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Six hundred and seventy-seven locomotives passed through the workshops during the year, the details being as follows : —

Included in above are six engines for the Public Works Department and two engines for private railway companies. At the close of the year there were under construction in the Railway workshops thirty-one locomotive engines, comprising one Class Ba tender engine, ten Class X 94-ton tender engines, four-cylinder " balanced-compound " type, and twenty heavy tank engines, Class Wg. The contract entered into last year with Messrs. A. and G. Price (Limited), of Thames, to construct ten Class Ad 72-ton tender engines was increased to twenty engines. Of this number there were incomplete on the 31st March, 1913, thirteen engines, so that altogether there were in hand at the close of year forty-four locomotive engines. The new 1 icomotives added, together with boiler-renewals, increased the total tractive power by 341,4341b., equal to 571 per cent. The new engines being built and boilers under construction will, when completed, still further largely augment the tractive power. Boilers. —The work on new boilers, renewals, and boiler-repairs has been kept well up to date. Sixteen new locomotive-boilers were constructed. The following statement shows the details of boiler-work :—

Forty-three new boilers were under construction at the close of the year, comprising one Class D, three Class F, three Class J, five Class R, one Class Wf, twenty Class Wg, and ten Class X. Carriages. —The car stock on the Ist April, 1912, consisted of 1,212 cars, and the number on the 31st March, 1913, was 1,282 cars. Seventy-seven new bogie cars were built and added to stock, and six old cars were written off and replaced; one old car was converted to a sleepingvan, and is being replaced with a new bogie car. Satisfactory progress has been made with fitting second-class cars on long-distance trains with chair seats, also fitting platform gates, gangways, and additional handrails on all sections. The following table shows the details of car-work during the year :—

One hundred and eight new bogie cars are under construction in Railway workshops.

Particulars. 1 Fourcylinder '' Balanced- Tender compound" Engines. Tender Engines. Number and Type. Fail :lies. Total. Tank Engines. Fell Engines. Single. j Double. [umber passed through shops iuilt new le-erected 'horoughly overhauled leavy repairs tight; repairs 'ainted and varnished 'ouched up 63 228 5 344 8 11 29 110 186 51 50 6 31 5 677 13 11 81 219 353 124 168 5 24 34 15 16 44 64 115 51 89 6 2 13 16 1 13 1 2 2 1 5

Description. « o * ■ W =0 rH -rS f rt-i OS CQ P-, c3 a, _, i> cu £u rO IS Q* CD s? § : ( r : « ■So " 5" ■ S_g a ■ i •& s-S 3 ■ «j .£? fc pq i W I J 10 I "rt * ! a*o ec — rt g cl ch ' l> . J? *oT * B 110 19 M o tp u X o . J3 cfl 0 5 El .EH o p. h .2 'o Bailers ... 361 16 14.5 I 200 6 15 133 i I i ;

Number and Type of Carriages. Particulars. : , j Total. Bogie. Six-wheel. . Four-wheel. | I Number passed through shops ... Built new Converted Thoroughly overhauled Heavy repairs Light repairs ... Painted and varnished... Touched up and revarnished .1,864 91 36 77 1 ... 1 43 2 1,046 13 6 697 76 29 561 6 441 10 8 1,991 77 2 45 1,065 802 567 459