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RETURN No. 25. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1910.

RETURN No. 26 Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for March, 1909, and March, 1910.

Approxin nate Length opened each Year. Sleepers. Year Year. ,r. North Island. I 1 Laid during Middle Island. Total. Construction. (2,100 per mile.) i liemoved during Maintenance. [867 :87C-7i [871-72 1872-73 :»73-74 [874-75 1875-76 876-77 1877-78 878-79 879-80! :880-81 1881-82 1882-83 883-84 1884-85 ;885-86 : 886-87 1887-88 1888-89 :889-90 :890-91 1891-92 ;892-93 :893-94 :894-95 1895-96 1896-97 [897-98 898-99 899-1900 900-1901 901-1902 902-1903 903-1904 904-1905 905-1906 906-1907 907-1908 908-1909 909-1910 " i M. ch. 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 n 47 18 31 11 57 28 21 17 26 28 38 16 62 14 73 3 6 4 27 46 22 46 4 30 11 20 28 40 33 !2 17 61 23 5 10 38 186 21 3 60 M. oh. M. ch. 45 7° j 45 7° 96.33 8 18 58 18 58 39>323 n 68 11 68 24,885 27 62 27 62 58,327 11 21 21 76 4 6 >°95 126 78 188 17 395.246 248 4 317 27 666,409 152 39 216 63 455.254 94 58 198 54 4 I 7,2I7 56 46 83 65 176,006 40 73 67 26 I4 T >3 8 2 32 71 101 30 212,888 40 16 63 3 132,379 40 19 42 21 88,751 22 5° 44 6 9 94.2H 24 o 80 o 168,000 47 52 90 78 191,048 H 39 7° 3 1 147. 8l 4 17 32 28 79 60,874 18 31 42,814 20 68 32 45 68,381 5 68 34 9 7!.636 ' 27 27 27 27 57.4° 8 17 26 36,382 33' 58 62 16 130,620 27 24 44 6 92,558 3 48 18 41 38,876 1 11 4 75 10,37° io 2 37 48 78,960 U 13 33 59 70,848 ig 26 19 26 40,582 103 38 107 68 226,485 12 32 23 52 49,665 27 43 56 3 H7,679 4 44 37 56 79,170 27 75 45 56 95,97° 8 52 3 1 57 66,596 50 7 5° 7 i°5, l8 4 4 61 15 19 S 1 , 0^ 23 21 209 42 440,003 31 43 35 23 74> io 4 74,26i 73,947 106,763 125,632 148,325 137,993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 139,912 132,569 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243,479 282,326 302,354 345,433 369,339 330,029 309,296 302,252 309,183 283,293 33 I , 6 78 279,190 236,390 Totals 5,638,737 5,638,737 6,222,376 6,222,376 >t recorded until ll tu. t fine months only. * Comp iplete information n, >le Bte information m Dt recorded until 1880-81. 1 Nine months only.

Department. ' 1 CO A 2 no 5 g M 5 > 3 ■J C I I 0 f C qj U ! C « « iS C"S r3 ■•g 3*j g j id|3 g c'S= 9«OSt Sr^-3 I I I 8 8 1 I 2 & S I i (2 I9O9-IO. General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive Totals ... 6 21 7 12 j 17 8 5 20 5 23 1 58 20 1 1— 12 15 9 36 1,801 1,658 I,8ll 1,649 1,868 1,804 5,480 5,111 648 '27 75 24 27 3,758 '54 59 55 67 3,847 126 j 96 17 21 3l97 i 407 230 96 115 12,224 20 36 5,48o 5,'" 407 230 1908-9. General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive ::: "* 7 "; 9 i "« 5 '7 «° 3 2 ° j 5 "a 10 5 ... io 16 S 10 16 5 1,826 ; 1,755 j 2,308 1,874 I 679 I,6ll 1,826 '. i,7S5 ( 2,308 1,874 1679 1,611 '34 168 132 ... ; ... 460 '34 74 39 27 3,899 168 42 48 56 4,544 132 106 15 26 3,602 74 42 106 39 48 15 460 27 3.899 56 4,544 26 3,602 Totals ... '5 S* 23 23 3» 3' 5,813 i 5,240 5,8i3 5,240 434 434 222 102 109 12,505 222 102 109 12,505 1