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Appropriations for Public Works Services.

RAILWAYS.—ADDITIONS TO OPEN LINES.

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1928-29. Vote No. 43. —Additions to Open Lines — £ Gross Total ... ... ... 600,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 200,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 400,000 Item. £ £ MINISTER OF RAILWAYS. ADDITIONS TO OPEN LINES. VOTE No. 43. Additions to Open Lines — Way and Works Branch— 1 North Island Main Lines and Branches ... 2-3,000 2 South Island Main Lines and Branches ... 17,000 3 Signals Branch ... ... ... | 9,000 4 Architectural houses ... ... 73,000 5 Land for housing ... ... ... ! 3,000 Locomotive Branch— 6 Rolling-stock : Locomotives, carriages, wagons, rail and road motors ... ... ... 421,000 7 Locomotives constructed in United Kingdom ... 45,000 8 Locomotives constructed in New Zealand ... 9,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £200,000 Gkoss Total . . ... ... 600,000 Amount required fob Current Year ... j 600,000 Credits- in-aid — Rolling-stock, machinery, plant, buildings, bridges, and other assets written off and charged against "Working Railways" vote as being worn out, abandoned, destroyed, or obsolete in the services of the Railway Department ... ... £150,000 Recoveries ... ... 50,000 — 200,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 43 ... 400,000 TOTAL .... .... .... £400,000