D.—2.

RETURN No. 19. Statement of Rails relaid during the Year ending 31st March, 1900.

RETURN No. 20. Statement of Sleepers relaid and removed during the Year ending 31st March, 1900.

RETURN No. 21. Return of Number of Stations and Private Sidings on each Section for the Year ending 31st March, 1900.

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Weight. rt rt^ E* cc X rt bo a ci X•5 .-"3 C OS a£ O < 1 i c a c &.JSA* Ik z s S 3 O s 4. O O a. CA V a o Z -3 ja 'rt a rj 5 C .AILS BELAID : — 4olb. steel 53lb. steel 561b. steel 7olb. steel 1 20 1,096 1,656 "8 "8o 8,365 128 8,373 208 567 352 31 10,270 424 1,21s 21,782 1 Total... 2,752 10,301 _ 567 j 352 424 22,997 2C i

rt rt rt 3LEEPEBS BELAID : — Black-pine ... ... Totara ... ... ... 11 Birch ... .. Jarrah ... ... Silver-pine ... .,, Puriri ... ... ... 217 Kauri ... Manoao ... ... Creosoted ... ... Yellow-pine ... Maire ... ... ... ! ... Ironbark ... ... .. Henau ... ... ... j Kamai ... ... ... ! Karri ... ... ...J '33 M C ci -c c rt M <= , = 0 I ° to *_. s G (a-r-i 1 'J3 rt n, |r> U s '3 a X I I fa £* E-. a. cj a. 5 rS J I z S "cri ■/ ro c 1,588 34 1,509 39 14,111' 24,789 321 82 55.224 3,i86 7 9,084 12,284 16,044 41,258 3,633 385 9S,24i 19,890 22 10,797 4,399 649 7M 649 ... 450 2,7 4,877 1,9 2,735 1,904 16,126 112,226 10,718 392 "1,755 58,689 343 39 10,797 23,796 1,386 5,225 425 55 74 11 I4,3i5 1,386 1,846 425 55 3 5,071 299 2,789 39 39 93* "118 4i ... 71 Total ... ... 228 1,588 1,582 39,531 97,897 194,529 688 688 5,878 5,445; 4,6 4>68o 352,046 Sleepees bemoved : Black-pine ... .. ... 1 Totara ... T.. Birch ... ... Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri ... ... 8 Kauri ... .. 291 Karri Oregon Blue-gum ... ... Rata ... ... Eimu Kamai ... ... Ironbark ... ... Maire ... Yellow-pine ... Creosoted ... ... "60 972 i,543 16 496 200 8,104 22,686 4,118 58,806 6,305 14 365 4,198 424 606 69,256 28,629 39,568 8,930 2,203 52 2,543 307 375 6,569 25 3 9,998 4 66 493 4 - 66 4,314 493 ••• 14 1 39: 2 4,362 4,0 103 266 4,037 73.5=7 88,24c 58,852 8,944 3.121 12,362 28,459 9i3 375 7.751 150 3.835 10,196 4 542 332 4,77i 1,182 125 3>7o6 198 26 26 ... 100 ... 542 172 4 160 4,77i Total ... .. 299 1,032 i,543 31,502 80,761 173,233 589 589 4,474] 4,5iS 4,406 302,354

Sections. Miles. Number of Stations Num 1 and Stopping-places on the Time-tables. At Stations. ber of Private Sidings. Out of Stations. Total. [awakawa Whangarei «... Laihu Luckland Vellington-Napier-New Plymouth lurunui-B luff... h-eymouth Vestport ... "elson 'icton I ... 8 21 17 327 45i 1,173 32 , 3* 23 21 4 II 10 123 156 435 21 2 1 10 35 112 I 6 2 4 14 22 1 8 3 14 49 134 11 1 7 1 1 4 14 13 9 1 3 I 4 Total 2,104 796 54 226 172