D.—2.

RETURN No. 20. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1892.

RETURN No. 21 Comparative Statement of the Number of Employés for March, 1891, and March 1892.

RETURN No. 22. Statement of Accidents for the Year ending 31st March, 1892.

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Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepi :rs. — Year. North Island. Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Eemoved during Maintenance.! M. ch. M. ch. 45 70 18 58 11 68 27 62 11 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 40 73 32 71 40 16 40 19 22 50 24 o 47 52 11 39 17 32 M. ch. 45 7° 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 6 9 80 o 90 78 70 31 28 79 18 31 32 45 34 9 27 27 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 1874-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 1879-80* 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 10 55 61 19 69 23 64 24 103 76 27 19 26 33 68 39 22 67 2 2 22 19 56 o 43 26 58 72 11 47 18 31 11 57 28 21 96 338 39 323 24 885 58 327 46,095 395,246 666,409 455 254 4i7 217 176,006 141 382 212 888 74 261 73,947 106,763 125,632 148 325 137>993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 139,912 132 379 88,751 94 211 168,000 191,048 147,814 60,874 42 814 68 381 71 636 57 408 20 68 5 68 27 27 Totals 3 852,686 j 1 440,178 * Nine months only. f Complete information not recorded until 1880-81.

Department. rt rt M rt rt rt to q rt rt 47! G rt rt a. G C G it: s X I I ' f 1 I i 6 '£ Z h~ £ r ~r 1890-91. General Traffic ... Maintenance Locomotive fl 900 952 779 .631 93i ,114 814 .859 us a 39 ; 26 2i 13 1,431 2 19 ! 15 21 32 1.677 3 j 25 29 9 7 1,300 1 83 70 51 I S 2 4,523 j ; 122 l 38 : 25 : 20 13 1,491 1 63 I 21 | 24 , 43 1,971 t 24 30 j 9 9 ; 1,344 ) 125 j 76 J 53 65 j 4,928 7 7 6 6 4 j 5 i 7 : is ! 157 '93 144 173 I 328 164 88 105 134 goo 952 779 i 2,631 ! Totals 494 \—JL 327 i i 1891-92. General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive i 7 j 5 6 ! 3 4 ! 3 17 11 IS9 208 204 391 164 '«9! 981 137 ! ' 931 1,114 8l4 150 Totals .. 5i7 759 324 I 2,859

Passengers Killed or Injured. j Servants of the Department Killed or Injured. I Section. From Causes From their own From Causes iFrom their own beyond Misconduct beyond Misconduct their own or Want ot" their own ! or Want of Control. Caution. Control. Caution. _ _. .. _,_ . .„ Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed, Injured. Killed. Injured, Persons Killed or Injured while crossing at Level Crossings. Trespassers. Workshops. Miscellaneous. _ _ , Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured, i_. __l __. J T3 4. rt o H "72 77 C H Killed.! Injured. [Killed. Injured. Kawakawa Whangarei Auckland Napier-Taran'ki Wellington ... Hurunui-Blufi' Greymouth ... Westport Nelson Picton 2 I 2 3 3 2 ii 16 4 41 2 '.'. 6 3 5 13 1 •■ ! 1 1 : 1 - I 2 I IO ... j .. 2 3 ... I ... 22 1 j 4 I I "6 3" 25 15 85 4 7 4 1 1 1 1 3 1 I 1 ... 1 .. 1 .. 1 I 3 I 6 3 - Totals ... 2 I 9 2 1 76 1 32 4 39 ' 1 ' 5 9 171