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RETURN No. 22. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1925.

Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepers. Year. Laid during Kemoved North Island. Middle Island. Total. Construction. during (2,100 per mile.) Maintenance.* M. oh. M. ch. M. ch. 1867 .. .. .. 45 70 45 70 96,33 s 1870-71 .. .. .. 18 58 18 58 39.323 1871-72 .. .. .. 11 68 11 68 24,885 1872-73 .. .. .. 27 62 27 62 58,327 i8 73~74 •• 10 55 11 21 21 76 46,095 1874-75 .. .. 61 19 126 78 188 17 395,246 1875-76 •• 69 23 248 4 317 27 666,409 1876-77 .. 64 24 152 39 216 63 455,254 1877-78 .. .. 103 76 94 58 198 54 417,217 1878-79 .. .. 27 19 56 46 83 65 176,006 1879-80! .. .. 26 33 4° 73 67 26 141,382 1880-81 .. .. 68 39 32 71 101 30 212,888 74,261 1881-82 .. .. 22 67 40 16 63 3 132,379 73,947 1882-83 .. .. 22 40 19 42 21 88,751 106,763 1883-84 .. .. 22 19 22 50 44 69 94,211 125,632 1884-85 .. .. 56 o 24 o 80 o 168,000 148,325 1885-86 .. .. 43 26 47 52 9° 78 191,048 137,993 1886-87 .. .. 58 72 11 39 70 31 147,814 139,040 1887-88 .. .. 11 47 17 32 28 79 60,874 122,027 1888-89 .. .. 18 31 .. 18 31 42,814 108,690 1889-90 .. .. 11 57 20 68 32 45 68,381 129,634 1890-91 .. .. 28 21 5 68 34 9 71,636 I 33,954 1891-92 .. .. .. 27 27 27 27 57,408 139,912 1892-93 .. .. 17 26 .. 17 26 36,382 132,569 i8 93~94 •• 28 38 33 58 62 16 130,620 155,827 1894-95 .. .. 16 62 27 24 44 6 92,558 170,681 1895-96 .. .. 14 73 3 48 18 41 38,876 188,291 1896-97 .. .. 3 64 1 11 4 75 10,370 210,588 1897-98 .. .. 27 46 10 2 37 48 78,960 243,479 1898-99 .. .. 22 46 11 13 33 59 70,848 282,326 1899-1900 .. .. .. 19 26 19 26 401582 3°2,354 1900-1901 .. .. 4 30 103 38 107 68 226,485 345,433 1901-1902 .. .. 11 20 12 32 23 52 49,665 369,339 1902-1903 .. .. 28 40 27 43 56 3 117,679 330,029 1903-1904 •• 33 12 4 44 37 56 79,170 309,296 1904-1905 .. .. 17 61 27 75 45 56 95,970 302,252 1905-1906 .. .. 23 5 8 52 31 57 66,596 309,183 1906-1907 •• •• •• 5° 7 5° 7 105,184 283,293 1907-1908 .. .. 10 38 4 61 15 19 31,999 331,678 1908-1909 .. .. 186 21 23 21 209 42 440,003 279,190 1909-1910 .. .. 3 60 31 43 35 23 74,104 236,390 1910-1911 .. .. 14 64 29 76 44 60 93,975 282,682 1911-1912 .. .. 23 30 23 1 46 31 97,414 273,586 1912-1913 .. .. 25 37 26 77 52 34 110,092 235,378 I9i3 _ i9 1 4 •• •• •• 36 36 6,458 261,748 1914-1915 .. .. 40 22 51 3 9i 25 191,756 227,674 1915-1916 .. .. 7 43 7 73 15 36 32,445 157,97° 1916-1917 .. .. .. .. .. .. 86,595 1917-1918 .. .. 22 70 .. 22 70 48,038 88,540 1918-1919 .. .. .. .. .. .. 70,743 1919-1920 .. .. .. 12 75 12 75 27,169 78,663 1920-1921 .. .. 11 54 07 11 61 24,701 100,280 1921-1922 .. .. .. 12 27 12 27 25,909 139,187 1922-1923 .. .. 7 7° •• 7 7° 16,538 163,735 1923-1924 .. .. 24 66 2 43 27 29 57,461 227,075 !9 2 4-i9 2 5 •• •• 18 8 14 75 33 3 69,379 184,036 Totals .. .. .. .. 6,440,072 8,800,268 * Complete information not recorded until 1880-81. t Nine months only.