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RETURN No. 24—continued. Locomotive Returns for the Year ended 31st March, 1925—continued.

© Engine-mileage. ' Quantity of Stores. Cost. Cost per Engine-mile, in Pence. fl a " " ' ~ a p e Details. Running. Repairs. Running. Repairs. Running. g Type ° _ 00 in II n & Assisting, w . Total "Wages Total. Wages ; Total. .- S Train. I Shunting, Coal. I Oil. : Tallow. Waste. and Stores. Fuel. Wages. and , Stores. Fuel. Wages. >, a I and Empty. J J j j Material. Material, j NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRAN CHES —continued. Cwt. Qt. Lb. Lb. £ £ £ £ £ Wd .. .. 8 1 64,919 62,308 12,742 139,969 73,555 4,912 289 1,864 3,053 275 7,858 6,541 17,727 5-23 0-47 13-47 11-22 30-39 1,724 WD. We .. .. 1 964 10,743 32 11,739 6,585 428 39 266 179 29 709 664 1,581 3-66 0-59 14-50 13-57 32-32 238 WE. WF .. .. Hi 85,968 89,608 34,938 210,514 95,618 7,968 455 3,051 10,790 438 10,234 9,298 30,760 12-30 0-50 11-67 10-60 35-07 2,721 WE. Wg* .. .. 20 1 141,500 192,436 27,583 361,519 189,301 14,070 747 5,557 12,887 792 20,129 16,761 50,569 8-56 0-52 13-36 11-13 33-57 4,335 Wo*. Wh* .. . 2 5,250 17,375 14,548 37,173 8,094 781 49 412 1,225 49 832 1,290 3,396 7-91 0-31 5-37 8-33 21-92 441 WH* Wj .. .. 1 7,381 7,243 .. 14,624 11,920 588 30 211 1,014 34 1,269 783 3,100 16-64 0-56 20-83 12-85 50-88 186 Wj. Ws .. .. 9 229,097 33,918 126 263,141 138.875 10,035 213 2,379 4,244 506 14,869 9,631 29,250 3-86 0-46 13-55 8-81 26-68 2,273 Ws. Ww .4 .. 48 755,279 284,155 15,459 1,054,893 546,253 39,906 1,893 12,590 38,408 2,096 58,585 43,755 142,844 8-74 0-48 13-32 9-95 32-49 12,054 Ww. X .. .. 18 356,780 27,286 53 384,119 281,531 28,004 853 6,965 17,382 1,355 30,164 15,647 64,548 10-86 0-85 18-85 9-77 40-33 3,480 X. Small tame*, 1 !®.. 1 .. 356 .. 356 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 79 Small tank.* Steam car .. 1 .. 665 .. 660 10 .. .. .. .. .. 1 23 24 . . .. 0-36 8-30 8-66 9 Steam car. Rail motor No. 1 1 Not working .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. R'l motor No. 1. Rail motor No. 2 1 Not work ing .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. . . R'l motor No. 2. Totals .. 369 5,238,099 1,996,597 243,257 7,477,953 3,809,305 294,765 14,156 100,460 253,701 15,699 406,563 288,397 964,360 8-14 0-50 13-05 9-26 30-95 76,905 General charges • • •. .. . ■ • • .. .. .. . . .. • . . . 147, 151 . . . . .. .. 4-72 243,257 7,477,953 1.111,511 35-67 150,550 150,550f {18,976 Totals] .. .. 5,238,099 1,996,597 92,707 7,327,403 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,092,535 .. ! i I : Note. —Two M locos, written off during the year, and one D loco, sold; one Fa, one Wd, and two Wp locos, transferred to Whangarei, and one Wf to South Island Main Line and Branches. * Gang, fuel, and stores for one F for two months, one F for three months, one Fa for four months, one L for three months, one R for eight months, one S for five months, one Wg for six months, and one Wh for nine months supplied by Public Works Department; small tank and two F's supplied by Stores Branch for twelve months. t Mileage run by engines performing work-train services for Maintenance Branch, " working-expenses" classifications. i Credits for same from Maintenance Branch.