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and pump has been installed in connection with the water service; a 7-Jg-horse-power motor has been obtained for the locomotive machine shop, and will be installed as soon as building is ready. Addington—The main switchboard for eventual complete electrification equipment has been installed; two additional motors have been installed and brought into use, making a total of twenty-three D.C. and eight A.C., aggregating 204 horse-power D.C. and 71 A.C., or a total of 275 horse-power. The installation of an additional 150-horse-power motor is in hand. Hillside—A small electric motor has been installed to drive a sewing-machine in the locomotive workshops. Level Crossings—Automatic Alarm-bells. No additional automatic alarm-bells were installed during the year owing to skilled labour not being available. The number of crossings equipped with automatic bells is thirty. Expenditure. Particulars of the expenditure for the year on electric block working, telegraph.and telephone facilities, electric lighting and power, Ac., is as follows : — New works — £ s. d. Electric tablet-working ... ... ... ... 92 8 3 Telegraph and telephone lines ... ... ... ... 3,716 6 0 ' Electric light ... ... ... ... ... 4,569 16 2 Electric motor, &c. ... ... ... ... ... 3,042 17 10 Level-crossing alarms £11,421 8 3 Maintenance— £ s. d. Electric block working and telegraph and telephone lines ... 14,669 10 8 Lines, &c, maintained by Post and Telegraph Department... 1,753 8 6 Electric light ... ... ... ... ... 4,853 19 2 Electric motors, cranes, fire-alarms, level-crossing bells, &c. 952 15 4 £22,229 13 8 . -

LOCOMOTIVE. Mr. H. H. Jackson, Chief Mechanical Engineer, reports as follows : — Locomotives. —On the Ist April, 1918, there were 624 engines in service, and on the 31st March. 191.9, there were 620 engines. Five second-hand tank engines were sold and wore written off stock, One new heavy tank engine, 4-6-4 type, Class Ww, was built' in the Government railway workshops. In the Government railway workshops to date 187 engines have been built, and twenty-four old locomotives have been rebuilt. Five hundred and seven locomotives passed through the workshops during the year, the details of work done being as follows : —

Included in the above are two engines for Public Works Department and one engine for a private line. At the close of the year there were on order in the railway workshops fourteen engines, consisting Pacific type simple superheated tender engines, Class Ab, and four heavy tank engines, 4-6-4 type, Class Ww.

Number and Type, Particulars. Fourcylinder Balancedcompound Tender Engines. Tender Tank Engines. Engines. Total. Pell Engines. Singlo Fairlios. Number passed through shops Built new Re-erected Converted Thoroughly overhauled Heavy repairs Light repairs Painted Paint touched up 60 201 234 1 8 4 8 507 1 8 1 ■ 112 153 232 123 205 19 22 19 18 32 1 47 74 79 58 103 41 53 131 42 63 3 1 2 3 3 1 7 4