8.—7.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XIII.—WORKING RAILWAYS—continued.

86

Item. 19' 2,32( '2-3. miles. WORKING RAILWAYS— continued. 24 VOTE No. 68— continued. Nelson Section — continued. Traffic— Casual Labour and Overtime Stores and Stationery Miscellaneous ... £ 910 280 100 1,290 Picton Section, 1902-3—34 miles. Maintenan ce — Wages —Structures „ Buildings „ Miscellaneous Stores — Rails ... ' „ Sleepers „ Structures ,, Buildings ,, Miscellaneous 8,475 25 611 80 691 230 600 1,540 150 150 Locomotive — Wages, Renewals, and Repairs, Locomotive „ „ ,, Carriage and Wagon ... Stores „ „ Locomotive „ „ „ Carriage and Wagon ... Fuel and Water-supply Oil, Tallow, and Stores Contingencies 4,052 65 350 300 270 625 60 53 Traffic— Casual Labour and Overtime Stores and Stationery Miscellaneous 1,723 340 185 100 625 Miscellaneous — Payments under " The Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act, 1900 " Cost of hearing Appeal Board Cases Increases to be paid to Employees in excess of the maximum rates of pay as set forth in the Schedules to the Government Railways Department Classification Act, 1901, — First Division — Special allowance of £10 per annum to Shorthand-writers, Class 1 6,400 26 5,000 300 27 28 100 Second Division— Increase of Is. per day for Enginemen, Firemen, and Guards employed on Rimutaka Incline 330 5,730 Less estimated credits under section 41 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891" 1,327,020 25,730 Total—Vote No. 68 ... 1,301,290 TOTAL OF CLASS XIII. £1,30 290