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RETURN No. 8. Statement showing Classification of Expenditure on Maintenance of Way and Works for the Year ended 31st March, 1918.
Sections. Classification of Work. South Island Main Lines and Branches. Westland. Westport. Nelson. Picton. Totals. Whangarei. Kaihu. Gisborne. North Island Main Lines and Branches. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 3,647 17 7 4,182 8 7 4,563 17 1 297,452 16 4 755 5 11 672 7 1 2,912 1 4 65,528 10 1 Track-surfacing 5,945 7 0 1,570 11 5 4,690 3 8 127,662 10 10 130,199 15 6 14,990 4 8 Track-renewals 899 4 10 405 9 6 396 0 1 29,096 0 8 23,021 5 5 7,370 15 3 Ballasting 3 13 93 13 0 853 14 9 19,358 4 7 5,089 3 11 2,154 17 5 93 12 6 102 16 3 40 8 3 27,789 11 11 Banks, cuttings, ditches, tunnels 1,529 6 3 585 8 11 1,942 14 1 14,713 1 0 15,545 17 11 . 3,546 17 3 148 1 7 980 17 11 268 11 1 39,260 16 0 ' Bridges, culverts, drains 1,726 18 9 1,672 4 0 607 5 6 33,510 0 5 22,815 6 6 2,390 14 2 775 7 5 1,487 12 7 700 19 1 65,686 8 5 Fences, gates, cattle-stops, hedges 379 13 3 16 11 0 131 4 9 8,815 6 7 8,448 17 2 1,161 15 9 371 6 4 662 1 4 266 1 11 20,252 18 1 Roads, approaches, &c. 55 3 10 2 0 0 133 17 5 3,519 14 0 2,107 12 6 100 17 1 83 0 11 24 2 8 85 3 1 6,111 11 6 Water-services, signals, cranes, appliances 542 13 7 94 3 4 81 13 3 26,741 8 6 19,219 18 9 1,071 10 0 681 2 11 148 4 6 422 13 10 49,003 8 8 Wharves 273 11 11 74 18 1 1,077 2 11 2,588 12 0 215 3 2 1,239 3 9 469 19 2 387 2 0 6,325 13 0 Buildings Miscellaneous 647 18 8 33 2 4 169 18 1 141 16 3 4 17 10 566 9 3 58 2 8 60,637 3 8 4,825 17 11 51,286 18 0 4,246 2 4 1,769 8 4 192 18 4 1,178 1 8 1,118 9 1 649 7 2 120,500 7 11 154 17 1 114 11 5 748 7 11 : 8,005 19^11 General charges 77 12 6 3,006 19 0 1,488 0 6 79 19 7 27 7 8 11 7 1 7 2 10 4,736 9 4 Totals 12,036 1 j 8 j 4,831 11 6 283,580 16 6 37,521 15 0 ■ 11,051 15 7 710,654 11. 9,538 17 11 332,963 10 1 9,155 5 4 9,974 17 8 Rate per average mile opened .. 162 12 10 241 11 7 208 11 10 299 2 10 201 19 7 238 19 10 254 6 5 163 10 5 197 7 0 239 10 1(