P.—2.

RETURN No. 20. Statement of Sleepers relaid and removed during the Year ending 31st March, 1907.

RETURN No. 21. Return of Number of Stations and Private Sidings on each Section for the Year ending 31st March, 1907.

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Description. ■s rt i a 1 * ! i ] TJ a rt u 1 1 •£ lil 3 Cj_. - * a o M m 6 I d CQ "3 c X -a I in V o a. c o i_ 2 c o u rt o r Sleepers relaid : — Black-pine ... Totara Birch Jarrah ... Silver-pine ... Puriri Kauri Creoeoted Ironbark Mixed hardwoods Grey-gum H7 694 118 '56 1,004 26,361 100 8,724 10,822 683 28 S-796 791 156 68 607 2,613 10,002 14,620 79,632 100 7 36,571 10,916 14,061 7,205 6,173 12 5,613 13 635 36,627 15,615 15,642 iiS-951 ",425 690 78,363 19,846 256 1,183 279 763 41,792 6,291 256 117 S9S| 813 468 ... : 968 ... 765! 48,218 301 ■55,369 14,656 8,018 6,641 it 6 . 3 - 296,233 Total 426 1,004 55,295 Sleepers removei> i— Black-pine ... Totara Birch Jarrah Silver-pine ... Puriri Kauri Maire Blue-gum Bimu Kamai Ironbark Mixed hardwoods Creosoted Grey-gum 9 2 323 261 342 49 94 ... 1,004 6 4,315 202 30,018 7,110 ii4 35.156 1,297 2 10,522 3,466 109 1,002 32,011 26,594 15.905 5,566 45,434 4,589 870 8,470; 2,383 ... 4,467; 4,5i3 1,152 4-397 30 5,059 I 32,131 66,356 34,266 5,568 69,878 38,214 9>S!0 1,002 673 1,304 1,521 3,303 3-742 9,244 6,581 1 283,293 904 673 400 1.521 2,021 ... ; ... 56 1,213 3-742 1,468 64 7,776 6,211 13 ... 306 12,937: 6,909 1 Total 415 746 1,004 42,013 j S9,°59 149,571 > 5,549 I 5,090

Sections. Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Auckland Gishorne Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Hurunui-Bluff Wectland Westport Nelson Picton Number of Stations Number of Private Sidings. ».-, r-i ■ ,. and Stopping-places Miles. Chains. 0^th | * Time-tables. At Stations. Out of Stations. Total. 7 39 | 4 ». i i ... 22 44 12 3 5 8 17 15 ' " ••• 3 3 392 69 145 2I '3 34 18 2 10 1 ■■• 1 484 50 169 45 24 69 ... 1,283 " 471 I2 3 21 144 ... : 123 70 67 13 14 27 30 17 . '5 3 - 3 42 40 18 3 ,. 3 ... : 33 44 ; l6 2 2 4 < ! : 1 —: — : Total ... j 2,456 1 938 214 83 297 938 214 8 3 297