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RETURN No. 20. Statement of Sleepers relaid and removed during the Year ending 31st March, 1909.

RETURN No. 21. Return of Number of Stations and Private Sidings on each Section for the Year ending 31st March, 1909.

Description, rt r^ rt a rt to c a > a .a '3 T3 a rt . rt ca o.S£ 1) q c '6 -a •o g rt v <g r- rJ fl +3 rt S f- -- s -a c rt in v P o a. co P S C "53 z c rt c iliEEPERS RELAIT) : — Black-pine Totara ... Birch Jarrah ... Silver-pine Puriri ... Creosoted Ironbark Grey-gum Kauri 198 116 '"98 30 "83 316 20 17,554 76,962 38 2,674 4,857 5,490 '97 40 110,359 11,724 10 25,809 5,378 54 17,650 ... 3,260 678 3,051 386 7 4,753 197 18,166 426 188,152 40,476 2,950 30,666 ",451 54 2 172 286 4 293 2 Total 486 211 33 6 107,577 i53,57i 17,936 3,264 3,7 2 9 5,439 292,549 IliEEPERS REMOVED : — Black-pine Totara ... Birch Jarrah ... Silver-pine Puriri Creosoted Ironbark Grey-gum Kauri Maire Blue-gum Rirau Kamai ... Red-gum 10 261 29 104 20 903 39,491 1,436 775 8,475 41,265 2,589 10,137 645 2,S3i 533 50 1,636 22,824 40,296 6,417 10,633 40,685 6,553 5,77i 4,181 3,968 871 11,580 2,436: 2,182 100 260 3,4i6 4,783 1 23,727 79,826 26,658 11,408 55,2i7 48,099 8,360 14,318 4,613 3,960 533 942,018 167 192 194 48 316 44 382 167 '" i ! 192 Total ... 465 181 336 110,658 142,792 14,016 2,282 3> 6 76 4,784 279,190

Number of Stations and Stopping-piaces on the Time-tables. Number of Private Sidings. Sections. Miles chains. At Stations. Out of Stations. Total. Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Gisborne North Island Main Line and Branches South Island Main Line and Branches Westland Westport Nelson Picton 7 39 22 44 17 15 ■ 23 26 1,069 49 1,299 27 130 43 30 17 47 55 33 44 4 12 11 12 377 486 63 16 19 16 ' 8 2 72 131 24 4 3 4 1 4 3 1 36 24 5 1 7 3 3 108 155 29 4 4 6 "l 2 Totals 2,681 39 1,016 243 77 320