50

D.—2

RETURN No. 25. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1914.

RETURN No. 26. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for March, 1913, and March, 1914.

Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepi jrB. Year. North Island. Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) 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 1894-95 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 1911-1912 1912-1913 I9I3~ I 9 I 4 " M. oh. 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. oh. 45 7° 18 58 11 68 27 62 11 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 40 73 32 71 40 16 40 19 22 50 24 o 47 a 2 11 39 17 32 M. oh. 45 7° 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 6 9 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 !9 209 42 35 23 44 60 46 31 52 34 3 6 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 94,2ii i68,ooo 191,048 147,814 60,874 42,814 68,381 71,636 57,408 36,382 130,620 92,558 38,876 10,370 78,960 70,848 40,582 226,485 49,665 117,679 79,17° 95,970 66,596 105,184 3 X >999 440,003 74, IO 4 93,975 97.4*4 110,092 6,458 17 26 28 38 16 62 14 73 3 64 27 46 22 46 20 68 5 68 27 27 33 58 27 24 3 48 1 11 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 I55, 8 27 170,681 188,291 210,588 243,479 282,326 302,354 345,433 369,339 33O, O 29 309,296 302,252 309,183 283,293 331,678 279,190 236,390 282,682 273,586 235,378 261,748 4 3° 11 20 28 40 33 12 17 61 23 5 10 2 11 13 19 26 103 38 12 32 27 43 4 44 27 75 .8 52 5° 7 4 61 23 21 31 43 29 76 23 1 26 77 3 6 10 38 186 21 3 60 14 64 23 3° 25 37 Totals 5,946,676 7.275,77° line months only. * Complete information not recorded until 1880-81.

a rt c o £5 rtc-g S.g-g ill ff T3 C nj > o a< i I c 51 Department. •3 General Traffic Maintenanee .. Looomotive 1913-14. 38 53 33 6 14 9 17 19 23 2,390 1,979 2,507 6,876 1,912 i,556 2,077 138 150 137 79 66 109 65 45 25 31 70 28 600 4,676 3,952 4,948 29 59~! 425 254 135 129 14,176 Totals 124 5,545. General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 1912-13. 35 67 40 7 8 8 17 20 16 2,253 2,136 i 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 14,213 130 142 6,783 5,601 422 224 117 Totals 23 53