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RETURN No.25. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Return of the Number, of Vessels discharged and loaded at the Ports of Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, and Bluff, for the Year ending 31st March, 1893.

RETURN No.26. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Showing Mileage of Track in Main Line and Sidings open for Traffic on 31st March, 1893, on the Hurunui-Bluff Railway and Branches.

Port. 1892-93. 1891-92. Increase. Decrease. IISCHAKS-ED : — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff No. 1,614 297 156 365 Si 306 No. i>532 326 156 392 55 386 No. 82 No. 29 27 4 80 Totals 2,789 2,847 ■82 140 lOADED : — Lyttelton Timaru Oaniaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff i»3" 290 377 1 1,264 322 154 393 47 2 32 1 21 309 384 75 Totals 128 2,444 2,522 50

Main Line. Sidings. Total Equivalent di Single Track. Line of Railway. Branches. Total Railway. Single. Double. Main Line. Branches. Total. CHEISTCHTJBCn DIVISION : — Main Line Bangiora - Sheffield and Eyreton Junction-Bennett's Southbridge and Little River Branches Springfield and Whitecliffs Branches Rakaia and Ashburton Forks Branch Mount Somers Branch Albury B ranch Waimate Branch M. ch. 211 57 M. ch. 6 28 M. ch. M. ch. 218 s M. ch. 64 65 M. ch. M. ch. 64 65 M. ch. 53 56 4 31 182 70 58 7 48 7 5 26 53 33 42 27 4 60 47 7 ■242 65 2 65 ■23 18 22 20 25 5 27 35 36 13 12 67 1 53 2 45 . 1 58 29 8 38 58 .14 45 Totals, Christehurch Division 211 57 6 28 242 65 460 70 64 65 23 18 88 3 !48 73 Dunedin Division : — Main Line ... Duntroon Branch Oamaru-B realcwater B ranch ... Ngapara & Livingstone Branches Shag Point Branch Waihemo Branch Port Chalmers Branch Walton Park Branch... Otago Central Bailway Outram Branch Lawrence Branch Catlin's River Branch Tapanui B ranch 175 20 37 4i 0 63 27 4 2 10 8 65 1 26 2 49 39 62 9 o 22 1 175 20 46 61 ' 2 57 0 25 1 77 o 14 o 57 3 4i o 52 2 1 0 65 1 78 1 2 46 61 !22 I '40 18 1 8 29 I 2 24 9 42 4 67 3 21 41 63 9 65 23 79 15 16 22 11 ■185 19 ■17 76 14 14 20 4 v 2 7 Totals, Dunedin Division ... 185 19 360 39 46 61 17 76 64 57 i I 425 16 175 20 InVEECAEQ-ILL DIVISION : — Main Line ... Waimea Plains Branch Wyndham Branch Seaward Bush Branch Kingston Branch Makarewa-Orepuki Branch Thornbury-Wairio and WairioNightcaps Branches Lumsden-Mararoa Branch 72 61 36 41 9 35 11 25 87 o 35 52 24 5i 72 61 ' J-21S 5 17 48 ,2 6 o 43 o S 6 . 5 77 3 75 2 34 1 3 17 48 -16 54 J 90 29 /38 47 9 78 12 1 J 92 77 )39 47 27 5 >H 44 10 41 Totals, Invercargill Division 72 61 21S 5 287 66 17 48 16 54 34 22 322 8 Grand Totals —Whole Line 459 58 6 28 643 9 187 2 1,109 15 129 14 J7 _68^ 1296 17 Riversdale-Switzers Line* Forest Hill Tramway,.. 2 0 10 0 • * Taken over, but not yet open for traffic.