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RETURN No. 23. STATEMENT showing Weights of Rails in various Lines on 31st March, 1913.

Line. I ■ I 401b. Iron. 401b. Iron. I . | 401b. Steel. 401b. Steel. 451b. Steel. 451b. Steel. 521b. Iron. 1 521b. Iron. 521b. Steel. 521b. Steel. 531b. Steel. 551b. Steel. 56 lb. Iron. i 561b. Steal. 651b. Steel. I 701b. Iron. 701b. 1001b. : Steel. Steel. Total. Whangarei-Kawakawa Section — Onerahi-Opua Kaihu Section — Dargav il 1 e-Kaihu North Island Main Line and Branches — Auckland-Wellington.. Newmarket-Kaiwaka.. Penroiie-i-Onehunga Prankton-Thames Paeroa-Waihi Cambridge Branch Morrinsville-Botorua .. Marton-New Plymouth Waitara Branch Stratford-Pohokura .. * Mount Kgmont Branoh .. Aramoho- Wanganui .. Foxton Branch Palmerston-Spit Wellington-Woodville Greytown Branch .. . -. Te Aro Branch Gisborne Section — Gisborne-Otoko South Island Main Line and Branches — Lyttelton-Blufi Addington-Culverden.. Oxford Branch Eyreton Branch Waipara-Parnassus Southbridge Branch Little Biver Branch Springfield Branch White Cliffs Branch Rakaia Forks Branch .. Mount Somers Branch Albury Branch .. Waimate Branch Waimate Gorge Branch Duntroon Branch Oamaru Breakwater Branoh Carried forward M. ch. '.'. .. 014 ! 0 20 '.'. Oil 5 33 -".-.- .. 3 33 10 54 .07 .. ! 11 4 0 23 .. 31 39 L_ M. ch. 0 10 0 8. 0 21 0 48 i 12 11 47 I 0 3 12 49 ; 24 3 9 38 b 12 60 11 1 M. ch. 6 27 6 27 M. ch. M. oh.' 0 18 8 44 0 3 3 7 1 59 8 21 4 34 26 26 M. Ch. M. ch. 22 20 2 2 24 22 M. ch. i M. ch. 24 44 17 15 31 66 12 26 2 23 26 0 6 78 68 29 28 54 3 80 15 45 10 69 22 76 19 6 1 9 M. ch- M. ch. 28 12 0 50 j I 1.7 18 .'. 2 34 15 45 13 48 : 12 35 10 1 41 4 60 95 12 2 11 M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. j M. ch. 4 46 ■ - .. .. I 46 42 26 38 .-. -I 321 11 21 61 .. .. I 30 15 0 26 18 77 .. .. 17 78 12 24 2 41 .. .. 0 5 0 6 .. .. 0 4 41 79 .. .. 66 12 0 30 6 2 1 79 .. .. 13 36' 7 .. " i 53 57 17 9 .. .. ! 78 25 17 62 ; 15 67 .. .. 360 17 0 8 .. 4 23 26 66 3 26 .. .. 0 1 31 46 1 20 30 17 .. .. 17 66 5 17 315 47 26 38 4 23 973 66 M. ch. .. •• •• I : M.oh. 57 72 17 15 425 77 81 40 2 59 62 75 12 24 12 1 68 60 136 65 4 62 31 40 6 2 3 20 . 19 33 113 72 114 43 3 7 1 10 31 50 •• 14 27 36 40 18 40 14 55 360 17 26 66 0 1 1 50 392 1 67 57 33 45 20 11 44 01 25 39 22 48 57 40 11 46 22 20 27 36 36 13 4 46 8 21 37 41 0 63 act nn 23 19 0 32 4 57 11 46 •■ •• 17 66 22 20 2 2 I !0 64 2 37 21 71 0 40 •■ 973 66 1 50 2,018 75 60 11 j 1 6 27 I 26 26 j 24 22 451 23