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RETURN No. 22. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Statement of Repairs executed to Rolling-Stock and Tarpaulins for Year ending 31st March, 1882.

RETURN No. 23. HURUNUI-BLUFF. Return of Coal Traffic from Local Mines during the Year ending 31st March, 1882.

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Description. Christchurch aud Addington. Oamaru. Dunedin an< Hillside. Invercargill. Total. Engines : — Thoroughly overhauled General repairs . Heavy „ (running shed) ... Undergoing repairs, &c. 21 "ll 9 10 15 9 1 31 15 28 16 4 4 Tola! ... 41 U 4 90 CAUKIAOKS : — Thoroughly overhauled Goneral repairs Light repairs Converted t 14 143 12 36 26 104 59 40 318 36 10 10 Total ... 157 48 140 5>J 404 Bkakk-Vans : — Manufactured ... ... Rebuilt Greneral repairs 1 7 38 3 41 1 10 96 2 14 Total ... 44 I 14 106 46 HOKSE-BoXES AND WAGONS: — Erected (new) or manufactured... Rebuilt. Thoroughly overhauled General repairs Converted 109 32 1,295 980 26 185 1,600 19 "'.18. 88 109 58 1,498 3,192 19 524 Total ... 2,416 524 1,830 106 4,876 Pajxt-woek : — Engines, painted or varnished ... Carriages „ ,, Brake-vans ,, „ Horse-boxes, &c. ,, .Engines, paint renewed Carriages ,, ... Brake-vans ,, Horse-boxes, &e. ,, 9 49 11 236 6 44 8 41 " 20 9 03 19 297 6 3 3 Total ... 314 93 20 427 Tabpatjlins : — New manufactured ... Thoroughly repaired General repairs Painted or varnished 436 1,923 2,865 436 1,923 2,865 2,326 2,326 Total ... 4,685 2,865 7,550

Mine. 1880-81. 1881-82. Increase. Decrease. Mcllraith-'s, Qlcntunncl ... .,.' MeClatcliie and Co., G-lentunnel ... Sounders and Smart, WhitoclifFs .,. Springfield C'onl Company Kowai Pass, Springfield ... Eureka . „ Austin and Kirk, Sheffield Papakaio Ngapara Shag Point Walton Park CJreen Island ... ... Freeman's ... ... ... FernMll .._ Nelson Kaitangata ....... Otikerama Pukerau Waikavra Tons. 7,750 315 Tons. 6,203 2,119 323 12,458 628 Tons. 1,804 323 6,076 91 Tons. 1,547 5,782 537 97 1,698 600 23 31,685 15,066 5,917 8,093 6,490 3,496 24,678 1,941 272 10 22,840 14,181 6,652 10,352 4,045 2,885 35,423 12 1,464 80 "243 ' 97 328 13 8,845 885 735 2,259 2,445 611 10,745 12 1,464 80 Total 112,227 121,888 24,432 14,W1.