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[Copy B. T. 98/369. £ s. d. Vote 77. Whangarei ... ... ... ... ... 1,980 10 8 „ 78. Helensville 5,539 12 9 „ 79. Grahamstown ... ... ... ... ... 500 15 10 „ 80. Marton-Te Awamutu ... ... ... ... 7,782 011 „ 81. Bketahuna ... ... ... ... ... 4,315 14 11 „ 82. Blenheim ... ... ... ... ... 2,394 1 10 „ 83. Midland ... ... ... ... ... 14,803 9 6 „ 84. Otago Central ... ... ... ... ... 9,539 10 6 „ 85. Seaward Bush ... ... ... ... ... 2,460 8 1 „ 86. Forest Hill ... ... ... ... ... 74110 5 „ 87. Land-claims ... ... ... ... ... 2,152 11 7 „ 88. Survey of new lines ... ... .. ... 1,730 4 7 (20,498 1 8 „ 89. Permanent-way ... ... ... ... \ 8,500 0 0 (11,998 0 0 „ 90. Additions to open lines ... ... ... 56,171 2 10

[Copy C] T. 98/369. Eailway Vote, 21st February, 1898. Amount overdrawn at date ... ... ... ... £16,406 0 0 Eequisitions awaiting entry ... ... ... ... 2,036 0 0 Dr. £18,442 0 0 Transfers for credit of vote awaiting entry in requisition Or. £15,339 0 0 Dr. £3,103 0 0 " Unauthorised," 21st February, 1898. Balance available ... ... ... ... ...£10,204 0 0 Further sum on transfers being made as above ... ... 13,303 0 0 Further sum of transfer loans to local bodies adjustment ... 6,000 0 0 £29,507 0 0 Eailways want ... ... ... ... ... ... £50,000 0 0 Available ... ... ... ... ... ... 29,000 0 0 Short ... ... ... ... ... ... ... £21,000 0 0

[Copy D.] T. 98/369. Midland Eailway... ... .. ... ... ... £14,000 0 0 Permanent-way ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,000 0 0 £18,000 0 0 Eailway Department should write saying they have more rails on order than they want, and" asking us to take over twenty thousand pounds' worth. Debit on North Island Main Trunk Eailway vote should be transferred, half to the Otago Central and half to Helensville Northwards, and not to Midland Eailway.

[No. 394.] Proposed Transfer, No. 175, 3rd September, 1898, of £17,867 11s. 4d. from Vote for Working Eailways to Public-works Votes. The Treasury. Audit Office, 3rd October, 1898. The Controller and Auditor-General, being without a reply to his memorandum of the 15th ultimo, respecting the claim of the Department of Public Works to receive from the Working Eailways Department £15,000 not yet paid for the railway stores delivered back in March last, after the sale for which a transfer voucher for that amount was passed on the sth March, begs leave to draw the attention of the Treasury to the matter, and to ask that the Audit Office may now be furnished with whatever explanation the department responsible for the transactions in question may be able to afford the Audit Office respecting them. J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General.

The Treasury, Wellington, Bth October, 1898. The Controller and Auditor-General. I veey much regret that, owing to the severe pressure of my parliamentary duties, your memorandum of the 15th September last should have been overlooked.