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APPENDIX E.

ANNUAL REPORT ON PUBLIC WORKS BY THE ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF.

The Engineer-in-Chief to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works. Sir,— Public Works Office, Wellington, 1st July, 1906. I have the honour to submit the following report on the various works completed and in progress throughout the colony during the past year. EAILWAYS. Abstract. The following table shows the expenditure and liabilities on Government railways in New Zealand up to the 81st March, 1906: —

Name of Railway. Total Length of Railway or Section. Open for Traffic. Expenditure to 31st March, 1906. Liabilities on 31st March, 1906. Kaihu Valley Kawakawa- Grahamtown— Opua Wharf-Hukerenui Hukerenui-Grahanitown Helensville Northwards to Maungatapere Kaipara-Waikato, with Brandies .. Waikato-Thames, with Branches* Thames Valley-Rotorua Gisborne-Motu Wellington-Napier and Palmerston North (including Te Aro Extension and Greytown Branch) Wellington-Foxton Poxton-New Plymouth, with Branches Stratford-Ongarue North Island Main Trunk Nelson-Roundell Midland Railwayf .. Greymouth - Coal Creek Greymouth-Brnnner Greymouth-Ross Westport-Ngakawau Westport-Ngakawau Extension to MokihinuiJ Mokirunui Colliery Line§ Westport-Inangahua Ngahere-Blaekball .. Picton-Waipara— Picton-Cheviot Waipara-Oheviot Hurunui-Waitaki, with Branches Canterbury Interior Main Line—Oxford-Temuka Waitaki-Bluff, with Branches Otago Central Invercargill-Kingston, with Mararoa Branch Forest Hill Railway—Winton-Hedgehope|j Western Railways Preliminary surveys Miscellaneous Stock of permanent-way on hand Value of permanent-way in hands of Railway Department Rolling-stock M. oh. 19 40 M.eh. 17 21 £ s. d. 55,044 17 1 £ s. a. 32 47 I 25 20 75 29 151 1 75 18 69 33 50 25 7 41 22 52 24 7 151 1 75 18 69 33 18 15 125,979 3 1 170,414 2 8 191,968 0 10 1,289,989 13 8 468,695 8 3 354,958 2 7 128,319 7 3 93 2 3 93 2 2 520 12 7 353 9 5 233 12 233 12 2,124,010 17 V 7 42,116 3 4 1,449,758 5 7 63,859 15 0 1,722,479 0 3 165,757 0 4 590,153 14 10 65,178 10 7 150,512 11 11 271,209 18 10 188,008 17 3 205 42 101 0 209 70 22 73 243 70 5 1 7 51 40 21 19 56 7 12 3 69 26 0 3 30 196 22 11 18 119 21 22 78 93 58 5 1 7 51 24 37 19 56 7 12 3 69 1,068 5 1 161 12 5 59,061 14 2 18,561 13 5 6,923 18 2 7,279 4 8 37,136 0 8 138 15 35 35 483 72 83 0 603 73 182 56 117 4 12 40 71 6 33 45 23 30 443 8 11 44 478 12 111 38 97 44 12 40 62 24 336,326 0 11 185,021 12 10 2,304,425 5 5 59,343 9 2 3,642,185 9 S 1,213,971 5 8 333,850 9 0 22,983 14 5 263,863 4 3 30,213 19 2 10,336 19 11 73,336 15 5 551 6 7 1,151 16 2 3,275 0 7 3,789 12 6 23 19 7 0 18 0 10,577 10 11 25,000 0 0 3,722,916 8 1 89,891 16 8 Total 3,355 65 2,403 23 V21,886,603 9 9 196,099 10 8 Provincial Government Links, etc. Canterbury (lengths included above) Otago Gisborne to Ormond Tramway Midland Railway, Valuation of Works constructed by Company 731,759 0 0 372,522 2 5 4,975 1 7 683,460 3 1 Grand total 3,355 65 2,403 23 23,679,319 16 10 196,099 10 8 * Includes £75,000 under " Paeroa-Waihi Railway Account." + The amount shown as expenditure represents the net amoi J The tunds for this extension—namely, £35,501 2s. lid.—wen § The funds for purchase of this line, £15,745, were provided t || The expenditure on this line as a tramway was made by th i Does not include expenditure under " Hutt Road and Railwi Accounts. unt charged a e provided by jy the Westpc ie Lands Depi iy Iinprovenif against the colony, the Westport Harbour Board. >rt Harbour Board, idrtment. ant" and " Eailway Improvement Authorisation Act "