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Boilers.— Satisfactory progress has been made with boiler renewals and repairs. Seven new boilers were completed. The details of boiler-work done are as follows:-

Thirty-seven new boilers are under construction, comprising 4 Class A, 3 Class D, 8 Class F 7 Class T 1 Class R, 6 Class Wf, and 8 Class X. Carriages.— The car-stock on Ist April, 1906, consisted of 906 cars; the stock on 31st March, 1907, was 966 cars. Sixty new cars, comprising 3 60 ft. motor-train cars, 4 47J ft. refreshment cars' and 53 47J ft. passenger cars, were built in the Government Railway Workshops and put into service! The additional cars have increased the seating-accommodation by 9-13 per cent. A number of additional cars have been equipped with lavatory-accommodation, cushioned seats m second-class compartments, platform-gates, and gangways. The following table gives details of repairs, &c!, to cars for the year :—

One hundred and twelve new bogie cars are under construction. Brake-vans.— The number of brake-vans on the Ist April, 1906, was 315, and the number on the line on the 31st March, 1907, was 326. Eleven new bogie brake-vans were built and put into service One of these new vans replaced an old van sold the previous year. The repairs, &c, to brake-vans during the year were as follows :—

Fifteen new bogie brake-vans are under construction. Wagons.— The wagon-stock on the Ist April, 1906, comprised 13,812 vehicles, and on the 31st March, 1907, the number was 14,279 vehicles. Six new wagons were built to replace old wagons sold in previous year. One hundred and twenty-five wagons were built for Railway Improvement Account and 335 wagons were built for ordinary traffic. One old obsolete brake-van was converted to a Class X sleeping-van. In addition, there were also built in Government Railway Workshops 50 wagons for Public Works Department and 1 wagon for Napier Harbour Board. The carrying-capacity of wagon-stock was increased by 6,580 tons, equal to 6-51 per cent beins an equivalent of 1,097 ordinary wagons. ' The following table gives particulars of repairs, &c, to wagon-stock :—

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Number and Type of Cars. Particulars. Total. Bogie. Six-whrel. Pour-wheel. Number passed through shops ... Built new Converted Thoroughly overhauled Heavy repairs Light repairs.. Painted and varnished... Touched up and revarnished 1,446 60 12 3 371 1,000 373 485 77 6 71 8 13 23 3 6 14 9 1 1,546 60 12 6 , 383 1,085 390 499

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