B —7A.

Appropriations for Public Works Services.

RAILWAYS.—ADDITIONS TO OPEN LINES.

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1927-28. Vote No. 44. —Additions to Open Lines—. £ GROSS Total ... ... ... ... 505,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 5,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 500,000 Item. £ £ MINISTER OF RAILWAYS. ADDITIONS TO OPEN LINES. VOTE No. 44. Additions to Open Lines— Way and Works Branch— 1 North Island Main Lines and Branches ... 50,000 2 South Island Main Lines and Branches .. 30,000 3 Signals Branch ... ... ... 33,000 4 Architectural houses ... ... 135,000 5 Land for housing ... ... ... 12,000 Locomotive Branch — 6 Rolling-stock : Locomotives, carriages, and wagons 285,000 7 Locomotives constructed in United Kingdom ... 38,000 8 Locomotives constructed in New Zealand ... 22,000 9 Rolling-stock, machinery, plant, buildings, bridges, and other assets written off and charged against "Working Railways" vote as being worn out, abandoned, destroyed, or obsolete in the services of the Railway Department ... ... ... Or. 100,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £5,000 Gross Total .-. ... ... 505,000 Amount required . for Current Year ... 505,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 5,000 NET TOTAL-VOTE No. 44 ... — 500,000 TOTAL .... .... .... £500,000