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RETURN No. 30. 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, 1897.

RETURN No. 31. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Showing Mileage of Track in Main Line and Sidings open for Traffic on 31st March, 1897, on the Hurunui—Bluff Railway and Branches.

'ort. M. 1895-96. Increase. lecrease. •iSCHABGtBD : — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff No. i,593 284 123 325 72 202 No. 1,500 264 102 366 65 234 No. 93 20 21 No. 7 41 32 Totals 2,599 2,S3i 141 73 lOADBD : — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff 1,563 284 133 355 3 200 1,466 263 133 374 5 232 97 21 <9 2 3-2 Totals 2,538 118 2,473 S3

lain inc. Sidings. Total Equivalen of Single Track. Line of Railway. inches. Total Railway. Main Line. Branches. I Total. Single. Double. DhRISTCHUECH DIVISION : — Main Line ... Rangiora - Sheffield and Eyreton Junction—Bennett's Southbridge and Little River Branches Springfield and Whitecliffs Branches Rakaia and Ashburton Forks Branch Mount Somers Branch Albury Branch Waimate Branch M. ch. 211 57 M. ch. 6 28 M. eh. 53 56 48 7 42 27 M. ch. 218 5 M. ch. 65 58 M. ch. 4 59 5 26 4 65 M. ch. 65 58 M. ch. 283 63 '58 35 53 33 47 12 •242 65 2 65 ■23 68 22 20 25 5 27 35 36 13 12 67 1 70 2 45 ■ 58 23 68 29 25 38 58 '4 45 Totals, Christchurch Division 211 57 6 28 242 65 460 70 65 58 89 46 <5o 36 )unedin Division : — Main Line ... Duntroon Branch Oamaru-Breakwator Branch ... Ngapara & Livingstone Branches Shag Point Branch Waihemo Branch Port Chalmers Branch Walton Park Branch... Fernhill Branch Otago Central Railway Outram Branch Lawrence Branch Catlin's River Branch 165 40 37 4i 0 63 27 4 2 10 8 65 1 26 2 49 1 68 56 2 9 ° 22 1 165 40 47 15 2 64 o 25 2 2 o 14 o 57 3 47 o 50 o 8 2 56 0 65 1 67 1 56 47 '5 !I2 55 '40 25 1 8 29 6 2 24 9 42 4 73 3 19 1 76 58 58 9 65 23 68 21 3 ■188 36 17 31 19 27 Totals, Dunedin Division ... 165 40 188 36 353 76 47 IS 17 31 64 46 18 42 !NVEECAEeiLL DIVISION : — Main Line ... Tapanui Branch Waimea Plains Branch Wyndham Branch Seaward Bush Branch Kingston Branch Makarewa-Orepuki Branch Thornbury-Wairio and WairioNightcaps Branches Lumsden-Mararoa Branch 82 41 20 4 3<5 4' 9 35 18 7 87 o 35 52 24 5 1 82 41 V241 71 18 54 2 2 2 IO 0 45 1 34 6 77 4 69 2 48 ' I 3 18 54 01 15 ,22 6 38 51 10 O 19 41 93 77 40 41 27 19 21 48 10 41 \n 44 Totals, Invercargill Division 82 41 241 71 324 32 18 54 21 48 40 22 [64 54 Grand Totals —Whole Line 459 S 8 6 28 673 12 i,i39 '8 13' 47 62 67 194 34 1333 52 Riversdale-Switzors Line* Forest Hill Tramway 2 O 10 O ♦ Taken over, but not ■et 01 ien for traffic.