RAILWAYS STATEMENT. (1st August, 1899.) BY THE MINISTER FOR RAILWAYS, THE HON. A. J. CADMAN.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1899 Session I, D-02

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1899. NEW ZEALAND.

RAILWAYS STATEMENT. (1st August, 1899.) BY THE MINISTER FOR RAILWAYS, THE HON. A. J. CADMAN.

Mr. Speaker,— In presenting this my fifth annual Eailways Statement, I have again to congratulate the House and the colony on the remarkable expansion of our railway business. I will review the transactions of the year in the same order as last year, viz. : First, the transactions as a whole, under the heading of " General "; second, "Earnings"; third, "Working-expenses"; fourth, "Expenditure for Additions to Open Lines and Boiling-stock charged to Capital Account " ; fifth, " Midland Eailway (results of working) " ; sixth, " Concluding Eemarks and Forecast." 1. GENBEAL. The number of miles now open for traffic is 2,090, as against 2,055 last year. The revenue for 1898-99 has been ... ... ... .. £1,469,665 1897-98 ... ... ... ... 1,376,008 An increase of ... ... ... ... £93,657 The working-expenses for 1898-99 have been ... ... ... £929,738 1897-98 ... ... ... ... 857,191 An increase of ... ... ... ... £72,547 The excess of revenue over working-expenses for 1898-99 has been £539,928 1897-98 ... 518,817 Giving an increased net return of ... ... £21,111 The rate of interest earned on the capital cost of the open railways (£16,404,076) has been £329 per cent., against £3-24 per cent, last year, as compared with Victoria, £2-49; Queensland, £2-93; South Australia, £269; Tasmania, £TO7 ; New South Wales, £3-75; and Western Australia, £4-62. (See Eeturn No. 15.) The opening of the all-Government route to Napier, Wanganui, and New Plymouth, via the Wairarapa, has resulted in increased business and profit to the State railways. The interest earned by this system of railways has increased from £2 16s. 9d. per cent, for 1897-98 to £3 os. Bd. per cent, for 1898-99. The extensions from Whakapara to Waiotu, 3 miles 26 chains ; Paeroa to Thames, 19 miles 20 chains ; Kokonga to Eanfurly, 1J miles 13 chains—a total of 33 miles 59 chains—have been opened during the year. (See Eeturn No. 22.) The opening to the Thames is an event of great importance. From the date of the opening—l9th December, 1898—to the close of the financial year on the 31st March, 1899, 36,876 passengers have travelled over the extension, and there is every prospect of this line developing a good passenger business. As forecast in my last year's Statement the through train services between New Plymouth and Wanganui have been doubled, and arrangements have been

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made with the Union Steamship Company and the Northern Steamship Company to connect to and from Auckland with these trains, thereby increasing the through services to and from Wellington, from and to Auckland, to four days a week instead of two days a week as formerly. These improved facilities for both passengers and mails have been much appreciated. The demands for faster train services, improved station-accommodation, and more rolling-stock still continue. In the case of the two latter requirements, so far as the means at my disposal permit, every effort is being made to overtake pressing necessities; but, in respect to faster train services, as I have on previous occasions indicated, these can only be provided by separating the passenger and goods services, involving a large increase in working-expenses, which, in my opinion, the character of the business does not, except in exceptional cases, yet warrant. Additions to rolling-stock, and additions and improvements to the lines and structures, at a cost of £197,100, have been made during the year, charged as follows: £179,932 to Capital Account, and £17,168 to working-expenses. (See Eeturn No. 7 for details of the capital expenditure.) Of the 1,865 casual labourers employed in the Traffic Branch and insured against accident at the cost of working-expenses, forty-eight were injured and received compensation during the year. The cost of' premium amounted to £413 12s. 9d. xln average of 6,413 men were employed by the department, as compared with 6,051 men during the previous year. (See Eeturn No. 26.) Seventy-four members of the permanent staff resigned, thirty-one died, fiftyseven were retired, twenty-six were dismissed, and 404 engaged. Five appeals against decisions of the department in regard to staff irregularities were heard by the Appeal Boards; four were dismissed and one allowed. ■ Nineteen members of the Second Division were during the year promoted or transferred to the First Division. In my last Statement I alluded to the fact that some dissatisfaction had been expressed in regard to the regulations for the transfer of members from the Second Division of the. service to the First Division, and that the executives of the Amalgamated Society of Eailway Servants and the Eailway Officers' Institute had been invited to assist in framing amended regulations which would be acceptable to the members of both divisions. The replies received indicated that the two organizations could not agree on a scheme which would be acceptable to both. The Government, therefore, referred the question to a conference of the Eailway Managers, who have recommended amended regulations, which have since been under the consideration of the before-mentioned societies. The Officers' Institute has replied, advising additional restrictions to those proposed in respect to promotions from Division 11. to Division 1., but no definite reply has as yet been received from the Eailway Servants' Society. Amended regulations under the Classification Act, gazetted the 6th April, 1899, provide for (a) limiting the number of members of one family who may join the service to two instead of three; (b) fixing the maximum age of apprentices at sixteen years instead of sixteen and a half years; (c) employment of temporary hands where necessary, and providing for transfer of temporary hands to the permanent staff. As announced in my last year's Statement, the Government, on the Ist January, 1899, increased the pay of all men in receipt of 6s. 6d. a day to 7s. a day. This involved, up to the 31st March, increased payments amounting to £2,856. For the year ending the 31st March, 1900, the expenditure under this head is estimated to amount to £12,383. The Classification Amendment Act of 1897 provides extra remuneration for carpenters, engine-drivers, firemen, crossing-and bridge-keepers, and apprentices, which last year amounted to £1,014, and for current year is estimated to cost £2,633. The Act providing for the classification of members of the staff has now had two years' working trial, and in actual practice is found to afford safeguards for impartial treatment which free selection does not secure. It, however, seems desirable to allow greater latitude in selecting for the higher positions of the

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service members who by reason of experience and ability are especially fitted for such positions. I believe that the classification scheme has so far worked well, and that its abolition would be opposed by the staff as a whole. Telegraph classes for training purposes have during the year been established at the principal centres. These classes are open to all members of Division 1., and Class 1., Division 11. On the 11th March last a rear collision took place at Eakaia, in which four persons were killed and a considerable number injured, some very seriously. The collision took.place between two excursion trains; the second excursion train ran into the rear of the first excursion, which was standing at the platform waiting the arrival of the ordinary afternoon train from Christchurch to Ashburton. The driver of the second excursion train has been tried for manslaughter and acquitted. A Eoyal Commission was appointed to investigate, and bas, in addition to reporting on the causes of the accident, made valuable suggestions, which will receive the early attention of the Government. On behalf of the Government, I take this-opportunity of expressing my deep regrets to the bereaved and injured. Hitherto the New Zealand railways have been remarkably free from accidents of so serious a nature, and I regret that our previous unblemished record should have been thus marred. 2. EARNINGS. Notwithstanding the largely increased railway business of the previous financial year, the receipts for 1898-99 show a very large increase, amounting to £93,657, as compared with 1897-98, which in turn showed an increase of £89,850 as compared with 1896-97. My estimate for 1898-99 was £1,370,000, so that the actual receipts have exceeded the estimate by £99,665. .As a setoff, however, I would call attention to the fact that the financial year ending 31st March last contained two Easter Thursdays and two Good Fridays. The receipts per train-mile continue very steady—viz., 7s. 5d., 1898-99; 7s. 6d., 1897-98; and 7s. 6jd., 1896-97. The number of passengers (exclusive of season-ticket holders) who have travelled is 4,955,553, or 283,289 more than last year; 6,367 more season tickets have been sold. The revenue from passengers exceeds that of last year by £42,123. The number of passengers increased 6 per cent., and the revenue from passengers 9| per cent. The receipts from ordinary passengers last year have shown remarkable buoyancy—indeed the rise in the passenger revenue is the most striking feature in the business of the year. The excursion fares (first class 2d. per mile, and second class Id. per mile) and the excursions for school-children, factories, and friendly societies continue to give excellent results. At these rates 574,173 tickets have been sold, producing a revenue of £91,010, a substantial increase of £4,618 on last year. (See Eeturn No. 11.) At the earnest request of promoters, experiment after experiment has been tried with cheap excursion fares, the results in every case tending to show that great care is necessary to restrict the issue of cheap fares to days upon which all are at liberty to travel, otherwise additional expense is incurred and less revenue is received. In the concluding portion of my Statement I shall allude to the advisability of adopting a reduced scale of fares for every-day travel as soon as the facilities are available and the revenue will permit. The revenue derived from parcels, luggage, and mails was £66,418, as compared with £60,872 in the previous year, an increase of £5,546. The new parcels scale of charges came into force on the Ist April, 1897, since which date nothing has been more encouraging than the remarkable increase in the parcels business, the increase in numbers for the past year being 58,379, and for the past two years, as compared with the two previous years, 175,029 in number and £14,470 in revenue. This indicates that a large and lucrative business may be cultivated in this direction, and at the same time the producer and consumer may be brought into more direct communication, to the benefit of each other. In the Goods Department 2,744,441 tons, including equivalent weight for live-stock, have been carried, producing a revenue of £927,694, an increase of 115,695 tons and £45,988 over last year. The average distance goods are carried is gradually increasing. The tonnage has increased 4f per cent, and the revenue 5% per cent.

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The number of sheep carried was 2,518,233, as compared with 2,356,595 last year, an increase of 161,638. Since the reduction in rates (1895) the sheep traffic has increased by one million sheep per annum, equal to forty-five trucks a day all the year round. The most noticeable increases in the goods-traffic were in cattle, sheep, chaff, lime, firewood, merchandise, and minerals. Calves, pigs, wool, timber, and grain show decreases —wool due to short clip, timber to the falling-off in the kauri business on the Whangarei and Kaihu Sections, and grain due to short yield in the South Island for season 1898. The reductions in fares and charges as indicated in my last Statement have been brought into force. (See Eeturn No. 32.) From the 22nd August, 1898 (date on which free carriage of lime commenced), to 31st March, 1899, 8,643 tons of lime were carried for farmers free of charge, and 1,901 tons of lime paid freight, making a total of 10,544 tons, as compared with 5,860 tons carried during the corresponding period of the previous year. The concession in freight on above basis is at the rate of £4,000 per annum. The results consequent upon the abolition of the stage system on the Whangarei Section continue highly satisfactory. Notwithstanding the serious falling-off in the timber business, this section earned more than during the previous year, the increase in the revenue from passengers being equal to lOf per cent.; whilst the rate of interest earned was £3 Bs. 7d. per cent., as compared with £2 15s. 3d. per cent, in the previous year. The partial failure of the coal-supply at Kawakawa has resulted in such a loss of revenue as to compel the Government to review the position. After consulting with the settlers, it has been decided to increase the railway-rates 50 per cent., amalgamate with the Postal Department, and reduce the staff employed, thereby to some extent curtailing facilities. This arrangement, which is for twelve months only, is, in view of future settlement and the possibility of more coal being opened up, considered preferable to closing the line altogether. The remarkable expansion of business in the southern portion of the North Island is seen in the increased railway revenue on the Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Section, which amounts to 11 per cent. No doubt the advantage of through communication and cheap fares and rates by the all-Government route has had a stimulating effect. This increasing business, however, demands increased station-accommodation and rolling-stock. 3. EXPENDITDEE. The expenditure for working has absorbed 6326 per cent, of the revenue, an increase of nearly 1 per cent, over the rate for the previous year (62 - 30), which in turn showed an increase of nearly 1 per cent, over the rate for 1896-97. This increased rate of spending is due entirely to the expenditure of the Maintenance, Locomotive, and Car and Wagon Branches, which are respectively 046, 0-54, and 0 - 26 per cent, of revenue more than last year. The traffic expenditure per cent, of revenue is 024 per cent, less than last year. The amounts chargeable to the expenditure, Working Account, are as follows : — 1898-99. 1897-98. In the Traffic Department ... ... ... £244,933 £232,646 „ Locomotive Department ... ... ... 305,212 274,633 „ Maintenance Department... ... ... 357,189 327,987 Management ... ... ... ... ... 44,318 41,062 £951,652 £876,328 Less credit recoveries ... ... ... 21,914 19,137 £929,738 £857,191 The percentage of expenditure to revenue received is as follows :— 1898-99. 1897-98. Traffic ... ... ... ... ... ... 16-67 16-91 Locomotive ... ... ... ... ... 15-75 1521 Car and wagon repairs ... ... . . ... 5-01 4-75 Maintenance of way ... ... ... ... 24-30 23-84 ~ , (Head office ... ... ... ... 1-01 0-97 Mana S emen M Departmental offices ... 2-01 2.01 64-75 63-69 Less credit recoveries ... ... ... 1*49 1-39 63-26 62-30

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The train-miles run for 1898-99 were ... ... ... 3,968,708 As compared with 1897-98 ... ... ... ... 3,666,483 Increase... ... ... ... ... ... 302,225 Express-train service, Auckland to Eotorua, train services consequent upon the opening of the Thames Eailway in December, 1898, extra mail trains between New Plymouth and Wanganui, increased train services due to opening of the Wairarapa extension to Woodville in December, 1897, extra trains between Culverden and Waikari, extra train Little Eiver line, extra Saturday train between Lyttelton and Christchurch, summer Saturday to Monday train between Dunedin and Palmerston South, train service between Kokonga and Eanfurly (twelve miles extension of line opened on the Ist December, 1898), and special goods services to overtake increased goods business explain the largely increased train-mileage. The working-expenses on account of locomotive power have increased from £209,289 in 1897-98 to £231,532 in 1898-99, an increase of £22,243. The cost per train-mile for locomotive charges has increased from 13'70d. in 1897-98 to 14'OOd. per train-mile in 1898-99, due to payment of increased rate of wages, replacing old engines with new, and heavy repairs due to increased age of the stock. Of the total amount charged to working-expenses under the head of locomotive power, £2,375, fairly chargeable to capital, has been spent on new locomotives and conversion of seven small engines to engines of heavier type. Car and wagon repairs cost £73,680, as compared with £65,344 in 1897-98, an increase of £8,336. The increase is due to payment of increased rate of wages and large amount of rebuilding done. Of the total amount charged to working-expenses under the heading of car and wagon repairs, £7,495 has been spent upon new work fairly chargeable to Capital Account. The cost of maintenance of way has advanced from £327,987 in 1897-98 to £357,189 in 1898-99, an increase of £29,202. Of this increased amount, £8,199 has been spent on the Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Section, £12,927 on the Hurunui-Bluff Section, £1,609 on the Westport Section,. £4,844 on the Nelson Section (due to extensive wharf renewals), and £1,085 on the Picton Section. The increasing age of the lines, and the necessity for providing heavier rails and stronger structures to carry the heavier type of engines now running, renders the work of maintenance largely one of reconstruction. The cost per mile of railway for maintenance has advanced from £13857 in 1894-95 to £172-92 in 1898-99. A sum of £7,298 for additions and improvements to the lines and structures has been debited to the working-expenses, which might fairly be charged to capital. During the past year the cost of respacing and providing additional sleepers so as to strengthen the track amounted to £8,571, and the cost of the increased weight of rail, due to relaying with heavier rails, amounted to £4,993. These amounts might also fairly be charged to Capital Account, but have nevertheless been debited to working-expenses. The increased rate of expenditure on permanent-way should continue until the railway-lines of the colony are relaid with heavier rails, and the structures rebuilt to carry heavier types of locomotives. The work of replacing light iron rails with heavier steel rails, and rebuilding of soft-wood timber bridges with ironbark and iron, is carried out at the charge of working-expenses. It is quite open to question whether this should be so charged, or whether the difference in value should not be debited to the capital cost of the railways. At all events, I am satisfied that the cost of the more expensive structures rebuilt should be debited, and the original cost of the old structures removed credited, to Capital Account. In the case of extensive bridge renewals, the amount chargeable to working-expenses should be spread over several years' accounts, so as not to unduly disturb the finances in one year. The Head Office expenditure is £1,442 over that of last year, which, as explained in my last year's Statement, was £1,186 less than the previous year. The increase over 1896-97 is therefore a very small one, and is due to scale

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increases of salary to clerks and extra clerical assistance. The departmental and district management expenses show an increase of £1,815, due to the appointment of the Signal and Interlocking Engineer (Mr. A.. H. Johnson) and his staff; also to scale increases of salary. 4. EXPENDITDEE FOE ADDITIONS TO OPEN LINES. There has been charged £179,932 to Additions to Open Lines Capital Account. Of this amount, £109,298 (in addition to £13,976, the value of materials on hand at the commencement of the year, and which was charged to the 1897-98 account) has been expended on account of rolling-stock, viz. : Nineteen locomotives, twelve carnages, fitting bogie wagons for holiday passenger traffic, eight brake-vans, 788 wagons, 1,022 tarpaulins, and one steam-crane, ail of which have been completed during the year; also on account of nine locomotives, ninety-six carriages, 457 brake-vans and wagons, and one steam travelling crane, which were under construction in our railway workshops at the close of the year. An additional sum of £15,360 has been spent on compressed-gas lighting for our railway carriages, and £10,054 on machinery for our workshops. Also £45,220 on account of additions to wharves, station-buildings, platforms, sidings, workshop buildings, engine-sheds, turntables, bridges, dwellings, waterservices, loading-banks, cattle- and sheep-yards, fencing, telegraphs, telephones, signals, purchase of land, &c. The following are the additions to and renewals of rolling-stock for the four years, ending 31st March, 1899:— Number of Number of Description. Additions. Beuewals. Locomotives ... ... ... ... ... 28 9 Carriages ... ... ... ... ... ... 60 43 Brake-vans ... ... ... ... ... .. 4 31 Wagons 1,370 513 Cranes ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 — I would refer critics who allege that additions to the rolling-stock should be paid for out of revenue to the annual reports of the State railways of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, and the Cape. For the five years ending 1893 New South Wales spent £989,599 on new rolling-stock, and £968,881 on improvements and additions to open lines, which amounts were debited to the capital cost of the railways, and I may say that this is, and rightly so, the almost universal pratice. In connection with this matter the Locomotive Superintendent reports that during the past year the tractive-power of our engines was increased by ]5"98 per cent., of which increase 2-21 per cent, was charged to workingexpenses ; this means that the department is replacing light engines with heavy engines at the cost of working-expenses. The work of fitting the standard bogie-carriage stock on the three principal sections with Pintsch gas is practically complete, and I am pleased to say that since the adoption of this system of lighting universal satisfaction has been expressed at the excellence of the light. Additions to buildings and machinery for our railway workshops for the four years ending the 31st March, 1899, have been effected at a cost of £15,767 for buildings, and £14,268 for machinery. 5. MIDLAND EAILWAY: EESULTS OF WOEKING. The expenditure for working-expenses, also for new rolling-stock (twelve wagons for Belgrove extension, and six double-bogie wagons for Jackson line), protective works, and rates paid to local public bodies, exceeds the railway revenue for the year by £3,844. The revenue for the year ending the 31st March, 1899, was £20,204, and the expenditure £24,048, as compared with £19,382 revenue and £14,188 expenditure for the previous year. (See Appendix G.) As anticipated in my last Statement, the cost of ordinary upkeep has increased. For the year ending the 31st March, 1899, working expenditure on lines and structures increased by £2,673 on locomotives, carriages, and wagons by £609, and for traffic expenses by £16, as compared with the previous year. The increased working expenditure on account of upkeep of line and struc-

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tures, also on account of motive-power, is accounted for by the additional work done, and also by the extensive repairs out in consequence of serious damage to the lines by floods. Lines passing through mountainous districts such as those served by the Midland Eailway system are especially liable to flood-damages, and this to some extent accounts for the high rate of expenditure on maintenance of way and works in this colony. The increase in general charges is due to payment of rates to local public bodies. (See Appendix G.) The extension from Belgrove to Motupiko (9 miles 18 chains) was opened on the Ist March, and up to the 31st March 325 passengers, seventy-two parcels, 210 sheep, forty bales wool, 2,300 ft. timber, 24 tons grain, 54 tons merchandise, 22 tons minerals, were carried on the extension, producing a revenue of £66. The expenditure for working amounted to £104. 6. CONCLUDING EEMAEKS AND FOEECAST. As this is the last year of the present Parliament, and probably the' last Eailways Statement I shall have the honour of submitting to the House, it will not be out of place to place on record my views in regard to the New Zealand railways, and also to review the results of the last four years' working. In the first place, the long-distance-transit business in New Zealand is carried on by ocean vessels and the Union Steamship Company, the railways really acting as feeders for the vessels which load and discharge at the numerous ports all along our extensive seaboard. Unlike most other systems, there is no one centre in New Zealand upon which all the railways converge, and from which they can be easily and economically controlled. The New Zealand railways consist of numerous disconnected systems, costly to maintain and difficult to administer in an economical manner. Time will doubtless rectify this, and each Island will eventually have its system of railways with unbroken connections throughout. No comparison can be made with the business and working results of our railways as compared with, for instance, the State railways of Victoria or New South Wales, each of which have one unbroken connected system, terminating in the one case at Melbourne and in the other at Sydney. Such systems command the business of distant places, thereby securing a lucrative revenue, a class of business, as I have before indicated, almost entirely carried on by sea in New Zealand. There is little inter-communication between the importing centres in New Zealand, and this brings me to a conclusion which has been forced upon me over and over again : that there is a tendency here, as elsewhere, to sacrifice local requirements and incur unjustifiable expense in running fast through services, for which, our lines were never designed, and which any possible business will not support. With our numerous ports of entry the New Zealand railways are forced to live upon the local business procurable, and the ideal train services for this class of business are fast stopping-trains equipped with ample power and a continuous brake. Hitherto we have been principally concerned in providing additional power and rolling-stock to enable the department to carry the traffic ; but at the same time improvements and additions to stations, station-yards, safety appliances, and the running-track are not keeping pace with the requirements of the times and increasing business. The remarkable expansion going on in the southern portion of the North Island urgently calls for increased accommodation at New Plymouth, Waitotara, Aramoho, Wanganui, Feilding, Palmerston North, and Masterton. In the South Island the contemplated alteration of the main line at Oamaru will necessitate the provision of a new through-passenger station to replace the existing station. As the railway business expands, the weight of the trains increases, the lines become more crowded, the necessity for providing additional safety appliances is more and more apparent; and year by year it becomes more convincingly manifest that Parliament should deal with this important question in a comprehensive manner, as, in order to introduce an improved method of working, a very large capital expenditure will be required. The provision of more powerful locomotives, additional carriages and wagons, enlargement of our stations and station-yards, to accommodate the increasing business, will also entail a very large expenditure. My officers

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advise me that in order to put the railways in a position to cope with the increasing business in a proper manner the equipment of the lines should be added to and improved by carrying out the works enumerated in the following schedule, viz.:— Schedule op Proposed Additions and Improvements to Open Lines. £ Additions and improvements to stations ... ... ... 182,250 Eebuilding and strengthening bridges ... ... ... ... 131,000 Improvements of lines (curves and gradients) ... ... 322,400 Signals and telegraphs ... ... ... ... ... 60,000 Dwellings—additions and improvements ... ... ... 24,900 Workshops—additions ... ... ... ... ... 42,250 Belaying ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 108,420 Eespacing sleepers ... ... ... ... ... ... 46,750 Fencing ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 35,000 Wharves—additions and improvements ... ... ... 11,000 Ballast-plant and ballast-sidings ... ... ... ... 38,250 Additional locomotives ... ... ... ... ... 170,000 Water-services ... ... ... ... ... ... 7,200 Additional cars, and cost of conversions ... ... ... 82,000 Additional wagons, brake-vans, travelling-cranes, and cost of converting existing four-wheeled brake-vans to bogies ... ... 226,000 Additional machinery and electric light for workshops ... ... 25,000 Automatic continuous brake for existing stock ... ... ... 275,000 Automatic continuous brake for additional stock to be built ... 50,000 Contingencies ... .. ... ... ... ... 162,580 Total... ... ... ... ... £2,000,000 It is estimated that these works will take at least five years to complete. Before such important undertakings are authorised it will be necessary for the Government to fully consider the whole question prior to the assembling of the new Parliament. I propose to have surveys made, and plans and estimates prepared, for doubling the lines between jAuckland and Penrose, Wellington and Lower Hutt, Dunedin and Port Chalmers, Dunedin and Mosgiel, Milton and Clarkesville, and Invercargill and the junction with Seaward Bush Branch, all of which works will have to be undertaken at no distant date, and will cost approximately between £500,000 and £600,000. The work of strengthening the existing light lines by relaying with heavier rails (561b. steel) and rebuilding the bridges in iron and ironbark is an important one, and this will be realised when I tell you that we still have 556 miles of 40 lb. and sixty-four miles of 30 lb. track. lam advised that 190 miles of railway laid with 40 lb. rails and carrying the heavier traffic, besides 130 miles of 52 lb. iron, and various other weights of rails, should be relaid within the next five years ; and 430 miles of 301b. and 401b. track in the branches during the following five years. Ordinary renewals of the main lines now laid with the heavier weight of rails and relaying as above for next five years will involve relaying at the rate of eighty-four miles a year, rising from sixty-nine miles this year to ninety-five miles in 1903-1904; as against an average of forty-one miles a year during the past five years —last year fortyeight miles, and in 1894-95 thirty-seven miles, were relaid. To provide for relaying, reconstruction of and repairs to bridges and other structures, at present rate of cost, and for ordinary maintenance of the lines, will require an annual expenditure chargeable to working-expenses (Maintenance Branch) of about £400,000 for the next five years. With a large business such as is carried on by the Eailway Department, it is absolutely essential to provide for the future; This cannot be done in the absence of the assurance that the funds will be forthcoming to carry out a scheme of improvement which will necessarily extend over a period of years; and until this is given we have no option but to continue our present method of working. That the business has been carried on under the greatest pressure will, I am sure, be admitted on a perusal of the following figures, which indicate in a striking manner the increase of business largely consequent upon the substantial reductions in rates made by the present Government; —

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing Number of Passengers, Season Tickets, Tonnage of Goods and Live-stock, and Revenue, for Four Years ending the 31st March, 1895, and the 31st March, 1899.

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Year ending Number of Passengers. Annual per Cent. Increase. Revenue. Annual per Cent. Increase. Number of Season Tickets. Annual Annual per Cent. Revenue, per Cent. Increase. Increase. Annual Tonnage. I per Cent. Increase. Revenue. Annual per Cent. Increase. 31st March, 1892 ... 1893... ! 1894... ; 1895... |l 3,555,764 3,759,044 3,972,701 3,905,578 3*55 5*71 5*68 £ 342,563 367,594 378,480 -360,243 2*83 7*30 2*96 16,341 16,504 17,226 28,623 17*72 0*99 4*37 6616 £ 22,054 23,025 23,540 24,906 7*73 4*39 2-23 5*80 2,122,987 2,258,235 2,128,709 2,123,343 6*37 £ 671,469 707,785 686,439 683,726 '5*40 Totals 15,193,087 1,448,880 78,694 93,525 8,633,274 2,749,449 ii 31st March, 1896 ... j 1897... ... ..." 1898... 1899... 4,162,426 4,439,387 4,672,264 4,955,553 ■6*57 6*65 5*24 6*06 r 359,822 378,684 399,262 438,367 5*23 5*43 9*79 36,233 43,069 48,660 55,027 26*58 18*86 12*98 13*08 29,412 31,476 34,168 37,186 18*09 7*01 8*55 8*83 2,175,943 2,461,127 2,628,746 2,744,441 2-47 1310 6-81 4*40 698,115 774,163 837,589 882,077 214 10*89 8*19 5*31 i Totals 18,229,630 1,576,135 j 182,989 132,242 10,010,257 3,191,944 •l Increase for four years ending 1899. over four years ending 1895 ". : 3,036,543 19*98 127,255 8*78 104,295 132*53 38,717 41*39 1,376,983 15*94 442,495 1609 I

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The foregoing table indicates that the number of passengers has increased 19-98 per cent., the revenue from ordinary passengers £8-78 per cent.; season tickets, increase in number 132-53 per cent., and in revenue £41-39 per cent. ; goods tonnage increase 15*94 per cent., goods revenue increase £16-09 per cent. It cannot be expected that existing facilities can successfully cope with a business increasing in such a remarkable manner, and which expansion, in view of the energy of the people, the fortunate results following upon the cutting-up of large estates for closer settlement, the increased production of gold, and cheap money, is, as far as I can see, likely to continue for some time to come. It is proposed to provide all new second-class carriages and conversions with cushions for the base of the seats; also to similarly cushion existing second-class bogie-carriages as they are sent to the workshops for repairs. In order to better protect trains from accidents arising from collisions with live-stock straying on the rail way-lines, it is proposed to bring the Eailway Department under the provisions of the Fencing Act, and to gradually erect fences along the unprotected portions of the existing lines. With a view to encouraging workmen who pursue their calling in Wellington to live at Petone and Lower Hutt, the issue of workmen's tickets at specially low rates was inaugurated some time since as an experiment, in the hope that it will reduce the overcrowding now taking place in Wellington. The tickets are available on the outward journey by workmen's trains only, and are issued to persons residing in the suburbs. In the event of the experiment proving a success, I propose at the end of the present financial year to, make similar arrangements in connection with Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin. The following rate-concessions for year 1899-1900 have been decided upon —viz., 20 per cent, reduction on agricultural produce, 40 per cent, on butter and cheese, and 5 per cent, on artificial manures. These concessions involve a sacrifice of revenue amounting to at least £40,000 for the year. It is also intended to introduce a new and reduced scale of rates for small lots of goods of 28 lb. weight and upwards, with a view to encouraging by means of low freights the forwarding of small lots of goods. The concessions in freights and fares from Ist January, 1895, to 31st March, 1899, are valued approximately at £200,000. The additional train-miles run during the year under review were 302,225, at a cost of £70,796. " In the course of the next few years, should the equipment and revenue permit, I would advise the abolition of return tickets, and reduction of single fares to ljd. per mile first-class and Id. per mile second-class. This would, I feel sure, be a step in the right direction, and one in which all would participate. In view of the large reductions made in the grain and other produce rates on Ist April, 1899, I estimate the revenue for the year ending 31st March, 1900, at £1,475,000. The estimates of expenditure amount to £967,320. For the current year Parliament will be asked to vote the sum of £225,000, to be expended in providing additional rolling-stock and station accommodation for the open lines. The usual reports and returns are attached to this Statement.

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LIST OF APPENDICES ACCOMPANYING REPORT ON NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS FOR 1898-99.

A. Report on Working Railways by General Manager. B. Report on the Working of the Locomotive Department. C. Report on Maintenance of New Zealand Railways. D. Annual Signal Report. B. Report by Stores Manager. F. Reports on Working and Condition op the Midland Railway. G. Statement of Revenue and Expenditure on Midland Railway. H. Reports of District Traffic Managers of Principal Districts.

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APPENDIX A.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER OF NEW ZEALAND. GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. N.Z. Government Eailways, Head Office, Sib,— Wellington, 17th June, 1899. I have the honour to report upon the working of the open railways for the financial year ended 31st March, 1899. The capital cost has increased from £15,993,903 to £16,404,076. The revenue has been £1,469,665, against 1,376,008 last year, an increase of £93,657. The net revenue has been £539,928, against £518,817 last year, an increase of £21,111. The expenditure has been £929,738, against £857,191, an increase of £72,547. The expenditure per cent, of revenue £6326, as compared with £62-30 last year. The rate of interest earned on capital cost—£3 ss. 10d., as compared with £3 4s. lOd. last year. The revenue per train-mile, 7s. 5d., and the cost per train-mile, 4s. Bd., as against 7s. 6d. and 4s. Bd. respectively last year. The following extensions have been opened during the year:— * M. oh. Whakapara to Waiotu ... ... ... ... ... 3 26 Paeroa to Thames .. ..'. ... ... ... ... 19 20 Kokonga to Eanfurly ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 13 Total ... ... ... ... 33 59 Eeturn No. 16 gives a comparative statement of the traffic and expenditure from 1881-82 to date. The passenger-traffic shows an increase of 283,289 passengers and 6,367 season tickets, the increased revenue derived therefrom being £42,123. 482,278 holiday excursionists have travelled, yielding a revenue of £84,795. 51,940 scholars and teachers, and 39,955 parents and friends, travelled by school and factory excursions, yielding a revenue of £6,216. There has again been a large increase in the goods and live-stock traffic—viz., 105,692 tons. The revenue from goods and live-stock has increased by £44,487. Cattle have increased in number 11,407; and sheep, 161,638. Pigs have decreased 8,272, and calves 464 head. Chaff and lime traffic has increased by 5,858 tons ; firewood, 3,382 tons; merchandise, 13,810 tons; minerals, 98,485 tons. Wool has decreased 5,659 tons; timber, 2,807 tons; and grain, 7,377 tons. Twenty-two locomotives have been imported from America during the year, and are giving every satisfaction. Ten are expected shortly from Sharp, Stewart, and Co., of Glasgow. The building of new carriage and wagon stock is keeping all the railway workshops very busy. The maintenance expenditure is still increasing, and, until the lines are practically relaid throughout with new standard 56 lb. steel rails, and bridges strengthened so as to carry all classes of locomotives, is not likely to decrease. The work of interlocking proceeds slowly. Consequent upon the rapidly increasing business the extension of the block system and provision of automatic continuous brakes should be provided for. The railways are rapidly developing a business for which the light pioneer lines originally designed for New Zealand are inadequate, and the work of maintenance has now become largely one of reconstruction. It is with great regret that I have to report a serious rear collision at Eakaia on the 11th March, by which four passengers lost their lives, and a large number were injured. As this accident is to be the subject of an inquiry by Eoyal Commission, I must at the present time refrain from any comment. Appended to this report are the usual returns, together with the reports of the Locomotive Superintendent, Chief Engineer, Stores Manager, and Traffic Managers of the principal districts. I have, &c, T. Eonayne, To the Hon. the Minister for Eailways. General Manager,

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APPENDIX B. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WORKING OF THE LOCOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT, 1898-99. Sib, — Locomotive Superintendent's Office, Wellington, 22nd May, 1899. I have the honour to report on the working of the Locomotive Department for the year ending the 31st March, 1899. The locomotives, carriages, wagons, vans, cranes, tarpaulins, machinery, and general plant have been maintained in good working condition, and various improvements have been effected to both locomotives and rolling-stock. The following new locomotives were provided during the year:—

Four old double Fairlie Class E locomotives- —one of which has been in service since 1872, and the three others since 1875—have been written off, and have been replaced by four imported Wa locomotives. One Class D locomotive has been disposed of to the Public Works Department. During the year the tractive power has been increased 15-98 per cent., of which increase 12-51 per cent, has been charged to additions to open lines, 2-21 per cent, to working expenses, and 1-26 per cent, to the Westport Harbour Board. The new locomotives, locomotive conversions, and boiler renewals in hand in the workshops, and the new locomotives under order from Great Britain, will further increase the tractive power by 11*01 per cent. Even with this addition to the tractive power, it is necessary to provide at once more locomotives of the Class U type with 4 ft. wheels, to enable the engines in service to be withdrawn for repairs as they become due. The replacing of old types of locomotives with modern types, and supplementing the present locomotive stock, demands serious consideration. The additional train mileage—viz., 302,225 miles—worked during the year has taxed the resources of the Department most severely. I again direct attention to the urgent necessity that exists for providing that the permanentway and structures be made suitable for carrying more powerful engines than have hitherto been in use. The Class U and Wa engines built by the Department, and the engines of the same type imported from America, are giving satisfactory results. The increase in the rolling-stock already made, and that in course of manufacture, renders it necessary that further accommodation for the proper maintenance of the stock be provided at the most important workshops. It is essential that more carriage stock be provided, so that the vehicles can have proper and regular attention. These conditions equally apply in respect to the wagon stock. Carriage-sheds should be available at all important centres. In my last report I strongly urged equipping the engines and rolling-stock with an automatic continuous brake. I again most strongly urge that effect be given to my representation. The increase in business, the constant demand for accelerated train-services, a heavier ton mileage, steep gradients, and numerous stoppages, renders it imperative that ample brake-power be provided for controlling trains at all times. To further the commencement of this most important work .the following scheme is outlined, so as not to unduly strain the finances in any one year. The cost of equipping the whole of the rolling-stock may be estimated at £275,000, and could be extended over a period of about seven years. Of this amount not more than £60,000 would be required the first year, and not more than £35,000 per annum until the work was completed. It would be most expedient to first equip the Auckland Section, Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Section, and Hurunui-Bluff Section. To do this completely it is estimated it will cost about £250,000. This expenditure could be spread over a period of, say, seven years, and, so as to derive as quickly as possible the value of the continuous brake, it would be best to first equip the engines, carriages, brake-vans, and horse-boxes, and simply "pipe" the wagons. The lighting of the principal workshops by electricity is a work of considerable urgency. The following additions have been made to workshops during the year ending 31st March, 1899: New smiths' shop, Petone; additional shop, Petone, for signal and interlocking work; new shop for boiler machinery, Addington ; new engine-house, Addington ; new smiths' and boiler-shop, Hillside; new engine-house, Hillside; paint-shop, Hillside, extended 40 ft. ; new springmaker's furnace, Hillside; two new scrap furnaces, Hillside; new timber-shed erected at East Town; new springmaker's furnace, East Town; addition to smiths' shop, Greymouth. The following additions to plant have been made during the year : Two portable hydraulic riveters, one 10-cwt. steam-hammer, two slide-bar surfacing-machines, one Eawlinson's patent

Description. How charged. Two Class TJ locomotives (passenger type), built at Addington One Class Wa locomotive, built at Hillside Ten Class U locomotives (passenger type), imported from America Six Class Wa locomotives, imported from America Two Class Wa locomotives, imported from America Four Class Wa locomotives, imported from America Additions to open lines. it a it Westport Harbour Board. Working expenses.

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grindstone, two punching- and shearing-machines; one rivet-, bolt-, and nut-making machine; one hydraulic wheel-making plant (complete), and one forging-press and one hydraulic riveter, one Brown's patent screwing- machine, one 10-in. centre lathe, two 12-in. centre lathes, one 8-in. centre capstan lathe, two wheel-turning lathes, one wheel-tyre boring lathe, one wheel-centre boring and turning lathe, four multiple drilling-machines, three vertical drilling-machines, three radial drillingmachines, one vertical milling-machine, one chain-saw mortising-machine, two sewing-machines, one small drilling-machine, two double-action steam-pumps. During the year, two hundred and fifty-two cars and one bogie covered goods-van were fitted for the use of compressed gas, and compressed-oil gasworks have been erected at Palmerston North, Christchureh, and Wellington. Three travelling storeholders for gas have been fitted on bogie platform wagons during the year. The work of replacing old rolling-stock axles which have been in service for a period of years is in hand. On 11th March, a rear collision occurred at Eakaia, resulting in the death of three adults and one child, and injury to fifteen persons. The locomotive (American-built U) escaped with slight injury; three carriages were telescoped, and the end of one bogie brake-van severely damaged; also, eighteen cars were more or less damaged. The following table gives particulars of repairs, &c, to locomotives for the year ending the 31st March, 1899 :—

The following new work is in hand: Six locomotives, Class B, heavy consolidation for goods traffic ; two locomotives, Class U, for passenger traffic ; and one locomotive, Class Wα, for mixed traffic on heavy grades. The conversion of seven Class L locomotives to Lα is also in hand. The following table gives particulars of repairs, &c, to boilers for the year ending the 31st March, 1899 :—

Twenty-four new boilers are in hand.

Number. Class of Engine. Number passed through shops ... Built new Erected Eebuilt Converted Thoroughly overhauled 259 1 A, 6 C, 15 D, 6 E, 45 F, 15 Fa, 3 G, 7 H, 28 J, 3 K, 3 L, 2 La, 4 M, 13 N, 8 O, 14 P, 14 E, 6 S, 5 T, 16 U, 7 V, 4 W, 31 Wa, 1 locomotive for Public Works Department, 1 locomotive for New Plymouth Harbour Board, and 1 locomotive for Manawatu County Council. 2 U, and 1 Wa. 10 U, 12 Wa (imported from America). 3 22 Heavy repairs Light repairs ... .„ / 40 68 1*26 4 D, 3 E, 12 F, 3 Fa,' 2 H, 7 J, 1 P, 2 E, 3 S, 1 W, 1 locomotive for New Plymouth Harbour Board, and 1 locomotive for Manawatu County Council. 1 C, 3 D, 17 F, 6 Fa, 2 6, IH, 9J, IK, 1 L, 2 N, 3 0, 4 P, 5 E, 4 T, 1 U, 4 V, 1 W, and 3 Wa. 1 A, 5 C, 8 D, 3 E, 16 F, 6 Fa, 1 G, 4 H 12 J, 2 K, 2 L, 2 La, 4 M, 11 N, 5 O, 9 P, 7 E, 3 S, 1 T, 3 U, 3 V, 2 W, 15 Wa, and 1 locomotive for Public Works Department. 1 C, 5 D, 2 E, 17 F, 3 Fa, 1 G, 2 H, 10 J, 2 M, 1 0, 1 P, 1 E, 4 T, 2 U, 4 Wa, and 1 locomotive for Manawatu County Council. 1 A, ID, IE, 12 F, 4 Fa, 7 J, 2 K, 2 L, 1 La, 2 M, 2 N, 2 0, 4 P, 8 E, 3 S, 1 T, 13 U, 3 V, 2 W, 2 Wa, and 1 locomotive for New Plymouth Harbour Board. Painted and varnished ... 57 Touched up and revarnished 74

Year ending 31st March, 1899. -si to O I? i H 4^ "a OQ f4 <D M I*. cS a cc u '3 Ph CD « -r-=> 3 <D rC 3 EH is ft o 'Si <D n t->. rf n IS o ft M o Cj Oj a <?• *■§ © © SrS cd g Ph O ft O O W ft 5-1 CD CD Ph e3 O 'f ft B T3 CD ,3 O 3 Pi © o Boilers 144 18 53 73 32 42 44

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The following cars, brake-vans, wagons, and tarpaulins were completed and added to stock during the year:—

Twenty-five cars, fifteen brake-vans, and one hundred and thirty-six wagons were fitted with standard draw-gear. Carriage Bepairs and Rebuilding. —Six hundred and fifty-eight carriages passed through shops, thirteen new Class A cars were built, and fifteen four-wheeled and three six-wheeled old-type cars were condemned and replaced by thirteen new bogie-cars, Class A. The following table gives particulars of repairs, &c, to carriages for the year ending the 31st March, 1899 :—

The following new work is in hand: Seventy-one Class A cars; and forty-three old four- and six-wheeled cars are under conversion to double-bogie Class A cars. Brake-van Bepairs and Rebuilding.- —Two hundred and twenty-eight vans have passed through shops. One incline van was built to replace one burnt, and fifteen four-wheeled vans were rebuilt to bogie type. The following table gives particulars of repairs, &c, to brake-vans for the year ending the 31st March, 1899: —

Twelve new bogie-vans are in hand. Wagon Repairs and Rebuilding. —Five thousand and thirty-eight wagons passed through shops. Eighty-four bogie wagons and seven hundred and twenty-four four-wheeled wagons were completed and added to stock during the year.

* Includes thirteen Class A cars converted from Classes C and D, one Class A car converted from Class B, and one Class B car converted from Class C. f Converted from four-wheel vans, and one-third charged to " Additions to open lines" and two-thirds to " Working expenses." J Seven converted from four-wheel vans, and one Incline van built to replace one burnt. § Four old four-wheel vans rebuilt to sleeping-vans.

Wagons. Cars. Brakevans. Tarpaulins. 4-wheel. Bogie. .dditions to open lines Vorking expenses Vestport Harbour Board 12 16* 8+ 81 690 34 84 1,022 6 28 16 728 84 1,028

Number. Glass of Car. Number passed through shops ... Erected new ... Eebuilt Converted 658 13 15 552 A, 48 B, 36 C, and 22 D. Class A. 15 D and 3 C to 13 Class A, 1 B to A, and 1 C to B. 33 A, 9 C, and 8 D. 146 A, 16 B. 3 C, and 3 D. 346 A, 31 B, 24 C, and 11 D. 160 A, 21 B, 13 C, and 13 D. 154 A, 13 B, 16 C, and 5 D. 24 A, 1 B. Thoroughly overhauled... Heavy repairs Light repairs ... Wholly painted and varnished ... Touched-up and revarnished Fitted with standard draw-gear ... 50 168 412 207 188 25

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The following table gives particulars of repairs, &c., to wagons for the year ending the 31st March, 1899:—

The following new work is in hand : Three hundred and sixty four-wheel wagons, and thirtyfive bogie wagons. The following table gives particulars of repairs, &c, to tarpaulins for the .year ending the 31st March, 1899 :—

Stationary Engines and Cranes. —The following table gives particulars of repairs, &c., to stationary engines and cranes for the year ending the 31st March, 1899: —

Eighteen new crane boilers are in hand. The expenditure per train-mile has been as follows: —

The additional expenditure in the Locomotive Branch per train-mile is principally due to the payment of increases under the Classification Schedule, to the cost of four new Class Wa engines charged to " Working expenses," and to the conversion of seven Class L engines to La type, and also generally to the repairs all round being of a much heavier character, due to the increased age of the stock. The increase in the Car and Wagon Department is due to the payment of increased rate of wages under the Classification Schedule, and to the large amount of rebuilding done during the year. The usual returns have been forwarded. I have, &c, T. F. EOTHEBAM, The General Manager, Locomotive Superintendent. New Zealand Eailways, Wellington.

APPENDIX C. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE MAINTENANCE OF NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. Sib, — Chief Engineer's Office, Wellington, Ist June, 1899. . I have the honour to report on the maintenance of the New Zealand Eailways and the working of the Maintenance Branch for the year ending 31st March, 1899.

Description. . GO T3 p. 0) O £ ,fl •2 § 1-3 I 3 & <x> fl ■a a) o <D LI H ID U > a o O to u co "O '3 •£ o- S5 3 2 3 S 4 g=_| B p. oj b ■«■ IS | I § B o 3 O !? n ™ '3 B T3 a '5 CM agons ... 5,038 *809 49 45 45; 1,559 2,531 1,742 1,371 136 * Includes one Class " K " wagon for Castlecliff Railway Company.

