D.—2.

RETURN No.20. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1893.

RETURN No.21. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employes for March, 1892, and March, 1893.

RETURN No.22. Statement of Accidents for the Year ending 31st March, 1893.

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Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepers. Year. North Island. Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Bemoved during Maintenance.! 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 1874-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 1879-80* 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 . M. ch. 10 55 61 19 - 69 23 64 24 103 76 27 19 26 33 68 39 22 67 2 2 M. ch. 45 7° 18 58 11 68 27 62 11 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 4° 73 32 71 40 16 40 19 22 50 24 o 47 52 11 39 17 32 M. ch. 45 7° 18 58 n 68 27 62 21 76 188 17 317 27 216 63 198 54 83 65 67 26 101 30 63 3 42 21 44 69 80 o 90 78 7° 3i 28 79 18 31 32 45 34 9 27 27 17 26 96,338 39,323 24,885 58,327 46,095 395,246 666,409 455.254 417.217 176,006 141,382 212,888 132,379 8S,75i 94,211 168,000 191,048 147,814 60,874 42,814 68,381 7 I >636 57,408 36,382 22 19 56 o 43 26 58 72 11 47 18 31 11 57 28 21 74,26i 73,947 106,763 125,632 148,325 137,993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 139,912 132,569 20 68 5 68 27 27 17 26 Totals 3,889,068 1.572,747 * Nine months only. t Complete information not recorded until 1880-81.

Department. rt I d p X! 1 '5, 2 S to c tfc PQ c a o g I , o o z c o Cu 1891-92. General ... Traffic ... Maintenance Locomotive . . • I l\ S 3 159 208 15° 204 391 164 "89 98 137 931 1,114 814 38 63 24 25 21 20 24 9 *3 43 9 122 1,491 i>97 1 1.344 4 3° Totals ... 17 11 517 759 324 2,859 125 76 S3 6.5 4,928 1892-93. General ... Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 924 896 739 22 16 18 125 l.'47l 1,603 1,263 6 6 4 16 5 6 2 16 2 155 I9S 143 205 310 161 94 95 140 3" 23 24 10 23 6 S 29 J 7 10 Totals ... 16 20 493 676 329 2-5S9 77 6 7 45 39 4,462

Passe ngt or In :rs Killed jured. Servants of t] Killed 01 ie Department 1 Injured. Persons Killed or Injured while crossing at Level Crossings. Trespassers. Workshops. Miscellaneous. Section. From Causes beyond their own Control. From their own Misconduct or Want of Caution. From Causes beyond their own Control. From their own Misconduct or Want of Caution. i o i 'EP Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Cawakawa Vhangarei ... [ailm LiioHand fapier-Taran'ki Vollington ... lurunui-Bluff J-reymouth ... Vcstport felson 'icton 1 2 2 1 1 IS 16 9 36 i 18 3 1 18 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 8 17 i i 2 2 s 59 26 19 82 5 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 ... Totals ... 3 9 78 42 5 4 1 34 i 10 170