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Additions and alterations were made to the following installations : Auckland, railway-yard and locomotive-yard ; Rotorua, additional lights installed on platform and in yard and cottage No. 148 ; Lambton, railway-yard; Addington, locomotive workshops; Port Chalmers, lighting of export wharf. The following work has been done in connection with electrification of machinery in locomotive workshops : Newmarket, electric welding plant has been installed and brought into use ; Frankton Junction, 7f-horse-power motor has now been installed in the machine-shop ; Gisborne, 2 7|-horse-power motors have, boon installed at the locomotive depot Addington, 7 additional motors have boon installed and brought into use, making a total of 23 D.C. and 15 A.C., aggregating 204 horse-power D.O. and 2731 A.C., or a, total of 477| horse-power. Level-crossing Automatic Alarm-bells. F.ve level crossings were fitted with automatic electric warning-bolls at the following places • 127 m. 49 oh. (near Turakina); 24 m. 12 oh. (near Maharahara) ; 36 m. 78 eh. (near Piripiii) ! 33 m. 26 eh. (near Paraparaumu) ;5 m. 48 eh. (near Khandallah). The present number now in use, is 35. Tho insta'lations have given satisfaction during the year. Expenditure. • Particulars of expenditure for the Signal and Electrical Branch for tho. year ending 31st March, 1920, are as follows :— New works j £ s. d. Signalling and interlocking .. .. .. .. 22,248 13 1 Electric tablet working .. .. .. .. .. 1,147 3 8 Telegraph and telephone, facilities .. .. .. .. 1,749 8 0 Electric light .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,127 18 7 Electric motors, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 2,127 611 Level-crossing alarms .. .. .. .. .. 1,647 2 0 Total .. .. .. .. £32,047 12 3 Maintenance — £ s. d. Signalling and interlocking .. .. .. .. 23,140 18 0 Electric block, telegraph, and telephone lines .. .. 23,092 7 2 Lines, &c, maintained by Post and Telegraph Department .. 1,753 8 6 Electric light .. ".. .. .. .. .. 6,080 4 0 Electric motors, cranes, fire-alarms, level-crossing bells, &c. .. 1,832 12 4 Total .. .. .. .. £55,899 10 0 LOCOMOTIVE. Mr. E. E. Gillon, Chief Mechanical Engineer, reports as follows : — Locomotives. —On the Ist April, 1919, there were 620 engines in service, and on the 31st March, 1920, there were 616 engines. Eight second-hand tank engines wore sold and written off stock ; four new heavy tank engines, 4-6-4 type, Class Ww, were built in the Government railway workshops. In the Government railway workshops to date 191 engines have been built, and twenty-four old locomotives have been rebuilt. Five hundred and thirty-one locomotives passed through the workshops during the year, the details of work done being as follows : —

Numbi ir and Type. Particulars. Pourcylinder Balancedcompound Tender Engines. Tender Engines. Tank Engines. Fell Engines. Single Pair lies. Total. Number passed through shops Built new Re-erected Thoroughly overhauled Heavy repairs .. .. Light repairs Painted Paint touched up 59 192 262 4 5 65 67 121 68 89 8 10 531 4 5 138 157 227 147 239 23 20 16 16 33 44 62 86 54 110 3 4 1 2 5 3 4 3 7 2 Included in the above are five engines for Public Works Dei iartmerit a id one e tgine for a private