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RETURN No. 23. STATEMENT showing Weights of Rails in various Lines on 31st March, 1909.

Line. 301b. Iron. 401b. Iron. 401b. Steel. 451b. Steel. 521b. Iron. 521b. Steel. 531b. Steel. 551b. Steel. 561b. Iron. 561b. Steel. 651b. Steel. 701b. Iron. 70 lb. 100 lb. Steel. Steel. Total. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. oh. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. J M. ch. M. oh. Kawakawa Section — Opua-Kawakawa Whangarei Section — Opau Wharf-Hukerenui Kaihu Section — Dargaville-Kaihu North Island Main Line and Branches — Auckland-Wellington.. Newmarket-Wayby Penrose-Onehunga Prankton-Thames Paeroa-Waihi Cambridge Branch Morrinsville-Botorua Marton- New Plymouth Waitara Branch Stratford-Huiroa Mount Egmont Branch Aramoho- Wanganui Poxton Branch Patmerston-Spit Wellington-Woodville Greytown Branch Te Aro Branoh .. .. Gisborne Section — Gisborne-Waikohu South Island Main Line and Branches — Lyttelton-Bluff Addington-Culverden Oxford Branch Eyreton Branch Waipara-Domett Southbridge Branch Little River Branch Springfield Branch White Cliffs Branch Bakaia Porks Branch.. .Mount Somers Branoh . Albury Branch Waimate Branoh Waimate Gorge Branoh Duntroon Branch Oamaru Breakwater Branch .. - ! - •• .. 0 2 6 42 022 2 0 6'10 0 2 9 - 14 0 21 2 28 15 47 i •• I 0 5 " 6' 3 ■• 6 21 9 31 6' 3 3 7 •■ 1*72 6 10 17 78 17 15 149 57 37 60 2 23 26 20 2 49 68 35 31 60 9 60 56 15 30 0 168 018 •• I " I '" 0 69 I I ! " I I 0 38 4 46 61 66 22 75 18 77 12 24 42*44 0 22 6 2 1 78 35 '67 17 20 28 28 •- ■• •• - •• ! • • •• I •• I i 186 1 3 47 0 26 17 56 o"4 62 38 l"l 19TO 67 23 I " 7 39 22 44 17 15 425 77 66 10 2 59 62 75 12 24 12 1 68 60 136 65 4 62 15 69 6 2 3 20 19 33 113 72 114 43 3 7 1 10 - i' 9 6" 1 Cf 20 5 24 17 62 23 26 6' 14 11 61 i 6" i 0 11 6' 6 5 76 i 32 11*52 0 38 13 42 ! •• 5 22 1 59 77 31 36 58 18 59 1 76 23 19 457 11 45 1 "0 4'60 0 11 5 39 - I 6'53 29 11 0 12 2 74 31 46 1 20 30'l7 I 639 - i 283 49 18 69 I '" 2 - 36 1 48 392 1 67 57 33 45 20 11 31 46 25 39 22 48 42 10 11 46 22 20 27 36 36 13 4 46 8 21 37 41 0 63 I 22' 20 4 8 26 34 0 7 23'28 9 38 •• - 2' 2 j 6 21 2 37 .. 821 4 34 1 .. 14 66 0 23 6*12 " is' 9 0 40 " __ I I I I - I •• Carried forward I 1 11 76 56 29 86 12 27 24 26 14 652 63 13 10 7 12 338 2 28 28 I 6 39 I I 663 17 1 48 1,923 76 5 22