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EXPENDITURE DETAILS. 1935-36. 1934-35. 1933-34. £ £ £ Expenditure on train operation .. 5,523,193 5,138,588 4,877,146 Subsidiary services .. . ■ ■ • 429,646 401,849 370,007 £5,952,839 £5,540,437 £5,247,153

Operating Expenditure.

Maintenance of Way and Works. This item of expenditure shows an increase of £22,260 (2-12 per cent.). The expenditure under the various heads kept to normal level during the year, but the 7|-per-cent. restoration of salaries and wages involved an additional expenditure of £31,329. Taking 1926 as the standard, and fixing the index figure for that year at 100 for the expenditure on maintenance of way and works and the average mileage of line maintained, the undermentioned summary shows the position over the past five years : 1926. 1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936. Total expenditure .. •• ..100 84 81 87 92 94 Average mileage of line .. • ■ 100 103 103 104 104 104 Maintenance of Signals and Electrical Appliances. The expenditure amounted to £147,442, an increase of £9,965 (7-25 per cent.). The principal increase is in signals and interlocking, £9,997. There were also small increases under certain other heads, while others showed decreases. The 7|-per-cent. increase in salaries and wages amounted to £3,791. Maintenance of Rolling-stock. Expenditure under this head totalled £1,406,685, an increase of £170,361 (13 78 per cent.). Hie 7|--per-cent. increase in salaries and wages accounted for £29,900 of this additional expenditure. The following is a review of the expenditure under the various heads shown : Locomotive Repairs.—Expenditure under this head was £585,491, an increase of £83,385 (16-61 per cent) This increase is made up as follows : Workshops repairs (£63,944) ; depot repairs, including work done in work-shops for depots (£2,598) ; conversions and alterations (£14,976) ; repairs due to accidents (£1,207), and depreciation (£660). . ~ During the year 394 locomotives passed through the workshops for repairs as against 417 lor tiie previous year. Of these, 204 received heavy repairs, as against the previous year's total of 194. Maintenance of Carriages, Vans, and Wagons. —The total cost of painting and repairing carriages and vans was £274,760, an increase of £30,307 (12-4 per cent.) on last year. Carriages for heavy repairs totalled 1,254, as against 1,382 last year, while 328 carriages received light repairs, as against 320 for the previous year. Three hundred and seventy-five vans received heavy repairs, as against 359 last year. The principal increases in expenditure were: Carriage repairs (£20,896), conversions and alterations (£2,629), and depreciation (£3,773). The expenditure on the maintenance of wagons totalled £530,210, showing an increase over the previous year of £58,033 (12-29 per cent.). The number of wagons repaired in the workshops was 15 448 for heavy repairs and 5,195 for light repairs, as against 15,741 and 5,236 respectively for the previous year. The total of 20,643 wagons passed through the Workshops this year, compared with 20,977 for the previous year. _ . , ~ The principal increases in expenditure were—Wagon repairs (£38,736), conversions and alterations (£13,386), and tarpaulins (£3,286).

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1 Per Cent, of Per Cent, of Per Cent, of 1935-36. j Operating 1934-35. Operating 1933-34. Operating j Revenue. . Revenue. Revenue. £ £ £ Maintenance —Way and works 1,070,085 17-14 1,047,825 17-74 Maintenance —Signals .. 147,442 2-36 137,477 J*-33 Hn'?no oi'rv Maintenance —Rolling-stock.. 1,406,685 22-53 1,236,324 20-92 1,220,102 Examination, lubrication, and 57,599 0-92 54,098 0-92 52,376 lighting of vehicles _ Transportation—Locomotive.. 1,144,037 18-32 1,073,062 18-1 ® ol'L Transportation—Traffic .. 1,465,052 23-46 1,360,928 23-03 1,253,833 22-27 General charges .. 63,664 1-02 57,014 0-97 > Superannuation subsidy .. 168,629 2-71 171,860 2-91 175,935 35,523,193 88-46 I 5,138,588 86-98 4,877,146 86-65