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WORKING RAILWAYS DEPARTMENT. WORKING-RAIL WAYS REPORT (D.-U, 1888):— Page Annual Bepobt op the Genekal Manages of Railways .. .. .. .. .. 1 Returns accompanying same : — No. I.—Revenue Accounts .. .. ~ .. .. .. .. .. 5 No. 2.—Expenditure Account .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 No. 3.—Details of Classified Expenditure .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 No. 4. —Classified Expenditure and Revenue, showing Percentage of former to latter, &c. .. 8 No. s.—Comparative Statement of Passenger and Goods Traffic .. .. .. .. 9 No. 6.—Cost of Construction, Net Revenue, and Rate of Interest .. .. .. .. 11 No. 7.—Comparison of Traffic Revenue and Expenditure for last Nine Financial Years .. 12 No. B.—Traffic Ton-mileage, and Expense of working of Five Principal Sections for last Four Years 12 No. 9.—Classified Maintenance Expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 13 No. 10.—Revenue and Expenditure of Stations .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 No. 11.—Schedule of Stores Contracts current .. .. .. .. .. .. 19 No. 12.—Carriage and Wagon Stock, and Tarpaulins .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 No. 13.—Locomotive Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 AVeighing Machines Weighbridges No. 14.— jTraversers and Turntables^ .. .. .. .. .. .. ..23 Cranes V Pumps No. 15. —Renewals of Rails.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 No. 16. —Renewals of Sleepers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 No. 17. —Number of Stations and Private Sidings .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 No. 18.—Particulars of Private-siding Traffic .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 No. 19.—Comparative Mileage of Lines, 1887-88 .. .. .. .. .. 32 No. 20. —Comparative Statement of Sleepers laid and removed .. .. .. .. 33 No. 21.—Number of Employes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33 No. 22.—Accidents .. ".. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..33 No. 23.—Locomotive Returns .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 34 No. 24.—Repairs to Rolling-stock, Hurunui-Bluff .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 No. 25. —Traffic from Coal-mines, Hurunui-Bluff .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 No. 26.—Vessels loaded and discharged at different Ports, Hurunui-Bluf! .. .. .. 39 ' No. 27. —Mileage of Track in Main Lino and Sidings, Hurunui-Bluff .. .. *. ..39 No. 28.—Comparison of Expenditure on Maintenance for last Ten Years, Hurunui-Bluff .. 40 No. 29. —Average Rate of Classified Expenditure on Maintenance, Hurunui-Bluff .. .. 41 No. 30. —Statement of Maintenance of different Divisions of Hurunui-Bluff .. .. .. 42 No. 31.—Alterations in Scale of Charges .. .. .. .. .. .. 43 Diagram showing Comparison of Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure for the last Nino Years (following page 46).