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RETURN No. 6. Estimated Amount of Government Expenditure on Construction of Railways, Net Revenue, and Rate of Interest earned on Capital expended on Opened Lines.

Note. —The amount stated as cost of construction of opened lines includes the Provincial and General Government expenditure on railways. It does not include cost of Midland Railway nor expenditure by the Greymouth and Westport Harbour Hoards on harbour works, &c. A. C. Fife, Eailway Accountant.

RETURN No. 7. Expenditure under Vote for Additions to Open Lines, charged to Capital Account, for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1902.

Way and Works Department: Particulars of Works, etc.

6-D. 2.

Section. State of Line. Cost of Construction. 1901-2. Net Eevenue. 1901-2. Bate of Interest. £ 92,488 22,403 174,182 2,693 70,829 2,596,076 302,458 59,950 4,256,798 372,523 42,116 24,557 5,169 9,764,629 232,306 127,234 { 410,212 J , 16,314 117 220,773 I 14,111 J 167,909 12,537 207,330 130,906 58,258 43,151 38,356 5,168 25,000 -201 £ s. d. Kawakawa Opened Unopened Opened Unopened Opened Whangarei 8^276 4 15 0 Kaibu Auckland 75,325 6 3 3 2 18 0 Gisborne-Karaka Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Unopened Opened Unopened 130^927 3 i 6 Wellington-Poxton (private line) Surveys, North Island Miscellaneous Hurunui-Bluff .. Greymouth Harbour Works Westland Opened Unopened Opened 335,978 3 8 10 29,495 5 9 9 Ngahere-Blackball Westport Harbour Works Nelson Unopened Opened 34,737 14 15 9 Unopened Opened Unopened 1,131 0 13 6 Picton 2,316 12 4 Stock, permanent-way Stock, A.O.L. stores .. Surveys, Middle Island Miscellaneous Stock in suspense Opened Opened Total opened Total unopened 18,170,722 1,325,831 622,349 3 8 6 Gross total 19,496,553 622,349 3 3 10

Department. Total Expenditure. Material on hand at 31st March, 1901 Expenditure charged to Vote 83 by Treasury £ a. d. 47,910 11 7 773,229 6 6 Less material on hand at 31st March, 1902 .. 821,139 18 1 43,151 4 4 Expenditure on Works, &o. — Way and Works Department Locomotive Department £176,339 2 1 601,649 11 8 £777,988 13 9

Section. Work, &o. Amount. Total. Vhangarei Additions and improvements to station buildings, platforms, and signals Respaoing sleepers Bridge-strengthening £ s. d. 188 0 1 424 9 0 46 9 11 £ s. d. Laihu 658 19 0 17 18 1 Land .uckland Additional works, water-servioes, &c., for Locomotive Department Additions and improvements to station buildings, platforms, and signals Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, approaches, and crossings Additions to dwellings Bespacing sleepers Relaying Bridge-strengthening Land Fencing Reclamation works Interlocking applianco» 146 6 4 2,324 14 8 168 12 11 64 17 5 2,381 9 1 5,041 17 0 802 3 11 20 0 0 317 16 11 112 0 0 1 15 10 11,381 14 1 Carried forward 12,058 11 2