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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOE THE

PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT.

Minister of Works. IN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1944, to defray the Expenses of Railway Construction. Summary.

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1943-44. 1942-43. Unopened Sections. Estimated Estimated Total ex- mctinuitfi Amount Amount nvnoTiriori Cost of Work pended to t required to voted. wpenaeu. when 81 March, be voted. authorized. 1948. complete. Vote —Railway Construction — £ £ £ £ £ £ GROSS Total .. .. •• •• 329,000 291,500 337,529 6,460,661 7,971,624 1,197,502 Amount required fob Current Year .. .. 287,000 291,500 Credits-in-aid .. .. •• •• 12,000 16,500 103,700 NET TOTAL .. .. ■■ 275,000 275,000 233,829 6,460,661 7,971,624 1,197,502 1943-44. 1942-43. Unopened Sections. Estimated Estimated rS'nfWiwk exnended Estimated Date Gross Ex- Credits-in- A ™°« nt Expended. Cost w < S e ™ ork t o 3?Maroh to Eailway VOTE-RAILWAY CONSTRUC- penditure. aid. voted - authorized.* 1943 ' authorized. TION (INCLUDING LAND • AND MATERIALS, HOLIDAY PAY, ETC., AND £ £ £ £ £ £ £ SALARIES, OR WAGES). Dargaville Branch .. .. 5,000 1,000 24,000 25,444 441,000t 638,295 5,000 1924,1936 Paeroa-Pokeno .. .. 2,000 1,000 7,000 1,974 1,070,000 267,300 786,845 1918 Taneatua-Opotiki .. .. 1,000 .. 1,000 1 East Coast Main Trunk (Gis-borne-Napier)— Automatic-signalling installation .. .. 8,000 .. 20,000 1,347 95,500 56,574 38,960 Gisborne-Waikokopu .. 100,000 2,000 50,000 114,570 1,488,375f 2,785,241 42,500 1924,1936 Westport-Inangahua— To Kuha - Inangahua .. 50,000 3,000 30,000 53,818 830,036 1,311,277 50,000 1904,1911, 1920,1936 Automatic-signalling installation .. .. 8,000 .. 3,000 South Island Main Trunk (Picton-Waipara)— Wharanui Parnassus .. 150,000 5,000 129,500 135,449 2,535,750 2,912,937 274,197 1911,1915, 1926 Automatic-signalling installation .. .. 1,000 .. 19,500 Land claims (including land taken for ballast-pits and quarries, damages or losses on goods in transit, and other liabilities) .. .. 3,000 .. 3,000 4,926 Surveys (new linds of railways) 1,000 .. 1,000 Dargaville Branch : Signalling installation .. .. .. .. 3,500 TOTAL .. .. .. 329,000 12,000 291,500 337,529 6,460,661 7,971,624 1,197,502 Amount required foe CURRENT YEAR .. 287,000 .. 291,500 337,529 Credits-IN-AID .. .. 12,000 .. 16,500 103,700 .. .. .. NET TOTAL .. .. 275,000 .. j 275,000 233,829 6,480,661 7,971,624 jl,197,502 ♦Includes administration charges and loan charges. t Estimated before permanent line survey made.