D.—2.

RETURN No. 18. Statement of Rails relaid during the Year ending 31st March, 1898.

RETURN No. 19. Statement of Sleepers relaid and removed during the Year ending 31st March, 1898.

RETURN No. 20. Return of Number of Stations and Private Sidings on each Section for the Year ending 31st March, 1898.

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Weight. i rt rt -3 I JS 6 I 2 3 a a 1 1 a a. >> £- s z fl 3 a a X JZ 3 o s --> O o a. IB v 5 rt c fl O w 2 (3 o s lAILS BELAID : — 4olb. steel 531b. steel 561b. steel 7olb. steel 18 354 27 1,680 6,182 2,034 6,209 462 5,827 | 24 865 14,033 152 4 168 Total ... •Si j 6,289 24 152 ! 4 168 ... 14,898

Description. rt jd rt 5 'xV RJ So fl a ■a a rt S a < oi o C (X, >> — rt q. I 2 * z fl J, X vS s o I 6 o 1) c o 2 c c rt c H Sl/EEPEBS BELAID : — Black-pine Totara Birch Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Kauri Ironbark Yellow-pine Maire Karri Manoao Rimu 213 704 3 2,498 1,066 92 320 568 236 4,646 1,046 29,431 936 7,529 33,550 2,556 523 5i7 17,336 40,302 15,773 597 77,889 11,386 486 938 21 "83 875 96 4.085 5,459 187 24,865 8i,S50 24,759 597 83,626 43,672 i,753 3,320 4,612 7,627 122 318 9,522 2,195 4,612 7,627 22 100 318 9,522 Total 920 3,656 1,442 36,059 64,041 164,807 104 5,487 4,181 5,646 286,343 Sleepers bemoved : — Black-pine Totara Birch Rata .... . Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Kauri Blue-gum Kamai Oregon Rimu Karri Creosoted Tawa Yellow-pine ... Maire Miro Ironbark 924 4 2,578 i,359 10 2 i,79i 31,030 8,074 35.386 3.645 5S3 251 8 24 i,239 i,79i 70,982 u,393 34,733 17 4,601 62 8 4,106 6,700 4,760 15 26 63 30 4,375 863 101 2,831 463 868 j 3,646 80,412 47,773 49,258 570 4,852 137 1,823 41,236 8,491 4,760 12 12 1,040 1 30 3 2,820 1,070 4 2,820 1 217 3 1 3 217 17 23 17 23 Total 924 2,582 i>359 32,834 52,241 140,255 104 4,408 3-79.5 4,977 243,479

Sections. Miles. Number of Stations and Stopping-places on the Time-tables. Number of Private Sid lings. Kawakawa :.. ... Whangarei Kaihu Auckland Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Hurunui-BlufE... Greymouth Westport Nelson Picton At Stations. Out of Stations. Total. 8 18 17 312 451 1,142 32 31 23 21 4 10 10 112 154 424 20 14 13 9 I 2 5 I 2 8 3 32 11 108 24 6 3 1 7 3 11 43 132 9 1 1 4 1 1 3 1 Total 162 50 162 212 2,055 770