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RETURN No. 6. Estimated Amount of Government Expenditure on Construction of Railways, Net Revenue, and Rate of Interest earned on Capital expended on Opened Lines.

A. C. Fife, Railway Accountant.

5-D. 2.

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Section. State of Line. Cost of Construction. Net Revenue. Rate of Interest. Kawakawa Whangarei Opened Unopened Opened Unopened Opened £ 94,106 29,594 175,932 10,022 69,634 2,677,615 388,660 75,110 3,412 4,649,346 248,813 42,116 24,760 5,169 9,986,178 253,882 127,234 ) 413,166 )' 23,559 1,090 220,773 | 14,111 j 170,737 12,537 345,679 £ -834 10,708 1,904 87,492 . "630 147,998 316 ] 517 26,769 37,887 -533 •2 j 084 £ -834 10,708 £ a. d 6 1 £ 2 14 g 3 5 4 0 16 9 3 3 8 3 3 £ 4 19 1 16 2 7 0 12 C £ a. d. 6 19 Kaihu Auckland .. .. .. 1,904 87,492 2 14 8 3 5 4 Gisborne-Karaka Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Unopened Opened Unopened Opened Unopened 630 147,998 0 16 9 3 3 8 Wellington-Foxton (private line) Surveys, North Island Miscellaneous Hurunui-BluH Opened Unopened Opened 316J517 3 3 5 Greymouth Harbour Works Westland 26,769 4 19 1 Ngahere-BIackball Westport Harbour Works Nelson Unopened Opened 37,887 16 2 7 Unopened Opened Unopened -533 Picton 2^084 0 12 0 Stock, permanent-way Stock, A.O.L. stores Surveys, Middle Island Miscellaneous Stock in suspense Opened 45,193 37,114 39,225 5,168 25,000 Opened Total opened Total unopened 19,081,735 1,133,200 630,622 3 6 1 Gross total 20,214,935 630,622 3 2 5 Note.—The amount stated as cost of construction of ture on railways. It does not include cost of Midland RaL on harbour works, &c. opened lines inch Iway nor expendi! Ldes the Provincial and General Government expendi ure by the Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards