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RETURN No. 7. Expenditure under Vote for Additions to Open Lines, charged to Capital Account, for the Year ended 31st March, 1917.

Amount. Total. Material on hand at 31st March, 1916 Expenditure charged to Vote 93 bj r Treasury £ s. d. 25,945 5 6 285,542 19 5 £ s. d. Less material on hand at 31st March, 1917 311,488 4 11 15,212 6 8 296,275 18 3 Expenditure on works, &c. — Way and Works Branch Locomotive Branch 45,955 0 8 250,320 17 7 299,275 18 3 Way and Works Branch : Particulars of Works, ETC. Railway. Work, „c. Railway. Amount. Total. Whangarei Whangarei .. .. Additions to station buildings Siding additions Wharf shed, Opua £ s. d. 67 18 0 45 1 2 184 12 8 £ s. d. Gisborne 297 11 10 Gisborne .. .. Siding additions Extension of station yard 417 4 10 5,743 7 6 6,160 12 4 North Island Main Line Additions to station buildings," extension of station-yards, and Branches and other facilities Purchase of land Tablet-installation Telegraph and telephone facilities Interlocking points at crossing-stations North Island Main Line and Branches 22,281 12 11 595 13 I 2,572 9 8 356 1 3 53 19 5 South Island Main Line and Branches Less reduction of capital cost (building, Palmerston N.) 25,859 16 4 200 0 0 25,659 16 4 South Island Main LiLie Additions to station buildings, extension of station-yards, and Branches and other facilities Purchase of land Widening George Street Pier, Port Chalmers Tablet-installation Telegraph and telephone facilities 1,699X4 9 276 H 2 0 5,919 3 8 2,346 7 7 241 14 3 10,482 12 3 Westland .. .. Office for Locomotive Branch Interlocking points at crossing-stations Westland 56 13 11 16 7 8 Nelson Nelson .. .. Additional works, water-services, &c, for Locomotive Branch Telegraph and telephone facilities 73 1 7 218 13 1 Picton 11 5 1 229 18 2 Picton .. .. New locomotive-depot Less reduction of capital cost (engine-shed, Picton) 3,821 8 2 770 0 0 3,051 8 2 £45,955 0 8