B.—7A.

Appropriations for Public Works Services.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

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j 1937-38. Vote No. 37.—Railway Construction — -- GROSS Total .. .. •• •• •• 1,358,525 CEBDITS-IN-AID .. .. ■■ •• •• 65,500 NET TOTAL .. .. .. •• •• 1,293,025 Item 1937-38. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDING Gross , Credits- Net Amount LAND AND MATERIALS, HOLIDAY Expenditure! in-aid. required. PAY, ETC., AND SALARIES OR WAGES). VOTE No. 37. £ £ £ Railway Construction— 1 Dargaville Branch .. ■ • • • 20,400 200 20,200 2 Paeroa-Pokeno .. •• •• 75,000 .. 75,000 East Coast Main Trunk (GisborneNapier) — 3 Automatic signalling installation .. 95,500 . . 95,500 4 Gisborne-Waikokopu .. •• 415,000 30,000 380,000 5 Waikokopu-Wairoa .. 27,000 1,000 26,000 6 Wairoa-Putorino .. •• 95,000 12,300 82,700 7 Putorino-Napier (earthquake and flood damage restoration) .. ■ • 20,000 20,000* Westport-Inangahua 8 Te Kuha - Inangahua .. •• 150,500 500 150,000 9 South Island Main Trunk : Compassionate grant to Mrs. A. 0. Cottingham whose husband was accidently killed on the South Island Main Trunk Railway .. 25 25 South Island Main Trunk (PictonWaipara)— 10 Wharanui-Parnassus .. 433,000 1,000 432,000 11 Land-claims (including land taken for ballast-pits and quarries, damages or losses on goods in transit, and other liabilities) .. •• 5,000 500 4,500 12 Surveys (new lines of railways) . 2,100 .. 2,100 13 Permanent-way material .. • • j 20,000 .. 20,000 Total for Current Year— 1,358,525 65,500 :1,293,025 Vote NO. 37 . WL ||||| ' InB: 1 TOTAL .... - £1,293,025 * Recoverable from Working Railways Account.