Passengers Killed or Injured. Servants of the Department Killed or 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. sS -6 cu 'cT rt o h Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Kawakawa Whangarei ... Kaihu Auckland WellingtonNapier - New Plymouth II urunui-B luff Greymouth ... Westport Nelson Picton 1 1 2 3 1 . 2 2 19 31 94 ■ 2 2 2 23 32 2 4 8 3 2 i i s 18 30 i i 1 5 5 4 2 37 77 1 4 7 i i 1 7 167 8 4 3 i 1 4 Totals ... 1 5 13 i5S 6i 5 ii 2 2 56 1 17 300

D.—2.

RETURN No. 22. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1898.

RETURN No. 23. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employes for March, 1897, and March, 1898.

RETURN No. 24. Statement of Accidents for the Year ending 31st March, 1898.

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Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepers. ■ Year. North Island. Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Removed during Maintenances 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 i 8 74-75 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 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 M. oh. io 55 61 ig 69 23 64 24 103 76 27 19 26 33 68 39 22 67 2 2 M. ch. 45 70 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 i? 32 M. ch. 45 7° 18 58 11 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 62 16 44 6 18 41 4 75 37 48 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 88,751 94,2ii 168,000 191,048 147,814 69,874 42,814 68,381 71,636 57,4°8 36,382 130,620 92,558 38,876 10,370 78,960 22 19 56 o 43 26 58 72 II 47 18 31 II 57 28 21 20 68 5 68 27 27 74,261 73.947 106,763 125,632 148,325 137,993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 139,912 132,569 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243,479 17 26 28 38 16 62 14 73 3 64 27 46 33" 58 27 24 3 48 1 11 10 2 Totals 4,240,452 2,541,613 * Nine months only. + Complete information not recorded until 1880-81.

Department. rt cd M rt d be fl - -(■£ - 3 'ci T3 G - 2 fl HI ■ to" a 5j_. *3 a p.. J3 O g 6 o B o v z a. o o 1896-97. General ... Traffic Maintenance ... Locomotive "6 11 26 17 54 7 169 16 263 6 j 176 344 512 432 947 i,i73 853 57 222 47 35 4i 44 "18 19 10 n 23 8 120 i,6o5 2,305 1,597 5,627 10 4 Totals 20 29 j 608 . 1,288 J 2,973 326 120 47 42 1897-98. General Traffic Maintenance ... ... Locomotive "8 4 4 16 14 25 J1L 7 180 12 248 7 210 26 ; 638 400 610 502 980 1,153 1,066 Si 159 49 34 52 48 21 ■ IS 10 12 26 8 122 1,707 2,304 1,918 Totals 53 1,512 3,i99 259 i 134 46 46 6,051