D.—2.

RETURN No. 20. Statement of Sleepers relaid and removed during the Year ending 31st March, 1915.

RETURN No. 21. Return of Number of Stations and Private Sidings on each Section for the Year ending 31st March, 1915.

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Description. S S M _; S 3 :? « r- — -a -a g C ni . ri co r-. <_> U •— ■- o G C i s ■° s a ™ • Sum o.Sta ri o a. u a 5 Z c 3 id C Sleepers relaid :— Totara Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Ironbark Powellized Matai Birch Grey-gum Kauri '.'. 299 299 1,634 '43 1,634 '43 3.867 101 83,321 .. 101,910 7,979 .. 9,237 1 313 671 .. 126 234 .. 763 890 2,519 17 3.867 83,321 7,979 313 671 234 890 101 101,910 9,237 ']20 763 586 6,218 586 6,218 3,105 494 209 947 2,223 69 5.602 186,026 29,709 *n55 1,360 997* 890 869 2,519 17 22 847 2,519 17 Total.. 299 299 1,677 1,677 99,811 101 112,036 1 99,811 101 112,036 6,804 6,804 3,599 1,178 3,139 228,644 Sleepers removed :— Matai Totara Birch Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Creosoted Ironbark Grey-gum .. Kauri .. Maire Blue-gum Powellized .. 4 '.'. '91 '.'. 189 4 '91 1,677 2,322 .. 4.002 47,650 101 22,044 330 .. 8,544 9,397 .. 7,792 14,395 .. 50,139 29,714 .. 940 25 .. 10,419 2,485 .. 303 2 79 300 111 1 .. 460 2,322 47,650 330 9,397 14,395 29,714 25 2,485 ioi 4.002 22,044 8,544 7,792 50,139 940 10,419 303 2 305 5,773 305 5,773 'is 4,057 965 '48 2,965 'is 6,324 69,847 13,109 17,207 74,382 30,745 10,444 2,797 2 1,945 300 111 .461 "9 189 1,677 79 300 ill 460 1 Total.. 284 1,677 106,698 101 104,756 6,078 4,075 965 3,040 227,674

Sections. Number of Stations and Stopping-places on the Time-tables. Number of Private Sidings. Length. At Stations, j Total. Whangarei Kaihu Gisborne .. .. North Island Main Line and Branches South Island Main Line and Branches Westland Westport Nelson Picton M. eh. 74 28 19 41 44 28 1,109 32 1,415 9 157 26 35 78 60 20 48 19 30 12 16 390 522 73 17 23 21 5 4 9 12 3 2 3 5 105 38 143 163 26 189 23 5 28 112 3 14 4 1 5 Totals 2,954 41 1,104 307 81 388