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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, 1894.

RETURN No. 26. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Showing Mileage of Track in Main Line and Sidings open for Traffic on 31st March, 1894, on the Hurunui-Bluff Railway and Branches.

Port. 1893-94. (92-93. Increase. tecrease. 'ISOHABGKD : —| Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff No. i>545 316 130 307 47 281 No. 1,614 297 156 365 5i 306 No. No. 69 l 9 26 58 4 25 Totals 2,626 2,789 J 9 182 iOADED : — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff 1,648 317 iS4 317 i,3" 290 156 377 1 309 337 27 3 60 I 27 282 Totals 18 364 2,44.

Line of Railway. Main Line. Single. Double. Main Line. Branches. Total Main Line. Branches. Sidings. Total. Total Equivalent of Single Track. Railway. jHMSTCHUBCH DIVISION : — Main Line ... Rangiora - Sheffield and Eyreton Junction-Bennett's Southbridge and Little River Branches Springfield and Whitecliffs Branches Rakaia and Ashburton Forks B ranch Mount Somers Branch Albury Branch Waimate Branch M. ch. 211 57 M. eh. 6 28 M. ch. M. ch. 218 s M. ch. 64 49 M. ch. M. ch. 64 49 M. ch. 282 54 /S8 7 S3 56 4 31 48 7 S 26 S3 33 42 27 4 60 47 7 ■242 65 2 65 ■23 18 22 20 25 5 27 35 36 13 12 67 1 S3 2 45 1 S 8 29 8 38 58 Vi4 45 ' Totals, Canterbury Division 211 57 6 28 242 65 460 70 64 49 23 18 87 67 548 57 Junedin Division : — Main Line ... Duntroon B ranch Oamaru-Breakwater Branch ... Ngapara & Livingstone Branches Shag Point Branch ... Waihemo Branch Port Chalmers Branch Walton Park B ranch... Otago Central Railway Outram Branch Lawrence Branch Catlin's River Branch Tapanui B ranch 175 20 37 4i 0 63 27 4 2 10 8 6 S 1 26 175 20 47 10 2 S7 0 25 1 77 o 14 o 57 3 4i o 52 2 1 0 65 1 78 1 2 2 7 47 10 222 30 /40 18 1 8 29 1 2 24 9 42 I 4 67 1 3 21 41 63 9 65 23 78 IS 18 \22 II ■185 20 •17 76 2 49 39 62 9 o 22 0 14 16 20 4 Totals, Dunedin Division ... 175 20 185 20 360 40 47 10 17 76 65 6 42S 46 jJVEKCAKGiin Division : — Main Line ... Waimea Plains Branch Wyndhani Branch Seaward Bush Branch Kingston Branch Makarewa-Orepuki Branch Thornbury-Wairio and WairioNightcaps Branches Lumsden-Mararoa Branch 72 61 36 41 9 35 11 25 87 o 35 52 24 5i 72 61 ) I 17 61 / 2 6 o 45 o 56 J 6 5 3 78 2 34 1 3 17 61 V16 67 90 42 /38 47 10 o 12 1 j, 93 5 139 So 27 S Mi 44 J-2XS 5 10 41 Totals, Invercargill Division 72 61 215 S 287 66 17 61 16 67 34 48 322 34 Grand Totals —Whole Line 459 58 6 28 643 10 1,109 J 6 129 40 58 1 187 41 1296 57 Riversdale-Switzers Line Forest Hill Tramway... 2 o 10 0 ... * Taken over, but not yet open for traffic.