D.—2.

RETURN No. 25. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1903.

RETURN No. 26. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for March, 1902, and March, 1903.

12-D. 2.

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Approxii nate Length opened each Year. I Middle Island. Total. SI 1 Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) leepi 1 11-s. Eemoved during Maintenance. Year. North Island. 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 1899-1900 1900-igoi 1901-1902 1902-1903 M. ch. 10 55 61 19 69 23 64 24 103 76 27 19 26 33 68 39 1 22 67 2 2 22 19 56 o 43 26 58 72 11 47 18 31 11 57 28 21 M. ch. M. ch. 45 7° 45 7° 18 58 18 58 11 68 11 68 27 62 27 62 11 21 21 76 126 78 188 17 248 4 317 27 152 39 216 63 94 58 198 54 56 46 83 65 40 73 67 26 32 71 101 30 40 16 63 3 40 19 42 21 22 50 44 69 24 o 80 o 47 52 -9° 7 8 11 39 70 31 17 32 28 79 18 31 20 68 32 45 5 68 34 9 27 27 27 27 17 26 33 58 62 16 27 24 44 6 3 48 18 41 1 11 4 75 10 2 37 48 11 13 33 59 19 26 19 26 103 38 107 68 12 32 23 52 27 43 56 3 96,338 39,323 24,885 58,327 46,095 3953 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 57,408 35,3 8 2 130,620 92,558 38,876 10,37° 78,960 70,848 40,582 226,485 49,665 117,679 74,261 73,947 106,763 125,632 148,325 137,993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 139,912 132,569 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243,479 282,326 302,354 345,433 369,339 330,029 17 26 28 38 16 62 14 73 3 64 27 46 22 46 4 30 11 20 28 40 Totals .. 4,745,7" 4,171,094 fine months only. t Complete information not recorded until 1880-81.

Department. ci rt ci 'v rt a rt XL 'rt rt aj C o r^ 5 Hz '5 X a d o a. in > s o c" o 5 o 1902-3. General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 7 7 5 i 7 9 295 20 8 335 '5 4 337 1 52 j 21 967 17 9 260 18 11 336 H ! 5 319 3 7 3 658 836 895 i,392 i,559 i,596 "84 121 82 58 7i 93 27 34 12 17 3S 1 1 222 2,567 3.033 3,05.3 8,8 75 Totals 19 13 2.389 j 4 ; 547 287 222 73 63 1901-2. 24 iS 35 I 26 15 9 ! G-eneral Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 6 6 3 620 ! 1,353 768 j 1,369 854 ! 1,529 "76 124 75 54 72 84 207 2,434 2,765 2,907 Totals ... 15 49 : 25 915 2,242 4,251 275 210 8,3'3 74 50