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RETURN No. 21. Statement showing Weights of Rails in various Lines on 31st March, 1923.

Line. 401b. Iron. 40 lb. Steel. 451b. Steel. 521b. Iron. 521b. Steel. 531b. Steel. 55 lb. Steel. 061b. Iron. 561b. Steel. 651b. Steel. 701b. Iron. 701b. Steel. mo lb. Steel. Total. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 0 10 0 48 '.'. 0 8 11 46 0' 9 240 24' 3 '.'. M. ch. 1 26 3" 7 0 3 733 M. ch. 22 20 2 2 M. ch. M. ch. 15 21 26 58 16 36 5 21 17 15 2 26 0 6 0 44 26 18 2 23 12 70 7 43 10 1 6 75 2 36 44 33 6 37 2 1 2 30 3 77 15 45 26 30 11 13 2 36 0 1 18 53 0 1 31 8 0 25 28 28 12 79 18 35 0 2 20 14 0 7 12 52 23 19 10 0 47 15 8 4 57 11 46 22'44 4 78 2 44 0 63 28 51 3 65 M. ch. | 0 26 M. ch. j M. ch. I 12 78 17 72 ; 19 73 21 61 1832 '.'. 12 21 2 42 0 9 36 64 0 3 0 30 6 2 1 79 j 6 74 30 70 12 17 17 62 0 67 336 '.'. 31 29 1 20 4 24 24 20 766 ; '.'. 3*69 '.'. M. ch. M. eh. M. ch. M.ch. 2 49 .. 57 72 16 36 5 21 19 41 387 74 .. 125 65 41 77 .. 90 40 0 26 .. 2 59 12 70 7 43 34 42 .. 62 75 0 3 .. 12 24 0 8 .. 12 1 24 18 .. 68 60 Q OO 97 69 '.'. 137 °3 4 62 42 25 6 2 1 21 .. 3 20 19 33 80 45 .. 113 72 83 52 .. 114 43 3 7 49 10 389 27 1 31 392 1 39 25 .. 80 52 0 6 .. 33 45 20 21 44 1 25 39 22 48 43 29 .. 72 26 11 46 22 20 27 36 36 13 4 46 8 21 37 41 Wbangarei-Kawakawa Section — Onerahi-Opua Kaikohe Branch Kioreroa-Portland Kaihu Section — Dargaville-Tarawhati North Island Main Lines and Branches — Auckland- Wellington.. Newmarket-Huarau Penrose-Onehunga Waiuku Branch Huntly-Awaroa Railway Frankton-Thames Paeroa-Waihi Cambridge Branch Morrinsville-Rotorua Raetihi Branch Marton-New Plymouth Waitara Branch Stratford-Kohuratahi Mount Egmont Branch Aramoho-Wanganui Poxton Branch Palmerston North- Port Ahuriri.. Wellington-Woodville Greytown Branch Gisborne Section — Gisborne-llotuhora .. South Island Main Lines and Branches — Lyttelton-Blufl Addington-Waiau Oxford Branch Eyreton Branch Waipara-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 •• L 014 0 20 3 33 0 65 i 16 Carried forward 5 68 5 68 36 44 36 44 2 -K i 2 40 11 74 ! 11 74 24 22 24 22 314 45 314 45 214 57 1 214 57 i 0 26 0 26 276 7 276 7 19 73 19 73 J 1,227 11 I 1 31 2,135 18 1