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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOE THE

PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT

Minister of Works AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1949, to defray the Expenses of Railway Construction (including Compensation or Damages in respect of Accidents or Injuries to Workmen). Summary

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1947-48. 1948-49. Voted. Expended. VOTE—RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.. £ 268,450 £ 187,000 £ 122,776 AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR CURRENT YEAR 180,000 145,000 122,776 1948-49. 1947-48. VOTE—RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDING LAND AND MATERIALS, HOLIDAY PAY, ETC., AND SALARIES, Estimated Gross Expenditure. Amount voted. Expended. OR WAGES) Paeroa-Pokeno Taneatua-Opotiki South Island Main Trunk (Picton-Waipara): Wharanui-Parnassus Rimutaka Tunnel deviation Putaruru-Reparoa Sockburn-Styx Land claims (including land taken for ballastpits and quarries, damages or losses on goods in transit, and other liabilities) Surveys (new lines of railways) £ 2,450 1,000 10,000 100,000 100,000 40,000 10,000 5,000 £ 2,000 1,000 34,000 75,000 30,000 30,000 5,000 10,000 £ 1,974 1 71,692 20,524 8,143 935 9,508 9,999 Total 268,450 187,000 122,776 AMOUNT REQUIRED EOR CURRENT YEAR 180,000 145,000 122,776