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TABLE E.—APPENDIX M. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS, MIDDLE ISLAND. RETURN of the Total Amounts Paid for WAGES in the different Branches of the Railway Department, Christchurch to Dunedin and Invercargill Section, for the Year ending 30th June, 1879.

RETURN of the Total Amount Paid for WAGES in the different Branches of the Railway Department, for the Year ending 30th June, 1879.

ABSTRACT of the Total Amount Paid for WAGES in the Traffic, Permanent Way, and Locomotive Branches, for the Year ending 30th June, 1879.

Year. Traffic Branch. Year. Permanent Way Branch. Year. Locomotive Branch. 1879 1878 £ s. d. '110,989 4 6 97,447 6 o Inerease ... 13.541 18 6 1879 1878 £ s- d. tio4,745 8 s 74,665 6 9 Increase ... 30,080 1 8 1879 1878 £ s. d. +47.37I 5 9 52,361 2 1 Decrease ... 4,989 16 4 * Includes traffic ar t Includes raainten; + Includes locomoti' id general ince of we re running charges. iy and works. j repairs, and carriage and wagon renewals and repairs. BSTEiCT of the Total Amount Paid fc >r "Waoi 58 in the Traffic, Permanent Way, and Locomotire Branches, 1878-79. Year. Miles Open. Traffic. Permanent Way. Locomoitve. Total. Hem arks. •1879 1878 747 689 £ *■ d. 110,989 4 6 97,447 6 o £ *• <!• i°4.745 8 5 74,665 6 9 £ 47.37' 52.361 s. d. 5 9 2 1 £ s. d. 263,105 18 8 224.473 "4 10 58 I3.54I 18 6 30,080 1 8 38,632 3 10 4,989 16 4 Increase. Decrease.

Branch, AmberleyKingston Section. Nelson Section. Westport Section. Picton Section. Greymouth Section. Total. 1879. •Traffic •Permanent Way •Locomotives £ ■• d110,989 4 6 104,745 8 5 47,37i 5 9 £ s. d. 1,112 17 1 1,685 " 3 1,085 3 10 £ »■ d314 1 5 1,352 17 2 437 " 8 £ s. d. 824 19 10 1,878 18 1 536 10 o £ s. d. 901 4 9 ','73 16 5 820 15 9 £ s. d. 114,142 7 7 110,836 11 4 50,251 8 o 1878. 263,105 18 8 3,883 12 2 2,104 " 3 3,240 7 11 2,895 l6 » 275,230 6 11 rraffic... Permanent Way ... Locomotives 97,447 6 o 74,665 6 9 52,361 2 1 1.235 18 5 2,024 ° IO 1,058 18 6 'a 6 5 5 333 H 2 161 2 o 753 16 o 2,148 14 9 533 16 3 1,360 '3 3 i>557 9 1 910 14 1 100,953 19 1 80,729 5 7 55,025 12 11 Increase ... Decrease ... 224,473 '4 'O 4.3>8 17 9 651 1 7 3.43<> 7 o 3,828 16 s 236,708 17 7 38,632 3 10 i,453 9 8 38>5" 9 4 435 5 7 •95 >9 « 932 19 6

Miles Open. Traffic. Permanent Way. Locomotive. Total. Section. 1879)1878 •1879. 1878. *i8 79 . 1878. ♦1879. 1878. *i8 79 . 1878. imberleyKingston felson ... Westport... Picton jreymouth 747 20 689 20 X •■ d. 110,989 4 6 1,11217 1 3'4 " 5 824 19 10 901 4 9 £ s d. 97.447 6 o i,235 '8 5 '56 5 5 753 l6 o '.360 13 3 £ s. d. 104.745 8 5 1,685 " 3 ',352 '7 2 1,878 18 1 1,173 •<> 5 110,836 11 4 £ *■ d. 74,665 6 9 2,024 o 10 333 "4 2 2,148 14 9 1.557 9 ' 80,729 5 jri £ s. d. 47.37' S 9 1,085 3 10 437 "2 8 536 10 o 820 15 9 £ s. d. 152,361 2 1 1 1,058 18 6 ; 161 2 o 1 533 16 3 1 910 14 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. 263,105 18 8224,473 14 io 3,883 12 2 4,318 17 9 2,104 11 3 651 1 7 3,240 7 11 3,436 7 o 2,895 16 11 3,828 16 5 19 18 8 19 18 8 Total ... 812 7S4 114,142 7 7 100,953 l9 ' 275,230 6 n'236,708 17 7 50,251 8 o 55,025 12 11 Increase ... 13,188 8 6 30.107 5 9 38.5" 9 4 Decrease... 4.774 4 'i * Proportion of workshops wages chargeable to working expenses is not included in the figures given for 1879.