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RETURN No. 25. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1915.

RETURN No. 26. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for March, 1914, and March, 1915.

Year. 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 1874-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 1879-801 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-1900 1900-1901 1901-1902 1902-1903 1903-1904 1904-1905 1905-1906 [906-1907 1907-1908 1908-1909 1909-1910 [910-1911 1911-1912 1912-1913 1913-1914 t9i4-i9i5 Approximate Length opened each Year. North Island, Middle Island. Total. ' f ' M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. '45 7° 45 7° 18 58 18 58 n 68 11 68 27 62 27 62 10 55 11 21 21 76 61 19 126 78 j 188 17 69 23 24.8 4 317 27 64 24 152 39 216 63 103 76 94 58 198 54 27 19 36 4 6 83 65 26 33 40 73 67 26 68 39 32 71 101 30 22 67 40 16 63 3 22 40 19 42 21 22 19 22 50 44 69 56 o 24 o 80 o 43 26 47 S 2 90 78 58 72 11 39 7° 3 1 11 47 17 32 28 79 18 31 .. 18 31 n 57 20 68 32 45 28 21 5 68 34 9 27 27 27 27 17 26 .. 17 26 28 38 33 58 62 16 16 62 27 24 44 6 14 73 3 48 18 41 3 64 1 11 4 75 27 46 10 2 37 48 22 4 6 11 13 33 59 19 26 19 26 4 30 103 38 107 68 11 20 12 32 23 52 28 4" 27 43 56 3 33 12 4 44 37 56 17 61 27 75 45 56 23 5 ! 8 52 31 57 50 7 50 7 10 38 4 61 15 19 186 21 23 21 I 209 42 3 60 31 43 35 23 14 64 29 76 44 60 23 30 23 1 46 31 25 37 26 77 52 34 36 36 40 22 51 3 91 25 I j Sleepi Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) 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 94,2ii 168,000 191,048 147.814 60,874 42,814 68,381 71,636 57.4°8 36,382 130,620 92,558 38,876 10,370 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 97,414 110,092 6,458 i9i,756 1 srs. Removed during Maintenance,' 74,261 73.947 '06,7153 125,632 148.325 " 1 37.993 139,040 122,027 io8,6go 129,634 1 33.954 139,912 1 32.569 I55. 8 27 170,681 188,291 210,588 2 43.479 282.326 302,354 345.433 369,339 330,029 309,296 302,252 309,183 283,293 331.678 279,190 236,390 282,682 273,586 235,37 8 261,748 227,674 Totals 6,138,432 1 6,138,432 71 503,444 * Comple dete information ete information not recorded until 1880-81. f N lot recorded until 1880-81. t «i fine months only. ine I te months only.

Department. i £,« S rt rt S .c rt ! £* X! *c3 ■ V a o -D 5 T3 M c « 5i rt a -^ "O CO C 4) <u ; d CrC j *«§ 1 |'3B ! « a. (0 D o Z s c « C E1914- 15. rener&l 'raffie Maintenance locomotive 40 72 38 "e 12 7 17 34 18 2,467 2,169 2,678 1,929 1,484 2,120 135 151 139 81 50 115 48 42 23 30 51 26 632 4,753 4,065 5,164 14,614 Totals i 150 25 69 7,314 5,533 425 246 113 107 1913-14. leneral 'raffie laintenance .. jocomotive 38 53 33 6 14 9 '17 19 23 ; 2,390 : 1,979 2,507 1,912 1,556 2,077 138 150 137 79 66 109 65 45 25 31 70 28 600 4,676 3,952 4,948 Totals 124 129 14,176 29 59 6,876 5,545 425 254 135