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Enclosure 3 in Appendix H— continued. TABLE of Lengths of Government Lines Authorized, Constructed, and Surveyed up to 31st March, 1885. MIDDLE ISLAND.

State of Line. Appropriation. Name of Line. Mileage. Subdivision, Main Line. Sidings. Total. Bar- ™>der Teyed. F?. r" 1 mation. Under Opened. laying, j Date. T18ra' e' 1872- 73- 1873-74. 1874-75. 1875-76. 1876.77. 1877-78. 1873-79. 1879-80.11880-81. 1881-82. 1882-83.il883-84. 1884-85. Total. 1 2 Branches —contd. 3 M. ok. 4 5 M. eh. 7 73 8 67 6 :. oh. 7 8 7 73 9 M. ch. 10 M. oh. 11 12 I M. oh 13 M. oh. 14 \ M. ch.! 15 11. eh. 16 M. oh. 17 M. oh. 18 ! M. oh.! I 1 20 ! 21 22 M. oh. M. oh.. M. oh. 23 M. ch.| 24 ! M. eh. M. eh. 7 73 19 i M. oh. 25 M. ch.: 26 M. ch. Braiaenes and Opawa and Albury to Fairlie Creek and Burke's Pass Branches Waimate Branch Main Line 4 42 246 69 55 8 Surveyed _ Washdyke - Pleasant Point Pleasant Point- Albury Albury-Wmscombe .. Winscombe-Eversley Preliminary Survey .. Waimate Branch South Waitaki - Oamaru Oamaru-Hillgrove .. Hillgrove-Palmerston Palmerston - Waikouaiti Waikouaiti-Waitati Waitati-Glendermid Glendermid-Dunedin Dunedin-Abbotsford Abbotsford - Glutha Eiver Glutha River - Balclutha Balclutha-Glinton .. Clinton- Waipahi Waipahi-Gore Gore-Mataura Mataura-Woodlands Woodlands - Invercargill Invercargill-Blufi .. 16 61 7 7 3 30 19 3 4 42 13 8 24 52 12 68 9 3 14 33 9 77 7 6 5 7 46 36 2 39 0 65 38 44 19 3 5 27 19 3 I Prelirn. • • 24 Dec, 1875 1 Jan., 1877 22 Aug., 1883 30 Jan., 1884 19 Mar., 1877 25 Sept., 1875 4 Nov., 1876 22 May, 1878 6 Sept., 1878 7 May, 1878 20 Dec, 1877 9 April, 1873 1 July, 1874 1 Sept., 1875 • • I •• .. " ! I ; i i 8'o7J i 13' 8 .. 16 61 4 42 24 52 • ■ .. 12'68 14 33 9 77i • • I 9' 3 ■ 1 '' i '' " ! " I .... .. j 1 . .. 1 I ; •• •■ .. •• • * 7' 7 3 30 ■\ -] ■■! ■• i 36 5 4 4! 7' a ., .. 5.' 7 .. " ; i .. 46 36 48 49! 295 38 .. i ■■ 1246 6! 0 60 22 Jan., 1878 0 60 . . 20 76 9 62 16 11 7 40 20 68 11 21 22 Jan., 1879 1 Nov., 1877 21 June, 1877 30 Aug., 1875 7 June, 1875 11 Feb., 1874 .. 9 62 20 76 ! 16 11 .. I •■ i •• 7"40 ! i I "' 20 68! .. .. 11 21 " ! I .. ■ ■ 1 17 1 5 Feb., 1867 17 1 •• ■ J Brandies, — Duntroon Branch 21 75 Pukeuri-Marawhenua Marawhenua - Duntroon Waiareka-Ngapara .. Windsor-Livingston Survey (trial) Palmerston Section Dunback, Sections Nos. 1 and 2 Surveyed Glendermid - Port Chalmers 21 29 0 46 1 Dec, 1875 11 July, 1881 •• I 21 29 " 0 46 ••1 2 31 24 26 "■ I • • I 21 71 Ngapara ,, Livingston ,, 14 76 16 40 1 0 15 76 12 0 4 40 3 22 5 55 •■ j 9 40 14 76 12 0 4 40 3 0 5 55 0 22 4 40 12 0 Prelim. 1 22 5 55 2 April, 1877 30 July, 18S2 14 76 14 7( Palmerston - Waihemo l'58 1 Si ■■ ! Port Chalmers Branch 0 65 1 9 3'55 0 65 4 64 0 65 9 April, 1873 i' 9 1 9 .. .. 1