Description. Number passed through Shops. New. Condemned and replaced. Repaired. 'arpaulins 6,848 1,028 629 5,191

CO ro ft <" 2 CO r« <B 3 .O O a* > o to E *3 a, o 03 M Boiler Repairs. Type. <D a O H o 3 W eg ° 3 EH CO M "3 o B -w ,a 00 3 13 a '3 Cm p. d a) .fl a 3 o EH eg p EH '£ 125 o ■p< Q ,£ aj ,q Q o3 & 4) 'o « pa CD > a; u '3 ft <D ft <U CD Hand-cranes Steam-cranes Stationary engines Hoisting-engines... Hydraulic engines 23 20 14 4 "l 3 5 4 3 16 11 14 4 4 5 4 4 1 "l 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 Totals ... 61 45 13

Year. Cost in pence Loco- Cost in pence Car J Train Mileage. Engine Mileage. motive Branch and Wagon Branch per Train-mile. per Train-mile. Total. .898-99 .897-98 3,968,708 3,666,483 5,233,061 4,792,417 d. 14-00 13-70 d. 4-46 4-27 d. 18-46 17-97

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Mileage. —New lines opened for traffic :— On the Whangarei Section— M. eh. Extension from Whakapara to Waiotu ... ... ... ... 326 On the Auckland Section— Extension from Paeroa to Thames ... ... ... ... 19 20 On the Hurunui-Bluff Section— Extension of Otago Central Eailway from Kokonga to Eanfurly ... 11 13 Total ... ... ... ... ... 33 59 Total mileage of railways open for traffic on 31st March, 1899, was 2,084 miles 27 chains. Permanent-way. —Speaking generally, the railway-lines have been kept up in fair condition, and are in many respects showing improvement. Rail Renewals. —There have been about 47 miles of permanent-way relaid. During the year the removal of the original 40 lb. way from the main line on the Hurunui-Bluff Section and the relaying with standard rails was completed. Similar work in the North Island has been pushed on. The rate of renewals over the past four years shows an increase over the previous four years; but the rate of renewal must be further accelerated to keep pace with the increasing traffic. Another element has lately come into prominence, and that is the rusting of steel rails in certain limited localities. This is due to climatic and other causes, and in some places is advancing at a comparatively rapid rate, so much so as to demand special provision being made to meet it. When iron rails were more generally used this trouble was not experienced. Sleeper Renewals. —New sleepers to the number of 331,301 have been laid in the track during the year. Of this amount 282,326 are due to ordinary renewals, and 48,975 are additional sleepers laid to raise the track to a higher standard of stability. This represents the closer sleepering under the forty-seven miles of track relaid, and sixty miles more of existing track reinforced by respacing of sleepers. In this manner 107 miles have been raised to a higher standard. Speaking generally, the re-spacing implies the placing of eleven sleepers under a 24 ft. rail-length instead of nine, which was the previous practice, with the object of giving better bearing to the rail; other rail-lengths are sleepered in proportion. Ballasting. —There has been more ballasting done than in any other previous year on record. There is still a great deal more to be done, and this will be undertaken as engines and wagons are available. Floods, Slips, &c. —A flood in the Kaihu Eiver damaged the south abutment of one of the bridges, which required protection with stone pitching. A heavy flood in January last did some damage on the Thames line. The breastwork at Te Aro Station, Wellington, was considerably undermined by action of the sea. This has been reinstated and strengthened. Slips on the Wellington line have been frequent during the year, but only on one or two occasions has traffic been suspended in consequence. Temporary protective works have been carried out to prevent scouring by the Hutt Eiver, and similarly in the Pakuratahi. Two slips on the Wellington line have been drained by tunnels. In the Christchurch district the foreshore protective work at Timaru has been further extended. The Waimakariri Eiver has widened its bed considerably at Stewart's Gully, near Kaiapoi, and the protective works there have been extended to meet this. The heaviest flood recorded for twenty years occurred in February last in the Eangatata Eiver. The protective works there stood well. The Eakaia Eiver also had a heavier flood than has been known since 1887, but no damage was done. In the Dunedin district the stone protective works have been extended and strengthened at the Upper Waitaki Bridge. In the Invercargill district a rock-slip occurred near Lumsden, requiring a considerable amount of work to reduce the batters. Protective works were built to check encroachment of the Oreti Eiver at Josephville, and similarly at the Oreti Bridge, on the Mararoa Branch. On the Nelson Section the protective works on the Wai-iti Eiver suffered some damage during a severe flood, and have been repaired and extended. On the Picton Section floods have been unusually severe, and occasioned some slips near Picton, and washouts at Para, Tuamarina, and Blenheim. New flood-openings have been provided. Bridges. —Whangarei Section: Several bridges have been renewed in ironbark, and otherwise strengthened. Auckland Section : The bridge-work on this section has been chiefly directed to increasing the strength of bridges, in view of the use of heavier locomotives. Wanganui District: The reconstruction of the Eangitikei Bridge has progressed as far as the supply of material has allowed. Iron cylinders for four new spans of 120 ft. have been sunk, braced, and filled with concrete. The original 120 ft. span has been lifted 4 ft. to the new level. Iron lower chords for the new spans are practically complete, and most of the ironwork provided. As soon as the timber, which has been some time under order, is delivered the bridge will be rapidly completed. The cylinders were supplied under contract with Messrs. Luke and Sons, of Wellington. The Whenuakura Bridge has been completely rebuilt to a stronger type. The Patea Viaduct has been superseded by a deviation of the line in solid cutting and filling, and a short bridge constructed for the waterway. s Three 60 ft. bridges in the Taranaki District have been rebuilt. Napier District: The bridges between Woodville and Waipukurau were strengthened to allow of the running of N Class engines. The iron viaduct at Makotuku was completed under contract with Messrs. J. and A. 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similar structure at Piripiri, concrete foundations for which are in progress; and a contract for construction and erection of ironwork has been placed with Messrs. J. and A. Anderson. A number of concrete abutments to bridges have been built. At the Waitangi, near Napier, the piers are complete for two new bridges; five of the spans have been erected, and material is coming to hand for the remainder. This work has been seriously retarded through delays in supply of the required timber. Wellington District: A large quantity of bridge-repairs has been done, also renewals in ironbark and other strengthening, completing a number of bridges up to a higher standard. Christchurch District: The Eakaia, Ashburton, and Eangitata Bridges have had additional piles driven where required. The reconstruction of the Ashburton Bridge has been continued. This work has been much delayed for want of timber. The strengthening of the two Eangitata bridges is in progress. Dunedin District: The strengthening of the Clutha Bridge has been commenced, and will be completed during current year. New foundations for the Waiareka Creek Viaduct, near Totara, have been laid. The Little Kuri Bridge, near Hampden, has been completely rebuilt. Piers of the Upper Waitaki Bridge have been strengthened. Invercargill District: The Pukerau Bridge has been rebuilt to new standard, also several others on the main line. Five bridges on the Tapanui Branch, six on the Waimea Plains Branch, two on the Kingston line, and one on Orepuki Branch have been rebuilt. Twenty-one timber culverts have been renewed in concrete. Greymouth Section : The Brunner Suspension-bridge had the cables thoroughly cleaned and tarred. Considerable renewals were effected in the horse-track and footway. The north approaches of the Arahura Bridge were heavily protected with rock, decking of bridge repaired, and new cart approach constructed. The iron plates and rivets in the Teremakau Bridge, which showed a tendency to abnormal corrosion, have been cleaned and painted. This work was commenced last financial year, and was completed in this. Westport Section: Deadman's Creek Bridge has had extensive renewals and strengthening. Orowaiti, Wareatea, and Eapid Creek Bridges have been renewed in ironbark up to new standard. Similar work has been in progress on the Waimangaroa Bridge. Nelson Section: The Wairoa Bridge has been substantially strengthened. Picton Section : The Picton Viaduct has had extensive renewals of the piers in ironbark. The Wairau Bridge has had two of the 60 ft. spans rebuilt, and the piers newly braced with iron. The Opawa Bridge has had four of the 30 ft. spans renewed in ironbark, together with the decking. Besides the above specially enumerated works, a large number of other bridges have received lesser repairs and renewals. Supplies of Ironbark. —Early last year the supply of bridge timber became very unsatisfactory both in quality and rate of supply. It was therefore arranged to send the Inspecting Engineer to the timber-producing districts of New South Wales and Queensland. While there he was able to make fresh arrangements, which give promise of placing the supply on a satisfactory basis; and the timber since received has been of superior quality. Arrangements have been made for the inspection of the timber in Australia through the courtesy of the Public Works Department of New South Wales. Fences. —The fencing on the railways now amounts to 3,056 miles, showing an addition during the year of fifty-one miles. A large number of cattle-stops and gates have been renewed. Water-services, Signals, &c. —Very extensive repairs, improvements, and extensions of waterservices have been undertaken during the year, and the supplies have beeu largely increased. Still further extensions of water-services are required to meet increasing demands for the watering of locomotives. A special report on the subject of signals and interlocking, by the Signal and Electrical Engineer, is appended. Wharves. —At Port Chalmers the Export Wharf renewals were continued, a further length being renewed in ironbark. A portion, also, of the approach to the George Street Wharf has been repaired. Considerable repairs of structure and decking have been done at the Greymouth Wharf. Some repairs have been effected to the merchandise wharf and coal-staiths at Westport. The most important work under this head has been the reconstruction of the Nelson Wharf, about one-third of which has been rebuilt in ironbark. This work has been much retarded by delay in supply of timber. Buildings. —A very large amount of work has been done on railway buildings. Increasing age of the wooden buildings tends to increase the expenditure under this heading. Miscellaneous Improvements. —The principal works under this head were the deviation of the line at Patea, superseding the old viaduct; removing engine-shed from Patea to Hawera; shifting and alterations of station at Cross Creek; and alterations to station-buildings, Wellington and Dunedin. New sidings have been put in at ten stations; eight i.ouses removed from old to new sites; twenty houses have had additions built to them; and thirty-one houses have been supplied with coppers or wash-houses. At various stations there have been erected three new shelter-sheds; twenty-one stations have had extra rooms, offices, and other enlargements; four stations have been supplied with new lighting appliances; three platforms extended; five sheep- and cattle-yards extended, &c.; two new coal sheds and yards; and four new signals have been erected, besides a number of minor works. Additions to Open Lines. —The following are some of the principal works in hand during the year:— Auckland—Wheel drop-pit. Ellerslie—Enlargement of office. Frankton—Oil-engine and pump. Mount Rex —Shelter-shed. Morrinsville—New signals. Palmerston North—Extensive alterations and additions to yard and sidings, including new cattle-yard; addition to engine-shed and pits ; new

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coaling-crane and buckets; and building for Pintseh's gas plant. Bunnythorpe—lmproved track alignment and new platform. Feilding—New luggage-room, and station verandah extended. Halcombe—New 4,000-gallon vat. Eangitikei Bridge—Two new 4,000-gallon vats. Marton—Completion of new station and sidings, new cattle-yards, subway for passengers. Turakina—Two new 4,000-gallon vats. Eatana —New station. Fordell —New 4,000-gallon vat. Wanganui—New signals, office for Inspector, 2 in. artesian well sunk, 20 chains of new siding. Kai Iwi—New 4,000-gallon vat, telephone at station. Patea — New 4,000-gallon vat. Manutahi — New 4,000-gallon vat. Hawera —New 4,000-gallon vat, new signals. Eltham—Two new 4,000-gallon vats. Stratford— Two new 4,000-gallon vats. Inglewood.—New 4,000-gallon vat. Corbett Eoad—Shelter-shed and platform. Egmont Eoad —Shelter-shed and platform. Wellington—Building for Pintseh's gas plant. Petone—Workshops extension, new stockyards and pens, and siding, iron store and racks, signal-fitting shop, Lower Hutt — New signal. Kaitoke — Eefreshment-room extension. Summit—New 2,000-gallon vat. Cross Creek—Completion of engine-shed. Masterton—New 2,000- and 4,000-gallon vats, goods-shed crane. Mauriceville—New 4,000-gallon vat, new house for Stationmaster. Eketahuna —New 2,000- and 4,000-gallon vats. Pahiatua—Enginepit, new 4,000-gallon vat. Mangatainoka—Cattle-yards. Ngawapurua Bridge—New signals and cabins. Woodville—Station-yard rearrangement, station-buildings alteration. Makotuku— New 4,000-gallon vat and oil-engine and pump. Takapau—New 4,000-gallon vat. Waipukurau—Two new 4,000-gallon vats. Kaikora—Two new 4,000-gallon vats and windmill. Te Aute—Two new 4,000-gallon vats. Hastings —Gas-engine and pumps, and artesian well. Eoy's Hill—Land compensation. Farndon—New 2,000-gallon vat. Napier—Coal-yard. Christchurch—l2,ooo gallons water-storage at engine depot. Addington Workshops—Boiler-shop extension, and lean-to addition to boiler-shop. Hornby—Two new 2,000-gallon tanks. Islington— Siding extension. Weedon's —Siding extension. Ealing—Additional siding. Timaru—Lamps in yard, goods-shed overhead traveller. Studholme —New signals. Eangiora—Siding alterations. Waikari—Cattle-yard and siding. Moeraki—Cattle-yard. Bennett's—Windmill. Babbit Island —Windmill, and water-service improvements. 3f m., Malvern Branch—New crossing - siding. Waimate—Cattle-yard. Bushey—Siding alterations. Palmerston—Additional tank. Seacliff— Water-service improvements. Warrington—Additional tank. Dunedin—Goods-shed and traversing crane. Hillside Workshops—Addition to paint-shop, new smith- and boiler-shop, foundations for hydraulic plant. Abbotsford —New signals. Wingatui—Eacecourse-station. Mosgiel— Completion of station rearrangement, verandah. Allanton — New signals. Otakia—Goodsshed. Waihola—Windmill. Balclutha—lmprovements to station-buildings and water-service. Upper Waitaki —Stone protective works and raking piles in bridge. Papakaio—Loading-bank. Peebles —Stockyards and loading-bank. Borton's —Stockyards. Tokarahi—Windmill. Inch Valley —New junction and siding alterations for lime-quarry line. Port Chalmers—Extra lamps on George Street Pier. Eanfurly—so ft. turntable. Otago Central Eailway—Lightening rock cuttings. Fencing Edendale estate. Invercargill—Additions to engine-shed. Kelso—Additions to station-yard. Eiversdale —Additions to goods-shed. Kingston Crossing—Goods-shed and siding extension. Balfour—-Station additions and alterations, cattle-yards, new house for Stationmaster. Lintley—Platform and shelter-shed. Waimatua —Shelter-shed. Winton—Approach road. Joseph-ville—-New cottage. Lumsden —Completion of new signals. FiveEivers—New cottage. Sea View — Shelter-shed. Greymouth —Workshop addition. Westport—New station and offices and goodsshed, outbuildings Cottage No. 4, new cottage for District Engineer, five high-level coal-shoots on staiths, roadway under staiths. Sergeant's Hill—Loop siding, and removal of platform and sheltershed. Fairdown —Siding. Waimangaroa—Urinals, &c. Granity—Station-buildings removed from Westport, Stationmaster's house removed from Westport, new 20-ton wagon weighbridge, new 2,000-gallon tank. Mokihinui —Shelter-shed removed from Seddonville. Seddonville—Stationbuildings, station house, and weighbridge removed from Mokihinui. General: Additions to telephone and telegraph services were carried out in various districts, additions, &c, to thirteen dwellinghouses, and improvements and lengthening of four station-plat-forms, besides numerous minor additions. Expenditure. —The expenditure on maintenance of way and works during the past year amounts to £353,946, being at the rate of £172 per mile of railway. The expenditure shows an increase over the previous year of £28,247. This may be accounted for by the following abnormal items of expenditure : — £ The extra 6d. a day allowed to certain classes of workmen ... ... 2,243 Additional charges due to new railway extensions ... ... ... 1,200 Additional sleepers laid over the number laid the previous year ... 5,330 Conversion of M wagons to ballast-hoppers, hire of ballast-wagons from Public Works Department, and transfer of ballast plant from South Island to Wellington ... ... ... ... ... 1,255 Additional ballasting ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,346 Ballasting Forest Hill Eailway (recoverable) ... ... ... 608 Protective works, Wai-iti, Upper Waitaki, Pahau Eiver, and Te Aro Breastwork ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,023 Flood-damages on Thames line ... ... ... ... ... 500 Eeconstruction of bridges through floods of previous years, and strengthening for the running of heavier engines ... ... ... 8,960 Enclosure of Dunedin Station ... ... - ... ... ... 380 Eeconstruction of Greymouth and Nelson Wharves ... ... ... 4,927 Improvements to water-services ... ... ... ... ... 500 Total ... ... ~. ... £28,272

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Generally speaking, the expenditure of this department has been largely increased in consequence of the transition from original light-type railways to a more substantial one, in order to meet the demands of developing traffic. It has further been affected by the great increase in number of sleepers requiring renewal. The rate of progress in reconstruction of track and structures has been greatly accelerated during the last few years, which also accounts for the increase of expenditure that has marked the same period. The necessity for this transition from a light to a heavier class of railway has become compulsory to provide for the great augmentation of traffic as well as the large additions made in the number of the heaviest classes of engines. Analysing last year's expenditure, it is found that the proportionate cost due to reconstruction is very large. The items which come under the head of reconstruction are the actual relaying of tracks, exclusive of repairs; the respacing of sleepers, which increases the standard of stability; and the reconstruction of bridges, also exclusive of repairs. Eeduced to money value the statement is as under:— £ Eeconstruction of tracks ... ... ... ... ... 29,867 Ec-spacing of sleepers ... ... ... ... ... ... 8,571 Eeconstruction of bridges ... ... ... ... ... 18,317 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... £56,755 With these items eliminated the ordinary maintenance of the New Zealand railways stands at the rate of about £148 per mile per annum. Comparing the statements of cost of maintenance of way upon other colonial railways, it is observed that the South Australian rate per mile is the lowest. In that colony, according to the published analysis, the expenditure includes sleepers £6,604, and rails £7,874 ; together £14,478. On our railways £78,430 was laid out for similar materials. On the Queensland railways no relaying proper was done. On the New South Wales railways the Maintenance Account is not much detailed, but the whole of the materials for maintenance and renewals of permanent-way came to £48,078, as against £89,703 on New Zealand railways for the same class of materials. Most of the Australian railways use ironbark or jarrah sleepers, which have an immense advantage in point of strength and durability over the bulk of the sleepers in the New Zealand railways. These facts largely account for the disparity in the mileage rates of maintenance expenditure in the various colonies. New Zealand has an item of expense which is peculiar when comparing with other colonial lines—that is, the mountainous nature of the country, its heavy rainfall, numerous and swift-running rivers, which, since the railways were constructed, have annually caused damages more or less costly to repair, and involving expensive works to hold the rivers in control. Expenditure on this head still exists, although it has been immensely reduced by the successful protective works established in former years. Forecast. —Notwithstanding the large amount of conversion of light lines into more substantial ones that has been done in the past, there is yet a great deal to do in this direction. There still remains in the lines which carry the heavier traffic about 190 miles of 40 lb. way. This should be relaid within five years. After this there are branch lines carrying lighter traffic, having about 430 miles of 30 lb. and 40 lb. way, which should be provided for during the following five years or thereabouts. Besides the above there are 130 miles of 52 lb. and various other weights of iron rails in main lines, all of which should be relaid within the next five years ; and a further amount must be provided annually for the renewal of 53 lb. and 701b. way on the main lines. Having lately placed on the railways a large additional number of the heaviest classes of engines, and having a still further number already under order, it becomes imperative to provide for these in the estimates for the current year, and prudence requires that provision be made for future relaying, approximately at the following rates :— Year. Miles. Year. Miles. 1899-1900... ... ... 69 1904-1905... ... ... 98 1900-1901... ... ... 78 1905-1906... ... ... 97 1901-1902 85 1906-1907 97 1902-1903... ... ... 90 1907-1908... ... ... 94 1903-1904... ... ... 95 1908-1909... ... ... 93 Relaying. —The following statement shows the relaying that has been done during the previous eight years :—

Table showing Weights and Length of Rails removed and relaid during the Years 1891-92 to 1898-99 inclusive. Removed.

Year. 301b. Iron. 401b. Iron. 401b. Steel. 521b. Iron. 531b. 561b. Steel. Iron. 641b. Iron. 701b. Iron. 721b. Iron. Total. M. ch. 1 64 6 68 M. ch. 24 75 25 26 33 8 26 47 25 61 21 60 27 28 26 4 M. ch. 0 55 0 39 0 41 1 16 0 4 0 31 8 52 7 39 M. ch. 7 63 4 23 10 8 3 54 10 32 10 64 6 68 7 19 M. ch. M. ch. 0 61 M. ch. 0 41 M. ch. M. ch. 0 5 0 1 M. ch. 36 44 36 77 45 66 36 42 36 47 35 31 46 76 47 57 1891-92... 1892-93... 1893-94... 1894-95... 1895-96... 1896-97.. 1897-98... 1898-99... 4 23 0 8 2 28 •1 35 1 1 0 3 1 43 3 54 l"*2 0 18 1 7 0 31 0 22 Oil 0 "2 0 "40 1 7 0 40 0 5 0 10 1 13 Totals 17 67 210 69 19 37 61 11 5 20 3 48 2 61 1 39 0 8 322 4i

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The weights and kinds of rails now existing in the lines are as under, at date 31st March, 1899:—

Sleepers: The number of sleepers relaid and removed during the past eight years is as under:—

The column showing difference between those relaid and removed indicates the additional sleepers put in in newstandard tracks over the previous practice. The current year's requirements are estimated thus :— Ordinary renewals ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• 287,000 For relaying sixty-nine miles, at 484 ... ... ... ••• 33,396 For re-spacing, say, fifty-eight miles ... ... ... ... 25,604 Total ... 346,000 I estimate that the sleepers required for relaying during the next six years will be approximately according to subjoined table : —

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Year. 401b. - Iron. 401b. Steel. 451b. Steel. 521b. Iron. 531b. Steel. j j 561b. ! 701b. ; 701b. Steel. { Iron, j Steel. 1 I Total. M. ch. 0 62;; 5 42 M. oh. 2 66 0 33 1 44 1 62 0 37 0 18 0 21 0 19 M. ch. M. ch. 0 27 0 35 M. ch. 32 49 29 21 44 22 30 46 36 6 31 15 3 68 5 63 M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 36 44 36 77 io 66 36 42 36 47 35 31 46 76 47 57 1891-92... 1892-93... 1893-94... 1894-95... 1895-96... 1896-97... 1897-98... 1898-99... 3 58 0 4 2 28 1 35 0 17 i" 26 034 1 28 41 32 39 68 0*2 0 "22 1 "50 Totals 14 6 7 60 1 60 0 62 213 50 82 48 0 24 1 50 322 40

Weight. Kind. Length. 721b. 701b. 701b. 641b. 561b. 561b. 531b. 521b. 521b. 451b. 401b. 401b. 301b. Iron Steel Iron Steel Iron Steel M. oh. 0 11 4 26 52 53 3 4 124 36 14 50 1,118 9 33 12 106 49 6 62 225 43 330 42 64 30 rr Iron Steel ff Iron rr Total ... 2,084 27* * The tc J mileage of the lines.

Difference d ie to Be-spacing. Year. Belaid. Removed. Number. Number per Mile of Track open for Traffic. .891-92 .892-93 .893-94 .894-95 895-96 .896-97 .897-98 898-99 139,257 145,045 177,502 194,971 214,474 243,398 286,343 331,301 139,912 132,569 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243,479 282,326 12,476 21,675 24,290 26,183 32,810 42,864 48,975 6*6 11*1 12*2 13-0 16*3 20-8 23*5

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Table showing Sleepers required for Ordinary Repairs and Re-spacing for the Years named.

The following table shows the charges made to the Maintenance Account for the past eight years (as per Eailway Accountant's returns) :— Y ea J- . . . Amount. Year. Amount. 1891-92 £245,163 1895-96 ... ... £282,593 1892-93 ... ... 262,600 1896-97 301,981 1893-94 268,451 1897-98 327,987 1894-95 ... ... 272,718 1898-99 ... ... 357,189 The estimated expenditure for the Maintenance Branch for the current year and forecast for ensuing years are as under : —■

The amounts set down for reconstruction are the estimated value of rails and labour for relaying, additional sleepers for re-spacing, and reconstruction of bridge structures, based upon present mileage of line, rates of wages, and prices of material, and it will be found that the cost of track renewals will increase and that of bridge reconstruction will decrease during the years included in the forecast. Provision is included for an anticipated increase of traffic, but it is assumed that the present maximum engine-axle load will be maintained. It will be wise to take advantage of an expanding revenue to provide for the inevitable increasing cost of reconstruction of the lines. Private Sidings.—Seven new private sidings were granted during the year, and the number on the register at the 31st March, 1899, was 252, with an aggregate rental of £4,162. Leases.—New leases registered during the year were 311; the number of leases in force 1 497 having an aggregate rental of £13,749. Staff— The working staff employed during the year was 2,210, with an office staff of seventy-five. This is my last annual report, by reason of my retirement. It occasions me many regrets to leave the Eailway service, in which I have so many friendships as well as interests, "which have grown strong during twenty-seven years. I wish to express my esteem and regard for the whole staff of officers and employes. Harmony and good-feeling characterizes the working of the various branches of the service in their relation to each other. I shall continue to take a great interest in the progress of New Zealand railways. I append the usual returns. I have, &c, J. Henev Lowe, The General Manager, New Zealand Eailways. Wopking Eailwa y s '

APPENDIX D. ANNUAL SIGNAL REPORT. a rt * « rt xt -z , , ~ , Wellington, Ist April, 1899. As the traffic on the New Zealand railways developed in weight and speed it became increasingly apparent that some measure of modern railway signalling should be gradually introduced. To this end about a year ago a branch of the Engineering Department was formed to construct and supervise interlocking and block signalling, together with the other signalling appliances suitable to the New Zealand lines. s s

Respacing. Year. Ordinary Renewals. Per Mile of Track. (Present Mileage.) Total Number of Sleepers required. Extra for relaying New Standard. Respacing without Relaying. 1899-1900 1900-1901 1901-1902 1902-1903 1903-1904 1904-1905 287,000 303,000 319,000 335,000 351,000 350,000 33,396 37,752 41,140 43,560 45,980 47,432 25,604 18,248 12,860 7,440 3,020 2,568 28*3 26-9 25*9 24*5 23-5 24*0 346,000 359,000 373,000 386,000 400,000 400,000

Year. Reconst Amount. Reconstruction. truct tion. Rate per Mile. Ordinary Mail itenance. Total. Amount. Rate per Mile. Amount. Rate per Mile. 899-1900 ... 900-1901 ... 901-1902 ... 902-1903 ... 903-1904 ... 904-1905 ... £ 101,810 100,000 97,500 95,000 92,500 90,000 £ 49 48 47 46 44 43 £ 294,309 295,000 309,500 303,000 305,500 300,000 £ 141 142 148 145 147 144 £ 396,119 395,000 407,000 398,000 398,000 390,000 £ 190 190 195 191 191 187

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The signalling of a railway is generally subdivided under the following heads—viz. : (1.) Interlocking of signals and points. (2.) All fixed signals not interlocked. (3.) Electric telegraph. (4.) Electric block system. Inteelocking Points and Signals. The use of this system is one of the Board of Trade requirements under which railways are operated in Great Britain, and to show the extent of its application one example may suffice. The London and North-western Eailway Company has 1,600 signal-boxes and interlocking-machines, with an aggregate of 36,000 point and signal levers, and 18,500 fixed signals. The system aims at the prevention of collisions at junctions, yards, and such places through misplaced points or conflicting signals. This is accomplished by concentrating all point and signal levers in one machine, and so interlocking them as to mechanically prevent the formation of any dangerous combination of points and signals. Interlocking is performed by machines operated either by manual force or by mechanical force. The latter class may be further subdivided —viz.: (1) The electric system; (2) the hydraulic system ; (3) the electro-pneumatic system ; (4) the pneumatic system. More than twenty years ago interlocking was introduced at one or two points in New Zealand, but since that time the system has not been extended, except in one case. It is now proposed to manufacture the apparatus with signals and point appliances in the railway workshops, and take in hand the various yards and junctions in order of their importance. To this end a complete set of designs and drawings has been prepared, and the first sample machine has just been finished. Fixed Signals at Stations. There are at present seventy-five stations with fixed semaphore signals, and 154 stations remain to be similarly equipped. These signals will be interlocked. Expenditure for the year on new work in connection with this branch was £1,066 17s. Bd. The annual maintenance cost is included in the maintenance accounts of Engineering Department. Telegbaph. The salient feature about railway telegraph circuits is the large number of intermediate instruments. The through wire is the exception. On single lines of way, especially those not worked under some good form of block system, it is important, where the extent of the traffic is such as to make the same liable to derangement, that there should be direct and ample telegraphic communication between the Traffic Manager's office and all important stations at which trains may cross. At present the New Zealand lines are not as well equipped in this respect as is desirable, and of the present telegraphic facilities only about 1,049 miles of wire are operated exclusively, while about 2,202 miles of wire are used conjointly by the Postal and Eailway Departments. In Great Britain the railways have constructed 105,000 miles of telegraph-wire, which they use exclusively. The extent to which the single-needle telegraph instrument is used on the railways in Great Britain is shown by the following figures—viz. : Single-needle sets, 13,494 ; Morse-sounder sets, 431. The sounder is used exclusively on the New Zealand lines. Greater facilities are, however, being added in New Zealand to suit pressing requirements, to the extent of about £3,000 per annum, and this should in a few years bring us up to efficiency. In many cases the telephone is used instead of the telegraph, and as soon as the obsolete second-hand instruments have been replaced by new instruments of the latest design, to suit the large number of instruments usually found on railway circuits, very satisfactory results may be looked for. Below is a tabular statement of the telegraph statistics : —

Tabular Statement of Electrical System. Owned and used exclusively by Railway Department.

In: itrumen is, Length if Lines, District. M o o s CD fl O o. CD *Q EH -3 R OS 5jd *aj H CQ ti Pi tf tuO © in & B CO JH 43 O r^JS s r-t O CD* I* «4H o m CO © oil? || S c3 o R CQ 5 _2 DO rfl cd kawakawa iVbangarei £aihu Auckland iVellington ... Napier •Jew Plymouth Christchurch ... Dunedin 1 "8 16 40 76 10 60 12 26 217 "e 7 21 17 328 129 579 84 451 463 4 26 22 61 6 25 5 34 22 9 8 30 4 4 i 45 118 1 76 13 2 13 455 375 324 32 30 23 21 26 24 hvercargill .. xreymouth ... iVestport kelson 5 icton 62 54 235 135 76 9 1,049 167 [2,084 642

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Owned by Postal Department and conjointly used by Railway and Postal Departments. 115 telegraph sounder sets, 82 telephones, 2,202 miles of wire, and 1,543 miles of poles. Expenditure on Electric Work, 1898-99. New work, £3,283 ; maintenance, £4,390 : total, £7,673. Block System. At the present time block working is confined to the operation of suburban and race traffic, between the following points —viz.: Auckland and Ellerslie, Te Aro and Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt and Cross' Creek, Lyttelton and Heathcote, Kaiapoi and Eyreton, Oamaru and Waiareka Junction, Waitati and Dunedin, Dunedin and Mosgiel. It is proposed this year to apply the "Lock and block "system between Wanganui and Aramoho, and between Addington and Hornby. The block system in its most improved and up-to-date form will be from time to time extended as traffic becomes more congested. Owing to the lack of experienced electrical-instrument makers in the colony, it will be necessary to import the instruments. The following figures will indicate the great extent to which the block system has been adopted in Great Britain : — Double passenger lines in 1896 ... ... ... ... 11,252 miles. Worked under the block, 1896 ... ... ... ... 11,232 „ Single passenger lines in 1896 ... ... ... ... 8,774 „ Worked under the block, 1896 ... ... ... ... 8,735 „ Electeic Light and Poweb. At present no light or power plant has been installed. In 'order to show what is being done in this direction by some other railways, the following statistics of plant operated by the Midland Eailway of England may suffice. There were in 1898 oil-, gas-, and steam-engines amounting to 3,500 B.H.P. installed to drive dynamos for the generation of electric-light and power. This is being added to at the rate of about 400 H.P. per annum. I have, &c, Aethue H. Johnson, a.m.i.e.e., The Chief Engineer, W.E., Wellington. Signal and Electrical Engineer.

APPENDIX E. Sib, — Stores Manager's Office, Wellington, 13th June, 1899. I have the honour to report that the value of stores on hand on the 31st March, 1899, at the various depots amounted to £109,934 15s. 3d., as against £79,290 19s. 3d. on the 31st March, 1898. The stock is in good order, has been carefully and systematically inspected, and is value for the amount stated. I have, &c, Geoege Felton, The General Manager, New Zealand Eailways. Stores Manager.

APPENDIX F. Annual Eepoet of the Midland Eailway. Locomotive Superintendent's Office, Sib,— Wellington, 23rd May, 1899. I have the honour to report upon the Midland Eailway for the year ending 31st March, 1899:— Locomotives. —During the year one Class D locomotive was thoroughly overhauled. One La locomotive received heavy repairs, and three La locomotives received light repairs. Carriages. —One carriage received a thorough overhaul, and the other six carriages received light repairs. The lighting has been greatly improved. Brake-vans. —Two brake-vans were thoroughly overhauled, and one received light repairs. The brake gear has been materially improved. Wagons. —Nine wagons were thoroughly overhauled; seven received heavy and eighteen light repairs. Sixty-nine were painted. Ndw Stock. —Six Class U platform wagons have been added to stock; four of these were fitted with seats for carrying passengers. For the Belgrove Extension, ten Class L high-side wagons, two Class X covered wagons, and ten tarpaulins have been supplied. I have, &c, T. F. Eothebam, Locomotive Superintendent. The General Manager, New Zealand Eailways, Wellington. REPORT ON CONDITION OF THE MIDLAND RAILWAYS. Chief Engineer's Office, Wellington, Ist June, 1899. Reefton and Jackson Lines.—The track has been maintained generally in good order. The maintenance of railways in New Zealand has always been costly as compared with other lines, in consequence of the nature of the country, heavy rainfall, and liability to destructive floods. This applies to the Midland railways in a special degree. During the last financial year the lines were visited with several severe floods, which washed away considerable lengths of formation and ballasting, and also left the line in places liable to dangerous scour from the rivers. Several large

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protective works were completed, with the object of protecting the line in view of these floods and damages. The principal of these works were on the Big Grey Eiver, between the road and railway bridges; on the Little Grey Eiver, at Batira's; on the bank of the Grey Eiver, near the Brunner Tunnel; and on the Poerua Creek, besides water-openings constructed for overflows of the Snowy Creek. The ballasting, restoration of earthwork, and bridge-works have been increased in consequence. The Teremakau Bridge, near Jackson, was considerably damaged by a very severe flood, and several piles which were insufficiently long were washed out. The damaged piers have been reinstated and strengthened with longer piles. A considerable amount of scraping, tarring, and painting has been done to the iron and steel bridge structures. This is a work that requires incessant attention, as there is an unusual liability to corrosion in the climate of the West Coast. Six new cattle-stops have been rebuilt in silver-pine and ironbark. A quarry of fine granite was opened on the Jackson line, a quantity of stone from which has been used for the protective works. Springfield Section. —This line suffered through floods during the year, which have entailed additions to the protective works in the Kowai and other streams. A new concrete open culvert was built at three miles to take a flood overflow for which no provision had been made, and which was causing considerable damage to the lines in heavy storms. The consumption of sleepers has somewhat increased, and will in future considerably increase, by reason of the decay of those in the track. Motupiko Section. —This section was opened for traffic on the Ist March, and, having been in hand for so short a time, there is nothing particular to report. The Public Works Department have still some works in hand nearing completion. J. Heney Lowe, Chief Engineer, Working Eailways. The General Manager, New Zealand Eailways.

APPENDIX G. Statement of Eevenue and Expenditure, New Zealand Midland Eailway, Year ending 31st March, 1899. Revenue. Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Passengers ... 6,365 18 8 Maintenance ... 11,239 0 7 Parcels, &c. ... 589 1 7 Locomotive ... 3,413 15 9 Goods, &c. ...11,518 10 6 Traffic ... ... 2,121 7 1 Percentages ... 1,730 10 11 General charges, including rates, as under* ... 3,226 3 10 New rolling-stock... 2,703 19 2 Protective works ... 1,344 4 5 20,204 1 8 24,048 10 10 Deficiency ... ... £3,844 9 2

Summaey of Eevenue and Expenditure from 27th May, 1895, to 31st March, 1899. Year. Revenue. Expenditure. Net Revenue. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1895-96 ... 13,205 1 9 8,831 4 5 Cr. 4,373 17 4 1896-97 ... 17,768 8 8 14,885 4 6 Cr. 2,883 4 2 1897-98 . . 19,381 11 8 14,187 16 5 Cr. 5,193 15 3 1898-99 ... 20,204 1 8 24,048 10 10 Dr. 3,844 9 2 £70,559 3 9 £61,952 16 2 £8,606 7 7 Less amount handed over to Public Works Department antecedent to Ist April, 1898 ... ... ... 8,629 19 2 New Zealand Midland Eailway Company ... ... ... Dr. £23 11 7 A. C. Fife, Accountant's Office, 11th May, 1899. Accountant.

Particulars of Rates.

Local Body. Period. Amount. Grey County Council Westland County Council .. Inangahua County Council.. 1st April, 1897, to 31st March, 1898 1898, „ 1899 1897, „ 1898 1898, „ 1899 1897, , 1898 .. 1898, „ 1899 1897, „ 1898 .. 1897, „ 1898 .. 1898, „ 1899 .. £ s. d. 836 0 0 782 5 8 22 12 3 24 10 3 123 6 4 586 16 2 259 2 2 "179 9 0 160 8 6 Waimea County Council Brunner Borough Council .. £2,974 10 4

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- APPENDIX H. Sir,— District Traffic Manager's Office, Auckland, 24th April, 1899. I have the honour to report that the revenue from the traffic on this section for the financial year ending the 31st March, 1899, increased by £10,657 16s. 3d. as compared with the previous year, an improvement of about 7 per cent. The school-excursion bookings have increased from a total of 2,097, with a revenue of £228 65., to a total of 6,216, with a revenue of £544 9s. 2d. You will notice here that the number carried has almost trebled, while the revenue has little more than doubled. This is owing to the fact that a big proportion of the increase is caused by the large number of school excursions run from Thames and intermediate stations to Te Aroha since the extension was opened. When it is remembered that in many of these instances extra staff, carriages, and engines have to be run all the way from Auckland to Thames and back to cope with these excursions, it is evident that traffic of this nature is not of a very payable character. There is no doubt, however, of the educative effects of the trips on the children concerned. Ordinary holiday-excursion bookings increased by 19,020 passengers and £2,724 in revenue. The total passenger bookings, including the school and ordinary excursions, show an increase in number of 61,477, or equal to about 10 per cent. This is attributable to the opening of the Thames extension, to the fact that the Auckland Industrial and Mining Exhibition was held last year, and doubtless some of the improvement is also owing to a proportion of the Easter holiday bookings for 1899 having been included. Season tickets give an increase of 1,103. Parcels have increased by 6,836, approximately 10 per cent. Horses, carriages, and dogs all show slight increases. The following table shows the increases and decreases in the goods traffic : —

The small increase in the number of sheep and the decrease in the quantity of wool and timber carried is partly due to competitive sea traffic, which competition is, as you are aware, hardly avoidable on a section so situated geographically as the Auckland one is. The increase in grain is satisfactory, and represents an improvement of about 12 per cent, on the previous year's traffic. The increase in coal is principally in traffic from the Waikato mines, and is an indication that the local coal is gradually becoming more used all over the district. The four Waikato coal companies have now amalgamated. The brick traffic from Craig's Siding to Auckland has also increased during the year, due to the large amount of building still going on in Auckland City. The sulphur traffic from Eotorua to Auckland has been heavier this year than previously. The line from Paeroa to Thames was opened for traffic on the 19th December, 1898. The local passenger traffic on the extension has been of a satisfactory nature, but so far the volume of goods and other traffic has been of a disappointing character. The Thames people have greatly appreciated the opening of the line, and the passenger bookings at Christmas and other holiday occasions have been heavy, especially to Te Aroha and back. I have also noticed that one result of the opening has been that passengers from Auckland to Eotorua are now more inclined to return via Thames, taking steamer from latter place to Auckland. This enables them to visit the Te Aroha Springs on the road home. I have been watching this phase of the question, and will shortly endeavour to inaugurate a series of combined rail and steamer round-trip tickets to meet the wishes of those of our customers who prefer to travel this route. As regards the disappointing nature of the goods traffic, this was only to be expected when one considers the excellent steamer service plying between Auckland and Thames. Any district so well served by sea routes as the Thames one is can hardly furnish satisfactory goods traffic to a railway, especially when one considers the short time (about four hours) occupied in the sea trip between Thames and Auckland. It is very difficult for land carriage to compete with competition of this nature, and the difficulty is, if anything, accentuated by the long and circuitous nature of the railway route from Auckland to the Thames. However, with the growth of the settlement in the Thames Valley it is possible that a business connection between that and the Waikato district will in course of time be built up, and thus enable the department to obtain a certain local goods traffic to compensate for the absence of the long-distance trade. In order to facilitate the tourist traffic to Eotorua and Te Aroha Hot Springs, it has now been decided to continue the express service between Auckland and those points all the year round, instead of running it in the summer months only. This change has been greatly appreciated by the travelling public, and will be a boon to invalid tourists.

Increase. Decrease. Number. Tons. Number. Tons. Cattle ... Sheep Pigs Chaff ... Wool ... Firewood Timber- ... Grain Merchandise Coal Other minerals 1,408 500 3,132 577 129 284 1,847 1,628 2,479 6,059 3,889

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During the last Christmas and New Year holidays, what with the heavy race and excursion traffic and the extra Thames passenger trade, I found my stock of passenger-carriages utterly inadequate for requirements. More are now being built, and I trust by next Christmas to be in a better position to cope with the traffic. The supply of trucks on the section has also been found insufficient for the necessities of the goods traffic. Additions are, however, gradually being made to the stock, and we are in consequence getting into a more satisfactory state in that respect. During the past year railway-, telegraph-, and telephone-lines have been extended from Morrinsville to the Thames, Putaruru to Eotorua, and from Helensville to Waitakerei. These extensions are of great assistance in aiding the effective manipulation of the trains. A telephone connection has also been made between Auckland, Newmarket, Eemuera, Green Lane, and Ellerslie Stations, in order to insure the prompt handling of the heavy race trains run in connection with Ellerslie meetings. Business throughout the Auckland Province is generally in a good condition. In the city itself the local traders are feeling the result of the closing of the Exhibition, but I am of opinion this is only a temporary dulness. I anticipate that our traffic for the current year will show a fair increase on that of last year. I have, &c, A. Geant, District Traffic Manager. The General Manager, New Zealand Eailways, Wellington.

Sir,— District Traffic Manager's Office, Wanganui, 29th .April, 1899. I have the honour to report that the revenue from traffic forwarded from stations in this district for the year ended the 31st March, 1899, amounted to £138,677 Bs. 3d. In comparison with the previous year this shows an increase of £10,921 6s. Id. The following table gives the increases under the various headings : — Number. Tons. Value. £ s. d. Passengers ... ... ... 37,348 ... 6,404 12 10 Parcels, &c. ~. ... ... 6,198 ... 561 310 Luggage ... ... ... 114 14 4 Cattle ... ... ... ... 5,585 ... \ Sheep and pigs ... ... ... 22,487 Firewood ... ... 309 Timber ... ... ... 823 1 „ QIQ „ c Grain 1,302 f 3 3 18 3 6 Merchandise ... ... 4,127 Coal ... ... ... 1,203 Other minerals ... ... ... ... 3,554 . Eents and miscellaneous ... ... ... ... 522 11 7 There were decreases of 248 tons of chaff, &c, and 824 tons of wool. The cash banked shows an increase of £16,280 12s. 4d. as compared with the previous year. The numbers of passengers, exclusive of season-ticket holders, booked at stations in thi -district were : —■ Number. Value of Fares. At ordinary fares ... ... ... ... 448,234 49,156 2 2 At holiday excursion fares ... ... ... 46,548. 9,569 12 1 At school and factory fares ... ... ... 7,072 400 6 0 Total ... ... ... ... 501,854 £59,126 0 3 The total of parcels handled was 50,088 forwarded and 56,495 received. An unfavourable season caused a falling-off in the live-stock traffic and a shortage in the woolclip at the southern end of the district. The total tonnage of goods forwarded from all stations was 143,020 tons. The tonnage received was 158,607 tons. There were also 80,155 tons dealt with at the wharves. The dairying industry still shows rapid expansion; 3,956 tons of butter and cheese were shipped at New Plymouth and Waitara during the year. Commencing on the Ist December, an addition of two mail trains per week was made to the train service between New Plymouth and Wanganui, and steamer connections arranged between New Plymouth and Onehunga. This gives a through service on four days a. week between Wellington and Auckland, instead of bi-weekly as previously. The results of this additional service have so far been satisfactory. The revenue prospects for the ensuing year are good, but the expansion of business will not be so rapid as in the last two years. Taking into consideration the recent reductions in rates, an increase of 5 per cent, upon last year's revenue would be a fair estimate. I have, &c, H. Buxton, District Traffic Manager. The General Manager, New Zealand Eailways, Wellington. Sir,— District Traffic Manager's Office, Wellington, 24th May, 1899. I have the honour to report that the traffic Operations in the Wellington-Napier district for the year ended 31st March, 1899, produced a revenue amounting to £224,451, as against £196,793 for the previous year, giving an increase of £27,658.

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This satisfactory result fulfils the prediction contained in my 1898 report, and indicates clearly that the large amount of new business which was secured on completion of the line through the-Eorty-mile Bush to Woodville has not only been retained, but also that traffic generally has improved. The following table will also show the principal items of traffic dealt with, and the most material increases and decreases in quantities respectively as compared with last year's working : —

Net increase of tonDage, 13,599. Traffic originating on the Palmerston-New Plymouth lines and carried over the Wellington or Napier lines is not included herein. The revenue for the two years 1898 and 1899 shows an increase of £52,746 as oompared with 1897. This table shows there has been a substantial improvement in the carriage of all classes of traffic, with the exception of wool, firewood, and coal. Last year I had to report an increase in the carriage of 10,000 bales of wool over and above the quantity carried in 1897 ; the year under review shows a decrease in carriage of 5,200 bales as compared with last year. The decrease is due almost entirely to shortage of the wool-clip, the average quantity per sheep produced being less last season than for the previous one, which, was abnormally high, owing to a particularly fine winter and late shearing. The decrease in the quantity of firewood carried is attributable in a great measure to the diminishing supply available adjacent to railway-stations within such distance of consuming centres as would make its cutting and transit profitable. The quantity of coal carried remains practically the same, the slight decrease representing one ship-load only. An experiment of running trains .between Napier and Hastings at cheap fares was tried during the summer months, but it did not prove successful. The Saturday and Sunday cheap fares between Te Aro and Upper Hutt are largely availed of and appreciated by passengers. The Wellington suburban passenger traffic continues to improve, and suggestions are frequently made that the suburban train services should be accelerated, but unfortunately this cannot be done to any extent with the present speed restrictions rendered necessary by the curved nature of the track between Wellington and Petone. With the exception of a female passenger being killed at a flag-station, owing to her want of care, there have been no fatal accidents or injuries to passengers. Injuries to members of the staff have been of a very trivial nature. The train services have been well maintained. The only serious interruption to traffic was caused by some heavy slips on the Eimutaka Eange and its vicinity in November last, due tophenomenally heavy rains. The Fell service has proved to be more than equal to the heaviest traffic which has had to be taken over the Eimutaka Incline. Passengers, goods, &c, amounting to a gross weight of 2,338 tons have been conveyed over the Incline in one day without the service having to be worked to its full capacity. The large additions to rolling-stock during the year permit of orders for wagons being fulfilled with promptitude, excepting during the wool season. Heavy expenditure is required at many stations to provide conveniences for the public and facilities for properly carrying on the largely increased business. The conduct of members of the staff has been good, and they have performed their duties in an intelligent and zealous manner. I have, &c, T. E. Donne, District Traffic Manager. The General Manager;-New Zealand Eailways, Wellington. Sir, — District Traffic Manager's Office, Christchurch, 29th April, 1899. I have to report on the working of the Christchurch district of the New Zealand Government railways for the year ending the 31st March, 1899.

Description. Number. Tons. Increi ,se. Decrease. Revenue. Increase. Decrease. Passengers Season tickets Parcels ... Horses Carriages... Dogs Cattle Sheep Chaff, &c... Timber ... Grain Merchandise Other minerals Wool Firewood... Coal 827,87.7 14,981 114,938 2,064 189 4,883 6,894 561,158 Number 72,433 2,290 15,410 47' 74 576 326 99,854 Tons. Tons. £ s. d. 80,587 14 5 10,877 2 10 £ s. 11,133 2 2,171 5 d. 7 2 £ s. d. 7,684 75,164 15,203 51,338 12,358 15,873 23,496 19,990 383\ 6,212 809 - 4,200 3.773J 132,986 10 9 14,353 15 7 1,040) 4131 325)

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Notwithstanding the increase in the passenger traffic for the last financial year, a further large increase in the number of passengers and revenue has again to be recorded. This is the more satisfactory as the additional traffic is in the ordinary business, from which an increased revenue of £8,140 12s. lOd. is derived. The excursion traffic at cheap fares shows a slight reduction on last year's business, the celebration of the Eecord Eeign and Otago Jubilee during the previous financial year, for which excursion fares were issued, having been the inducement for a larger excursion traffic, which was non-existent in 1898-99. The cheap holiday excursion fares are still maintaining their popularity, there being a large increase of business during the Christmas and New Year holidays, the following being the bookings for 1897-98 and 1898-99 respectively :— First Class. Second Class. Amount. 1898-99 ... ... ... 3,416 22,135 6,573 8 7 1897-98 ... ... ... 2,732 17,483 5,325 13 0 Increase ... 684 4,652 1,247 15 7 The tourist traffic to Hanmer Plains is steadily growing, there being an increase of over 20 per cent. There is also a slight increase in the tourist traffic to the southern lakes, but to Mount Cook the business remains stationary. The parcels traffic has increased to the extent of 10,966 parcels, the result, no doubt, of the reduced rates. The revenue derived from goods traffic is about the same as in the previous year. The sheep traffic from stations in Canterbury is slightly less than last year, but the decrease is counterbalanced by a large increase in the traffic from the southern districts, the quantity received at all stations during the year being 1,111,596, as compared with 978,617 for last year, the increase —132,979 —representing sheep forwarded from the south. The grain traffic is 9,268 tons less than for the last financial year, the result of a deficient harvest. A very large area was sown in grain last season, and the yield has been much above the average. There will be an unusually large quantity to convey during the current year, and it is estimated that the grain traffic will exceed that of any previous year to a large extent. There is a slight decrease in the wool traffic, which is, no doubt, attributable to the previous dry season causing a reduction in the stock, and consequently in the clip. The road competition, which for 1897-98 had fallen off considerably from the previous year, shows a still further decrease, and in many of the country districts where wool-carting has been in existence the tendency is to abandon carting and resort to the former method of sending by rail. In coal and other minerals there is an increase of 12,658 tons, and in timber of 6,343 tons. Having in view the abundant harvest and the general prosperity in the district, a large increase in the traffic for the current year may be confidently anticipated. The traffic is still suffering from an insufficient supply of rolling-stock—both carriages and wagons—which should be increased as soon as possible. I have, &c, W. H. Gaw, District Traffic Manager. The General Manager, New Zealand Eailways, Wellington. Sib, — District Traffic Manager's Office, Dunedin, 2nd May, 1899. I have the honour to report on the working of the Dunedin district of New Zealand railways for the financial year ending the 31st March, 1899. For the year ended the 31st March, 1898, the cash takings of this district increased by £13,513 2s. 9d., and for the year just ended by £13,812 16s. 4d., independent of the large amount of haulage of freight traffic from Christchurch district to Invercargill district, and vice versa, for which those districts collect charges. During the year 475 wagons (loaded) were received at Oamaru from stations in Canterbury District for stations south of Clinton, and 2,602 loaded wagons (including live-stock) were received at Clinton from Invercargill district for stations in the Canterbury District. Passenger traffic during the year increased by 41,335 passengers, and, including an increase of 3,072 season-ticket holders, gave a cash increase against the previous year o*f £8,191 16s. Id. Schools and factory excursions have been well patronised during the summer season, and in connection therewith we carried 11,908 children, 1,618 teachers and senior scholars, and 14,258 adults, the amount realised being £1,682 16s. 10d., or an increase on the previous year's takings of £278 17s. Id. The increase in parcels traffic during 1898 was 7,333 parcels, and during the year just ended •we have had a further increase of 11,802 parcels and twenty-seven carriages, thereby increasing the revenue as against the previous year by £861 Is. * Traffic in cattle and sheep has also increased, in the former bjtf73l head and in the latter by 18,866. Total number of sheep consigned, 264,416. The chaff industry continues to increase, and exceeded previous year's returns by 2,892 tons, whilst the decrease in grain traffic amounted to 10,827 tons. The coal traffic has increased by about 16,000 tons. The free carriage of lime for manure gave a great impetus to the lime business, and orders come in much faster than they can be executed.

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We continue to experience considerable difficulty owing to shortage of rolling-stock. The prospects for the ensuing year are very bright, and I anticipate a further large increase of traffic. I have, &c, Thos. Aethub, District Traffic Manager. The General Manager, New Zealand Eailways, Wellington.

Sir,— District Traffic Manager's Office, Invercargill, 28th April, 1899. I have the honour to report on the working of the Southland district New Zealand railways for the financial year ending the 31st March, 1899. The traffic has far exceeded that of any previous year's, showing an increase in the forwarded traffic of £19,981 over last year's, which was, up to that date, the record for the district. All classes of traffic have been very heavy, and the only business showing any falling-off is in wool. This is to be accounted for by the enormous number of sheep which have been sent away to the north during the last eighteen months. From various causes the demand for timber has been phenomenal, and I do not anticipate that any increase in this industry can be looked for during the current year. The rabbit traffic still continues to increase, and has absorbed all surplus labour. Seeing the importance of this industry, we have lately been experimenting on the best means of carrying loose rabbits to the depots, and one of bur men has invented a plan which allows of a very large number being carried in a truck, whilst every rabbit hangs separately, preventing bruising and securing ventilation. The arrangement permits trucks to be used for any class of traffic. Owing to the very low prices obtainable for all kinds of grain, I do not anticipate that there will be such a large area under crop for the coming season. Although our tonnage will be larger, the large reductions lately made in freights will prevent any great increase in revenue. I anticipate the reduction in grain freights alone will cause this district a loss of £5,000 on the season's crop. The passenger traffic has been most satisfactory, and there is every indication of still further expansion in the future. Traffic carried by the railways shows an increase over last year of 34,000 tons and gives a good idea of the continued prosperity of the Southland district. The alterations in the train services continue to give general satisfaction. With the exception of one or two slight mishaps, there have been no accidents to our trains, and everything has worked satisfactorily. Whilst the late additions to our rolling-stock have been of great assistance, we are still much hampered, and a further large addition will have to be made before traffic can be worked satisfactorily. I have, &c, S. F. Whitcombe, District Traffic Manager. The General Manager, New Zealand Eailways, Wellington.

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INDEX OF RETURNS ACCOMPANYING ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER OF NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS, 1898-99.

No. I. Summary of Revenue Accounts. 2. General Expenditure Account. 3. Detail of Classified Expenditure. 4. Classified Expenditure and Revenue, and Proportion of each Class to Mileage and Revenue. 5. Comparative Statement of Passenger and Goods Traffic. 6. Cost of Construction, Net Revenue, and Rate of Interest on Capital. 7. Expenditure under Vote "Additions to Open Lines" charged to Capital Account. 8. Comparison of Revenue and Expenditure for Nineteen Financial Years. 9. Statement of Season Tickets issued. 10. Classified Maintenance Expenditure. 11. Return of Passenger Bookings at Excursion Fares. 12. Revenue and Expenditure of Stations. 13. Carriage and Wagon Stock, and Tarpaulins. 14. Locomotive Stock. 15. Comparative Statement of Mileage, Capital Cost, Earnings, and Expenditure on Colonial Railways. 16. Comparative Statement of Mileage, Capital Cost, Earnings, Expenditure, and Traffic, New Zealand Government Railways. 17. Stores Contracts. 18. Weighing-machines, Weighbridges, Traversers and Turntables, Cranes, &c, and Water-services. 19. Renewals of Rails. 20. Renewals and Removals of Sleepers. 21. Number of Stations and Private Sidings. 22. Mileage of Railways open for Traffic and under Maintenance. 23. Weights of Rails in various Lines. 24. Particulars of Private-siding Traffic. 25. Sleepers Laid and Removed eacli Year. 26. Number of Employes. 27. Accidents. 28. Locomotive Returns. 29. Traffic from Coal-mines, Hurunui-Bluff. 30. Vessels Loaded and Discharged at Different Ports, Hurunui-Bluff. 31. Mileage of Track, Main Line and Sidings, Hurunui-Bluff. 32. Alterations and Additions in Scale of Charges.

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RETURN No. 1. SUMMAEY of EEVENUE ACCOUNTS for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1899. t, „ , . ,- De * —«" d - Ob. £ ». d. £ s. d. To Cash m hand and outstanding, ist April, 1898 ... ... ... ... 21,276 7 9 By Gross payments into Public Account to 31st March, 1899 1,560,806 is 10 Passengers, parcels, goods, &c., 31st March, 1899 ••• -•• ••■ - 1,469,665 1 6 Less"Refunds ... ... ... ... 95,946 4 3 *i,464,860 11 7 Cash in hand and outstanding, 31st March, 1899 ■•• ■•• ■-• -•■ 26,080 17 8 £1,490,941 9 3 £1,490,941 9 3 To Net amount paid into Public Account, 31st March, 1899 1,464,86011 7 By Expenditure to 31st March, 1809 ... . 0207-7.710 6 Less Cash m hand and outstanding, Ist April, 1898 21,276 7 9 Balance available for interest ";'.. 539*927 11 o ,„„,7 7 * Eeceipts per Treasury £1,465,507 6 9 1 ,443,5°4 3 IO Balance Behind Account, March 31,1898 ... 7,259 17 2 1,472,767 3 11 Balance Eefund Account, March 31,1899 ... 7,906 12 4 „,.,,. ~ „, , £1,464,860 11 7 Cash in harm and outstanding, 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... ... 26,080 17 8 £1,469,665 1 6 £1,469,665 1 6 Eetubn of Eevenue for Haeboub Boaeds, &c, for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1899. De - £ s. d. Cb. £ s d To Balance, 31st March 1898 ... ... ... 7,25917 2By Treasury payments to 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... 0 r 200 o 1 Wharfages, &c, 31st March, 1899 ... ... 95)94 6 4 3 Balance due to Harbour Boards, &c. ... ... ... ... ..', 7,00612 4 £103,206 1 5 £103,206 1 5 A. C. Fife, Eailway Accountant.

