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STATEMENT No. 28. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1927.

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Approximate Length opened each Year. \ Sleepers. Year. j j Laid during Removed North Island. Middle Island. ! Total. Construction , during tonsil ucnon. Maintenance.* ' i M. oh. M. ch. M. oh. 1867 .. .. .. 45 7° 45 7° 96,338 1870-71 .. .. .. 18 58 18 58 39>323 1871-72 .. ... 11 68 11 68 24,885 1872-73 .. .. .. 27 62 27 62 58,3 2 7 1873-74 .. .. 10 55 11 21 21 76 46,°95 1874-75 .. .. 61 19 126 78 188 17 395,24 6 1875-76 .. .. 69 23 248 4 317 27 666,409 1876-77 .. .. 64 24 152 39 216 63 455,254 '877-78 .. .. 103 76 94 58 198 54 417,217 1878-79 .. .. 27 19 56 46 83 65 176,006 1879-80! .. .. 26 33 4° 73 67 26 14 1 ,382 1880-81 .. .. 68 39 32 7 1 101 3° 212,888 74,261 1881-82 .. .. 22 67 40 16 63 3 132,379 73,947 1882-83 •• •• 22 40 19 42 21 88,751 106,763 1883-84 .. .. 22 19 22 50 44 69 ; 94,2H 125,632 1884-85 .. .. 56 o 24 o 80 o 168,000 i 148,325 1885-86 .. .. 43 26 47 52 90 78 191,048 137,993 1886-87 .. .. 58 72 11 39 7° 31 147,814 I 39>°4° 1887-88 . 11 47 17 32 28 79 ' 60,874 122,027 1888-89 .. .. 18 31 •• 18 31 42,814 108,690 1889-90 .. 11 57 20 68 32 45 68,381 129,634 1890-91 .. .. 28 21 5 68 34 9 71,636 133,954 1891-92 .. .. .. 27 27 27 27 57,408 139,912 1892-93 17 26 .. 17 26 36,382 132,569 1893-94 .. .. 28 38 33 58 62 16 130,620 155,827 1894-95 •• 16 62 27 24 44 6 92,558 170,681 1895-96 .. .. 14 73 3 48 18 41 38,876 188,291 1896-97 .. 3 64 1 ix 4 75 10,370 210,588 1897-98 .. 27 46 10 2 37 48 78,960 243,479 1898-99 .. .. 22 46 11 13 33 59 70,848 282,326 1899-1900 .. .. .. 19 26 19 26 40,582 302,354 igoo-igox .. 4 30 103 38 107 68 226,485 345,433 1901-1902 .. .. 11 20 12 32 23 52 49,665 369,339 1902-1903 .. 28 40 27 43 56 3 117,679 33°, ° 2 9 1903-1904 .. 33 12 4 44 37 56 79> I 7° 3°9, 2 96 1904-1905 .. 17 61 27 75 45 56 95,97° 302,252 1905-1906 .. .. 23 5 8 52 31 57 66,596 309,183 1906-1907 .. .. .. 5° 7 5° 7 105,184 283,293 1907-1908 .. .. 10 38 4 61 15 19 3 X ,999 33 j ,678 1908-1909 186 21 23 21 209 42 440,003 279,190 1909-1910 .. .. 3 60 31 43 35 23 74,104 236,390 1910-1911 .. .. 14 64 29 76 44 60 93,975 282,682 1911-1912 ., .. 23 30 23 1 46 3 1 97,4x4 273,586 1912-1913 .. .. 25 37 26 77 52 34 110,092 235,378 1913-1914 .... •• 36 36 6,458 261,748 1914-1915 .. .. 40 22 51 3 91 25 191,756 227,674 1915-1916 .. .. 7 43 7 73 15 36 32,445 157,97° 1916-1917 .. .. •• •• •• 86,595 1917-1918 .. .. 22 70 .. 22 70 48,038 88,540 1918-1919 .. .. .. •• •• •• 7°,743 1919-1920 .. .. .. 12 75 12 75 27,169 78,663 1920-1921 .. .. 11 54 °7 11 61 24,701 100,280 1921-1922 .. .. .. 12 27 12 27 25,909 139,187 1922-1923 .. .. 7 7° •• 7 7° 16,538 163,735 1923-1924 .. .. 24 66 2 43 27 29 57,461 227,075 1924-1925 .. .. 18 8 11 7.5 33 3 69,379 184,036 1925-1926 .. .. 30 41 20 66 51 27 107,809 235,266 1926-1927 .. „ 24 22 3 70 28 12 67,560 97,586 Totals .. .. •• •• 6,615,441 9,133,120 • Complete information not recorded until 1880-81. t Nine months only.