D.—2.

RETURN No. 25. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1908.

RETURN No. 26. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for March, 1907, and March, 1908.

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Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepers. Year. Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Eemoved during Maintenance.* North Island. 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-igoi 1901-1902 1902-1903 1903-1904 1904-1905 1905-1906 1906-1907 1907- 1908 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 70 18 58 11 68 27 62 11 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 4° 73 32 7i 40 16 40 19 22 50 24 o 47 52 11 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 So o 90 78 7° 3 1 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 56 3 37 56 45 56 3: 57 50 7 IS 19 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 94,211 168,000 191,048 147,814 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 3i,999 74,261 73.947 106,763 125,632 148,325 137.993 139, 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 I39.9I2 132,569 155.827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243.479 282,326 302,354 345.453 369.339 330,029 309,296 302,252 3 0 9,i83 283,293 331.678 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 H 13 19 26 103 38 12 32 27 43 4 44 27 75 8 52 50 7 4 61 4 30 11 20 28 40 33 12 17 61 23 5 10 38 Totals 5,124,630 5,706,796 * Com tlete information not recorded until 1880-81. + Nine months only.

Department. I 1 s s _M s < p o 5 ill S. >i "3 c I I J a. 3 I a 1 V 1907-8. General Traffic Maintenance IiOcomotiTe 7 9 3 24 ■7 21 7 12 6 535 773 599 "6 11 1,022 1.159 1,168 1,845 1.936 1,964 139 127 179 82 58 130 34 52 15 24 38 26 3°7 3>725 4,192 4,114 12,338 3 Totals ... '9 62 25 88 1,907 20 3.349 5.745 445 270 101 1906-7. General Traffic Maintenance LocomotiTe 6 20 22 18 9 13 5 ... 432 704 443 5 15 3 876 942 1,062 2,880 1,742 1,691 i>7 6 7 129 157 io6 79 54 9 1 26 43 16 25 45 «7 87 28s 3.35O 3.692 3-53 1 3 16 60 Totals 27 I.S79 23 5.200 39 2 224 85 10,858