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Passeng( or In ts Killed iured. Servants of the Department Killed or Injured. Persons Killed or Injured while crossing at Level Crossings. Trespassers. Workshops. Miscellaneous. Section. From Causes beyond their own Control. From their own Misconduct or Want of Caution. From Causes beyond their own Control. From their own Misconduct or Want of Caution. rr v 2 o H T3 a 2 0 H Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. lllled. Injured.'Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. kawakawa Whangarei ... [aihu .uckland Vellington-Napier-New Plymouth [urunui-Bluff Ireymouth ... Vestport relson . v 'icton 66 1 1 2 7 i 1 13 34 121 5 2 3 39 8 i I 3 9 32 37 1 3 2 5 1 1 1 2 27 242 9 4 3 4 6 3 1 14 2 1 i 3 Totals ... 66 8 12 4 176 1 53 2 4 82 7 402 4 17

RETURN No. 25. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1899.

RETURN No. 26. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employés for March, 1898, and March, 1899.

RETURN No. 27. Statement of Accidents for the Year ending 31st March, 1899.

Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepers. Year. North Island. Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Eemoved 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 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 M. ch. 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 M. ch. 45 7° 18 58 n 68 27 62 11 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 4° 73 32 7i 40 16 40 19 22 50 24 o 47 52 11 39 17 32 M. ch. 45 70 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° 31 28 79 18 31 32 45 34 9 27 27 17 26 62 16 44 6 18 41 4 75 37 48 33 59 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 71,636 57,4°8 36,382 130,620 92,558 38,876 10,370 78,960 70,848 74,261 73.947 106,763 125,632 148,325 137-993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133.954 139,912 132,569 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243.479 282,326 20 68 5 68 27 27 17 26 28 38 16 62 14 73 3 64 27 46 22 46 33 58 27 24 3 48 1 11 10 2 11 13 Totals 4,3",3O0 2,823,939 * Nine months only. + Complete information not recorded until 1880-81.

Department. ci ci xt rt a to q rt XI 6 rC 'A -0 c a 3 < ni i3 a. 4. te* 3 pa 'a c E 3 0 a «' 6 o a. u c" o 7, e* o o H 1897-98. General Traffic Maintenance ... Locomotive 5i 159 49 34 52 48 12 26 8 122 8 4 4 16 14 25 14 7 12 7 180 248 210 400 610 502 980 I-IS3 1,066 21 15 10 1,707 2,304 1,918 Totals 53 26 638 1,512 3>!99 2S9 134 46 46 6,051 1898-99. 162 1,811 2,332 2,108 6,413 General Traffic Maintenance ... Locomotive 6 4 4 13 17 16 7 13 6 195 251 237 434 609 580 1,027 1,194 i,i39 55 127 53 36 72 55 20 27 11 12 24 7 Totals 14 46 1,623 3,360 163 58 43 26 683 23S