of repair work done during the year was due to the very good effort of the Workshop staff in shortening the time taken for routine inspec- tion and general repair of the locomotives.
31. The maintenance cost of the diesel electric locomotives rose from $0.358 to $0.428 per km. The rise was attributed to the increased labour wages and the higher costs of the spare parts.
32. Carriages and Wagons. In addition to routine maintenance and repairs, the following carriages and wagons were completely over- hauled and painted.
(a) Carriages Nos. 111, 200, 202, 208, 209, 210, 304, 315, 316, 319,
331, 333, 334, and 337.
(b) Forty-five wagons of various sizes.
33. Work done for other Government Departments. A very large amount of work was done for other departments of Government. The most important items were the manufacture of 207 aluminium castings, 64 bronze castings, 66 brass castings, 55 iron castings, 38 phosphor bronze castings, radium equipment, 1 hot water cylinder, 2 traffic pagodas and 80 stainless steel equipment and the repair of 164 refuse hand carts and 222 hospital equipment.
34.
Statistics
(a) The average consumption of diesel fuel for the year was 3.30 kgs. per engine km. as against 3.32 kgs. per engine km. for the previous year.
(b) Statistical statements relating to the analysis of train and locomotive running, fuel oil running expenses, consumption of lubricants and cost of repair to locomotives, carriages and wagons will be found at Appendices VI to IX while classifica- tion of rolling stock are at Appendices X to XIII.
WAY AND STRUCTURES
35. Maintenance. Due to the unusually large number of typhoons in the year under review, normal maintenance was seriously interrupted and the Way and Works Section was kept very busy throughout the year.
36. Track. In addition to the extra volume of work resulting from the frequency of typhoons, the increase in traffic since 1963 and the corrosive discharge from the cold storage wagons of the Chinese Section
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