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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 of Public Woeks. Sir,— Public Works Office, Wellington, 1st September, 1908. 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 31st March, 1908 :—

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Name of Eailway. Total Length of Eailway or Section. Open for Traffic. Expenditure to 31st March, 1908. Liabilities on 31st March, 1908. Kaihu Valley Kawakawa- Grahamtown — Opua Wbarf-Hukerenui Hukerenui-Grahamtown Helensville Northwards to Maungatapere Kaipara-Waikato, with Branches Waikato-Tbames, with Branches Thames Valley-Rotorua Gisborne-Motu .. Wellington-Napier and Palmerston North (including Te Aro Extension and Greytown Branch) Wellington-Foxton Foxton-New Plymouth, with Branches Stratford-Ongarue .. .. .. .. North Island Main Trunk Picton-Waipara— Picton-Cheviot Waipara-Cheviot Nelson-Roundell Midland Railway* Westport-Ngakawau Westport-Ngakawau Extension to Mokihinuif Mokihinui Colliery Line J Westport-Inangahua Ngahere-Blackball Greymouth - Coal Creek Greymouth-Brunner Greymouth-Ross Culverden-Hanmer Motor-cars and Repairs to Road 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§ Western Railways Preliminary Surveys Miscellaneous Stock of Permanent-way on hand Value of Permanent-way in hands of Railway Department Rolling-stock M. ch. 19 40 M.ch. 17 21 £ s. d. 55,044 17 1 £ s. d. 32 64 25 20 75 29 151 1 75 18 69 33 50 25 7 41 22 52 26 52 151 1 75 18 69 33 20 5 137,169 16 9 183,811 0 6 269,742 1 11 1,307,546 0 10 479,789 16 6 355,576 11 1 165,562 17 10 737 6 11 1,586 18 5 8,397 4 6 233 12 233 12 2,155,742 12 3 42,116 3 4 1,535,518 14 1 95,239 15 6 2,496,430 15 10 205 42 101 0 209 69 196 22 11 18 125 11 970 19 5 2,873 13 4 13,236 17 6 138 15 35 35 22 73 241 23 19 56 7 12 3 69 26 0 3 30 5 1 7 51 40 21 33 45 31 68 22 78 113 11 19 56 7 12 3 69 376,054 4 1 238,658 10 1 168,096 19 7 806,657 4 9 188,008 17 3 667 10 6 622,325 7 3 24,358 19 3 67,973 11 6 65,547 12 5 150,512 11 11 314,116 19 11 3,819 14 0 2,337,796 17 6 59,343 9 2 3,853,229 0 10 1,279,306 6 6 334,649 2 9 22,983 14 5 292,074 17 0 35,467 5 7 10,336 19 11 90,966 17 2 1,649 14 2 2,516 15 5 5 1 7 51 31 47 5,126 5 11 483 72 83 0 616 58 182 56 117 4 12 40 71 6 443 8 11 44 478 12 134 78 97 44 12 40 62 24 2,098 2 11 723 6 9 58 1 4 6,805 6 10 25,000 0 0 4,183,766 18 5 127,927 0 0 Total 3,366 15 2,472 9 124,208,017 17 6 797,700 11 2 Provincial Government Lines, 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 3,366 15 2,472 9 26,000,734 4 7 797,700 11 2 * The amount shown as expenditure represents the net amoi 1 The funds for this extension—namely. £35,501 2s. lid.—wen I The funds for purchase of this line, £15,745, were provided t § The expenditure on this line as a tramway was made by th || Does not include expenditure under " Hutt ltoad and Railwi Accounts, unt charged 8 e provided by >y the Westpi le Lands Depi ay Improvem igainst the i / the Westpi ort Harboui artment. lent" and " jolony. 3rt Harbour Board. • Board. Kailway Improvement Authorisation Act"