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RETURN No. 2. Db. GENEEAL EXPENDITUEE ACCOUNT for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1899. Cb. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 3. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought forward:— By Payments outstanding on 31st March, 1898, brought forward ... ... 74,81816 6 Outstanding accounts at Ist April, 1898,— Other Government departments, for stores, work done, &c. ... 11,356 6 2 Personal accounts, for stores, work done, &c. ... ... 553 5 9 Classified expenditure, as per Return No. 4 ... ... ... ... 929,73710 6 11,909 11 11 Stock of stores on hand at 1 st April, 1898 ... ... ... ... 79,29019 3 Recoveries to credit of Vote 60,— * Other Government departments, for stores, work done, &c. ... 92,376 13 6 Personal accounts, for stores, work done, &c. ... ... 26,851 11 3 Payments per Treasury to 31st March, 1899, Vote 60* ... ... ... 1,110,05913 6 Miscellaneous recoveries ... ... ... ... ,21,914 8 6 141,142 13 3 Deposit Account—Permanent-way material ... ... ... ... 25,000 o o Deposit Account,— Cash in Treasury ... ... ... ... ... 17,025 16 7 Payments outstanding on 31st March, 1899, carried forward ... ... 66,169 l 6 n Cash with Agent-General ... ... ... ... 7,974 3 5 25,000 o o Balance :— Outstanding accounts at 31st March, 1899,— NoTz.-Paymentsper Treasury other Government departments, for stores, work done, &c. 10,46417 I - Personal accounts, for stores, work done, &c. ... ... 1,33* 9 ° Net charge to Vote ... £968,917 o 3 — — 6 I Stock of stores in hand at 31st March, 1899 ... ... ... 109,934 15 3 .- * £1,292,430 1 7 £1,292,430 1 7 A. C, Fife, Eailway Accountant.

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RETURN No. 3. CLASSIFIED EXPENDITURE for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1899.

Maintenance of Way and Works. Locomotive Power. Sections. I [ ',-,', I w ,• m ,, i Renewals „ , Carriages. Wagons. Traffic. Head Office. Dop „ffi™? ntaI Permanent- gtruotures . Builaing , | Miscell£ _, Gene™! Total . lo *£g« i . Fuel and Water. 01, fallow. | General Locomotive Power. LoESSk |-elandWate,| OU, Tallow, j »«£- General Charges. Carriages. Wagons. Traffic. Head Office. Dop 5^ e | ntaI Credit Recoveries. Total. Total. •> — O. WAGES. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. i £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. | £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Kawakawa .. .. 413 4 3 213 15 11 12 o 9 .. .. 639 o 11 276 14 o 12 o 5 .. 79 9 7 •• 368 4 o 15 16 3 183 2 5 700 16 6 21 12 6 191 13 7 Whangarei .. .. 1,231 1 8 297 13 2 119 8 9 .. .. 1,648 37 594 16 8 9 6 4 .. 574 6 2 .. 1,178 92 68 8 8 712 14 10 1,323 13 5 131 56 420 7 3 Kaihu .. .. .. 1,019 18 1 157 14 4 13 iS o .. .. 1,191 10 5 378 16 4 158 17 3 •• 194 J 4 9 '• • 732 84 35 15 10 396 17 1 737 13 10 86 19 10 442 18 6 Auckland .. .. 21,822 16 n 5,260 12 4 1,660 5 8 202 16 5 .. 28,946 11 4 11,287 J 5 o 907 12 10 .. 4,588 13 8 .. 16,784 1 6 2,183 3 9 2,907 16 10 22,737 12 2 1,626 o 2 3,743 10 8 Wellington - Napier - New 43,281 10 .4 14,450 19 6 4,623 6 9 3,557 1 4 .. 65,912 17 11 24,855 13 3 1,979 1 4 .. 14,280 20 .. 41,114 16 7 4> 8 74 7 ° 5,827 o 3 51,225 4 1 3,812 n 1 8,116 5 2 Plymouth Hurunui-Blufi .. .. 91,845 18 n 25,027 1 8 8,482 5 2 | 1,336 19 11 .. 126,692 5 8 48,448 4 o 3,054 22 .. 18,115 1 6 .. 69,617 7 8 7,194" 19 11 11,879 6 4 125,836 11 3 8,094 18 9 13,246 4 3 Grey-Brunner .. .. 1,091 10 3 545 7 7 255 11 3 ! .. .. 1,892 9 1 1,097 6 4 124 3 9 .. 1,085 14 6 .. 2,307 4 7 127 14 2 459 4 8 4,621 10 251 8 o 858 5 5 Grey-Hokitika .. .. 1,361 o 10 636 18 7 35 4 2 .. .. 2,033 3 7 45 8 o 3 12 9 8 .. 135 7 o .. 605 16 11 123 12 11 177 13 2 1,090 14 9 106 15 3 297 8 10 Westport .. .. 3,287 10 5 929 n 10 1 322 4 5 29 18 6 i .. 4,569 5 2 2,327 18 10 109 40 .. . 923 72 .. 3,360 10 o 70 78 5 2,225 16 4 5,017 11 4 523 15 7 1,195 9 6 Nelson... .. .. 1,812 19 o. 1,710 3 10 101 5 2 70 19 o .. 3, 6 95 7 ° 7 6 6 52 37 o n .. 198 17 9 .. 1,002 3 10 417 10 9 106 o 5 2,828 3 1 107 14 7 476 3 10 Picton .. .. .. 1,947 5 10 1,052 17 5 95 13 5 . •• •• 3,095 16 8 659 4 4 25 11 5 .. 379 85 .. 1,064 4 2 329 4 4 191 5 7 1,426 18 n 82 13 9 484 12 3 Totals .. .. 169,114 16 6 50,282 16 2 15,721 3 6 5,197 15 2 .. 240,316 n 4 91,150 14 2 6,429 10 1 .. 40,555 26 .. 138,135 6 9 15,441 12 o 25,066 17 n 217,546 o 4 14,845 15 o 29,472 19 3 ] £ s. d. 368 4 o 1,178 9 2 732 8 4 16,784 1 6 41,114 16 7 69,617 7 8 2,307 4 7 605 16 n 3,360 10 o 1,002 3 10 1,064 4 2 £ s. d. 191 13 7 420 7 3 442 18 6 3,743 10 8 8,116 5 2 13,246 4 3 858 5 5 297 8 10 1,195 9 6 476 3 10 484 12 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. 16 o o 2,104 6 2 98 19 4 5,384 3 I 94 10 5 3,529 13 5 1,321 16 6 77,606 19 11 2,425 15 2 178,457 6 11 6 ,i3i 4' 7 356,430 9 3 100 10,516 6 11 22 on 4,413 4 6 50 9 10 16,912 16 6 248 17 5 8,384 6 1 504 6,669 15 4 10,415 14 6 670,409 8 1 STORES. Kawakawa .. •• 179 1 3 23 16 3 12 18 3 .. .. 215 15 9 ] .. 33 7 4 056. 868 .. 41 19 6 j 2 12 n 143 13 10 ! 3513 c Whangarei .. .. 164 10 6 148 3 5 56 16 1 .. .. - 369 10 o .. 228 15 4 33 7 7 360 17 1 .. 623 o o 26" 12 2 539 10 5 78 15 2 Kaihu .. .. .. 316 3 n 80 o 7 10 15 4 .. .. 406 19 10 ... 108 14 7 13 3 o 51 12 9 .. 173 10 4 16 14 5 ; 135 16 9 I 65 13 4 Auckland .. .. j 7,458 8 3 1,671 18 9 912 9 8 128 19 9 .. 10,171 16 5 • .. 3,221 17 8 470 6 5 2,742 57 .. 6,434 9 8 1,268 14 1 ! 1,869 12 2 I 2,065 15 2 Wellington - Napier - New i 23,879 14 2 6,273 94 2,827 15 8 770 1 o .. 33,751 02] .. 19,294 19 5 1,513 19 9 14,790 16 .. 35,599 ° 8 2,967 12 7 ' 4,115 10 n : 5,075 65.. Plymouth I fiurunui-Bluff .. .. 40,387 17 8 10,876 19 9 j 4,367 12 7 j 1,067 Ir 8 .. 56,7°° J 8 ! '• 27,057 8 1 2,154 9 5 ! 10,631 14 7 .. 39, 8 43 12 1 4,198 18 n 8,217 2 2 i 9,669 n 9 .. Grey-Brunner .. .. 149 16 5 776 n 3 . 175 13 4 ..- .. 1,102 1 o ] .. 203 6 2 37 8 6 j 350 1 7 .. 590 16 3 39 8 9 202 o 5 j 521 6 3 i Grey-Hokitika .. .. 380 4 2 : 540 ,3 3 ; 35 5 4 •• •• 955 12 9 j •• 105 8 8 | 18 15 3 j 43 16 9 .. 168 o 8 38 17 3 , 71 19 3 ! 128 o 4 . Westport .. .. i,55i 12 4 559 18 n 301 in 62 8 2 .. 2,475 14 •• 458 2 2 103 4 10 j 360 3 8 .. 921 10 8 12 14 -6 946 10 9 | 396 9 7 Nelson .. .. .. 74 2 « 3 3,3°9 06 59 2 9 54 to 1 .. 4,165 4 7 I ...- 494 16 7 29 14 8 j 136 n 5 .. 661 2 8 156 o o j 66 17 4 | 245 12 4 .. .. - Picton .. .. .. 1,049 18 8 1,085 12 10 44 10 6 .. .. 2,180 20 .. 345 12 n 20 5 8 j 199 12 1 .. 565 10 8 183 2 6 { 144 12 0 I 103 18 3 Totals .. .. 76,259 18 7 25,345 14 10 8,804 1 5 2,083 10 8 ■■ .-. 112,493 56 .. 51,552 8 n 4,395 071 29,675 38 .. 85,622 13 2 8,911 8 1 j 16,453 6 o j 18,386 17 .."..] ' l_ _ _ . I I I 2 17 o 436 18 o 49 4 9 1,588 3 o 16 4 6 782 10 2 1,519 15 1 20,290 12 5 4,754 11 o 76,753 19 9 4,942 18 1 113,686 8 6 82 15 o 2,372 17 8 3 3 0 1,359 7 3 29 10 7 4,722 16 3 57 o 3 5,237 16 8 40 14 9 3,136 10 8 11,498 14 o 230,368 o 4 « • • MISCELLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS. Kawakawa .. .. 190 030 .. .. 4?6 5 19 6 .. .. .. I 19 5 i ij 5 3 " 7 1 8 11 27 18 I 645 - Whangarei .. •• 2 15 4 194 .. .. 28 1 o 32 5 8 .. 022 .. 87 9 8 io' 7 n 97 19 9 588 53 6 2 21 16 2 Kaihu .. .. •• 262 056 .. .. 18 11 7 21 3 3 .. 060 .. 10 19 7 789 18 14 4 447 2-> 10 2 12 15 8 Auckland .. ... 176 2 6 23 8 7 106 1 15 4 350 15 o 553 1 11 .. 11 15 8 .. 817 13 10 125 10 5 954 19 n 3?I 86 538 12 4 I 116 27 Wellington - Napier - New 83 8 8 299 74 10 14 10 13 13 5 831 14 5 1,238 18 8 .. 8 11 10 .. 2,710 11 4 300 10 4 3,019 13 6 1,005 17 8 1,320 o 6 2'567 13 5 Plymouth ' -* Hurunui-Bluff .. .. 183 no 182 17 o 11 19 n 1 4 8 1,757 7 1 2,13610 6 .. 17 19 2 .. 2,58410 3; 652 8 2 3,25417 7 1,37415 6 229819 8 4-8410 8 Grey-Brunner .. .. 4 6 6 14 16 8 .. .. 54 18 4 74 1 6 .. 095 .. 22013 g 19 9 2 " 24012 4 70 14 8 134 6 2 235 5 5 Grey-Hokitika .. .. 4 16 4 8 8 8 .. .. 23 6 7 36 11 7 .. 095 .. 13 12 6 896 22 11 5 28 12 1 33 1 7 89 iq \ Westport .. .. •■ 116 6 .. .. 113 30 114 19 6 .. 017 .. 49 n 9 43 2 4 9215 8 22 4 5 332 6 8 102 5 4 Nelson ... .. .. o 17 8 88 2 4 .. o 2 10 23 7 4 112 10 2 .. 046 .. 17 7 1 8 12 6 26 4 1 50 19 5 15 12 7 43 17 1 Picton 658 2617 8 o 19 11 .. 18 12 1 5215.4 •• 091 .. 34 16 9 6 17 4 42 3 2 67 14 11 26 6 1 20 o 10 '.'. ['. Totals .. .. 465 9 8 64712 7 24 15 2 16 16 3 3,224 311 4,378i7 7 ■• 40 810 .. 6,549 511 1,184 9 7 7,774 4 4 3,003 9 4 4,803 o o 9,000 10 10 77" "7^ Grand total. .. 245,840 4 9; 76,276 3 724,550 o 1 7,298 2 1 3,224 311 3 57-.i88i 4 5 91,15014 2 58,022 710 4,395 o j 76,77912 1 1,1.84 9 7 1231,532 4 3 27,356 9 5 46,323 3" 244,93212 9 14,84515 o 29,47219 32 1 19 5 1 13 2 3 12 7 022 .. 87 9 8 10" 7 11 97 19 9 060 .. 10 19 7 789 18 14 4 II 15 8 •■ 817 13 10 125 10 5 954 19 11 8 11 10 .. 2,710 n 4 300 10 4 3,019 13 6 17 19 2 .. 2,584 10 3 j 652 8 2 3,254 17 7 0 9 5 •• 220 13 9 : 19 9 2 240 12 4 0 9 5 •• 13 12 6 896 22 11 5 °I7 •• 49 11 9 43 2 4 92 15 8 046 .. 17 71 8 12 6 26 41 0 9 1 • • 34 16 9 6 17 4 42 3 2 4° 8 i° •• 6,549 5 11 1,184 9 7 7,774 4 4 1 8 n 27 18 1 645 588 53 6 2 21 16 2 4 4 7 22 10 2 12 15 8 37i 8 6 538 12 4 1,116 2 7 1,005 17 8 1,320 o 6 2,567 13 5 i,3?4 J 5 6 2,298 19 8 4,784 10 8 70 14 8 134 6 2 235 5 5 28 12 1 33 1 7 89 19 3 22 4 5 332 6 8 102 5 4 50 19 5 15 12 7 43 17 1 67 14 n 26 6 1 20 o 10 3,003 9 4 4,803 o o 9,000 10 10 45 3 6 2to 16 5 79 8 o 3,534 5 3 9.152 3 9 13,849 13 11 755 o 1 210 15 11 664 11 7 249 3 4 209 o 4 28,960 2 1 58,022 7 10 4,395 o 7 76,779 12 1 i 1,184 9 7 1231,532 4 3 27,356 9 5 46,323 3 11 244,932 12 9 I4> 8 45 15 o 29,472 19 3 21,914 8 6 929,737 10 6 - . • ' 1 1 *j*> -< ~> t- 7 j — -115 j- *~ :j *-*■(•) - *j " -=-y j <+/ *• J-y j x I 1 2—D. 2. 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RETURN No. 4. CLASSIFIED STATEMENT showing Revenue and Expenditure, and Proportion of each Class of Expenditure to Mileage and Revenue, for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1899.

A. C. Fife, Eailway Accountant.

Proportion of ei ;h Class of Expenditure to Mileage and Revenue. Classified Expenditure. ileage. Revenue. Total. Per Mile of Railway * per Annum (Average). a u u I i 1 J Locomotive. Carnages and 'agons.j -raffic. Heart Office. Departmental Offices. Credi it Recoveries. Total. Maintenance. Section. In B . M B r^ TrainMileage. Maintenance of Way. Locomotive Jfower. j I j lie pairs of Carriages and Wagons. Traffic Expenses. Head Office. Departmental Offices. Less Credit Recoveries, Total. °»- 0 ci a °» °«-4 .a O . . o s fl O > •si's I a o . ■ © « S . * Ah <D * 3 3 . jj - © 5 » "3 . — ' % 0. m 3 "2 *H-5 = :2 a> K W.5 n £:- og Eh^3 «=3 1 ts oS « 9 •«! ta o" s : t £ * ft " ft, Ph p, w n, Ph fi, j p0 , ■ a1 = • IS '5 . 1898-99. Kawakawa ... Whangarei ... Kaihu Auckland Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Hurunui-B luff Greymouth-Brunner... Grey mouth-Hokitika... Westport Nelson ... Pioton £ s. d. 2,110 15 o 12,738 II o 7,820 5 4 159,419 4 3 £ a. d. 263 16 10 675 4 8 460 o 4 501 13 8 8. d. 9 3* 8 9I 10 73 6 4 ' £ s. d. 860 16 2 £ s. (1. 413 16 1 1,899 8 11 924 13 o 24,173 11 1 £ «. a. 374 12 5 1,406 o 11 611 18 10 9.«39 7 8 £ 9. d. 742 13 11 1,424 4 9 816 2 10 £ s. cL 21 12 6 13 1 5 6 86 19 10 1,626 o 2 £ s. d. 191 13 7 420 7 3, 442 18 6 3.743 'o 8! 1 i j £ s. d.; £ s. d.| 18 17 0 2,586 7 8j 148 4 1 7,183 2 6; no 14 11 4,391 11 7 -2,841 11 17 7 7,180 6 2264,363 10 5 11,074 2 8 483,966 11 8 83 15 o 13,644 4 8 25 3 !I 5.98.3 7 8 80 o 5 22,300 4 4 305 17 8 13,871 6 1; 45 15 1 10,015 f> 4 I £ ' £ 40-78 107-60 16-09 10866 2071' 95-27 24-881 124-84 d. ! 45-38, 16-93, 26-461 1894 £ ! 19-61, 14-91! I 1-82! 15-16 £ 51-73 10069 54-39 76-07 1 d. \ £ j 2I-82J I775 1568 11-04 15-11 783 n-54 5-73 £ 46-83 74'53 36-00 28-76 j d. I £ ' 35'i8 1161 ii"i8 io'oo 10-44 436 1626 I 4-23 !5 - 42 4-04 !7'53 12-59 21-88 3-47; 12-42 12-80! 1073 4-69 29-44 9-27! 1870 £ j d. 92-8439-16 7549 1 i/ 6 4801 1333 8r57 i2 '3 8 130-53.12-38 12243 '6' 1 1 672-21.6551 54-53! 9'57 i77'95 r 9'56 i3555 !I 7-99 73-85 15-26 I £ I '02 1-03 I'll £ 2-70 6-96 5-12 5-12 H. 1-14 1 08 1-42 078 j £ j £ d. 908 23-9610-10 3-30; 22-28 3-47 5-66 2605 7-24 2-35. 1178 1-79 £ 0-89 ri6 1-41 178 £ 2-36 7-85 6-51 8-94 d. 0-99 I'22 I-8l 1-36 £ 122-53 S6-3E 56-16 63-62 £ 32330 38076 25833 319-20 (1. 136-36 59'3' 7 r 75 48-43 21 17 332 4,552 29,067 14,689 502,675 2,049 19 3 1,619 13 6 39,671 9 8 102 25,919 9 11 4Si i,i54 8 24 3> 23 21 1,141,170 2,090,381 19,700 32,822 67,677 41,585 24,390 381,753 6 6 800,437 7 3 24,577 5 1 10,536 7 7 5L39I 2 4 10,588 4 9 8,292 12 5 846 9 2 698 10 2 3,072 3 2 439 o 4 1.657 '5 7 460 7 2 394 17 9 6 8i 7 8 24 nl 6 5 15 2i 5 1 6 9I 100,902 16 9 185,528 17 10 3,068 11 7 3.025 7 11 7,159 6 0 7.973 ' 9 5,328 14 o 79,733 'O 9 112,715 17 4 3.138 "3 2 796 9 o 4.374 16 4 1,689 IO 7 1,671 18 o 20,110 8 n 35,164 2 6 1,033 8 10 473 l6 3 3,610 11 1 813 o 6 942 5 5 58,868 3 n 140,290 13 8 5,377 12 8 i,3o3 14 4 5,5i6 6 3 3,117 12 6 1,550 18 o 3,8l2 II 1 8,094 18 9 1 251 8 o 106 15 3 5 2 3 15 7 107 14 7 8-' 13 9 8,116 5 2 13.246 4 3 858 5 5! 297 8 IO! i,i95 9 6 476 3 10, 484 12 3 26-43223-73 2318 161-90 12-4938357 2871 12606 13-93230-94 75'30 346-66 64-2625375 I 2T22 21-30 37-38 22'12 2S-39 46-02 52-44 20-89 14-08 12-77 7-56 851 15-96 20' 16 176-79 98-36 392-33 33- [ 9 141-12 73-46 79-61 1677 5-27 12-94 4'39 3824. 4-21 5'82 ! 4-50, iS'S 1 ; 7-03, 9-75! 7 -68[ 16-45 11-36 44'59 30-69 12918 19-74 116-47 35'35 44-87 TOO roi I 02 8-45 7-06 3143 4'45 16-90 4-68 3'94 080 093 3-06 0-78 1 86 062 081 2-13! 1800! 171 1-65! 11-56! 1-52 349 107-28 1046 282; 12-39 2-17 2'33 3856 4-24 4-5°, 20-70 2-75 584 23-08 4-77 201, 14-27 178 1-89 1-38 034 0-24 o'i6 2-89 o-55 15-92 9-66 10-47 1-05 2-58 13-30 2-18 I-5I 1-27 I'02 0-18 0-28 1-76 0-45 69-25 60-46 55-52 56-79 43-39 131-01 12077 586-17 422-3-1! 1 >705'53| 249-31 719-36 603-10 476-92 55-57 166-22 43 75 79-08 80-06 98-55 ro2 ro2 I'02 I'00 _l _ Totals ... 21,914 8 6929,737 10 6 I 24-30172-92 2i'6o IS-75 112-09 14-00 5-01 35-67 4-46 16-67 118-56 14 81 101 7-19 0-90 1-49 io'6i 1-33 63-26 450-11 56-22-2,090! 3.968.708 1,469,6^5 « 6 711 10 2 7 5 !3S7,i88 14 5 231.532 4 3, '3,679 13 4 244.032 12 9 14,845 15 o, 29,472 19 3 1897-98. Kawakawa ... Whangarei ... Kaihu Auckland Welling ton- XapierNew Plymouth Hurunui-B luff Greymouth-Bru hihm-... G-reymouth-Hokitikii... "Westport Nelson Pieton 8 18 '7 312 45' 1,142 8 5,120 28,200 20,337 469,827 990,947 1,971,881 19,726 31,116 65-5I7 39.894 23,918 £ s. d. 2,322 15 5 12,522 5 7 11,737 9 I0 148,117 o 2 342,699 7 8 760,021 10 1 25,049 o 7 9,826 3 10 45.655 17 6 10,097 5 " 7.958 18 3 £ s. d. 290 6 11 695 13 8 690 8 10 475 !2 3 770 14 10 668 7 ( 1 3,131 2 7 409 8 6 1.472 15 5 439 o 3 378-19 11 s. d. 9 of 8 io| 11 6i 6 3* 6 11 7 '81 2-5 4i 6 3* 13 11* 5 o| 6 ri £ s. d. 1,199 4 o 2,661 11 7 1,790 19 3 39.036 7 7 92,704 3 o 172,601 10 8 2,618 13 4 2,450 13 7 5,550 5 3 3.!29 5 4 4.244 1 3 £ 8. d. 609 9 7 1,748 o 1 1,338 11 11 20,03.3 17 10 64,652 2 7 109,106 18 5 2,673 6 5 1,238 2 4 4,026 3 4 2,334 2 11 1,522 19 1 £ s. d. 246 11 o 2,142 10 9 616 5 o 6,202 I I 2 18,221 16 5 31,687 8 2 1,009 I0 8 860 17 3 2,760 o 1 54i 5 3 1,055 4 o £ s. d. 721 8 11 1,626 15 4 1.109 14 6 24,387 4 10 52,477 9 " 135,764 10 8 5,581 10 6 1,235 15 " 5,235 '5 6 3,024 3 4 1,481 17 2 £ s. d. 23 17 7! 124 16 4 116 10 o 1,433 18 8 3-39 1 S >° 7,322 10 2 263 17 5 98 11 7 454 14 10 100 14 5 73 3 4 £ s. d. \ 193 >5 4 ! 361 3 9 387 6 2 3,675 o 9 7,161 11 7 12,761 8 6 787 11 9 271 4 11 i,M3 '3 7 , 442 6 7 473 4 5 £ e. d. 34 6 6 126 15 3 106 7 2 3,481 7 10 3.623 15 9 11,056 17 11 29 11 6 15 14 6 247 19 5 266 19 11 147 9 o £ 8. d. 2,959 19 11 8,538 2 f, \ 5,252 19 8 91,292 13 o; 234,984 13 7 458,187 8 8 12,904 18 7 6,139 11 1 18,922 13 2 I 9,304 17 " 8,703 o 3 £ 5!-63 21-25 15-26 26-36 27-05 22-71 1046 24-94 I2'l6 £ : 149-90 147-86: 1053s 125-34 208-49 1S178 327'33 I02-II 179-04 I-3606 202'10 156-21 122-65 21-14 19-94 22-45 21-01 31-86 18-90 20-33 1883 42-59 £ j 26-24; 13-96! 11-41 13-53: 18-87 14-36 10-67 12 60 8-82 £ ! 76-19 97-11 78-74 ] 64-35 95-9S 334-I7 5 1 59 129-88 101-48 72-52 d. 28-57 14-88 15-80 10-23 15-66 1328 32-53 9-55 »4'75 14-04 15-28 £ io'6i 17-11! S'25 4-19 S'3 2 417 4-03 8-76 6-04' 5-36 13-26 £ 30-82; >I9'03; 36-2Si 19-92; 40-98 27-86 126-19 35-8? 89-03 23-S3| 50-25! d. "•5° 18-24, 7'27i 3>7. 4'4 1 j 3-86 I2'28| 664! JO'lI 3-26 10-59; £ ! 31-06, I2-99| 945 16-46 '5 3i i 7 86| 22 28 12-58 11-47 29-95 18-62 I' £ ' d. I £ , 90-l8 33'S2 I 03 ] 90-38 13-84 TOO 65-2813-10 099 78-31 12-46 0-97 118-02 12-71 0-99 119-3916-52 0-96 697-696791. 1-03 51-49 9-53' i-oo 168-9019-18 1-oo 131-49 18-19 100 70-5714-87 0-92 113-8615-23 0-97 £ 2-98 6-Q3 6-86 4-61 7'63 6-44 32-99 411 14-67 4-38 3-48 d. l'I2 ro6 1'37 073 0-82 089 3-21 0-76 1-67 o'6i 0-73 £ 8-34 2-88 3-30 2-48 209 1-68 3-i5 2-76 250 4-38 5'95 £ 24-22 20-07 22-78 n-8o 1611 Il"22 98-45 11-30 36-89 19-23 22-53 d. 9-08 3-07 4-57 i-88 i-74 i'55 9-58 209 4-19 2-66 £ 1-48I 1-oi 091 2-35 1-06 i'45 012 0'i6 o-54 2-64 1-85 £ 429 7-04 6-26 11-18 8-15 9-72 3-70 0-65 800 1161 7-02 d. 1 61 1-08 1-26 178 088 . i.'34 036 Q'12 09I I-6l I-48 £ 127-43* 68-i8| 44'75| 61-64; 6857 60-29! 5i'52: 62-48! 4I-45 1 ! 92-I5J '09-35! £ ! d. 3700013875; j 47434 7 2 '66 309-00 61-99. : 2 93 1 5 46-63 j 52849 56-91 ! 402-92 55 77 1,613-12 15701 j 25582 47-35 ! 610-41 69-32 i 404-56 55-98 ; 41443 87-33 1 24 3 1 23 21 30-99 53-32 23-11 19-13 4-75 ! I I "j , 4i9'53 56-11 I ! Totals I60-53 21-47 15-21 102-43 13-70 475 31-98 4-27; 16-91 6-56 o-88 2 - 0I 13-54 i-8i i'39 9'37 1-25 62-30 12,055! 13,666,481 r.376,007 14 10! 673 9 1 7 6 [327,986 14 13 !209,2'!S 14 6 1 '65,343 "9 9 '232,646 6 7 13,404 o 2i 27,658 7 I9,i37 4 9 18 5 23-84

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RETURN No. 5. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of Passenger and Goods Traffic for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1899.

A. C. Fife, Railway Accountant.

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g j Passengers. Parcels, &c. _"g Total ; . ___________________ __ — — Sections. _£ ; Season Equivalent g> b First Class. Second Class. Total. Tickets.! Parcds _ Horses. Carriages. Dogs, i Total. I>ays, _ at _ e Calves. Sheep. j Pigs. Total. Tonnage for Chaff, Lime, &e. j , *- . * c- live-Stock, &c. 1898-99. Single. ! Return, j Single. Return. No. No. | No. No. No. No. ! No. j No. No. No. No. No. i No. Tons c. q. Tons c. q. Kawakawa ... 8 516 i 264 2,034 4,448 7,262 ... I 743 13 3 j 46 : " 805 i 3 5 1 2,119 ... 2,128 87 19 o 18 o o Whangarei ... 21 2,367 2,374 10,571 j 17,064 32,376 130 1,719 7 ■■■ j 52 i>778 16 238 2 2,047 3 1 2,334 170 12 o 600 Kaihu ... .. 17 139 1.394 ! 2,601 j 17,748 21,882 117 1,779 Z 3 l ™7 1,900 3 4)1 301 1 310 15 o o 24 o o Auckland... ... 332 21,650 56,274 [105,770 \ 487,504 671,198 9,144 71,304 872 74 j 2,876 75,126 132 12,083 H.505 126,951 2,419 143,090 9,343 13 O 13,764 0 0 1. Wellington-Napier- 451 36,601 224,680 176,610' 939,780 1,377,671 16,286175,821 4,376 344' 9,004 189,545 178 20,539! 970 956,477 9,464 987,628 45,621 10 o 13,158 o o 23, New Plymouth ffimmui-Bluff ... 1,154 56,280 1286,220 2,504,006 28,124318,609 4,749 546 11,820 335,724 731 19,360 707 1,422,420 22,072 '1,465,290 64,633 17 o 50,438 0 o 70 Greymouth-Brunner 8 1,042 I 4,596 j 11,604 87,632 104,874 362 8,536 142 5 291 8,974 | 21 364 5 3,126 317 ■ 3,833 269 17 o 846 o o Grey mouth-tfokitika 24 691 7,146 ! 7,659 . 50,796 66,292 403 3,261 132 6 223 ; 3,622 j 7 65 2 2,255 93 \ 2,422 119 3 o 36 o o Westport ... 31 69 ; 1,030 [ 7,352 J 48,818 57.269 no 3,879 2 ... 71 | 3,952 I 3 12 ... 196 ... \ 211 13 7 o 138 o O Nelson .. ... 23 715 . 4,444 10,109 ; 53,210 68,478 315 3,130 3 18 248 3,399 3 7 5 540 49 604 27 13 o 564 o o Piofcon ... ... 21 1,409 j 6,134 : 6,692 30,010 44.245 36 591 39 1 225 856 9 2 1 1,801 66 1,879 79 l8 ° 4.092 o o Totals ... 2,090 121,479 1701,926 1627,222 3.504.926.4,955,553 55,027589,372 10,348 998 24,963 625,681 1,106 52,679 3,199 2,518,233 34,512 '2,609,729 120,382 9 o 83,084 o o 97; " == = — — I =____ = Kawakawa ... 81 549 1 298 1,823 4.578 7,248 ... 1,097 l8 3 51 1,169 ■■- 4 ■■■ 607 ... 611 25 12 0 600 Whangarei ... 18 2,670 J 1,978 13,586 14,256 32,490 in 1,330 3 2 38 1,373 33 183 2 1,385 39 i ,642 134 12 o 72 o o Kaihu ... ... 17 169 j 1,626 2,527 19,164 23,486 109 1,284 24 ... 112 1,420 1 4 2 ... 1 8 200 42 00 Auckland... ... 312 20,961 ' 51,528 99,134 441-236 612,859 8,079 64,465 696 70 2,571 67,802 ■ 87 10,522 1,670 126,649 3,053 141,981 8,822 9 o 10,636 00 1. Wellington-Napier- 451 35,109 216,310 169,883 847,898 1,269,200 14,095157,388 4,068 265 8,165 169,886 l6 4 14.251 627 835,638 6,870 857,550 38,564 o o 11,844 ° o 25^ New Plymouth H-runm-Bluff ... t>142 54,651 1376,540 '265,272 1,693,272 2,389,735 24,748288,961 4,802 488 11,264 3°5>5i5 553 15-926 1,351 1,385,081 32,297 1,435,208 62,347 16 ° 48,986 o o 74, Greymoutli-Branner 8 1,171' 5,230 11,676 85,126 103,203 345 7,299 155 17 283 -7.754! 44 I 261 2 2,539 352 3,198 22415 o 720 o o Greymoutli-Hokitika 24 778 1 6,690 i 7,712 47.-68 62,448 512 2,734 123 5 160 3,022 30 j 65 1 - 1,240 84 1,420 89 13 o 78 0 o Westpovt ... 31 93 754 : 8,129 53»9°4 62,880 117 3,104 3 ... 105 3,212 11 j 6 1 198 6 222 15 14 o 150 o o J\ ela ° n ■■■ ■■■ 23 603 5,448 I 9,645 52,888 68,584 407 3.3i8 9 10 232 3,569 ... 11 5 330 23 369 18 o o 984 o o ™ ton ■■■ ■-■ 21 1,424 4,864 5,883 27,960 40,131 137 13 35 2 88 138 3 39 2 2,928 59 3,031 134 2 o 3,708 001, Totals ,.. 2,055.118,178 671,2661595,270 3,287,550 4,672,264 48,660530,993 9,936 862 23,069 564,860 526 41,272 3,663 2,356,595 42,784 2,445,240 110,37813 o 77,226 o o 10' _, ; __ _____ 1 Live-StOCk, Goods, &c. I Wool. Firewood. I I ' i ■ 426 o o 10, j 222 0 0 26, 1,893 J 6 0 I 3,680 O O 20,: 23,352 4 o 40,250 o o 97,. 70,783 O O 26,6l6 O O 120,' 44 12 O I 3.798 O O 22, 36 12 O j 1,468 OO 5, i 3,270 OO 3, 367 8 o [ 2,778 o 0 3,: 918 16 o i 4,530 o o 97,396 8 0187,038 o o 310,: 79 2 o 5401,650 i 0 10,582 4 0 i ,587 9 o 3,080 6 o 26,545 70 55 H o 1,885 I2 ° 20,253 15 o 15,242 14 o 34,872 1 o 97,838 0 0 41,656 5 0 103,600 14 o 120,650 13 o 1351,256 12 o 311,518 7 o 22,131 11 o 2,308 8 o 4,926 1 o 5.173 " o 3 15 0 9,497 16 o 3,759 no 76 17 o 3,085 15 0 3,201 2 o 2,989 18 o 1,753 I2 o 51 2 o 4,887 16 o 2,981 1 o 310,265 18 0 420,070 12 0 478,851 6 o 79 2 ,582 4 -545 7 .253 15 ,838 0 ,650 13 ,131 " .173 " .759 " ,201 2 51 2 ,265 18 1 o 0 1, 7 o 5 o 15. > 0 41, J o 351, [0 2, [ O I O i O 2, - O 4, i o 420, :.5 ,6 :,2, '.3' !,9 !,S >.o 5 4 587 9 55 14 242 14 656" 5 256 12 308 8 _j_ 070 12 4 o 9 0 4 o 4 o 5 0 o 0 o o o o ; o o o o 0 , Merchandise. i,650 i c 3,080 6 c 1,885 I2 c 34,872 1 c 103,600 14 c 311,518 7 c 4,926 i c 9,497 16 0 3,085 15 c 1,753 12 C 2,981 i c 478,851 6 0 Minerals. 8,869 2 O 48,495 8 o 140 5 o 114,521 16 0 56,621 4 0 437.385 8 0 125,087 5 o 2.875 3 o .346,801 3 o 3,784 18 o 2,771 2 o Total. Grand Tota) Tonnage. 10,621 9 o 10,709 8 o 64,177 7 o 64,347 19 0 28,872 18 o 28,887 l8 o 204,228 2 o 213,571 15 o 376,476 7 0 422,097 17 0 1,368,648 O 6 I;4_3,2_I 17 6 159,141 17 0 159,411 14 o 19,090 17 o 19,210 o o 357.131 6 o 357.M4 13 o 15,438 18 o 15,466 11 o 20,231 17 0 20,311 15 o 2,624,058 18 o 2,744,441 7 o 25 12 0 600 134 12 o 72 o o 2 0 0 42 O O 8,822 9 o 10,636 o 0 38,564 o o 11,844 o o 62,347 16 o 48,986 o o 224 15 o 720 o o 89 13 o 78 o o 15 14 o 150 o o 18 o o 984 o o 134 2 O 3,708 O O 110,378 13 o 77,226 o o 4200 85 6 o ... 1,56130 462 o o 12,772 o o 1,313 5 o 3,313 1 o 144 o o 45,679 13 o 40 14 o 1,765 5 o 1,900 12 o 4,186 o o 22,115 8 ° 13,578 5 o 31,726 8 0 25,362 16 o 39,846 o o 87,031 16 0 39,806 14 0 94,694 16 o 74i°53 ° o 25,644 o 0 110,077 I! o 361,456 2 o 311,494 10 o 48 o o 3,292 o o 20,579 6 o 2,178 7 0 5.488 14 0 15 8 o 950 o o 7,934 9 ° 29 13 o 7,798 8 0 3,102 o o 4,829 70 65 15 o 2,935 12 o 365 8 o 1,902 o o 1,957 1 o 3,322 4 o 1,652 12 o 1,309 12 o 4,086 00 11 10 o 5.657 3 o 2,610 19 o 103,054 16 0 83,656 o o 313,073 7 o 427,448 2 o 465,041 8 o 1 1 11,384 9 o 13,078 18 o 13,104 10 o 47.037 5 o 64,969 11 o 65,104 3 o 219 11 o 47.891 3 o 47,893 3 o 104,870 6 o 189,012 19 o 197,835 8 o 46,310 18 0 344.897 o o 383,461 o 0 399,583 6 01,331,294 9 0 1,393,642 5 0 130,836 io o 163,142 17 o 163,367 12 o 1.533 7 o 18,339 5 o 18,428 18 o 301,935 7 ° 3 I 3.oi8 1 0 313,033 15 o 2,815 1 3 ° 12,998 18 o 13,016 18 o 2,340 19 0 19.724 3 o 19.858 5 o 1,048,867 ii 02,518,367 4 o 2,628,745 17 o Revenue. Mllea-c. Mileage. Mileage. ££2£L Season Tkkets - Pa Tr!d'MX ge ' Total Coaching. Goods. Miscellaneous. oSSSStaiS Total GooUB - 1. Grand Total , TraL __ Sb J SJj" g Tota ,. Kevenue. Ballasting. Revenue. 1898-99. £ s. d. £ s. d. I £ a. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Kawakawa ... 337 14 5 j 16 2 11 i 63 12 10 417 10 2 1,653 23 19 18 7 20 4 o 1,693 4 I0 Whangarei ... 1,474 33 180 7 3 \ 114 3 9 1,768 14 3 10,515 19 10 344 11 5 109 5 6 10,969 16 9 Kaihu ... ... 1,214 18 6 105 5 o 135 14 4 1,455 17 10 5,999 85 297 15 I 67 4 0 6,364 7 6 Auckland... ... 55,972 16 5 4,521 12 2 6,818 8 9 67,312 17 4 88,944 12 10 336 2 4 2,825 JI 9 92,106 6 11 Wellington-Napier- 138,107 15 4 9,499 16 4 22,048 15 7 169,656 7 3 200,493 *9 9 4.568 11 11 7,034 7 7 212,096 19 3 New Plymouth Hurunui-Bluff ... 225,310 11 11 21,894 11 11 35,851 12 9 283,056 16 7 492,693 4 7 10,413 6 10 14,273 19 3 517,380 10 8 Greymouth-Brunner 2,665 5 : 210 1 7 287 10 3 3,162 16 11 19,523 10 9 1,732 6 3 158 11 2 21,414 8 2 Gveymouth-Hokitika 4.303 15 4 238 18 3 397 o 1 4.939 13 8 5.493 5 " Cr. 12 16 41 116 4 4 5,596 13 11 Westport ... 2,947 08 152 9 4 I 261 18 11 3,361 8 11 46,224 o 9 1,556 5 10 J 249 6 10 48,029 13 5 Nelson ... ... 3.457 n o 290 3 1 j 278 8 6 4,026 2 7 5,752 5 9 654 79 155 8 8 6,562 2 2 Piston ... ... 2,575 5 5; 76 5 1 161 1 10 2,812 12 4 4,783 4 o 418 o 1 278 16 o 5,480 o 1 Total* ... 438,366 17 4 37,185 12 11 66,418 7 7 541,970 ij 10 882,076 14 10 20,328 9 9 25,288 19 1 927,694 3 8 I I d. £ s, d. No. No. No. 10 2,110 15 O 4.552 3.941 8,493 9 12,738 11 o 29,067 12,246 41.313 6 7,820 5 4 14,689 J 5,429 20,118 11 159,419 4 3 502,675 I "118,361 621,036 3 381,753 6 6 1,141,170 344,067 1,485,237 8 800,437 7 3 2,090,381 67*5,863 2,766,244 2 24,577 5 1 19.700 29,264 48,964 11 10,536 7 7 32,822 7,556 40,378 5 51.39' 3 4 67,677 ! 51,052 118,729 2 10,588 4 9 41-585 j 7.906 49,491 1 8,292 12 5 24,390 I 8,668 33,058 8 1,469,665 1 6 3,968,708 1,264,353 5,233,061 2,110 15 O 12,738 11 o 7,820 5 4 159,419 4 3 381,753 6 6 800,437 7 3 24.577 5 1 10,536 7 7 51.391 2 4 10,588 4 9 8,292 12 5 1,469,665 1 6 _!__„ . _ J 1897-98. Kawakawa ... 332 8 2 16 9 6 I 78 18 3 427 15 11 1,854 64 19 12 6 21 o 8 1,894 19 6 Whangarei 1,326 19 5 166 18 8 115 19 10 1,609 *7 I£ !O,562 5 n 249 17 8 100 4 1 10,912 7 8 Kaihu ... ... 1,328 19 9 88 15 4 131 2 3 1,548 17 4 9,632 11 10 485 58 70 15 o 10,188 12 6 Auckland... ... 50,689 3 6 4,062 9 4 6,432 15 6 61,184 8 4 83,993 1 5 9 1 9% I2 1 2,740 4 o 86,932 11 10 . Wellington-Napier- 120,162 6 2 8,815 l 9 ° *9> II2 ° 6 148,090 5 8 183,486 9 6 4,563 2 11 6,559 9 7 194,609 2 o New Plymouth Hurunui-Bluff ... 210,015 l6 2 19,869 19 o 33,699 o 7 263,584 15 9 472,405 5 8 9,975 19 1 14.055 9 7 496,436 14 4 Greymoulh-Brurmer 2,667 l6 4 225 4 2 269 17 4 3,163 17 10 19,755 18 II 1,965 19 1 164 4 9 21,886 2 9 Greymouth-Hokitika 4,065 90 281 8 11 363 1 1 4,709 19 o 5,004 12 n Cr. 167 112 18 6 5,116 4 10 Westport ... 3,054 17 7 146 16 o 240 11 11 3,442 5 6 40,736 11 3 1,221 17 3 255 3 6 42,213 12 o Nelson ■■■ ■■■ 3.384 '2 6 367 16 10 291 3 6 4,043 12 10 5,271 13 2 630 14 6 151 5 5 6,053 *3 1 Picton ... ... 2,233 2 7 126 12 o 137 13 11 2,497 8 6 4,885 18 6 320 19 9 254 11 6 5,461 9 9 Totals ... 399,261 11 2 34,168 8 9 j 60,872 4 8 494,302 4 7 837,589 9 9 19,630 13 11 24,485 6 7 881,705 10 3 1,854 64 19 12 6 21 o 8 1,894 19 6 10,562 5 ii 249 17 8 100 4 1 10,912 7 8 9,632 11 10 485 5 8 7 O1 5 o 10,188 12 6 8 3.993 r 5 9 198 12 1 2,740 4 0 86,932 11 10 183,486 9 6 4,563 2 11 6,559 9 7 194,609 2 o 472,405 5 8 9,975 i9 1 H.055 9 7 49<5>436 14 4 !9.755 18 11 1,965 19 1 164 4 9 21,886 2 9 5,004 12 ii Cr. 167 112 18 6 5,116 4 10 40,736 11 3 1,221 17 3 255 3 6 42,213 12 o 5,271 13 2 630 14 6 151 5 5 6,053 '3 1 4,885 18 6 320 19 9 254 11 6 5,461 9 9 837.5 S 9 9 9 i9» 6 30 13 11 24,485 6 7 881,705 10 3 2,322 15 5 12,522 5 7 11,737 9 io 148,117 0 2 342,699 7 8 760,021 10 i 25,049 o 7 9,826 3 10 45.655 17 6 10,097 5 " 7.953 18 3 1,376,007 14 10 5,120 3,364 8,484 28,200 11,695 39.895 20,337 7.088 27,425 469,827 104,691 574-518 990,947 _ 284,199 1,275,146 1,971,881 618,415 2,590,296 19,726 30,446 50,172 31,116 6,699 37'8i5 65.517 44.995 110,512 39,894 8,010 47.904 23,918 5.607 29,525 3,666,483 1,125,209 4,791,692

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RETURN No. 6. Estimated Amount of Government Expenditure on Construction of Railways, Net Revenue, and Rate of Interest earned on Capital expended on Opened Lines.

t J v : : — NOTB.-The amount stated as cost of construction of opened lines include the Provincial .*nd „ n «™» r O X e &c eXPendi ' ture on railways. It floes not include expenditure by the Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards on Harbour-worKs, eeo.

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1898. 1899. Section. State of Line. Cost of Net Bate of Construction. Revenue. Interest. Cost of Net Bate of Construction. Revenue. Interest. £ 91,681 144,105 6,696 70,544 2,214,903 217,156 3,796,473 140,048 42,116 30,182 5,169 8,666,899 83,097 196,972 15,959 127,234 195,127 220,772 14,111 165,192 12,537 206,235 58,711 49,169 31,964 38,825 5,168 25,000 £ -637 3,984 £ s.'d. £ 91,688 162,058 £ -475 5,555 £ a. d. fawakawa Vhangarei Opened 2 15 3 3 '_ 7 „ .. .. . • Caibu mckland .. Unopened Opened 6J485 56,824 9 3'10 2 11 4 70,644 2,370,235 143,216 3,867,281 171,079 42,116 21,611 5,169 8,832,421 77,660 196,972 15,959 127,234 195,549 220,773 14,111 165,225 12,537 206,230 63,568 33,262 17,988 36,213 5,168 25,000 3 j 429 57,987 4 17 1 2 8 11 Vellington-Napier-New Plymouth .. Unopened Opened Unopened 107^715 2 16 - 9 117,390 3 0 8 Vellington-Poxton (private line) Surveys, North Island Miscellaneous lurunui-Bluff 30l!_3_ 3 11 8 Opened Unopened Opened Unopen d 3 98 316i471 ireymouth-Brunner 12 ] 144 6 34 10 ', 933 5 11 0 ireymouth Harbour Works Ireymouth-Hokitika Vestport .. „ Harbour Works .. kelson Opened 3 j 687 26,733 1 17 9 12 2 2 4, 1553 29,091 2 '6 7 13 3 6 Opened Unopened Opened Unopened '792 0 97 -3,283 'icton .. .. -744 -1,788 itoek, permanent-way Stock, A.O.L. stores Surveys, Middle Island Miscellaneous Stock in suspense Opened Total opened Total unopened 15,993,903 878,142 518,817 3 4 10 16,404,076 786,891 539,928 3 5 10 GroBB total 16,872,045 518,817 3 16 17,190,967 539,928 3 2 10

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RETURN No. 7. Expenditure under Vote for Additions to Open Lines charged to Capital Account, for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1899.

lepari ;mem Ixpeni jure. Way and Works Locomotive £ a. d. 45,220 2 6 134,711 14 6 £179,931 17 0 Way and Wobks Depabtment : Paeticulabs of Wobks, etc. Section. Work, &c. Amount. Total. Shelter-shed, &c. .. .. £ a. A. 6 15 6 £ a. A. Kawakawa 6 15 6 Whangarei Additional wharf-accommodation Hut, Opau Wharf Purchase of land 1,053 18 10 22 16 6 30 0 0 Auckland 1,106 15 4 Additions and improvements to station buildings, platforms, and signals Stockyards Additions to dwellings Additional coal-accommodation, &c, for Locomotive Department Telegraph and telephone facilities Building for gas-lighting plant Fencing - .. 172 0 0 17 5 11 612 14 0 225 2 7 1,742 6 2 4 13 9 69 5 8 Wellington - Napier-New Plymouth 2,843 8 1 Additions and improvements to station buildings, platforms, and signals Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, approaches, and crossings Additions to dwellings Additions to Petone Workshops.. Additional coal-accommodation, water-services, enginesheds, &c, for Locomotive Department Turntable and engine-pit, Pahiatua Telegraph and telephone facilities Fencing Purohase of land, surveys, &c. .. Deviation of line, Makotuku Viaduct Bridges over breach at Waitangi, and wash-out near Napier (part cost) Reconstruction, Rangitikei Bridge (part cost) Buildings for gas-lighting plant 2,714 0 2 2,729 0 11 393 2 6 1,040 9 1 4,976 12 6 127 12 3 916 8 5 115 10 10 258 13 11 1,108 9 5 713 1 7 5,759 10 3 1,116 14 6 Hurunui-Bluff— (Christchurch District) Additions and improvements to station buildings, platforms, and signals Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, approaches, and crossings Additions to dwellings Additions to Addington Workshops .. .. Additional coal-accommodation, water-services, &c, for Locomotive Department Telegraph and telephone facilities Buildings, &c, for gas-lighting plant Triangle, Rolleston .. ,. 1,683 6 9 2,676 7 9 592 16 4 1,178 9 0 21,969 6 4 (Dunedin District) 655 9 10 40 3 3 367 17 10 124 7 5 Additions and improvements to station buildings, platforms, and signals Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, approaches, and crossings Additions to dwellings Additions to Hillside Workshops Additional coal-accommodation, water-services, &c, for Locomotive Department. .. .. ., Telegraph and telephone facilities Purchase of land Stone protection, Upper Waitaki Bridge Lengthening cuttings, Otago Central Railway 7,318 18 2 5,309 15 6 324 15 0 21 14 11 2,222 9 11 668 3 9 22 11 0 687 0 0 295 6 4 800 16 5 (Invercargill Distriot) Additions and improvements to station buildings, platforms, &c. Sidings, loading-banks, stockyards, crossings, &o. Additions to dwellings Additional coal-accommodation, &c, for Locomotive Department Fencing 379 4 10 65 3 8 288 9 11 10,352 12 10 Greymouth-Hokitika .. 586 19 1 112 0 8 Shelter-shed and signals Fencing 1,431 18 2 36 1 11 119 1 9 Nelson Addition? to dwelling .. .. .. .. .. 155 3 8 35 4 5 35 4 5 £45,220 2 6

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RETURN No. 7—continued. Locomotive Department: Particulars of Rolling-stock, etc.

