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RETURN No 25. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1911.

RETURN No. 26. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for March, 1910, and March, 1911.

Year. Approximate Length opened each Year. i North Island. Middle Island. Total. i Ijaid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Sleepers. Removed during Maintenance.* 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 1874-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 i879-8of 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 i894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-1900 1900-1901 1901-1902 1902-1903 1903-1904 1904-1905 1905-1906 1906-1907 1907- 1908 1908-1909 1909-1910 1910-1911 M. oh. M. ch. M. oh. 45 70 45 7° 18 58 18 58 11 68 11 68 27 62 27 62 10 55 11 21 21 76 61 19 126 78 188 17 69 23 248 4 317 27 64 24 152 39 216 63 103 76 94 58 198 54 27 19 56 46 83 65 26 33 40 73 67 26 65 39 32 71 101 30 22 67 40 16 63 3 2 2 4O 19 42 21 22 19 22 50 44 69 56 O 24 O 80 O 43 26 47 52 90 78 58 72 11 39 7O 31 11 47 17 32 28 79 .. i 18 31 .. 18 31 11 57 20 68 32 45 28 21 5 68 34 9 27 27 27 27 17 26 .. 17 26 28 38 33 58 62 16 16 62 27 24 44 6 14 73 3 4 8 '8 4 1 3 64 1 11 4 75 27 46 10 2 37 48 22 46 11 13 33 59 19 26 19 26 4 30 103 38 107 68 11 20 12 32 23 52 28 40 27 43 56 3 33 12 4 44 37 56 17 61 27 75 45 56 23 5 8 52 31 57 .. • .. 50 7 50 7 10 38 4 61 15 19 186 21 23 21 209 42 3 60 31 43 35 23 14 64 29 76 44 60 M. oh. 45 7° 18 58 11 68 27 62 21 76 188 17 3 J 7 2 7 216 63 198 54 83 65 67 26 101 30 63 3 42 21 44 6 9 80 o 90 78 7° 31 28 79 18 31 32 45 34 9 27 27 17 26 62 16 44 f> 18 41 4 7 § 37 48 33 59 19 26 107 68 23 52 56 3 37 56 45 56 3i 57 50 7 15 '9 209 42 35 23 44 60 96>33 8 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 57.4O8 36.382 130,620 92,558 38,876 10,370 78,960 70,848 40,582 226,485 49,665 117,679 79,170 95,97O 66,596 105,184 3',999 440,003 74,104 93,975 74,261 73,947 106,763 125,632 1 48,325 137,993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 139.912 132,569 155,827 ' ■ 170,681 188,291 210,588 243,479 282,326 302,354 345>433 369,339 330,029 309,296 302,252 309,183 283,293 331,678 279,190 236,390 282,682 Totals .. 5,732,7 12 6,505,058 * Complete information not recorded until 1880-81. it recorded until 1880-81. t Nine months only.

Department. , §M Jlj I I „• I i-3» 111 I I ; .! i j>5 I zg ! I * 1 I g |_ I 3 I9O9-IO. General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive Totals ... 1910-1 1. General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive Totals 648 6 21 7 12 1,801 1,658 127 75 24 27 3,758 ... 19 17 8 15 1,811 1,649 154 59 55 67 3,847 5 20 5 9 '=868 1,804 126 96 17 21 3,971 23 58 20 36 5,48c 5,111 407 j 230 96 115 12,224 - ' .- 671 S 20 6 '4 1.806 1,726 129 75 38 29 3,848 37 24 11 22 1,938 1,818 177 61 45 95 4,228 '3 23 5 11 1978 1,844 128 101 19 22 4,134 45 67 22 47 5,722 5,388 434 237 102 146 12,881