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RETURN No. 22. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1924.

Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepers. Laid during Eemoved Construction. during (2,100 per mile.) Maintenance.* Year. North Island. Middle Island. Total. [867 870-71 1871-72 :872-73 1873-74 874-75 : 875-76 876-77 877-78 878-79 879-80! 880-81 881-82 882-83 883-84 884-85 :885-86 886-87 :887-8S :888-8g : 889-90 : 890-91 [891-92 : 892-93 :893-94 : 894-95 1895-96 896-97 :897"98 898-99 899-1900 :goo-igoi 901-1902 1902-1903 :go3-igo4 904-1905 :go5-igo6 :go6-igo7 :go7-igo8 908-1909 909-1910 :gio-ign 911-1912 :gi2-igi3 :gi3-igi4 :gi4-igi5 :gi5-igi6 :9i6-igi7 :gi7~igi8 :gi8-igig :9i9-ig20 :g20-ig2i ig2i-ig22 [g22-ig23 :g23-ig24 M. oh. 10 55 61 19 6g 23 64 24 103 76 27 19 26 33 68 39 22 67 2 2 22 ig 56 o 43 26 58 72 11 47 18 31 11 57 28 21 17 26 28 38 16 62 14 73 3 64 27 46 22 46 M. oh. 45 7° 18 58 n 68 27 62 n 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 4° 73 32 71 40 16 40 19 22 50 24 o 47 S2 " 39 17 32 20 68 5 68 27 27 M. ch. 45 70 18 58 11 68 27 62 21 76 188 17 317 27 216 63 198 54 83 65 67 26 101 30 63 3 42 21 44 69 80 o go 78 70 31 28 79 18 31 32 45 34 9 27 27 17 26 62 16 44 6 18 41 4 75 37 48 33 59 19 26 107 68 23 52 56 3 37 56 45 56 31 57 50 7 15 19 209 42 35 23 44 60 4 6 31 52 34 3 6 91 25 15 36 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 igi,048 147,814 60,874 42,814 68,381 71.636 57.408 36,382 130,620 92,558 38,876 10,370 78,g6o 70,848 40,582 226,485 49,665 117,679 79.170 95,97° 66,5g6 105,184 31,999 440,003 74,104 93,975 97,4M no,og2 6,458 191,756 32,445 74,261 73.947 106,763 125,632 148,325 137.993 i39.°4° 122,027 io8,6go I2g,6 34 133,954 139,912 I32,56g 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243,479 282,326 302,354 345,433 36g,339 330,029 3°g,2g6 302,252 309.183 283,2g3 331,678 279,190 236,390 282,682 273.586 235,378 261,748 227,674 i57,97o 86,595 88,540 70,743 78,663 100,280 139,187 163,735 227,075 4 30 11 20 28 40 33 12 17 61 23 5 33" 58 27 24 3 48 1 II 10 2 11 13 19 26 i°3 38 12 32 27 43 4 44 27 75 8 52 50 7 4 61 23 21 31 43 29 76 23 ! 26 77 3 6 5i 3 7 73 10 38 186 21 3 60 14 64 23 30 25 37 40 22 7 43 22 70 22 70 48,038 11 54 12 75 o 7 12 27 12 75 11 61 12 27 7 70 27 2g 27,i6g 24,701 25,909 16,538 57.46i 7 70 24 66 2 43 Totals 6,370,693 8,616,232 •Com] ilete information not recorded until 1880-81. t Nine months only.