Description of Stock ordered. Order. Number. Completed on 31st March, 1899. Incomplete on 31st March, 1899. Expenditure in Year ended 31st March, 1899. Looomotives, Class U Carriages, double-bogie, Class A .. Locomotives, Class B Carriages, double-bogie, Class A .. • „ conversions to double-bogie, Class A Brake-vans (incline) conversion to bogie-vans Wagons, four-wheel, Class G, horse-boxes.. „ „ Class H, cattle-trucks „ „ Class L, high-side „ double-bogie, Class R, bogie high-side „ „ Class S, bogie sheep-trucks .. Class U, bogie platform „ . „ Clasa V, bogie frozen-meat „ four-wheel, Class W, frozen-meat „ „ Class X, cool-trucks .. „ double-bogie, Class Z, covered goods Locomotives, Class Wa Carriages, double-bogie, Class A .. Tarpaulins Carriages, double-bogie, Class A .. Wagons, four-wheel, Class G, horse-boxes .. „ „ Class H, cattle-trucks „ „ Class L, high-side „ double-bogie, Class R, bogie high-side „ „ Class U, bogie platform „ „ Class V, bogie frozen-meat „ four-wheel, Class J, sheep-trucks „ „ Class K, covered goods „ „ Class M, low-side „ „ Class X, cool-truoks.. „ „ conversion to Class L, high-side Tarpaulins Locomotives from Baldwin Loco. Works, U.S.A., Class U Class Wa Steam-crane, 7 tons Steam-travelling-crane Carriages, double-bogie. Class A .. Brake-vans, double-bogie, Class P .. Wagons, double-bogie, Class R, bogie high-side „ „ Class U, bogie platform „ „ Class V, frozen-meat „ four-wheel, Class L, high-side „ „ Class L, iron, high-side „ „ Class J, sheep-trucks „ „ Class W, frozen-meat „ „ Class X, cool-trucks.. „ „ conversion to Class L, high-side Locomotives undar order from Sharp, Stewart, and Co., Great Britain—four Class B, six Class U .. Pitting R wagons for passenger traffic Compressed-gas lighting Machinery for workshops A B M N O P Q R S T U V w X Y Z A—1 B—1 O—l D—1 E—1 P—1 G—1 H—1 J—1 K—1 L—1 M—1 N—1 0—1 P—1 Q-l ft—1 S—1 T—1 U—1 V—1 W-l X—1 Y—1 Z—1 A—2 B—2 C—2 D—2 B—2 P—2 G—2 4 6 7 24 8 8 10 230 10 2 57 3 6 4 2 6 522 4 5 6 410 6 10 5 55 11 20 6 14 500 10 6 1 1 67 12 5 15 5 220 25 20 10 5 50 2 6 8 8 10 230 10 2 57 3 6 4 1 6 522 2 6 1 24 i £ s. d. 5,257 13 8 *98 13 10, 4,390 0 1 2,086 7 9 420 14 9 *128 5 2 1,328 9 7 967 13 4 624 4 2 8,995 12 2 1,271 2 5 204 6 10 4,434 5 8 *184 9 5 434 7 5 382 4 9 709 15 8 3,395 4 11 2,704 7 7 458 4 4 1,127 7 0 438 16 0 438 1 6 32,473 18 6 1,183 2 5 1,417 18 10 1,494 6 3 5,119 7 1 1,353 0 11 1,758 8 6 859 15 7 505 10 3 1,121 19 1 20,761 16 4 8,064 17 9 700 0 0 869 14 9 1,252 6 11 0 12 0 4 5 6 60 350 6 4 5 49 8 20 6 14 500 10 6 1 10 6 3 1 67 12 5 15 5 220 25 20 10 5 50 107 11 2 423 2 6 213 7 4 335 9 8 161 17 11 H—2 10 10 2,614 14 3 15,360 1 0 10,054 7 10 Less material taken from stock on hand, 31st March, 1898 .. t Stock of material on band — £ s. d. 31st March, 1898... 31,964 11 7 31st March, 1899 ... 17,988 11 3 £13,976 0 i 148,687 14 10 t13,976 0 4 £134,711 14 6 Addit: lal St, ick. Convei rsions. Particulars. Number under Order. Complete On 31st Marcl 1899. Incoi nplete >n tfarch, J99. Completed on 31st March, 1899. Incomplete on 31st March, 1899. i 31st 1 II 'otal locomotives 38 19 12 19 72 „ carriages .. „ brake-vans 108 20 12 *8 24 j One-third cost of conversions charged to " Additions to Open Lines." „ wagons, bogie „ „ four-wheel „ cranes, steam „ tarpaulins.. 119 1,114 2 1,022 84 690 1 1,022 35 360 1 14 50 * Additional expenditure on orders B, P, and X brought into stock year ending 31st March, 1898.

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RETURN No. 8. Comparison of Traffic Revenue and Expenditure for the last Nineteen Financial Years.

RETURN No. 9. Statement of Season Tickets issued for the Year ended 31st March, 1899.

A. C. Fife, Eailway Accountant,

Year. Expenditure Miles. 1 Revenue. Expenditure per Cent, of Tonnage. Revenue. Parcels, Horses, and Dogs. Cattle, Sheep, and Passengers. Pigs. Season Tickets. £ 836,454 892,026 953,347 961,304 1,045712 1,047.419 998,768 994,843 997.6i5 1,095,570 1,121,701 1,115,432 1,181,522 1,172,793 1,150,851 1,183,041 1,286,158 1,376,008 1,469,665 £ 521,957 523,099 592,821 655,990 690,026 690,340 699,072 687,328 647,045 682,787 700,703 706,57 732,142 735,359 732,160 751,368 789,054 857,191 929737 No. 286,865 316,611 341,186 359.896 347.42S 349,428 372,397 399.109 399.056 405,838 413,074 430,216 460,383 486,787 479,683 489,177 S24.063 563,998 624,683 No. No. 2,849,561 2,9".477 3.283.378 3,272,644 3,232,886 3,362,266 3,426,403 3.451.850 3,132,803 3,376,459 3,433.629 3.555764 3.7S9.044 3,972,701 3,905,578 4,162,426 4,439,387 4,672,264 4,955,553 No. 6,499 7,207 8,621 9.036 8,999 10,717 11,821 ",518 11,817 12,311 13,881 16,341 16,504 17,226 28,623 36,233 43.069 48,660 55.027 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 1,277 I.3I9 1,358 1,396 1,477 1,613 1,727 i,758 i,777 1,809 1,842 1,869 1,886 1,948 i,993 2,014 2,018 2,055 2,090 62*40 58-64 62-18 68-24 6S-99 65-91 69-99 69-09 64-86 62-32 62-47 63-34 61-97 62 70 63-62 63*Si 6r35 62-30 63*26 1,377,783 1,437.714 1,564793 1,700,040 1,749,856 1.823,767 1,747.754 173S.762 1,920,431 2,073,955 2,086,011 2,066,791 2,193,330 2,060,645 2,048,391 2,087,798 2,368,927 2,518,367 2,624,059 300,704 343.751 477.07S 686,287 729,528 858,662 942,017 940,209 919,392 1,068,575 1,348,364 i,iS3,Soi i,393,4S7 1,433,679 1,604,103 1,932,709 2,052,346 2,444,314 2,608,623

Description. No. Amount. tickets, all lines... travellers' tickets, North Island i'ravellers' tickets, Middle Island leporters' tickets, North Island importers' tickets, Middle Island Jurists' tickets, all lines ... tourists' tickets, North Island tourists' tickets, Middle Island fifty-trip com. ordinary fifty-trip com. family Ichool ... teachers' Saturday twenty-trip com twelve-trip workmen's ill other season tickets 9 72 122 26 32 168 55 45 2,563 1,454 8,042 315 241 36,357 5,526 £ s. 566 10 2,603 10 6,263 0 260 11 320 0 1,391 0 291 10 276 0 1,729 12 2,168 2 4,429 0 358 2 152 7 5,985 7 10,391 1 d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 4 0 0 Totals 55,027 37,185 12 11

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RETURN No. 10. STATEMENT showing Classification of Expenditure on Maintenance of Way and Works for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1899.

Sections. I Classification ot Work. Kawakawa. j 11 " Kaihu. I Wellington- ] Auckland. NapierNew Plymouth! I Christchurch. Dunedin. I Invercargill. Grey- Grey- Westrmrt Brunner. Hokitika. Westport, Nelson. Picton. i Total. Track-surfacing Track-renewals Ballasting Banks, cuttings, ditches, tunnels £ s. d.i £ s. d. £ s. d. 204 o 3I 927 15 8 838 6 4: 262 19 3! 151 o o 417 19 6 107 19 9| 248 71 26 9 2 18 15 3j 71 4 9 55 13 2 206 13 oi 295 5 9 114 4 9 1 8 o 45 2 7 4 15 2 226 47 11 1011 £ a. A. 15,930 7 48,652 16 1 : 1,570 13 8 3.303 o 7 £ s. A. 29,991 5 729,306 5 9: ! 3,038 7 6 4,908 14 4 £ a. A. 25,766 3 3: '21,924 6 Ji: 1.581 4 3 1,791 19 1 £ a. A. 23,063 5 71 '23,356 14 11 : i 2,099 6 8: 1,627 4 5 £ a. d. 1 £ s. d.| £ s. d. 16,657 2 10: 868 9 211,119 8 i° ; 11,348 16 10' 128 19 9 405 12 8 1,780 17 ioj 79 16 7) in 8 2 I i 1,419 16 2! 168 7 8 109 11 8 4,582 8 8 130 2 7] 910 2 3 1,842 34 23 5 8| 35 5 0 205 12 2 18 7 o 33 5 7 461 5 2 303 1 4 206 17 8 65 11 3 861 18 11 £ s. d.| 2,111 3 8 : 2,299 2 1 : 287 19 5 140 17 7 £ a. A. 1,020 7 4 : 1,158 17 o: 164 7 3 212 16 4 £ s. A. £ s. d. 1,059 1 n 119.557 7 9 1,634 5 10 101,047 16 3 193 14 3 11,290 11 7 i 116 8 2 13,944 9 2 Bridges, culverts, drains ! 3.976 3 1 16,661 11 6 11,586 8 ill j 8,252 2 1 1,077 12 o 57 11 10 1,910 9 3 49,760 15 8 Fences, gates, cattle-stops, hedges 981 3 10 1,972 7 I 1,094 o 6 2,841 13 9 40 12 o 4" 7 7 39 7 8 9,333 2 2 Roads, approaches, &c. 521 15 9 533 18 9 257 14 8 1,219 16 9 25 5 8 6 1 3 24 5 o 2,896 7 1 Water-services, signals, cranes, appliances .. .. I- 8 8| 35 I 4! 13 16 5 796 4 1 1,842 2 1 1,595 18 ol J 1,528 2 5 157 16 6 57 5 10 125 o 1: 7,139 19 7 Wharves 10 3 o: 24 15 2 104 3 2 680 12 11 13 6 9 2 10 5 551 10 4 190 1 1 4,575 o 2 66 5 II: 7,145 19 1 Buildings 1 24 19 oj 176 4 10I 24 13 4 2,573 15 10 1 7,46i 17 3 5,346 6 11 5,606 15 o 1 1,908 15 9 431 4 7J 70 9 6 506 4 8 1 623 6 4 160 7 11 141 3 10 24,550 o 1 Miscellaneous - 333 n 6 ' 4,34° 15 9 1 949 8 4 950 3 3 92 6 8 125 11 11 7,298 2 1 General charges .. 4 7 6 28 1 o 18 11 7 35o 15 o 1 831 14 5 ; 697 5 2 564 10 9 1 495 11 2 54 I 8 4 23 6 7 "3 3 oi 23 7 4 18 12 I 3,224 3 11 Totals 860 16 2 2,049 19 3 1,619 13 6 139,671 9 8: 100,902 16 9 72,593 6 1 71,661 5 11 41,274 5 io| 3,068 11 7 j3,°25 7 11 7,159 6 o 17,973 1 9 i 5,328 14 01357,188 14 i i : Rate per mile opened .. 383 11 5 126 1 2 230 18 III 253 14 11 172 18 107 12 ff. 108 13 3 95 5 6 124 16 10 223 14 7 159 10 11 195 6 i 127 7 91 346 13 i|

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RETURN No. 11. STATEMENT showing Number of Passenger Tickets issued at Cheap Excursion Rates for Year ending 31st March, 1899.

Schools, Factories, and Friendly Societies. Holiday Excursions. . Gross Total —School and Holiday Excursions. Section. Schools, Factories, and: Friendly Soc's.j ■ Children not exceeding ! 15 Years of |__ Age. Schools only. Schools, Factories, and Senior Scholars over Friendly 15 but not exceed- Societies. ing 23 Years of Age, and Teachers. Adults. Total. Revenue. 1st Class. ; 2nd Class. i I ' Total. Revenue. Number of Tickets. Revenue. No. "26 571 569 1,025 230 199 1,412 1,618 532 No. 289 "295 2,365 2,413 3,113 94 1,003 121 1,633 11,141 14,253 3,235 No. 448 600 6,216 7,072 9,305 364 3,241 268 4,272 23,751 27,779 8,579 | £ a. d. No. 13 9 9 ; ... 29 13 1 .'.'. 544 9 2 3,271 400 6 0 5,708 617 18 6 15,116 15 6 10 262 143 7 6 1,279 6 0 9 11 196 5 8 1,220 1,843 12 8 ! 26,723 1,682 16 10 ! 12,204 722 4 11 : 4,737 No. No. 80,788 84,059 40,840 46,548 62,782 I 77,898 1,948 2,210 3,819 5,098 3,405 3,416 15,343 16,563 99,585 I 126,308 60,342 72,546 42,895 j 47,632 I Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Auckland Wanganui Wellington-Napier Picton Nelson Westport Greymouth Christchurch ... Dunedin . . Invercargill No. 159 £ a. A. \ 448 £ s. d. 13 9 9 279 3,280 4,090 5,167 265 2,008 142 2,440 11,198 11,908 4,812 12,387 8 11 9,569 12 1 14,082 12 5 244 4 6 459 1 0 212 11 8 1,320 7 3 19,078 16 1 17,040 18 10 10,399 2 9 600 90,275 53,620 87,203 2,574 8,339 3,684 20,835 150,059 100,325 56,211 29 13 1 12,931 18 1 9,969 18 1 14,700 10 11 259 11 4 602 8 6 218 12 5 1,516 12 11 20,922 8 9 18,723 15 8 11,121 7 8 T , , '1899 lotais | 1898 45,748 39,963 6,192 5,398 .! 39,955 35,064 91,895 80,425 6,215 11 5,569 18 8 70,531 ', 411,747 482,278 1 66,012 | 383,569 449,581 84,794 15 80,822 8 6 1. 574,173 530,006 91,010 86,392 7 6 2 2 Increase Decrease 5,785 794 4,891 11,470 | 645 13 7 4,519 28,178 32,697 3,972 7 5 44,167 4,618 1

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RETURN No. 12. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1899.

Livs-stock, Goods, &c. Coaching. Bevenue Stations. s & O o iSTi II i I Number of Outward. Inward. Outward. Inward. Traffic Expenditure. Timber. Grain. Minerals. I Total. ; Grand Total : Toniage, _" ® 1 g {_ ! . Equiv. Tons' S | S i J. ™Z e t fo * T P haa ; Wool. £• u3 a a __ Live-stock, Lime, &_. Firewood. Timber. Grain. Me Jf S e an " Minerals. Total. '• Grand Total Tonnage. Coaching. Goods. Total Value forwarded. StatioDB. OS'S ■o.S" p. _^ 3 03 ® s n * i o q Q _ 5* s n fi 3 8 ft to O 0Equiv. Tonnage for Livestock, _... Chaff, 1 Wnrt i Lime, &c. W001 ' Firewood. Merchandise. Ordinary Passengers. Season Tickets. Parcels, Luggage, and Mails. Goods. : Miscel- Rents and Ianeous. Commission. Total, Total. Kawakawa Section — Kawakawa Opua Head Office General _ b. a. 290 19 8 360 12 0 9i' 2 3 11 2 Ts. o. Ts. c. 12 0 6 0 Ts. 0. Ts. c. Ts. c. Ts. c. Ts. c. 358 2 1,291 19 Ts. c. 8,860 9 8 13 Ts. 0. 9,230 11 1,390 18 Is. 0. 2 1 1 4 1 156 1,963 Ts. c. Ts. c. 6 0 12 0 Ts. c. Ts. c. Ts. c. 79 2 Ts. c. 5 4 Ts. c. 1,291 19 358 2 Ts. o. 8 13 8,860 9 t Ts. c. 1,390 18 9,230 11 Ts. c. _ s. a. 151 12 4 178 4 1 7 18 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 19 2 4 11 14 4 32 16 2 £ s. d. 170 14 8 189 18 5 56 17 1 £ a. a. 1,043 18 8 609 3 7 S a. d. 3 17 1 16 1 6 £ s. d. 20 4 0 _ s. a. 1,047 15 9 645 9 1 _ s. d. 1,218 10 5 835 7 6 56 17 1 Kawakawa Section— Kawakawa. Opua. Head Office. General. 9 9 2 2 2,307 2,539 60 421 31 2, 1. 815 428 1 2 23 23 ll 2 i "l 1,963 156 79 2 "5 4 11 ■• 16 2 11 •• •• Totals t 18 0 79 2 5 4 1,650 1 8,869 2 10,621 9 10,709 8 * ! 2,11' 87 19 18 79 5 4 1,650 1 8,869 10,621 10,709 337 14 16 2 11 63 12 li 41 743 13 46 2,119 87 1! •• 417 10 2i 1,658 2 3 19 18 7 20 4 0 1,693 4 II 2,110 15 0 Totals. 742 13 11 4, 741 13 Whangarei Section— Whangarei Hikurangi Head Office General 12 9 9 8 1,003 2 7 294 6 9 19,830 2,705 122 65 74 1 1,462 257 6 1 89 13 257 1,462 18 89 9 7 14; 9t 1 1 1,498 549 "311 6 0 42 0 384 0 125 7 10,456 17 1,366 li 220 II 1,716 II 1,863 1. 223 13 48,271 15 3,480 11 60,696 16 7 9 97 141 1 1 54! 1,491 31 6 384 0 - 42 0 10,456 1' 125 : 220 10 1,366 19 1,363 14 1,716 12 48,271 15 223 13 60,696 16 3,480 11 1,227 0 232 4 14 18 93 3 0 10 86 13 48 5 7 9 16 8 56 1 6 1.368 9 1 242 II 5 157 13 9 1,343 15 8 9,17! 4 7 343 6 11 14 6 82 10 6 3 15 0 23 0 0 1,769 12 8 9,177 4 1 23 0 0 3,138 1 9 9,419 15 6 180 13 9 Whangaeei Section— Whangarei Wharf. Hikurangi. Head Office. General. 126 16 5 ■• •• •■ 1,719 Totals 52 2,047 31 170 II 6 0 426 10,582 41 1,587 3,080 48,495 8 64,177 7 64,347 1! 16 2,04' 81 170 II 426 10,582 4 1,587 9 3,080 6 48,495 64,177 64,347 II 1,474 3 180 7 114 3 1,768 14 3 10,515 19 II 344 11 109 5 6 10,969 16 12,738 11 0 Totals. 12 1,424 4 9 22,657 130 1,719 Kaihu Section— Dargaville Kaihu Head Office General 24 0 48 174 622 II 25,922 h 53 I 2 I 1,072 ( 813 II 140 5 1,960 1! 26,912 1 1 2 1 1 174 t 48 t 25,922 14 622 13 2 0 53 14 813 12 1,072 0 26,912 I 1,960 II 753 13 4 444 8 2 16 17 0 25 1 59 9 5 16 0 10 60 4 1 838 4 8 460 9 0 157 4 7 237 12 11 60 2 2 Kaihu Section— Dargaville. Kaihu. Head Office. General. 10 8 3 2 563 11 0 231 6 2 8,911 3,20R 132 117 1,51 8 5 -1 229 1,550 5 8 1 35 72 2 1 t 1 301 1 301 24 0 14C 80' 3 735 14 2 5,263 14 8 7 4 0 52 15 0 7 5 0 980 11 1 5,376 11 5 7 5 0 1,818 15 4 5,837 0 6 164 9 7 2l" 5 8 15 0 •• •• ■• Totals 55 14 140 5 28,872 II 28,887 II 301 1 24 0 1 222 1,885 1! 141' 28,872 II 28,887 II Totals. 107 1 301 15 Ol 24 0 26,545 1,885 l: 26,545 7 55 14 1,214 18 6 105 5 135 11 4 1,455 17 10 5,999 8 297 15 1 67 4 0 6,364 7 6 7,820 5 4 816 2 101 12,311 1171 1,779 18 101 1,779 Auckland Section— Helensville Avondale Mount Eden ' Newmarket Auckland (Coach'g) | (Goods) \ . „ Head Office Remuera Ellerslie .. Penrose Junction .. Onehunga Wharf j Otahuhu Papakura Drury Pukekohe Tuakau Pokeno Mercer Huntly .. Ngaruawahia Frankton Junction .. Hamilton Murrinsville Te Aroha Paeroa Thames Cambridge Putaruru .. Botorua Ohaupo Te Awamutu Accountant General 14 8 12 1 12 1 18 8 19J 66 19J 3 12 1 18 4 16J 10 14 1 13 2 13 2 12 4 12 2 14 1 14 5 9 5 9 8 9 7 9 2 9 3 1SJ 3 11 3 12 6 9 3 9 2 12 3 9 1 9 3 1,651 12 9 174 13 8 185 13 9 1,122 18 0 9,302 18 11 398 2 4 192 4 1 570 18 8 1,627 13 7 188 13 3 236 14 1 243 2 4 391 18 9 251 17 1 172 2 0 753 9 9 726 0 6 440 2 9 919 19 6 278 8 8 335 9 11 468 0 8 283 1 1 299 10 1 428 17 6 247 14 10 520 14 8 172 9 0 527 13 3 22,211 3,379 9,033 36,300 [148,858 5,067 14,926 5,042 ( 22,536 1 9,218 7,319 5,824 4,632 6,595 3,998 2,317 9,605 4,019 3,158 5,147 5,303 2,172 10,564 12,947 14,757 7.619 382 3,648 1,245 8,730 2,758 213 266 361 1,152 3,529 440 1,567 219 615 325 54 15 796 216 510 1,198 26,003 177 178 572 3,829 257 5,595 703 1,101 986 1,003 1,371 1,226 798 1,384 1,142 4,806 2,518 2,061 1,070 229 2,814 633 1,433 2,948 3,752 3 24 82 51 18 4 6 22 27 30 9 7 21 38 11 64 63 51 57 39 18 28 5 20 34 87 "2 43 ■■ "l "l 129 41 95 190 782 57 78 36 70 96 50 70 56 52 23 54 37 77 51 75 ■85 137 188 18 69 84 24 66 50 0,379 134 598 1,428 12,732 495 102 437 2,010 352 1,034 888 888 5,621 1,354 1,026 1,468 2,493 10,475 343 3,350 1,563 2,361 1,424 486 2.B15 3,791 2.890 1,232 2,760 I 51 2 I 2 I 20 ! 98 I 78 i 76 ! 11 5 I 2 i 11 I 10 1 26 34 I 12 > 2 S 7 1 47 > 18 ) 39 ) 49 ! 34 L 42 I 42 > 26 i 57 1 3 1 27 ! 22 ) 24 7 1 "l 1 2 3 1 279 46 25 98 533 22 95 35 68 116 48 135 61 76 72 31 75 106 74 ! 33 91 ! 71 ; 116 124 25 78 : 86 i 68 62 I 132 71 2 "3 4| 1 ■ « ei 81 238 32 108 408 217 1T7 514 618 2,56u 715 91 3 710 1!6 133 2,904 7S5 619 122 % ■■ 493 "u 93 24l 1 577 "2 2 67 37 249 77 5^502 "25 - 492 4,058 2,673 4,582 2,995 1,328 5,598 7,494 .1,562 4,614 14,802 31,619 2,133 4,41 91 132 8 1 "49 6 . 6 11 18 252 1 180 0 6 0 36 0 252 0 6 0 6 0 18 0 642 0 282 0 1,062 0 2,478 0 1,020 0 210 0 216 0 114 0 300 0 312 0 1,290 0 1,776 0 390 0 30 0 6 0 1,476 0 108 0 304 4 26 16 1 16 17 16 16 16 30 8 23 4 20 0 7 12 112 4 104 8 23 8 80 8 116 16 631 0 21 0 150 970 12 12 66 6 88 90 72 10,242 4 968 13 39 7 2,498 4 '3 7 6 13 46 18 50 18 1,064 9 274 9 6 4 0 9 65 3 60 15 29 10 67 8 8,959 11 9 19 0 4 44 18 69 0 530 0 311 12 105 1 165 14 701 11 493 5 165 3 399 18 54 14 89 3 44 18 859 0 263 14 82 5 96 2 5 14 492 0 32 10 4 15 568 2 471 5 2,724 6 587 2 406 2 834 0 19,205 8 20 15 8 9 2,325 10 30 18 2,339 15 247 4 320 19 213 4 949 17 258 14 135 18 843 9 250 18 747 12 72 0 646 10 467 0 208 3 222 7 122 11 223 5 108 17 154 14 276 0 420 19 122 9 16,942 5 1,052 7 193 2 19,742 16 3,813 18 4 0 2,356 13 1,912 16 4 0 62 7 13 16 8 18 13,788 6 19,555 11 1,493 19 1,181 17 501657 19 52 1 8 13 6,196 19 150 11 5,363 2 3,137 8 1,881 5 1,898 2 4,244 12 1,801 6 518 13 15,346 17 50,653 11 1,362 18 590 14 3,398 2 3,334 17 868 11 550 19 152 15 2,431 5 4,824 17 2,918 0 2,488 17 3,375 15 22 3 4 2 11 1 203 1 411 2 2 ii8 81785 6 6 92 17 9 9 104 16 9 9 142 521 15 iie 81 79,430 171 18,395 1,764 364 485 2,347 815 862 1,929 548 874 56 543 855 470 6,546 1,152 137 148 1,132, 5,815 184 1,531 8 "96 2,069 156 0 228 0 204 0 450 0 6,954 0 84 0 6 0 18 0 36 0 60 0 24 0 24 0 132 0 144 0 30 0 138 0 24 0 24 0 606 0 378 0 222 0 2,652 0 216 0 48 0 258 0 480 0 102 0 66 0 1,321 0 61 4 30 54 474 414 384 40 12 6 48 46 6 30 18 1 240 13 I 121 2 I 103 11 I 201 2 I 8,921 16 I 4 9 0 4 I 12 18 0 4 I 3,352 18 I 96 4 I 44 18 I 23 7 I 406 18 I 93 16 122 4 154 0 I 370 18 I 288 0 45 7 I 968 9 I 272 0 I 728 18 ) 502 0 I 9 11 I 774 4 ) 72 4 ) 1,277 16 I 529 2 > 515 2 1,587 7 36 7 15 19 149 2 3,606 11 "9 13 24 5 13 5 94 7 406 9 81 7 677 11 553 6 882 12 392 2 187 12 271 17 587 13 404 9 40 7 822 17 390 10 258 14 284 17 77 16 739 2 766 12 850 6 383 19 646 0 3,728 18 186 3 125 13 377 3 9,886 6 30 16 28 11 15 1 284 19 7,607 19 2,413 1 385 12 352 18 760 6 460 15 243 7 584 3 627 19 580 17 76 6 982 16 177 5 455 11 362 5 39 2 983 9 601 2 1,016 10 419 0 1,078 8 3,628 14 6,024 18 3,281 4 9,17« 12 45,778 9 179 12 611 3 2,83! 17 2,60* 12 8,541 9 5,94; 13 86' 1 411 4 1,581 2 761 4 26( 12 1,57) 0 28! 2 1,021 2 141 8 2,031 18 75) 10 1,481 6 3,29) 6 1,533 3 2,90) 15 2,205 12 1,355 0 1,1S 2 2,283 6 114,52. 16 9,371 12 6,650 10 4,204 7 10,767 19 76352 2 348 10 676 3 2,904 1 3,084 6 19,974 15 8,604 5 2,045 2 1,353 15 3,645 18 1,860 17 961 15 2,619 0 2,026 12 2,341 8 830 8 5,621 0 2,201 13 3,763 1 7,178 8 1,884 12 5.686 2 3,987 10 5,903 12 2.687 3 4,791 16 3,352 0 0 147 10 5 781 16 7 2,629 16 6 20,728 18 2 .. 407 16 6 847 5 0 425 18 6 1,387 16 3 398 14 9 687 17 7 923 13 1 728 5 4 1,244 6 0 672 2 7 434 15 8 1,344 3 6| 780 18 11 762 17 2 1,591 14 7 1,496 15 9 604 1 1 2,155 17 1 2,619 2 9 1,878 0 7 1,974 7 10 139 17 11 1,938 .1 10 338 4 0 2,146 13 6 408 7 0 11 10 6 82 10 6 81 14' 4 319 13 1 1,974 17 2 12 0 0 159 18 2 443 8 10 42 1 9 190 6 6 119 13 3 40 18 0 12 3 6 19 18 9 15 2 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 94 9 8 23 14 0 35 9 7 96 13 5 2,158 6 10 807 0 0 77 4 5 95 6 6 35 2 10 99 8 2 51 17 1 212 8 9 54 11 7 55 13 8 72 4 4 42 2 9 47 3 7 65 12 4 79 8 8 64 17 8 129 15 9 295 4 3 166 18 5 193 8 4 121 13 8 34 5 7 199 18 5 83 3 7 129 16 5 182 9 10 241 8 4 1,821 10 9 3,457 19 9 253 14 11 899 0 6 3,046 3 0 24,862 2 2 819 0 0 644 19 1 1,386 0 4 503 3 1 1,677 10 11 450 11 10 1,019 19 7 1,019 2 8 796 2 6 1,336 9 1 729 7 4 483 19 3 1,412 5 10 860 7 7 827 14 10 1,721 10 4 1,803 0 0 771 9 6 2,365 10 5 2,748 4 11 1,912 7 2 2,184 17 3 175 0 6 2,069 1.7 3 520 13 10 2,388 1 10 2,666 10 1 7,023 17 8 2,553 0 6 253 17 9 1,076 2 6 .27,990 19 1 268 18 10 10 5 0 1,197 14 2 88 2 4 2,645 4 1 1,170 12 10 642 17 10 612 7 1 1,718 18 10 789 15 1 344 12 3 5,449 4 8 15,753 11 0 1,190 18 10 608 10 3 2,803 15 10 3,731 19 5 584 18 6 472 16 2 101 9 9 1,563 9 9 2,203 3 6 1,901 18 2 2,195 13 1 1,965 18 1 185 6 1 0 2 0 0 17 1 14 4 26 14 8 84 2 2 4 8 7 Or. 0 0 2 0 18 7 0 3 9 Cr.l 16 6 0 5 8 1 10 7 4 9 0 0 7 2 30 10 6 6 8 0 63 1 0 153 16 1 644 19 2 1,269 11 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 17 5 0 4 0 0 3 5 0 10 0 11 0 0 5 10 5 12 6 145 10 0 12 8 1 5 0 0 5 15 0 10 5 0 52 12 0 27 18 10 69 7 0 7,239 14 3 2,559 10 6 317 15 10 1,231 2 11 671 13 10 28,075 1 3 1,274 0 4 270 18 8 13 5 0 1,199 14 2 106 5 11 2,645 7 10 1,172 16 4 646 8 6 614 17 8 1,764 7 10 795 3 3 350 4 9 5,597 8 11 15,774 18 9 1,196 13 8 655 19 3 2,817 1 11 3,785 19 0 616 13 5 518 17 6 104 9 5 1,614 9 1 2,238 11 10 1,952 4 10 2,202 2 9 2,026 18 11 25 8 10 ) 10,697 14 0 > 2,813 5 5 ) 1,216 16 4 1 4,277 5 11 ) 25,533 16 0 I 28,075 1 3 I 1,593 0 4 I 915 1/ 9 ) 1,399 5 4 i 1,702 17 8 . 1,783 16 10 ) 3,095 19 8 1 2,192 15 11 i 1,665 11 2 i 1,411 0 2 ) 3,100 16 11 1 1,524 10 7 > 834 4 0 . 7,009 14 9 I 16,635 6 4 ) 2,024 8 6 I 2,377 9 7 4,620 1 11 ) 4,557 8 6 i 2,982 3 10 > 3,297 2 5 i 2,016 16 7 3,799 6 4 ) 2,413 12 4 ) 4,022 2 1 I 2,722 16 7 4,415 0 9 ) 2,691 18 11 Auckland Section— Helensville. Avondale. Mount Eden. Newmarket. Auckland (Coaching). (Goods). Head Office. Eemuera. Ellerslie. Penrose Junctioc Onehunga. Wharf. Otahuhu. Papakura. Drury. Pukekohe. Tuakau. Pokono. Mercer. Huntly. Ngaruawahia, Frankton Junction. Hamilton. Morrinsville. Te Aroha. Paeroa. Thames. Cambridge. Putaruru. Rotor 11 a. Ohaupo. Te Awamutu. Accountant. General. I 66 30 18 45 2 97 7 47 7 16 0 0 9 8 13 66 0 14,148 8 50,084 9 99 8 78 1 457 16 184 14 86 10 64 10 18 10 154 0 29 5 2,603 13 96 15 186 10 14 92 199 29 105 72 22 101 297 68 100 43 194 312 490 1 2 14 3 8 19 8 0 14 10 41 14 0 3 1 1 17 7 3 16 1 6 14 4 2 19 8 6 6 0 16 4 2 15 8 0 12 8 2 12 10 0.58 5 8 3 87 1 2 1 3 1 2 5 2 5 4 1 1 2 21 I 6 6 12 12 72 72 7 1 1 4 4 297 11 3 0 18 18 15 28 I 2 29 52 21 18 1 2 4 7 4 4 1 6 430 60 95 I I 1 22 21 4 4 "42 56 8 451 12 0 12 102 108 162 78 6 240 84 924 120 198 11 0 0 0 10 0 16 5 0 7 8 6 5 10 10 11 0 1 19 0 1 19 0 17 2 3 4 8 3 2 41 6,340 5,089 139 15,191 5,265 40 79 16 165 16 63 16 22 0 74 12 6 1,404 72 192 294 0 4 1 2,976 9 1 19 2 1 374 0 1 1,370 9 iit ■■ 44 13 4 34 2 0 47 11 0 5 17 0 58 8 0 88 14 6 1 "5 9 121 "83 1,101 I 960 0 558 0 II H 6! 7 41 936 12 4 "46 2,80614 6 •• •• ■• ■• Totals .. 163 25,919 9 11 399,309 ) 9,144 71,304 872 74 2,876 •• 71,304 872 H 2,876' 132 12,013 '.■ 126,951 2,419 9,343 13 13,764 0 1,893 16 3,680 20,253 li 15,242 14 34,872 1 114,521 16 201,228 2 213,571 15 13: 12,083 ;-. 126,951 2,41 9,343 II 13,764 0 1,893 1 3,680 20,253 15 15,242 14 34,872 1 204,228 2 213,571 IE 55,972 16 4,521 12 6,818 8 67,312 17 4 88,944 12 II 336 2 4 2,825 11 9| 92,106 6 11 159,419 4 3 Totals. Wellington - Napie rNew Plymouth Sect Te Aro Wellington (Co'ch'g)) (Goods) I Wharf j Head Office Ngahauranga Through Petone Through Lower Hutt Through Upper Hutt Through Kaitoke .. Through Summit Cross Creek Featheraton Through Greytown Through Carterton Through Masterton Through Mauriceville Through Eketahuna Through Pahiatua Through ION 16J, 5 17 61 16J '3 ik '5 ie-i '7 12 8 ii i 720 3 3 7,402 11 3 468 10 5 642 1 2 1,089 1 11 1,133 8 6 178' 8 4 50,259 (94,745 14 j 318 45!733 38,820 10 i 421 i|l57 ) 1,938 > 2,627 I 2J170 I 3]o71 ) 1J664 6 4,621 23,994 670 34Ji71 7^52 978 18! "4 252 'i2 "l 'is - "s "1 .. 272 500 105 109 292 84 75 38,647 14,546 1,236 258 A 4 918 5 988 ' 5 191 "5 "a 25S 4 5 129 17 437 " "40 '.'. 118 " 238 '.'. ioB .. 120 17 "2 'k ' 1 "s 1,2*4 "61 SI 1 84 24 " 3 "l 6,838 " "62 2 26 1,256 37 1 182 l',S! .772 0 12 0 . 30 0 . 6 0 , 12 0 30 0 18 0 18 0 3,807 8 3 0 12 16 33 8 72 12 ■ • 12 0 234 0 542 0 384 0 6 0 • • I 3,496 18 1,021 7 18 0 ) 62 13 > 556 9 5 16 ) 452 13 I 5 7 5,729 15 113 17 41 4 0 10 28 14 1 1 112 6 "2 11 15,710 17 210 3 9,073 14 0 2 5,666 12 6 9 61 11 3 0 78 9 1 14 30 9 2 8 9,442 11 7,887 8 556 5 5 10 900 0 236 11 5,268 6 409 17 274 1 "8 1 38!471 9 8,744 10 9,704 3 12 2 6,596 12 243 3 5,698 0 413 18 1,614 13 7 10 968 6 13 15 - - 1 534 534 1,142 370 521 2,055 6 125 4 217 119 29 "l 2,453 5,724 230! 584 218^689 172,487 1,670 339 335 210 1,58! 69; 46' ■• I 45 14 4,176 0 6 0 12 0 322 0 18 0 960 0 6 0 24 0 30 0 6,052 16 3,806 4 20 16 11 0 3 0 i 0 0 4 5,386 0 12 0 54 0 492 0 364 0 18 0 18 0 12 0 23,338 13 3,144 16 301 2 5,606 13 147 11 519 7 3 16 148 0 63 16 907 1 103 11 "0 6 59 18 209 6 2 8 393 10 '55 5 18,644 17 3,758 5 195 10 1 18 832 7 6 7 92 7 0 9 211 1 0 14 96 3 13,ia 10 3£1 15 3,50. 6 3,9(7 0 TO 3 'e 10 B 0 71*629 17 10,682 11 4J085 0 1 18 10,750 18 171 18 2,928 3 80 13 865 1 0 18 243 4 5,917 13 8 12,089 18 10 615' 1 1 2,802'l6 3 2,714' 4 7 1,006' 0 11 181! 8 7 403 17 8 2,475 12 7 710 0 815 8 9 915' 1 1 1,073' 6 10 19' 5 4 30 0 490 13 3 2,844 14 7 2312 9 75' 1 5 1,689' 1 2 424 10 8; 55 10 0 6,812 4 7 17,410 6 0 710 0 954 2 7 3,792 18 9 5,476 12 7 1,449 16 11 23918 7 Or. 43 1 7 Or. 178 1 6 26,606 6 8 353 7 4 2,102 13 9 0 19 6 1,234 9 9 63 18 6 669 12 2 41 7 5 320 10 3 5 17 290 12 4 5 12 6 2 12 9 15 19 0 329 4 10 0 14 11 97 10 11 6 i2 5 0 io 2 1,21_'15 0 23 5 0 10' 10 0 25' 10 0 22' 5 0 10117 2 Cr. 40 8 10 Or. 162 2 6 28,146 6 6 376 12 4 2,103 8 8 0 19 6 1,342 10 8 63 18 6 700 14 7 41 7 5 343 5 5 5 17 392 9 6 5 12 6 6,771 15 9 17,248 3 6 28,146 6 6 376 12 4 7 10 0 3,057 11 3 0 19 6 5,135 9 5 63 18 6 6,177 7 2 41 7 5 1,793 2 4 5 17 632 8 1 6 12 6 8,300' 9 11 16 4 8 2,185 19 6 3 8 4 8,523 12 8 20 9 4 19,003 8 9 31 3 1 2,642 16 0 5 19 5 17,096 0 7 103 6 6 5,898 4 6 30 15 0 Wellington - Napier - New Plymouth Section. Te Aro. Wellington (Coaching). (GoodB). Wharf. „ Head Office. Ngahauranga. Through. Petone, Through. Lower Hutt. Through. Upper Hutt. Kaitoke. Through. Summit, Cross Creek. Fea.herston. Through. Greytown. Through. Carterton. Through. Masterton. Through. Mauriceville. Through. Eketahuna. Through. Fahiatua. 1 Through. i'i '2 15j 6 12J 7 12 2 295 12 9 923 10 10 968 6 10 6 373 "45 2,411 9 1,175 7 1,343 7 4,050 8 ii5 "8 167 4,057 114 5 2,261 14 1 1 2,963 42 4 6,523 159 3 7 667 1 1 .. 2,748 13 1 .. 8,793 64 10 8 80,650 903 "2 810 "2 "2 768 261135,330 179 5,688 '.'. 68,309 '57164,439 "l 12452 "l 22^525 'l5 241837 360 337 442,222 1,1) 282 0 1,084 4 2,196 0 12 0 36 0 ) 331 2 I > 536 9 193 0 0 18 128 7 660 2 0 12 212 13 0 13 1,073 4 0 1 950 18 1 14 86 1 '23 17 4,770 5 13 10 1,228 17 0 18 10,587 8 78 1 9,446 15 35 1 3,377 17 28 10 23,613 1 155 19 2,161 13 21 3 "53 1 8,037 . 51 16 21 1,380 0 697 11 818 9 1,194 7 0 4 740 7 1 8 1,249 17 8,851 0 14 2 218 1 0 2 1,166 16 0 15 1,930 4 9 8 414 3 liO 8 m 0 1,219 3 8 0 1.4 8 4,524 10 0 4 1,932 16 1 8 3,044 2 2 2 8,122 12 34 2 634 10 0 2 2,667 11 0 15 4,483 13 9 8 2,084' 8 6 1,26312 10 10 18 3 .. 317 2 2 4 12 6 116 10 7! 1 14 6 180 10 2 2 15 7 619 5 11 6 1 4 91 19 10 0 0 6 351 11 9 0 2 0 217 9 6 3 5 6 2,412 8 11 4 12 6 1,401 11 11 1 14 8 2,022 9 11 2 15 7 7,512 3 8 6 14 575 12 5 0 0 6 1,907 14 1 0 2 0 2,660 15 9 4 3 7 5,860 3 1 11 11 9 776 10 2 1 13 8 6,484 4 5 17 13 9 11,382 14 4 25 1 9 2,036 3 8 5 18 11 15,143 12 9 i 103 4 6 I 3,192 1 1 26 11 5 17"7 11 10 10 0 5,888 1 0 11 11 9 784 7 7 1 13 8 6,501 2 9 17 13 9 11,491 5 1 25 1 9 2,067 3 7 5 18 11 15,188 6 6 103 4 6 3,237 8 9 26 11 5 349' 2 7 5" 302 "33 "2 "46 2 32 1 6 123 1 23 397 "2 228 0 78 8 "9 0 3 12 0 12 0 66 0 496 18 457 8 21 8 6 6 7 5 i'10 0 13 'i i'j is 535 11 6 2,450 1 11 193 16 7 6^400 24,410 "34 "l2 14 1 44 2 146 5 5 88 "l 113 442 1 57 8 "7 lj]31 "37 1,470 0 2,460 0 615 0 1,846 8 4,248 0 78 0 162 0 I 2,975 11 1 I ) 2,898 4 ) 1,092 18 186 13 1,035 14 145 15 2 10 99 1 19 0 93 11 "i "70 418 "l 2 720 5,718 20 16 "95 210 0 12 0 8 0 324 0 928 18 910 14 655 12 1,589 15 1,735 8 3 6,87613 6 106 11 6 16' 4 3 1310 4 11 18 9 320 9612 0 12 i 12 3,068 51616 71230 6 4 8 559 1 2,880 2 1,301 22 85,621 "l "l "62 "2 1,056 0 6 0 24 0 244 4 78 0 674 19 20 0 20 0 " 6 20 168 '6 0 102 4 193 17 ' 48l' 2 7 2'10 0 l"5 11 2914 0 is' 0 0 14j '5 iij 685 18 7 25 23 "8 106 'il 177 "2 121 619 8 192 0 )22,394 13 151 16 ) 872 13 14 13 263 19 4 3 559 6 5 0 4 1 21 71 l|l22 3,010 651,353 366 0 18 0 78 14 933 8 114 13 1,54619 10 92 6 11 7 0 26 13 9 36 10 0 14 i ii 542' 9 5 V 19 12,228 '64 2 "9 '238 32 325 1 2 96 2,617 '457 57 4,117 'ii . 6 0 400 8 90 0 171 1 1 10 62 5 425 32 "l8 300 0 3 0 12 0 726 18 1,348 14 112 17 2,43i'l9 3 0 18 1 8 17 8 .. 136 18,578 15 10 46 •• Carried forward .. 314,358 887 109 2,607 0 8,270 0. ,920 7,994 7 34,663 14 25,411 128,006 l! 51 5,861 491 8, 6,466 9,406 8,162 87,215 1 7,728 33,718 11 24,1>1 II 126,847 16 41,748 6 9 5,391 4 3 7,516 5 10 54,655 16 10 ! 76,540 13 11 538 12 9 1,590 0 2 78,669 6 II 133,325 3 8 Carried forward. 1 8,: 8,317 4

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RETURN No. 12 —continued. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Month ending 31st March, 1899— continued.

