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RETURN No. 6. Estimated Amount of Expenditure on Construction of Railways, Rolling-stock, etc., to 31st March, 1917; Net Revenue, and Rate of Interest earned on Capital expended on Opened Lines for Year ended same Date.

J. Macdonald, Chief Accountant.

RETURN No. 6a. Special Expenditure undeb the Appropriation Act, 1916. War bonus to members of the Railway service ... ... £189,606 Is. 6d.

Section of Railway. Cost of Construction. Opened Lines. Net Revenue. Rate of Interest earned. Whangarei £ £ 763,410 180,023 99,962 17,244 £ 19,045 -1,344 £ s. d. 2 9 11 Kaihu Tauranga 309,786 597,241 246,557 15,421,989 973,881 14,541,345 155,044 2,075,217 644,771 602,317 95,828 542,406 36,988 675,857 18,593 43,708 10,709 1,143,290 560,127 63,341 62,721 '7,787 '7,687 583 Gisborne 1 15 10 North Island Main Lines and Branches 7 8 3 South Island Main Lines and Branohes.. 3 17 0 Westland 3 10 Westport 10 8 3 Nelson 18 9 Picton 1 2 9 Lake Wakatipu steamer servioe In suspense — Surveys, North Island Miscellaneous, North Island Surveys, South Island Miscellaneous, South Island P.W.D. stock of permanent-way W.R.D. stock of A.O.L. Btores 35,900 5,169 5,752 5,168 77,805 15,212 16 8 Total cost of opened and unopened lines at 31st March, 1917 £35,378,064 £2,808,509 £38,187,173 £1,873,946 £5 5 11 £4 18 2 Notk.—The amount stated in this return as the cos government expenditure on railways. It also includes Harbour Boards on railways and wbarvos under the information regarding the last mentioned being furnishe' t of construction of opened lines i the Midland Itailway and expenditi provisions of section 7 of the Ra 1 by the respective Boards. ncludes the Pro\ ure by the Greyn always Authorizi uncial and General louth and Westport ition Act, 1885, the