D.—2.

RETURN No. 21. Statement showing Weights of Rails in various Lines on 31st March, 1922.

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Line. 401b. Iron. 401b. Steel. 451b. Steel. 52 1b. Iron. 52 ib. Steel. 531b. Steel. 551b. Steel. 561b. Iron. 561b. Steel. 651b. Steel. 701b. Iron. 701b. Steel. 100 lb. Steel. Total. Whangarei-Kawakawa Section — Onerahi-Opua Kaikohe Branch Kioreroa-Portland Kaihu Section — Dargaville-Tarawhati North Island Main Lines and Branches — Auckland-Wellington.. Newmarket-Huarau Penrose-Onehunga Waiuku Branch Huntly-Awaroa Railway Prankton-Thames Paeroa- Waihi Cambridge Branch Morrinsville-Rotorua Raetihi Branch Marton-New Plymouth Waitara Branch Stratford-Kohuratahi Mount Egmont Branch Aramoho-Wanganui Poxton Branch Palmerston-Spit Wellington-Woodville Greytown Branch Te Aro Branch .. - .. Gisborne Section — Gisborne-Motuhora South Island Main Lines and Branches — Lyttelton-Blufi Addington-Waiau Oxford Branch Eyreton Branch Waipara-Parnassus .. Southbridge Branch .. Little River Branch Springfield Branch White Cliffs Branch Rakaia Forks Branch.. Mount Somers Branch Albury Branch Waimate Branch Waimate Gorge Branch Duntroon Branch Carried forward M. ch. 0 14 0 20 3 33 0 65 1 16 5 68 M. ch. 0 10 0 48 0 8 li'46 5 65 24 3 42 20 1 M. ch. 4 67 4 67 M. cb. M. ch. 2*77 '.'. 3 7 '.'. 0 3 22 20 .. 2 2 7 45 3 21 16 73 24 22 M. ch. M. cb. 21 31 28 70 16 36 5 21 17 15 2 26 0 6 0 44 26 18 2 23 5 0 7 43 10 1 6 75 2 36 45 46 6 37 2 1 2 30 3 77 15 45 26 30 11 13 2 37 18 53 0 1 19 .. 31 8 0 49 28 32 12 77 18 35 0 2 20 14 0 7 12 52 23 19 10 0 47 7 5 4 60 11 46 22 44 4 - 78 2 44 0 56 28 52 0 43 323 20 197 54 M. ch. 0 50 0 50 M. ch. M. ch. 4 46 21 77 21 7 21 61 18*32 12 21 2 42 0 9 38 68 0 3 0 30 6 2 1 79 5 23 30 71 12 17 01 '.'. 17 62 0 67 3 36 31 29 1 20 4 24 26 1 766 '.'. 369 '.'. 273 76 21 7 M. oh. M. ch. 2 35 .. 382 55 41 77 0 26 34 42 0 3 0 8 23 5 95 65 '.'. 1 21 '.'. 8044 83 52 M. ch.! M.oh. 57 72 16 36 5 21 19 41 425 65 90 40 2 59 5 0 7 43 62 75 12 24 12 1 68 60 - 8 38 137 3 4 62 42 25 6 2 3 20 19 33 113 72 114 43 3 7 1 10 49 10 389 3 39 23 0 6 1 31 392 1 80 52 33 45 20 21 44 1 25 39 22 48 72 26 11 46 22 20 27 36 36 13 4 46 8 21 37 41 .. " '• .. 41 45 .. .. 1,216 30 1 31 2,128 38 42 20 4 67 16 73 24 22 •• I