49

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RETURN No. 25. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1913.

RETURN No. 26. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for March, 1912, and March, 1913.

Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepers. Year. North Island. Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Removed during Maintenance. M. ch. M. ch. 45 70 18 58 11 68 27 62 11 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 4° 73 32 7 1 40 16 40 19 22 50 24 o 47 52 II 39 17 32 M. ch. :867 870-71 : 871-72 :8 72-73 873-74 :8 74-75 875-76 876-77 877-78 878-79 879-80-)-880-81 :88i-82 : 882-83 :883-8 4 :88 4 -8 5 :885-86 :886-87 :887-88 :888-8g :889-90 1890-91 1891-92 : 892-93 : 893-94 :894-95 : 895-96 :896-97 :897-g8 ■898-99 : 899-1900 :900-ig 0I :90i-ig 02 :g02-ig O3 :go4-igo5 :go5-igo6 :go6-igo7 :go7-igo8 :908-1909 :gog-igio 910-1911 911-1912 912-1913 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 20 68 5 68 27 27 45 7° 18 58 11 68 27 62 21 76 188 17 3!7 27 216 63 198 54 83 65 67 26 101 30 63 3 42 21 44 69 80 o 90 78 70 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 19 26 107 68 23 52 56 3 37 56 45 56 31 57 50 7 15 209 42 35 23 44 60 46 31 52 34 96,338 39.323 24,885 58,327 46,095 395,246 665,409 455,254 417,217 176,006 141,382 212,888 132-379 88,751 94,211 168,000 191,048 147,814 60,874 42,814 68,381 7 I , 6 36 57,408 3 D >382 j30,620 92,558 38,876 10,37° 78,960 70,848 40,582 226,485 49,665 ii7> 6 79 79,170 95,970 66,596 105,184 3 X ,999 440,003 74,104 93,975 97>4!4 110,092 74,261 73,947 106,763 125,632 I 48,325 !37,993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 139,912 132,569 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243,479 282,326 302,354 345,433 369,339 330,029 309,296 302,252 309,183 283,293 331,678 279,190 236,390 282,682 273,586 235,378 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 19 26 103 38 12 32 27 43 4 44 27 75 8 52 50 7 4 61 23 21 31 43 29 76 23 1 26 77 4 30 11 20 28 40 33 12 17 61 23 5 10 38 186 21 3 60 14 64 23 30 25 37 Totals 5,g40,2i8 7,014,022 * Complete information not recorded until 1880-81. f Nine months only.

Department. i '3 nj nr__ rt i h rt CO v a o rtO 5 c <u 5, S __> <" - ™ e rt ns P rt as V TH o p. V a o Z c o u £_. o 1912-13. teneral 'raffio laintenance jocomotive 35 67 40 7 8 8 17 20 16 2,253 2,136 2,394 1,865 1,695 2,041 134 155 133 77 41 106 50 46 21 31 72 ' 27 718 4,469 4,240 4,786 Totals 142 23 53 6,783 5,601 422 224 117 130 14,213 1911-12. teneral 'raffle laintenance jocomotive 34 68 33 7 10 4 16 14 13 1,919 2,010 2,193 1,797 1,750 1,949 131 193 1.32 84 61 105 42 68 19 34 134 30 673 4,064 4,308 4,478 13,523 Totals 135 21 43 6,122 5,496 456 250 129 198