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RETURN No. 22. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of Mileage of Railways open for Traffic and under Maintenance on 31st March, 1906.

Section. Mileage open for Traffic on 31st March, Additional Lengths opened during Year. Reduced Mileage equivalent to Maintenance for Length whole Period, opened. Length closed during Year. j Line. j Length. Net Addition to Mileage open for Traffic. Net Addition to Mileage under Maintenance. Equivalent Total Mileage Tota .' Mileage open for Traffic maintained on 31st March, during Finan1006 I c,al Year ended l9 °"- 31st March, 1906. Line opened. Date of Opening. M. ch. M. ch. M. ph. I M. ch. M. ch. j M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. Kawakawa 7 39 ... ... 7 39 7 39 Whangarei 22 44 I 22 44 22 44 I Kaihu 17 IS A huroa-Woodcocks Woodcocks -Kaipara Flats Paeroa-Waihi I2tli May, 1905... let Dec, 1905 ... 9th Nov., 1905 ... 17 15 17 15 Auckland 374 79 \ 2 40 3 6 12 24 2 I 7 ■> I 2 £■ ... I 4 65 ) 17 70 8 4 392 69 383 3 Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth 484 40 Wanganui Branch - Deviation of Line 5th Feb., 1906 ... o 10 o 1 o 10 j 5 5 8 52 1 o 1 4 72 3 4f> 484 50 484 41 I I Grisborne 12 77 Kaiteratahi - Te Karaka ... 13th April, 1905 5 5 4 72 18 2 17 69 Hurunui-Bluff Ditto, Private Lines — Shag Point B ranch '.237 11 2 10 Scargill-Ethelton 1st Nov., 1905 ... 8 52 3 46 ... I ',245 63 2 10 ■> 2 4O 57 2 10 i ... j Nightcaps Branch 2 24 ... 2 24 2 24 I Westland "7 5 ! lr 7 5 "7 5 Wesfcport 30 17 j ... 30 17 30 17 Nelson Pieton ... 32 12 33 44 j ______ 16 43 32 12 33 44 32 12 33 44 Total 2,374 17 3i 57 '6 43 2,405 74 2,390 60