D.—1

Enclosure to Appendix E. TABLE of Lengths of Government Lines Authorised, Constructed, and Surveyed up to 31st March, 1906. NORTH ISLAND.

Note.—Taonui and Lichfield Branches not mentioned above, as the rails have been taken up.

■• ■ " State of Line. 1 Appi opriation. 1 Grahamtown Kaihu Valle Helensville North wards Kaipara Waikato Surveys, ne' lines Waikato Thames 1 cD ATfl in' co Di — f Seotion - Lin"! .1 Total - i Under: Under a 2 & Forma-! Plate- - " g tion. I laying. j ; I i * I 2 3 4 56789 10 M. chs. M. chs. 1 M. chs. M. chs. M. chs. M. chs. M. chs. Kawakawa .. 7 41 Opua Wharf - Kawa- 7 41 0 57 8 18 kawa Kawakawa southwards 25 6 Kawakawa-Kopuru.. 7 39 0 28 7 67 .. .. 7 39 Kopuru-Harakeke .. 3 62 .. 3 62 .. 3 62 Harakeke-Hukerenui 13 65 .. 13 65 13 65 Whangarei-KamoEx- 16 0 Hukerenui-Kamo .. 16 0 3 29 19 29 tension Kamo-Whangarei and 9 20 Kamo-Opau Wharf.. ! 6 52 2 27 8 79 Grahamtown Opau Wharf-Graham- 2 4S .. 2 48 .. 2 48 town ey Kaihu Valley .. 19 40 Dargaville-Booms .. 17 21 0 75 18 16 Booms-Waima .. 2 19 .. 2 19 .. 2 19 1 Helensville North- 110 0 Extension., .. 34 51 .. 34 51 34 51 estim. 1- wards Maungatapere - Mau-' 20 0 .. 20 0 20 0 ngaturoto Maungaturoto-Wells- 22 0 j .. 22 0 22 0 ford Wellsford-Waby .. 3 17 .. 3 17 .. 3 17 Waby-Tauhoa .. 3 40 .. 3 40 .. 3 40 Tauhoa-Kaipara Flats 2 45 .. 2 45 .. 2 45 Kaipara Flats-Wood- 3 5 0 16 3 21 cock's Woodcock's-Ahuroa 2 41 0 16 2 57 .. .. Ahuroa-Helensville.. 18 41 1 75 20 36 .- Kaipara-Newmarket 35 73 Hslensville-Newm'rk't 35 73 6 66 42 59 Onehunga Branch .. 2 73 ! Penrose - Onehunga 2 73 1 70 4 63 Wharf Auckland-Waikato .. 100 13 Auckland-Te Awamutu 100 13 16 66 116 79 Auckland-Penrose — Deviation via Beach 6 50 Deviation via Beach 6 50 .. 6 50 6 oO Auckland City Branch 2 60 Auckland City Branch 2 60 .. 2 60 2 60 Prelim. —Kingsland Station to Auckland Station via Western Park and Freeman's Bay ,.,,., sw Pukekohe-Waiuku .. 12 5 Paerata-Waiuku ... I 2 » •• I*! & 12 5 3- Waikato-Thames .. 62 58 Frankton Junction- 62 58 | 10 17 72 75 Thames Under Formation. Under Plate laying. Date. 11 1 17 Nov!, 1905 18 May, 1905 Date. Op. sned. 1904-5 1904-5 1905-6 Total. 10 M. chs. 11 12 M. chs. 13 M. chs. 13 14 15 d. chs. M chs. M. chs. .. , 7 41 7 39 | 22 52 17 21 Kaihu Valley Helensville Nor t hwards 43 9 S s o a CO M O o 3 3 CM DO c3 eg >-. to S a CO -= a o .o oo 03 3 sS +3 "o HI o 4= rH rH 00 3 a C o CD 03 3 ce -^> 3 a a 'S> 4a c a •-4 oi 00 3 CQ 03 0 o CO a o 43 *H C ft 3 CO O CO ac = 'S CD =- o «H O CQ O 13 cS — 0 CQ 3 _o 43 * O 3 'S .3 CD ■9 M O s H a 2 45 17 Nov!, 1905 '.'. 35 3 5 18 May, 1905 2 41 2 41 18 41 35 73 2 73 K aiparaWaikato 100 13 Surveys, new lines W aikatoThames PaeroaWaihi HamiltonCambridge Thames Valley - Rotorua GisborneRotorua .. ' .. .. 62 58 PaeroaWaih Hamilton Cambridg Thames Val ley - Rote rua Gisborne Rotorua New survev Napier Woodvill and Pal mersto: North Wellington Woodvill Rimutak In oli n Deviatioi Surveys Foxton-Ne' Plymout Stratforc Ongarue New survej North Islar Main Trui Railway hi Paeroa-Waihi ..12 40 Paeroa-Waihi ..12 40 1 30 13 70 n- Hamilton-Cambridge 12 2 Ruakura Junction, 12 2 3 14 15 16 ge —Cambridge l1- Thames Valley-Roto- ! 69 33 ; Morrinsville-Rotorua 69 33 5 27 74 60 0- rua j- Gisborne-Motu .. 50 25 Gisborne Wharf-Kai- 13 10 2 45 15 55 teratahi i Kaiteratahi-Karaka 5 5 0 71 5 76 Karaka-Waikohu .. 5 60 .. & 60 .. 5 60 Waikohu-Motu .. 26 30 26 30 1' 2 1 30 Prelim. ! '. v Napier-Gisborne ..120 0 Napier-Wairoa River 58 0 .. 