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174 THE RAILWAY INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE OF INDIA
India of a large number of iron and steel works as well as
engineering concerns of diverse descriptions. It is~
moreover, necessary to add that the rolling stock is but
one of the many items which have to be bought by the
railways every year. The value of In.dia's consumption.
of varied railway materials may be indicated below: 5
Year
1926-27
1927-28
Total materials purchased
Rs. 280,300,000
Rs. 358,700,000
Leaving aside the rolling stock as indicated above
we have what is called the "permanent way," tools and
stores, and electric plant as heavy items, each worth more
than Rs. 20,000,000 per year. These items together
with bridgework, workshop machinery, building and
station material, fencing, engineer's plant, coal, cokep
lime, ballast, etc. accounted for
Rs. 232,400,000
Rs. 286,400,000
in 1926-27 and
in 1927-28
During the latter year the imported railway materials
were distributed among these items as follows:
1 Rolling Stock Rs. 67,400,000
2 Permanent Way Rs. 47,900,000
3 Tools and Stores '" Rs. 39,700,000
4 Electric Plant Rs. 23,600,000
5 Other Materials Rs. 28,500,000
Total
Rs. 207, JOO,OOO
S For a cDmparative estimate in reference to 1913·1'" the ligures for
1930·31 ·may be seen under different heads in the Report (1932). p. 24.
See also p. 46 for the ·.different itema purchased.