These are being pushed on with in the order of their importance, the underlying object being to facilitate traffic movement by reduction of grade and extension of terminal facilities.

The Auckland-Westfield duplication is being proceeded with, and good progress has been made to date. All the necessary plans for the completion of this work have been prepared.

The new yard at Auckland is developing rapidly, and tenders are about to be called for the erection thereat of new goods shed and offices. There will be a road overbridge at Campbell's point, excavations for the piers being now in hand, while work on the new passenger station site is being gone on with.

In connection with the Penrose-Papakura duplication double line working between Penrose and Westfield has already been made operative, and the work is being pushed on towards Otahuhu.

At Whangarei the new station yard is nearing completion, while the duplicate line between Whangarei and Kiorcroa was brought into operation in November last.

At Paeroa the new double track bridge over the Ohinimuri River is approaching completion and diversion of traffic to the new station site has already been made.

At Helensville preparations have been completed for the commencement of work on the new station yard.

For Palmerston North the plans of the new line and station yard have been prepared and the preliminary arrangements are approaching the point where a start with the actual work can be made.

The Hutt Valley Railway opening up new areas for suburban settlement is being pushed on with by the Public Works Department.

The Wellington new yard reclamation is being proceeded with steadily, good progress having been made by the contractor in the erection of the sea wall across Kaiwarra Bight.

At Lyttelton it is proposed to provide sidings on the new Gladstone pier and additional siding accommodation in the station yard.

The proposal also covers the removal of the station building and platform to a new site, the facilities to be thereby provided being considered ample for traffic many years ahead.

The position at Christchurch is to be met by first laying out, on the “hump” principle, a new shunting yard between Addington and Middleton. This yard will free both Christchurch and Lyttelton from congestion by taking the bulk of the shunting from them, while additional siding accommodation is being provided at Addington to facilitate the shunting and handling of stock traffic.

The above programme is being put in hand immediately, and on completion of the work at Lyttelton and Middleton a complete rearrangement of the existing station yard and buildings at Christchurch to give increased station, platform, and car storage accommodation can be proceeded with.

At Pelichet Bay the deviation has been completed and the matter of providing a road over-bridge to give access to the Harbour Board's reclaimed, land is in hand.

In connection with the Re-organisation of Workshops, tenders will shortly be called for new locomotive shops at Hillside, and the preparation of plans for car and wagon shops at Addington is in hand.

The new Petone Locomotive Workshops will be erected on the Hutt Industrial Area, and tenders are now being called for this work.

In the Auckland District new Car and Wagon Shops will be erected at Otahuhu, for which tenders are about to be invited.