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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS IV.—WORKING RAILWAYS—continued.

[tern. 1919-20. 2,993 Miles. WORKING RAILWAYS— continued. 3 VOTE No. 8—continued. Working-expenses of Sections— continued. the Workers' Compensation Acts ; payments in connection with works outside railway boundaries in which Department has beneficial interest; compassionate allowances; temporary clerical and drafting assistance; travelling allowance and expenses; allowances to members under Regulation No. 86 (made under the Government Railways Act, 1908) ; increased night allowances to members and allowances to members on transfer in excess of the regulations; stationery and supplies; also contingencies and all other unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote— Maintenance of Way and Works — Section— Whangarei Kaihu Gisborne North Island Main Line and Branches South Island Main Line and Branches Westland Westport Nelson Picton 12,000 4,500 10,000 338,000 287,000 33,500 8,000 9,000 10,000 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 712,000 f2,000 Locomotive Running and Repairs and Renewals of Rolling-stock — Section — Whangarei Kaihu Gisborne North Island Main Line and Branches South Island Main Line and Branches Westland Westport Nelson Picton Allowance to enginemen and firemen employed on Rimutaka Incline 700,000 15,500 1,600 9,200 724,600 482,750 36,000 21,000 10,000 8,679 150 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 1,309,479 1,500 1,307,979 Traffic Expenses — Section — Whangarei Kaihu Gisborne North Island Main Line and Branches South Island Main Line and Branches Westland 9,500 1,500 4,500 466,500 380,800 30,000