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, 1892.

RETURN No. 26. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION Showing Mileage of Trace in Main Line and Sidings open for Traffic on 31st March, 1892, on the Hurunui-Bluff Railway and Branches.

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Port. 1891-92. 1890-91. Increase. Decrease. 'ISCHAE&ED : — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff No. 1.532 326 ,56 39 2 55 386 No. i,594 372 230 303 64 329 No. 89 No. 62 46 74 57 9 Totals 2,847 2,892 146 191 iOADED : — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff 1,264 322 iS4 398 1,309 380 225 311 87 45 58 71 3 325 3 384 59 Totals 146 2,522 2,553 177

Main Line. Sidings. Total Equivalent of Single Track. Line of Railway. Branches. Total Railway. Main Line. Branches. Total. Single, j Double. 3HBISTCHTTECH DIVISION : — Main Line ... Rangiora - Sheffield and Eyreton Junction-Bennett's South-bridge and Little River Branches Springfield and Whitecliffs Branches Mount Somers Branch Albury Branch Waimatc Branch Rakaia and Ashburton Forks Branch Waimate Gorge Branch M. ch. 211 57 M. ch. 6 28 M. ch. S3 56 48 7 42 27 M. ch. 218 5 M. ch. 64 26 M. ch. ' 4 17 5 22 4 61 M. ch. 64 26 -23 1 87 27 M. ch. 582 31 '57 73 53 2 9 47 8 2 7 35 3°" 13 4 46 22 20 •242' i 65 1 53 2 45 1 4 2 65 29 8 38 58 5 5o 2 5 5 8 21 . o 54 . 8 75 Totals, Christchurch Division 211 57 6 28 242 65 460 70 64 26 23 1 548 17 Dunedin Division : — Main Line Pukeuri-Duntroon B ranch Duntroon-Hakateramea Branch Oamaru-Breakwater Branch Ngapara & Livingstone Branches Shag Point Branch Wailiemo Branch Port Chalmers Branch Walton Park Branch.. Otago Central Railway Outram Branch Lawrence Branch Catlin's River Branch Tapanui Branch 175 20 22 3 IS 38 0 63 27 4 2 10 8 55 1 26 2 49 40 8 9 o 22 1 14 14 20 4 175 20 46 20 1 1 35 1 3 0 25 1 75 o 10 o 57 3 4i 0 5 2 1 69 0 65 1 78 1 2 46 20 !2I 40 < 2 3 38 16 41 1 8 28 79 2 20 9 32 4 67 3 21 41 77 9 65 2 3 79 15 16 '22 5 ■185 35 'i 7 33 * 2 1 Totals, Dunedin Division 175 20 185 35 360 55 46 20 17 33 63 53 424 28 JTVEBCAB&IMi DIVISION : —■ Main Line ... Waimea Plains Branch Wyndham Branch Seaward Bush Branch Kingston Branch Makarewa-Orepuki Branch Thornbury-Wairio and WairioNightcaps Branches Lumsden-Mararoa Branch 72 54 36 41 9 36 11 25 87 o 35 5 2 24 5i 72 54 I I 17 o I 2 3 o 43 o 56 J 5 77 I 4 6 2 34 1 3 17 o I16 62 ) 89 54 .38 44 9 79 12 1 i-215 6 92 77 39 58 2 7 5 10 41 'ii 44 Totals, Invercargill Division 7 2 54 215 6 287 60 17 o 16 62 33 62 ;2i 42 Grand Totals —Whole Lino 6 28 643 26 127 46 57 16 184 62 459 51 1109 25 : 9 4 7 Riversdale-Switzers Line* Forest Hill Tramway .. 2 o 10 o * Taken over, but not yet open for traffic.