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EXHIBIT M. Tabulation of Various Particulars of Alpine and other Long Railway Tunnels.

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[Han. ed in by Mr. Murdoch McLean.] " hn i ] Per Yard Run of Completed Tunnel. -Kanie. Place. Date. Double or Single. Length in Miles. ■ o EH Material penetrated. Actual Wages of Common Labourer per Dav. A. o < B. to C. ■o m ce ce fei Authority. u, <D to Mont Cenis ... St. Gothard ... Arlberg Simplon* Loetschbergt European Alps " " 1875 1881 After St. Gothard About 1906 1906-11 D. D. D. Twin 7-5 9-0 6-5 13 3 8* 72 72 72 i Sehist Gneiss, granite, schist ... 2s. Allow 2s. 6d. „ 3s 4d. £ 213 142 95 £ 118 76 48 61 each £ 275 ) 152 80 i L 102 each Encyclopaedia Britannica; Simm's "Tunnelling"; EngineeringContracting, 10/5/1911-19/7/1911 D. 12-4 90 6i 6} 64 40 each Gneiss, mica-schist, limestone Granite, gneiss, limestone „ 3s. 4d. Actual 3s. 4d. 74 each Encyclopaedia Britannica. Engineering News, 5/1/1911 Engineering Becord, 17/12/1910: Engineering Contracts, 10/5/191] -19/7/1911. Wochein Karawanken .. Tauern ... j Bosrack ... Hoosac ... ! Austrian Alps ! United States I 1901 ( to j 1910 J 1876 D. D. D. S. D. 3-9 49 5-3 30 4-7 6 5 72 72 72 40 72 Limestone, schist, slate... Limestone, schist Granite, gneiss ! Limestone with water ... Mica - schist, and rotten rock Allow 3s. 4d. „ 3s. 4d. „ 3s. 4d. „ 3s. 4d. 7s. 115 170 140 73 239 60 92 75 60 100 ) 154 125 I 100 ) Engirteering-Contracting, 4/1/19 U -10/5/1911. Drinker's " Tunnelling. , ' Lyttelton ... i Otira New Zealand 1912 S. S. 1-6 5-3 34 Very hard sandstone to shaley slate 8s. 10s. 68 Contract 61 * The Simplon Tunnel consists of a pair of single-track tunnels side by side. f The Loetsohberg Tunnel was estimated in 1899 by the consulting engineers, for single track : A, £66; B, £54; C, £90 (Engineering-Contracting, 19/7/11).