'sBay .. .. 31,933 17,569 06.952 44,985 6. King-country .. .. 39,376 41,692 20,989 12,624 7. TaranaM .. .. 42,328 37,959 46,879 43,760 8. Wanganui .. .. 19,880 20,191 30,396 30,722 9. Wellington West .. 113,943 59.577 54,741 45,978 10. Wellington East .. .. 35,606 18,965 37,194 26,872 11. Nelson. . .. .. 16,089 9,673 26,695 20,916 12. West Coast .. .. 14,270 3,971 49,4.77 38,042 13. Canterbury North .. 15,826 3,996 26,079 17,520 14. Canterbury Central .. 39,490 13,84.9 33,161 21,538 15. Canterbury South .. 11,316 2,906 29,891 27,430 16. Otago Central .. .. 10,518 4,082 19,047 15,542 17. Otago South .. .. 38,268 38,810 18,790 18,249 18. Southland .. 28,915 10,356 33,925 17,382 Totals for Dominion .. 702,204 449,904 685,617 523,581 Totals. North Island .. 527,512 362,261 448,552 346,962 Totals, South Island .. 174,61)2 87,643 237,065 176,619
Expenditure. Average Cost por Milo per Annum. Number and Name of Highway Length District. maintained. T? T 1 i Ry Board. t^0Tit i) Total. 1927-28. 1928-27. ; 1925-26. 1924-25, I M. ch. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1. Auckland North .. 577 7 37,263 22,550 59,813 103-6 65-6 56-1 77-0 2. Auckland South .. 466 50 f>0.385 34,471 94,856 203-3 181-0 85-1 53-5 3. Tauxanga 445 76 29,410 6,406 35,816 80-3 69-1 48-6 28-1 4. Giaborne .. .. 240 59 14,963 10,144 25,107 104-3 152-7 93-9 59-5 5. Napier .. .. 441 13 44,985 30,009 74,994 170-0 169-4 104-5 73-4 6. King-country .. 333 43 12,624 6,132! 18,756 56-2 69-8 55-4 58-5 7. Taranaki .. .. 309 67 43,760 16,875 I 60,635 195-7 198-8 105-0 67-1 8. Wanganui .. .. 327 36 30,722 16,869 47,591 145-3 167-6 88-9 54-4 9. Wellington West .. 308 39 45,978 24,639 70,617 228-9 166-3. 120-2 91-7 10. Wellington East .. 338 2 26,872 20,047 46,919 138-8 138-0 104-7 77-7 Totals, North Island 3,788 72 346,962 188,142 '535,104 141-2 131-6 82-9 62-9 11. Nelson .. .. 307 18 20,916 10,459 31,375 102-1 119-9 63-9 48-1 12. West Coast .. .. 348 39 38,042 3,160 41,202 118-3 114-2 94-6 61-6 13. Canterbury North .. 308 8 17,520 10,243 27,763 90-1 79-5 47-7 37-7 14. Canterbury Central .. 402 57 21,538 13,610 35,148 87-3 81-4 46-1 52-2 15. Canterbury South .. 438 50 27,430 18,636 46,066 105-0 79-5 73-9 39-7 16. Otago Central .. 258 54 15,542 4,417 19,959 77-2 49-3 26-1 12-6 17. Otago South .. .. 299 37 18,249 8,862 27,111 90-5 81-7 54-2 22-5 18. Southland .. .. 455 76 17,382 11,536 28,918 63-4 76-0 56-6 24-6 Totals, South Island 2,819 19 176,619 80,923 257,542 91-4 85-4 59-6 38-5 Totals for Dominion 6,608 11 523,581 269,065 792,646 119-9 111-9 73-2 51-7
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Table 6.— (a) Tests of Stone completed during the Year, binding 31st March, 1928.
(b) Abrasion Tests of Gravels completed during the Year ending 31st March, 1928.
By Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.—l92B.
