42

D. -2.

RETURN No. 23. STATEMENT showing Weights of Rails in various Lines on 31st March, 1904.

Line. 301b. Iron. 401b. Iron. 401b. Steel. 451b. Steel. 521b. Iron. 521b. Steel. 531b. Steel. 551b. Steel. 561b. Iron. 561b. Steel. 701b. Iron. 701b. Steel. 721b. Iron. Total. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. oh. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. oh. M. ch, Kawakawa Section — Opua-Kawakawa .. Whangarei Section — Opau Wharf-Hukerenni Kaihu Section — Dargaville-Kaihu Auckland Section — Auckland-Taumarunui Auckland-Ahuroa Penrose-Onehunga Frankton-Thames Cambridge Branch Morrinsville-Rotorua .. Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Section — Longburn-Waitara Foxton Branch Hunterville Branch Aramoho-Wanganui Stratford-Toko Sentry Hill-New Plymouth Palmerston-Spit Wellington-Woodville Greytown Branch Gisborne Section — Gisborae-Kaiteratahi Hurunui-BluS Section — Lyttelton-Blufl Addington-Culverden Oxford Branch Eyreton Branch Waipara-Scargill Southbridge Branch Little River Branch Springfield Branch Whitecliffs Branch Rakaia Forks Branch Mount Somers Branoh.. Albury Branch Waimate Branch Waimate Gorge Branch Duntroon Branch Oamaru Breakwater Branoh 0 2 14 27 0 42 4 26 6' 2 2 14 0 10 16 6 9 32 0 21 2 62 6 3 0 3 3 30 •• •• •• 0 11 10 8 6*30 8'33 3 7 - I 5 67 18 3 17 15 108 43 38 30 2 49 26 25 2 48 68 39 80 28 5 0 24 39 0 44 2*59 69 36 72 34 1 12 - - - I 0 38 4 41 42 31 13 1 18*77 51 46 7 26 2 16 0 22 35*72 18 33 - 8 70 3 3 1*47 27 57 7 43 3 0 16 33 7 3£ 22 ii 17 ie 174 ia 54 34 2 Si 62 7e 12 C 68 6C 163 C 19 34 31 6£ 3 1C 6 2£ 10 27 113 75 115 5£ 3 7 I 0 20 I 12 57 12 77 0 9 2 50 283 35 37 9 6 33 0 30 0 52 9 0 33 16 0 38 5 60 17 57 66 19 3 30 o'*3 392 1 67 57 33 4£ 20 11 14 4C 25 3£ 22 it 35 36 11 ie 22 2C 27 36 36 IS 4 46 8 21 37 41 0 63 10*67 13 27 419 5 70 12 6 0 44 I 14 40 1 20 8 34 1 34 0 68 5 4 13 60 126 5 2 1*59 8*35 To 053 li' 3 015 028 4*57 4*60 25*13 4 8 26 55 4 46 23 28 9 38 22*20 15 38 0 23 0 12 8 21 4 54 17 17 0 40 Carried forward 35 17 93 57 102 54 6 56 36 63 24 70 901 15 5 60 11 37 282 27 23 37 137 62 0 3 1,661 7!