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RETURN No. 9 STATEMENT showing Classification of Expenditure on Maintenance of Way and Works for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1895.

A. C. Fife, Railway Accountant. H. J H. Blow, Under-Secretary, Railways.

Sections. Classification of Work. Kawakawa 5 Wh *£ ga " Kaihu. Auckland. Taranaki. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total. Invercargill. g^gr. GreyHokitika. Westport. Nelson. Picton. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. : £ s. d. £ s. d. Track surfacing 236 o 3 251 1 6 742 17 8 14.537 I 5 8 20,482 2 2 6,086 14 2 26,397 9 ii; 22,824 o 4 13,289 9 2 623 16 7 1,101 7 3 1,540 15 2 783 12 1 955 15 7 109,852 17 6 Track renewals 102 2 9 357 I « 288 14 11 8,731 1 11 13 217 15 1 2,775 10 8 13 366 19 6 10,241 17 9 ! 9,840 8 5 143 0 4 38 6 11 i,553 o o 1,162 15 -4 1 3 8 2 9 5 63,201 4 11 Ballasting 88 o 3 202 1 307 15 n 739 11 4 540 15 4 1,957 8 8 1 801 1 6 246 18 6 41 6 7 567! 186 10 6 201 15 6 7 ! 9 7,125 12 7 Banks, cuttings, ditches, tunnels 47 18 6 15 2 1 16 5 6 1,148 15 o 1,756 11 8 1 176 8 1 1,987 17 9 3,987 13 7 1,635 10 6 73 18 10 51 10 6 28 17 8 312 6 7 75 10 1 12 314 6 4 Bridges, culverts, drains 122 18 10 116 12 6 4° 16 3 4,982 3 2 6,487 17 2 1,907 7 o 7,017 18 7 9,797 9 5 3 859 4 2 1 129 11 2 216 14 o 469 16 9 471 o 10 1 103 14 1 37 723 3 11 Fences, gates, cattlestops, hedges 3 16 9 31 19 10 923 986 3 o 1,199 14 6 400 16 10 1 553 5 4 3 267 4 9 1 212 7 0 12 11 3 9 17 10 19 10 9 279 1 5 354 J 2 1 9,34° 3 7 Boads, approaches, &c. 22 12 61 13 6 8 503 3 6 287 9 6 54 5 11 398 7 11 678 1 n 263 16 4 96 18 9 54 ! " 21 8 8| 35 12 4 53 12 n 2,482 18 10 Water-services, signals, cranes, appliances 3 4 0 8 18 10 660 499 11 7 752 15 11 192 5 1 863 n 11 846 4 11 512 14 8 83 16 3 o 10 4 49 2 4 76 4 2 78 o 6 3.973 6 6 Wharves 6 16 4 12 15 7 414 10 2 50 7 o 2 12 3 3 o 11 i,743 o 4 43 2 7 418 8 2 361 1 2 31 12 5 60 7 4 3,087 6 11 Buildings 2 19 11 220 3 o 29 6 11 2,382 11 5 2,858 18 3 872 12 8 5,195 19 2 4,025 14 2 1,436 4 1 360 13 8 5i 15 11 115 18 3 368 4 9 17,981 9 6 Miscellaneous 9 9 5 439 6 2 1 830 10 0 873 7 7 876 1 2 754 15 9 753 !2 10 59 9 1 2 15 6 26 14 6 926 5,635 4 6 Totals P39 3 2! 1,023 2 10 i 146 5 I 35,932 17 6 49,663 12 7 14,882 15 7 59,618 o 10 J59.967 4 5 33,093 8 3 3,043 10 8 i,532 6 9 4,372 15 9 3.722 5 5 !4,o8o 6 3 272,717 15 Rate per mile opened I 79 17 " 78 14 0 67 8 6 123 14 2 149 11 9! 161 15 4 162 1 5 114 18 2 380 8 10 63 16 11 164 3 6 161 16 9 194 6 o 138 II 131 o 7|