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RETURN No. 23—continued. Statement showing Weights of Rails in various Lines on 31st March, 1915— continued.

Line 401b. Iron. I 401b. Steel. 451b. Steel. | 521b. Iron. 521b. Steel. 531b. Steel. 551b. Steel. 561b. Iron. 561b. Steel. 651b. Steel. 701b. Iron. 701b. Steel. 100 lb. _ . j Steel. lotal - Brought forward South Island Main Line and Branches — continued. Ngapara Branch Livingstone Branch Waihemo Branch .. Port Chalmers Branch Walton Park Branch Fernhill Branch Otago Central Railway Outram Branch .. . Lawrence Branch .. Catlin's River Branoh Tapanui Branch Waikaka Branch Wyndham Branch Seaward Bush Branch Invercargiil-Kingston Makarewa-Tuatapere.. Thornbury-Nightcaps Forest Hill Branch Mararoa Branoh Waimea Plains Railway Riversdale-Switzers Westland Section — Greymouth-Otira Greymouth-Ross Stillwater-Inangahua Blaokball-Ngahere Coal Creek Branch Westport-Mokihinui Westport- Te Kuha Nelson-Glenhope Picton- Ward .. Totals .. M. eh. M. ch. 11 48 49 74 11 46 6 29 7 5 0 7 '.'. 0 4 " 528 '.'. 227 12 63 10 16 .. i 02 01 .. | 0 10 36 20 75 20 I „ . M. ch. 24 22 M. oh. M, ch, 369 5 138 4 M. ch. 26 26 M. ch. M. ch. 1 25 1,119 72 I M. ch. 6 27 M. ch. 25 2 M. ch. 2 16 M. eh. 298 32 M. ch. 1 50 M. eh. 2,074 3 I 11 44 | 3 45 15 9 11 75 8 65 1 26 2 49 1 57 134 51 9 0 34 68 42 68 26 21 12 57 9 35 33 65 87 0 48 23 24 51 12 66 10 41 36 41 13 67 •• .. 6'59 1 0 1 ■• ■• •• ■ " •■ .. •■ •• •• I ! 025 0 1 0 17 1 55 i 1 57 ; .. 65 73 3 0 6 34 0 69 1 29 18 26 19 2 20 4 10 39 9 3 12 55 9 1 1 66 19 48 44 59 17 76 8 6 V. 0 "3 0 24 4 22 1 77 11 69 067 65 58 1 57 15 9 3 37 6 59 .. -• ■• .. •• 1 . . l' 9 .. f 1 .. .. 6' 2 0 34 I .. " - I 7 3 23 56 10 21 10 50 7 75 12 0 22 24 I - 6 1 0 72 •• •• 13 74 17 33 0 1 - i - 016 24 33 18 26 31 25 13 29 10 0 15 10 70 5 61 24 41 17 60 16 13 I* 55 11 30 17 43 6 64 2 31 4 62 I 14 65 2 40 5 35 '.'. 3 8 19 11 " 50 48 38 29 56 73 3 31 8 5 30 IT 5 61 60 20 48 19 I i' 1 0 70 16 75 16 29 - .. 0 2 - 6 27 24 22 693 24 294 12 1 50 2,954 41 42 7 2 16 514 51 26 26 11 75 1,226 11 !