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RETURN No. 8. Statement showing Classification of Expenditure on Maintenance of Way and Works for the Year ended 31st March, 1917.

1 SECT70NS. Classification of Work. Whangarei. Kaihu. Gisborne. North Island South Island Main Lines and Main Lines and Branches. Branches. Westland. Westport. Nelson. Picton. Is. • _ I . £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. . £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 3,123 15 4 3,915 15 8 527 7 1 731 8 8 £ s. d. £ s. d. Track-surfacing .. .. .. 5,119 15 7 1,110 17 0 | 3,870 14 5 117,597 16 6 j 119,086 3 2 13,509 17 7 4,218 15 5 271,553 10 8 - 43,681 3 10 1,001 3 0 100,866 7 11 ... . Track-renewals .. .. .. 517 17 6 j 383 19 5 191 13 10 48,149 2 9 5,682 11 10 Ballasting .. .. .. .. 1,112 13 9 211 1 3 349 15 2 25,602 18 5 8,678 7 7 1,668 6 9 352 18 5 96 16 3 52 19 7 38,125 17 2 Banks, cuttings, ditches, tunnels .. 1,080 14 11 j 1,002 19 3 834 9 3 13,101 2 7 9,196 2 8 . 1,870 1 0 96 4 2 468 5 10 1,064 11 11 28,713fll 7 Bridges, culverts, drains .. .. 1,568 0 9 1,035 13 3 193 7 4 28,783 10 5 19,741 16 5 ' 3,126 9 5 672 16 3 1,096 7 7 287 16 2 56,505 17 7 Fences, gates, oattle-stops, hedges .. 301 19 10 4 6 0 87 8 2 9,954 2 5 8,560 17 10 i 957 6 11 133 3 9 582 18 4 194 4 8 20,776 " 7 11 Roads, approaches, &c. .. .. 83 5 2 2 18 1 133 2 5 4.989 13 3 . i . 74 19 10 157 1 1 79 13 5 7,050 14 6 1,401 19 11 128 1 4 Water-services, signals, cranes, appliances 605 7 9 78 9 6 323 9 10 21,208 2 0 16,006 8 7 1,507 14 4 745 15 8 278 4 9 275 5 11 41,028 18 4 Wharves .. .. .. .. j 391 11 4 485 2 11 3,038 6 3 1,739 19 9 293 4 3 ... . 100 17 3 116 9 6 84 0 0 6,249 11 3 I Buildings .. .. .. .. 900 11 4 127 3 9 504 5 2 63,134 1 11 54,977 4 6 3,045 1 10 1,261 16 4 1,083 5 7 1,059 9 7 126,093 0 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 5 5 6 11.197 9 9 1 5,712 2 6 116 14 8 3 10 42 1 5 17,076 14 10 General charges .. .. .. 25 6 10 1 15 9 88 2 3 3,920 5 5 2,171 18 11 63 5 4 484 12 5 25 8 11 19 0 11 6,799 16 9 Totals .. .. .. 11,712 10 3 11,712 10 3 4,444 6 2 6,576 7 10 6,208 12 9 295,422 4 7 31,968 15 3 7,576 7 6 8,594 3 7 8,337 0 7 720,840 8 6 I Rate per average mile opened .. .. 158 5 7 158 5 7 222 4 5 149 9 2 312 9 2 210 8 5 203 12 5 210 9 2 140 17 10 148 17 9 243 10