Stations. 5 00 0 S a ; Traffic I £ fl ® Expenditure 0 =S to 3a a 1 e. i Number of |l I Ho * SB I «i Live-stock, Goods, (fee. Revenue. Outward. Inward. Outward. Inward. <s-3 II i oS o S S3 - ™ « 8 • ■ g F4 n d H fl W «' O- ™ Equiv. > § 00 Tonnage d a 2 for Liveto tn w stock, Ac. Chaff, Lime. tfce. Wool. Firewood. Timber. Grain. Me d r f B e S °" Minerals. Total. Grand Total I Tonnage. i. 2 1 & 1 .• a o o fn ! Equiv. Tonnage for Ohaff, Live-stock, Lime, &c. &C. Wool. Firewood. Timber. . Grain. ' M di C 8 e an " I , Ccaching. Goods. Total Value forwarded. Stations. _ s. a. 136 18,578 15 10 [J 1 235 6 0 Minerals. Total. Grand Total Tonnage. Ordinary Passengers. Reason Tickets. Parcels, Luggage, and Mails. Total. Goods. Miscollaneous. Rents mid Commission, Total. Wellinoton-Napier-New Plymouth Section— continued. Brought forward Mangatainoka Through Woodville Through Dannevirke Through Makotuku.. Through Ormondville Through Takapau Through Waipukurau Through Waipawa Through Kaikora Through Te Aute Through Hastings Through Farndon Through Napier Through Spit Through Ashhurst .. Through Pahnerston North .. Through Longburn Through Foxton Through Feilding Through Halcombe Through Greatford Through Marton Through Hunterville Through Mangaonoho Through Turakina Through Fordell Through Aramoho Through Wanganui (Coach- \ ing) Through ( Wanganui (Goods) f Through ) Wanganui (H. Office) Waitotara Through Waverley Through Patea Through Hawera Through Normanby Through Eltham Through Stratfora Through Inglewooa ThroughWaitara Through New Plymouth \ (Coaching)Through 1 New Plymouth / (Goods) Through j Breakwater Accountant General 15 13. i6 ii ii 12. i2j i6 i6j i'i 121 i6 9 16 i'l i'} i6j 133 i2} ii} i2 i 14 2,01416 5 IJ 13 1,54619 7 I 2 247 15 1 2 224 8 1 3 388 8 3 i 6 759' 6 6 i 3 44017 6 2 282 10 5 I i 21012 9 J 10 1,303' 5 9 J 2 28318 5 23 2,97315 4 6 802' 4 8 i 175" 0 11 I 28 3,338' 4 7 i 3 45012 9 J 4 957'l4 2 ( 6 788' 8 11 ! 3 347 15 6 1 i 209 9 9 130 1 ii i6 '2 '2 3 '5 '3 '2 i 16 '2 23 28 0 314,358 0 2,422 5 12*245 199 7 19,858 189 1 3,246 1 1 4,294 2 2 3 3,145 3 3 6 9,992 32 6 8,393 22 5 3,975 9 2,122 9 34382 53 5 8,240 4 4S[_82 285 3 1 5,186 154 1 39,594 9,304 ) 10,531 16,441 2 11,142 26 1 13,444 1,240 > 5,706 156 I 4,076 233 3 .. 3 2 38 1,584 - 3 3 .. 2,080 2 .. 3 5 '96 677 2 85 442 2 590 2,924 3 .. 13 0 394 398 1 2 1,260 10,795 5 .. 16 2,423 6 .'.' '880 4 .. 48 i 204 7,344 4 .. 2,084 1 .. 273 1 .. 10,388 2 72 662 3 .. 319 1 16 2,498 ) .. 711 3 6 431 3 .. 90 3 21 404 3 .. 43 i 52 2,181 ! .. 75 ) 7 979 > .. 20 ! 3 465 i .. 14 I 3 317 i no 12,228 2 282 11 23 27 38 96 85 590 394 1,260 204 72 i6 85,621 614 1 1,813 150 3,036 39 631 2 1,185 1 8S7 5 2 139 4 86 1 1 1 7 41 127 1 92 38 34 2 ■120 17 1 117 4 3 42 8 3 215 74 9 225 37 113 20 13 98 21 75 2 2.8 1 '9 "l 28 14 " 35 "8 4 109 i3 3 1 1 4 19 2,607 80,650 40 479 4 4 13 255 2,707 7 186 3 244 5,128 4 225 47 1,160 7 7 65 2,040 38 5 103 2,149 11 1 219 3,285 1 1 50 1 1 50 4 151 4,168 42 2 75 2,298 6 71 1,313 1 9 i8 533 3,557 7 84 1 46 387 5 9 377 4,373 1 103 1 11 454 1 7 63 719 7 198 8 526 4,137 4 169 3,593 114 342 3 261 4,240 2 39 1,364! 358 3 285 3,339l 21 1,527 2 81 1,035 5 123 2,607 40 255 7 244 4 47 65 103 219 1 151 "75 71 1 533 7 46 377 1 11 "63 7 526 169 114 261 39 21 81 5 51 V 218 7 4 88 6 111 1 6 'is 32 111 98 1 32 ■10' 11 153 2 6 38 4 58 a 3 270 48 118 21 16 105 14 69 5 10 "l "3 "8 31 12 16 5 14 14 1 "3 95 2 11 1 11 3 3 2 1 4 2,61' 1 205 2 292 4 42 101 133 1 232 177 116 "87 481 3 61 438 2 13 406 118 35 1108 71 2 2 251 22 95 46 1 4 "l "3 "l "l "l "7 "4 36 2 i.3 - 5 1,117 8 556 167 66 12 1 '21 248 46 140 21 332 545 44 705 1 "l6 49 31 1,067 184 54 1,381 57 307 ; 125 48 24 64 346 90 31 30 i'9 1 91 79 50 337 14 "l "2 15 17 a J 442,222 486 I 14,549 2,014 39,331 2,118 1 3,635 . 7,096 8,706 4328 1 22,045 240 6,823 6,985 271 108 i63 '484 217 4,565 7,025 1,000 829 92,824 635 1,936 15,207 43,444 16,360 5,999 578 11,204 13,055 4,183 5,939 3,562 4,766 6,280 3,610 3,565 657 5,301 399 3,683 3,250 8 3 : K QK 35 1a in K 147 QUA 264 no 379 49 3 114 3 " 5 o 35 18 13 333 5 5 86 169 215 4 147 20-1 ill) Ts. c 10 8 8 8 '.'. 5 '.'. 5 " 8 .'. 3 '.'. 3 3 5 " R 6 a 9 5 5 5 1 4 7 1 3 " 3 3 3 3 1 " J .. 3 .. Ts. 0. . Ts. c. 6,430 0 18 0 120 0 12 0 30 0 24 0 42 0 36 0 576 0 302 0 24 0 150 0 474 0 48 0 1,086 0 108 0 240 0 258 0 0 0 66 0 82S 0 6 0 1,008 0 18 0 168 0 =. Ts. c. 0 8,317 4 195 8 0 425 4 1 12 0 762 8 7 4 0 52 0 50 0 0 550 16 1,062 16 0 661 12 0 730 12 0 245 4 0 1,684 16 0 674 16 3 0 12 227 12 3 153 12 124 16 3 120 4 3 438 12 3 181 4 3 15 0 ) 454 8 ) 194 12 ) 1,019 4 ) 152 8 110 8 ) 53 4 ) 120 4 ) 406 4 ) 184 8 ) 429 0 49 16 554 0 131 4 I 289 0 1 8 > 715 0 Ts 0. Ts. c. Ts. c. 8,270 036,920 9 7,994 7 42 0 12 5 15 784 013,070 4 '51 1 33 7 2,160 0 9,630 18 266 17 4 9.. 3,218 0 9,324 IS 15 10 288 0 1,717 2 26 8 8,206 0 2,597 4 '28 8 82 0 57 5 28 0 1,002 9 98 16 24 0 0 4 25 2 876 0 132 14 '74 15 30 0 24 9 2,012 9 .... 2 17 9 2 593 6 36 0 222 0 359 10 0 1 6 0 91 2 3,565 6 0 2 131 7 68 3 24 0 76 14! 4 0 2,896 0 142 14 2,369 0 18 0 74 14 312 6 8 18 1,911 5 18 0 404 4 1,761 4 318 0 190 18 848 6 157 11 1,044 0 122 0 583 18 26 9 15C 0 448 18 421 2 0 10 54 0 .. 486 6 2 0 3,768 0 714 0 1,533 16 8 18 1,482 0 293 7 190 4 34,663 14 205 7 0 1 491 11 3 14 485 0 10 17 92 13 142 11 0 4 87 19 1 3 152 13 0 8 336 16J 0 4! 110 5 54 17 697 4 1 7 7,584 4 2,236 9 0 13 4,661 8 0 14 86 10 42 15 1,796 17 763 15 102 9 6,686 0 2,198 6 17 14 698 8 239 19 88 0 12 8 81 14 5 18 425 7 9 11 225 18 3 14 157 2 1 8 89 15 2 1 77 8 0 15 1,107 6 20 0 . Ts. c. ■ 25,411 0 I _ 63 6 1 89 9 136 0 "l 2 "2 0 "l 12 24 0 2 0 8 7 136 6 391 5 1,542 18 5,637 12 53 1 4,473 18 64 14 70 15 289 5 2,758 10 121 18 9 15 Ts. c. 128,006 14 1 449 12 0 l 1 14,903 6 1 38 13 13,464 12 22 10 12,851 1 2,228 3 0 4 11,502 7 1 3 1,306 6 0 3 2,175 13 0 4 934 3 1,427 17 5,161 4 4 4 9,554 13 9 0 14 14,189 0 0 16 642 13 272 5 12,272 13 1,720 1 3,360 11 9,281 13 7,008 8 175 5 3,022 16 1,291 12 1,642 3 123 6 1,504 14 134 2 7,917 18 220 17 2,858 2 53 10 6,192 10 132 12 955 8 23 16 1,607 17 0 15 4,453 1 26 7 Ts. 0. .. " "3 1 "2 "5 7 3 1 5 9 1 9 2 3 51 5,861 1 106 6 303 3 8 359 243 ■2 2 "22 48 1 5 1 317 1 "l 1 269 "59 427 1 93 65 31 "37 1,475 112 188 6,401 77 287 23 38 191 11 i6 '12 '21 'l7J 31 48 'l 79 II) 651,353 3,380 501 5 1,923 "44 1 88 1,609 3 2,284 .. '423 '.'. 1,038 .. 1 .. 566 .. 344 "5 1,065 " 1 1,025 .'. 2,932 67 14,837 "l4 432 '.'. 12,930 '.'. 814 "3 29,481 404 436 .. 7,978 335 93,857 1,272 1,026 137 2,007 79 237 .. 1,047 .. >3 3,380 II 5 !3 "44| 0.0 88 19 3 14 '.'. 13 '.'. 18 .. 1 .. 1 ■6 .. 4 " 5 5 "l 5 '.'. 2 67 7 14 2 " 0 V. 4 " 3 1 404 6 .. 8 335 7 1,272 6 137 7 "79 7 .. 7 .. Ts. 0. Ts. c. , 6,466 0 12 0 114 0 1,050 0 138 0 66 0 78 0 102 0 30 0 12 0 132 0 540 0 .'. 764 0 48 0 714 0 54 0 54 0 102 0 138 0 180 0 6 0 24 0 Ts. 0. 9,406 0 23 12 0 12 1 12 i 4 236 0 22 4 6 16 6,576 16 8 0 3 12 2,193 16 853 16 5 16 1 4 0 12 Ts. c. Ts. o. 8,162 037,215 1 1,438 14 36 0 341 2 12 0 43 11 2 9 6 0 87 7 '.'. 78 9 222 0 288 13 992 0 864 18 1,306 0 198 18 120 0 542 9 48 0 176 9 3,276 0 3,887 7 4,856 0 832 0 2,158 0 5,812 13 1,660 0 6,065 11 86 18 0 4 300 0 6,215 11 98 9 2,428 0 44 4 138 0 400 0 1,032 0 1,548 13 24 0 755 16 3 16 12 0 35 2 Ts. o. Ts. c. Ts. c. 7,728 8 33,718 11 21,151 16 186 19 170 11| 15 15 0 7! 738 15 836 3 150 6 54 8 167 21 5 12 1,723 19 2,041 9 360 0 70 19 226 1 10 256 0 258 6| 20 16 67 61 440 17 495 1 17 4 6 0.. 320 6 438 11 58 10 2 17 554 3 627 9 280 0 2 0 2 13 782 15 976 13 155 10; 7 6.. 408 19 458 3 35 0 0 7.. 251 16 200 12 51 0 0 1.. 1,919 6 2,657 2 3,305 12 18 0 10 12 194 2 299 1 212 5 0 10 364 8 1,692 15 3,006 11 1 10 13 12 1,701 14 7,287 19 495 5 2 1.. 174 10 185 15 31 5 44 12 174 19 2,652 1 1,779 2 1,816 12 1,121 0 3,500 10 242 13 65 17 116 12 384 19 595 15 1,298 3 525 1 1,362 8 1,019 17 4,722 14 22 7 1,391 3 1,354 2 724 10 353 7 1,844 17 106 11 246 1 274 16 76 16 4 11 65 5 39 11 103 13 320 7 124 19 9 10 49 11 26 10 435 12 1,163 13 718 5 31 5 122 15 12 12 727 2 777 10 160 0 7 7 67 9 10 0 1,590 9 1,475 4 244 10 11 12 51 7 8 10 273 1 311 7 149 2 12 11 417 1 438 12 321 3 2 18 148 15 256 1 881 12 1 19 126,847 16 1,773 19 0 7 2,239 18 227 14 5,232 11 300 9 766 9 67 6 1,097 11 6 0 1,406 0 2 17 3,420 10 4 13 3,451 0 7 8 1,576 11 0 7 727 17 0 1 15,407 7 28 12 6,415 12 0 10 13,481 3 15 2 21,551 5 10 1 526 8 219 15 13,480 18 5,016 12 3,093 12 5,252 15 10,677 8 22 7 4,435 7 2,315 15 669 7 109 7 1,092 6 85 11 5,445 2 196 12 2,221 1 84 16 3,979 1 71 9 1,447 8 19 9 2,098 11 2 18 2,711 3 1 19 Ts. c. £ s. d. 41,748 6 9 513 5 11 3,295 5 1 38 0 9 4,316 5 11 59 13 4 437 6 10 0 4 1 759 13 0 0 8 4 705 14 4 2 18 1,986 11 3 25 2 9 2,088 14 8 13 3 3 668 7 6 39i'l2 5 5,678 19 0 55 18 7 566 5 1 9,745 3 10 280 19 4 715 15 2 17 11 5 9,286 8 4 421 12 8 1,171 1 2 5,602 3 11 1,297 5 2 3 8 1 2,891 0 7 175 15 5 739 6 6 30 2 7 807 5 6 65 5 4 2,135 9 11 157 10 6 940 18 8 67 15 0 1,780 4 6 122 8 10 579 10 3 31 9 10 625 19 9 44 6 3 950 6 5 136 8 10 8,321 4 11 1,006 10 1 £ s. d. ■1,748 6 9 ! 513 5 11 3,295 5 1 38 0 9 4,316 5 11 59 13 4 437 6 10 0 4 1 759 13 0 0 8 4 705 14 4 2 18 1,986 11 3 25 2 9 2,088 14 8 13 3 3 668 7 6 39112 5 5,678'l9 0 55 18 7 566 5 1 3,745 3 10 280 19 4 715 15 2 17 11 5 3,286 8 4 421 12 8 1,171 1 2 5,602 3 11 1,297 5 2 3 8 1 J,891 0 7 175 15 5 739 6 6 30 2 7 807 5 6 65 5 4 3,135 9 11 157 10 6 940 18 8 57 15 0 1,780 4 6 122 8 10 579 10 3 31 9 10 625 19 9 44 6 3 950 6 5 136 8 10 1,321 4 11 .,006 10 1 ' £ s. 1. 5,391 4 3 2 0 0 l6' 8 0 12" 3 6 - i' 0 0 15 8 9 li' 1 3 510 3 229 15 0 58 5 3 835 17 3 11211 1 43 7 ! 13 13 8 40 0 0 £ s. 1 5,391 4 c 2 0 C l6' 8 C 12" 3 c i' 0 0 15 8 9 li' 1 3 510 3 229 15 0 58 5 ;) 835 17 3 11211 1 43 7 ! 13 13 8 40 0 0 3' 0 0 33 11 8 6' 0 0 3' 0 0 3 10 0 3l' 7 3 18 13 0 440 7 10 1. £ s. d. 3 7,516 5 10 64 0 89 14 0 12 8 0 302 11 10 8 15 11 10 6 311 11 7 4 3 11 6 43 16 1 0 18 5 0 64 7 7 0 2 6 102 17 3 0 4 2 9 193 113 11 2 3 11 5 200 17 9 2 2 14 2 J 61 1 6 0 13 3 51 7 3 2 11 8 9 716 4 7 6 25 10 3 ;3 27 1 3 0 2 0 3 1,178 18 10 11 11 5 10 164 16 2 130 2 7 5 6 2 1 939 15 7 10 150 9 1 35 3 2 1 926 17 0 6 6 86 17 7 1 19 16 5 6 321 15 1 3 43 19 8 0 44 3 2 3 4 2 0 117 3 4 15 0 11 8 223 1 11 2 12 5 7 0 85 9 3 1 3 3 3 0 73 3 2 1 15 9 0 46 0 1 3 4 4 3 61 17 2 5 3 2 0 75 3 1 1 2 18 6 0 1,538 11 1 10 73 3 9 1 _ s. a. £ s. a. 54,655 16 10 76,540 13 11 604 19 11 596 5 ' 8 12 8 0 2 0 3,608 4 11 8,478 6 3 53 12 7 61 14 7 4,640 1 0 9,070 19 2 63 4 10 65 13 C 481 2 11 5,957 1 1 12 0 825 0 7 1,471 1 11 0 10 10 0 19 808 11 7 3,695 13 2 2 5 10 2 2 11 2,195 13 11 1,555 15 2 28 14 2 12 7 6 2,289 12 5 1,503 5 7 15 17 5 10 17 0 743 10 0 1,321 9 2 0 13 170 6 0 448 9 8 455 1 7 2 11 8 9 6 8 6,624 18 7 2,356 13 11 81 8 10 33 11 9 651 12 1 2,982 5 4 0 2 0 11,760 0 5 3,310 2 11 292 .5 2 2 15 5 164 16 2 7,019 15 3 4 15 3 845 17 9 448 17 11 22 17 7 138 7 10 10,338 15 5 4,052 11 3 572 19 468 0 10 1,206 4 4 881 14 0 6,529 0 11 4,684 4 9 1,427 10 3 3,519 15 11 23 4 6 96 0 9 3,226 9 2 2,106 6 11 219 15 1 1,117 3 7 823 9 8 988 3 8 33 6 9 172 2 4 927 8 10 506 18 3 80 6 3 325 17 5 2.392 3 4 2,644 9 0 169 16 1 265 10 5 1,029 7 11 1,307 19 6 60 18 3 149 15 7 1,856 7 8 3,354 6 11 123 14 7 339 17 8 629 0 4 439 0 11 34 14 2 101 11 I 719 4 2 536 8 7 49 9 5 178 16 0 1,044 2 6 1,236 8 0 139 7 4 252 19 2 10,300 3 10 Cr. 98 11 10 1,139 13 10 Or. 55 13 9 9,964 8 6 374 14 10 219 12 6 662 3 10 492 17 2 43 2 11 345 10 8 918 3 11 855 4 9 80 13 1 570 0 8 1,117 10 4 3,270 2 1 138 16 0 1,051 8 9 6,617 8 5 4,197 14 3 764 14 8 2,548 12 1 580 13 10 1,285 15 10 8 15 6 17 5 5 1.393 12 7 2,088 0 9 152 17 11 72 14 7 2,145 14 1 3,506 5 10 280 13 3 95 12 1 1,108 7 1 2,718 1 2 115 4 1 3 16 4 1,053 8 8 2,034 6 2 63 5 6 12 3 5 7,365 9 3 Cr. 18 19 3 1,314 0 1 4 17 4 6,098 2 2 25 8 8 2,032 9 8 6,501 17 4 .. I £ s. < 14,655 16 1 604 19 1 1 2 3,608 4 1 53 12 4,640 1 63 4 1 481 2 1 1 2 825 0 0 10 1 808 11 2 5 li 2,195 13 1 28 14 I 2,289 12 I 15 17 I 743 10 I 0 1 I 448 9 I 2 11 I 6,624 18 ' 81 8 II 651 12 : 0 2 I 1,760 0 ! 292 .5 '. 164 16 I 845 17 < 22 17 ' 3,338 15 I 572 1 I 1,206 4 1 3,529 0 1 1,427 10 I 23 4 I 3,226 9 I 219 15 : 823 9 I 33 6 I 927 8 1( 80 6 I 2,392 3 < 169 16 : 1,029 7 l: 60 18 i 1,856 7 I 123 14 ', 629 0 ! 34 14 '. 719 4 ! 49 9 ! 1,044 2 t 139 7 ' 3,300 3 1< 1,139 13 1( A. 10 76 11 8 11 e 7 0 9 10 11 5 6 7 1 10 7 3 10 11 1 2 5 1 5 0 1 3 8 8 7 2 10 1 2 0 5 3 2 2 7 9 7 5 4 9 4 1) 4 3 3 6 2 2 1 1 8 9 10 3 4 2 1 LI 1 3 8 3 7 4 2 2 5 6 1 4 10 CilO Cr Q £ s. c '6,540 13 1 596 5 ' 0 2 8,478 6 61 14 9,070 19 65 13 5,957 1 1,471 1 1 0 1 I 3,695 13 I 2 2 1: 1,555 15 I 12 7 ( 1,503 5 ', 10 17 ( 1,321 9 ! 170 6 ( 455 1 ', 9 6 t 2,356 13 1: 33 11 ( 2,982 5 < 3,310 2 1] 2 15 1 7,019 15 ; 4 15 i 448 17 11 138 7 1( 1,052 11 ! 468 0 1( 881 14 ( 4,684 4 < 3,519 15 11 96 0 < 2,106 6 11 1,117 3 ; 988 3 t 172 2 < 506 18 I 325 17 t 2,644 9 ( 265 10 ! 1,307 19 ( 149 15 ', 3,354 5 1] 339 17 t 439 0 11 101 11 i 536 8 ; 178 16 ( 1,236 8 C 252 19 S r. 98 11 1C r. 55 13 £ :i orM Q 1 d. Us. 11 538 12 3 1 4 0 8 19 9 1 7 2 24 12 6 1 0 16 11 2 15 9 2 '38 11 2 10 6 6 7 2 16 0 2 0 15 1 0 7 0 13 8 11 25 18 1 9 4 CV.32 11 .1 17 16 5 3 37 17 3 .1 13 .0 3 63 6 .0 0 5 11 1 9 1 12 11 288 9 9 .1 15 3 8 1 8 4 3 21 5 5 0 6 8 1 5 6 3 3 7 .1 28 2 8 .1 0 5 7 1 12 0 0 5 4 2 0 CV.29 12 9 P. 1 11 £ s. d. 538 12 9 1 14 2 > 1 19 9 10 ! 24 12 1 0 16 3 2 15 0 '383 10 6 7 2 16 5 o'is 10 o'i3 7 25 18 10 CV.32 il 9 17 i6 3 37 17 0 l"3 1 63"6 8 5 11 11 1 12 9 288 9 2 15 3 5 l"8 1 £ s. d. 1,590 0 2 30 5 7 438' 3 4 66 17 4 l6' 7 6 710 8 12 0 98' 0 0 3 0 0 35 10 0 224' 6 4 24i' 7 6 55 0 0 27 18 3 526' 3 6 65 19 4 39 18 6 si' 0 0 £ s. a.! £ s. d. 78,669 6 10133,325 3 8 627 15 0 1,232 14 11 0 2 0 14 8 8,935 19 5 12,544 4 4 61 14 7 115 7 2 9,162 8 7 13,802 9 7 65 13 6 128 18 4 5,968 4 10 6,449 7 9 12 6 1,480 17 11 2,305 18 6 0 1 9| 0 12 7 3,707 13 5| 4,516 5 0 2 2 11 4 8 9 1,664 1 9 3,859 15 8 12 7 6 41 1 8 1,509 2 0 3,798 14 5 10 17 0 26 14 5 1,322 5 0 2,065 15 0 170 6 0 170 7 3 491 5 2 939 14 10 9 6 8 11 18 4 2,606 19 1 9,231 17 8 33 11 9 115 0 7 2,919 13 7 3,601 5 8 0 2 0 3,599 6 8 15,859 7 1 2 15 5 295 0 7 7,112 12 3 7,277 8 5 4 15 3 4 15 3 477 19 3 1,323 17 0 138 7 10 161 5 6 4,636 1 5 14,974 16 10 468 0 10 1,040 2 7 887 5 11 2,0913 10 3 4,685 17 6 11,214 18 5 3,874 4 5 5,301 14' 8 96 0 9 119 5 3 2,161 8 10 5,387 18 0 1,117 3 7 1,336 18 8 1,040 11 9 1,864 1 5 172 2 4 205 9 1 530 13 6 1,468 2 4 325 17 5 406 3 8 2,681 17 10 5,074 1 2 265 10 5 435 6 6 1,331 4 1 2,360 12 0 149 15 7 210 13 10 3,383 18 2 5,240 5 10 339 17 8 463 12 3 439 6 5 1,068 6 9 101 11 3 136 5 5 - 588 1 2 1,257 6 4 178 16 0 228 5 6 1,411 3 2 2,455 5 8 252 19 2 392 6 6 817 5 6 11,117 9 4 Cr. 55 13 9 1,084 0 1 11,457 13 6 11,467 13 6 374 14 10 374 14 10 116 17 6 336 10 0 497 6 6 1,159 10 4 345 10 8 388 13 7 865 15 3 1,783 19 2 570 0 8 650 13 9 3,539 10 8 4,657 1 0 1,051 8 9 1,190 4 9 4,255 17 3 10,873 5 8 2.548 12 1 3,313 6 9 1,302 9 0 1,883 2 10 17 5 5 26 0 11 2,147 14 6 3,541 7 1 72 14 7 225 12 6 3,792 18 10 5,938 12 11 95 12 1 376 5 4 2,736 17 7 3,845 4 8 3 16 4 119 0 5 2,089 6 5 3,142 15 1 12 3 5 75 8 11 27 1 0 7,392 10 3 4 17 4 1,318 17 5 6.549 4 0 6,549 4 0 25 8 8 25 8 8 2,032 9 8 2,032 9 8 2,934 18 11 9,436 16 3 Wellington - Napier - New Plymouth Skc- . TION — continued. 1 Brought forward. 1 Mangatainoka. 3 Through. 1 Woodville. i Through. ) Dannevirke. I Through. ) Makotuku. 1 Through. 1 Ormondville. Through. I Takapau. Through. Watpukurau. Through. Waipawa. Through. Kaikora. Through. Te Ante. Through. Hastings. Til rough. Farndon. Through. Napier. Through. Spit. Through. Ashliurst. Through. Pahnerston North. Through. Longburn. Through. Foxton. Through. Feilding. Through. Halcombe. Through. Grcatford. Through. Mar ton. Through. Hunterville. Through. Mangaonoho. Through. Turakina. Through. Fordell. Through. Aramoho. Through. Wanganui (Coaching). Through. Wanganui (Goods). Through. Wanganui (H.Office). Waitotara. Through. Waverley. Through. Patea. Through. Hawera. Through. Normanby. Through. Eltliam. Through. Stratfora. Through. Inglewood. Through. Waitara. Through. New Plymouth (Coach ine) Through. New Plymouth (Goods). Through. Breakwater. Accountant. General. iij isj ii} ii 6 86811 5 r 3 45319 7 i 5 68219 6 i i 20l'l8 8 233 i 10,093 582 4,229 155 I 10,382 335 I a, 103 88 4,018 99 3,809 267 I 30,533 I 1,918 12 1 18 '60 2 2 "2 "4 1 54 1,006 7 194 2 213 2,543 7 455 2 125 2,188 4 236 1 129 1,927 4 127 ! 63 1,194 43 I 86 1,015 30 104 401 3 27 i 404 4,215 17 934 125 4 4 129 ■1 34 1 "3 "s "6 1 150 0 0 157 7 75 1 1 1 8 1 27! •■ 267 143 "72 "71 > L '.'. 150 0 1,230 0 4,196 4 '25 4 6 0 .. 367 18 20 7 6 0 0 4 541 7 228 0 0 4 397 1 6 7 36 0 672 4 2,779 8 24 4 1 10 62 11 69 13 30 0 53 0 63 18 1 1 2 4 1 1 27 .. o 2 .. 4 92 .. 1 .. 7 446 48 2 9 .. 1 5 1 '48 33 .. 16 .. 499 30 34 .. 974 57 1,731 " 57 .. fifiQ 01 3 .'. ■-, 5 .. 3 30 4 .. 4 57 1 " 7 12 0 .. 18 0 174 0 C48 0 5 8 174 0 357 7 1,920 0 1,184 4 42 0 340 9 20 18 I 3' 0 0 33 11 3 6' 0 0 3' 0 0 21 5 3 6"8 10 3"3 4 28"2 3 2 10 0 3i' 0 0 20 1 3 i'10 0 1 23217 5 I .. 23 I 25 546 I .. 11 I 102 878 ' .. 49 I 43 13,156 1 189 1 1 7 .. 3 21 '6 0 24 16 318 0 365 2 6 18 222 0 669 15 3 10 0 i 0 5 6 "l 4 32j 1 120 187 47 426 "l ii5 204 0 5 52 .. 3 "l5 5 !. 30 0 i7 3 32410 4 5 12 1 1 69 1 303 21 3l' 7 3 1 12 7 10 3 "l '203 I ." 24 0 I 229 0 2,467 10 '.'. 461 " 3 .. 3 63 42 0 27 0 1,152 0 203 15 18 13 0 s"4 2 16911 0 349 35 '25 8 326 28 19 1 24,533 16} 28 4,460 9 0 . 28 13 440 263 76 5327 7,923 4381 8,617 4,881 8,523 6,633 17,808 33,027 30,982 1,685 2^428 2338 1,160 '347 82 90 0 440 7 10 GV.29'i2 8 945 10 0 i 163'16 10 I 3 16 5,771 10 10 10 3,084 9 12J437 7 34 14 5 404 ! '. 51,533 149 3 1J174 894 0 2,793 4 4,156 0 9,655 15 132 5 1,780 18 1,839 14 1,497 10 6 2 69 4 22,617 1 207 li l,375il 4 117 13 8 10 10J ii 13} 12} 121 12 2 192' 3 5 4 8o6'lO 1 15 1,69319 6 2 238' 7 5 4 51715 3 4 485'l8 11 4 532 16 8 2,943 62 3,624 101 4,485 174 32,553 771 5,232 14 7,585 181 10,892 304 6,981 110 8,322 45 46,651 868 28 365 I .. 14 20 1,066 16 11 937 10 43 2,812 51 9 307 9 34 691 19 297 1,403 48 125 1,099 32 52 376 12 29 6,129 56 18 1 93 5: 251 7 1 8 95 1,343 3 38 3 38 i 142 1,974 96 I 114 1,982 124 301 4,513 10: 667 33 633 51 23 I 891 2,488 6 136 144 3,871 6 294 95 1,959 6 98 56. 680 l| 31 237 2,204 6! 288 05 5 37 277 49 21 "2 "2 5 10 1 5 106 2 2 .. 349 3 12 .. 43 .. 4 .. 136 13 90 1 182 57 164 657 171 915 1,442 3,123 470j '62 'l58 222 109 117 106 370 58 00 I .[ I 1 I 1 1 36 0 12 0 24 0 126 0 42 0 6 0 I 251 16 1 317 16 5 4 475 0 53 0 53 4 60 0 7 2 169 4 0 12 IS 0 36 14 673 19 120 0 95 7 5il 8 0 10 18 0 639 7 1,623 0 10 630 0 5 2 1,386 13 87 3 2 2 231 14 11 5 3,431 16 3 4 2,171 7 14 9 427 11 7 19 1,207 4 44 7 1,226 0 23 15 1,455 16 0 17 1,533 19 4 14 12 5 10 0 2,057 14 65 17 255 19 623 10 2 14 1,294 3 11 5 6,248 9 3 14 5,118 11 15 9 2,800 5 7 19 5,084 5 46 7 10,191 2 23 15 9,668 9 0 17 5,675 17 4 11 71 "l 1 143 51 1 60 " 3 326 46 2 .. 48 .. 2 .. 6 24 2 9 .. 5 45 25 1 '51 '46 1,531 43 2,655 56 8,155 9 j 544 15 71 ) .. 1 "82 i .. i 209 I 126 1 .. 12 0 18 0 12 0 i 4 5 12 625 12 6 8 306 0 851 7 342 0 716 9 546 0 l.dii 7 1,992 0 5,354 9 8 18 18 0 280 18 360 2 549 8 281 1 2 1.. 285 2 527 8 516 4 8 9.. 495 15 971 8 1,032 7 1,337 5 3,069 8 2,278 8 65 5 167 3 447 7 58 11 16.. 779 11 1,546 2 529 3 10 10 1,534 12 2,509 7 1,366 6 3 1 27 4 1,276 10 1,517 12 466 9 15 12 597 10 927 16 469 10 5 3.. 1,861 2 2 1 2,410 15 8 9 5,294 9 14,031 18 74 3 971 19 1 6 3,416 11 10 10 6,506 0 30 6 4,090 11 15 12 4,461 9 5 3 616 16 0 40 13 7 788 14 11 72 3 1 963 11 6 136 6 6 6,008 9 1 714 7 2 534 11 3 7 3 6 1,311 6 7 145 19 5 1,981 15 3 273 4 10 1,014 13 0 110 11 1 972 3 10 54 6 9 6,511 1 s 1,252 3 0 616 16 0 40 13 7 788 14 11 72 3 1 963 11 6 136 6 6 >,008 9 1 714 7 2 534 11 3 7 3 6 ,311 6 7 145 19 5 .,981 15 3 273 4 10 .,014 13 0 110 11 1 972 3 10 54 6 9 1,511 1 8 ,262 3 0 .9' 0 0 2 0 0 610 0 45 0 0 62 7 0 7 3 6 .9' 0 0 2 0 0 610 0 45 0 0 62 7 0 7 3 6 l""l9 0 17' 5 6 4 10 2 9' 6 6 77 19 6 0 210 12 6 0 43 7 10 2 9 4 0 122 19 0 8 10 0 0 108 18 10 1 2 9 6 0 546 12 4 6 50 7 6 6 38 19 1 1 12 0 0 69 7 0 1 0 18 6 6 146 13 4 2 7 8 5 2 89 3 11 1 4 13 0 6' 71 18 4 1 8 18 9 6 77S 8 1 7 61 17 1 1 219 12 ( 662 3 1( 43 2 11 918 3 II 80 13 ] 1,117 10 '. 138 16 ( 5,617 8 ! 764 14 f 580 13 1( 8 15 ( 1,393 12 ', 152 17 11 2,145 14 ] 280 13 i 1,108 7 1 115 4 1 1,053 8 f 63 6 f 1 ,365 9 1 1,314 0 1 9 6 [0 11 11 1 4 3 0 1 5 4 8 2 10 1 6 7 2 11 1 3 3 1 2 1 8 2 6 3 Cr 1 1,964 8 ( 374 14 K 492 17 I 345 10 t 855 4 i 570 0 t 3,270 2 1 1,051 8 1 1,197 14 I 2,548 12 1 1,285 15 1C 17 5 I 2,088 0 t 72 14 1 3,506 5 K 95 12 1 2,718 1 S 3 16 4 2,034 6 '2 12 3 i T. 18 19 £ 4 17 4 6 1,375 11 .0 116 17 2 3 6 8 9 10 0 8 1 169 4 I 9 3 S8 1 1 0 1 13 1 5 9 17 17 7 0 20 19 1 1 2 10 13 1 4 2 24 10 1 5 3 2 0 I 4 a Qua T7 I 116'l7 6 3 6 5 10 0 6 169 4 8 38 1 4 1 13 2 1 2 11 6'l0 0 100 3 11 20 1 8 15' 0 0 100 .. 1 1,671 0 726 5 1,081 11 2 0 708 0 7,728 5 246 12 336 1 168 3 "73 12 0 6 0 543 15 l""l9 0 17 IT 1 li'l6 8 134 15 115. 5 60l' 0 1 21 I 3,23l" 7 3 6,61915 10 378 58,868 3 11 55 9. 2 175 16 72 1 3 3 1 5 53 3 180 11 "l 7 .. 178 2 3 .. 128 .. 1 .. 62 1 iso " 1 .. 7 "2 9,004 178 1 .. 7j .. 621 "2 3 .. ■• I 26, 294 787 1327 532 "31 "71 102 0 234 0 30 0 240 4 109 8 10 8 55 16 1,464 0 5,127 2 476 7 705 15 1,143 5 12 0 115 11 2,670 9 36i 7 1,642 11 9,706 13 10 19 9,253 11 42 1 933 16 2,048 10 1,593 4 14,183 13 10 19 13,449 2 1 69 24 1 '286 '.'. 3 .. 1 4 4 343 2 16 .. 472 M43 2307 17343 1,609 ! 141j f '.'. I '6261 ■• I ) '690 "20 174 0 66 0 216 0 0 1 436 4 52 16 42 0 879 11 18 0 746 0 660 0 1,370 9j " 1,548 0 5,970 14 3,585 II 3,585 19 14,643 7 4,399 9 18 16 10 0 10 19 5,573 7 36 9 30,416 5 28 16 5,668 10 17' 5 6 4 10 2 9' 6 6 77 19 6 20 19 0 10 13 11 24 10 11 2"o 3 353'l7 9 265 14 0 8 2 6 30 9 4 41 0 0 97 4 1 3354 795,44111 6 3,098 2 S 2 353 17 I 48 " 2,191 IS 44 4 '.'. '3 11 10 II 25 8 8 t f\Qft ■ n c 8 16,286175,8214 4,376 344 9,004175,3214 25 72 1491 957 12 478 105 7,029 ____]__ 291j 8,530 1,046' 4 1 ,046' 4 1 1 1,923 19 1 1,923 19 1 1 3,531 14 2 6 3,501 17 4 2. 4 2,032 9 E 8 1,326 2 I 1,326 "2 8 1,60816 3 •• 20,539 970 Totals 175,821 956,477 9,464 45,621 10 )ll 13,158 02 23,352 4 4i 10,250 097,838 0 41,656 5 1 112,096 19 3 381,753 6 6 Totals. 4,376 344 13,158 40,250 rREY-BRUNNER SEC.— Greymouth Through Brunner Through Accountant General 41,656 5 103,600 14 56,621 4 376,476 7 422,097 17 171 20,5119 1)70, 956,477 9,464 45,621 1C 013 13,188 0 3,188 23,352 4 40,250 0,97,838 Oj 41,656 51 1103,600 14 56,621 1 376,476 7 422,097 17 138,107 15 4 9,499 16 4 22,048 15 7 169,656 7 3 200,493 19 9 4,568 11 11 7,034 7 7 212,096 19 3 12J ii 22 4,184 6 7 6 770' 1 8 .'. 423' 4 5 27 5,377 12 8 21,960 10,229 8,579 17,930 62 297 478 3 6,671 37 72 24 1,315 478 6,671 72 1,315 71 "3 71 '2 12 .. 89 14 25 .. 165 7 2941 ! '. 70 "5 708 202 138 0 624 0 60 12 240 3,486 115 7 661 2 6,634 0 14,721 2 2,135 16 172 12 1,065 18 3,242 6 121 5 496 12 66 1 721 I 67,317 l: 56,982 I 1,445 5 7,396 13 74,312 18 75,987 1 "69 "4 2,ill il5 '202 54 118 6£4 240 0 1 6,634 0 ! 3,434 014,516 0 60 0 115 7 64 0 866 4 121 6 67,317 13 329 14 56,319 2 1,065 18 66 0 3,409 4 1,384 10 74,312 18 74,834 7 1,445 5 8,549 7 1,047 15 0 417 2 7 476 16 6 714 3 4 9 7 8 99 16 9 3 12 0' 16 14 9 6 7 6 83 10 7 61 4 6 132 0 9 6 3 0 45 12 0 42 10 0 1,208 16 3 552 15 4 499 14 3 766 2 10 135 8 3 4,719 10 6 937 8 8 7,323 17 4 6,542 14 3 1,720 12 0 151 1 2 6,591 3 8 937 8 8 7,348 13 6 6,542 14 3 Cr. 5 11 11 7,799 19 II 1,490 4 0 7,848 7 9 7,308 17 1 129 16 4 Grey-Brunner Sec.— Grcymouth. Through. Brunner. Through. Accountant. General. '71 "2 71 3 44 12 130 19 20 1 2 4 15 0 2,418 ii5 84 0 44 II "l4 295 1 '701 2,171 9 58,760[ 8,536 Cr. 8 6 11 215 0 Totals •• •• 36; 11 364 5 141 291 31 8,1 Totals. 317 269 17 846 0 44 1' 3,798 22,131 11 2,308 8 4,926 II 125,087 5 159,141 17 159,411 14 3,126 S17j 4,926 1125,087 2,665 5 1 210 1 7 269 17, 8)6 44 12 3,798 0122,131 11 2,308 8 159,141 17 159,411 1 287 10 3 3,162 16 11 19,523 10 1,732 6 3 158 11 2 21,414 8 2 24,577 5 1

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RETURN No. 12— continued. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1899.

Coachi ing. Live-stock, Gi ts, <fec. Stations. a <*%. ft is 8 Sft 1 as 3 3 to Number of Traffic Expenditure. . II fl Outw "a, a ft W Outward. Inward. Outwi •d. Inward. .Revenue. Total Value forwarded. Stations. CD O a o g 3 i I 1 l i I & g <S a 8 8 03 OQ Equiv. gk Tonnage Chaff, jC for Live- Lime, &c. stock, &c. Wool. Firewood. Timber. I Grain. M t S Sn ~ Minerals. Total. I Grand Total >■ Tonnage. s6 6 ■*> ffi. si a, 01 M Equiv. Tonnage for Chaff, Live-stock, Lime, &c. &c. Wool. Firewood. Timber. Total. Grand Total Tonnage. Coaching, Goods. Miscel- Bents and laneous. Commission. Goods. [___ Grain. Merchandise. Minerals. * Ordinary Passengers. Season Tickets. Parcels, Luggage, and Mails. Total. Total. Geey-Hokitika Sec. — Greymouth Kumara Hokitika Accountant General io 11 2 3 £ s. a. 467 2 7 13,693 195 I 219 1 1 7,703 24 480 3 9 15,720 183 205 1 142 6 11 2,003 56 321 14 937 62 8 1 2 93 42 88 676 1,490 1,095 65 2 16 1 51 3 103 38 82 5 41 1 1,388 24 843 63 7 23 Ts. c. Ts. c. 30 0 Ts. e. '7 8 29 4 Ts. 0. 108 0 1,276 0 84 0 1 ._ Ts. c. Ts. c. Ts. c. 88 4 3 15 8,105 16 4,892 9 .. 296 18 192 18 .. 1,095 7 Ts. c. 2,415 4 348 10 111 9 Ts. c. 10,750 39 6,827 0 1,512 18 Ts. c. 2 2 3 21. 6 1 1 821 160 1,274 30 Ts. c. Ts. c. Ts. c. 35 12 Ts. c. 1,260 0 108 0 100 0 Ts. c. 4,650 18 83 15 438 18 Ts. c. Ts. c. 1,150 9 2,140 14 6,206 13 Ts. c. 459 19 439 6 1,975 18 Ts. c. 7,556 18 2,805 10 8,728 9 Ts. c. £ s. d. 1,790 2 11 764 15 6 1,722 9 9 26 7 2 £ s. d. 13 0 0 3 10 0 15 14 0 206 14 3 £ s. d. 138 6 10 28 13 7 102 8 8 127 11 0 £ s. d. 1,941 9 9 796 19 1 1,840 12 5 360 12 5 £ s. d. 3,604 13 7 1,246 3 10 642 8 6 £ s. d. 0.34 8 10 10 6 21 3 0 Cr. 0 11 0 £ s. d. 88 15 10 9 0 0 15 17 6 2 11 0 £ s. d. 3,659 0 7 1,256 4 4 679 9 0 2 0 0 £ s. a. 5,600 10 4 2,053 3 5 2,520 1 5 362 12 5 Geey-Hokitika Sec.--Greymouth. Kumara. Hokitika. Accountant. General. 2 24 "l 6 0 "63 30 0 6 0 1 0 3 15 •• Totals 1,308 14 4 37,321 403 3,261 132 221) 3,261 13: 223 7 2,255 93 119 3 36 0| 36 12 1,468 0 5,173 11 3 15 9,497 16 2,875 3 19,090 17 19,210 0 2,255 93! 5,493 5 11 10,536 7 7| Totals. 119 8 36 0 36 1: 1,468 5,173 11 3 15 9,497 16 2,875 3 19,090 17 19,210 4,303 15 4 238 18 3 397 0 1 4,939 13 8 ».12 16 4 116 4 41 5,596 13 111 Westpoet Section — Westport Waimangaroa Mokihinui Head Office General 13 11 9 16 3 1 4,688 7 4 450 19 0 226 6 2 22,108 8,006 1,979 252 48 58 4 2,511 2 1,204 .. 164 .. 45 18 8 1,125 1,054 1,700 "2 14 25 82 3 4 6 183 11 2 132 0 6 0 126 0 3,138 0 6 0 136 13 3,519 11 103 7 76 17 2,731 15 320 12 33 8 252 7 289,123 19 57,424 17 3,455 12 296,108 2 57,567 12 "l 2 5 2 5 12 59 125 126 0 12 0 2,160 0 132 0 978 0 3,008 13 205 2 545 16 27 8 49 9 203 3 1,633 8 1,249 4 346,361 1 290 18 149 4 351,732 17 2,414 16 2,983 18 2,021 1 0 678 13 1 216 11 7 30 15 0 55 0 0 11 12 0 2 2 0 83 15 4 90 11 0 57 0 4 7 5 9; 107 1 101 2,166 12 0 747 5 5 225 19 4 221 12 2 3,001 11 91,551 5 9 34,085 3 7: 5 0 1 9,137 5 5 154 14 10 32 10 0 11 0 0 51 2 0 4,707 12 4 34,122 13 8 9,148 5 5 51 2 0 6,874 4 4! 34,869 19 1 9,374 4 9i 272 14 2 Westpobt Section— Westport. Waimangaroa Mokihinui. Head Office. General. 150 13 9 .. •- •• ■ __ ! Totals 20 5,516 6 3 32,341 11 8,879 71 3,879 71 3 12' 196 138 0 3,270 0 3,759 11 76 17 3,085 15 346,801 3 357,181 6 357,144 13 la! 190 Totals. 13 7 138 0 3,270 0 3,759 11 76 17 8,085 15! 1346,801 3 152 9 4 261 18 11 3,861 8 11 46,224 0 91,556 5 10 249 6 11 48,029 13 5 51,391 2 4i 357,131 6 357,144 13 2,947 0 8 Nelson Section — Port Nelson Richmond Wakefield.. Belgrove Head Office General 9 9 H 10} Hi 10 5 1 1 8 1,517 19 0 626 19 0 224 8 9 162 3 8 467 11 4 17,812 5,378 4,403 11,872 186 I 152 i 107 1 50 I 5 1 1 6.2 .. 2,305 1 279 2 287 .. 197 .. 11 1 2 4 3 117 31 45 52 31 425 417 1,263 994 "2 5 3 2 8 8 77 33 63 67 "2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 "l 3 84 29 38 189 200 18l 480 0 84 0 47 0 114 4 206 4 6 0 612 0 1,734 0 426 0 106 13 26 0 9 2 1,687 16 1,371 11 1,067 11 482 10 1,144 17 180 15 114 5 509 14 860 2 147 1 141 13 95 2 1,726 2 51 11 1,502 3 168 18 336 4 3,410 0 1,426 3 3,942 3 4,111 6 2,549 6 1 "l 55 3 354 88 40 "36 18 186 360 221 16 143 16 0 16 1 0 12 0 2,538 0 228 0 130 0 2,868 0 68 9 9 11 125 2 427 9 1,235 4 389 18 598 14 338 13 180 19 235 17 184 19 457 19 693 18 999 15 1,943 1 247 4 104 18 490 0 2,157 19 9,323 18 1,119 6 1,184 2 1,653 13 1,465 2 6 345 8 0 473 9 7 1,149 10 1 24 0 10 90 8 6 90 7 6 36 8 6 4 17 6 68 1 1 9 10 10 109 3 10 16 18 10 15 5 6 11 9 6 116 0 0 9 10 10 1,664 14 10 452 14 4 525 3 7 1,165 17 1 208 1 11 2,983 6 10 754 1 11 598 0 4 807 18 5 659 18 3 Or. 1 0 0 514 14 6 4 12 9 0 1 11 2 4 4 129 11 6 3 2 9 72 0 0 10 10 0 3,520 1 4 769 4 8 598 2 3 812 12 9 793 19 9 68 1 5 3,529 12 2 2,433 19 6 1,050 16 7 1,337 16 4 1,959 16 10 276 3 4 Nelson Section — Port. Nelson. Richmond. Wakefield. Belgrove. Head Office. General. 'l "36 "3 "3 3.2 6 2 10 0 4 10 0 65 18 8 118'l0 9 •• ,1 I Totals 20 3,117 12 6 39,651, 315 3,130 18 248 3,130 18 248 3 641 49 27 13 564 0 367 8 2,778 0 3,201 2 2,989 18 1,753 12 3,784 18 15,438 11 15,466 11 540 49 10,588 4 9 Totals. 27 18 564 367 8 2,778 0 3,201 2 2,989 18 1,753 12 3,784 li 15,438 18 15,466 11 3,457.11 290 3 1. 278 8 6 4,026 2 7 5,752 5 654 7 9 155 8 8 6,562 2 Picton Section — Picton Blenheim Head Office General 10 9 5 2 1,074 18 6 396 14 5 15,556 10,443 174 84 1 1 67 10 524 29 "l 113 112 524 2! 67 1( 1 112 113 9 .. 2 "l 281 1 1,520 66 3,708 0 73 12 845 4 4,482 0 48 0 40 9 10 13 158 6 ' 4,729 10 1,521 9 1,459 12 2,677 12 93 10 8,983 8 11,248 9 1 1,520 281 4,062 0 30 0 845 4 73 12 48 0 4,482 0 10 13 40 9 1,596 3 1 1,041 7 1 175 2 2 2,363 0 1 2,420 3 11 384 9 1 34 0 1 Cr. 0 9 1 56 17 6 219 18 6 2 0 0 2,804 6 8 2,674 2 6 1 10-11 4,400 9 9 3,715 9 7 176 13 1 Picton Section — Picton. Blenheim, Head Office. General. 79' 5 1 / .. "9 "66 4,729 li 158 1 1,459 12 1,521 9 93 10 2,677 12 11,248 9| 8,983 8J 1,568 15 0 984 5 8 22 4 9 9 13 0 7 5 0 59 7 1 17 15 1 49 16 5. 93 10 41 Totals 225 9 2 1 1 1,801 66 •• •• .1 .. 3,550 18 0 26,138 36 591 39 1 225 591 39 1 591 39 1 225 1 79 18 3,708 0 918 16 4,530 0 51 2 4,887 16 2,981 1 2,771 2 20,231 171 20,311 1, 2 1,801 79 ll 4,092 0 918 16 4,530 0 51 2 4,887 ll 2,981 1, 2,771 2 2,575 5 5 76 5 1 161 1 10 2,812 12 4 4,783 4 0 418 0 1 278 16 0 5,480 0 li 8,292 12 5 Totals. 20,231 17 20,311 15 Hoetjnui-Bluff Sec— Lyttelton (Coaching) (Goods) 1 as (Wharf)} <in Heathcote Woolston Opawa Christen. (Pass.) 1 „ (Parcels) j „ (Goods) as requ (Traf. Mgr.) Addington Papanui Styx Belfast Kaiapoi Rangiora Oust Bennett's Oxford East West Sefton Amberley Waikari Culverden Hornby Prebbleton Lincoln Ellesmere Doyleston Leeston Southbridge Little River Templeton Rolleston Kirwee Darfield Sheffield Springfield Coalgate Burnham Selwyn Dunsandel Rakaia Methven Chertsey Ashburton Tinwald Mt. Somers Winslow Hinds Rangitata Orari Winchester 1,652 181 .. 436 6,204 217 .. 560 •• (31 1,612 •' 1 6 . 808 52 1 1 15 .. 12 .. 980 •• '.'. 178 242 812 5 1^798 62 .. 5 5 •• 18 •• 10 76 6 68 161 2 139 43 ■• 27 31 .. 26 43 •• 41 34 .. 43 .. 4 123 •• 234 280 .. 260 443 .. 1,109 50 1 17 4 .. 1 20 .. 33 19 .. 82 9 .. 46 48 .. 89 23 1 20 116 •■ 887 22 .. 4 27 •■ 9 41 .. 6 111 1 41 46 .. 44 93 2 25 42 .. 38 16 2 1 20 .. 37 32 .. 75 61 1 56 72 .. 33 12 .. 6 195 18 619 22 .. 91 78 .. 68 10 .. 109 42 2 60 60 1 .. 50 2 43 17 1 86 "8 17 ,'812 15 2^235 76,669 15 12,285 1 31 4 3,250 6 0 10 933 335 Hukunui-Blote Sec. — Lyttelton (Coaching). (Goods). (Wharf). Heathcote. Wools ton. Opawa. Christen. (Passengers). „ (Parcels). (Goods). (Traf. Mgr). Addington. Papanui. Styx. Belfast. Kaiapoi. Eangiora. Oust. Bennett's. Oxford East. „ West. Sefton. Amberley. Waikari. Culverden. Hornby. Prebbleton. Lincoln. Ellesmere. Doyleston. • Leeston. Southbridge. Little River. Templeton. Rolleston. Kirwee. Darfield. Sheffield. Springfield. Coalgate. Btirnham. Selwyn. Dunsandel. Rakaia. Methven. Chertsey. Ashburton. Tinwald. Mt. Somei's. Winslow. l Hinds. 1 Rangitata. Orari. Winchester. 17 18 2,832 12 1 12,388 17 1 105,688 1,971 reired 12J 12* 15 66 3 2 1 487 ' 4 7 268 6 8 157 4 4 10,537 10,010 10,434 f 241,284 696 129 284 4,089 67S .. .. 88 193 .. .. 186 .. .. 18 159 1 .. 151 .. .. 18 143 .. .. 180 0 42 0 42 0 16,125 8 822 042,548 9 1,306 4 .. 2,279 16 25 0 .. 12 1,326 16 20,392 3 1,983 11 1,605 10 173 11 0 8 102,124 3 5,229 10 1,242 9 702 18 258,861 18 23,084 2 2,947 5 5,495 11 0 18 '87 3 62 I 2J559 68 'l86 2,442 0 113,879 12 13,947 16 432 0 66 0 18 0 ) 2,734 17 161 11 ) 62 14 I 26 0 76,449 5 16,359 19 3,394 13 16 5 0 14 56,272 4 6,606 12 90 0 7,697 9 0 10 11,118 19 '29 16 1,082 5 3,006 11 163,328 17 37,105 14l 4,695 12 11,935 5 1 4 8,574 13 6 891 7 6 321 11 1 9,787 12 1 60,503 10 6 1,953 15 5 534 6 3 1,189 8 11 0 1 1 Cr. 108 2 8 Cr. 27 18 2 23,555 0 5 1 19 1 4,489 4 8 927 9 3 322 4 10 51 5 0 1 19 1 65,920 4 5 2,276 0 8 585 11 3 1,189 10 8 Oil 426 4 10 Or. 47 16 1 24,828 10 10 0 10 6.828 7 2 1,044 10 3 3.101 13 11 8,203 1 1 4,687 10 7 2,431 5 1 419 10 0 589 8 1 431 0 1 916 9 3 826 8 11 2,710 4 7 2,965 14 2 4,385 5 4 5,989 16 11 1,265 4 7 2,320 12 11 1,413 1 8 588 19 4 1,178 13 10 1,474 10 6 2,410 8 3 1,985 16 8 407 8 1 516 4 8 2.102 5 9 1,457 15 4 1,006 1 4 551 4 9 482 6 10 269 17 4 885 3.7 4,576 13 t 1.829 15 11 1,876 13 5 7,700 13 10 3,484 18 11 2,102 10 4 2,641 5 8 1,308 10 9 1,038 17 5 1,296 10 5 821 6 4 9,789 11 2 65,920 4 5 2,276 0 8 1,142 9 5 1,690 2 5 460 14 10 41,936 9 1 6.150 1 3 24,828 10 10 982 1 0 8,494 17 8 3,069 5 8 1,183 2 6 8,575 9 5 6,627 3 1 4,852 18 2 768 16 0 989 12 11 1,007 15 0 1,579 2 2 1,114 16 8 3,603 13 6 5,114 19 6 5,595 17 10 6,981 12 4 1,454 10 3 2,705 13 11 1,532 3 1 1,101 0 8 1,928 7 11 2,562 1 6 4,103 17 9 2,144 16 10 760 8 4 941 9 0 2,964 7 1 1,726 8 2 2,507 13 4 967 0 10 668 12 10 413 17 11 1,738 12 8 6,037 10 9 2,566 16 9 2.151 15 9 14,755 0 8 3,692 17 3 2,412 6 5 2,730 7 7 1,698 18 6 1,494 17 0 2,915 18 11 1,430 14 1 6 8 486 0 1 685 0 342 5 4 465 18 9 326 12 11 36,659 4 3 177 4 0 25 12 10 124 14 3 4,450 17 3 37 8 10 9 0 2 9 6 7 200 2 9 6,197 17 4 556 18 2 500 11 9 460 13 9 41,510 4 3 6,197 17 4 0 'l 9 17 57 8,946 7 0 80,508 519 137 1J182 448 '28 19 17 6 GY.19 17 11 470 19 5 0 10 108 8 0 1 12 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 27 18 6 30 12 11 15 5 0 18 11 0 6 9 0 17 6 0 2 3 2 14 4 1 14 9 29 18 7 1 12 10 l' 8 8 2 1 1 1 2 11 0 0 3 4 3 7 2 2 4 0 3 0 0 7 4 3 13 3 18 1 5 14 14 2 3 12 5 0 11 9 0 13 3 4 3 9 17 9 27 10 6 1 10 6 1 3 8 6 ■ 84 1 1 0 15 0 0 5 0 I 4 12 6 i 0 16 4 13 2 I 8 16 7 ! 2 3 8 514 10 0 ired 70 12,245 16 2 1 "38 "57 1,374 0 3,824 12 30 0 2,948 16 9,053 18 26,888 8 2,105 4 46,224 13 '39 '223 1 '279 "32 5,088 0 1 3,783 8 3,540 0 132,551 14 10,715 8 61,399 8 56,356 16 173,434 14 802'll 0 16 13 13 13 i? 13 13} 14J 15 12 12f 15 10 14 10 10 10} 11* 12 11 13 13 10| 12 13 14 124 12} 12 12 12} 11 12} 13} 11 Hi 11 10} 10J 11 10} 10 8 1 2 5 4 1 2 1 4 1 3 4 2 2 1 3 1 1 4 4 3 1 2 1 3 1 3 2 1 1 2 6 2 2 13 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1,289 10 1 416 5 6 170 19 8 278 8 9 815 12 0 657 17 10 164 9 1 317 0 0 171 2 6 573 8 10 159 0 8 389 19 5 681 3 7 371 3 0 308 0 1 ' 205 5 9 351 4 10 102 19 10 169 11 0 832 8 8 571 2 5 381 5 5 176 1 10 249 0 11 156 3 11 410 6 7 177 4 11 454 13 1 154 1 10 162 13 5 187 4 8 316 11 11 944 18 3 314 4 6 198 2 7 1,764 16 6 157 5 9 199 1 10 153 19 9 169 18 6 108 7 5 401 12 7 168 16 7 8,616 13,117 1,175 4,742 17,232 15,446 2,082 3,221 2,340 4,523 1,809 4,146 8,953 2,105 8,294 . 1,999 2,360 631 1,901 3,784 5,771 6,419 1,531 1,517 2,219 4,278 1,542 5,499 1,629 1,072 892 3,357 5,839 2,662 1,499 21,258 1,353 970 660 1,736 1,775 5,775 3,146 805 48 6 3 133 106 5 1 1,656 124 22 300 3,340 194 11 861 54 1 149 359 7 .. 205 12 .. 7' 101 6 .. 206 4 .. 41 403 1 .. 2,080 28 .. 124 2,176 4 1 3,213 88 3 191 5,127 68 3 418 3 1 18 1,904 4 2 354 .. .. 20 1,963 21 1 930 9 .. 50 1,626 5 5 490 4 .. 42 1,849 6 3 390 .. .. 28 1,098 1 .. 2,008 37 1 179 2,985 27 8 1,246 24 4 168 5,137 47 12 1,066 59 1 171 6,107 103 12 614 234 1 43 379 295 ., 259 2 .. 12 240 .. .. 1,094 9 .. 24 853 3 .. 223 5 .. 14 1,343 3 .. 1,131 4 .. 12 1,310 3 1 773 27 .. 43 2,571 9 5 611 14 .. 25 2,286 6 2 986 37 11 84 3,531 45 20 118 3 .. 7 405 3 .. 140 2 1 41 318 5 .. 384 16 .. 49 1,615 17 1 933 42 1 85 3,036 14 2 403 10 .. 66 1,876 29 4 524 48 1 84 2,757 65 9 347 21 1 43 1,606 24 2 114 4 .. 24 633 5 2 82 5 .. 8 352 2 .. 399 40 3 53 1,833 28 7 1,160 38 8 101 3,510 15 12 573 8 3 71 3,071 42 12 230 8 .. 14 775 3 1 7,569 257 19 299 11,169 202 12 426 51 .. 36 434 29 1 494 4 .. 39 3,709 17 4 114 4 .. 20 401 3 1 271 10 1 48 1,223 3 1 314 6 1 55 1,125 4 1 994 17 .. 83 3,730 8 14 372 16 .. 26 1,159 6 1 146 24,447 78 2 1,291 51 3,776 8 18,710 6,870 1 9,134 .. 15,651 13 4,586 3 98,879 .. 69,666 64 81,530 487 3 j 186 410 769 1,461 48 102 0 60 0 258 0 348 0 1,068 0 612 0 300 0 282 0 102 0 18 0 264 0 204 0 132 0 42 0 24 0 330 0 1,014 0 372 0 222 0 342 0 150 0 60 0 156 0 318 0 234 0 858 0 372 0 138 0 18 0 126 0 30 0 96 0 654 0 151 0 360 0 342 0 252 0 924 0 96 0 48 0 48 0 42 0 029 4 18 0 863 11 24 8 1,506 8 .. 0 9 1,525 8 414 0 41 7 88 12 .. 200 18 262 12 192 0 465 11 37 16 138 16 .. 6 18 56 4 162 0 22 0 3,684 0 353 16 17 0 18 0 .. 639 12 42 0 151 15 893 12 6 0 17 1,202 8 992 0 6 0 4 9 0 12 208 12 132 0 20 5 44 4 .. 4 9 19 4 39 0 .. 4 9 96 4 129 4 2,562 0 740 13 8 8 .. 31 2 4 12 51 4 6 0 3 2 149 16 156 16 654 0 187 7 300 8 408 0 78 16 21 12 12 0 7 15 15 0 69 16 .. 0 5 429 4 6 0 4 9 262 16 18 0 17 135 8 377 16 60 0 256 5 326 8 6 0 488 0 1,446 0 661 16 135 12 134 0 .. 0 5 275 12 462 0 154 18 252 12 30 0 170 4 48 0 18,862 1 4,007 4 2,975 19 4,639 3 14,181 2 4,332 13 618 7 922 12 66 7 165 18 2,004 3 747 3 579 0 192 6 797 10 5,288 2 6,017 5 3,863 12 1,288 15 2,115 8 2,506 3 418 18 2,547 11 1,288 9 1,071 18 1,132 7 669 18 144 4 169 4 1,343 0 517 2 1,435 16 5,982 13 731 9 2,432 13 8,175 18 2,520 15 84 13 1,916 3 1,142 11 947 15 2,265 1 1,769 12 810 15 93 15 5 0 13,020 15 422 7 280 S 36 17 15 4 35 2 56 11 131 11 215 6 182 1 103 4 12,881 19 11 16 155 16 25 11 67 15 160 11 88 8 71 4 1,617 10 19 16 56 8 55 8 52 18 57 18 42 11 24 6 14 18 96 15 149 15 86 0 71 2 1,281 0 70 7 53 11 81 6 53 8 52 5 108 16 53 12 922 6 2,839 12 993 11 307 8 14 16 22,207 17 4,185 7 4,715 16 22,828 5 16,954 10 6,452 12 1,007 16 1,365 10 421 13 4,321 19 2,443 14 2,005 9 1,807 4 1,547 15 21,274 8 5,634 10 7,675 14 4,309 16 1,615 10 2,667 8 2.856 5 4,227 9 5,249 1 1,630 17 1,422 12 7,197 11 4,329 19 2,615 7 485 16 1,534 13 581 0 1,688 12 7,407 10 1,257 2 3,002 1 10,987 6 3,208 10 5,222 17 2,612 19 1,428 5 1,952 0 2,694 9 2,073 8 1 4,098 71 53 63 16 74 117 32 2 28 278,422 1,156 691 327,507 55 2,693 973 1,382 1,141 27 509 1,568 5,103 6,765 213,435 266 632 118 737 959 819 3,450 34,891 69 378 . 274 67 1 666 0 138 0 18 0 42 0 258 0 1,608 0 12 0 24 0 6 0 36 0 18 0 228 0 156 0 210 0 114 0 12 0 12 0 ) ) ) ) 1 ' 898 4 1 441 16 23 8 359 0 048 0 198 0 18 0 72 0 294 0 1,254 0 12 0 I 4,514 0 I 299 11 k ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 1 ) ) I ) ) I 1 ) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I I I I ) ) ) I I 387 15 I 896.14 I 215 11 1 87 11 81 2 66 4 11 2 1 94 0 1 385 16 1 648 9 979 2 2 9 14 5 403 16 191 7 175 11 508 5 134 18 211 2 1,450 5 34 14 39 2 89 2 81 11 259 7 42 16 9 7 27 11 56 17 344 18 247 11 32 9 3,654 13 119 16 252 5 65 7 55 2 41 11 229 7 131 2 15,448 17 3,255 15 26 1 82 8 1,530 15 1,671 15 242 8 436 15 222 12 197 7 282 3 688 4 725 12 902 13 187 0 242 4 398 7 167 10 282 10 483 9 364 15 597 17 142 17 95 12 352 13 357 12 261 2 297 1 146 8 93 18 190 5 443 2 915 0 820 7 274 10 4,622 16 353 2 843 11 501 18 350 5 195 3 319 2 232 5 457 0 45 7 43 14 1,211 8 710 12 833 10 211 15 366 2 255 13 206 1 142 18 340 7 774 17 1,008 19 2,664 1 70 0 217 2 203 4 260 0 431 17 309 16 395 13 1,082 5 61 6 198 15 318 5 279 0 491 10 174 9 56 8 113 10 251 1 595 8 690 6 122 9 4,506 0 118 2 669 7 159 11 196 6 179 8 605 19 438 8 8,661 15 3,085 10 146.12 7,273 17 4,056 10 3,191 5 409 19 1,212 19 205 10 162 18 488 14 708 13 620 4 754 0 1,625 10 423 11 1,359 11 458 3 476 1 1,845 11 662 17 606 5 7,674 13 191 17 750 0 766 11 405 19 478 18 94 1 211 4 321 9 597 9 1,319 1 1,644 16 837 8 7,747 9 1,056 18 820 6 1,052 1 488 15 311 9 1,310 13 664 0 31,293 16 7,022 3 694 3 9.092 16 8,105 11 8,774 1 975 13 2,153 10 755 19 613 8 1,202 3 2,645 4 3,375 6 4,010 14 4,629 0 786 0 2,732 16 1,062 4 1,512 2 3,653 2 1,514 6 1,870 17 10,440 0 539 9 1,400 10 1,783 10 1.093 12 1,662 16 565 14 400 17 700 15 1,498 9 3,408 7 3,689 0 1,314 16 22,206 10 1,935 17 2,829 5 1,862 17 1,252 8 739 11 2,478 9 1,511 7 1,250 17 4 1,889 19 6 65 4 10 356 9 8 1,692 11 11 2,025 8 0 318 6 9 380 0 1 466 19 2 629 9 3 256 1 11 728 4 0 2,048 14 11 1,058 8 7 660 6 1 167 2 4 289 17 10 95 0 2 301 4 2 667 16 1 1,020 8 2 1,551 17 1 147 15 4 839 11 4 376 2 0 766 19 1 236 2 9 1,408 18 7 872 8 8 159 12 5 133 16 7 796 4 9 1,348 12 4 674 18 3 251 8 11 6,226 16 31 132 11 9 271 7 9 72 19 10 354 16 2 422 0 11 1,467 3 1 547 5 2 31 0 0 201 18 5 18 16 5 3 11 0 2 2 6 103 9 9 144 14 3 5 10 0 2 19 0 951 0 0 213 14 9 115 19 1 12 12 9 13 16 2 143 10 10 251 10 10 25 9 3 17 5 9 109 15 9 32 6 2 17 0 10 130 17 11 98 8 5 152 3 11 276 4 1 16 18 10 86 0 8 13 15 3 194 8 8 70 6 6 59 0 4 134 7 5 8 19 10 13 8 11 30 16 4 89 12 3 32 10 1 90 7 11 37 17 5 12 1 7 7 4 0 54 14 4 110 0 4 62 2 7 18 18 8 796 16 8 74 9 7 36 18 4 13 3 7 35 11 7 33 9 8 120 19 11 44 5 1 982 0 0 1,666 10 6 2,024 15 0 81 8 7 372 8 4 1,939 12 6 2,421 13 1 349 6 0 400 4 10 576 14 11 662 12 11 288 7 9 893 8 11 2,149 5 4 1,210 12 6 991 15 5 189 5 8 385 1 0 119 1 5 512 1 4 749 14 1 1,087 11 0 1,693 9 6 159 0 2 858 0 3 425 4 4 862 1 4 268 12 10 1,501 12 0 415 16 1 186 6 0 144 0 7 853 9 1 1,460 17 8 737 0 10 275 2 4 7,054 6 10 207 18 4 309 16 1 89 1 11 390 7 9 455 19 7 1,619 8 6 609 7 9 6,524 14 2 1,010 2 10 1,101 13 9 8,123 5 11 4,552 16 1 2,308 11 2 416 19 7 587 14 2 424 8 4 912 10 9 790 18 10 2,676 12 5 2,917 14 5 4,343 16 9 5,923 3 1 1,263 5 11 2,280 0 4 1,407 8 9 588 19 1 1,147 10 3 1,421 10 8 2,346 17 3 1,978 19 6 402 9 10 512 16 7 2,069 19 11 1,433 12 2 1,002 8 11 584 2 6 481 6 1 250 5 7 854 19 10 4,442 17 7 1,788 19 10 1,831 3 11 6,863 14 6 3,440 8 11 2,101 5 4 2,586 13 2 1,307 14 5 825 3 7 1,290 3 10 781 10 2 195' 5 0 32 15 0 79 15 0 106 16 0 92 1 0 15 0 0 15 0 6 5 0 3 10 35 7 10 30 17 10 46 5 0 11 10 0 65 1 0 0 10 0 38 11 6 4 10 0 1 1 2 1 2 '18I 7 2 32 12 2 11 70 58 3 S 12 12 15 34 38 21 120 21 14 9 0 5 13 13 4 7 17 6,568 10 4 0 127 16 1 1 3 8 24 82 897 261 1 6 8 18 12 2 28 6 9 1 591 6 474 348 20 247 53 408 2,589 158 8 2 4 0 4 48 0 192 0 450 0 156 0 36 0 24 0 342 0 42 0 36 0 360 0 42 0 6 0 90 0 150 0 30 0 216 0 60 0 18 0 42 0 6 0 36 0 84 0 156 0 42 0 36 0 966 0 222 0 24 0 84 0 108 0 6 0 0 17 6 15 5 0 34 7 0 2 2 0 .65 6 14 5 1 1 37 73 o 13 11 13 18 14 "l 5 9 14,442 10 11,066 5 3,133 2 10,693 .. 14,910 2 61,466 248 10 4,233 9,115 1 13,082 204 13 17,911 1 2,821 3,717 13 15,110 19 63,212 .. 38,600 .. 23,555 .. 27,650 15 67,148 8,530 .. 46,133 9 30,942 9,637 .. 11,902 .. . 7,157 847 139 348 2,918 486 718 47 44 49 83 170 54 22 20 69 129 300 66 22 129 1,137 85 1,206 17 16 6 0 16 10 245 10 888 10 2 3 3 3 8 4 282 0 24 0 55 5 3 5 4 6 1 9 2 6 10 6 0 16 8 6 11 11 6 8 2 6 7 5 0 2 5 0! 27 0 0 50 17 6 63 8 0 6 9 10 15 0 2 0 0 27 4 6 22 19 0 5 20 "l 270 212 5 41 62 22 138 11 3 '35 61 54 0 22 31 25 10 12 107 "l 4 9 2 2 7 12 12 1 12 1 4 1 1 1 14 1 5,002 0 2,237 5 1,566 17 177 5 4 0 4 4 "4 1 1 5 2 7 29 31 10 1 1 "l 847 441 501 228 520 216 355 1,175 6,727 3,842 891 7,408 2,638 699 11,573 5,026 1,460 3,503 2,082 8 8 16 4 45 " 6 "l9 6 6 0 30 0 36 0 6 0 18 0 66 0 24 0 12 0 66 0 78 0 144 0 12 0 654 0 66 0 210 0 1 I 18 6 0 5 10 0 2 5 6 5 10 0 14 12 0 3 0 0 2 10 0 2 5 0 16 10 6 0 7 6 15 8 0 28 16 0 106 5 0 30 10 0 42 1 0 752 18 3 43 15 0 10 0 50 0 0 'l4 18 1 34 181 9 1 10 2 18 494 7 33 0 1,614 17 479 18 2 1 11 10 32 2 6 1 4 3 460 82 12 67 "l 3 28 8 I 55 12 4 14 9 30 13 3 0 17 0 1 10 0 2 18 6 I I 9 16 1 18 31 "43 86 "87 135 8 19 7 54 0 6 0 12 0 0 9 0 SI 5 6 17 17 6 212 10 8 2 10 0 37 12 6 1 ) ) 1 8 45 12 Carried forward.. .. 328 53,349 14 2 568,821 9,041 119,945 2,088 221 4,739115,239 i Carried forward. 2,048 199 4,657 250| 9,011 381869,072 17,786 13,212 035,015 011,244 051,946 11 148,017 4 152,096 0136,221 14 547,752 9 274 8,683 4,909 19 6 187,704 4 8 286,843 12 5 |936,337| 17,313 [13,434 0|34,324 0 10,662 0 53,109 18 147,151 10 154,533 12 138,774 19 551,989 19 80,996 15 2 6,506 8 5 11,636 9 7 99,139 8 2 177,451 12 5,342 12 1 T> O

