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RETURN No. 23. STATEMENT showing Weights of Rails in various Lines on 31st March, 1911.

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Line. Line. Iron. 301b. Iron. Iron. Steel. Steel. Iron. Steel. Steel. 401b. Iron. 401b. Steel. 451b. Steel. 521b. Iron. 521b. Steel. 531b. Steel. 551b. Steel. 561b. Iron. 561b. Steel. 651b. Steel. 701b. Iron. 701b. Steel. lOOlb. ; Steel. Total. Kawakawa Section — Opua-Kawakawa Wbangarei Section — Opau Wharf-Towai .. Kaihu Section — Dargaville-Kaihu North Island Main Line and Branches — Auckland- Wellington.. Newmarket - Te Hana Penroee-Onehunga .. Prankton-Tbames Paeroa-Waihi Cambridge Branch Morrinsville-Rotorua Marton-New Plymouth Waitara Branch Stratford - Te Wera .. Mount Egmont Branch Aramoho-Wanganui Poxton Branch Pafrnerston-Spit Welling ton-Woodville Greytown Branch Te Aro Branch Oisborne Section — Gisborne-Waikobu South Island Main Line and Branches— Lyttelton-Bluff Addington-Culverden.. Oxford Branch Eyreton Branch Waipara-Mina Southbridge Branch Little Eiver Branch Springfield Branch .. - White Cliffs Branch Bakaia Porks Branch Mount Somers Branoh Albury Branch Waimate Branch Waimate Gorge Branoh Duntroon Branch Oamaru Breakwater Branch Carried forward M. oh. .'. 0 14 0 14 M. ch. M. oh. M. ch. M. ch. Men. M. oh. 0 2 .. .. .. .. 6 42 17 78 17 15 62 72 34 12 0 10 .. .. . 2 23 26 0 0 23 .. .. . 6 75 0 21 .. .. .. 68 35 29 6 0 42 2 28 .. .. .. 1 72 7 27 ■ .. .. . 8 23 0 21 9 15 .. 10 18 1 29 .. .. .. 49 38 0 3 .. 28 16 3 7 19 0 20 49 0 .. .. 36 54 0 6 11 52 .. .. .. 18 59 5 35 0 4 .. .. .. 14 52 '.'. .'. 2319 0 27 13 42 6 27 1 59 4 57 11 46 22 20 4 8 23 28 i 24 71 9 38 .. .. .. 1 64 0 7 .. .. .. 2 2 2 37 8 21 14 66 0 12 .. 4 34 .. 18 9 0 23 .. .. .. .. 0 40 50 67 69 74 6 27 27 0 24 22 ' 552 11 M. ch. M. ch 0 37 4 39 .. 8'31 '.'. .. 235 '.'. 6 74 M. oh. 0 38 4 46 57 48 22 75 18 77 ■ 12 24 ; 2 26 42 29 0 25 j 6 2 [ 1 76 36 16 17 11 M. ch. 26 38 ■■ M. ch. M. ch. If. ch. 278 79 7 15 0 26 17 78 :: o"2 :: 0 4.. 65 30 18 26 69 69 13 7 39 27 3 17 15 425 77 72 53 2 59 62 75 12 24 12 1 68 60 136 65 4 62 22 69 6 2 3 20 19 33 113 72 114 43 3 7 1 10 5 49 17 62 28 51 0 11 16 69 0 12 2 74 Ml 46 1 20 30 17 '.'. 324 31 1 5 5 67 25 4 17 66 .. 392 1 67 57 33 45 20 11 35 30 25 39 22 48 57 40 11 46 22 20 27 36 36 13 4 46 8 21 37 41 0 63 .. 3 64 10 0 53 4 60 .. I 37 32 1 21 323 74 26 38 I 26 38 5 67 " 834 20 1 50 1 5 67 '' 834 20 1 50 1,961 37 1,961 3'