D.—2.

RETURN No.15. Statement of Rails relaid during the Year ending 31st March, 1893.

RETURN No.16. Statement of Sleepers relaid and removed during the Year ending 31st March, 1893.

RETURN No.17. Return of Number of Stations and Private Sidings on each Section for the Year ending 31st March, 1893.

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Weight. 'S rt as 13 a < c o to c o s £ o I 2: a s '3 o iAILS BELAID : — 40-lb. steel 45-lb. steel 52-lb. iron 52-lb. steel 53-lb. steel 70-lb. iron 70-lb. steel i,5o8 3,533 99 9 236 5,845 8 164 487 178 277 9 236 1 12,126 8 4i 12,698 37 2 212 41 Total i, S o8 3.538 413 6,198 164 487 212 178

Description. > 14 I . $ i -a u /2 a p o a j I fcti 5 '3 G X 0 o o 1 o I G O z a o s 73 SljEEPEBS BELAID : — Black-pine Totara Black-birch ... Rata Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Kauri Ironbark Kamai Cedar Yellow-pino Maire Karri 292 16 205 35 40 595 15=413 163 23 22,201 14 2,399 1,921 5.143 8,737 25,090 23.777 252 1,302 3,107 46 90 214 i,3i5 1,693 2,146 8,800 49,807 34,164 252 1,316 3,321 18,355 214 525 22,021 179 773 540 4.778 525 22,021 179 540 169 25.346 773 Total 308 16,211 1.516 8,580 3,093 88,129 205 35 304 2,088 1,693 2,146 145,045 Sleepeks removed : — Black-pine Totara Black-birch Kata Jarrali Silvcr-pine Puriri Kauri Blue-gum Kamai Oregon Cedar Rimu Creosoted White-pine 308 205 35 no 92 1,462 13.10V 6,532 6,379 457 137 104 2,176 4,469 2,975 1,837 2,313 293 13 194 38,334 8,895 21,680 127 829 4 41 4,173 4,846 1,750 408 20 154 216 3" 29 2,133 577 94 792 2 59 4 1,876 48,787 17,301 29,562 254 1,122 33 1,607 20,017 9,509 i>750 453 20 !>937 216 45 1,776 7 1 1 Total ■ * ' 1 308 20s 35 14.771 22,065 7,625 81,478 347 2,133 ■.463 2,139 132,569

Number of Stations and Stopping-places Number of Private Sidings. Sections. Miles. on the Time-tables. At Stations. Out of Stations. Total. Cawakawa ... Vhangarei Caihu Luckland fapier-Taranaki Wellington lurunui-Bluff... Jreymouth Vestport felson 'icton 8 4 4 10 93 129 3 1 398 5 9 12 7 I 7 26s 328 9 1 1,101 8 20 2 3 18 1 I 9 2S 7 146 2 2 II 4 3i 3 II 36 II 177 5 1 1 4 9 2 Total 1,886 S3 246 704 193