59. Coal. No coal was purchased during the year.
60. Furnace Oil. The purchase of furnace oil dropped to 7,500 imperial gallons, a decrease of 3,712 imperial gallons on the previous year. The price of oil dropped from $0.52 to $0.50 per imperial gallon.
61. Light Fuel Diesel Oil. As a result of the complete dieselization of the railway and the addition of more passenger trains, the consump- tion of diesel oil went up considerably at the latter part of the year and the quantity purchased during the year was 430,487 imperial gallons compared with 366,448 imperial gallons for the previous year, an increase of 64,039 imperial gallons. The price also dropped from $0.79 p to $0.76 per imperial gallon.
62. The figures for the consumption of coal, furnace oil and light fuel diesel oil are shown in Appendices VIII, IX and X.
63. Local Purchases and Government Stores. Both direct local purchases and purchases through Government Stores dropped by $10,042.51 and $30,084.07 respectively compared with the previous year. 64. Purchases through Crown Agents. The payment of $9,335,162.53 for the twenty-three railway carriages and $716,738.06 for the new i signalling system accounted for the large increase in purchases through Crown Agents.
65. Indents. A total of 43 indents were forwarded to Crown Agents è through Government Stores for materials at an estimated cost of £30,800. Six of the above indents were for materials of United States : origin, the cost of which was US$14,700.00. Seven indents were sent : direct to Australia for spare parts for diesel-electric locomotives at a total cost of A£1,500.
66. The total revenue realized from the sale of surplus serviceable : and unserviceable stores was $92,635.99.
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67. The establishment of the Railway as at 31st March, 1963 was as follows:
166 Pensionable Officers
482 Non-pensionable officers
12 Daily rated staff
660
There was a reduction of 17 from the previous year.
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