I>—2.

RETURN No. 19. Statement of Rails relaid during the Year ending 31st March, 1906.

RETURN No. 20. Statement of Sleepers Relaid and removed during the Year ending 31st March, 1906.

RETURN No. 21. Return of Number of Stations and Private Sidings on each Section for the Year ending 31st March, 1906.

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Weight. j 5 M Cβ rt ! n C Cβ -a < J3 C g I 1 ! d I 'J g -I S c a I o a. a> 6 1 z a a u s -AILS BELAID : — 70 lb. steel Total ... 3,968 3.968 7,i48 7,148 15,676 15,676 33° 3 J o 33° 310 6 6 27,438 27.438

1 )escription. I 1 5 rt 11 A v< C 3 u I! i lit •sz re pj C I 5 s 03 J_ s X ■0 I I o I 1? i z. Sleepers belaid : — Maire Black-pine ... Totara Birch Jarrah Silver-pine ... Puriri Kauri Rimu Creosoted Yellow-pitie ... Ironbark Mixed ha,rd woods Grey-gum Blue-gum 249 1,402 673 57 2,603 117 i 39,263 ! 12,695 1,419 17,080 103 285 201 2,464 6,396 7,881 1,202 ' 131 16,611 693 7,386 3,277 2,464 66,264 11,158 118,921 14,603 1,419 531 90,342 3.990 20,179 1,628 3,615 5 336,424 2,990 55 29,896 476 57,456 54O 9,303 1,628 617 8,918 978 3.990 214 '226 350 2,648 Total 1,651 73° 2,720 1 57,257 59,168 181,523 I7,589 4,897 7,612 3,277 S.LliEPEKS KEMOVKD : — Black-pine ... Totara Birch Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Kauri Maire Blue-gum Oregon Rimu Kamai Ironbark Mixed hardwoods Yeliow-pine ... Creo9oted Grey-gum 57 1,186 3 460 >7> 2,800 196 5,479 229 3',850 7> I 5o 862 33.938 2,014 223 8,434 3,051 30 414 36 27,812 32,092 23,889 10,856 58,443 9>°55 1,001 1,686 13,042 2,471 3>°3i 79 4,109 2.477J 6 2,890 3i 28,870 7 ! ,597 48,975 11,079 72,085 44,473 12,338 414 1,722 784 321 2,084 3-404 980 i,736 2,778 5-543 784 289 31 2,084 2,348 1 ... 21 i,O35 980 120 2,258 5,016 176,691 1,616 520 477 50 Total 1,243 634 2,800 45,759 52>3O3 I I5,SH 4,647 6,665 2,927 309,183 I I

Sections. Number of Stations Number of Private Siding Miles. Chains. and St ° p n p j;;f place ' ■ Time-tables. At Stations. Out of Stations. Number of Private Sidings. Total. Kawakawa Whangarei Kuihu Auckland GHsborne Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Hurunui-Bluff Weetland Westport Nelson Pioton 7 39 22 44 17 l 5 392 69 18 2 484 50 1,250 17 "7 S 30 17 32 12 33 44 4 12 10 143 10 170 464 64 IS H 16 • 3 22 1 S3 123 13 2 3 3 1 8 2 7 14 23 H I II 1 29 I 67 146 27 2 2 3 S Total 71 294 2.405 74 922 223