B— 7a,

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Appropriations for Public Works Services.

RAILWAYS.

•2—B. 7a.

< 1922-23. Vote No. 41.—Railway Construction ... £ 1,500,000 ,, 42.—Additions to Open Lines 850,000 Total ... 2,350,000 Item. £ £ MINISTER OF PUBLIC ORKS—continued. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDING LAND AND MATERIALS, HOLIDAY PAY, ETC., AND SALARIES OR WAGES, ALSO COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO EEVISION AS COST OF LIVING RISES OR FALLS). VOTE No. 41. Railway Construction— 1 Kaihu Railway Extension ... 2 North Auckland Main Trunk— Huarau, Northwards 3 Whangarei Branch 4 Waipu Branch North Island Main Trunk— 5 Waiuku Branch 6 Huntly Branch East Coast Main Trunk — 7 Paeroa-Pokeno 8 Waihi-Taneatua (including Mount Branch) 9 Gisborne-Napier 10 Waikokopu Branch 11 Opunake Branch 12 Stratford-Main Trunk Midland— 13 Glenhope-Murchisbn 14 Otira-Bealey 15 Westport-Inangahua 16 Greymouth-Point Elizabeth 17 Otago Central 18 Orepuki-Waiau Extension ... 19 Lawrence-Roxburgh 20 Land-claims, damages or losses on goods in transit, and other liabilities 21 Surveys, new lines of railway (including Paekakariki Deviation, Rimutaka Deviation, Balclutha-Tuapeka Mouth, Gore-Hedgehope, and other lines previously provided for as separate lines) 22 Permanent-way materials 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16,000 230,000 25,000 5,000 7,000 35,000 5,000 240,000 60,000 150,000 50,000 60,000 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 18,000 350,000 20,000 15,000 1,000 10,000 60,000 21 2,000 3,000 200,000 22 Less estimated credits under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 1,562,000 62,000 Total—Vote No. 41 1,500,000