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RETURN NO. 12-continued. STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure of each Station for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1899 — continued.

$ Coaching. Live-stock, Goods, &a. I I Revenue. Stations. m B n o s s Sμ . °|1 Number of Outward. Inward. • & Traffic g<. Expenditure. , . . - s i i! ; §1 ! r I 1 1 i 1 1 a Iβ ; »s s 1 I n I & I o £ s. d. 328 53,349 14 2 568,828 9,040119,946 2,088 221 4.739115,239 2,048 199 4,657 3 388 18 2 9,234 45 1,732 21 3 99 4,221 11 11 77, 1 180 5 6 1,300 56 127 32 .. 26 135 37 1 21 2 307 14 5 3,641 90 758 10 .. 84 1,392 6 61 1 " 156 14 9 1,261 .. 267 13 .. 62 1,584 14 2 75 3 403 2 11 4,521 3 750 21 5 89 3,369 20 12 150 < 30,489 263 12,336 162 25 347 8,219 183 19 269 28 5,287 12 10 J .. 1 169 7 6 13 830 6 1 "78 1*SS2 "2 "i "53 1 169 16 1 2,292 20 344 10 .. 32 1,276 9 3 44 2 304 6 10 3,800 7 314 28 .. 52 786 14 5 59 3 413 2 7 7,020 23 2,168 40 4 103 4,584 48 6 113 1 349 7 3 1,984 28 416 32 1 47 1,267 20 2 36 1 176 13 3 1,162 9 311 14 1 28 294 9 1 20 2 228 15 2 1,846 11 453 4 .. 48 3,088 6 .. 45 3 511 10 1 2,726! .. 964 23 1 74 3,680 21 1 165 35 4 710 16 7 j s7 > 837 | 231 14 . 678 156 16 > 881 7. 154 179 'J 238 847 4 8 .. .. .. .... .. ■' '■ '■ " 2 306 17 3 657 6 330 9 .. 34 223 .. 9 1 171 1 7 1,713 2 370 21 1 26 4,198 18 3 80 3 337 10 9 3,101 19 392 16 1 50 1,419 9 2 35 2 249 13 9 1,922 18 469 5 .. 17 971 5 .. 17 2 263 1 6 2,512! 35 1,250 7 .. 34 2,615 2 1 63 9 1,224 13 1 14,079: 57 1,526 57 2 98 4,253 49 8 134 1 188 19 6 448 22 219 .... 19 1,030 3 2 16 3 310 4 0 3,493 17 645 45 2; 62 1,950 24 3 175 2 248 5 2 2,689! Ill 1,134 .. .. ] 21 1,893 3 125 2 292 16 8 2,6761 29 514 11 2! 57 6 27! 6 .. 49 1 176 18 10 1,295 5 58 .. .. 18 215 .. .. 34 1 139 19 0 10,784 53 608 2 .. 27 372 .... 10 2 373 7 1 7,204 176 237 1 .. 19 228 .... 16 16 3 731 3 4 I 4!i > 55u 2 >°46 668 1 .. 65 2,413 17 .. 110 2 308 1 2 3,052 584 101 .... 7 63 5 2 34119 1 24,842 1,780 96 .... 55 123 .... 22 2 346 11 9 19,719 1,763 288 .... 84 192 .. 14 fio Q 7fiQ >> o 1190,510 4,673 .. bi 9 > ,ba ° A \ .. .. 77,441 552 141 1,224 21,216 561 44 781 76 11,104 11 7 .. .. .. 1 .. 3 416 6 1 12,558 664 841 .. .. 116 667 "3 ' "46 3 448 7 1 18,567 1,048 150 .. .. 39 457 2 .. 61 3 386 9 8 11,004 726 327 20 .. 89 323 2 .. 67 2 217 6 11 1,030 31 1,240 6 2 75 2,988 19 2 138 6 779 7 1 4,710 14 670 21 11 71 4,427 35 27 127 8 1,034 0 9 27,332 354 2,398 84 6 128 2,676 90 1 144 4 577 18 8 5,967 88 512 15 .. 30 2,479 6 1 78 1 178 3 7 3,712 43 723 34 .. 77 866 15 1 59 1 247 3 5 2,969 8 609 29 1 30 1,482 9 3 64 1 154 7 9 2,129 9 334 5 1 42 623 2 .. 27 1 197 12 2 1,590 54 175 7 .. 34 499 7 .. 27 7 797 1 6 12,493 135 2,392 60 5 248 4,369 52 8 207 2 220 4 2 2,955 23 534 6 .. 31 1,646 13 1 36 7 988 14 6 9,859 24 2,109 84 .. 89 6,713 55 18 112 5 600 18 6 7,280 34 1,468 15 2 44 3,616 29 5 110 9 1,144 16 5 16,028 49 3,173 74 S 180 6,657 67 15 286 9 1,426 9 6 17,262 12 901 21 3 177 4,804 46 11 187 3 360 9 0 2,360 13 430 28 1 28 758 8 .. 31 1 173 16 1 1,709 .. 582 24 2 25 2,548 41 5 44 2 332 15 3 1,689 1 342 27 1 15 1,150 13 4 25 2 342 7 3 1,430 .. 170 5 2 17 808 11 8 15 1 174 8 2 2,520 5 294 9 1 61 922 3 .. 56 10 1,339 0 7 15,866 29 5,237 167 14 333 6,890 151 20 286 3 461 15 7 5,267 59 1,264 .23 4 63 4,502 15 12 92 4 491 1 0 7,049 27 1,381 18 3 71 8,206 13 2 90 3 310 5 11 6,256 65 1,129 42 1 147 2,405 60 5 160 2 336 8 7 472 5 289 20 2 15 1,843 1 2 16 2 239 2 9 4,707 19 491 5 1 64 1,664 6 .. 60 .. (4,758 14 7 107,671 1,023 35,294 257 42 479 9,530 272 16 378 04 13,366 15 2 .. Inward. Outward. Inwar( , Total Value a . , Coaching. Goods. forwarded. stations. Coaching. I « «o ; a. Equiv 31 * g g, Tonnage Chaff, g H fi\ £ for Live- Lime, &c. « O vi w stock, &c. i Viol. Firewood. Timber. Gmln. Minerals. Total. S S 1^" s s s i r; 1 Equiv. Tons' I K. nage for Chaff, w , 8 |f Live-stock, Lime,&c. W ° o1 ' Firewood. Timber. Grain. M dTse ail " Mi nerals. Total. Grand Total Tonnage. Ordinary Passengers. Hukunui-Bluff Section — continued. Brought forwara .. Temuka .. ..11 Washdyke •. 11 Pleasant Point .. 10 Albury .. ..10 Fairlie .. - - 131 Timaru (Coaching) ) (Goods) [ 14| (Wharf) ) St. Andrew's .. 12J Makikihi .. ..10 Studholme .. 11 Waimate .. ..12 Glenavy ■ ■ Hi Pakeuri Junction .. Duntroon .. .. 11 Kurow .. .. 14 Oamaru (Coaching) \ „ (Goods) J Breakwater Waiareka Junction 14J Ngapara .. .. 10 Malicno .. .. 12 Herbert .. .. 11J Hampden .. . ■ ll| Palmerston ■ ■ 15^ Dunback .. ..8 Waikouaiti .. 13 Seaclifi .. ..14 Waitati .. ..13 Purakanui ■ • 13$ Pt. Chalmers Upper 18 Sawyers' Bay .. 17^ P.Chalmers(Cooh'g)) ... (Goods) J lb 5 Burke's .. ..18 Ravensbourne .. Pelichet Bay .. 17 Dunedin (Pass.) ) 1Q (Parcels) J iJ (Goods) .. 9 „ (Traf. Mgr.) .. Caversham ■ • 17^ Burnside • - 19 Abbotsfora .. 18 Middlemarch .. 9 Hyde .. ..9 Mosgiel .. ■■ 19J Outram .. .. 12 Allanton .. .. 15 Henley .. .. 13 Waihola .. .. 12J Milbum .. ..13 Milton .. ..14 Waitahuna .. 15 Lawrence ... .. 16 Stirling .. ..13 Balclutha.. .. 15 Clinton .. .. 16 Waipahi .. 15 Tapanui .. ..9 Kelso .. ..9 Heriot .. .. 9 Pukerau .. .. 13| Gore .. ..12 Riversdale .. 9 Mataura .. 11 Edendale .. .. 10J Wynaiiam .. 9 Woodlands .. 11 Invercargill (Coch'g)) .. (Goods) J xi (Tr. Mgr.) .. Bluff .. i ,, „ (Wharf) f L1 Makarewa .. 12 Thornbury .. 10 Riverton .. .. 11 Orepuki .. ..14 Otautau .. .12 Winton .. ..12 Dipton .. .. 14 Lumsden .. .. 15 Kingston .. 11 Accountant Sheffield, Through .. .. Springfield, Through General 328 3 1 2 1 I 3 \ 28 ! 256 9,010 881869,062: 4 69 .. 8,984 2 116 .. 14,838 17 .. 941 1 7 .. 4,285 70 .. 5,387 29 309 'il '876 19 .. 4 15 .. 2,858 70 .. 9,226 3 62 90 6,589 1 12 .. 18,974i 2 20 2 1,137 2 52 .. 12,788 56 .. 4,200 1 79 .. 8,457 22 '394 '.'. 3,414! 256 4 2 1 17,786 66 64 20 66 7 160 71 142 17 17 66 I 169 "28 30 18 "28 Ts. c. Ts. c Tf. c. 13,212 035,(16 0 276 0 65 12 258 0 600 4 36 0 552 4 12 0 209 8 929 0 144 0 5,417 0 240 0 313 0 378 0 107 4 156 0 Bβ 0 54 0 113 4 138 0 296 8 258 0 70 0 78 0 188 16 6 0 1,330 8 66 0 3,064 16 247 12 624 0 141 16 90 0 25 12 744 0 106 12 12 0 41 4 18 0 31 4 42 0 171 16 12 0 276 8 120 0 105 8 252 0 52 16 114 0 6 12 0 8 48 0 3 16 18 0 I __l Ts. c. Ts. c. Ts. c. Ts. c. Ts. c. Ts. c. Ts. c. Ts. c. I5,C16 011,244 051,946 11148,017 4152,096 0136,221 14 547.752 9 65 12 6 0 19 11 5,810 6 193 14 6 3 6,377 5 i=00 4 .. .. 1,594 15 10,459 7 621 6 13,733 12 S52 4 ..■ 0 13 1,810 3 126 2 24 8 2,249 10 209 8 6 0 2 4 316 1 41 0 162 17 749 10 929 0 .. 6 0 557 11 81 14 1 0 1,575 5 5,417 0 36 0 1,803 16 23,80115 4,799 9 12,438 16 48,440 161 78 8 .. 3,275 2 233 13 10,340 4 11,585 6 25,512 13| 313 0 198 0 12 1,544 17 47 0 264 18 2,608 17 107 4 48 0 .. 2,048 0 55 7 12 18 2,649 9 B6 0 6 0 .. 1,97115 92 11 48 7 2,860 18 113 4 894 0 10 9 1,827 0 249 17 35 12 3,184 2 296 8 6 0 0 13 1,598 9 52 17 4 0 2,096 7 70 0 24 0 .. 2,155 19 941 15 27 4 3,476 18 188 16 .. 14 4 964 12 96 9 118 5 1,455 6 1,330 8 .. .. 99 10 254 7 9 0 1,699 5 1 274 8,683 460 4 91 2 60 1 7 5 .. 6 8 .. 2 19 .. 35 265 .. 7 6 .. 2 25 .. 2 "5 39 " 3 14 .. 7 66 .. 1 67 .. 9 17 .. 4 19J .. 450 2 1 936,33717,313 9,597 102 104,863 57 8,988 .. 4,755 .. 800 .. 31,855 '.'. Ts. c. Ts. c. 13,434 0 30 0 90 0 18 0 48 0 150 0 1,164 0 . Ts. c. 134,824 0; ) 50 8 ) 79 8 ) ) 1 12 ) ) 3,619 12 5,257 8 ) I ) I ) 0 16 ) 0 4 Ts. c. Ts. c. Ts. c. 10,662 0 53,109 18147,151 10 60 0 1,113 11 802 7 425 2 25 18 30 0 306 9 944 17 48 0 215 16 662 5 108 0 407 11 814 18 1,128 0 4,199 18 20,398 17 3 11 19,306 15 84 0 184 9 385 5 24 0 118 0 333 4 54 0 208 0 254 8 850 13 586 7 72 0 107 11 565 2 6 0 32 9 12 15 102 0 198 9 748 16 156 0 427 7 981 16 Ts. c. 154,533 12 815 19 325 15 338 2 337 11 634 17 20,904 6 586 8 248 11 316 12 227 15 1,370 10 232 2 41 15 445 16 637 5 Ts. c. 138,774 19 2,285 3 3,671 5 1,256 18 389 14 1,567 7 13,452 1 598 0 565 19 710 7 614 16 2,185 7 667 11 181 18 699 19 1,090 18 10,594 0 260 11 659 19 2,229 8 1,708 18 580 17 620 12 1,651 14 1,560 4 1,065 2 735 5 200 4 55 12 1 < 1 ) ) f i . ! ) ! ) . ) ! ) ' ! [ I 1 > [ ! [ Ts. c. 551,989 19 5,157 8 4,617 8 2,894 6 1,702 18 3,682 13 64,866 14 25,747 2 1,504 4 1,502 3 1,358 14 5,022 17 1,692 6 304 17 2,243 16 3.401 10 3 13,836 13 936 4 4,872 13 3,403 6 1.089 14 2.402 16 3,986 10 3,375 14 2,029 8 2.090 3 612 5 320 2 42 7 2,049 19 Ts. Ts. c. Hubunui-Biajf* , Section £ s. d. £ s. d. S s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ 3. a. —continued. 80,996 15 2 6,506 3 5 11,636 9 7 99,139 8 2177,451 12 5 5,342 12 4 4,909 19 6187,704 4 3286,843 12 5 Brought forward, 1,999 4 8 27 14 10 181 16 5 2,208 15 11 2,001 15 5 4 5 3 71 8 4 2,077 9 0 4,286 4 11 Temuka. 114 4 9 5 10 0 46 0 9 165 15 6 5,120 19 1 0 14 G 19 19 6 5,141 13 1 5,307 8 7 Washdyke. 511 19 8 12 0 0 49 19 0 573 18 8 643 6 9 2 3 2 42 17 11 688 7 10 1,262 6 6 Pleasant Point. 270 15 7 ... 31 16 0 302 117 362 18 7 042 13 5 10 376 87 679 0 2 Albury. 1,120 S 11 17 6 77 8 8 1,199 0 1 1,044 7 11 0 15 4 61 2 0 1,106 5 3 2,305 5 4 Fairlie. 7,760 13 8 205 10 4 1,025 9 6 8,991 13 6 .. 1 14 2 17 0 0 18 14 2 9,010 7 8 Timaru (Coaching). 10 037 12 0 1,100 9 10 809 11 0 11,947 12 10 11,947 12 10 „ (Goods). 1,950 3 3 .. 188 4 7 2,138 7 10 2,138 7 10 „ (Wharf). 457 19 7 12 14 2 35 0 10 505 14 7 583 4 1 0 1 11 11 5 0 594 11 0 1,100 5 7 St. Andrew's. 467 1 6 3 10 0 30 16 6 501 8 0 967 10 11 0 4 1 70 11 0 1,038 6 0 1,539 14 0 Makikihi. 549 15 7 2 15 0 52 19 3 605 9 10 1,001 19 5 0 7 7 70 13 9 1,073 0 9 1,678 10 7 Stuaiiolme. 1,706 4 10 20 7 6 192 18 10 1,919 11 2 1,723 19 4 0 18 8 39 15 0 1,764 13 0 3,684 4 2 Waimate. 411 10 6 26 5 0 66 6 7 504 2 1 649 0 9 0 12 5 6 0 654 7 11 1,158 10 0 Glenavy. 102 15 4 5 17 9 28 19 8 137 12 9 1,435 11 11 0 0 10 9 2 0 1,444 14 9 1,582 7 6 Pukeuri Junction. 356 3 9 6 18 0 27 15 5 390 17 2 891 2 6 0 13 4 2 10 0 894 5 10 1,285 3 0 Duntroon. 704 17 0 .. 82 0 9 786 17 9 1,869 13 5 0 16 7 11 17 6 1,882 7 6 2,669 5 3 Kurow. 8,592 9 0 192 18 0 1,146 19 10 9,932 6 10 .. 3 2 11 .. 3 2 11 9,935 9 9 Oamaru (Coaching). 5,596 4 3 109 12 0 39116 10 6,097 13 1 6,097 13 1 „ (Goods). 851 4 6 298 6 8 54 5 10 1,203 17 0 1,203 17 0 Breakwater. 81 7 2 0 18 0 31 8 3 113 13 5 2,309 11 1 0 0 4 250 2,311 16 5 2,425 9 10 Waiarcka Junction. 241 7 2 2 16 6 41 9 11 285 13 7 398 3 7 0 1 11 .. 398 5 6 683 19 1 Ngapara. 487 15 4 9 14 4 45 7 6 542 17 2 1,631 18 10 14 7 5 12 6 1,638 15 11 2,181 13 1 Maheno. 333 10 8 13 18 6 48 17 9 396 6 11 356 ' 5 8 0 6 0 10 0 357 11 8 753 18 7 Herbert. 453 17 7 21 18 9 101 17 1 577 13 5 4,776 6 8 0 2 9 25 18 9 4,802 8 2 5,380 1 7 Hampaen. 2,247 0 3 42 17 4 155 5 4 2,445 2 11 5,137 12 0 2 12 145 0 0 5,284 13 2 7,729 10 1 Palmerston. 83 9 6 .. 12 9 11 95 19 5 738 0 8 .. 17 16 0 755 16 8 851 16 1 Dunback. 546 2 2 14 10 0 95 6 11 655 19 1 704 11 8 0 10 10 16 2 10 721 5 4 1,377 4 5 Waikouaiti. 343 1 10 105 17 0 99 11 3 548 10 1 319 9 6 0 3 8 2 0 0 321 13 2 870 3 3 Seaclifl. 324 6 0 31 19 6 40 13 7 396 19 1 240 13 1 0 2 6 10 0 241 15 7 638 14 8 Waitati. 92 1 11 8 10 0 3 14 103 13 3 38 12 10 0 0 6 .. 88 13 4 142 6 7 Purakanui. 1,106 17 4 38 19 6 67 17 8 1,203 14 6 132 15 2 0 2 2 2 12 6 135 9 10 1,339 4 4 Port Chalmers Upper. 403 7 8 63 11 9 9 19 5 476 18 10 207 13 11 0 10 6 .. 208 4 5 685 3 3 Sawyers' Bay. 2,907 18 5 1,149 15 1 57 14 4 4,115 7 10 .. 0 9 2 .. 0 9 2 4,115 17 0 P.Chalmers (Coaching). 9,541 1 3 1,358 3 1 74 6 0 10,973 10 4 10,973 10 4 „ (Goods). 103 8 4 133 5 2 8 14 0 245 7 6 2 19 5 0 0 6 .. 2 19 11 248 7 5 Burke's. 559 12 7 488 19 3 6 11 4 1,055 3 2 0 15 7 0 10 4 .. 1 5 11 1,056 9 1 Kavensbourne. 1,111 7 3 366 10 6 20 3 4 1,498 11 324 15 7 5 8 7 10 0 331 4. 2 1,829 5 3 Pelichet Bay. 40,366 8 10 5,803 17 5 62117 3 46,792 3 6 .. 6 12 1,384 17 0 1,390 18 2 48,183 1 8 Dunedin (Passengers). 7,138 15 5 7,138 15 5 .. 033.. 033 7,138 18 8 „ (Parcels). 50 463 4 7 383 12 9 544 7 3 51,391 4 7 51,391 4 7 ,, (Goods). 41 0 0 .. 41 0 0 .. 0 2 0 23 10 0 23 12 0 64 12 0 ,, (Traf. Mgr). 1,448 18 3 196 11 10 66 18 4 1,712 8 5 200 16 5 2 9 8 8 5 0 211 11 1 1,923 19 6 Cavershani. 747 11 11 280 0 1 12 1 9 1,039 13 9 4,679 13 2 0 7 10 31 0 0 4,711 1 0 5,750 14 9 Burnside. 656 6 4 221 3 5 51 8 7 928 18 4 3,515 6 10 0 2 0 .. 3,515 8 10 4,444 7 2 Abbotsford. 299 0 4 .. 92 6 11 391 7 3 1,189 14 2 0 12 1 2 15 0 1,193 1 3 1,584 8 6 'Middleman*. 1,713 5 1 11 13 0 ' 106 13 4 1,831 11 5 4,550 13 8 25 8 5 10 0 4,577 2 1 6,408 13 6 Hyde. 2,670 15 7 177 12 2 282 3 11 3,130 11 8 2,738 14 37 11 300 2,744 9 3 5,875 0 11 Mosgiel. 607 9 0 44 0 5 48 16 6 700 5 11 688 15 9 4 16 4 2 5 0 695 17 1 1,396 3 0 Outram. 648 9 11 13 2 6 129 1 10 690 14 3 1,518 15 3 0 7 7 .. 1,519 2 10 2,209 17 1 Allanton. 512 0 2 4 14 6 141 18 2 658 12 10 709 11 11 2 17 7 25 0 0 737 9 6 1,396 2 4 Henley. 317 13 4 56 0 9 28 8 1 402 2 2 330 11 6 0 6 0 2 0 0 382 17 6 734 19 8 Wailiola. 205 6 8 6 0 0 16 10 3 227 16 11 1,448 11 9 0 19 8 .. 1,449 11 5 1,677 8 4 Milbum. 2,695 2 9 72 1 3 196 5 2 2,963 9 2 6,345 15 5 33 14 9 58 0 0 6,437 10 2 9,400 19 4 Milton. 475 4 2 9 4 8 38 5 10 522 14 8 1,073 15 4 12 13 9 4 10 0 1,090 19 1 1,613 13 9 Waitahuna. 2,461 6 7 68 10 0 254 6 1 2,784 2 8 2,981 72 8 10 4 200 2,991 17 6 5,776 0 2 Lawrence. 1,283 9 6 7 15 10 169 9 7 1,460 14 11 23,000 13 10 12 12 1 .. 23,013 5 11 24,474 0 10 Stirling. 3,229 17 4 26 8 0 276 18 8 3,533 4 0 8,921 28 459 8 12 6 8,934 0 11 12,467 4 11 Balclutha. 2,683 19 7 9 7 6 86 12 8 2,779 19 9 2,350 7 7 10 8 116 2 0 2,467 10 3 5,247 10 0 Clinton. 493 8 1 0 16 6 57 5 5 551 10 0 2 570 19 10 0 3 3 39 5 10 2,610 8 11 3,161 18 11 Waipahi. 567 15 2 .. 110 17 4 678 12 6 2,380 16 0 4 0 6 2 10 0 2,387 6 6 3,065 19 0 Tapanui. 402 0 5 0 10 0 51 5 9 453 16 2 3,632 0 2 1 17 4 14 5 6 3,648 3 0 4,101 19 2 Kelso. 331 2 7 .. 25 6 0 356 8 7 1,918 11 5 16 6 .. 1,919 17 11 2,276 6 6 Heriofc. 371 18 0 2 10 0 ! 29 0 5 403 8 5 2,809 5 10 3 19 23 8 6 2,835 16 1 3,239 4 6 Pukerau. 4,523 8 0 33 4 3: 539 13 1 5,096 5 4 10,887 10 9 54 2 2 513 17 5 11,455 10 4 16,551 15 8 Gore. 1,218 5 9 13 3 6 111 19 2 J, 343 8 5 9,723 17 3 7 10 6 59 5 0 9,790 12 9 11,134 1 2 Biversdale. 1,194 5 0 7 10 0 117 19 11 1,319 14 11 5,012 15 2 2 3 8 68 4 0 5,083 2 10 6,402 17 9 Mataura. 1,469 12 2 .. 199 9 6 1,659 1 8 2,178 10 0 119 100 2,180 11 9 3,839 13 5 Bdendale. 48 17 7 12 10 0 37 14 9 99 2 4 1,519 17 8 434 400 1,528 1 0 1,627 3 4 Wyndham. 646 9 0 1 16 6 33 13 3 681 18 9 6,483 17 8 8 2 5 12 10 0 6,504 10 1 7,186 8 10 Woodlands. 16,772 2 0 991 16 0 2,252 14 5 20,016 12 5 .. Or. 12 0 10 .. Or. 12 0 10 20,004 11 7 Invercargill(Coaching), 33,977 5 6 178 17 1 747 7 6 34,903 10 1 34,903 10 1 „ (Goods). 7 10 0 150 0 0 157 10 0 .. .. .. •• 157 10 0 „ (Tr. Mgr). 2,043 16 4 253 2 9 67 11 10 2,364 10 11 12,909 19 2 808 12 4 247 12 6 13,966 4 0 16,330 14 11 Bluff. 669 1 9 .. 147 1 9 816 3 6 816 3 6 „ (Wharf). 142 8 5 .. 63 10 8 205 19 1 7,384 17 3 13 6 17 0 0 7,403 0 9 7,608 19 10 Makarewa. 699 13 9 3 4 0 75 14 10 778 12 7 1,874 11 7 21 7 11 .. 1,895 19 6 2,674 12 1 Thombury. 1,281 14 7 41 6 0 177 2 9 1,500 3 4 5,815 3 4 0 15 11 41 18 4 5,857 17 7 7,358 0 11 Biverton. 2,109 0 9 2 5 0 51 1 10 2,162 7 7 824 4 4 7 19 2 8 15 0 840 18 6 3,003 6 1 Orepuki. 2,129 10 10 4 16 0. 123 8 4 2,257 15 2 8,360 18 5 12 12 8 32 18 0 8,406 9 1 10,664 4 3 Otautau. 1,193 4 1 25 3 6 176 5 3 1,394 12 10 6,320 12 9 55 3 6 24 8 4 6,400 4 7 7,794 17 5 Winton. 397 18 5 5 3 6' 33 15 0 436 16 11 1,077 6 3 0 11 3 9 17 2 1,087 14 8 1,524 11 7 Dipton. 2,942 15 3 5 16: 123 19 0 3,071 15 9 4,027 2 4 0 10 10 9 0 0 4,036 13 2 7,108 8 11 Lumsden. 2,165 13 1 0 10 0' 91 6 5 2,257 9 6 2,484 06 425 100 2,489 2 11 4,745 12 5 Kingston. 1,704 1 8 3,909 16 11 6,842 13 0 11,456 11 7 Or. 9 3 3 504 3 3 2,936 5 6 3,431 5 6 14,887 17 1 Accountant. 51 1 10 .. • • 51 1 10 51 1 10 Sheffield, Through. 57 9 9 .. .. 57 9 9 57 9 9 Springfield, Through. General. 225,310 11 11 21,894 11 111 35,851 12 9283,056 16 7492,693 4 710,413 6 1014,273 19 3517,380 10 8800,437 7 3 Totals. £ s. a. 80,996 15 2 1,999 4 8 114 4 9 511 19 8 270 15 7 1,120 3 11 7,760 13 8 i 1 1 2 8 \ 1 I 1 2 3 19 4 8,640 8 86 .. 9,897 40 263 ■ 390 .. 8,428 .. 1,072 .. 622 .. '.'. 36 0 30 0 48 0 30 0 48 0 108 0 457 19 7 467 1 6 549 15 7 1,706 4 10 411 10 6 102 15 4 356 3 9 704 17 0 8,592 9 0 7 1 1 35 i '2 1 3 I 2 : 2 1 9 3 2 2 i 1 1 2 2 72 9 12,013 21 .. 3,485 304 131 7,983| 1 16 .. 2,296 43 .. 8,616 1 187 .. 16,233 1 .... 8 111 .. 4,061 7 .. 112 .. 296 3 . 80 199 2 1,117 6 5.. 3,064 16 72 0 676 0 11,705 17 4,149 15 639 18 20,374 6 247 12 144 0 1,107 11 11 10 2,241 4 3,797 6 7,549 3 141 16 96 0 26 0 2,753 7 105 4 2,692 16 6,439 3 25 12 6 0 0 5 554 0 60 3 251 17 987 17 106 12 .. .. 1,580 2 191 4 323 5 2,945 3 41 4 126 0 .. 566 16 49 9 .. 795 9 31 4 1,116 0 .. 569 16 389 1 14,642 17 16,816 18! 171 16 132' 0 9 11 850 19 430 3 15,503 17 17,140 6! 276 8 .. 18 13 340 0 313 1 65 9 1,025 11 105 8 42 0 2 14 738 0 216 8 16 1 1,240 11 52 16 300 0 17 298 4 107 11 8 3 1,020 1 6 12 252-0 1 16 68 11 186 12 8 0 637 11 0 8 126 0 .. 3 4 23 16 .. 153 81 3 16 156 0 .. 2 19 35 19 349 13 596 1\ 12 0 .. 19 9 407 10 531 4 988 3 .. 32 549 1 7 106 .. 3 19 .. 9 .. 2 12 .. 1 48 .. 4 84 .. 9 1 .. 1 67 .. 36 1 31 .. 1 55 .. 11 .. 52 .. 1 4 9 1 12,821 153 1,182 .. 7,833 2 882 4 2,089 .. 62 .. 3,947 .. 2,317 .. 79 .. 465 7 181 .. 771 .. 900 28 'l53 2 4 900 0 6 0 60 0 90 0 102 0 138 0 258 0 252 0 72 0 78 0 156 0 120 0 30 0 18 0 108 0 I 2,008 12 > 3,020 16 I I ) 202 12 ) > ) 0 4 ) ) ) ) ) I ) 936 0 3,055 11 8,738 18 8,530 6 12 0 47 7 107 3 126 0 472 0 1,377 3 180 0 423 15 529 14 24 0 78 5 127 4 132 0 296 13 677 18 456 0 829 7 647 10 150 0 705 6 305 8 216 0 152 0 198 13 18 0 418 4 358 13 46 0 179 19 90 0 91 2 10 13 6 0 18 4 144 9 6,890 2 1,519 0 49 15 578 2 256 7 141 8 417 13 649 15 582 16 319 13 404 1 66 2 53 8 13 14 1,022 12 81 7 2 241 7 2 487 15 4 333 10 8 453 17 7 2,247 0 3 83 9 6 546 2 2 343 1 10 324 6 0 92 1 11 1,106 17 4 403 7 8 2,907 18 5 7 1 "28 135 200 200 750 14 16 2 ! 2 2 3 "l .. 2 .. 11 11 168 0 30 12 30 12 .. 1,175 11 858 1 34,692 0 3,520 17 40,495 1 1 17 1 17 2 18 5 0 7 18 54 0 .. 42 12 66 11 2,693 8 2,856 11 2,393 16 66 0 3,194 13 9,76118 32,87116 20,606 7 71,946 10 34 1 695 "94 "94 V. 498 0 72 0 258 0 I 3,116 8 ) .. > 0 8 3,116 8 6 0 1,160 14 1,440 18 0 3 12 0 .. 52 6 18 0 2S 13 5,325 6 16,298 7 0 17 14 13 126 8 5,772 10 4 0 649 12 13,781 3 28,292 17 5 0 800 11 19,537 18 103 8 4 559 12 7 1,111 7 3 40,366 8 10 '.. 1 .. 0 8 2S 13 62 76 196 '502 '12 219 14 14 3,052 0 2,393 16 "9 753 "l 9 2^602 "44 18,300 0 ) 5,705 16 5,705 16 300 018,411 2 38,532 8 32,800 4 84,490 15 5 : 3 3 3 2 6 : 8 4 1 1 : 1 7 2 7 5 9 9 3 1 2 2 : 1 10 3 4 I 2 42 34 248 31 89 44 180 177 28 25 15 17 61 333 63 71 147 15 64 479 8 1 IS 5 15 11 1 659 42 14,593 1 127 .. 5,066 3 282 .. 15,632 4 394 .. 21,099 2 264 .. 8,761 14 .. 96 105 1 2,811 209 .. 2,615 54 .. 2,249 39 .. 6,254 3 174 .. 22,925 39 .. 9,463 4 39 .. 4,559 917 1 12,038 4 786 .. 41,973 1 66 4 15,160 53 .. 10,681 2 128 .. 21,111 51 .. 7,114 1 96 .. 8,736 2 66 1 11,720 21 394 .. 35,869 4 71 .. 6,114 1 86 .. 2,261 1 276 .. 8,812 1 129 .. 3,261 3 47 .. 2,685 99 '541 "3 8^876 "3 "4 739 9 39 55 42 80 24 4 69 "35 376 69 27 163 51 301 591 218 180 739 9 39 55 42 80 24 4 69 35 376 69 27 6 0.. 270 0 86 8 504 0 572 12 372 0 131 0 72 0 1,449 12 8,600 0 50 0 486 0 309 0 3,474 0 21 0 804 0 56 0 180 0 30 8 5,766 0 26 12 2,028 0 225 4 114 0 149 16 102 0 653 16 822 0 52 4 2,310 0 672 8 1,086 0 177 12 696 0 210 0 42 0 107 12 174 0 152 8 12 0 330 16 300 0 95 0 188 0 1,039 0 180 0 514 12 222 0 125 0 60 0 56 4 30 0 246 16 220 0 72 12 12 .0 5 15 14 10 .128 14 110 15 277 14 86 8 .. 32 18 887 15 3,506 8 16,183 4 20,966 13 572 12 .. 21 2 208 11 229 5 27,040 13 28,576 3 131 0 6 0 17 11 456 9 258 3 76 0 1,317 3 1,449 12 30 0 132 17 293 8 1,177 7 70 11 3,225 15 50 0 36 0 14 5 3,401 13 425 1 10,149 1 17,676 0 309 0 6 0 0 4 1,301 18 147 3 6 0 2,256 5 21 0 6 0 .. 3,715 17 88 7 6 0 7,311 4] 56 0 78 0] 84 17 812 5 177 4 10 0 2,022 6 30 8 6 0i 0 18 595 8 42 8 5 0 860 2 id 12 .. .. 923 16 42 19 108 13 6,868 0 225 4 f2 0 18 13 6,112 13 513 5 7,341 15 16,251 10 149 16 .. 8 16 529 16 383 1 687 5 1,867 14 653 16 .. 1 15 795 9 1,202 14 15 6 2,781 0 52 4 .. .. 1,955 12 296 0 85,788 19 88,914 15 672 8 1,326 0 2,852 9 5,583 7 1,168 2 243 18 14,156 4 177 12 504 0 794 18 1,442 0 320 5 17 11 4,342 6 210 0 6 0 12 1,952 3 169 6 1,278 15 4,313 6 107 12 66 0 10 5 782 17j 211 18 1,536 8 2,757 0 152 8 .. 13 2 4,340 14 302 8 5 12 4,988 4 330 16 .. .. 934 16 153 17 4 0 1,485 9 95 0 6 0 .. 3,193 0 114 15 1,055 3 4,763 18 1,039 0 144 0| 149 11 10,220 18 1,793 9 1,025 12 14,510 10 544 12 18 0> 74 0 13,242 14 879 2 14 5 14,952 IS 125 0 108 0 183 11 1,538 11 4,477 1 1,179 19 7,834 2 56 4 66 0 .. 2,131 9 708 4 10 2 3,031 19 246 16 6 0 9 7 1,187 9 423 5 64 10 1,967 7 72 12 336 0 9,520 18 1,461 4 1,234 0 315 14 13,160 8 3,119 8 1,356 022,013 3 8,866 0 16,577 7 7,556 10 8 '.'. 4,042 12 3,588 0 3,792 9 19,618 17 12,623 4 16,239 2 60,960 4 343 3 1,163 3 1,219 17 7,159 12 9,885 15 242 12 396 0 3,065 3 5,547 14 845 15 8,331 13 19,904 17 129 12 ■ 30 0 383 11 2,971 9 132 3 1,155 8 5,895 18 2112 1,044 0 7,882 5 72117 652 5 192 16 10,634 15 4 0 288 0 717 11 40 12 284 7 107 0 1,525 10 666 12 126 0 622 5 6,093 3 413 19 13,981 6 21,945 5 455 4 222 0 3,716 17 6,548 4 434 8 685 3 13,687 16 86 16 696 0 736 18 867 8 136 4 0 2,821 5 791 8 806 0 5 16 2,407 19 607 1 28 8 4,321 6 547 8 .. .. 1,306 9 377 12 14 0 2,287 9 618 0 '.'. "l 0 "210 33 12 655 2 '.. 133 12 10 1 167 16 314 0 631 9 17 7 .. .. 4,856 136 10 .. 4 45 ... 40 72 .. 62 .. 1 11 .. 232 1 269 .. 10 .. 2 17 .. 3 167 1 1 10 .. 17 114 .. 2 290 .. 15 313 50 3 94 .. 1 10 .. 5 73 .. 4 40 1 1 o 17 16 3 28 11 "l 2 173,757 289 1,114 1,671 2,093 301 1,631 658 64 1,266 3,603 464 736 86 12,070 6,915 34 488 173 199 99 .1,620 1,035 1,281 115 209 601 2^382 7 110 54 90 52 304 24 1 366 0 2,780 0 90 0 282 0 684 0 114 0 552 0 24 0 12 0 12 0 360 0 162 0 84 0 588 0 360 0 120 0 6 0 72 0 18 0 21 0 78 0 282 0 102 0 60 0 816 0 24 0 186 0 J ) 40 12 ) 4 4 ) ) 0 4 ) 18 8 ) 398 16 ) ) ) ) 112 12 ) '6 16 3 'i 16 3 170 0| 3 '.'. 3 3 3 24 0 3 2,150 0 D 5,561 12 4,905 16 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 0 40 12 4 4 0 4 18 8 398 16 112 12 48 0 20 13 264 10 30 0 708 9 2,760 0 66 0 153 16 32 14 174 0 338 9 551 18 168 0 1,816 5 1,833 7 48 0 890 18 689 15 30 0 600 13 719 15 42 0 406 9 223 2 84 0 127 16 469 2 6 0 59 2 103 2 30 0 63 16 144 12 252 0 1,379 16 2,824 12 96 0 455 2 318 3 120 0 1,672 13 753 13 348 0 419 11 569 2 510 0 1,086 13 1,186 4 144 0 552 4 550 2 60 0 130 18 185 5 12 0 518 13 358 13 24 0 996 13 238 12 36 0 318 18 127 17 144 0 765 2 280 4 II 426 0 2,910 0 5,830 17 618 0 1,011 15 980 17 30 0 1,228 18 608 14 108 0 442 18 492 6 114 0 1,128 0 606 12 ) 30 0 41 16 401 16 ) 3,846 0 5,281 11 10,872 7 ! 558 0 2,016 2 31,340 6 5 .. 15 7 17,456 19 1 354 0 657 6 71 3 378 0 806 18 554 15 294 0 147 11 976 8 642 0 816 13 542 5 126 0 560 5 1,080 16 102 0 130 13 871 14 72 0 110 0 440 14 3 468 0 503 2 730 19 234 0 1,585 7 850 10 65 16 2,152 5 129 18 534 5 3,133 17 720 3 724 18 180 6 295 10 96 19 102 16 926 13 568 17 3,643 13 925 16 1,476 9 714 2 144 3 627 19 252 3 232 11 262 18 2,692 4 1,367 4 2,647 5 314 10 630 13 1,207 4 11,658 3 5,536 11 11,031 18 1,152 13 1,793 3 2,975 12 619 16 3,289 15 1,838 18 1,316 13 559 10 8,226 5 6,253 13 3,786 15 7,474 2 1,157 12 4,966 1 4,434 7 975 8 1,184 13 1,429 1 1,132 17 693 19 3,104 14 1,777 4 1,656 13 1,076 18 1,721 4 2,235 15 1 : 1 i >, ! I ) > ] i i i 7 ! I [ f ) 1 1 i i 1 i ) ; 1 6,301 10 19,503 4 1,629 5 3,678 15 10,611 5 3,101 0 6,315 17 2,714 15 2,305 1 836 13 8,667 9 12,109 6 6,381 17 13,748 1 4,008 1 9,580 3 6,514 15 1,501 14 2,773 18 2,958 9 1,873 14 2.230 3 15,415 15 5,857 0 6.231 10 3,250 12 4,224 9 4,126 11 58!007 16 71,551 7 26,911 13 5,642 15 4,663 18 2,826 1 4,892 14 6,398 9 5,416 16 2,642 6 4,183 5 8,836 14 631 9 655 2 "4 1 0 16 5 4 8 "2 15 "l 2 1 1 1 3 i 16 •20 12 2 2 168 51 301 591 218 180 14 11 319 15 27 38 4 25 122 428 47 85 170 0| 160 16 60 378 24 0 54 'in 272 '99 "69 69 1,128 0 3,119 8 27 "76 27,128 67 2,622 0 2,150 0 21,577 15 Q 11 1 <wq b 11 I 1M 81 219 '855 5 .. "91 4,840 "u .. "96 1 178 9 8 'io 643 40 1 "69 688 " 1 '.. "so 2 352 16 2 5,262 13 966 38 .. 49 2,306 26 .. 59 5 691 3 0 7,933 148 2,448 28 .. 84 2,650 19 1 50 3 378 15 2 14,269 5 518 20 .. 40 4,211 27 1 71 4 451 18 6 13,315 18 1,095 49 5 67 6,988 77 13 119 4 631 10 0 7,082 156 1,461 88 .. 103 4,584 70 8 107 1 167 0 8 1,744 12 678 4 1 37 2,356 55 3 70 5 716 15 9 15,914 46 1,448 22 3 169 3,770 47 2 198 4 599 7 6 5,873 45 709 13 2 87 4,115 43 18 174 9,108 99 "91 14 "96 "5 5 "12 '.'. "l4 156 0 4,042 12 138 0^707 1,710 0 5,561 12 4,905 16 1 4 16,391 7 3,696 5 499 2 448 15 443 15 1,009 0 1,390 3 1,366 13 473 15 687 6 2,311 7 13,975 0 837 6 4,006 0 2,361 10 928 7 1,046 16 3,133 5 2,867 16 1,437 17 1,687 2 3,699 10 11 1 2 5 3 4 4 1 5 4 1 6 69 49 84 40 67 103 37 169 87 1 26 19 27 77 70 55 47 48 "l 1 18 8 18 80 59 50 71 119 107 70 198 174 1 Si 1 106 .. 30,773 2 301 .. 3,815 2 56 2 367 2 51 2 416 262 .. 15,109 6 166 7 21,062 1 16 .. 3,905 5 383 .. 11,863 2 6 .. 189 28 34 g 48 14 8 g 28 34 g 48 14 8 1,476 0 242 12 594 0 129 12 120 0 21 12 84 0 4 0 42 0 666 12 1,626 0 455 4 294 0 86 1C 174 0 791 e 42 0 547 £ 16 26 17 18 13 22 48 66 5 50 114 45 68 85 76 22 55 1,250 1,469 2,272 270 435 407 3,299 106 29 13 79 54 0 114 0 36 0 336 0 108 0 78 0 108 0 102 0 156 0 1 3 2 6 1 5 2 "i 16 g .. 6 0 0 '.'. 133 12 10 1 618 0 .. 10 167 16 2 10 314 0 33 12 .. 12,21118 1 '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'. .. .. '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'. 6 0 '.'. Totals .. 805 140,200 13 8 1,424,253 28,124 318,609 4,749 541 11,8! 318,609 64,633 1760,438 0 70,783 351,256 li 311,518 7 137,385 1,368,648 0 1,433,281 17 283,056 16 7492,693 4 710,413 6 10 14,273 19 3 517,380 10 8 800,437 7 3 Totals. 4,749 546 11,82 73119,31 707 1422420 22,072 19,360 707 14224! 22,07: 64,633 I , 50,438 ro,783 0 26,616 0120650 li 26,616 0 120,65013 351,256 12 311,518 7 437,385 8 1,368,648 011,433,281 17 731

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RETURN No. 13. Statement of Carriage and Wagon Stock, and Tarpaulins, for the Year ending 31st March, 1899.