58 0 : 58 0 Prelim. Wairoa River-Gisborne 62 0 .. 62 0 62 0 Prelim. • - Napier-Woodville .. 96 65 ! Napier Spit-Woodville 96 65 15 5 HI 70 j le m Woodville-Palmerston 17 21 Woodville-Palmerston 17 21 0 51 17 72 North North .„.. 1- Woodville-Wellington 115 79 Woodville-Wellington H5 79 21 73 137 72 le [Te Aro] Grey town Branch .. 3 7 j Woodside-Greytown 3 < 0 64 3 a .. .. :a Coach road Route .. 9 0 ' Kaitoke-Featherston 9 0 .. 90 9 0 Prelim, le TauherenikauRoute 21 30 UpperHutt-Woodside 21 30 .. 21 30 21 30 n Wainui-o-mata 3140 Petone-Pigeon Bush 3140: .. 3140 3140 Route _„ - A Coast Route .. 52 0 Petone-Pigeon Bush 52 0 j .. &2 U 52 0 Coast Route .. 70 0 Petone-Carterton.ma 70 0 | .. 70 0 70 0 Martinborough iw Foxton-Patea .. 120 44 Foxton-Patea .. 120 44 14 75 ldo 39 th Route Improvement 26 7 Turakina-Matarawa 11 67 .. 11 b7 11 67 Surveys Aramoho-Goat Valley 7 40 .. 7 40 1 40 Tunnel „ ~» ! Kailwi-Okehu .. 3 60 ..360 360 .. Nukumaru-Waitotara 3 0; .. ; 3 0 3 0 Prelim. Patea - Waitara and 72 29 ' Patea-New Plymouth 72 29 11 52 ; 84 1 New Plymouth ' Breakwater ' ft Bull's Branch .. 3 79 Bull's Branch .. 3 79 1 .. \ 3 79 3 79 iPrehm. .. Wanganui Branch .. 3 29 Aramoho-Wanganui 3 29 2 23 5 52 d- Stratford-Ongarue .. 101 0 Stratford-Toko .. 6 26 0 40 b bb . Toko-Oruru .. 4 72 ; 0 36 5 28 .. . Oruru-Huiroa .. 4 50 .. | 4 50 .. 4 50 Surveyed 85 12 .. 85 12 85 12 ys Opunake - Mountain 23 10 : Opunake-Eltham .. 23 10 ., 23 1Q 23 10 Prelim. .. Road 22 0 i Opunake-Te Roti .. 22 0 .. j 22 0 22 0 Prehm. .. 26 6 ! Opunake-Stratford .. 26 6 .. ■ 26 6 26 6 Prelim. Mount Egmont 9 20 Manganui Section 6 0 0 60 ; 6 60 .. .. 6 0 Branch Te-popo Section .. 3 20 .. , 3 20 3 20 .. nd Marton-Te Awamutu 209 70 Marton Junction- 31 67 4 61 I 36 48 mk Mangaweka Mangaweka-Taihape 13 1 1 61 14 62 .. .. .. Paengaroa Section (pt) 5 71 , •■ 5 71 ■• •;_ 5 71 Turangarere Section 10 49 .. 10 49 .. 10 49 Waiouru Section .. 7 41 .. 7 41 ..741 Murimutu Section .. 13 70 .. 13 70 11 20 2 50 Raetihi Section ..8 60 .. 8 60 6 60 2 0 : Waimarino Section.. ] 12 30 .. 12 30 12 30 ; .. ! Makaretu Section ..7 0 .. 70 .. j 7 0 .. 1 Owhango Section ..80 •- 80 .. 50 30 Whakapapa Section 10 0 .. 10 0 .. .. 10 0 1 Taumarunui Section 6 48 0 52 7 20 .. .. 6 48 Taumarunui-Te Awa- 74 33 6 20 80 53 mutu ! Central Route—Devia- 30 0 Ohakune to Mokau- j 30 0 .. | 30 0 30 0 Prelim. tion Surveys 1 Retaruke Divide 34 0 Makatote Gorge-Ma- 34 0 .. ; 34 0 34 0 Prelim. rae Kowhai j 20 0 Marae-Kowhai-Ohura! 20 0 .. 20 0 20 0 Explor. Valley Ngaire-Ongaruhe ... 103 58 Ngaire Section .. ; 38 73 .. 38 73 38 73 Tangarakau Section 26 0 .. 26 0 26 0 Heao Section .. 10 70 .. 1 10 70 10 70 Ohura Section .. 27 75 .. 1 27 75 27 75 Waitara-Tangarakau 46 75 Waitara Section .. : 46 75 .. 46 75 j 46 75 ... Urenui Route .. 12 0 Urenui to Tangitu 12 0 .. 12 0 12 0 Prelim. River Hastings-Te Awamutu 170 0 Hastings-Te Awamutu 170 0 .. 170 0 170 0 Prelim. •• 9 Nov., 1905 9 Nov., 1905 13 April, 1905 1 Mar., 1905 10 Sep., 1904 12 40 12 40 12 2 69 33 13 10 13 April, 1905 5 5 5 5 New survey NapierWoodville and Palmerston North Wellington - Woodville 96 66 17 21 .. 115 79 ..3 7 Rimutaka In oli ne Deviation Surveys Foxton-New Plymouth 120 44 '.'. '.'. 72*29 3*29 StratfordOngarue 4-72 :: I 1118 New surveys North Island Main Trunk Railway [44 68 13 1 .. ) '.'. 7433 Central Route—Deviation Surveys Ngaire-Ongaruhe .. Waitara-Tangarakau Urenui Route Hastings-Te Awamutu 17 73 ! 23 11 945 21 2,126 8; ,2,126 8 141 42 2,267 50820 47 60 36 41 43 1904 17 Total ..