D.—2.

RETURN No. 15 Statement of Rails relaid during the Year ending 31st March, 1892.

RETURN No. 16. Statement of Sleepers relaid and removed during the Year ending 31st March, 1892.

RETURN No. 17 Return of Number of Stations and Private Sidings on each Section for the Year ending 31st March, 1892.

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Weight. rf rf rt rt 60 c ri % j c rt J4 rt C rf rt H 'E. rt Z o a r2 c rT .fl a o s u C O & co a o w "53 z a c s O H .AILS RELAID : — 40-lb. steel 40-lb. iron 53-lb. steel 52-lb. iron 215 i.77i 1 2,470 540 6 562 8 8,852 120 205 686 16 250 382 1,176 8 14,774 126 Total ... 1,986 2,471 546 9,542 205 686 266 382 16,084

Description. rt rt rf ho d ri .fl r* ■v a rt rf c rt 77 'a. rt z G O ti G -77 tfc' G s "g G X 4O E o o VI 4. f5 S3 O Z c" o s o H Ileepers relaid : — Black-pine Totara Black-birch Eata Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Kauri Ironbark .. Kamai Creosoted red-pine .. Oregon Maire Karri 34 205 14,284 280 100 1,980 23,204 908 1,803 4,248 6,502 20,885 16,387 477 1.073 11,920 57 32 506 20,344 313 40 1,967 1,714 1 ■• 33389 3,747 6,602 47.872 29.525 477 1.073 13,887 15,488 312 506 20,344 313 30 14 2,814 14 30 1,987 80,483 Total 16,644 24,126 827 6,908 3.389 34 205 2,007 I.7H 3,747 I39.2S7 Sleepers removed : — Black-pine Totara Black-birch Bata Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Kauri Blue-gum Kamai Oregon Cedar Bimu Creosoted red-pine ... Ironbark 34 205 194 371 65 1,143 14,891 8,267 6,494 562 193 140 18 2,164 4,281 ; 2,057 2,636 1,341 92 282 141 41,281 10,189 19,273 63 1,090 158 350 4,562 4,398 1.05S 43i 41 89 72 60 1,802 198 1,498 2,228 26 1,035 2,524 54>027 19,716 28,100 256 1,322 356 1,5" 22,138 8,820 i.o55 506 4i 1.932 72 60 75 1.843 Total 34 205 16,664 24.037 6,549 83,112 2,000 1,498 3,289 2,524 139,912

Number of Stations 1 Ot :_ 1 Number of Private Sidings. Sections. Miles, on the Time-tables. At Stations. Out of Stations. Total. tawakawa Vhangarei Luckland fapier-Taranaki Vellington lurunui-Bluff h-eymouth Vestport felson 'ieton 8 4 4 93 129 30 395 5 9 12 9 7 265 328 9i 1,101 8 1 9 24 6 4 ii 4 2 9 3 I 13 35 10 152 5 123 2 20 23 18 1 2 1 2 4 Total i,86 9 690 168 53 221