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IV.—WORKING RAILWAYS —continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

!tem. 192 11-22. WOEKING RAILWAYS— continued 3,022 Miles. VOTE No. 6—continued. £ £ Working-expenses of Sections— continued. Traffic Expenses — Section — Whangarei Kaihu Gisborne North Island Main Line and Branches South Island Main Line and BrancheWestland Westport Nelson Picton Allowance to guards employed on Bimutaka Incline Cash lost in transit by rail ... 16,500 2,600 10,300 980,200 800,390 52,000 29,000 23,000 14,000 100 19 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Bevenues Act, 1910 1,928,109 16,000 Lake Wakatipu steamer service 1,912,109 11,500 Miscellaneous — Allowances to be paid to members of the First and Second Divisions in excess of the maximum rates of pay set forth in the schedules to the Government Eailways Act, 1912, for special work performed in the course of their duty ... .. £101 Less already provided for under the various sections ... ... 100 Audit fees for inspection of accounts Compassionate allowances to — L. Hopkirk E.F.Wallace E. Longman M. M. Derbidge H. T. B. Walker F.Marshall T. M. Dore T. McLean Fee to Chairman of Bailway Appeal Boards New Zealand Eailways Military Transport Corps— Pay and travelling-expenses of Instructors, and incidental expenses Palmerston North Station : Cost of Boyal Commission Special allowance to Private Secretary: 1 at £330 ... Expenses in connection with members of Bailway Department visiting Australia, England, and America on official business 1 900 100 250 25 250 50 20 100 62 50 1,000 800 20 350 Total Head Office, Departmental Offices, and Working-expenses of Sections 3,978 6,451,776