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The following table shows details of car-work done during the year : —

Thirty-seven cars were under construction in the railway workshops at close of the year. Brake-vans. —The number of brake-vans on the line on the Ist April, 1915, was 410, and the number on the 31st March, 1916, was 440. Thirty new bogie vans were built and added to stock, twenty-eight being additional stock and two to replace second-hand four-wheel vans sold in previous years. The following table shows the work done on brake-vans during the year : —

Four new bogie vans are under construction. Wagons'. —The wagon stock on the Ist April, 1915, consisted of 20,816 vehicles, and the number on the 31st March, 1916, was 21,554. Thirty-one worn-out wagons were broken up and written off, eight wagons were sold to the Public Works Department, and four second-hand wagons were sold to a private company. Seven hundred and seventy-three new wagons were built and added to stock. Of this number, 735 were additional stock, and the balance, thirty-eight, was to replace wagons sold and wagons worn out and written off. Right bogie frozen-meat wagons were purchased during the year and added to stock. The carrying-capacity of wagon stock was increased by 7,724 tons, equal to 4"37 per cent., or an equivalent of 1,287 ordinary wagons. The -following table gives particulars of work done on wagons during the year : —

Eight hundred and nine wagons were under construction in the railway workshops at the close of the year, and comprised 149 bogie and 660 four-wheel wagons. Tarpaulins. —The tarpaulin stock on the Ist April, 1915, was 17,074 tarpaulins, and on the 31st March, 1916, the number was 17,282. Two hundred and eight tarpaulins which were destroyed by fire at Fast Town Workshops on the 18th February, 1915, were replaced with new tarpaulins. Six new tarpaulins were made for the Public Works Department, and 566 worn-out tarpaulins were condemned and written off and replaced with a similar number of new tarpaulins. The following table gives details of the work on tarpaulins for the year : —

Particulars. Number and Type of Carriages. I Total. Bogie. Six-wheel, j Pour-wheel. Number passed through shops ... Built new Converted 1,992 56 6 996 934 576 597 127 37 2,156 56 6 1,002 1,092 605 604 Heavy repairs Light repairs ... Painted Touched up ... 6 121 37 23 6 5 2

Description. 13 _a & 03 C a m ID U ** ? _w__ 03 fi '3 a, X: 03 ■a 03 a '3 Cm a © •9 si • o 4ft Take-vans ... 790 30 303 457 171 206

Description. *° i, ! go w XI tSoQ 1 a j 03 Sf 20,572 s 43 a '3 cq • 773 03 ■3 g 03 O « | 0_ I 42 20 I j i ta 3 i 5,419 14,318 | 13 03 a '3 Cm 3,183 ' A 3 n3 03 x> o 3 O EH 7,234 [ Wagons ... I

Tarpaulins ... I fCugh ffi£. ' ManU new! Ured I [ ... j 18,865 214 Condemned, and replaced with New Tarpaulins. Repaired. 566 18,085