Passengers Killed or Injured. Servants of th Killed or le Department ' Injured. Persons Killed or Injured while crossing at Level Crossings. Section. From Causes ;From their own beyond I Misconduct their own or Want of Control. Caution. From Causes beyond their own Control. From their own Misconduct or Want of Caution. Trespassers. Workshops. Miscellaneous. ■d rt 0 (H a "E? rt c H Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed, Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. kawakawa fhangarei ... [aihu .uckland Vellington-Napier-New Plymouth [urunui-Bluff rreymouth ... Vestport ielson 'icton j 3 i i I I 1 ... 1 I 4 19 35 1 2 7 29 7 3° 1 4 40 95 2 6 125 10 8 1 24 i 169 ii 4 I 2 I 2 1 I 9 1 I 1 1 2 1 1 I 2 1 Totals ... 8 2 IO 2 192 6 45 I 1 4 1 63 I i 16 321

D.—2.

RETURN No. 25. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1900.

RETURN No. 26. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employes for March, 1899, and March. 1900.

RETURN No. 27. Statement of Accidents for the Year ending 31st March, 1900.

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Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepers. Year. North Island. Middle Island. ! ■ Total. j Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Kemoved during Maintenance.? M. ch. M. ch. 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 33 59 19 26 j 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 94,211 168,000 191,048 147,814 60,874 42,814 68,381 71,636 57,4o8 36,382 130,620 92,558 38,876 10,370 78,960 70,848 40,582 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 1 873-74 1874-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 1879-80* 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-8s 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 1898-99 1899-1900 io 55 61 19 69 23 64 24 103 76 27 19 26 33 68 39 22 67 2 2 22 19 56 o 43 26 58 72 11 47 18 31 11 57 28 21 17 26 28 38 16 62 14 73 3 64 27 46 22 46 45 7° 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 17 32 20 68 5 68 27 27 33" 58 27 24 3 48 1 11 10 2 11 13 19 26 74,261 73,947 106,763 125,632 148,325 137,993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 139,912 132,569 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243,479 282,326 3°2,354 Totals 4,351,882 >rmation not recorded until 1880-81. 3,126,293 I ;* l_ line months only. •• I Complete inf< * j

Department. rt rt $ It M fl rt «* rA rt 1-J a ci M < Ml g t S "3 c X A 0 (5 ! o i £* ID e 5 ~v Z y I s o 3 o H 1898-99. General ... ' ■. Traffic Maintenance ... Locomotive j 6 ! 13 4 I 17 4 j '6 I 7 i95 i 13 251 j 6 237 j 434 609 580 1,027 1,194 i,i39 55 127 53 36 : 20 72 i 27 55 j " 163 58 12 24 7 162 1,811 2,332 2,108 Totals 14 1 46 26 ; 683 ! 1,623 j j 8 206 j 488 9 360 ! 787 4 259 j 646 - I : 21 I 825 j 1,921 3.360 j 235 I 43 6,413 1899-1900. General Traffic Maintenance ... Locomotive 6 ! 12 4 j 2S 3 1 I0 1. 139 1.394 1,201 I '58 1 in j 53 39 26 48 34 62 j 12 "i5 33 1 o i74 i,997 2,805 2,260 Totals 13 ; 47 3,734 222 149 ] 72 I I ■ 58 7,236