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Carriage Repairs and Rebuilding. —799 carriages passed through shops, three corridor cars were erected, twenty-two new cars were built, and ten six-wheel and six four-wheel old-type cars were condemned and replaced by ten new bogie cars, Class A. Two old-type six-wheel cars were converted to two double-bogie cars, Glass B. The following table gives particulars of repairs, &c, to carriages for the year : —

Two hundred and three bogie cars have had cushioned seats fitted to second-class compartments. The following new work is in hand: Erection of sixty corridor ears, building sixty-eight Class A bogie cars, and twenty-three four- and six-wheel ears are under conversion to double-bogie Class A cars. Brake-van Repairs and Rebuilding. —318 brake-vans passed through shops, seventeen new bogie vans and one Fell incline van have been built, and one four-wheel van destroyed at Mungaroa accident has been replaced with a bogie van. The following table gives particulars of repairs, &c, to brake-vans for the year :—

Twenty-seven new brake-vans are in hand. Wagon Repairs and Rebuilding. —6,589 wagons passed through shops, fifty-six bogie and 376 four-wheel wagons were built and added to stock, also five bogie and sixteen four-wheel wagons were built to replace similar wagons destroyed at Mungaroa accident. The following table gives particulars of repairs, &c, to wagons for the year :-—

The following new work is in hand : Forty-eight bogie and 1,010 four-wheel wagons. The following table gives particulars of repairs, &c, to tarpaulins for the year : —

Eight hundred new tarpaulins are in hand,

Particulars. Number. Class of Car. [umber passed through shops Irected iuilt new Rebuilt lonverted 'horoughly overhauled ... leavy repairs ... ight repairs ... Vholly painted and varnished 'ouched up and revarnished 'itted with standard draw-gear 799 3 22 629 A, 92 B, 53 C, 25 D. 3 A (American corridor cars). 22 A. 12 48 215 499 229 198 43 10 C and 6 D to 10 A, 2 G to 2 B. 41 A, 3 B, 3 0, 1 D. 185 A, 25 B, 2 G, 3 D. 368 A, 62 B, 48 C, 21 D. 178 A, 30 B, 14 C, 7 D. 160 A, 23 B, 10 C, 5 D. 42 A, 1 B.

Description. i OJ ,fl a- !| a 43 '3 Converted from 4-wheel to Bogie. I H '3 ft OJ M BO 3 ■8 0 o ■■SoQfl I 'a '5 irake-vans ... 318 19 65 221 104 53 25

Description. ■si is i ID I j 11 i 'S3 f I 2 '3 p< 0) I 3 0 o J3_ -2 1 Wagons 6,589 453 58 86 67 2,002 3,923 1,805 1,672 1,026

Description. Number passed through Shops. New. Condemned ! and replaced. Repaired. 'arpaulins ... 7,020 611 601 5,808