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Table showing Mileage-cost of Sections of Railway constructed under the Co-operative and Contract Systems respectively.

Co-operative System. Contract System. Other Sections constructed under Contract System. Railway. •S.9 J o Total Cost. Cost per Mile. Railway. ra.S Total gJ Cost. Cost per Mile. Railway. w-S I Total giJ ! Cost. Cost per Mile. M. £ £ M. £ £ M. £ Kamo-Whakapara 1 11 48,529 4,412 Whangarei-Kamo .. ■ 6i *36,885 5,676 Te Aroha-Paeroa 12J 29,359 2,349 Hamilton-Te Aroha 30 t105, 056 3,502 Marton-Te Awamutu (north end) — Mokau-Poro-o-tarao Hi 50,562 4,494 Te Awamutu-Mokau 34J 143,401 4,157 Masterton-Eketahuna 22J i|142,258 6,323 Marton-Te Awamutu (south end) — Marton-Te Awamutu — Mangaonoho-Mangaweka 1 §83,022 Marton-Mangaonoho 121,491 5,282 Mangaonoho Section 34,161 8,540 10j 7,723 23 4 Eketahuna- Woodville 1 27 139,593 5,170 Wellington-Eketahuna 89 810,498 9,174 Masterton-Eketahuna 22J ||142,258 6,323 27 ||117,233 4,342 Otago Central Railway — Wellmgton-Woodville Railway— Middlemarch-Hyde 16 66,704 4,169 VWingatui to Middlemarch Featherston to Mangamahoe 37| 163,802 4,339 Hyde-Kokonga 1 .. 87,066 40 481,482 12,037 Otago Central Railway — 177,840 8,782 11 7,915 Wingatui, Deep Stream, and Nenthorn Sections 20| Catlin's River — End of Tunnel Contract to Owaka 1 Balclutha to end of Tunnel Contract .. Romahapa to end of Tunnel Contract .. 44 30,114 6,692 13J 63,640 4,714 47,000 6,714 Seaward Bush — Waitaki-Bluff LineMokotua to Gorge Road 21,624 2,703 Appleby-Waimatua .. 9,491 1,726 Clinton Section 47,542 2,881 5| 161 * Exclusive of cost of wharf at Opau. t Exclusive § Exclusive of cost of Makohine Viaduct and Powhakaroa Tunnel. of cost of Hamilton and Te Aroha Bridges. II Exclusive of cost of bridges. 1 Section not yet completed. Engineer's estimate of cost to complete has bee: 1 added to the expenditure actually incurred.