D.—2.

RETURN No. 25 Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1906.

RETURN No. 26. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for March, 1905, and March, 1906.

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Approximate Length opened each Year. Slee] >ers. North Island. Middle Island. Total. i Year. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Kemoved during Maintenance.* I M. oh. M. oh. 45 70 18 58 11 68 27 62 11 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 40 73 32 71 40 16 40 19 22 50 24 o 47 S 2 « 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 55 3 37 56 45 56 3i 57 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 r 873-74 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 1905-1906 10 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 " 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 94,2ii 168,000 191,048 147,814 60,874 42,814 68,381 71,636 57,408 36,382 130,620 92,558 38,876 10,370 78,960 70,848 40,582 226,485 49,665117,679 79,170 95,97o 66,596 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°2,354 345,433 369,339 330,029 309,296 302,252 309,183 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 4 3° 11 20 28 40 33 12 17 61 23 5 11 13 19 26 103 38 12 32 27 43 4 44 27 75 8 52 Totals 4,987,447 4,091,825 * Complete information not recorded until 1880-81. + Nine months only.

Department. Cβ S rt rt M a Cβ c iS c I 5 1 * . If! = .£ £ ■5 a. >. it CO *5 c X C I o c o 2 c o 73 1905-6. general IVaffic Maintenance Locomotive 8 6 '9 15 18 9 12 388 572 398 4 9 3 816 880 i>615 MS' 1,687 104 151 93 68 61 79 27 40 14 "18 240 3,076 3,238 ! 3.241 3 5 927 4i 14 Totals '7 52 26 1,358 K) 2,623 4,753 348 208 81 73 9,795 1904-5. general Fraffic Maintenance fjocomotive 18 361 379 363 I.S53 1,560 r >SS9 231 2,912 3,167 3,051 9,361 7 4 3 24 ■5 9 8 5 3 15 5 746 924 910 IOI 144 85 68 49 78 27 16 19 31 12 1 Totals ... '4 57 22 62 1,103 23 2,580 4,672 330 195 72