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Description. Class. CDS' rf "v a a 3 rC ■9 3 33 *a ■2 a s < ks4 •J.SS 3^ a S '3 c s 3 X rG a o r*. 1 § oj to G* O "3 o H Cabbiages. Saloon, bogie, 44 feet „ ' ,, 4i feet „ 39* feet „ 37* feet „ .. 35 feet 7'rst class, bogie, 44 feet ... „ „ 42* feet... „ ., 30 feet ... „ 6-wheel „ 4-wheel Composite, bogie, 44feet ... „ „ 42i-feet... „ 39 i-feet... ,, 30-feet ... „ 6-wheel „ 4-wheel Second class, bogie, 44 feet „ ,, 42i feet .. 39i feet .. 35 feet ,, ). 3° feet , 6-wheel „ ' 4-wheel ... A ... A ... A ... A ... A ... A ... A ... B ... C ... D ... A ... A ... A ... B ... C ... D ... A ... A ... A ... A ... B ... C ... D 1 3 1 2 1 36 2 6 2 3 1 3 48 13 4 10 1 4 7 1 8 5 10 4 80 31 4 19 18 8 32 6 1 4 2 1 3 1 9 14 2 3 1 8 6 12 12 174 44 14 34 32 23 73 7 11 2 1 2 2 5 1 4 20 9 6 20 2 1 1 9 3 3 8 2 1 2 11 26 2 1 3 14 41 12 2 1 3 1 4 1 Total 2 6 79 153 279 10 SSo Wagons, etc. Brake-vans, 4-wheel „ bogie Pell Horse-boxes Cattle-trucks Sheep-trucks Covered goods Sigh-side Jow-side timber Lron hopper Platform, coal Hovable iron hopper frozen meat Cool „ Ballast hopper ligh-side, bogie Sheep-trucks, ,, Cattle-trucks, „ Platform, „ rrozen meat „ Covered goods ... P ... P ... F ... G ... H ... J ... K ... L ... M ... N ... O ... P ... Q ... W ... X ... Y. ... E ... S ... T ... u ... V ... z 2 2 1 3 4 23 2 2 4 12 18 60 83 2 i 4 12 74 17 12 17 55 49 52 463 59 75 80 29 3i 4 47 54 187 75 806 232 102 66 3° 56 i6i 266 283 . 3.586 681 171 5 11 25 14 12 243 4 2 1 4 1 18 29 325 4 1 2 4 3i 12 8 2 1 2 2 3 54 21 133 75 4 122 279 504 438 4.985 1,071 53i 648 i&l 53 '68 151 85 172 79 21 171 52 II 33 53 8 14 40 5i 6 6 16 20 40 59 73 45 69 37 10 102 18 5 5 2 41 36 5 43 34 6 9 10 Total 35 181 1,946 5,564 62 9.792 95 1.053 329 437 90 Tabpauxins 8 22 67S 1,280 4.932 45 40 90 7,i io

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RETURN No. 14. Statement of Locomotive Stock for the Year ending 31st March, 1899.

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Class. Type. Cylinder. Coupled Wheels. Truck Wheels. : St S rt rt .. Dia- £ rt -a e u •s.fcl *s 5*^* 3 CQ I 5 2 3 EG a o I I o V (A tJ c *5* c W o H ilf" Stroke, meter. No. Di , a - meter. a 4=: St c c cr, V z a o E J3. c D ... B ... P Pa ... Pb G ... H ... J L La ... M ... P R 8 U ... V w ... Wa ... K. ... N O Q ... T TJ ... Wa ... Tank ... >J ■*• ••• yy ••• ... Double Fairlie ... Tank ... »» Fell ... ;'i Tender Tank ... ,, ... Tender... Single Pairlie In. 8 9i 9* 10 ioi 12 12 ioi 14 14 ioi 12 13 iS I2i 13 16 i5 14 14 12 15 15 11 IS 16 In. 15 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 16 20 18 18 20 20 16 16 20 4 4 4 8 6 6 6 4 4 6 4 4 4 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 6 8 4 8 6 6 Ft. in. 2 6± 2 6i 3 oi 3 3i 3 ol 3 oi 3 oi 3 °i 2 8 3 6i 3 oi 3 64 3 6i 3 5 3 oi 3 oi 4 6 4 ii 3 oi 3 3i 4 oi 4 ii 3 oi 4 oi 3 oi 4 i 3 3i 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 6 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 6 2 4 4 In. 18 18 24i 21 30 24i 244 26i 28i 26i 36i 36i 30 26i 26i 26i 3oi 28i 28i 3°4 28i 26* 25 I I I 2 I 2 I 12 3 8 2 2 4 3 1 2 9 3 11 3 "6 6 4 1 4 2 17 3<5 4 2 18 i "(S 6 2 3 i i i i 2 5 6 31 3 72 13 1 4 6 32 7 3 4 10 18 9 4 4 6 10 2 Tender... "6 Tank ... ... 20 2 6 2 10 American tender 20 20 20 i 6 4 4 i 6 io 7 8 6 6 )> j) 20 18 18 18 2 2 i. j) ••• „ tank ... ,, tender 1 6 10 ,, tank ... 14 20 20 1 9 86 2 12 Total 2 4 3 35 140 6 9 4 4 293

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RETURN No. 15. Comparative Statement of the Mileage opened, Capital expended, Earnings, Expenses, &c., of Railways in the following Colonies (taken from latest Official Records) :—

Colony. Area in Square Miles. a rt ft c ft a © o © © © > < Gauge. Total Cost. "3 - O co s ° O rt J2=4I ft r> Cost per Head of Population. Train Miles run. Gross Earnings. © 'rH r* © ft a Workingexpenses. CD B a ?*3 ?4 CD O ft Profit on Working. © as © fc ft OO © 0 -*j ro fl OC © fl 8 a © U rU «3 ED CD CD g CC rt M-rr IS a o CD c3 a ft 3° © H Passengers carried. Tonnage of Goods. © © o 3 CD rt g i> A © ft*H ?© izi rJ fl£ fl © as 47 ® a . rOO la 8 a u rj :pensi 44 o CD c g 8. to i © © 2a s« ssil cd > o a o © c o CD a 3 © © hi? 4, rt CD CD a 3 CD fl 3 rt 15 Year ending Victoria .. 87,884 1,169,434 J3,123J Ft. in. 5 3 £ 38,602,304 £ 12,404 374 £ s. d. 33 0 2 9,239,657 £ 2,608,896 d. 67-77 £ 1,646,054 d. 42-76 £ 962,842 d. 25*01 £ s. d. 2 4 8 £ 835 £ 527 £ 308 £ 131 d. 14-84 5*33 1898. 30 June. 2-49 163*09 43,090,749 2,408,665 20-20 517 1,061 9,171 New South Wales 310,700 1,335,800 2,659 i 8J 37,719,402 14,015 502 28 4 9 8,340,338 3,026,748 87*10 1,614,605 46-46 1,412,143 40-64 3-75 153*34 2 5 4 23,233,206 4,630,564 1,138 607 531 133 21-19 15*05 2*26 494 1,050 10,470 Cape of Good Hope 221,311 440,000 1,894 3 6 19,323,155 10,165 231 43 18 4 8,873,288 3,070,897 83-10 1,898,316 51-30 1,159,606 31*80 6-13 61-80 6 19 7 9,223,677 1,340,414 1,621 1,002 619 197 23*00 17-00 5-0 422 522 7,752 1897. 31 Dee. 1898. 30 June. Queensland 668,224 484,700 2,586 3 6 18,056,285 6,851 184 37 5 1 5,007,370 1,215,811 58-27 686,066 32-88 529,745 25*39 2-93 56*43 2 10 2 2,742,108 1,323,782 470 265 205 101 10*78 14-19 2*21 310 ,344 4,850 South Australia .. 903,690 360,000 1,868 (!!} 13,919,258 7,451 193 38 13 4 3,745,753 998,352 63-97 623,742 39-97 374,610 24-00 2-69 62-48 2 15 4 6,053,315 1,191,773 534 334 200 89 18-58: 15*24 1*52 338 372 6,137 1897. 31 Dec. Natal 20,461 59,596 420 3 .6 6,588,507 15,687 142 110 11 1 2,424,152 1,051,359 104-08 583,088 57*72 468,271 46-36 7-10 55-46: 1712 10 1,030,171 686,030 2,503 1,388 1,115 222 22-71: 12-58 12*19 117 268 1,822 Tasmania 26,215 177,341 425 (S3 3,526,322 8,302 417 19 17 8 764,938 166,833 52-34 128,544, 40-33 38,289 12-01 1-071 77-041 0 18 10 ' 603,530 229,620 386 297 89 12-76: 19-77 3-78 64 156 1,077 Western Australia 975,876] 171,021 974 5,047,261 5,088 176 29 11 10 3,613,874 1,019,677 67-72 786,318: 52-22 233,359 15-50 4-62' 77*11 i 5 19 3 5,669,444 114 1898. 30 June. 3 6 1,203,9111 11,047 807 240: 181 20-92! 26-10 ,2-78 186 289 4,478 * New Zealand 104,471 104,471 717,649 731,713 2,016 2,043 3 6 3 6 15,577,392 15,993,903 7,719 7,783 356 356 21 14 2 21 17 2 3,409,218 3,666,483 1,286,158 1,376,008 90*5 90*0 789,054 857,191 55-55 56-11 497,104 518,817 34-95 33-89 3*19 3-24 61*35 62-30 1 15 10 1 17 7 4,439,387 4,672,264 2,368,927 2,518,367 638 673 391 420 247 254 150 161 18-05 17-97 16*63 16*91 4-76 4-37 269 273 529 543 8,611 8,975 1897. 31 Mar. 1898. 31 Mar. 1899. 31 Mar. 104,471 746,673 2,090 3 6 16,404,076 7,849 357 21 19 5 3,968,708 1,469,665 89-0 929,737 56-22 539,928 32-78 3*29 63*26 1 19 4 4,955,553 2,624,059 712 450 262 173 18*46 16*67 3-02 293 550 9,792

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RETURN No. 16. Return showing the Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure of the New Zealand Government Railways from 1882 to 31st March, 1899. MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.

Year. Miles. Capital Cost. Trainmileage. Passengers. No. Revenue. Season Tickets. No. Revenue. Coaching. g Cattle. i Parcels. Horses. co 5f Dogs. Revenue. 0.2 Sheep. Pies Llme ' " gs - Chaff. Wool. T3 O O o Timber. Grain. DO a o3 .4 o © Minerals. Total. Goods Revenue. Si 3 Si §a So o Revenue Total per Revenue. Trainmile i . I j £ £ £ No. No. No. No. £ No. No. No. No. Tons. Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons 1881-82 .. 1,319 9,443,000 2,502,804 2,911,477 329,492 7,564 .. 286,741 8,597 899 21,273 32,213 703 23,914 292,621 27,216 5,810 44,681 73,655 192,905 375,725 311,279 433,6 1882-83 .. 1,358 10,478,998 2,785,685 3,283,378 362,106 8,621 .. 308,620 9,850 975 22,716 34,658 928 27,605 421,671 27,799 i 11,810 51,703 75,740 197,231 367,428 350,823 510,C 1883-84 .. 1,396 11,078,500 2,841,745 3,272,644 321,615 9,036 14,763 325,675 9,555 906 24,666 35,143 939 29,675 627,090 129,522 116,470 62,067 81,255 183,449 432,223 350,263 574,3 1884-85 .. 1,477 11,810,194 2,882,422 3,232,886 348,628 8,999 16,406 313,047 10,358 793 24,020 35,592 756 32,738 666,522 30,268 17,030 68,523 86,670 178,909 414,590 365,623 618,5 1885-86 .. 1,613 12,472,814 3,020,550 3,362,266 346,895 10,717 16,482 317,242 9,518 653 22,668 33,271 660 36,634 781,470 40,558 14,985 74,778 80,280 202,573 413,847 368,225 669,0 1886-87 .. 1,727 13,017,567 3,008,949 3,426,403 339,255 11,821 16,998 341,634 9,165 689 21,598 33,749 597 37,435 856,431 48,151 22,110 82,963 73,040 175,581 345,254 329,227 719,5 1887-88 .. 1,758 13,352,978 2,944,786 3,451,850 334,926 11,518 17,800 368,680 9,301 619 21,128 34,727 592 32,766 857,397 50,046 22,190 84,147 65,860 158,024 358,022 1347,379! 700,1 1888-89 .. 1,777 13,472,837 2,796,007 3,132,803 305,632 11,817 17,816 370,707 8,378 050 19,971 34,101 547 29,426 842,840 47,126 24,335 78,203 67,045 160,399 447,027 356,732 786,6 1889-90 .. 1,809 j 13,899,955 ! 2,80S,203 3,376,459 347,844 12,311 21,504 375,271 9,358 708 21,209 37,097 678 31,700 985,336 51,539 37,900 91,214 77,454 172,814 498,198 399,258 797,1 1890-91 .. 1,842 14,278,5S0 j 2,894,776 3,433,629 333,122 13,881 20,471 380,319 9,790 757 122,965 38,997 582 35,209 1,258,471 54,684 29,800 87,701 73,650 153,078 528,683 385,020 828,0 1891-92 .. 1,869 14,656,691 3,010,489 j 3,555,764 342,563 16,341 22,054 393,407 11,370 819 25,439 41,795 653 36,248 1,067,614 49,639 26,605 85,888 87,834 170,520 442,277 379,768 873,8' 1892-93 .. 1,886 14,733,120 3,002,174 3,759,044 367,594 10,504 23,025 420,610 12,993 921 26,780 44,801 796 33,597 1,321,046 38,814 34,314 96,841 88,186 168,910 523,637 397,411 884,0: 1893-94 .. 1,948 15,137,036 3,113,231 3,972,701 378,480 17,226 23,540 448,770 12,350 793 25,667 45,206 831 39,223 1,356,434 38,022 138,610 101,340 84,058 183,192 411,191 i 377,110 864,5; 1894-95 .. 1,993 15,352,613 3,221,620 3,905,678 " 360,243 28,623 24,906 444,981 11,185 750 23,517 43,270 705 40,890 1,519,921 43,292 36,972 103,328 85,102 198,578 388,556 377,938 857,9: 1895-96 .. 2,014 15,425,532 3,307,226 4,162,420 359,822 36,233 29,412 j 455,511 11,115 716 22,551 54,736 693 39,651 1,839,712 53,346 53,260 99,363 78,804 213,132 374,699 389,881 878,6i 1896-97 .. 2,018 15,577,392 3,409,218 4,439,387 378,684 j 43,069 31,476 ; 489,825 I 11,347 778 22,891 58,084 841 35,909 1,964,110 52,327 j 60,542 98,958 80,014 257,825 423,8S8 \ 415,448 1,032,2: 1897-98 .. 2,055 15,993,903 3,666,483 4,672,264 399,262 48,660 34,168 J 530,993 9,936 862 j 23,069 60,872 926 44,935 2,356,595 j 42,784 | 77,226 103,055 83,656 313,073 427,448:465,041 1,048,81 1898-99 .. 2,090 16,404,076 3,968,708 | 4,955,553 438,367 55,027 37,186 | 589,372 10,348 998 j 24,963 66,418 1106 55,878 2,518,233 j 34,512 |83,084 I 97,396 87,033 310,266 420,071 ! 478,851 1,147,3; Tons. Tons. 73,655 192,905 75,740 197,231 81,255 183,449 86,670 178,909 80,280 202,571 73,040 175,581 65,860 158,024 67,045 160,399 77,454 172,814 Tons. Tons. Tons. 375,725 311,279 433,659 367,428 350,823 510,088 432,223 350,263 574,313 414,590 365,623 618,511 413,847 368,225 669,081 345,254 329,227 | 719,579 _._ 358,022 I 347,379 I 700,140 447,027 356,732 786,690 498,198 399,258 797,117 Tons. £ 1,437,714 j 491,057 1,564,823 518,330 1,700,040 548,918 1,749,856 611,504 1,823,767 622,810 1,747,754 581,350 1,735,762 579,359 1,920,431 610,488 2,073,955 655,007 £ 30,153 29,496 31,644 23,160 16,732 14,893 14,611 15,663 18,091 £ 9,111 8,757 9,221 10,422 11,229 12,523 13,420 13,915 16,027 £ 892,026 953,347 961,304 1,045,712 1,047,419 998,768 994,843 997,615 1,095,570 d. 85-50 82-00 81-00 87-00 83 00 79-50 81-00 5-50 91-50 73,650 153,078 87,834 170,520 528,683 385,020 828,079 2,086,011 690,779 20,718 17,615 1,121.701 93-00 442,277 379,768 873,899 2,066,791 671,469 19,388 18,163 1,115,432 88-75 88,186 168,910 523,637 397,411 884,031 411,191 i 377,110 864,538 2,193,330 707,786 18,830 19,486 1,181,522 94-50 84,658 183,192 2,060,645 686,469 18,563 20,535 1,172,793 90-25 85,102 198,57,8 388,556 377,938 857,917 2,048,391 683,726 17,265 21,441 1,150,851 85-75 78,804 213,132 374,699 389,881 878,659 2,087,798 698,115 18,466 22,490 1,183,041 85-75 80,014 257,825 83,656 313,073 423,888 j 415,448 1,032,252 2,368,927 774,163 20,225 23,526 1,286,158 90-50 427,448 | 465,041 1,048,868 2,518,367 837,590 2,624,059 882,077 19,631 24,485 1,376,008 9000 87,038 310,266 420,071 i 478,851 1,147,353 20,328 25,289 1,469,665 89-00 EXPENDITURE. | | Sii'l Maintenance of Way. Locomotive Power. Carriages and Wagons. Traffic. Head and Departmental Offices. General Charges and Year. |S| g I : ' & £ &£"* 1 " PerCent. Per Mile Per Per Cent. Per Per Cent. Per Per Cent Per I Per Cent Per Per Cent * g | a !3 Amount. of of Tram- Amount. of Train- Amount. of Train- Amount. of Train- Amount. of ' Tram- Amount Per 0 C f ent ' j Revenue. Railway. mile. Revenue. mile. Revenue, mile. Revenue. mile (Revenue, mile . AmoUnt ' Kev ° enue . d. £ £ £ £ d. £ £ d. £ £ d. £ £d £££"££ 1881-82 .. 5016 58-64 180,122 20-19 138-67 17-27 136,666 15-32 13-10 35,867 4-02 3-44 140,945 15-80 13 52 .. . . 29,500 3^31 1882-83 .. 51-07 62-18 209,823 22-01 155-54 1808 153,607 16-11 13-23 38,887 4'08 3-35 156,334 16-40 13-47 .. .. .. 34,170 3-58 18S3-84 .. 55-40 68-24 233,936 24-34 169-29 19-76 162,558 16-91 1373 51,304 5-34 4-33 166,848 17-36 14-09 .. .. .. 41,345 4-30 1884-85 .. 57-45 65 99 254,329 24-32 176-87 21-18 166,576 15-93 13-87 56,245 538 4-68 171,822 16-43 14-30 .. .. .. 41,055 3-93 1885-86 .. 54-85 65-91 247,566 23-64 160-32 19-67 162,860 1555 12-94 55,303 5-28 4-40 180,352 17-22 14-33 .. .. .. 44,259 4 22 1886-87 .. 55-76 69-99 252,530 25-28 14985 20-14 166,407 16 66 13-27 59,107 5-92 4-72 177,825 17-80 14-18 .. .. .. 43,203 4-33 1887-88 .. 50-02 69 09 246,340 24-76 14135 20-08 159,757 1606 1302 65,018 6-54 5-30 173,991 17-49 14-18 .. .. .. 42,222 4-24 1888-89 .. 5554 I 64-86 232,915 23 35 131-31 19-99 153,807 15-42 13-20 55,422 5-55 4-76 176,995 17-74 15-19 .. .. .. 27,906 2-80 1889-90 .. 57-13 62-32 242,075 22-10 134-70 20-26 159,180 14 53 13-32 67,211 6-13 5-62 182,427 16-65 1527 .. .. .. 31,894 2-91 1890-91 .. 58-09 62 47 241,330 2151 132-27 20-01 172,064 15-34 14-26 66,228 5-91 5-49 193,461 17-25 16-04 .. .. .. 27,622 2-46 1891-92 .. 56-32 63 34 j 245,163 2198 131-41 19-54 177,156 15-88 14-12 57,723 5-17 4-60 198,654 1781 15-84 .. 27,822 250 1892-93 .. 58 53 j 61-97 j 262,600 22 : 23 14018 20-99 183,774 15-55 14-69 53,962 I 4-57 4-32 202,153 17-11 16-16 .. .. .. 29,653 ■' 2-51 1893-94 .. 66-69 | 62-70 268,451 22-89 140-35 20-70 177,833 1516 13-71 56,470 4-82 4-35 201,166 17-15 15-51 .. .. .. 31,440 j 2-68 1894-95 .. 5454 j 63 62 272,718 23-70 13857 20-32 175,758 15 27 13-09 50,949 4-43 3-79 201,641 17-52 15 02 .. .. .. 31,095 2-70 1895-96 .. 54-53 ; 6351 282,593 2389 141-45 20-51 185,669 1569 13-47 54,692 < 4-62 3-97 207,253 17-52 15-04 37,979 321 2-76 1896-97 .. 55-55 j 61-35 301,981 2348 149-77 21-26 190,543 14-82 13-41 65,825 5-12 464 213,914 16-63 15-06 39,072 3-03 2'75 1897-98 .. 50-11 ' 62-30 327,987 2384 16053 21-47 209,289 15-21 13-70 65,344 4-75 4-27 232,646 16-91 1523 41,062 i 2-98 2-69 1898-99 .. 56-22 J 6326 357,189 24 30 172-92 21-60 231,532 15-75 14-00 73,680 5-01 4-46 244,932 16-67 14-81 44,319 3-02 268 £ £ d. 140,945 15-80 13 52 156,334 16-40 13-47 166,848 17-36 14-09 171,822 16-43 14-30 180,352 17-22 14-33 177,825 17-80 14-18 173,991 17-49 14-18 £ £ £ £ 29,500 34,170 41,345 41,055 44,259 43,203 42,222 27,906 £ 3-31 3-58 4-30 3-93 422 4-33 4-24 2-80 lundries Per Trainmile. d. 2-83 2-94 3-49 3-42 3-51 3-45 3-44 Less Cri Amount. £ edit Recov Per Cent.j of Revenue.| £ -eries. Per J Train- : mile. d. 3 o a a m H £ 523,099 592,821 655,990 690,026 690,340 699,072 687,328 176,995 17-74 15-19 2-40 647,045 182,427 16-65 1527 31,894 2-91 2-66 682,787 193,461 17-25 16-04 27,622 2-46 2-29 700,703 198,654 17-81 15-84 27,822 ! 2-50 2-22 706,517 202,153 17-11 16-16 29,653 j 31,440 31,095 2-51 2-68 2-70 2-37 732,142 201,166 17-15 15-51 2-42 735,359 201,641 17-52 15 02 2-32 732,160 207,253 17-52 15-04 37,979 3-21 2-76 16,818 1-42 1-22 751,368 213,914 16-63 15-06 39,072 303 2-75 22,280 1-73 1-57 789,054 232,646 16-91 1523 41,062 44,319 2-98 3-02 2-69 19,137 1-39 1-25 857,191 244,932 16-67 14-81 2-68 21,914 1-49 1-33 929,738 0—D. 2. .

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RETURN No. 17. Statement of Stores Contracts current during the Year ending 31st March, 1899.

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Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. loal-supply— Auckland 31/3/1900 Taupiri;Extended Coal Company Taupiri Reserve Coal Company Waikato Coal Company Blaokball Coal Company Grey-Point Elizabeth Coal Company .. 5/5 per ton. 5/5 „ . 4/9 19/6 22/ 22/6 22/ 18/9 21/ 19/ 17/ 20/ 22/ 20/ 6/4 8/ 7/ 18/ 15/6 9/6 9/6 19/6 16/6 18/ 19/6 6/ 5/6 5/9 5/6 6/1 . 7/1 . 20/6 18/6 21/6 16/6 17/6 18/6 9/10 , Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth 31/3/1899 Blackball Coal Company Grey-Point Elizabeth Coal Company .. Westport Coal Company Grey-Point Elizabeth Coal Company .. Blackball Coal Company Grey-Point Elizabeth Coal Company .. Picton Nelson Westport Greymouth Westport Coal Company Grey-Point Elizabeth Coal Company .. Blackball Coal Company Grey-Point Elizabeth Coal Company .. Westport-Cardiff Coal Company H. Levioh Wairiri Coal Company Grey-Point Elizabeth Coal Company .. Westport-Cardiff Coal Company Blackball Coal Company Grey-Point Elizabeth Coal Company .. Pernhill Coal Company Walton Park Coal Company Lowdon and Howarth Gibson and Lees Kaitangata Coal Company Nightcaps Coal Company Grey-Point Elizabeth Coal Company .. Blackball Coal Company Grey-Point Elizabeth Coal Company .. Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers and Gore South of Gore Workshops, Wanganui Wellington .. „ Lyttelton Port Chalmers Newmarket .. (f.o.b. Greymouth) Kmber-supply— Wanganui . • Rangitikei Sawmillers' Co-operative Association (Limited) Taranaki Sawmillers' Co-operative Association (Limited) W. White and Co J. More .. .. R. Holt E. W, Mills and Co. .. National Mortgage and Agency Company Smith Brothers J. Anderson A. and T. Bart Dunedin Foundry and Engineering Company (Limited) Ditto .. .. .... As per sohedule. Christchurch Southland Napier i,000 gallons castor oil 2/7J per gallon. 2/4f . As per sohedule. :ron castings, Wellington Christchurch.. „ Dunedin 5teel castings, Auckland 5Jd. per lb. Wellington .. „ Christchurch Dunedin ?orage, Auckland .. „ Ohristchuroh Jniform caps— Stationmasters Guards and porters Drivers and firemen Jniform suits — Stationmasters Guards .. Porters .. Kmber, ironbark 5d. 5d. 5d. As per sohedule. J. J. Craig .. .. .. T. Wreaks .. 31/3/1901 T. Parker and Co. .. 15/ each. 3/11 , 4/8 „ Wellington Woollen Company As per sohedule. Sept." 1899 June, „ Oct., June, „ ■ ■ 31/3/1900 H II Murray, Arnold, and Co. E. D. Pike and Co. .. .. .. W. Plannery Murray, Arnold, and Co. E. D. Pike and Co. .. .. » fimber, tallow-wood 19/ per 100 sup. ft, 16/9 3-reymouth — 30,000 silver-pine sleepers 5,000 Wellington- Napier -New Plymouth Section — 2,000 totara sleepers 1,000 800 1,000 8,000 1,500 1,000 31/12/98 30/9/98 30/4/98 ■ ■ 31/8/98 - ■ 15/10/98 ■ ■ 30/9/98 31/3/99 • • 20/10/98 31/8/98 Baxter- Brothers and Poord .. O. Butler P. Burbush 2/6 eaoh. 2/6 . 2/6 „ 2/6 „ 3/ . 2/9 , 3/ „ 3/ . 2/6 „ Power and Bussell W. and P. De Malmanch J. Drysdale J. T. Entwistle Kenny and Martin .. ...

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RETURN No. 1 7-continued. Statement of Stores Contracts current, &c. — continued.

Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. Wellington - Napier - New Plymouth Section — 4,000 totara sleepers 2,500 500 2,000 Greymouth Section — 20,000 silver-pine sleepers Hokianga District — 40,400 puriri sleepers Kaipara District — 1,700 manoao sleepers 8,000 totara sleepers Auckland District — 22,500 puriri sleepers 10,000 totara sleepers Wellington - Napier - New Plymouth Section — 67,600 totara sleepers 2,500 black-birch sleepers 2,300 hinau and maire sleepers .. Greymouth District— 35,000 silver-pine sleepers Vestport District — 64,500 yellow-pine sleepers Picton Distriot — 3,000 birch sleepers Whangarei District — 1,000 totara sleepers Kaipara District— 4,000 puriri sleepers Christchurch Section— 3,000 birch sleepers Dunedin and Invercargill Districts— 40,000 totara sleepers 12,000 matai sleepers Christchurch Section — 36,500 sup. ft. birch timber Kaipara District— 303,500 sup. ft. kauri, in the log .. 295,000 sup. ft. sawn kauri 15,900 ft. sawn totara 2,500 ft. totara 5,500 ft. silver-pine timber Nelson Section— 4,000 ft. birch timber 23,000 ft. rimu timber Westport Section— 5,000 ft. birch timber 112,000 ft. rimu timber 4,200 ft. silver-pine timber 6,200 ft. yellow-pine timber 4,750 fencing-posts Greymouth Section — 39,400 lin. ft. silver-pine timber 28,500 ft. birch timber 46,800 ft. rimu 29,400 sup. ft. silver-pine 2,000 sup. ft. white-pine 30/11/98 31/10/98 30/11/98 31/3/99 Roy and Alberthsen .. John Stewart W. J. Taylor T. and G. Williams .. Stratford, Blair, and Co. Settlers 3/ each. 3/ „ 2/10 „ 2/9 „ 2/6 „ 2/ to 3/9 each. 2/6 each. 2/6 „ 2/ to 4/ each. 2/ to 4/ 2/ to 3/10 „ 2/ each. 3/6 to 4/ each. 2/6 each. 1/6 to 2/6 each. 2/ each. 2/ to 3/ each. 3/3 each. 2/2 „ 2/9 to 3/ each. 2/ to 2/3 „ 13/ per 100 sup. ft. E. Mitchelson 6/6 to 9/6 per 100 ft. 12/ per 100 sup. ft. 14/ 20/ 14/to 15/ „ Mills in distriot 9/ to 10/ „ 6/ to 13/ „ 10/ to 11/6 „ 6/ to 12/ „ 14/ to 20/ „ 20/ 9d. each. Settlers Mills in distriot 4Jd. per lin. ft. 8/tol4/6perl00sup.ft, 6/ to 11/ 10/ to 13/ 17/6 General stores — Auckland — General ironmongery 2J years, to 31/3/1900 Ditto E. Porter and Co. As per schedule. Furnishing ironmongery Iron and steel Oils, colours, &o. Ship-chandlery Brushware Leather, &o. Drain-pipes Lime, ordinary and hydraulic .. Cement, colonial Wellington— General ironmongery Furnishing ironmongery Iron and steel Oils, colours, &c. Ship-chandlery Brushware Leather, &c. Drain-pipes Lime, ordinary Cement, colonial J. J. Craig J. Wilson and Co. E. W. Mills and Co... Cameron and Christie Briscoe, MacNeil, and Co. Smith and Smith E. W. Mills and Co. .. T. Bunting and Co. .. E. W. Mills and Co... P. Hutson and Co. .. Milburn Lime Company P. Hutson and Co. ..

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RETURN No. 17— continued. Statement of Stores Contracts current, &c.— continued.

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Service. Period. Name of Contractor. Rate. christchurch— General ironmongery .. 2J years, to 31/3/1900 Ditto Ashby, Bergh, and Co. As per schedule. Furnishing ironmongery Iron and steel Oils, oolours, &c. Ship-ehandlery Drain-pipes Lime, ordinary Cement, colonial Brushware Leather, &c. Dunedin— General ironmongery .. Furnishing ironmongery Iron and steel Oils, colours, &c. Ship-chandlery Drain-pipes Lime, ordinary Cement, oolonial Brushware Leathar, &o. J. Anderson E. Reece and Sons Ashby, Bergh, and Co. J. J. Craig Ashby, Bergh, and Co. New Zealand Hardware Company Thomson, Bridger, and Co. .. New Zealand Hardware Company Smith and Smith New Zealand Hardware Company A. Briscoe and Co. Milburn Lime Company A, Briscoe and Co. New Zealand Hardware Company

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RETURN No. 18. Statement of Weighing-Machines, Weighbridges, Traversers, Turntables, Cranes, and Pumps for the Year ending 31st March, 1899.

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Description. rt rt ■a 2 'v ■ bfl a rt -a rS 3 'rt -a a rt a 4*j °*>---S t?A§ ■SS g 3'g-is-si 0 - 5 jri o S 4. ID o g. CQ OJ d c u c" C "CJ rt c H Weighing-machines : — 1 cwt. 1 1 6 1 19 14 1 8 I 1 27 16 1 2 „ 4*4 „ 2i „ 3 .. 4 „ 5 » 5* .. 6 7 ». 8 „ 1 1 1 1 6 18 7 2 23 11 23 30 2 4 1 I I 2 6 23 66 57 2 58 15 9 2 52 48 1 14 4 11 5 3 32 5 6 I 9 » 10 „ 11 „ 12 „ 2 1 4 6 15 3 ... 1 5 7 3 2 2 3° 3 1 6 5 I 1 3 1 13 „ 14 „ 15 » 16 „ 20 „ 21 „ 22 „ 2 1 7 3 5 23 I 2 13 33 1 1 1 2 2 1 23 „ 27 „ 5° » 60 „ Total 1 1 2 1 2 61 i°5 251 11 4. 2 457 to Weighbridges : — 3 tons (cart) 6 „ „ 7 » 8 „ „ 10 „ (wagon) 12 „ „ 14 „ „ 20 „ „ 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 5 S 1 4 4 3 2 15 1 1 1 1 1 15 3 28 1 1 2 3 30 .. Total Teaveesees tubntables : — 40-feet (engine) 5° „ 12 „ (wagon) 13 .: 14 „ Total 1 io 31 1 1 2 1 1 ~58 T 5 1 1 5 8 24 4 30 8 37 4. 4 5 6 1 1 1 1 4 40 16 98 2£ 67 Cbanes: — i-ton, stationary, band 1 >, ii ,. » 2 ,, „ „ 7 3 I 4 io 1 4 50 12 27 2 3 ii I 3 »» '» >> 4 » 5 )) " ') 7 ,. 10 „ „ „ 20 „ „ „ 8 „ „ hydraulic 2 ,, travelling, hand 3 .. 5 ii a >. 6 „ 7 » ii „ ,, steam 2 „ 1 1 1 1 4 6 23 1 3 2 1 24 2 5 1 2 13 2 18 1 4 3 7 I 1 1 3 6 2 5 1 I I 1 1 3 1 4 7 6 2 I 4 13 14 1 3 ., 5 » 7 >. 12 „ ,, „ Hoisting-engines, steam Pile-driving engines, ,, Total 3 2 I 1 I 1 1 2 3 6 I I 3 3 3 3_ 3_ 19 48 95 7_ o 192 Wateb-seevices : — Steam Hand Windmill Hot-air Hydraulic Oil Gravitation Propeller Total 2 1 1 1 1 1 8 19 1 3 30 14 4 15 1 • 13 68 39 12 2 1 1 1 1 2 29 122 59 18 45 4 67 1 9 1 5 20 1 32 1 ' <5 3 17 4 3 2 3 344 45 84 j 185

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RETURN No. 19. Statement of Rails relaid during the Year ending 31st March, 1899.

RETURN No. 20. Statement of Sleepers relaid and removed during the Year ending 31st March, 1899.

RETURN No. 21. Return of Number of Stations and Private Sidings on each Section for the Year ending 31st March, 1899.

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Weight. rt rt ci rt 1 bfj C rt -3 a rt 3 u s < 1 ' I Ii§ z I ii P :□ j_ '3 s a X J3 3 O s 6 o a, Go ! 3 0 z a o ct C iAILS BELAID : — 4olb. steel 53lb. steel 561b. steel 7olb. steel 6 3 i,995 631 270 7,126 36 5,75i 57i 6,358 17 176 258 182 120 2,321 14,250 57i Total ... 6 3 2,626 7,39 6 193 258 182 120 17,142

Description. rt rt M s a! rC ci W C a rS 3 XL 'ci -a a rt < hi M.SS E 3«P4 ic 5 '5 c S A a o £ 6 o g. a* u a c to z a o s o Ileepees BELAID : — Black-pine Totara ..." Birch Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Kauri Manoao Rimu Yellow-pine Maire Ironbark Henau Kamai Karri 24 652 494 176 254 274 2,065 220 6,455 53 3 24,642 522 1,891 70,874 2,987 6 3,128 139 i,286 3°° 2,297 1,278 112 49 21,460 39,696 2,998 333 94,556 31,691 1,307 1,600 "87 490 43 4,381 2,629 23,351 117,817 8,797 333 99>436 62,354 2,222 1,820 1,286 8,397 2,297 2,947 112 1,588 6,445 1,345 324 Total 31,675 84,407 "83 196,657 49 83 676 924 2,559 577 6,449 4,424 2,953 33i>30i ILEEPEES EEMOVED : — Black-pine Totara Birch Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Kauri Tawa Karri Oregon Blue-gum Rata Rimu Kamai Ironbark Maire Yellow-pine ... Creosoted 3 658 544 2,497 6 5 3,987 23,499 7 4,738 5o,58i 5>6o4 153 278 1,649 1,032 72 12 1,192 187 4,047 12 132 389 300 79,297 14,852 41,641 4,858 !,573 897 5,644 45 148 7,677 20 4 243 188 5,267 219 24 3,637 171 23 2,193 84,431 65,484 58,590 5,on 2,039 6,536 33,874 7 117 160 8,869 207 4,282 7,437 132 389 304 4,457 130 7,425 1 104 4,457 168,664 4 Total 661 544 2,497 27,504 70,378 436 5,27i 3,984 2,387 282,326

Number of Stations and Stopping-places on the Time-tables. Number of Private Sidings. Sections. Miles. At Stations. Out of:Stations. Total. Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Auckland Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Hurunui-B luff... Greymouth Westport Nelson Picton ... ... ...... 8 21 17 332 45i i,i-54 32 3i 23 21 4 11 10 122 155 426 21 2 I 8 33 109 6 I 6 2 4 12 1 8 3 12 45 '3 T 10 1 1 4 216 22 4 14 13 9 1 1 3 1 Total 785 164 52 2,090

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RETURN No. 22. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of Mileage of Railways Open for Traffic and under Maintenance on 31st March, 1899.

Section. Mileage open for Traffic on 31st March, 1898. Additional Lengths opened during Year. Reduced Mileage equivalent to Maintenance for whole Period. Length closed during Year. Net Addition to Mileage open for Traffic. Net Addition to Mileage under Maintenance. Total Mileage open for Traffic on 31st March, 1899. Equivalent Total Mileage maintained during Financial Year ended 31st March, 1899. Line opened. Date of Opening. Length opened. Line. Length. M. eh. M. oh. M. eh. M. oh. M. ch. M. eh. M. oh. M. ch. Kawakawa 7 39 7 39 7 39 Wbangarei 17 74 Whakapara-Waiotu 2iit Dec, 1898 ... 3 26 O 74 3 26 O 74 21 20 18 68 Kaihu 17 20 17 20 17 20 Auckland 313 61 Paeroa-Thames ... 19th Dec, 1898 ... 19 20 S 35 Putaruru-Lichfield 5 26 13 74 O 9 327 41* 3i3 56* Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth 45 1 14 45 1 14 45 1 H Hurunui-B luff 1,138 i6t Kokonga-Ranfurly 1st Dec, 1898 II 13 3 56 11 13 3 56 1,149 2 9 1,141 72 Ditto, Private Lines — Shag Point Branch 2 10 2 10 2 10 Nightcaps Branch 2 24 2 24 2 24 G-reymouth 32 6 32 6 32 6 Westport 30 17 30 17 30 17 Nelson 23 S 23 5 23 5 Picton 20 42 20 42 20 42 Total 2,056 8 33 59 10 5 ... S 26 28 33 4 59 2,084 27* 2,060 53* Forest Hill Tramway 10 o 10 o * New chainages, difference 14 chains. t Does not include Riversdale-Switzers (a miles).

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RETURN No. 23. STATEMENT showing Weights of Rails in various Lines on 31st March, 1899.

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Line. 301b. Iron. 401b. Iron. 401b. Steel. 451b. Steel. 521b. Iron. 521b. Steel. 531b. Steel. 561b. Iron. 561b. Steel. 641b. Iron. 701b. Iron. 701b. Steel. 721b. Iron. Total. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch M. ch. M. ch. M.ch. Kawakawa Section — Opua-Kawakawa Whangarei Section — Opau Wharf-Waiotu Kaihu Section — Dargaville-Kaihu Auckland Section — Auckland-Mokau Auckland-Makarau Penrose-Onehunga Prankton-Thames Cambridge Branch Morrinsvi lle-Rotorua Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Section — Longburn-Waitara .. Foxton Branch Hunterville Branch Aramoho-Wanganui Sentry Hill-New Plymouth Palmerston-Spit Wellington-Woodville Greytown Branch Hurunui-Blufi Section — Lyttelton-Blufi Addington-Culverden.. Oxford Branch Eyreton Branch Southbridge Branch Little River Branch Springfield Branch Whiteeliffs Branch Rakaia Porks Branch Mount Somers Branch Albury Branch Waimate Branch Waimate Gorge Branch Duntroon Branch Qamaru Breakwater Branch Ngapara Branch Livingstone Branch Shag Point Branch Waihemo Branch •• I •■ I - I 0 2 28 73 8 17 15 51 14 77 1 22 20 4 1 19 0 10 18 3 9 32 0 21 10 9 5* 79 9 28 I 0 28 30 35 2 78 1 60 16 32 3 7 .- 1 5 55 18 20 17 20 97 36 38 23 2 49 25 58 2 48 68 39 90 30 1 39 22 45 0 56 3 6 69 64 81 53 1 60 0 2 3 0 6 51 19 14 16 41 0 54 I 14 56 14 78 - •• - 2 50 7 39 21 20 17 20 134 47 46 40 2 59 62 75 12 0 68 60 163 6 19 34 22 45 3 10 10 27 113 72 115 53 3 7 0 9 .2 34 2 51 337 46 37 9 0 2 1 48 11 22 27 72 3 4 15 7 19 15 1 50 0 11 392 1 67 57 33 45 20 11 25 39 22 48 30 61 11 46 22 20 27 35 36 13 4 46 8 21 37 41 0 63 15 9 11 75 2 10 8 65 16 75 13 28 4 18 6 19 10 42 1 34 6 57 12 24 0 44 5 13 16 12 0 6 I i I 126 5 2 8 38 23 4 11 3 1 0 6 15 028 22 20 •• 4 8 26 55 4 46 23 27 9 38 821 15 38 0 50 5 17 11 75 0 22 050 972 4 - 55 *,. 16 58 0 13 1 41 7 5 160 0 27 Carried forward 64 30 187 16 140 62 6 62 63 69 33 12 947 42 14 50 104 48 3 4 34 22 4 20 0 11 1,603 4(

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Line. 301b. Iron. 401b. Iron. 401b. Steel. 451b. Steel. 521b. Iron. 521b. Steel. 531b. Steel. 561b. Iron. 561b. Steel. 641b. Iron. 701b. Iron. 701b. Steel. 721b. Iron. Total. Brought forward Hurunui-Bluff Section — continued — Port Chalmers Branch Walton Park Branch Pernhill Branch Otago Central Railway Outiam Branch Lawrence Branch Catlin's River Branch Tapanui Branch Wyndham Branch Seaward Bush Branch Invercargill-Kingston Makarewa-Orepuki .. Thornburj-Nightcaps Marai-oa Branch Waimea Plains Railway reymouth-Hokitika Greymouth-Brunner ;. Westport-Mokihinui Nelson-Belgrove Pioton-Blenheim M. ch. 64 30 M. ch. 187 16 | M. ch. 140 62 M. ch. 6 62 M. ch. 63 69 M. ch. 33 12 M. ch. 947 42 M. ch. 14 50 1M. ch. 104 48 M. ch. 3 4 M. ch. 34 22 M. ch. 4 20 M. ch. 0 11 M. ch. 1,603 40 2 48 0 18 1 8 0 1 1 26 2 49 1 57 77 6 9 0 22 1 19 27 20 4 9 35 18 7 87 0 35 52 24 51 10 41 36 41 24 17 7 69 30 17 23 5 20 42 1 57 * 65 73 0 26 1 26 18 18 11 13 0 46 1 44 •:•: 6 51 14 51 i 37 0 9 4*31 1 9 14 13 5*30 9 35 1 23 0 28 11 77 041 66' 75 16 64 6 65 6'44 1 27 18 28 0 3 375 22 25 20 56 10 41 35 56 0 25 23 52 7 69 24 24 2 13 3 37 0 40 0 45 4 18 16 72 13 23 2 79 2 63 6 36 1 13 1 1 0 74 0 6 •• 6' 5 Total 64 30 330 42 225 43 106 49 33 12 124 36 3 4 52 53 6 62 1,118 9 14 50 4 26 0 11 2,084 27 V •

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RETURN No. 24. PARTICULARS of Private-Siding Traffic, showing Value of Traffic done during Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1899.

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ess trjM Papers. Date of Grant. Present Holder. Position. Nearest Station. By whom paid for. Term of Grant. Amount of Traffic guaranteed per Annum. Liquidated Damages or Premium. Value of the Traffic through the Siding during the Year ending 31st March, 1899. In. Out. Total. In. Out. Total. KAWAKAWA SECTIC IN. M.ch. | 616 R. 94/3103 .. Jan. 1, 1897 New Bay of Islands Coal Company 6 79 Kawakawa .. I Govt, and (Limited).' grantees £ s. d. 5 years*.. £ s. d. i £ s. d. £ s. d. WHANGAREI SECTK )N. 615 R. 97/2615 .. Jan. 1,1897 Evan Pinlayson.. .. ..14 55 Otonga .. .. Govt. .. 619 R. 97/2961 .. Jan. 1, 1897 Charles Smith .. .. .. 12 10 Waro 620 R. 97/2924 .. July 1,1897 Hikurangi Collieries (Limited) ..12 54 „ .. .. Govt, and grantees 621 R. 97/3107 .. Jan. 1, 1897 Kauri Timber Company (Limited) 9 40 Hikurangi .. Govt. .. 622 R. 97/3403 .. Jan. 1, 1897 Hikurangi Coal Company (Limited) 12 45 Waro 623 R. 97/3407 .. Jan. 1,1897 Hikurangi Coal Company (Limited) 12 26 624 R. 97/3431 .. Jan. 1,1897 Phoenix Coal Company (Limited) .. 12 02 660 R. 97/4385 .. Oct. 26, 1897 P. and W. G. Eoote .. .. 18 15 Whakapara .. Govt, and Grantees 5 years*.. 5 „ * .. 5 „ * .. Premium.. 125 0 0 5 „ *.. 5 . *.. .. .. j 5 . *.. .. .. } 5 „ * .. 14 „ *.. Premium.. 248 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 7 7 5 1,512 1 9 1,519 9 2 13 16 4 4,314 10 5 4,328 6 9 66 0 0 66 0 0 2,031 19 4 2,031 19 4 KAIHU SECTION. 5 years*.. Premium.. 150 0 0 5 „ * 60 0 0 5 „ *.. 29 14 10 1,193 4 5 1,22219 3 13 8 6 673 0 0 686 8 6 879 R. 95/6270 .. Jan. 1, 1896 James Trounson .. .. 13 68 Ahikiwi .. .. Grantees 603 R. 96/1763 .. Dec. 24, 1896 John Harrison .. .. .. 15 68 Kaihu 625 R. 96/2155 .. Jan. 1, 1897 E. Mitchelson and Co. and James 16 55 „ .. .. Govt. .. Trounson AUCKLAND SECTIC N. 417 | R. 89/3364 .. May 30, 1889 Taupiri Extended Coal - mining 64 56 Huntly .. .. Grantees Company (Limited) 521 I R. 93/3515 .. Oct. 1,1893 Bank of New Zealand Estates Com- 18 5 Morrinsville pariy (Limited) 527 R. 94/1533 .. Feb. 1,1894 Union Oil, Soap, and Candle Com- 7 35 Westfleld.. pany (Limited) 528 R. 94/1533 .. Feb. 1,1894 Auckland Freezing Company 7 49 „ .. Govt. .. (Limited) 568 R. 95/3452 .. April 1, 1895 Ralph Brothers .. .. .. 64 66 Huntly .. .. Grantees 571 R. 95/4170 .. Aug. 1,1895 Auckland Freezing Company 0 23 Auckland (Limited) 572 R. 95/4728 .. Oct. 1, 1895 Alexander Fergusson .. .. 124 39 Te Kuiti .. .. Govt. .. 587 R. 96/978 .. Mar. 22, 1896 Waikato Coal and Shipping Com- 64 63 Huntly .. .. Grantees pany (Limited) 598 R. 96/3698 .. July 1, 1896 J. C. Firth .. .. .. 58 11 Ohinewai .. Govt, and grantees 609 R. 97/1123 .. April 1, 1897 Kauri Timber Company (Limited) 35 25 Helensville South Grantees 632 R. 97/4655 .. Nov. 1,1897 J.J.Craig .. .. .. 6 29 New Lynn 641 R. 98/1868 .. May 1,1898 Ralph's Taupiri Coal-mines (Li- 64 52 Huntly .. mited) 10 years* .. I Premium., j 360 0 0 l 10 . * .. „ .. 138 0 0 Rental, £25 10 „ * .. f Rental, £25 10 „ * .. f Rental, £25 5 years* .. t 4 „ * .. f Rental, £50 I 6,028 4 3 | 6,028 4 3 180 4 9 140 16 5 321 1 2 372 11 9 811 6 4 1,183 18 1 1,574 0 5 1,130 17 8 2,704 18 1 78012 8 11412 0 895"4 8 10 „ * .. .. Rental, £12 5 „ * .. t 66 9 11 67 19 7 134 9 6 2,316 7 7 2,316 7 7 8 „ *.. t Extension,£118 157 11 5 675 15 6 833 6 11 5 „ *.. t 5 „ *.. t 5 „ * .. f Extension,£134 324 0 2 1,748 5 2 2,072 5 4 5,791 11 10 5,791 11 10 * Three months' notice. 1 Originally laid under old agreement.

