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Level - crossing Warning - devices. — Warning signals have been installed at the following level crossings : Morningside - Argyle Street (flashlight signal) ; Taumarunui - 173 m. 61 oh. (Pearson's wigwag); Mount Albert - Woodward Road (flashlight signal); Dannevirke -33 m. 79 ch. (Pearson's wigwag); Wanganui - Grey Street (Pearson's wigwag); Hamilton - Lake Road (Pearson's wigwag —previously bells only). Warning signal has been taken out at the following level crossing : ongarue-160 m. 57 ch. (bells). The total number of level crossings fitted with warning devices is 100. Expenditure on Signals, &c. —Capital expenditure for the year for signals, &c., amounted to £224,345, of which £31,998 was on signals and interlocking, £13,083 on electric lighting, £75,406 on electrification of locomotive workshops, and £99,571 on the electrification of the Lyttelton-Christchurch line. The maintenance expenditure chargeable against revenue was £112,206. STORES. Mr. E. J. Guiness, Comptroller of Stores, reports as follows: — The value of stores material and plant (purchased under Railway vote) on hand at the 31st March, 1929, at the various stores, depots, and sawmills amounted to £1,065,114 17s. 3d., as against £1,114,989 ss. on the 31st. March, 1928. The whole of the stock is in good order, has been systematically inspected, and is value for the amount stated.