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For the current year it is proposed to provide additional funds as under:— Balance of loan of 1911 .. .. .. .. 1,050,000 Transfer from Consolidated Fund .. . . .. 750,000 Proposed new loan . . . . . . . . 1,750,000 The above, with the balance brought forward, gives a gross total of £3.632.580. The estimated expenditure for public works for the. current year (excluding separate accounts having their own ways and means) amounts to £2,748.000, leaving an estimated balance of £884.580 to be carried forward to next year. In addition to the above we have authority to raise the undermentioned sums :— £ Under the Aid to Water-power Works Act, 1910 .. 500.000 For irrigation-works (section 20, Appropriation Act, 1910) .. .. .. .. .. 100,000 Under the Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act, 1910 (balance) .. .. . . 50,000 RAILWAY-CONSTRUCTION. The following sections of railway were opened for traffic during the last financial year or since its close : — M. eh. Kawakawa to Towai .. 21 18 .. April, 1911. Seddon to Ward .. 14 44 .. April. 1911. Waimahaka to Tokonui .. 8 27 .. September. 1911. Kioreroa to Onerahi .. 2 50 .. October. 1911. Waikohu to Otoko . . 7 75 . . April, 1912. Westport to Te Kulia .. 5 74 . . April. 1912. Te Wera to Pohokura .. 8 55 . . August, 1912. Kiwi to Olenhope .. 12 58 .. September. 1912. Total .. .. 82 1 In addition, to the above the following sections are approaching completion, and are expected to be ready to hand over to the Railway Department for regular traffic during the current year or shortly after its close : — Length. M. eh. Kaihu Extension . . .. .. .. .. 2 44 Otiria to Kaikohe .. .. 16 25 Te Hana to Otamatea . . . . .. ..11 30 Maunganui to Te Puke .. .. .. .. 13 0 Pohokura to Whangamomona . . . . . . 6 13 Mount Egmont Branch . . . . . . 2 56 Otoko to Rakauroa . . . . . . .. 6 50 Cronadun to Inangahua Junction . . . . . . 12 70 Coal Creek Extension . . . . . . . . 3 58 Cass to Bealey .. .. ,•■ ■ - 14 6 Mina to Parnassus . . .. . . . . 8 43 Bio Hill to Athenaeum Flat .. .. .. 3d Honipa pa to Papatowai .. .. .. 12 72 Total .. .. .. .. .. 113 67 The total expenditure on railway-construction and improvement-works last year amounted to £1.178,968, as under :— £ Construction of hew lines . . . . . . 763,711 Additions to open lines .. .. .. .. 362,194 Wellington .-Hutt Railway duplication .. .. 1,035 Railways Improvement Account .. .. .. 51,428 Total .. .. .. .. .. £1,178,968