D.—2.

RETURN No. 25. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1904.

RETURN No. 26. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for March, 1903, and March, 1904.

12—D. 2.

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Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepers. Year. North Island. Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Kemoved during Maintenance. t 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 !873-74 1874-75 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 1898-99 1899-1900 1900—1901 1901-1902 1902-1903 1903-1904 M. ch. 10 55 61 19 69 23 64 2 4 103 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 M. oh. 45 7° 18 58 11 68 27 62 11 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 40 73 32 71 40 16 40 19 22 50 24 o 47 52 11 39 17 32 M. oh. 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° 3 1 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 26 107 68 23 52 56 3 37 56 96,338 39.323 24,885 58,327 46,095 395,246 666,409 455,254 417,217 176,006 141,382 212,888 17 26 28 38 16 62 14 73 3 64 27 46 22 46 20 68 5 68 27 27 132,379 88,751 94,2ii i68,000 191,048 147,814 60,874 42,814 68,381 71,636 57,4o8 36,382 130,620 92,558 38,876 10,370 78,960 70,848 40,582 226,485 49,665 117,679 79,170 74,261 73,947 106,763 125,632 148,325 137,993 139,040 122,027 108,6go 129,634 133,954 139,912 132,569 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243,479 282,326 302,354 345,433 369,339 330,029 309,296 33 58 27 24 3 48 1 11 4 3O 11 20 28 40 33 12 10 2 11 13 ig 26 103 3« 12 32 27 43 4 44 Totals 4,824,881 4,480,390 ♦Nine lonths only. + Complete information not recorded until 1880-81.

Department. J en I 'u 3 a G O 3 sis SIS CQ j a T3 C I o 3 5 d o 2 1903-4. ' 3 686 6 I 747 3 898 Gt'eneral Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 7 5 3 19 19 19 9 n 33' 372 352 i>494 1,408 1.504 '84 124 82 61 34 6 4 35 84 14 "18 4 8 11 223 2.746 2,839 2,974 4 Totals ... IS ■ 57 24 i>055 12 2,331 4,406 290 209 83 77 8,782 1902-3. General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive ... 2,567 3.033 3,053 7 7 5 17 20 '5 9 8 4 295 335 i 337 31 658 7 836 3 ! 895 13 2,389 1,392 ',559 i,596 84 121 82 287 58 "27 7 1 34 93 , 12 222 73 1 7 35 11 Totals 19 52 21 967 4,547 ' 63 8,875