ENDING 31 MARCH, 1940.

Public Works Fund.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION. Summary.

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1939-40. 1938-39. Unopened Sections. Estimated Estimated Total ex- p, H , Amount Amount Cost of Work pended to rr required to voted. when 31 March) to be voted. authorized.* 1939.* complete. Vote No. . —Railway Construction — £ £ £ £ £ £ Gross Total .. .. .. .. .. 1,386,400 1,569,670 1,299,134 8,274,223 7,296,666 3,536,452 Amount required for Current Year .. .. 1,276,000 1,515,500 Credits-in-aid .. .. .. .. •. 46,000 50,500 64,488 NET TOTAL .. .. .. .. .. 1,230,000 1,465,000 1,234,646 8,274,223 7,296,666 3,536,452 Item. MINISTER OF PUBLIC 1939-~4:0. i 1938—39. Unopened Sections. WORKS. 1 i — , —j Estimated Estimated . . | mTwIv Estimate Date Railway Construction (including i; r0 ss Ex- Credlts-in- Expended. °h™ tnTih to Railway Land and Materials, Holiday penditure. aid. ■ authorized.* ' 1939.* ' com P lete - authorized. Pay, &c., and Salaries or Wages). _| VOTE No. £ j £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Railway Construction— Dargaville Branch .. 40,000 2,000 60,500 43,519 441,000t 506,896 135,000 1924,1936 Paeroa-Pokeno .. .. 275,000 5,000 145,000 102,297 1,070,000 131,478 938,522 1918 Taneatua-Opotiki .. .. 5,000 .. 25,000 2,067 East Coast Main Trunk (Gis- | borne-Napier)— Automatic signalling installation .. .. ! 8,000 .. 10,000 22,917 95,500 22,917 ! 72,583 Gisborne-Waikokopu .. ] 370,000 20,000 ; 445,000 466,045 1,488,375f 1,811,234}| 755,000 1924,1936 Waikokopu-Wairoa .. j 7,000 \ .. 25,420 23,464 574,959 674,141 j] finf)nns f 1919.1936 Wairoa-Putorino .. 38,000 5,000§ 91,700 60,733 1,238,603 1,533,744 j J ou > uuu 8| 1915,1936 Westport-Inangaliua— Te Kuha - Inangahua .. 150,000 5,000 i 150,000 137,271 830,036 935,624 374,470 1904,1911, 1920,1936 South Island Main Trunk (Picton-Waipara)— Wharanui-Parnassus .. 485,000 9,000 617,000 429,449 2,535,750 1,680,632 1,200,877 1911,1915, 1936 Communication Circuits .. 2,400 Land-claims (including land taken for ballast-pits and quarries, damages or losses on goods in transit, and other liabilities) .. .. 5,000 .. 5,000 9,237 Surveys (new lines of railways) 1,000 .. 5,000 2,085 Grant to provide caravan for use of Church Army Sister .. .. 50 50 .. I Totai. .. .. .. 1,386,400 46,000 1,569,670 1,299,134 8,274,223 7,296,666 3,536,452 Amount required f o r CURRENT YEAR .. 1,276,000 .. 1,515,500 Credits-IN-AID .. .. 46,000 .. 50,500 64,488 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 1,230,000 i .. 1,465,000 1,234,646 8,274,223 7,296,666 3,536,452 * Includes administration onarges and loan charges. t Estimated before permanent line survey made. J Includes Frazertown section £20,682 and Ngatapa southwards £119,077. § Recoverable from Working Railways Account. Subject to revision on account of flood damage.