D.— 2.

RETURN No. 20. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1895.

RETURN No. 21. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employes for March, 1894, and March, 1895.

RETURN No. 22. Statement of Accidents for the Year ending 31st March, 1895.

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Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepers. Year. North Island. I j Middle Island. J Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Removed during Maintenance.! 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 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 M. ch. M. ch. 45 7° 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 69 80 o 90 78 7° 3i 28 79 18 31 32 45 34 9 27 27 17 26 62 16 44 6 96,338 39,323 24,885 58 327 46,095 395 246 666,409 455 254 4i7 217 176,006 141 382 212 888 i° 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 21 132 379 88 751 94 211 168,000 191 048 147 814 60,874 42,814 68 381 71,636 57 4°8 36,382 130,620 92,558 74 261 73 947 106,763 125,632 148,325 137,993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 139,912 132,569 155,827 170,681 20 68 5 68 27 27 17 26 28 38 16 62 33 58 27 24 Totals 4,112 246 1,899 255 * Nine months only. t Complete information not recorded until 1880-81.

Department. rt a M ci rt rt 3 rt XI "rt TJ c M < a e rt rt H 1_w rt Z a e 2 '5 a p 5 JrZ o s 6 t o Oh u B o "cu 2 e" o o 1893-94-(3-eneral ... Traffic .. Maintenance Locomotive Totals "6 4 3 13 4 4 4 12 2 8 2 12 156 240 168 564 212 418 180 810 96 94 169 359 905 1,090 749 2,744 1 [ ■• ■■• 119 36 28 ! l8 IO 1,473 46 27 21 18 ! 1,970 32 3£ 9 7 1.358 114 90 i 48 - 35 4,920 no 36 29 ; 18 10 1,486 4i i 39 ; 39 22 1,995 31 37 10 6 1,366 1894-95. General ... Traffic ... Maintenance Locomotive 6 4 2 9 11 3 13 3 .. 158 329 166 217 355 190 100 100 i5S 900 1,042 7S9 7 Totals ... 12 27 19 653 762 355 2,701 108 I 105 6 7 38 j 4,957

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