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RETURN No. 7—continued. Locomotive Department: Particulars of Rolling-stock, etc.

Description of Stock ordered. Order. Number. Completed on 31st March, 1899. Incomplete on 31st March, 1899. Expenditure in Year ended 31st March, 1899. Looomotives, Class U Carriages, double-bogie, Class A .. Locomotives, Class B Carriages, double-bogie, Class A .. • „ conversions to double-bogie, Class A Brake-vans (incline) conversion to bogie-vans Wagons, four-wheel, Class G, horse-boxes.. „ „ Class H, cattle-trucks „ „ Class L, high-side „ double-bogie, Class R, bogie high-side „ „ Class S, bogie sheep-trucks .. Class U, bogie platform „ . „ Clasa V, bogie frozen-meat „ four-wheel, Class W, frozen-meat „ „ Class X, cool-trucks .. „ double-bogie, Class Z, covered goods Locomotives, Class Wa Carriages, double-bogie, Class A .. Tarpaulins Carriages, double-bogie, Class A .. Wagons, four-wheel, Class G, horse-boxes .. „ „ Class H, cattle-trucks „ „ Class L, high-side „ double-bogie, Class R, bogie high-side „ „ Class U, bogie platform „ „ Class V, bogie frozen-meat „ four-wheel, Class J, sheep-trucks „ „ Class K, covered goods „ „ Class M, low-side „ „ Class X, cool-truoks.. „ „ conversion to Class L, high-side Tarpaulins Locomotives from Baldwin Loco. Works, U.S.A., Class U Class Wa Steam-crane, 7 tons Steam-travelling-crane Carriages, double-bogie. Class A .. Brake-vans, double-bogie, Class P .. Wagons, double-bogie, Class R, bogie high-side „ „ Class U, bogie platform „ „ Class V, frozen-meat „ four-wheel, Class L, high-side „ „ Class L, iron, high-side „ „ Class J, sheep-trucks „ „ Class W, frozen-meat „ „ Class X, cool-trucks.. „ „ conversion to Class L, high-side Locomotives undar order from Sharp, Stewart, and Co., Great Britain—four Class B, six Class U .. Pitting R wagons for passenger traffic Compressed-gas lighting Machinery for workshops A B M N O P Q R S T U V w X Y Z A—1 B—1 O—l D—1 E—1 P—1 G—1 H—1 J—1 K—1 L—1 M—1 N—1 0—1 P—1 Q-l ft—1 S—1 T—1 U—1 V—1 W-l X—1 Y—1 Z—1 A—2 B—2 C—2 D—2 B—2 P—2 G—2 4 6 7 24 8 8 10 230 10 2 57 3 6 4 2 6 522 4 5 6 410 6 10 5 55 11 20 6 14 500 10 6 1 1 67 12 5 15 5 220 25 20 10 5 50 2 6 8 8 10 230 10 2 57 3 6 4 1 6 522 2 6 1 24 i £ s. d. 5,257 13 8 *98 13 10, 4,390 0 1 2,086 7 9 420 14 9 *128 5 2 1,328 9 7 967 13 4 624 4 2 8,995 12 2 1,271 2 5 204 6 10 4,434 5 8 *184 9 5 434 7 5 382 4 9 709 15 8 3,395 4 11 2,704 7 7 458 4 4 1,127 7 0 438 16 0 438 1 6 32,473 18 6 1,183 2 5 1,417 18 10 1,494 6 3 5,119 7 1 1,353 0 11 1,758 8 6 859 15 7 505 10 3 1,121 19 1 20,761 16 4 8,064 17 9 700 0 0 869 14 9 1,252 6 11 0 12 0 4 5 6 60 350 6 4 5 49 8 20 6 14 500 10 6 1 10 6 3 1 67 12 5 15 5 220 25 20 10 5 50 107 11 2 423 2 6 213 7 4 335 9 8 161 17 11 H—2 10 10 2,614 14 3 15,360 1 0 10,054 7 10 Less material taken from stock on hand, 31st March, 1898 .. t Stock of material on band — £ s. d. 31st March, 1898... 31,964 11 7 31st March, 1899 ... 17,988 11 3 £13,976 0 i 148,687 14 10 t13,976 0 4 £134,711 14 6 Addit: lal St, ick. Convei rsions. Particulars. Number under Order. Complete On 31st Marcl 1899. Incoi nplete >n tfarch, J99. Completed on 31st March, 1899. Incomplete on 31st March, 1899. i 31st 1 II 'otal locomotives 38 19 12 19 72 „ carriages .. „ brake-vans 108 20 12 *8 24 j One-third cost of conversions charged to " Additions to Open Lines." „ wagons, bogie „ „ four-wheel „ cranes, steam „ tarpaulins.. 119 1,114 2 1,022 84 690 1 1,022 35 360 1 14 50 * Additional expenditure on orders B, P, and X brought into stock year ending 31st March, 1898.