D.—2.

RETURN No. 16, Statement of Rails relaid during the Year ending 31st March, 1896.

RETURN No. 17. Statement of Sleepers relaid and removed during the Year ending 31st March, 1896.

RETURN No. 18. Return of Number of Stations and Private Sidings on each Section for the Year ending 31st March, 1896.

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Weight. 1 rt ci rt •v 1 rt bfi fl rt x: I .fl "rt c rt .jh: < rt B rt rt H jj rt 2 a o to 13 cfc S 5 B o V 6 b a, o 13 2 c o s C E-' iAILS BELAID : — 4olb. steel 531b. steel 7olb. steel ... 125 15 ... 2,859 15 ... 2,859 4,007 8 7 1 135 1,006 162 7j393 59 367 7 no 80 249 15,806 135 16,190 Total 125 4,007 7.555 59 367 117 80

Description. rt T. rt I rt M M rt 5 S rt rt § -a rt M < M rt a rt rt aj "Sh rt 2 a o Sj c I fere X o s o o OJ a o 13 2 J-i 'H tJd c o s rt o Sleepers eelaid : — Black-pine Totara Birch • Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Kauri Ironbark Kamai Yellow-pine Maire Karri 43 417 21 257 i3S 895 10S 95 21,462 563 19.463 3.7 J 4 770 2,259 3,201 3.698 892 1,690 27 6,368 31.596 <59,ioi 5.421 35.357 11,458 14 107 428 1.343 572 639 622 2,370 6,382 5S.227 50.972 5.421 37.447 38,938 716 2,187 324 9.136 5,240 2,484 I ■ 9" 1,276 324 398 5.004 17 14 236 478 S.624 3.100 1,989 Total 481 392 1000 22,120 32,536 10,236 132,890 549 6,967 ; 4,933 2,370 214,474 Sleepees eemoved : — Black-pine Totara Birch Bata Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Kauri Blue-gum Kamai Oregon Bimu Creosoted 1 189 1,619 16,602 4.054 17,663 394 137 2,967 3.'-65 2,408 395 68,974 10,845 27,328 I.S56 49 19 1 3.929 I 5.I2I 801 271 14 2 206 252 274 4.5.i6 1,666 215 2,953 358 66 1,851 ... I I 78,307 32.H5 39.656 137 i.95 1 301 1,660 23,553 6,350 801 3 442 392 969 3 1,177 1.165 16 I 42! 64 2,218 15 271 2,233 926 926 Total 445 392 969 18,410 26,811 9,057 119,819 489 4.790 4,834 2,275 188,291

Sections. Miles. Number of Stations and Stopping-places on the Time-tables. Number of Private Sidings. At Stations, j Out of Stations. Total. Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Auckland Sapier-Taran ak i Wellington Hurunui-BIuff... jrreymouth Westport Nelson Picton 8 IS 17 309 332 94 1,132 32 31 23 21 4 8 10 112 125 33 418 20 14 13 9 ": ::: '": io 3 13 26 8 34 i 5 6 108 23 131 5 3 8 1 ... 1 1 ... 1 3 1 4 157 43 j 200 Total 2,014 1 766 766 I