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APPENDIX H. ANNUAL REPORT ON PUBLIC WOEKS BY THE ASSISTANT ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF. The Assistant Engineer-in-Chief to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works. Sib,— Public Works Office, 31st March, 1889. I have the honour to submit the" following report on the various works completed and in progress throughout the colony during the financial year ending the 31st March, 1889 : — EAILWAYS. Abstract. The following table shows the expenditure and liabilities on Government railways in New Zealand up to the 31st March, 1889 : —
The only length of railway opened during the year is the section of the North Island Trunk line between Marton and Eangatira, 18 miles 16 chains in length, on which traffic was regularly commenced on the 2nd June, 1888. The Ngatira section, 8 miles, of the Thames Valley-Eotorua Eailway, although completed, has not been opened for traffic. The following sections of railway are, however, nearly finished, and will be ready for opening shortly :—
Attached to {his report is a coloured diagram, showing the length of railway opened each year from the commencement of the public works.
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Name of Eailway. Total Length of llailway or Section. Open for Traffic. Expenditure to 31st March, 1889. Liabilities on 31st March, 1889. Kawakawa Whangarei-Kamo Helensville Northwards Kaipara-Waikato, with Branches Waikato-Thames .. Morrinsville-Rotorua Wellington-Napier and Palmerston North Wellington-Foxton.. Foxton-Waitara North Island Main Trunk .. Selson-Roundell ji-eymouth-Nelson Creek 3reymouth-Hokitika Westport-Ngakawau Picton-Hurunui—Picton-Awatere Section Picton-Hurunui—Red Post Section .. Hurunui-Waitaki, with Branohes Dxford-Malvern Waitaki-Bluff, with Branohes Dtago Central—Chain Hills-Middlemarch [nveroargill-Kingston, with Mararoa Branch Western Railways Preliminary surveys Vliscellaneous :Stock of permanent-way and rolling-stock on hand Value of permanent-way in hands of Railway Department M. ch. 7 41 9 20 110 0 172 36 62 55 73 36 230 15 202 63 216 0 52 0 7 69 24 0 19 61 34 40 9 50 474 41 11 44 560 60 39 57 117 4 57 56 M. ch. 7 41 6 52 151 1 30 55 41 60 181 67 197 60 44 34 22 73 7 69 19 19 17 73 9 50 429 30 11 44 434 8 £ s. a. 90,044 10 1 69,789 10 11 26,307 11 0 1,379,435 19 7 204,473 6 10 234.702 18 6 1,777,122 18 5 41,894 11 6 1,400,862 17 7 308,488 15 6 177,663 3 9 215,304 19 10 92,274 3 9 225,736 16 11 231,045 12 0 39,033 14 4 2,495,333 13 1 59,210 11 0 3,391,274 3 2 452.703 4 1 318,630 11 11 223,803 19 2 63,735 3 11 10,336 19 11 75,316 0 0 £ S. d. 60 0 0 3,815 13 5 845 19 4 823 2 11 4,971 15 11 74,813 2 8 304 10 6 5,332 12 6 27,296 4 1 6,923 0 6 5*29 3 3 11,532 2 0 18,160 14 2 22,778 13 4 208 0 0 97 44 57 56 686 3 9 28,402 12 10 25,000 0 0 Total 2,493 28 1,769 36 13,629,525 16 9 207,483 11 2 Provincial Government Lines. Canterbury (lengths included above) .. Dtago 731,759 0 0 372,522 2 5 Grand total 2,493 28 1,769 36 14,733,806 19 2 207,483 11 2
Railway. Section. Length. [elensville Northwards forth Island Main Trunk ... Wellington-Woodville itago Central ... Helensville to Kaukapakapa... Te Kuiti to Upper Mokau ... Mangamahoe to Eketahuna ... Chain Hills to Hindon M. 7 8 6 16 ch. 42 53 15 50