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RETURN No. 26— continued. LOCOMOTIVE RETURNS for the Year ending 31st March, 1898— continued.

1 •- cu . Engine-Mileage. Quantity of Stores. Cost. Cost per Engine-Mile in Pence. o rt t. 2 < Detail. Train. Shunting. I Ballast. J Detail. Total. Coal. Oil. Running. I Tallow. ! Waste. Repairs. | Wages and Material. Stores. Fuel. Running. Total. Repairs. Stores. Fuel. Wages. Running. Total, j rt to TO xi Q Wages. Wages and Material. WESTPOET SECTION. Fa Fb C 3 i i 15 IS is 12 34,541 21,995 9,609 296 13,542 3,714 3,025 23,400 1,77 "9 49,260 25,828 12,634 23,829 Cwt. 11,303 6,607 3,597 4,390 qt. 637 305 204 326 lb. 66 32 17 33 lb. 273 129 100 I72 £ 107 48 58 58 £ 29 13 8 16 £ 184 108 58 71 £ I 882 467 229 441 I £ 1,202 636 353 586 0-52 o'45 rid o'S9 "14 •12 090 1-oo i'ii 071 4-29 4'34 4'3S 4'44 5'85 5-91 6-71 5 90 622 238 121 'IS •16 299 2 133 Total General — 66 7 I marge SS, &< 66,441 43,681 1,429 1 ".55' 25,897 1,472 148 674 271 421 2,019 2,777 1,249 4,026 0'59 •14 0-90 4"34 5'97 2-69 8-66 1,280 ... ... ... ... ... .... Total ! i ... I ... ... ... I ... ' 1 NELSON SECTION. D 2 18 12,990 F 2 18 26,904 Total 4 ... 39,894 2,348 3,436 2,223 3 I7,56l 30,343 3,327 295J 22i 150! 568 9 231 297 1,105 777 '13 3''5 4"05 15-10 238 4,891 417! 27i 213 439 15 327 448 1,229 3-47 -12 2-59 3-54 9-72 297 8,218 713I 5oj 363I 1,007 24 558 745 2,334 j 5-04 -i2 2-80 [ 3-73 11-69 535 5,784 2,226 47,904 PIC 'ON SECTION. C G 1 15 1 iS 2 15 4 jharges 165 3,475 20,278 443 585 4,Si6 565 45 1,628 1,73 4,105 26,422 240 696 . 5,102 36 49 272 3 4 20 15 So 174 17 60 384 1 2 IS 13 38 281 30 79 492 61 j 179 1,172 3-48 3-51 3"49 •20 ■12 •'4 2-66 2 - 22 2-54 614 4-61 4'47 j 12-48 10-46 1064 24 50 297 Total General i 1 ! — s : 23,918 5,544 2,238 31,700 6,038 357 27 239 461 18 332 601 1,412 in 3'49 •14 2-51 4'55 10-69 •84 371 '" ... ... ... i .. I ... ... Total — i ! ... ... ! ... ! ... I - I.S23 I ! ... I I ... I I ... I "•S3 I