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The following table shows details of oar-work for the your :

Fifty-five new bogie carriages are under construction in Railway workshops. Brake-vans. —The number of brake-vans on the Ist April. L9lO, was 367, and the number on the 31st March, 1911, was 373. Seven new bogie brake-vane wen , built, One old four-wheel brake-van was written off and converted to a sleeping-van. The repairs, &c, to brake-vans were as follows :

Nine bogie brake-vans are under construction in the Railway workshops. Wagons. —The wagon stock on the Ist April, 1910, comprised 16,853 vehicles, and on the 31s! March, 1911, the number was 17,663. Twenty-eight four-wheeled wagons were written off; twenty-six of these wagons were converted to bogie wagons ; one old wagon was broken up, and one destroyed through an accident: both were replaced. Eight hundred and twenty-four wagons were built and added to stock, thirteen bogie wagons were converted from four-wheel wagons, anil one brake-van was altered to a sleeping-van. Four wagons were built for Napier Harbour Board. The carrying-capacity of wagon stock was increased by 7.601 tons, equal to 5-69 per cent., or an equivalent of 1,282 ordinary wagons. The following table gives particulars of repairs, &c, to wagon stock for the year : —

One thousand three hundred and eighty-one wagons are tinder construction, comprising twentysix bogie and 1,355 four-wheel wagons. Tarpaulins. — The stock on the Ist April, 1910, was 12.897 tarpaulins, and on the 31st March, 1911, the number was 13,232 tarpaulins. Three hundred and thirty-five new tarpaulins were made and added to stock : 2.322 worn-out tarpaulins were written off and replaced with a similar number of new tarpaulins. The following table gives details of the work on tarpaulins for the year :

There were 810 new tarpaulins in hand at the close of the year.

Number and Type of Carriages. Particulars. Total. Bogie. Six-wheel. Pour-wheel. Number passed through shopa ... Built new Converted Thoroughly overhauled Heavy repairs Light repairs ... Painted and varnished... Touched up and revarnished 1,843 LOO 28 26 N 3 2 788 6 2 1,012 92 21 371 10 2 655 1 I 7 J, 966 26 14 5 796 1,125 383 673 I i

Description. irake-vans ... !{ || I! I' I 554 _L I '3 n t : ) i 1 t 7 1 I I i. f ! i i ■- - a w j mi i i 201 346 135 1 142

Description, 'agons If ' f i t si 1 1 a 1 fi § S 1! i I! I 1 III I i 7; x -_> pj j_ CC ... 17,647 828 18 5L 25 ! 16 4,382 12,332 a s J_ 2,667 s u 3 o H 5,811

Description. I Condemned, Number passed ■ Manufactured ' and replaced j through Shops. ' new. with New Tarpaulins. { i r~ 16,826 335 2,322 lie paired. 14,169 Wpaulins ...