D.—2.

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RETURN No. 25. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1907.

RETURN No. 26. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for March, 1906, and March. 1907.

.pproxima: cengi openei c;aci 'ear. Sleep. ITS, Year. North Island. I Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Removed during Maintenance.* 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 1874-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 1879-80! 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 1906-1907 M. oh. 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 11 57 28 21 M. ch. 45 7° 18 58 11 68 27 62 11 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 4° 73 32 71 40 16 40 19 22 50 24 o 47 52 » 39 17 32 M. oh. 45 7° 18 58 II 68 27 62 21 76 188 17 317 27 216 63 198 54 «3 65 67 26 101 30 6 3 3 42 21 44 69 80 o 90 78 7° 31 28 79 18 3I 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 56 3 37 56 45 56 3i 57 5° 7 96,338 39,323 24,885 38,327 46,095 395,246 666,409 455,254 417,217 176,006 141,382 212,888 1 32,379 88,751 94,211 168,000 191,048 147,814 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 49,665 117,679 79,170 95,970 66,596 105,184 74,261 73,947 106,763 125,632 I 48,32 5 137,993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 139,912 132,569 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243,479 282,326 302,354 345,433 369,339 330,029 309,296 302,252 309,183 283,293 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 30 11 20 28 40 33 " 17 61 23 5 11 13 19 26 103 38 12 32 27 43 4 44 27 75 « 52 50 7 Totals 5,092,631 5,375,"8 * C01 iplete information lot recorded until 11 »-81. line months only.

Department. rt id rt rt S oo a rt Ja _2 '3 I i I a _3 __! U < cj" p 0 _ •11 5 Ik org c ,- 2 is.* E •3 a. cj. fa' 5 _!_ "5 s 3 X C rt 0 o I c o 13 2 ■ 0 CJ rt O H 1906-7. General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 7 6 3 20 22 18 9 432 '3 7°4 5 443 5 15 3 876 942 1,062 1,742 1,691 1,767 129 ■57 106 79 54 9' 26 43 16 25 45 '7 285 3,35o 3,692 3,53i Totals 16 60 1905-6. 27 i,579 23 2,880 5,200 392 224 85 87 10,858 General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 8 6 3 19'5 18 9 12 5 388 S72 398 4 9 3 816 880 927 i,6i5 i,451 1,687 104 IS' 93 "68 61 79 27 40 14 ".8 41 14 240 3>°7 6 3,238 3,241 Totals '7 S2 26 ! 1,358 208 8l 16 2,623 4,753 348 73 9,795