RAILWAY SLEEPERS: NUMBER OF SLEEPERS ON HAND ON THE 31st AUGUST, 1894; LOCALITIES WHERE STACKED; ALSO PARTICULARS AS TO CONTRACTS FOR, AND COST.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1894 Session I, D-08

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1894. NEW ZEALAND.

RAILWAY SLEEPERS: NUMBER OF SLEEPERS ON HAND ON THE 31st AUGUST, 1894; LOCALITIES WHERE STACKED; ALSO PARTICULARS AS TO CONTRACTS FOR, AND COST.

Returns to Orders of the House of Representatives, dated the 6th and 11th September, 1894. Ordered (Sept. 11), " That a return be prepared by the Railway Department, and laid before this House, showing —(1) The number of sleepers on hand on the 31st August, 1894 ; and (2) the localities and numbers where same are stacked."—(Mr. G. J. Smith.) Ordered (Sept. 6), " That a return be prepared by the Railway Department, and laid before this House, showing— (1) The number of sleepers purchased, ordered, or contracted for in each class of timber; (2) the price paid for sleepers ; (3) the locality where they were obtained ; (4) the cost of freight paid per sleeper, and the number shipped to different ports—all during the financial year ending 31st March, 1894."—(Mr. Mills.)

Return showing Number of Sleepers in charge of Storekeepers on 18th August, 1894, the Localities where stacked, and Number in each Locality.

Note. —Return is made up to end of last accounting period, viz., 18th August, as particulars are not available to end of month, as required by order of the House. 17th September, 1894. E. G. Pieoher, Secretary.

Locality where stacked. dumber 01 Sleepers on Hand. Locality where stacked. dumber oJ Sleepers on Hand. .uckland Section — Auckland Waikato line Kaipara line 9,137 4,679 2,318 Hurunui-Bluff— continued. Christchurch Section— continued. Rakaia, Ashburton, and Springburn Rangitata 8,775 2,369 fapier-Taranaki Section — Wanganui-New Plymouth District Napier-Palmerston District 3-, 622 4,497 Dunedin Section— Oamaru Dunedin 92 10,898 /ellington-Eketahuna Section— Wellington and Hutt District .. Mangamahoe 3,054 230 Invercargill Section — Lawrence Invercargill .. .. Thornbury Lumsden 100 5,975 361 204 turunui-Bluff— Christchurch Section— Christchurch and Lyttelton Oxford District 6,742 22,004 Picton Section— Pic ton Railway 2,198 Westport Section— Westport 2,701

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Return of Sleepers ordered or contracted for, and Sleepers purchased, during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1894.

* Broad—7ft by 10in. by sin. t Freight on 3,500 sleepers from Picton to Wanganui, 7d. each—shipped by department t Second class. § Freight on 5,349 sleepers from Westport to Oamaru, Bd. each—shipped by department. Head Office, Wellington, 18th September, 1894. B. G. Pilchbb, Secretary.

Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,250 copies), £2 4a. 3d.

By Authority : Samuel Costall, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB94.

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Description of Sleepers. !ontracte< for or ordered. Purchased. Price. For delivery at Locality obtained from. !ilver-pine .. 4,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 10,000 2,762 2,000 4,136 1,712 423 602 339 •1,000 s. d. 3.10 3 10 3 9 3 8 3 5 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 5 4 3J Port Chalmers Bluff Lyttelton Port Chalmers Greymouth. Bluff Wanganui Greymouth Lyttelton 8,000 24,974 Birch 2,000 23,000 10,000 1,000 10,000 2,000 2,000 1,460 1,500 342 18,067 6,166 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 11 2 10J 2 9£ 2 8 2 4 2 6 2 3 2 2J 1 11J 1 11 1 8§ Lyttelton Oxford District Springburn Wellington Section Springburn Lyttelton Eeefton. Oxford. Springburn. Hutt and Manawatu. Springburn. Reefton. 10,000 2,000 2,000 682 1,500 9,231 6 1,500 479 2,043 Wellington Section Westport Section Picton Wharf Westport Wellington District. Westport District, t Picton District. Westport District. Nelson Section Nelson District. ljobo 53,960 54,016 Potara 1,638 3,254 1,720 1,369 1,500 326 1,500 4 0 4 0 3 11 3 11 3 9 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 Timaru Port Chalmers Timaru Eangitata Hawke's Bay. North Island. Hawke's Bay. Rangitata. 3,500 1,500 2,000 Southland Southland District. 1,700 Auckland Section Auckland District. 2,029 5,477 Wellington Section Wellington and Manawatu Districts. Southland District. Hawke's Bay. Manawatu. Hawke's Bay. 3^000 100 624 2,053 3 0 2 10 2 10 2 9 2 8 2 7£ 2 0 2 6 2 6 2 5 2 &§ 2 4 1 9 1 8 Southland Napier Section Wellington Section Napier Section 1,000 1,000 3,000 582 7,042 1,155 217 1,460 5,253 2,379 555 327 Wanganui Section Dunedin Section Wanganui Section Wanganui District. Dunedin District. Wanganui District. 4,000 Whangarei Section Napier Section { Auckland District. J Hawke's Bay. 22,700 40,566 Southland Southland District. 31ack-pine .. 2,000 2,000 2,000 7,500 13,500 6,600 519 2,000 2,000 5,393 2 8 2 6 2 3 1 11 fellow-pine .. 9,912 8,054 Westport Wharf § Westport District. 2 6 arrah 13,000 11,841 3 11 Port Chalmers Australia. 3 uriri 210 12,365 717 2,488 50 20 4 6 4 0 3 9 3 3 3 0 1 2 6 J Auckland Section Auckland District. Whangarei and Kawakawa.. 15,850 Wanganui Section Wanganui District. ilaire 217 4 0 iamai 3,000 6,674 3,393 1 11 1 11| 1 9* Southland Southland District. 13,067