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it \ i i\ ATjrasion - l≤ »« — — i I Locality. §§3 s j jag -5 i^eologloal-ClasslHcntion. _____ $ ft: I § = s * 111. Eosking's Hill, Hutt Koad, near 164 (KS2 5-1 7-8 19-46 14 Crushed greywaeke cemented Ngahauranga with quartz. 112. Eosking's Hill, Hutt Road, near 165 .. •• .. .. 8 Quartz with little crasher! Ngahauranga, Blook 15 greywacke. 113. Dubi's quarry-faoe, Tβ Arai 147-7 3-21 14-8 i 2-70 5-6 6 Sandstone. Riding — Rodney County Council 114. Sohedewy'a Hill, Warkworth — 147 5-35 12-6 j 3-18 4-2 4 Sandstone. Rodney County Council: Allotment 148, Mahurangi, Block XV (Surface) 115. Mount Brame Quarry, Kokako, 166 1-26 4-2 ; 9-82 L8-6 8 Altered basalt. Rodney County Council: Allotment portion N 155 (Quarryfaoe) 116. Mount Brame Quarry, Kokako, j 163-5 1-25 6-6 (5-0(> .. .. Weathered altered basalt. Rodney County Council: Allotment portion N 155 11.7. Ryan's quarry, Allotment 52 - 153 1-45 6-44 6-2 15-2 6 Altered basalt. Rodney County Council: Oruawhero Parish, Block IV. Pahiri 118. Huntly Town Board .. .. 106-5 0-18 3-9 10-25 18-85 24 Greywaoke. 119. Rotorua .. .. .. 147-5 0-167 28-9 1-38 .. .. Obsidian. 120. Herekino, Section 2a, Blook III J 165-4 0-21 3-15 12-68 .. .. Altered greywackc. __ . |
I,,,..,i;f v Percentage French l '" l,l " ty - of Wear. Coefficient. 1. Waingawa River — Masterton .. .. -. ■• •• .. .. 5-24 7-6 2. Hutfc Bridge - Akatarawa Road .. .. •. •. • ■ .. .. 10-8 3 7 3. Mangatainoka-Pahiatua .. .. .. .. .. ■. .. .. 7-73 5 2 i Pahuratahi Stream - Kaitoke .. .. .. . . . . . . .. 17-86 2 2 0, Tauherenikau Lower Bridge - Martinbcrough .. .. .. .. .. 7-4,8 f> 1 6. Morgan's pit .. .'. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. 19-01 2-1 7. Otaki River Terraoe, 20 ft. .. .. •• .. •. .. .. 7-38 0-4 8. Marton-Tutaekuri .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9-1 4-4 9. Waikanae River terraoe, 20 ft. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8-5 4-7 10. Rangitikei River, Mail's terraoe, 20 ft. •• •• ■• •• ■• .. 4-4 9-1 11. Rangitikei River, Bulls .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2-(i 15-4 12. Rangitikei River, Mair's .. .. .. .. . . . . .. .. 2-8 14-3 13. Rangitikei River, Bulls terraoe, 30 ft. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6-7 6-0 14. Ohau River Bridge .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6-9 5-8 16. Oroua River, Feuding .. • • •. . • • • • • •. •. 0-4 4-3 16. Mauawatu River, below Gorge .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12-0 8-8 17. Wangaehu River Bridge (volcanic gravel) .. .. .. .. .. .. !)•() 4-4 18. Waikare River, White's Road, Putaruru .. .. .. '.. .. .. 39-8 1-0 19. Waikato River, Bent's pit, Arapuni .. .. •. .. .. .. (i-7 6-0 20. Tukituki River, Napier, right bank, Olive Grange, Bridge .. .. .. .. 5-0 8-0 Samples of shingle ex Morris ,T. Belcliei , , shingle-merchants, Otorohanga— 2!. Sample 1 ... .. •• •• •■ •• •■ ■• •■ 15-7 2-5 22. Sample. 2 .. .. ., •. .. .. •. .. 15-5 2-6 23. Sample 3 .. .. .. .. .. ■ • • • • • • • 14-0 2-9 24. Taihape River, Matapiro, Hawkc's Bay (Pliocene marine gravel) .. .. .. 3-7 10-8 25. Mohaka River, left bank, three miles below bridge .. .. . . .. .. 3-8 10-5 26. Wairoa- River, dredged from bed, two miles up-stream, Wairoa .. .. .. 11-8 3-4 27. Waikoau Viaduot (gravel from quarry near) .. .. .. .. .. 12-7 .'M 28. Mohaka River, upper terraoe, right bank, from pit .. .. .. .. .. 8-(i 4-7 29. Redoliff-Taradale •• ■• ■• •• •• •• •• •• 15-6 2-6 30. Hutt River Bridge - Akatarawa Road .. .. .. .. .. .. 10-8 3-7 31. Mangatainoka-Pahiatua .. .. .. • ■ .. ■ ■ .. .. 7-7 5-2 32. Makakahi River .. .. .. .. .. .'. .. -. 15-95 2-5 33. Mangahao River .. .. .. •• .. .. .. .. 9-85 4 1 34. Ruamahanga, Martinborough .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2-35 17-0 35. Ruamahanga, Masterton .. .. .. .. •. .. .. 2-6 15-4 36. Mangatainoka River .. .. .., .. •• ■• .. .. 3-94 10-2 37. Ruamahanga, Lower Bridge .. .. .. .. .. . . .. 7-95 5-0 38. WaioWne Bridge - Greytowu .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5-01 8-0
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Waihou River-bridge at Kopu. Twenty-three 60ft. steel plate girder spans and one 140 ft. swing span. Total length, 1,520 ft. POKENO-WAIHI JUNCTION TO COROMANDEL MAIN HIGHWAY.
