D.—2.

RETURN No. 20. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1894.

RETURN No. 21. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employes for March, 1893, and March, 1894.

RETURN No. 22. Statement of Accidents for the Year ending 31st March, 1894.

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Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepers. Year. North Island. Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Bemoved during Maintenance.! M. ch. M. ch. 45 7° 18 58 11 68 27 62 11 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 4° 73 32 71 40 16 40 19 22 50 24 o 47 52 11 39 17 32 M. ch. 45 7° 18 58 n 68 27 62 21 76 188 17 317 27 216 63 198 54 83 65 67 26 101 30 63 3 42 21 44 69 80 o 90 78 7° 3i 28 79 18 31 32 45 34 9 27 27 17 26 62 16 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 l8 73~74 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 1892-93 1893-94 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 46,095 395,246 666,409 455,254 417,217 176,006 141,382 212,888 132,379 88,751 94,211 168,000 191,048 147,814 60,874 42,814 68,381 7 I >636 57.408 36,382 130,620 74,261 73.947 106,763 125,632 148,325 1373993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 139,912 132,569 155,827 20 68 5 68 27 27 17 26 28 38 33" 58 'Totals 4,019,688 13 728,574 * Nine months only. t Complete information not recorded until 1880-81.

Department. rt d rt l rt rt s rt _^ < rt C a rt H 'H. rt z d c c "oj ta* ffi p .a* o I O o a. ■J (3 O u si o H a o 1892-93. General ... Traffic ... Maintenance Locomotive "*6 6 5 6 5 2 16 ... 155 I9S H3 ... 205 310 161 94 95 140 924 896 739 30 23 24 22 16 "is 17 10 10 23 6 125 M7 1 1,603 1,263 4 2 2 9 67 Totals 16 16 20 493 676 329 2,559 77 45 39 4,462 1893-94. 6 4 3 General ... Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 4 4 4 2 8 2 156 240 . 168 212 418 180 810 '96 94 169 9°5 1,090 749 "36 46 32 "28 27 35 18 21 10 18 119 M73 1,970 1.358 Totals 564 9 48 7 13 12 12 359 2,744 114 90 35 4,920

Passengers Killed or Injured. Servants of tli Killed or ie Department ■ Injured. Causes From their own pond Misconduct r own or Want of itrol. Caution. injured. Killed. Injured. From their own Misconduct or Want of Caution. Persons Killed or Injured while crossing at Level Crossings. Trespassers, Workshops. Miscellaneous, Section. From bey their Con From Causes beyond their own Control. y rt o H -0 iS o H Killed. Killed. Injured. ;Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed.I Injured. Killed. Injured, Killed. Injured. [awakawa ... Whangarei ... .uckland fapier-Taran'ki Wellington ... [urunui-Bluff rreymouth ... Westport lelson 'icton 2 1 1 1 4 2 1 15 17 9 33 7 I I 6 i 6 ... 2 4 ... 2 12 ... I I. I I I 2 2 4 iS 3 1 2 4 2 3 25 29 23 70 11 I 2 ... ... 3 1 ... I ■•■ 3 3 1 ... Totals ... 90 2 2 9 1 j 6 2 2 27 16S I 3; 9 2 9