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STATEMENT No. 15. Expenditure out of Working Railways Account (Depreciation Fund) and Public Works Fund for the Year ended 31st March, 1939.

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Working Railways VJ . w „_ t _ Way and Works Branch: Particulars of Works. Depredation , Total. Fund. luna - £ £ £ Land .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 23 10,000 9,977 Grading and formation. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,927 148,523 159,452 Tunnels .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 680 680 Bridges (structures only) .. .. .. .. .. 124,659 5,472 130,131 Overbridges .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,001 10,001 Culverts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,922 11,922 Subways .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,296 12,296 Fences, gates, and cattlestops .. .. .. .. .. 2 3,062 3,064 Permanent-way .. .. .. .. .. .. 769 89,861 90,630 Station buildings and platforms .. .. .. .. .. 1,944 48,336 50,280 Oattleyards, loading-banks .. .. .. .. .. 44 5,444 5,488 Engine-sheds, car and wagon depots, and other operating buildings .. 544 40,307 40,851 Dwellings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16,847 141,796 158,643 Land for dwellings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,281 2,281 Huts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 72 Or. 72 Lake Wakatipu wharves .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,821 1,821 Water services .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 2,058 2,158 Stores buildings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,504 7,504 Locomotive workshops buildings .. .. .. .. .. 2,151 113,033 115,184 Locomotive workshops plant .. .. .. .. .. .. 332 332 Locomotive depot plant .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 137 157 Refreshment, advertising, and bookstall buildings .. .. .. .. 2,846 2,846 Road service buildings .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 57,663 57,664 Cranes, weighbridges, oapstans, and turntables .. .. .. 47 14,607 14,654 Movable plant for Maintenance Branch .. .. ... .. .. 7,253 7,253 Miscellaneous (roads, sewerage, drainage, fire-fighting appliances) . .. 8,525 8,525 Signalling and interlocking .. .. .. .. .. 9,052 6,754 15,806 Tablet installations .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,273 5,261 12,534 Automatic and power signalling .. .. .. .. .. 859 69,889 70,748 Electric lighting .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,696 9,576 11,272 Communication lines and apparatus .. .. .. .. 9,312 18,812 28,124 Level-crossing warning-signals .. .. .. .. .. 2,505 205 2,710 Electric-power appliances .. .. .. .. .. .. 489 489 Overhead electrification .. .. .. .. .. .. Or. 2 Cr. 2,108 Cr. 2,110 Overhead wires for automatic and power signalling .. .. .. .. 31,424 31,424 Signal-cabins .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 163 163 188,727 886,155 1,074,882 Expenditure by Public Works Department— Turakina-Okoia grade easement .. .. .. .. .. .. 124,717 124,717 Tawa Elat deviation .. .. .. .. .. . . .. 79 79 Plimmerton-Paekakariki duplication .. .. .. .. .. 26,722 26,722 Palmerston North deviation .. .. .. .. .. .. 20,316 20,316 Rimutaka deviation and tunnel .. .. .. .. . . .. 599 599 188,727 1,058,588 1,247,315