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RETURN No. 23. STATEMENT showing Weights of Rails in various Lines on 31st March, 1914.

Line. 401b. Iron. 401b. Steel. 451b. Steel. 52 lb. Iron. 521b. Steel. 531b. Steel. 551b. Steel. 56 ib. Iron. i 561b. Steel. 651b. Steel. 701b. Iron. i 701b. Steel. 100 lb. ■. Steel. Total. Whangarei-Kawakawa Section — Onerahi-Opua Kaihu Section — Dargaville-Kaihu North Island Main Line and Branches — Auckland- Wellington.. Newmarket-Kaiwaka.. Penrose-Onehunga .. Prankton-Thames Paeroa-Waihi Cambridge Branch Morrinsville-Rotorua Marton-New Plymouth Waitara Branch Stratford-Pohokura Mount Egmont Branch Aramoho-Wanganui .. Foxton Branch Palmerston-Spit Wellington-Woodville Greytown Branch Te Aro Branch Gfisborne Section — Gisborne-Otoko South Island Main Line and Branches — Lyttelton-Bluff Addicgfcon-Culverden.. ' Oxford Branch Eyreton Branch Wai para-Parnassus .. Southbridge Branch Little River Branch Springfield Branch White Cliffs Branch .. Rakaia Porks Branch Mount Somers Branch Albury Branch Waimate Branch Waimate Gorge Branch Duntroon Branch Oam aru Breakwater Branch " ; 6*14 .. ! 0 20 0 11 5 8 " 3 33 11 0 7 '.'. j 830 .. J 0 23 M. ch. 010 0 48 o'*75 li'47 0 3 12 49 24' 3 5 62 M. ch. 627 M. ch. i M. ch. 0 7 '.'. 8 31 i i 0 3 3 7! 1 59 22 20 2 2 8 21 ; 4 34 ; __i J LI M. ch. M. ch. ! 24 44 28 12 17 15 16 50 I 8 41 17 18 2 23 16 1 7 8 : 2 27 68 35 '24 25 3 77 I .. 15 45 15 45 112 11 76 I 19 1 19.1 :: 13 48 3 38 36 6 .. 18 40 15 0 12 35 23 19 10 0 32 4 57 4 60 11 46 18 70 3 30 I 2 37 24 57 0 40 M. ch. [ 0 50 I 1 41 i M. ch. 4 46 37 63 21 61 18 77 12 24 2 41 0. 6 41 63 0 3 0 30 6 2 1 79 36 4 .16 30 0 1 j 17 62 I 14 56 j o 8 ; 3 26 j 31 46 ! 1 20 ; 3017 7 10 M. ch. M. ch. ; M. ch. 26 38 .. ! 345 6 34 0 i 0 26 ' 27 77 0 19 70 57 I 1 14 .'. '.'. i 64 - 77 ■ 79 9 372 17 1 25 30 18 0 1 17 66 „ . I ,, . M. ch. II. ch. 57 72 17 15 425 77 81 40 2 59 62 75 12 24 12 1 68 60 136 65 4 62 31 40 6 2 3 20 19 33 113 72 114 43 3 7 1 10 31 50 1 50 392. 1 67 57 33 45 20 11 44 01. 25 39 22 48 57 40 11 46 22 20 27 36 36 13 4 46 8 21 37 41 0 63 Carried forward .. I 18 67 407 14 98 35 i 2 11 306 55 j 26 38 1 25 1,043 72 1 50 2,018 75 55 57 6 27 26 2 I 24 22 1 50 I I