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RETURN No. 25. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1905.

RETURN No. 26. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for March, 1904, and March, 1905.

Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepers. Year. North Island. Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Bemoved during Maintenance.* M. ch. M. oh. 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 " 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° 31 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 45 56 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 1874-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 i879-8of 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 1904-1905 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 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 7 I > 6 36 57,408 36,382 130,620 92,558 38,876 10,370 78,960 70,848 40,582 226,485 49,665 117,679 79,170 95,97° 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°2,354 345,433 369,339 330,029 309,296 302,252 20 68 5 68 27 27 17 26 28 38 16 62 14 73 3 64 27 46 22 46 33 58 27 24 3 48 1 11 10 2 11 13 19 26 103 38 12 32 27 43 4 44 27 75 4 3° 11 20 28 40 33 12 17 61 Totals 4,920,851 4,782,642 * C01 tplete information lot recorded until 1880-81. 1 Nine months only.

Department. rd 3 s § c v c c O i ft ! E Its' _s CO 's c S I C o a. B O Z c* s u EC 1904-5. Jeneral Praffic Haintenanee jocomotive 7 4 3 ••; 8 g i 5 361 379 3 3 4 5 746 924 910 1,553 1,560 1,559 101 144 85 68 27 49 29 78 16 19 3 1 12 231 2,912 3. l6 7 3.Q5 1 Totals 1 14 57 22 1,103 2 3 2,580 4,672 33° 195 i 72 62 9,361 1903-4. 3-eneral traffic ... ' Maintenance jocomotive 7 5 3 19 19 19 9 4 331 372 352 3 6 3 686 747 898 1,494 1,408 1,504 4,406 "84 124 82 61 34 64 35 84 14 I 18 48 11 223 2,746 2,839 2,974 8,782 Totals ... IS S7 24 1,055 12 2,33i 290 209 I 83 77