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RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT showing Classification of Expenditure on Maintenance of Way and Works for the Year ended 31st March, 1914.

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Classification of Work. WhangareiKawakawa. Kaihu. Gisborne. North Island Main Lines and Branches. Sections. South Island j Main Lines and j Branches. Westland. Westport. i i Total. Nelson. Pieton. I £ s. d. £ s. d. : £ s. d. 117,010 13 3 12,139 2 9 3,383 7 11 l 61,432 15 2 3,154 17 5 1,882 5 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. : 4,139 9 1 4,450 11 6 j 265,124 8 4 Or. 75 15 1 841 7 0 151,950 17 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Track-surfacing .. .. ..I 4,367 14 5 900 9 2 2,590 8 10 116,142 11 5 Track-renewals .. .. .. 299 17 2 242 17 1 9 10 4 84,163 2 9 ! Ballasting .. .. .. .. 539 3 10 99 17 11 2 15 0 19,712 10 2 8,119 15 8 995 1 11 137 7 7 15,935 12 10 2,084 13 3 I 85 0 9 47 8 1 169 8 9 29,823 8 11 429 4 3 988 7 8 | 30,585 16 11 Banks, cuttings, ditches, tunnels .. 380 7 4 158 7 7 208 15 2 10,315 8 1 Bridges, culverts, drains .. .. * 710 0 7 930 6 8 211 6 3 42,478 8 6 25,182 15 7 3,919 16 9 804 0 2 1,258 3 2 2,369 17 2 ' 77,864 14 10 Fences, gates, cattle-stops, hedges .. 278 8 2 31 18 7 109 16 2 12,870 12 5 9,244 11 6 1,235 7 6 214 3 4 498 14 6 355 5 0 24,838 17 2 Roads, approaches, &c. .. .. 35 8 3 19 6 7 5,367 13 1 2,915 16 4 67 1 2 56 6 9 38 12 10 33 16 4 8,534 1 4 Water-aervices, signals, cranes, appliances 488 17 5 22 15 7 145 2 3 20,257 1 0 11,844 12 2 1,064 0 4 I 604 7 3 1,149 19 6 104 16 1 1,099 16 0 j i 39,130 16 7 2,683 9 1 I 1,019 10 6 9,993 15 2 423 15 5 35 14 0 1,457 5 1 J 84 7 6 43 11 8 194 6 7 331 1 8 34,952 4 3 251 17 7 524 2 7 5,892 1 6 1,074 6 7 429 12 11 ; 102,122 14 8 257 3 6 212 4 11 27,052 15 2 36 17 8 43 3 4 4,464 16 5 Wharves .. .. .. .. 1,751 3 8 67 16 2 942 9 11 ! Buildings .. .. .. .. 1,646 16 1 152 2 10 149 16 3 55,836 3 10 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 348 17 3 266 16 2 120 13 11 15,393 14 10 General charges .. .. .. 83 18 9 5 16 2 93 1 5 2,616 14 10 j ! Totals .. .. .. 10,930 12 11 2,879 3 11 3,660 12 2 386,096 10 10 303,418 8 10 27,956 9 2 9,365 11 5 8,150 8 9 10,748 18 10 763,206 16 10 Rate per mile opened .. .. 188 9 2 169 7 5 114 7 10 353 11 5 222 2 5 197 9 5 260 3 0 133 12 2 223 18 10 267 12 10