1).—2.

RETURN No. 29. SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES. Return of the Number of Vessels discharged and loaded at the Ports of Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, and Bluff, for the Year ended 31st March, 1915.

RETURN No. 30. SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES. Showing Mileage of Track in Main Line and Sidings open for Traffic on 31st March, 1915, on the South Island Main Line and Branches.

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Port. 1913-14. 1914-15. Increase Increase. Decrease. lISCHAEGED : — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff .. l_ No. 1,788 370 174 75 85 197 No. 1,769 295 169 44 112 210 j No. "27 18 No. 19 75 5 31 Totals 2,689 2,689 2,599 2,599 90 iOADED :— Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff ■ • I 1,860 371 191 42 38 196 1,882 304 191 62 48 211 | 22 "20 10 15 07 Totals 2,698 2,698 2,698 2,698 . . m

Line of Railway. Main Line. Sidings. Branches. „ T . otal Railway. Main (.inc. I Branches. ; Total. M. ch. M. ch. M. oh. ! M. ch. M. ch. 229 49 97 33 . . 97 33 53 56 4 79 44 1 4 45 48 7 6 67 83 72 , 328 32 .. 9 03 I 36 43 22 20 I' 3 14 27 36 i 1 75 36 13 i 3 11 12 67 ; ' 2 69 / Total Equivalent of Single Track. Single. Double. ! >iristohtjkch Division :— Main Line Rangiora-Sheffield and Eyreton Junction - Bennett's Waipara-Parnassus Southbridge and Little River Branches Springfield and White Cliffs Branches Rakaia and Ashburton Forks Branch Mount Somers Branch Albury Branch Waimate Branch M. ch. 211 57 M. ch. 17 72 M. ch. 327 2 , 58 55 48 46 54 74 92 75 25 34 29 31 39 24 j \ 15 56 Totals, Christchurch Division 211 57 17 72 328 32 558 1 97 33 36 43 133 76 691 77 Dtjnedin Division :— Main Line Duntroon Branch Oamaru-Breakwater Branoh .. Ngapara & Livingstone Branches Waihemo Branch Port Chalmers Branch Walton Park Branch Fernhill Branch Otago Central Railway Outram Branch Lawrence Branch Catlin's River Branch 165 40 11 24 37 41 0 63 27 4 8 65 1 26 2 49 1 57 134 51 9 0 34 68 i 42 68 176 641 72 69 3 13 1 62 2 44 0 63 3 65 0 79 0 24 10 40 0 63 3 13 4 41 72 59 249 43 40 54 2 46 29 48 9 48 5 11 3 48 2 1 145 11 9 63 38 I 47 29 301 12, 32 27 Totals, Dunedin Division .. 165 40 I I 24 301 1.2 477 761 72 59 32 27 105 6 588 2 [nvercakqiix Division :■ — Main Line Tapanui Branch Waimea Plains Branoh Switzer's Branch Waikaka Branch Wyndham Branch Seaward Bush Branch Kingston Branch Makarewa - Orepuki Branch .. Thornbury-Wairio and WairioNightcaps Branches Forest Hill Railway Lumsden - Mararoa Branch .. 82 41 26 21 36 41 13 67 12 57 9 35 33 65 87 0 48 23 24 51 82 41 34 79 / 2 70 3 29 2 3 2 3 1 0 J 3 3 < II 47 9 49 3 77 1 13 I \ 1 3 34 \ 79 117 40 29 II 39 70 15 70 14 60 10 35 36 68 98 47 57 72 28 48 ■315 67 41 57 12 66 10 41 13 79 11 44 Totals, Invercargill Division 82 41 315 67 398 28 34 79 41 57 76 56 475 4 Grand Totals —Whole Line.. 459 58 I 29 16 945 31 1,434 25 205 11 110 47 315 58 1,750 3