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TABLE No. 2—continued. Statement showing the Total Expenditure and Liabilities on Railways— continued.

* Note.—This amount does not include £8,066 12s. 5d. for the Maerewhenua and Oreti Bridges out of Roads and Miscellaneous Expenditure, nor the expenditure on the railways of the late Provinces of Canterbury and Otago, which were valued as follows, viz. : —

Canteebttby. £ b. d. £ s. d. Lyttelton and Christchurch —■ Fencing and ditching ,.. 4,024 o o Culverts and diversions ... 6,215 ° ° Level-crossings .. ... 1,732 o o Earthwork ... ... 10,000 o o Heathcote Tunnel ... 186,462 o o Bridges ... ... 2,214 o o Lyttelton Station Reclamation ... ... 25,296 o o Permanent-way ... 48,088 o o Station and other buildings 65,178 o o Double narrow-gauge line, with earthwork and buildings ... ... 3,213 o o Metalling, &c, in station yards ... ... 1,486 o o Points, crossings, traverses, and turntable ... 14,473 ° ° Plant, tools, and machinery 13,966 o o 382,347 o o Christchurch and Selwyn— Grading, with bridges and culverts ... ... 20,480 o o Permanent-way, with points and crossings ... 39,470 o o : 59.95° o o General — Stations and otherbuildings 9,148 o o Stores at Christchurch ... 11,139 ° ° Platelayers' tools ... 785 o o Telegraph and stores ... 4,758 o o Furniture and station plant 2,907 o o Land ... ... ... 91,357 o o Water-services ... ... 852 o o Rolling-stock ... ... 76,063 . o o ——; 197,009 o o Opawa Brunch, complete ... ... 71,547 ° o Duplicates of engines and carriages 2,656 o o Engineering and management, 5 per cent. on £365,000 ... ... ... 18,250 o o £73',759 o o

Otaoo. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bluff and Winton— Grading and permanentway ... ... 116,388 o o Rolling-stock and machinery ... ... 15,410 o o Station buildings ... 9,830 o o Stock, plant, tools, and furniture ... ... 2,106 o o Stores at Invercargill ... 338 o o Level-crossings and gates 325 o o Points and crossings ... 1,920 o o Bluff Wharf ... ... 9,223 o o ■ 155.54° o o Western Railways— Works up to formation ... 32,721 o o Permanent-way material... 23,226 o o ' 55.947 o o Awamoko Branch, complete ... ... 29,295 o o Waiareka Branch, complete ... ... 51,146 o o Green Island Branch, complete... ... 9,693 o o Outram Branch, as completed up to 30th April, 1877 ... ... ... 27,313 o o General — Rolling-stock and machinery ... ... 11,252 o o Plants and tools ... 306 o o Buildings, Port Chalmers and Clutha ... ... 1,360 o o Permanent-way material in stock ... ... 1,065 o o Stores at Dunedin ... 5,416 o o Land ... ... ... 11,820 2 5 Station plant and furniture 604 o o • ■ 31.823 2 5 Engineering and management, 5 per cent. on work in New Zealand, £235,315 ... 11,765 o o £372,522 2 5

Lines of Railway. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1881, as per Table No. 3. Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1882. Total Liabilities on Expenditure Authorities, to Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1882, 31st March, 1882, as per as per Table No. 3. Table No. i. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward £ s. d. 5,838,944 5 3 £ s. d. 234.457 J9 8 £ s. d. 6,073.402 4 11 £ s. d. 184,783 1 oj £ s. d. 6,258,185 5 11 1IDDLE ISLAND— continued. 'eeliminaey Stjbveys— contd. Lyttelton Station-ground . Lurnsden to Mararoa Edendale to Fortrose Edendale to Toitois Glentunnel to Rakaia Gorge Malvern Branch ... Oxford to Malvern Aorere Tramway ... Little Eiver to Akaroa Malvorn Ferry Bridge Opawa Branch Oxford to Temuka Christchurch to Sumner Oamaru to Livingstone "Winchester to Hilton Amberley to Cook Strait Ainberley to Brunner Sheffield to Kowai Pass Otago Central Orepuki Branch ... Fairlie Creek to Mackenzie Country Westport to Inangahua Waiau Valley Route, Western Railways Nelson to Roundell Waimea, Swilzer's Incidental, general, &e. 40 o o 688 19 2 48 13 6 747 H 3 32 9 8 6 13 8 22 16 o 5 >S ° 262 15 4 1916 o 140 2 2 •47 13 7 36 19 o 236 5 o 490 132 9 o 1,925 18 8 94 15 9 1,838 2 o 108 6 8 9160 40 o o 688 19 2 48 13 6 757 1° 3 32 9 8 6 12 8 22 16 o 5 !5 ° 262 15 4 19 16 o I4O 2 2 147 '3 7 36 19 o 236 5 o 490 132 9 o 1,925 18 8 94 15 9 1,913 13 7 108 6 8 390 12 4 40 o o 688 19 2 48 13 6 757 i° 3 32 9 8 6 12 8 22 16 o S 'S ° 262 15 4 19 16 o 140 2 2 147 '3 7 36 19 o 236 5 o 490 132 9 o 1,925 18 8 94 '5 9 2,113 2 4 108 6 8 39° 12 4 75 " 7 199 8 9 390 12 4 656 15 8 180 o o 656 15 8 180 o o 656 15 8 180 o o 301 8 11 35° ° ° 711 6 301 8 11 350 o o 7 .1 6 301 8 11 35° ° ° 711 6 Total, Middle Island... 5.847,371 6 1 234.543 7 3 *6,081,914 13 4 184,982 9 9 6,266,897 3 1 lONTINGMT EXPENSES, BBOffden's Claims 1.563 18 4 1,563 18 4 46 18 6 1,610 16 IO