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North Island South Island Kattra. Gisborne. Main Line and Main Line and Westport. Nelson. Picton. Total. Branches. Branches. Item. Per Per Per Per I Per Per Per Per Mile Mile Mile Mile I Mile Mile Mile Mile Total, of Total. of Total. of Total. of Total. of Total. of Total. of Total. of Kail- Bail- Bail- Bail- Bail- Bail- Bail- Bailway, way. way. way. j way. way. way. way. Abstract A.—Maintenance of Way and Works. General expenses — £ £ £ £ | £ £ £ £ ££ £ £ £ £ £ £ Branch .. .. 12 0-5 53 0-9 8,712 6-1 5,699 3-5 248 5-8 45 0-7 74 1-3 14 843 4-5 District .. ..91 3-8 514 8-6 24,261 17-0 16.377 10-0 477 11-1 436 6-8 538 9-6 42,694 12-9 Road-bed .. .. 1,102 45-9 3,889 64-8 94,320 66-0 86,160 53-0 2,543 59-1 3,420 53-4 3,415 61-0 194,849 59-0 Track-renewals .. 1,788 74-4 6,268104-4262,053183-2245,538151-0 7,217167-8 5,420 84-8 5,696101-7 533,980161-7 Ballasting .. .. 41 1-7 139 2-3 27,161 19-0 13,668 8-4 722 16-8 63 1-0 379 6-8 42,173 12-8 Slips and floods .. 161 6-7 1,870 31-2 20,488 14-3 13,218 8-1 48 1-1 672 10-5 977 17-4 37,434 11-3 Fences, &c. .. .. 14 0-6 590 9-8 9,085 6-4 8,734 5-4 85 2-0 699 10-9 165 2-9 19,372 5-9 Roads, &c. .. .. 6 0-3 62 1-0 5,152 3-6 3,449 2-1 57 1-3 85 1-3 43 0-8 8,854 2-7 Bridges, &c. .. 1,051 43-8 2,529 42-2 61.150 42-7 50,826 31-3 1,734 40-3 2,387 37-3 2,486 44-4 122,163 37-0 Water-services, «fee. .. 9 0-4 154 2-6 9,521 6-7 7,765 4-8 2,898 67-4 104 1-6 112 2-0 20,563 6-2 Wharves .. 12 .. 5,421 3-3 2,666 62-0 .. .. 6 0-1 8,105 2-5 Cattle-yards, &c. .. 48 2-0 114 1-9 6,077 4-2 4,379 2-7 16 0-4 42 0-7 218 3-9 10,894 3-3 Operation buildings .. 48 2-0 240 4-0 49,551 34-6 36,198 22-3 1,066 24-8 494 7-7 409 7-3 88,006 26-6 Betterments 4,220 3-0 2,126 1-3 .. .. 53 0-8 .. .. 6,399 1-9 4,371182-116,422 273-7 581,763 406-8499,558 307-2 19,777 459-9 13,920 217-5 14,518259-2 1,150,329 348-3 Per cent, of revenue .. 80-56 65-48 14-66 19-12 17-09 68-16 42-34 16-97 Per cent, of operating 48-98 44-03 16-20 19-24 21-26 36-53 33-86 17-96 expenditure Per train-mile (pence) 61-87 58-08 20-63 28-27 53-67 87-67 67-62 24-47 I [ Abstract B. —Maintenance of Signals and Electrical Appliances. £!£;££ £ £|£ £ ££;££[££ £ £ General expenses .. 7 0-3i 30 0-5 4,762 3-3 3,115 1-9 136 3-2 24 0-41 42 0-7 8,116 2-5 Signals and interlocking .. .. 16 0-3 14,547 10-1' 9,123 5-6 338 7-9 51 0-8! 32 0-6 24,107 7-3 Automatic and power .. ..... .. 6,123 4-3 5,655 3-5 .. •- 11,778 3-6 signalling Level-crossing signals .. .. .. .. 1,835 1-3 1,229 0-8 .. -- 3,064| 0-9 Instruments, block- 4 0-2 24 0-4 11,093 7-8 7,516 4-5 222 5-1 46 0-7 28 0-5 18,933 5-7 working, tablets, &c. Overhead lines, block- 32 1-3 21 0-4 7,247 5-1 5,800 3-6 62 1-4 14 0-2 43 0-8 13,219 4-0 working, tablets, &c. Overhead' lines auto- 1,206 0-8 5,518 3-4 .. .. .. , 6,724 2-0 matic signalling Electric lighting used in .. .. 3 0-1 4,745 3-3 4,341 2-7 37 0-9; 19 0-3 32 0-6 9,177 2-8 operation Overhead electrification 3,237 2-0 3,237 1-0 and bonding Electric-power ap- .. .. f . .. 1,358 0-9 1,352 0-8 386 9-0 .. .. 7 0-1 3,103 0-9 pliances Signal Branch buildings 937 0-7 1,545 1-0 57 1-3 2,539 0-8 Betterments 47 . . 377 0-2 43 1-0 467 0-1 43 1-8 94 1-7 53,900 37-6 48,808 30-0 1,281 29-8 154 2-4 184 3-3 104,464 31-6 Per cent, of revenue .. 2-26 0-37 1-36 1-87 1-11 0-75 0-54 1-54 Per cent, of operating 0-48 0-25 1-50 1-88 1-38 0-40 0-43 1-63 expenditure Per train-mile (pence) 0-61 0-33 1-91 2-76 3-48 0-77 0-86 2-22