D.—2.

RETURN No. 15. Statement of Rails relaid during the Year ending 31st March, 1894.

RETURN No. 16. Statement of Sleepers relaid and removed during the Year ending 31st March, 1894.

RETURN No. 17. Return of Number of Stations and Private Sidings on each Section for the Year ending 31st March, 1894.

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Weight. I rt M rt rt c rt "rt "0 a J4 rt 5 U '5rt z, a* o J "3 I s .jl s 3 o a 5 o g o CO Z a c rt c H 1AILS RE1AID : — 40-lb. iron 40-lb. steel 45-lb. steel 52-lb. iron 53-lb. steel 70-lb. iron 70-lb. steel 229 2,452 3 4.605 i'56 2 36 9.554 2 "76 2 605 3 130 333 2 492 2 39 18,724 2 42 i I ? 072 42 Total i 229 2,452 4,608 1,114 9.750 76 607 133 333 19.303

Description. rt rt rt t» rt *tjj b/) rt £ % G rt M rt a rt & 'E. re 2 I i o .5 CO I 'a a X o I 6 o p. CO CO s o z a o s re o H Sleepers relaid : — Black--pine .:. Totara Black-birch ... Bata Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Kauri Ironbark Kamai Yellow-pine ... Maire Karri 5i 417 13 550 490 478 31 3,547 18,493 1,365 23.29S 1,204 449 3.328 4,706 2,645 6,708 24,988 28,187 27 1,386 15.033 i,35o 78 230 3>"3 2,820 33906 6,739 573137 41,953 27 1,386 15.712 24,078 1,856 856 22,388 1,093 454 3,823 856 22,388 454 273 1,093 1,824 1,726 102,649 Total 481 1,040 478 23,436 29,003 9.175 308 4,206 2,820 3.906 177,502 Sleepers removed : — Black-pine Totara Black-birch ... Eata Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Kauri Blue-gum Kamai Oregon Ironbark Eimu Creosoted Yellow-pine ... 481 1,040 478 11 35 1,326 19,061 4,993 7,795 594 604 3 30 1,510 5,060 2,665 2,829 2,416 53S 49,35i 10,083 18,667 62 1,465 9 3 1,611 5,694 2,127 297 2 146 396 34 58 263 3.974 1,199 23 i,597 1,135 74 2,853 59.388 20,839 30,060 666 2,003 272 1.359 24,258 ".255 2,127 474 2 2,714 396 5 i55>827 77 5oi 112 "6S 2,568 5 Total 481 1,040 478 20,433 23.179 9,088 89,913 355 3.979 1 2,819 j 4,062

Number of Stations and Stopping-places on the Time-tables. Number of Private Sidings. Sections. Miles. At Stations. Out of Stations. Total. [awakawa Vhangarei Caihu Luckland lapier-Taranaki Vellington lurunui-Blufl:... Jreymouth Vestport felson 'icton 8 7 17 288 332 92 1,101 32 27 23 21 4 4 10 98 125 3 1 400 17 10 I 9 26 7 119 2 2 8 4 29 4 I II 34 ii 148 6 12 1 1 4 216 9 2 2 Total 1,948 167 49 720