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The following table gives details of repairs, &c, to cars for the year :—

Forty-eight new bogie cars are under construction in Railway Workshops. Brake-vans. —The number of brake-vans on Ist April, 1908, was 333, and the number on 31st March, 1909, was 356. Ten new bogie vans were built: seven, of these were additional stock, and three replaced three worn-out vans. Sixteen brake-vans were taken over with the Wellington and Manawatu Railway, The repairs to brake-vans were as follows : —

Twenty-three new brake-vans are under construction in Railway Workshops, being twenty-two bogie vans and one four-wheeler. Wagons. —The wagon stock on Ist April, 1908, comprised 15,142 vehicles, and on 31st March, 1909, the number was 16,120. Two four-wheel horse-boxes destroyed by fire at Waverley were replaced with one bogie horse-box. Two coal hopper-wagons were written off : one was worn out, and the other was_ destroyed through an accident; both were replaced. Six hundred and thirty-six new wagons were built for ordinary traffic, and three hundred and forty-three wagons were taken over with Wellington and Manawatu Railway. The carrying-capacity of wagon stock was increased by 10,776 tons, equal to 9 per cent., or an equivalent of 1,796 ordinary wagons. The following table gives particulars of repairs, &c, to wagon stock for the year : —

In addition to the above, twenty stone-wagons were built for Maintenance Branch. One thousand one hundred and ninety-four wagons are under construction, comprising 65 bogie and 1,129 four-wheelers. Tarpaulins. —The stock on Ist April, 1908, was 11,422 tarpaulins, and on 31st March, 1909, the stock was 12,397 tarpaulins. Seven hundred and fifty new tarpaulins were made and added to stock ; 1,627 worn-out tarpaulins were written off, and replaced with a similar number of new tarpaulins made in the Railway Workshops. Two hundred and twenty-five tarpaulins were taken over with Wellington and Manawatu Railway. The following table shows the work on tarpaulins for the year :—

There were 325 new tarpaulins in hand at close of year.

Number and Type of Gars. Particulars. Total. Bogie. Six-wheel. Four-wheel. Number passed through shops ... Built new Thoroughly overhauled Heavy repairs Light repairs ... Painted and varnished... Touched up and revarnished 1,612 59 8 531 1,014 436 557 78 LI 67 18 10 18 1 17 3 1 1,708 59 8 543 1,098 457 568

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Description. Number passed through Shops. Condemned, Manufactured and replaced new. with New Tarpaulins. Repaired. 'arpaulins ... 16,129 750 1,627 13,752