D.—2.

RETURN No. 20. Statement of Sleepers relaid and removed during the Year ending 31st March, 1908.

RETURN No. 21. Return of Number of Stations and Private Sidings on each Section for the Year ending 31st March, 1908.

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Description. rt I i -a c rt < 1 •£ ! C S i o 1 o 1 a I 5 Us s CO .J. 9 ■ s a X I I c a. I I £ at Sleepers relaid : — Black-pine ... Totara Birch Jarrah Silver-pine ... Puriri Creosoted Iron bark, Grey-gum 91 1,414 1,883 I 29,395 4,589; 45 17,223 11,979 8,293 3 6 \ 2,815 3 18,513 78 5,349 1,211 59,015 42,397 )i ... - - ) ... 5.522 6o 40,664 70,491 317 59>47° 6,529 557 183,610 227 16,886 78 10,542 2,156 5.2591 23 5.121 67 i 1.19S 1,883 41.034 5,226 72,394 112,755 4,327 77.983 14,308 1,768 "622 476 i S3 I 94 I ... ... 1 1 ... I ■■• 37' "787 146 1,048 Total 622 _S67 1,508 S3 17.484 11,407 7.561 7.454 331.678 SlEEPERS REMOVED : — Black-pine ... Totara Birch Jarrah Silver-pine ... Puriri Kauri Maire Blue-gum Rimu Kiimai Ironbark Mixed hardwoods Creosoted Grey-gum 33O 292 234 150 30 '53 2 . 4 1.502 ] ■ I 7 0 6,091 21,205 822 252 80! 5.237 37,547 3,924 11,396 610 458 53 34,739 39.033 12,684 9,. 78 55,482 13,805 688 9,779 •45 4,499 5,120 4,743 272 6.O35 26 3.440 3,388 34,962 66,591 32,117 9.57s 79.614 55,640 14,641 458 28 2,869 1,416 8,633 H 3,059 4,819 314,436 ."." 2,869 28 6,202 . .. 1,416 2,425 14 2,592 3,94o 6 33 434 132 747 Total - . 622 S67 1,508 55,279; 42,930 176,024 9.863 6,307 53 14,429 6,854

Sections. Number of Stations Miles. Chains. ! and Stopping-places on the Time-tables. Number of Private Sii lings. Luwakawa Vhangarei £aihu Luckland Hsborne Vellington-Napiei'-New Plymouth rurunui-Bluff Veetland Pestport felson 'Uton At Stations. Out of Stations Total. 7 39 22 44 17 15 395 29 20 I 4 12 3 I 1 8 II ■54 ii 5 3 «3 3 34 1 6 9 148 29 4 3 5 49O 49 1,286 5° 125 12 30 17 42 40 33 44 172 475 6i 16 i8 16 21 I 46 124 21 4 3 3 »3 24 S 2 Total 2,471 20 95° 226 79 305