TABLE NO. 9.—APPENDIX L. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—NORTH ISLAND. STATEMENT of LENGTHS of SECTIONS OPEN for TRAFFIC, 30th June, 1879.

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1877-78. Kaipara ... Auckland ... Napier Wellington Wanganui New Plymouth 3,925 3 10 37,321 10 6 25,263 13 11 16,100 3 9 15,010 19 1 4,930 7 3 4,765 4 1 29,133 15 4 18,216 10 2 11,718 15 4 15,015 14 6 5,075 3 2 12140 78-06 72-10 72-78 99-83 10293 Total 102,581 18 4 83,925 2 7 81-81 Kaipara ... Auckland ... Napier Wellington .Foxton... Wanganui New Plymouth 1876-77. 3,778 4 5 21,868 3 9 21,374 13 10 11,518 18 3 8,364 12 2 175 9 6 2,641 19 1 4,296 11 6 17,663 8 10 13,239 19 2 9,893 19 2 7.378 13 2 412 14 4 3,271 2 2 113-72 80-77 61-94 85-89 88-21 23519 123-81 Total 69,722 1 0 56,156 8 4 80-54

Opened f< ir Traffic. Total Opened. Section. Remarks. Subsection. Date. M. ch. M. ch. iuipara ... River Wharf (old) to Riverhead October 29, 1875 ... 15 68 15 68 uckland Auckland to Onehunga Penrose to Mercer Mercer to Ngaruawahia Ngaruawahia to Hamilton Hamilton to Ohaupo Onehunga Wharf December 24,1873 ... May 20, 1875 August 13, 1877 ... December 19, 1877... June 4, 1878 November 28,1878... 8 0 37 27 31 2 10 33 9 27 0 20 apier ... Napier to Hastings Spit to Napier Hastings to Pakipaki Pakipaki to Kaikoura Kaikoura to Waipa wa Waipawa to AVaipukurau Waipukurau to Takapau Takapau to Kopua October 12, 1874 ... November 25, 1874... January 1, 1875 February 17, 1876 ... August 28, 1876 ... September 1, 1876 ... March 12, 1877 January 25, 1878 ... 12 0 2 0 4 13 10 10 12 16 4 63 12 79 5 63 96 29 Wellington Wellington to Lower Hutt Lower Hutt to Silverstream Silverstream to Upper Hutt Upper Hutt to Kaitoke Kaitoke to Featherston April 14, 1874 December 15,1875 ... February 1, 1876 ... Januarvl, 1878 October 17, 1878 ... 8 9 8 0 3 35 7 43 17 72 64 4 Fanganui Foxton to Palmerston Palmerston to Feilding Aramoho to Turakina Wanganui to Aramoho Turakina to Marton ... Halcombe to Feilding Marton to Halcombe ... Aramoho to Kai-iwi ... April 27, 1876 October 20, 1876 ... May 17, 1877 January 21, 1878 ... February 4, 1878 ... April 22, 1878 May 20, 1778 June 28, 1879 23 30 11 28 20 21 2 60 9 18 7 76 10 49 9 15 44 79 lew Plymouth New Plymouth to Waitara Sentry Hill to Inglewood October 11, 1875 ... November 30,1877... 11 13 8 60 94 57 19 73 335 70