D.—2.

RETURN No. 25. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Return of the Number of Vessels discharged and loaded at the Ports of Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, and Bluff, for the Year ending 31st March, 1891.

RETURN No. 26. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Showing Mileage of Track in Main Line and Sidings open for Traffic on 3 1st March, 1891 on the Hurunui-Bluff Railway and Branches.

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Port. 1890-91. 1889-90. Increase. Decrease. .DlSCIIAK&ED : — Lyttelton Timaiui 0am aru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff No. :>594 372 230 303 64 329 No. 1.549 34i 315 329 50 337 No. 45 31 14 No. 85 26 8 Totals 2,892 2,921 90 119 Loaded : — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff i,3O9 ' 3 8o 225 3" 3 32S 1-397 34i 3" 335 4 334 39 88 86 24 i 9 1 Totals 2,553 2,722 39 208

Line of Railway. Main Lin^. inches. ' ,,T. otal Railway. Sidings. Main Line. Branches. Total. Total quivalent if Single Track. Single. Double. Chkistchubch Division :— Main Lino .... Rangiora - Sheffield and Eyreton Junction-B ennett's Southbridge and Little River Branches Springfield and WMteeliffs Branches Mount Somers Branch Albury Branch Waimate Branch Rakaia and Ashburton Forks Branch Waimate Gorge Branch M. eh. 2" 57 M. ch. 6 28 M. ch. M. ch. 218 s M. oh. 63 2 M. ch. M. ch. 63 2 M. ch. 181 7 '57 78 53 57 4 21 48 7 5 23 53 30 42 26 27 36 36 13 4 46 22 20 ■242 66 4 61 1 5 2 2 45 1 4 2 6 S -23 5 47 7 29 8 38 58 5 5° 25 5 8 21 o 54 . 8 75 Totals, Christehurch Division 211 57 6 28 242 66 460 71 63 23 S 86 7 ; 4 6 78 Dunedin Division : — Main Lino ... Pukeuri-Duntroon Branch Dnntroon-Hakateramea Branch Oamaru-Breakwater Branch ... JJgapura & Livingstone Branches Shag Point Branch "Waiiiemo Branch Port Chalmers Branch Walton Park Branch... Otago Central Railway Outram Branch Lawrence Branch Catlin's River Branch Tapanui Branch 17s 20 22 3 is 38 0 63 27 4 2 10 8 55 1 26 175 20 45 48 1 35 1 3 0 24 1 75 o 10 o 57 3 4i 0 51 1 7 0 65 1 78 0 50 1 79 45 48 !20 68 -23 38 16 41 1 7 28 79 2 20 9 32 4 67 3 20 18 17 9 65 23 78 8 46 '22 3 156 18 .16 15 2 49 17 10 9 0 22 o 7 76 20 4 Totals, Dunedin Division ... 175 20 156 18 33i 38 45 48 16 15 61 63 393 21 Inveecaegili; Division : — Main Line ... Waimea Plains Branch Wyndham Branch Seaward Busli Branch Kingston Branch Makarewa-Orepuki Branch Thornbury-Wairio and WairioNightcaps Branches Lumsden-Mararoa Branch 7 2 54 36 40 9 36 11 25 87 o 35 52 24 51 7 2 54 I f 16 43 / 1 73 o 43 ' o 56 4 6 2 34 I 3 16 43 -\6 16 89 17 ■38 33 9 79 12 1 92 41 39 58 27 5 % [-215 5 io_ 41 -11 44 Totals, Invercargill Division nl2i 54 2I5 5 287 59 16 43 16 16 59 ,20 38 Grand Totals —Whole Line 6 28 614 9 10S0 8 ,125 13 55 35 180 49 1 i6o 57 459 5i Riversdale-Switzers Line* Forest Hill Tramway f 2 o 2 o 10 o 2 O 10 0 ♦ Taken over, but not yet.opened for traffic. Not previously shown,