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RETURN No. 22. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of Mileage of Railways open for Traffic and under Maintenance on 31st March, 1905.

Section. Mileage open for Traffic on 31st March, 1904. Additional Lengths opened during Year. i opened. Date of Opening. Length opened. Reduced Mileage equivalent to Maintenance for whole Period. Length closed during Year. Net Addition to Mileage open for Traffic. Net Addition to Mileage under Maintenance. Total Mileage open for Traffic on 31st March, '9°SEquivalent Total Mileage maintained during Financial Year ended 31st March, Line opened. Line. Length. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. oh. M. oh. M. oh. M. oh. Kawakawa 7 39 7 39 7 39 Whangarei 22 44 22 44 22 44 Eailiu 17 "5 17 15 "7 ! 5 Auckland 374 79 374 79 374 79 Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth 466 59 £ Manga weka-Taihape Toko- Oruru let Nov., 1904 ... let March, 1905 12 76 4 65 S 28 ° 33 17 61 5 61 484 40 472 40 Gisborne 12 77 12 77 12 77 Hurunui-Bluff 1,214 'Si Owaka- Catlin's River Ida Valley-Omakau Heriot-Edievale 1st Aug., 1904 ... let Sept., 1904 ... i8thFeb., 1905... 3 37 13 22 6 17 2 24 7 57 ° S7 } 22 76 10 58 1,237 11 1,224 73 Ditto, Private Lines — 2 10 2 10 Shag Point Branch 2 10 Nightcaps Branch 2 24 2 24 2 24 Westland 112 6 Greymouth-State Collieries let Dec, 1904 ... 4 79 i 52 4 79 1 52 117 5 "3 58 Westport 30 17 30 17 30 17 Nelson 32 12 32 12 32 12 Pieton 33 44 33 44 33 44 Total 45 56 17 91 2,374 17 2,346 52 2,328 41 45 56 17 91