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ANNUAL BEPOET ON ™™IJO WOKS-OP THE MIDDLE E selm , „ C H inra , mho, „„„, to the Hon tt6 MmsMii fm pumio woin fiAILWATS. - .Total expenditure out of loan 8- <*• Valuation of provincial lines "" "" 6»081,914 13 4 1,104,281 2 5 Total expenditure and liabilities ... £7,371178 5~6 the iiffilllt teS^^^ti^^^ -tno^edandope,,^ g iven in and the expenditure on preliminary SJgJ^beSffij^™™ 11* °f Canterbu^ and Otago,

(Enclosure No. 1.) : - uncial year, turther details bang given m the table hereto appended

Lengths of Railway Opened in Middle Island during Financial Year.

Name of Railway. Total Length on which Expenditure Authorized. Open for Traffic. Expenditure to 31st March, 1883. Liabilities on 31st March, 1SS3. AUTHORED BT "The IMMIGRATION AKD PtjBLIC WoBX Api'kopeiation Act, 1881:"— Nelson to Koundell Grreymouth to Nelson Creek Grejmouth to Hokitika Westport to Ngakawau ... Pioton to Hurunui Hurunui to Waitaki Canterbury Interior Main Line Wuitaki to Bluff Otago Central ... ,.' Imrercargill to Kingston ..'. ,[[ Western Eailways Preliminary surveys Purchase of wagons ,,, M. chs. 52 o 18 o 24 o 19 19 31 32 416 a 41 o 398 53 65 o 107 16 64 o M. chs. 22 73 7 59 19 19 18 11 334 38 £ s. d. 153,171 II 2 245,196 6 7 22,973 7 4 213,656 11 1 192,082 16 6 1,927,686 16 11 19,444 19 11 2,707,752 8 1 !25,3I2 7 I 252,007 I 5 >5*>7«3 '5 7 47.1906 11 8 22,000 o o £ s. d. 260 17 10 '.547 2 7 62 o o 1,470 n 7 5.991 9 3 47,200 1 j; 1 5.243 10 6 81,567 13 2 11,079 17 1 3>3i7 13 10 17>°37 17 9 203 14 9 337 17 89 25 46 16 Total 'eotincial Govebnment Lims:— Canterbury (lengths included above) Otago „ u -• 1,236 40 875 18 6,081,914 13 4 184,982 9 9 731,759 o 0 372,522 2 5 General Total ,236 40 875 18 7,186,195 15 9 184,982 9 9

Up to June 30, 1852. 18J2-J3. I873-J4. I854-JJ. J8JS-56. i8}6-}}. I8JJ-J8. I8J8-J9, 1859-80. 1880-81. 1881-82. Total. M. chs. 76 36 M. chs. 27 62 M. chs. u 21 M. chs. "7 3 M. chs. 249 44 M. chs. 154 12 M. chs. 93 41 M. cha. 58 46 11. chs. 18 56 M. chs. 35 36 M. chs. 22 6l M. chs. 875 18