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View at end of Swing Span. Swing span closed and gate open.
View showing Swing Span open and Gate closed against Traffic. Operator's cabin in centre of swing span. POKENO-WAIHI JUNCTION TO COROMANDEL MAIN HIGHWAY.—WAIHOU RIVER BRIDGE AT KOPU.
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Newly-formed Deviation through Native Bush near Tapapa.
Scooping Gravel from Waimakariri Stream. HAMILTON-ROTORUA MAIN HIGHWAY.—MAMAKU BUSH SECTION.
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Quarrying Rhyolite Spalls for Foundation. MATAMATA-TAURANGA MAIN HIGHWAY.—KAIMAI HILL SECTION.
Karapiro Deviation. New road in foreground. HAMILTON-ROTORUA MAIN HIGHWAY.
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Construction almost completed: Concrete Deck being placed.
General View, showing Approach Cuttings and Banks, also Cable-way used for Erection. Three 50ft. and two 20ft. steel plate girder spans on steel towers and concrete foundations; 19ft. roadway. Concrete deck with bitumen surface. Height of deck above bed of creek, 68ft. NAPIER-WELLINGTON via WAIRARAPA MAIN HIGHWAY.—WHAKARUATAPU STREAM BRIDGE.
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Elimination of Railway Level Crossing at Piripiri by Construction of Overbridge. Approaches in course of construction.
Elimination of Railway Level Crossings at Matahiwi by Deviation. WELLINGTON-NAPIER via WAIRARAPA MAIN HIGHWAY.—ELIMINATION OF RAILWAY LEVEL CROSSINGS.
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Bituminous Surface Treatment.
Bituminous Surface Treatment. WELLINGTON-NAPIER via WAIRARAPA MAIN HIGHWAY.—DANNEVIRKE COUNTY SECTION.
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Bituminous Macadam (Penetration). WELLINGTON-AUCKLAND via TARANAKI MAIN HIGHWAY.-HOROWHENUA COUNTY SECTION.
Ongarue River Bridge, Taumarunui. Four 50ft. reinforced-concrete beam spans; 18ft. roadway. STRATFORD-TAUMARUNUI MAIN HIGHWAY.
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Construction almost completed; Ferry still in use.
Construction completed; Ferry dismantled.
View showing Vertical-lift Span and Fender Piling. Ten 60ft. steel plate girder spans with concrete deck, and one 60ft. vertical-lift span with timber deck. AUCKLAND-WELLINGTON via TARANAKI MAIN HIGHWAY—MOKAU RIVER BRIDGE.
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Bituminous Surface Treatment.
Bituminous Surface Treatment.
Bituminous Surface Treatment. AUCKLAND-WELLINGTON via TARANAKI MAIN HIGHWAY.-WANGANUI-WANGANUI. SECTION
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First-coat Sealing-work
First-coat Sealing-work. WOODVILLE-PALMERSTON NORTH MAIN HIGHWAY.—MANAWATU GORGE SECTION.
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Manawatu River Bridge, Shannon. Twelve 60ft. steel plate girder spans; 18ft. roadway. Timber deck with bituminous surfacing. FOXTON-SHANNON MAIN HIGHWAY.
Ngaturi River Bridge. Two 60ft. and three 30ft. spans. PAHIATUA-PONGAROA MAIN HIGHWAY.
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Motueka River Bridge under Construction. RICHMOND-COLLINGWOOD MAIN HIGHWAY.
Concrete Retaining-wall replacing Timber Crib-work at Hawk's Crag. WESTPORT-NELSON MAIN HIGHWAY.—BULLER GORGE SECTION.
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Portland-cement Concrete Road in course of Construction. CHRISTCHURCH-BLENHEIM MAIN HIGHWAY.—STYX RIVER TO CHANEY'S SECTION.
Stoney Creek Deviation in course of Construction. New alignment will be straight. DUNEDIN-INVERCARGILL MAIN HIGHWAY.
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Elimination of Railway Level Crossing at Tumai. Present crossing in foreground. Approach bank to overbridge in course of construction. DUNEDIN-CHRISTCHURCH MAIN HIGHWAY.
Mataura River Bridge. INVERCARGILL-FORTROSE MAIN HIGHWAY.
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PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT (BY THE HON. K. S. WILLIAMS, MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS)., Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1928 Session I, D-01
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