D.—2.

RETURN No. 25. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1912.

RETURN No. 26. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for March, 1911, and March, 1912.

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Approximate Length opened each Year. lee; iers. Year Nortb Island. Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Removed during Main ance. , ten [867 1870-71 1871-7 2 1872-73 1873-74 '874-75 1875-76 1876-77 [877-78 878-79 [879-8of 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 [884-85 [885-86 [886-87 [887-88 1888-89 1889-90 [890-91 1891-92 £892-93 [893-94 1894-95 [895-96 [896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-1900 1900-1901 1901-1902 [902-1903 [903-1904 [904-1905 [905-1906 [906-1907 [907-1908 [908-1909 i9og-i9[O [910-1911 1911-1912 I ■ • j T M. ch. 10 55 61 19 69 23 64 24 [03 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 17 26 28 38 16 62 14 73 3 64 27 46 22 46 4 3° xi 20 28 40 33 I2 [7 61 23 5 10 38 186 21 3 60 14 64 23 30 1 M. ch. 45 7° 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 S 2 11 39 17 32 20 68 5 68 27 27 33 58 27 24 3 48 1 11 10 2 11 13 19 26 103 38 12 32 27 43 4 44 27 75 8 5 2 5° 7 4 61 23 21 31 43 29 76 23 1 M. ch. 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 80 o 90 78 7° 3' 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 31 57 50 7 15 19 209 42 35 23 44 60 46 31 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 [0,370 78,960 70,848 40,582 226,485 49,665 117,679 79,170 95,970 66,596 105,184 31,999 440,003 74,104 93,975 97.414 74,261 73,947 106,763 125,632 148,325 1 37,993 130,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 139,912 132,569 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 2 43,479 282,326 302,354 345,433 369,339 330,029 309,296 302,252 309,183 283,293 331,678 279,190 236,390 282,682 273,586 Totals 5,830,126 6,778,644 ' Complete information not recorded until 1880-81 [ine months only.

Department. 1 U z >-; (J 111 Hj 1»5 I* a I S S £ S 2 |j J 7 16 10 14 4 '3 ! 21 43 i 1,919 2,OIO : 2,193 6,122 1 1 General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 1911-12. 34 68 33 ',797 >3i 1.75° ' 193 1,949 : '32 ... 84 42 34 61 68 134 105 19 30 250 129 198 j 673 4,064 4.308 4,478 I3.S23 Totals 135 S.49 6 45 6 General Traffic Maintenance ... Locomotive ... 1910-11. ... 25 61 26 6 14 ; 11 22 5 " 1,806 I 1978 1,726 129 1,818 177 1,844 128 ... ! ... 75 33 29 61 45 95 101 19 22 237 102 146 671 3.848 4,228 4,134 12,881 Totals 112 22 : 47 5.722 5,388 434