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RETURN No. 24—continued. PARTICULARS of Private-Siding Traffic up to 31st March, 1899.

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CD . 0 .3i Papers. Date of Grant. Present Holder. Position. Nearest Station. By whom paid for. Term of Grant. Amount of Traffic guaranteed per Annum. Liquidated Damages or Premium. Value of the Traffic through the Siding during the Year ending 31st March, 1899. In. Out. Total. In. Out. Total. CR. 75/845.. R. 80/1588 .. Napier Gas Company Gear Meat-preserving and Freezing Company (Limited) Wanganui Sash and Door Factory and Timber Company (Limited) H. Brown Nelson Brothers (Limited) WELLINGTON-NAPIER-: M. oh. | 2 30 Napier .. 6 37 Petone JEW PLY. Govt. .. Grantees MOUTH SECTION. Undefined 10 years* .. Premium .. £ a. A. £ s. d. 267 0 8 373 18 0 £ s. d. 62 19 10 1,497 6 1 £ s. d. 330 0 6 1,871 4 1 24 221 ■ 1875 Dec. 13, 1880 117 19 11 Rental, £25 Rental, £25 384 I R.'89/1328 .. May 1, 1889 106 20 Wanganui Govt. TO „ * .. t 3,929 12 5 45 3 9 3,974 16 2 406 I 462 R. 89/2835 .. R. 91/873 .. Sept. 13, 1889 April 1, 1891 235 47 Inglewood 96 17 Woodville Grantees 10 „ *.. I t 10 „ * .. I Premium.. 1,085 0 0 Rental, £25 Rental, £50 151 19 0 469 6 0 621 5 0 463 R. 91/872 .. Mar. 1, 1891 Nelson Brothers (Limited) (Conroy and Co., tenants) Nelson Brothers (Limited) Williams and Kettle (Limited) 1 74 Napier 10 „ * .. t 294 0 9 54 15 6 348 16 3 480 495 R. 92/213 .. R. 92/1948 .. Jan. 1, 1892 Sept. 1, 1892 68 31 Waipukurau 100 4 Hastings .. Govt. Grantees 10 „ * .. f 10 „ * .. Premium.. Rental, £25 248 0 0 Rental, £25 Rental, £25 Rental, £25 539 0 0 Rental, £25 382 5 6 175 "l 0 557 12 6 512 522 526 531 R. 93/1464 .. R. 93/3608 .. R. 94/504 .. R. 94/2089 .. _ May 1, 1893 Nov. 1, 1893 April 18, 1894 June 1, 1894 R.Holt Nelson Brothers (Limited) Rathbone and Mathews Wellington Meat Export Company (Limited) Charles Lett New Plymouth Sash and Door Factory and Timber Company (Ltd.) Bailey and Co. .. .. ... Manawatu County Council W. Nelson Richter, Nannestad, and Co. Hawke's Bay Timber Company (Ltd.) William Booth and Co. Thomas Tanner Taranaki Freezing-works Company (Limited) Robert Holt M. W. Welch, W. E. Welch, S. Death, D. Judd Ellis Bros. H- Carlson Napier Gas Company (Limited) .. H. Brown and Co. W. Aiken N.King Williams and Beetham B. L. Knight Henry and Co. Murray, Roberts, and Co. 99 72 Hastings 101 57 Tomoana 36 73 Mangatera 3 9 Ngahauranga 7 „ *.. t 10 „ * .. t 10 , *.. Premium.. 10 , * .. f 727 13 4 1,448 18 9 67 2 1 671 7 8 2 11 4 2,436 7 5 2,213 19 5 1,018 14 10 730 4 8 3,885 6 2 2,281 1 6 1,690 2 6 534 544 545 548 550 559 560 567 569 575 R. 94/2486 .. R. 94/3207 .. R. 94/3321 .. R. 94/3802 .. R. 94/3829 .. R. 95/1396 .. R. 95/1497 .. R. 95/2949 .. R. 95/3450 .. R. 95/5462 .. I Aug. 1, 1894 April 5, 1894 Aug. 1, 1894 Oct. 1, 1894 Dec. 1, 1894 Oct. 1, 1894 May 1, 1895 Aug. 1, 1895 Aug. 1, 1895 Nov. 15, 1895 28 33 Kaitoke .. 217 64 | Ngaire 9 53 ; Rata 13 34 Carnarvon 44 36 Makotuku 88 63 Hokowhitu I 42.62 Makotuku 57 30 | Carterton 40 12 } Matamau 9 40 | Moturoa Govt. .. Govt, and grantees Govt. .. Grantees Govt. .. Grantees Govt. .. Grantees 5 „ *.. t 5 „ *.. t 5 „ *.. t 5 . *.. t 5 „ * .. t 5 „ * .. t 5 . *.. t 5 „ * .. t 5 . *.. t 10 „ * .. Premium.. 5 ".8 5 2 11 10 11 6 4 5 11 0 1,787 16 7 33 16 11 217 7 4 13 18 1 2,307 6 7 11 3 0 389 8 0 306 6 0 41 8 3 571 18 11 494 12 11 762 5 8 1,209 9 4 1,029 3 9 349 14 11 11 3 0 394 16 5 308 17 10 52 14 7 577 9 11 2,282 9 6 796 2 7 1,426 16 8 1,043 1 10 2,657 1 6 580 581 R. 96/114 .. R. 95/3386 .. Jan. 1, 1896 Aug. 1, 1895 111 79 Napier .. .11 70 Belmont Govt. .. 10 „ * .. f 5 „ * .. 275 0 0 Rental, £25 Rental, £50 Rental, £15 3,648 1 9 0 12 5 4 11 10 197 19 5 3,652 13 7 198 11 10 596 599 602 606 610 614 617 618 626 627 R. 96/2000 .. R. 96/3830 .. R. 96/5010 .. R. 97/825 .. R. 97/1238 .. R. 97/2622 .. R. 97/2654 .. R. 97/172 .. R. 97/1942 .. R. 97/4085 .. June 1, 1896 Sept. 1, 1896 Oct. 1, 1896 Mar. 1, 1897 April 1, 1897 May 1, 1897 Mar. 26, 1897 July 1, 1897 Aug. 1, 1897 Nov. 1, 1897 50 66 Kopua .. 32 54 Tamaki .. 99 73 Hastings 221 31 Stratford 142 59 Okoia .. 7 53 New Plymouth .. 62 10 Waingawa 91 51 Newman 93 35 Hukanui 113 72 Spit Grantees 5 „ *.. t 5 „ *.. t 5 „ *.. t 5 . *.. t 10 yearsj.. f 10 , *.. f 5 „ * .. Premium.. 6 „ *.. 10 „ * .. + 17 3 8 3 4 0 85 11 1 34 18 1 63 9 5 660 19 1 25 12 6 3 6 4 1 13 1 1,028 17 4 924 2 2 1,086 18 6 8 5 6 185 3 4 375 1 5 175 12 1 645 6 1 1,677 16 2 544 15 2 76 9 0 941 5 10 1,090 2 6 93 16 7 220 1 5 438 10 10 836 11 2 670 18 7 1,681 2 6 546 8 3 1,105 6 4 Rental, £25 200 0 0 Govt. .. Rental, £25

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628 R. 97/4270 .. Dec. 1,1897 New Plymouth Sash and Door Fac- 228 71 Tariki Road ...Grantees 5 years*.. t tory and Timber Company (Ltd.) 629 R. 97/4273 .. Nov. 1, 1897 C. Brown (Mrs.).. .- ..217 58 Ngaire .. ..: „ 5 „ *.. t 633 R. 97/4854 .. Dec. 1,1897 Mitchell and Co. .. ..147 45 Aramoho .. „ 10 „ * .. Premium.. 637 R. 97/3534 .. Mar. 1, 1898 Levin and Co. .. .. .. 65 45 Masterton .. | Govt, and 10 „ * .. grantees 640 R. 98/1598 .. April 1, 1898 Kendrick Brothers .. .. 147 56 Aramoho .. .. j Grantees 5 „ * .. t 643 R. 97/4652 .. April 1,1898 Tiratu Sawmill Company .. 35 32 Mangatera .. „ 5 „ *.. Premium.. 645 R. 98/3766 .. Jan. 1, 1899 j Dalgety and Co. (Limited) .. 113 64 Spit .. .. . 5 „ *.. f 647 R. 98/3331 .. Oct. 1, 1898 \ W. G. Bassett .. .. .. 2 14 Wanganui .. . 10 „ * .. Premium.. 628 70 0 0 Rental, £25 130 0 0 Rental, £25 33o"o 0 Rental, £25 188 0 0 Rental, £50 4 9 3 39 4 2 157 18 3 447 8 6 22 7 8 29 7 6 407 14 9 785 3 3 839 5 9 53 12 9 223 17 10 707 4 11 130 12 9 1,144 15 5 26 16 5 13 0 2 843 15 0 92 16 11 381 16 1 1,154 13 5 153 0 5 1,174 2 11 434 11 2 798 3 5 629 633 637 640 643 645 647 649 I R. 98/4394 .. Oct. 1, 1898 H. Judd .. .. .. 50 68 Matarawa .. . 1 „ * .. t 652 I R. 98/3937 .. Oct. 1,1898 J. Garnett .. .. ..99 70 Hastings.. .. „ 2 „ *.. t 656 R. 98/2734 .. Feb. 1,1899 C.N.Clausen .. .. ..87 39 Palmerston North „ 10 „ * .. Premium.. 649 652 656 Rental, £25 69 0 0 Rental, £25 33 7 10 111 18 2 143 2 10 91 15 1 412 4 125 2 11 111 18 2 147 15 2 GREYMOUTH SECTION. 344 R. 86/2585 ..Aug. 20,1886 Westport Colliery Company .. 8 0 Brunner .. .. Greym'th Har.Bd. 525 R. 94/1176 .. Jan. 1, 1894 Stratford and Blair .. .. 0 0 Greymouth .. Govt. .. 10 years* 533 R. 94/2445 .. Aug. 1, 1894 T. W. Wilson .. .. .. 2 52 Kaiata .. .. „ .. 5 „ * .. t 537 R. 94/2869 .. Aug. 11, 1894 William Morris .. .. .. 10 74 Kumara .. .. „ .. 5 „ * .. 538 R. 94/2882 .. Aug. 11,1894 Westland Sawmilling Company 16 9 Awatuna .. „ .. 5 „ *.. (Limited) 549 R. 94/3879 .. Nov. 1,1894 Malfroy and Co. .. .. 2163 HoHo .. .. Govt, and 5 „ *.. Premium.. grantees 552 R. 94/2285 .. Nov. 1, 1894 G. Perotti .. .. .. 3 21 Nelson Creek .. Govt. .. 5 „ * .. 573 R. 95/4631 .. Mar. 1,1895 Stratford and Blair .. .. 4 38 Dobson .. .. Grantees 5 „ *.. Premium.. 600 R. 96/4091 .. Jan. 1,1895 G.D.Wilson .. .. ..10 77 Kumara .. Govt, and 5 „ *.. K grantees 653 R. 98/2908 .. Oct. 1,1898 O.Butler .. .. .. 6 58 Cameron's .. Grantees 5 „ *.. Premium.. Rental, £25 20 0 0 150"0 0 103 7 5 35 16 7 858 9 1 2 12 2 4 11 3 3 15 9 2 4 10 6 7 0 5 0 1 21 2 9 6,323 14 5 59 12 2 244 18 10 126 18 3 211 2 3 197 18 7 3 4 8 649 13 6 254 8 3 6 15 4 6,359 11 0 918 1 3 - 247 11 0 131 9 6 214 18 0 200 3 5 3 4 8 656 0 6 259 8 4 - 27 18 1 WESTPORT SECTION. 570 | R. 95/3687 .. 1 April 1, 1895 1 Mokihinui Sawmill Company .. | 26 72 | Mokihinui .. I .. 15 years* .. | .. | I I 47 15 2 | 47 15 2 NELSON SECTION. ' 238 I R. 81/1947 .. | Aug. 31, 1881 | Neale and Haddow .. .. | 1 0 | Nelson .. .. | Grantees | 10 years* .. | Premium.. | 150 0 0 | 199 17 9 | 55 18 7 | 255 16 4 . PICTON SECTION. 465 R. 91/2179 .. July 10,1891 Nelson Brothers (Limited) (Wairau 13 35 Spring Creek .. Grantees 10 years*.. Premium.. Freezing Company, Ltd., tenants) 473 R. 91/3490 .. Nov. 2,1891 N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency 0 10 Picton .. .. „ 10 „ * .. Company (Limited) 491 R. 92/1824 .. Feb. 1,1892 Fell Brothers and Co. .. ..17 69 Blenheim.. .. „ 10 „ * .. t 519 R. 93/3737 .. Nov. 1,1893 N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency 17 62 „ .. .. „ 10 „ *.. t Company (Limited) 270 0 0 Rental, £25 190 0 0 Rental, £25 Rental, £25 Rental, £25 25 10 4 81 16 2 129 17 0 10 19 0 302 8 0 21 19 9 231 5 6 189 19 0 327 18 4 103 15 11 361 2 6 200 18 0 * Three months' notice. 1 Originally laid under old agreement. 1 One week's notice.

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RETURN No. 24— continued. PARTICULARS of Private-Siding Traffic up to 31st March, 1899.

S ° Papers. Date of Grant. Present Holder. Position. Nearest Station. By whom paid for. Term of Grant. Amount of Traffic guaranteed per Annum. Liquidated Damages * or Premium. Value of the Traffic through the Siding during the Year ending 31st March, 1899. In. Out. Total. In. Out. Total. HURUNUI-BL ,UFF SEC ITION. April 28, 1866 , 1866 Dec. 28, 1870 Aug. 14, 1882 M. eh. 7 39 7 50 1 17 21 29 Addington Grantees For ever .. £ a. d. I £ s. d. £ s. d. ] £ s. d. 1 2 3 12 R. 81/1026 .. P.W. 77/4594 R. 88/1 107 .. R. 82/2186 .. J. T. Brown Sir J. Hall Richard Allen Bank of New South Wales (used by White and Co.) Oamaru Harbour Board Richard Evans Miles, Archer, and Co. (J.Mee, tenant) James A. Mcllraith N.Z. and Australian Land Company (Limited). (C. North, tenaYit) Riccarton Leeston Govt. .. 986' 13 0 467 5 2 837 5 2 1,823 18 2 467 5 2 13 20 32 33 37 P.W. 76/3501 P.W. 76/2946 R. 82/432 .. P.W. 76/823 P.W. 76/3721 Dec. 18, 1874 Dec. 11, 1875 April 7, 1876 April 22, 1876 July 18, 1876 157 77 1 52 105 54 8 75 166 27 Oamaru Wilson's Siding .. Timaru Glentunnel Maheno Grantees Govt. .. Undefined For ever .. •• 1,692 11 1 220 7 6 455 6 4 29 18 1 3 10 6 1,341 18 8 418 14 6 185 9 1 858 7 4 0 17 6 3,034 9 9 639 2 0 640 15 5 888 5 5 4 8 0 Undefined 120 P.W. 77/4412 Jan. 23,1878 Oamaru Harbour Board .. \ N.Z. and Australian Land Company (Limited) Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company S. Ogdon S. Bailey Friedlander Brothers (Limited) .. 157 65 157 65 351 60 Oamaru (1st sidg.) (2nd sidg.) Edendale ). .. 10 years* .. 300 0 0 50 0 0 *48 0 0 1,936 2 9 710 9 1 2,646 11 10 142 R. 78/649 .. Aug. 3, 1878 10 „ *.. 300 0 0 131 16 8 90 14 7 222 11 3 17a 258 266 374 R. 82/379 .. R. 82/554 .. R. 89/885 .. 1878 Jan. 10, 1882 Mar. 24, 1882 Mar. 29, 1889 0 73 10 71 15 0 16 40 Mosgiel Township South Malvern .. Templeton Lyndhurst Grantees Undefined For ever .. 10 years* .. 10 „ * .. Premium.. Premium.. 153 0 0 260 0 0 Rental, £25 Extension,£331 Rental, £50 Rental, £50 Rental, £25 Rental, £50 Rental, £50 90 0 0 Rental, £50 Rental, £50 282 13 0 5115 9 561 4 4 282 13 0 5115 9 636 15 4 7511 0 377 R. 89/1511 .. June 8, 1889 Farmers' Agency Company (Limited) 236 32 Dunedin 10 „ *.. 1,279 2 6 188 4 5 1,467 6 11 378 379 381 382 383 R. 89/1878 .. R. 89/1259 .. R. 89/1310 .. R. 89/1333 .. R. 89/2433 .. May 1, 1889 May 1, 1889 May 1, 1889 May 1, 1889 Aug. 5, 1889 Williams, Stephens, and Co. Rollitt and Co. Belford Mills Company J. Goss Dalgety and Co. (Limited) 5 79 58 72 106 8 6 62 236 21 Christchurch Ashburton Timaru Christchurch Dunedin Govt. .. 10 . 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. t t t t Premium.. 1,506 16 7 744 13 2 346 6 5 1,195 13 8 3,420 12 0 1 14 10 1,897 11 8 391 1 3 26 11 5 488 17 1 1,508 11 5 2,642 4 10 737 7 8 1,222 5 1 3,909 9 1 Grantees 385 R. 89/1392 .. May 1, 1889 Permanent Investment and Loan Association of Canterbury (used by G. McClatchie and Co.) Friedlander Brothers (Limited) Fleming and Gilkison J. Grigg 5 76 Christchurch Govt. .. 10 „ * .. t 2,502 0 7 67 11 6 2,569 12 1 386 387 388 R. 89/1983 .. R. 89/1963 .. R. 89/1624 .. May 1, 1889 May 1, 1889 May 1, 1889 60 68 335 5 64 54 Tinwald Gore Winslow 10 „ * .. 10 „ *.. 10 „ *.. t t t Rental, £25 Rental, £25 Extension,£110 86 8 2 673 13 1 1,029 13 7 612 16 2 900 3 1 752 16 9 699 4* 4 1,573 16 2 1,782 10 4 Govt, and grantees Govt. .. 389 390 391 394 395 398 R. 89/1964 .. R. 89/1309 .. R. 89/1279 .. R. 89/1868 .. R. 89/1262 .. R. 89/1867 .. May 1, 1889 May 1, 1889 May 1, 1889 May 1, 1889 May 1, 1889 May 1, 1889 Fleming and Gilkison Wigram Brothers Friedlander Brothers (Limited) Dalgety and Co. (Limited) Rollitt and Co. Christchurch Gas, Coal, and Coke Company (Limited) Christchurch Meat Company (Limited) W. Scott and Co. 374 10 1 78 58 73 6 47 57 77 6 1 Elles Road Heathcote Ashburton Christchurch Ashburton Christchurch 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 10 „ *.. 10 years* .. Rental, £50 Rental, £25 Rental, £25 Rental, £50 Rental, £25 Extension, £40 Rental, £50 Extension,£140 Rental, £25 Rental, £25 1,677 15 7 1,155 1 10 1,098 19 10 2,443 16 6 (See No. 379.) 1,568 18 8 456 15 0 553 10 7 1,188 7 6 226 9 2 2,134 10 7 1,708 12 5 2,287 7 4 2,670 5 8 Grantees Govt, and grantees Ditto .. 136 4 3 1,705 2 11 400 R. 89/1692 .. Aug. 1, 1889 13 8 Islington 10 „ t 7,475 15 0 7,538 13 10 15,014 8 10 401 R. 89/2417 .. Aug. 1, 1889 25-38 Southbridge Govt. .. 10 „ *.. t 129 6 5 152 15 4 282 1 9

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409 R. 89/3018 .. Oct. 2, 1889 Milburn Lime and Cement Company (Limited) N.Z. Pine Company (Limited) W. White and Co. Evans and Co. (Limited) Moir and Co. J. Shand National Mortgage and Agency Co. of New Zealand (Limited) W. Quinn 235 25 Dunedin Grantees 10 „ *.. Premium.. 171 0 0 Rental, £50 406 13 1 ■ 239 10 2 646 3 3 410 411 412 414 418 420 R. 89/3132 .. R. 89/3377 .. R. 89/3213 .. R. 89/2422 .. R. 89/3596 .. R. 89/3216 .. i Aug. 1, 1889 May 1, 1889 June 1, 1889 Aug. 1, 1889 Aug. 1, 1889 May 1, 1889 367 72 7 46 236 37 16 69 26 22 374 56 One- tree Point .. Addington Dunedin Southbrook Centre Bush Invercargill Govt. .. 10 „ *.. 10 , *.. 10 „ * .. 12 . *.. 10 „ *.. 10 „ * .. Rental, £25 Rental, £50 Rental, £25 1 10 7 2,394 1 3 815 15 2 782 16 4 12 0 451 6 0 137 17 3 594 19 1 502 11 2 433 6 1 2 12 7 2,845 7 3 953 12 5 1,377 15 5 502 11 2 1,257 3 7 Rental, £50 823 17 6 424 R. 89/2391 .. Aug. 1, 1889 121 71 Otaio Govt, and grantees Grantees Govt. .. 10 „ * .. t Extension, £80 I Rental, £25 30 10 10 229 18 2 260 9 0 425 429 R. 89/3940 .. R. 90/27 Aug. 1, 1889 Nov. 1, 1889 Oamaru Borough Council N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) P. Virtue 157 41 391 48 Oamaru Bluff 10 „ * .. 10 „ *.. t t Rental, £50 47 4 9 1,955 8 7 403*' 7 6 47 4 9 2,358 16 1 432 R. 90/432 .. May 1, 1889 6 19 Christchurch Govt, and grantees 10 „ * .. t Extension, 102 10 0 Rental, £50 Rental, £25 Extension, £45 Rental, £25 1,748 14 6 340 12 5 2,089 6 11 434 435 R. 90/614 .. R. 90/538 .. Aug. 1, 1889 Jan. 1, 1890 W. White and Co. H. Harraway 25 33 0 14 Southbridge Burnside Govt. .. Govt, and grantees Govt. .. 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. t t 264 14 7 788 18 3 179 13 2 264 14 7 968 11 5 436 439 440 444 449 454 455 460 461 R. 90/539 .. R. 90/862 .. R. 90/1056 .. R. 90/1132 .. R. 90/2561 .. R. 90/3748 .. R. 90/3798 .. R. 91/696 .. R. 91/779 .. Aug. 1, 1889 Aug. 1, 1889 Jan. 1, 1890 April 1, 1890 Aug. 1, 1889 Oct. 1, 1890 Aug. 1, 1889 Mar. 6, 1891 Feb. 1, 1891 Walton Park Coal and Pottery Company (Limited) N.Z. Provision and Produce Company Milburn Lime and Cement Company (Limited) G. G. Stead J. Freeman D. Thomas Edwards and Menlove Lyttelton Harbour Board Canterbury (New Zealand) Seed Company (Limited) N.Z. Fanners' Co-operative Association of Canterbury (Limited) Nelson Brothers (Limited) 2 3 7 1 23 2 7 59 241 71 58 76 14 39 0 15 7 60 Saddle Hill Belfast Ord's Addington Abbotsford Ashburton Ngapara Lyttelton Addington Grantees Govt. .. Grantees Govt. .. Grantees Govt. .. Grantees 10 , *.. 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 10 , *.. 10 „ *.. 10 „ * .. 10 , *.. 10 , *.. t t t t t t t Premium.. t Rental, £25 Rental, £25 Rental, £25 11 13 7 418 5 1 931 8 1 12 3 11 305 7 11 810 4 8 587 4 11 174 1 7 554 10 1 673 2 11 281 12 10 11 4 8 269 0 0 691 13 5 821 18 3 1,005 10 0 174 1 7 1,485 18 2 685 6 10 587 0 9 11 4 8 1,522 1, 6 1,938 10 2 150 0 0 Rental, £25 l,253"l 6 1,246 16 9 469 R. 91/2112 .. Aug. 5, 1891 59 4 Ashburton 8J „ *.. t Rental, £25 382 3 2 330 14 8 712 17 10 471 R. 91/2986 .. Sept. 14, 1891 390 12 Ocean Beach 10 „ * .. Premium.. 250 0 0 Rental, £25 Rental, £25 Rental, £25 2,405 16 10 205 5 11 2,611 2 9 472 474 R. 91/3338 .. R. 91/3084 .. Oct. 1, 1891 Sept. 1, 1891 Wood Brothers (Limited) National Mortgage and Agency Co. of N.Z. (Limited) D. H. Brown and Son 7 60 7 57 Addington 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. t t 1,524 9 6 434 9 10 1,083 14 2 430 11 4 2,608 3 8 865 1 2 475 R. 91/3047 .. Nov. 6, 1891 7 29 Govt, and grantees Grantees 10 „ *.. Premium.. 20 0 0 Rental, £25 Rental, £25 Rental, £25 Rental, £25 Rental, £25 1,461 7 5 709 5 9 2,170 13 2 476 478 482 483 R. 91/3639 .. R. 91/3993 .. R. 92/509 .. R. 92/703 .. Oct. 1, 1891 Nov. 1, 1891 Jan. 1, 1892 Feb. 1, 1892 N.Z. Provision and Produce Co. .. E. W. Hanmer .. N.Z. Refrigerating Co. (Limited) .. W. Quinn 7 1 58 69 239 27 0 6 Belfast Ashburton Cattle-yards Studholme Junction Christchurch Mataura 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. t t t t 153 17 1 101 3 9 3,337 13 7 32 10 10 418 10 3 138 5 6 1,276 13 0 120 5 3 572 7 i 239 9 3 4,614 6 7 152 16 1 484 486 487 R. 92/672 .. R. 92/739 .. R. 92/852 .. Mar. 1, 1892 Mar. 24, 1892 Feb. 1, 1892 W. White and Co. Southland Frozen Meat and Produce Export Company (Limited) Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association (Limited) N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) 6 51 342 48 106 9 Timaru Govt. .. Grantees 10 years* .. 10 „ * .. 10 . *.. t Premium.. t Rental, £50 300 0 0 Rental, £25 Rental, £50 889 17 10 590 2 11 1,502 5 7 38 6 10 2,407 11 11 536 4 11 928 4 8 2,997 14 10 2,038 10 6 488 R. 92/806 .. Mar. 1, 1892 6 51 Christchurch 10 „ *.. t Rental, £50 1,287 17 1 507 11 1 1,795 8 2 * Three months' notice. + 0j ;inalp laid under old ag [reement.

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CJ O Ori Papers. Date of Grant. Present Holder. Position. Nearest Station. By whom paid for. Term of Grant. Amount of Traffic guaranteed per Annum. Liquidated Damages or Premium. Value of the Traffic through the Siding during the Year ending 31st March, 1899. In. Out. Total. In. Out. Total. URUNUI-BLUFF SECTION [— continued. £ s. d. 283 6 6 493 R. 92/1937 .. Feb. 1, 1892 Executors of late M. Studholme .. [M. ch. 0 6 Studholme June- Grantees tion Cattle-yards .. „ 10 years*.. t £ s. d. Rental, £25 £ s. d. 31 6 4 £ s. d. 252 0 2 496 498 499 500 505 506 510 R. 92/3650 .. R. 92/3835 .. R. 92/4111 .. R. 92/3737 ., R. 93/40 July 1, 1891 Oct. 1, 1892 Dec. 14, 1892 Nov. 1, 1892 Nov. 1, 1892 Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co.'s N.Z. Drug Company (Limited) Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairyproduce Export Company (Limited) Canterbury Central Co-operative Dairy Company (Limited) N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) National Mortgage and Agency Co. of New Zealand (Limited) William H. Martyn N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) Donald Reid and Co. Lyttelton Borough Council (Shaw-1 Savill and Albion Co., Kaye andl Carter, C. S. Wheeler, tenants) J Nichol Brothers John Murdoch and Co. 239 24 7 8 7 50 105 75 105 74 j 2 25 335 7 Belfast Addington Timaru .. .. „ Timaru .. .. „ 10 „ * .. 10 ,, * .. 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 8 years 8 months* 10 years* .. 10 „ *.. t t Premium .. t t Rental, £25 Rental, £25 46 0 0 Rental, £25 Rental, £50 Rental, £50 478 6 3 8,011 17 3 23 18 2 429 12 4 628 13 10 956 16 5 6,449 9 0 25 17 3 322 18 4 549 0 2 1,435 2 8 14,461 6 3 49 15 5 752 10 8 1,177 14 0 R. 93/109 .. R. 93/1075 .. Jan. 1,1893 Feb. 1, 1893 Wetheral Gore t t Rental, £25 Rental, £25 33 19 4 231 2 10 367 0 10 733 4 7 401 0 2 964 7 5 511 514 R. 93/1228 .. R. 93/1824 .. Dec. 1, 1892. May 1, 1893 236 17 Dunedin 10 „ * .. t Rental, £50 3,469 8 1 (3,066 0 5 j 1,123 3 4 ( 56 2 11 2,657 9 3 5,553 0 10 458 19 11 440 13 11 29"2 12 7 7 17 8 1,434 11 5 442 9 3 3,928 8 0 3,506 14 4 1,415 15 11 64 0 7 4,092 0 8 5,995 10 1 0 0 Lyttelton 10 „ * .. t Rental, £50 515 529 R. 93/2140 .. R. 94/2207 .. May 1, 1893 May 6, 1894 391 64 235 52 Bluff Dunedin .. Govt, and grantees Eveline .. Grantees 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. t t Rental, £50 Rental, £50 530 535 536 539 540 541 542 546 547 R. 94/2208 .. R. 94/2485 .. R. 94/2582 .. R. 94/3024 .. R. 94/3026 .. R. 94/3081 .. R. 94/3080 .. R. 94/3483 .. R. 94/3672 .. June. 1, 1894 Aug. 1, 1894 Aug. 1, 1894 Aug 1, 1894 Peb. 1, 1894 Aug. 1, 1894 Aug. 1, 1894 Aug. 1, 1894 Oct. 1, 1894 New Zealand Refrigerating Company (Limited) Lyttelton Borough Council Samuel Smart Invercargill Corporation .. J. G. Ward Thomas Buxton Thomas Hodgkinson Milburn Lime and Cement Co. (Limited) N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. (Limited) N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. (Limited) B. C. Calverley .. G. R. Waddel Lyttelton Harbour Board Southland County Council G. McClatchie and Co. .. J. Craig and Co. J. and T. Meek 155 23 2 65 12 8 0 1 391 43 6 41 6 44 267 57 [236 10 | Heathcote .. Govt. .. Hornby Invercargill .. „ Bluff .. .. Grantees Makarewa .. Govt. .. Milburn .. 1 Dunedin .. .. Govt, and grantees Invercargill .. Grantees 5 „ * .. 5 „ * .. 5 „ * .. 5 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 5 „ * .. 5 „ * .. 5 „ * .. 10 „ * .. t t Rental, £25 Rental, £50 Rental, £50 446 9 0 39 4 7 6 14 2 581 1 6 3,196 10 0 11 8 5 20 14 4 1,024 14 2 2,812 13 0 150 6 7 507 15 5 7 11 8 545 4 3 269 7 8 187 13 7 901 2 2 771 13 5 596 15 7 39 4 7 514 9 7 588 13 2 3,741 14 3 280 16 1 208 7 11 1,925 16 4 3,584 6 5 551 R. 94/3949 .. Dec. 1, 1894 374 55 10 t Rental, £50 858 5 4 516 0 11 1,374 6 3 554 555 556 561 563 565 576 R. 94/4291 .. R. 94/4311 .. R. 94/4445 .. R. 95/1813 .. R. 95/2127 .. R. 94/1271 .. R. 95/5309 .. Aug. 1,1894 Jan. 1, 1895 Nov. 1, 1894 May 1, 1895 May 1, 1895 May 1, 1895 May 1, 1895 241 70 391 65 5 4 6 9 157 42 158 18 Abbotsford .. Govt. .. Bluff .. .. Grantees Lyttelton .. Govt. .. Wyndham .. Grantees Christchurch .. Govt. .. Oamaru .. .. „ .. 5 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 5 „ * .. 5 „ * .. 10 „ * .. i „ * .. 5 „ *.. t t t t t t Rental, £50 3,437 11 6 (See No. 460.) 251 15 4 594 15 4 251 15 4 4,032 6 10 Rental, £50 Rental, £50 Rental, £50 (See No. 385.) 1,091 17 5 625 15 5 90 6 11 346 0 9 1,182 4 4 971 16 2 .. ..| „ ..

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577 xv. . . May 1, 1895 Lyttelton Harbour Board Lyttelton Govt, and grantees Govt. .. Grantees 5 years .. (See No. 460.) 583 584 R. 96/383 .. R. 96/418 .. Jan. 1, 1896 Jan. 1, 1896 Broad, Small, and Co. T. D. Ward (Mrs.) and R. Cleave (used by J. G. Ward and Co. also) McCallum and Co. T. Teschemaker.. Otago Dock Trust Timpany Brothers W. Borlase .. James Macfie and Co. (Limited) .. McCallum and Co. Nelson Brothers (Limited) - .. 374 46 374 39 Invercargill 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. t t Rental, £50 Rental, £50 157 13 10 303 18 0 24 17 0 392 1 1 182 10 10 695 19 1 585 586 590 591 592 593 594 595 R. 96/809 .. R. 96/247 .. R. 95/5887 .. R. 96/262 .. R. 96/2802 .. R. 96/3013 .. R. 96/1640 .. R. 96/2443 .. Feb. 9, 1896 Nov. 1, 1895 April 1,1896 April 1, 1896 July 1, 1896 July 1, 1896 May 1, 1896 July 1, 1896 365 37 165 26 14 72 228 62 235 44 15 0 12 0 Longbush Teschemaker's .. Port Chalmers .. Kapuka Sawyer's Bay Dunedin Kapuka Hornby Govt'., .. Grantees 5 „ *.. 5 » * .. 3 „ * .. 5 „ * .. 5 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 5 „ * .. 10 „ * .. t t Premium.. t t Premium.. 154"o 0 56 4 0 17 8 1 637 5 3 13 6 11 1,535 12 11 162 12 5 147 10 6 1,591 15 2 63 16 1 53 9 7 2,263 18 0 491 3 5 1,591 16 11 180 0 6 784 15 9 1,605 2 1 63 16 1 586 14 4 2,281 9 0 1,003 9 1 Rental, £50 165 0 0 350 0 0 Rental, £25 533 4 9 17 11 0 512 5 8 597 R. 95/1671 .. Oct.' 1, 1896 Otago Iron-rolling Mills Company (Limited) Gibson and Lees Christchurch Meat Co. (Limited) .. E. G. Allen 240 16 Burnside 5 „ * .. t 873 16 9 9 17 11 883 14 8 601 604 607 R. 96/3405 .. R. 95/2198 .. R. 97/863 .. Sept. 1, 1896 Dec. 1, 1896 Feb. 1, 1897 279 34 103 70 227 78 Lovell's Flat Timaru Upper Port Chalmers Winchester Greenhills Milton 5 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 5 „ * .. Premium.. t + 114 0 0 Rental, £25 55 2 0 5,657 10 6 1,508 4 0 4,460 10 11 36 14 0 1,563 6 0 10,118 1 5 36 14 0 608 611 612 R. 97/1122 .. R. 97/1502 .. R. 97/671 .. Mar. 1, 1897 Jan. 1, 1897 Mar. 1, 1897 D. N. Inwood J. A. McLauchlan Bruce Woollen Manufacturing Company (Limited) N.Z. Trust and Loan Company .. Timaru Milling Company (Limited) P. McGill Evans and Co. (Limited) Burwood Coal Company Moritzson and Hopkin 90 75 386 18 271 41 Govt. .. Grantees 10 „ * .. 5 „ * .. 10 „ * .. t t Premium.. Rental, £25 45"o 0 Rental, £25 Rental, £25 Rental, £50 Rental, £25 Rental, £50 Rental, £50 336 0 0 Rental, £50 306' 14 8 117 16 6 131 17 3 117 16 6 131 17 3 306 14 8 613 630 631 634 635 636 R. 97/2053 .. R. 97/4426 .. R. 97/4377 .. R. 97/2966 .. R. 97/3820 .. R. 97/3139 .. April 1, 1897 Nov. 1, 1897 Oct. 1, 1897 Jan. 1, 1898 Sept. 27, 1897 Feb. 1, 1898 257 61 106 25 271 42 105 75 6 51 236 48 Henley Timaru Milton Timaru .. Christchurch Dunedin Govt. .. Grantees 5 „ *.. 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 1 „ * .. 10 „ * .. t t t t t Premium.. 41 1 11 918 3 5 1,050 3 11 392 10 1 16 16 5 1,826 6 9 57 14«10 495 7 4 1,535 1 5 603 16 10 8 15 8 97 6 7 98 16 9 1,413 10 9 2,585 5 4 996 6 11 25 12 1 1,923 13 4 638 639 642 644 646 R. 98/503 .. R. 98/1147 .. R. 98/2079 .. R. 98/2669 .. R. 98/4050 .. Jan. 1, 1898 Jan. 1, 1898 May 1, 1898 Sept. 1, 1898 Sept. 1, 1898 F. Lischner John Deans J. Anderson J. H. Lambert Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairy Produce Export Company (Ltd.) Oamaru Totara Tree Stone Company J. Gore J. Palmer J. Borgfeldt Lyttelton Harbour Board 4 72 6 10 0 16 237 2 55 3 Conical Hill Christchurch Ljttelton Kensington Fairfield .. Govt. .. 5 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 1 „ *.. 10 „ * .. 10 „ * .. 1 t t t Premium.. Rental, £50 Rental, £50 Rental, £25 680 0 0 Rental, £50 580 0 3 194 17 11 108 5 1 2,109 16 7 278 19 10 5 16 8 242 9 11 4 2 7 77 17 1 278 19 10 585 16 11 437 7 10 112 7 8 2,187 13 8 Grantees 648 650 651 654 655 R. 98/4223 .. R. 98/4318 .. R. 98/4319 .. R. 99/263 .. R. 99/490 .. Oct. 1, 1898 Oct. 1, 1898 Dec. 1, 1898 Feb. 1, 1899 Jan. 1, 1899 163 12 244 13 234 53 3 31 0 21 Whitecraig Wingatui.. Pelichefc Bay Papanui Lyttelton Govt'. .. Grantees 5 „ *.. 5 „ * .. 5 „ 5 „ * .. 10 „ * .. t t t t t 11 13 2 204 19 10 297 19 1 632 19 1 263 16 4 15 18 3 204 18 0 309 12 3 837 18 11 263 16 4 126 2 11 1,050 8 1 Rentai, £25 Rental, £50 110"4 8 845 10 1 * Three months' notice f Original!] laid under old &i •eement.

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Passeng( or In ts Killed iured. Servants of the Department Killed or Injured. Persons Killed or Injured while crossing at Level Crossings. Trespassers. Workshops. Miscellaneous. Section. From Causes beyond their own Control. From their own Misconduct or Want of Caution. From Causes beyond their own Control. From their own Misconduct or Want of Caution. rr v 2 o H T3 a 2 0 H Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. lllled. Injured.'Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. kawakawa Whangarei ... [aihu .uckland Vellington-Napier-New Plymouth [urunui-Bluff Ireymouth ... Vestport relson . v 'icton 66 1 1 2 7 i 1 13 34 121 5 2 3 39 8 i I 3 9 32 37 1 3 2 5 1 1 1 2 27 242 9 4 3 4 6 3 1 14 2 1 i 3 Totals ... 66 8 12 4 176 1 53 2 4 82 7 402 4 17

RETURN No. 25. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1899.

RETURN No. 26. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employés for March, 1898, and March, 1899.

RETURN No. 27. Statement of Accidents for the Year ending 31st March, 1899.

Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepers. Year. North Island. Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Eemoved during Maintenance.+ 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 1874-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 1879-80* 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 M. ch. 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. ch. 45 7° 18 58 n 68 27 62 11 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 4° 73 32 7i 40 16 40 19 22 50 24 o 47 52 11 39 17 32 M. ch. 45 70 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 69 80 o 90 78 7° 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 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 94,211 168,000 191,048 147,814 60,874 42,814 68,381 71,636 57,4°8 36,382 130,620 92,558 38,876 10,370 78,960 70,848 74,261 73.947 106,763 125,632 148,325 137-993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133.954 139,912 132,569 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243.479 282,326 20 68 5 68 27 27 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 Totals 4,3",3O0 2,823,939 * Nine months only. + Complete information not recorded until 1880-81.

Department. ci ci xt rt a to q rt XI 6 rC 'A -0 c a 3 < ni i3 a. 4. te* 3 pa 'a c E 3 0 a «' 6 o a. u c" o 7, e* o o H 1897-98. General Traffic Maintenance ... Locomotive 5i 159 49 34 52 48 12 26 8 122 8 4 4 16 14 25 14 7 12 7 180 248 210 400 610 502 980 I-IS3 1,066 21 15 10 1,707 2,304 1,918 Totals 53 26 638 1,512 3>!99 2S9 134 46 46 6,051 1898-99. 162 1,811 2,332 2,108 6,413 General Traffic Maintenance ... Locomotive 6 4 4 13 17 16 7 13 6 195 251 237 434 609 580 1,027 1,194 i,i39 55 127 53 36 72 55 20 27 11 12 24 7 Totals 14 46 1,623 3,360 163 58 43 26 683 23S

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RETURN No. 28. LOCOMOTIVE RETURNS for the Year ending 31st March, 1899.

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IS . I T3 sn v Engine-Mileage. Quantity of Stores. Cost. Cost per Engine-Mile in Perk Detail. ■ Repairs. Rum iteg. Running. Repairs. „ Running. Type. Ed o o o rt* 2 < Shunting, j Ballast. i Coal. Oil. s u a Train. Total. Wages Tallow. I Waste. j rials. Stores. Fuel. Wages. Total. Wages and Materials. i Stores. Fu«l. Wagei. Tool. KAWAKAWA SECTION. A D 1 1 12 12 288 4,264 44S 1,911 248 i,337 981 Cwt. 144 1,428 43 244 lb. 3 34 lb. 7 61 £ 13 19 1 8 * 3 29 £ 25 235 260 £ 42 291 3-18 j -24 o - 6i | -26 Total General — 73 "93 6-12 7'5o 10-27 9'30 30 158 I 2 ihargi 4,552 2,356 1,585 8,493 i,572 287 37 68 32 9 32 333 81 0-90 -25 •91 9-41 2-28 188 S8... ... ... ... ... Total 1 ... ... ... ... - 4i4 ... . ... 11-69 ... WHANGAREI SECTION. F Fa Wa 1 2 17 17 6,284 22,783 2,552 8,368 1,013 313 9,849 31,464 9,620 255 486 45 7i 120 216 25 951 52 4 29 66 172 198 402 293 i,554 52 o-6i 7'25 •09 ■22 r6i 4-82 3'°7 7"i3 11-85 182 I 1 - 1-31 322 Total I— I ... ... ... ... 4 -. 29,067 10,920 1,326 13,262 116 336 1,028 33 238 600 1,899 i I 41,313 74i 5"97 •19 1-38 3'49 11-03 504 KAIHU SECTION. C F '1 I 2 4,752 9,937 1,641 3,583 92 "3 6,485 13,633 1,368 2,914 86 223 4 9 63 142 78 145 S 11 84 182 119 257 376 286 595 881 44 2-89 2-55 2-66 •18 3'n 3'20 4-40 10-58 10-47 100 208 — •19 Total General I 3 I ;harg< I ... 58... 14,689 5,224 205 20,118 4,282 309 j 13 205 223 16 266 ■19 3'i7 449 10-51 0-52 308 ... ... ... ... ... Total ! ... - - - ... ... ... 925 ... - ... •■• 11-03 -

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RETURN No. 28—continued. LOCOMOTIVE RETURNS for the Year ending 31st March, 1899— continued.

-I V .e-S Engine-Mileage. Quantity of Stores. Cost. Cost per Engine-Mile in Pence. T; ,e. c "So Detail. Total. Train. Shunting. Ballast. Detail. Running. Repairs. Running. Repairs, j Running. __„ ' I '__ Total - Wages To,al - Stores. Fuel. Wages. and Stores. Fuel. Wages. Material. I Running. Repairs, j Running. p - s Q c 6 < Coal. Wages Oil. Tallow. Waste. J}" 1 } Material. AUCKLAND SECTION. A i F 12 Fa | 3 J ! . 8 iri'"2 La i 2 P 4 12 20 20 20 iS 149,191 50,840 148,818 1,806 46,224 5o,374 55,422 39,393 11,791 14,468 8,522 5,226 3,955 11,285 23-528 130 23 212,112 62,761 163,309 10,328 51,490 54,329 66,707 Cwt. 55,023 26,349 59,633 3,120 25,259 22,834 qt. 3,422 1,306 3,379 1S8 869 1,122 1,126 lb. 176 68 161 17 45 64 59 lb. ' 1.534 700 1,950 119 454 684 542 X. 2,197 509 1,838 1,861 306 850 598 £ I3 1 S 2 138 7 34 46 43 £ 741 378 877 45 221 589 326 £ 3,400 1,205 2,204 210 631 7961,048 £ 6,469 2,144 5,057 2,123 1.192 2,281 2,015 2-48 i'95 1 2-70 43-24* i-43 376 2-15 •15 ■20 •20 •16 •16 •20 •16 0-84 1'44 1-29 1-03 2'6o 3-85 j 4'6i 324 4-88 2-94 3'5 2 3'77 7'32 8-20 7'43 49'33 5-56 10-08 7'2S 8-22 I'I2 2,358 821 1,696 186 485 540 585 6,671 20 1-17 1 Total 35 General charg( 502,675 94,680 23,681 621,036 207,731 11,382 59o 5.983 8,159 45i 3,77 9,494 21,281 2,893 3'i5 "*7 I 1'23 3' 6 7 I, &( ... ... ... ... ! ... I Total 24,174 ... 9'34 ... * Includes cost of converting two class " L " engines to class " La " in year ending 31st March, 1891). WELLINGTON-NAPIER-NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION. A C D E* F Fa H J K L La M N O R S w Wa 1 2 9 3 11 3 6 6 2 4 1 4 2 12 i5 i5 20 20 20 6 20 25 20 25 20 25 15 20 20 15 20 4,576| 7,537! 26,520 132,282 94,951 50,553 ' 27,291 150,176 60,832 51,022 14,683 55,5U 13,476 27,815 159,857 71,738 47,213 145,134 2,289 8,849 48,733 18,315 26,972 10,666 !5>059 13,406 7,755 26,547 3,98i 10,436 632 3,900 32,789 15,837 10,618 29,889 38 3,139 442 27,731 1,268 81 45 10,886 354 861 6,865 16,424 78,392 149,654 62,487 42,43! 163,627 68,587 88,455 19,018 66,811 14,108 3i,7i5 201,600 91,858 58,173 1 75,500 803 2,49! ",477 56,519 26,920 13,528 40,232 42,760 15.891 15,256 '?,722. 15,155 4,101 10,861 50,895 22,696 21,478 53,241 125 283 i,499 3,822 2,816 1,087 2,861 3,342 1,418 388 1,463 318 875 4,025 2,175 1,610 4,37i 9 24 I3 1 156 166 59 78 136 53 105 20 66 60 190 979 1,320 i,542 478 1,361 429 657 159 707 109 347 1,800 905 526 1,598 18 114 361 2,302 1,420 1,084 4,59° 1,876 564 2,512 134 1,987 505 383 2.35 1 893 2,420 5 13 60 !5o 116 42 IOO 120 42 49 15 58 11 35 n6 551 2,879 1,412 623 1,913 2,198 725 686 183 296 1,548 1,846 2,337 870 1,433 1,900 646 1,389 258 756 133 496 2,773 1,225 784 2,149 241 539 2,520 7,J77 5,285 2,619 8,036 6,094 1,977 4,636 611 3,593 852 i,456 7,669 3,926 2,746 7,726 0-63 1-67 I"II 3-66 2-28 4'7 25-96 2'75 1-97 6-82f 1-69 7'H 8-59 2-90 2-80 4-03 3-68 3'3 r •18 -I 9 •18 ■24 •19 •16 •57 •18 -15 •13 •19 •21 •19 •22 I'22 1-70 I'69 4'57 2-26 2'39 10-82 3'22 2'54 i-86 2'57 2-84 3'45 4-15 2-86 2-82 4-18 4-08 6'40 4'3 2 474 2-93 .375 3'34 8-io 2-79 2-26 377 3-26 2-72 2-26 375 3'30 3'20 3'24 2-94 8-43 7-88 772 11-40 8-48 io'o6 45'45 8-94 6-92 12-58 77i 12-91 14-49 11'02 9'!3 10-26 190 215 i,379 1,162 1,792 525 1,026 405 958 160 554 78 295 1,787 807 2 9 4 2 8,954 4,283 342 477 17 45 188 104 69 181 29 145 80 55 177 204 792 203 548 2,400 1,079 1,014 2,980 •17 •21 •23 •24 "'33 1057 422 1,481 Total 86 i I - able, ;ture 1,141,170 mileage | 286,673 233 58,901 1,274 1,486,744 1,507 408,026 33,675 1,607 14,322 25,056 1,267 20,358 21,022 67,703 102 4'05 ■20 3'29 3 '39 10-93 001 !4,375 Less rec covers pendi ... and ex] 67,601 12,132 General c bargf esj 286,440 57,627 1,485,237 10-92 1-96 12-88 ... Total ... ... ... •■ ... ... 79,733 ... -. ... ... *Fon cost of fou] ir class "E" engines written off during the year, r new " Wa" locomotives. t Includes cost of converting four class "L' engines to class "La" in year ending 31st March, 1899. t Includes £5,025, part

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RETURN No. 28— continued. LOCOMOTIVE RETURNS for the Year ending 31st March, 1899— continued.

Type. '5b o c 2 -a Id. < Detail. Detail. Engine-Mileage. Quantity of Stores. Running. Repairs. Running. Repairs. Running. Total - Wages Stores. Fuel. Wages. and Stores. Fuel. Wages. Material. Running. Cost. Cost per Engine-Mile in Pence. Running. u G Train. Shunting. Ballast. Total. Coal. Oil. Tallow. Waste. Wages and Material. Total. runu: -blu: SEC TON. Cvvt. 834 IO 35,284 147,460 22,849 6,042 172,232 19,140 i,754 53,685 79,969 105,420 2,157 39,893 74,319 105,058 132,050 qt. 67 it. 1 lb. 38 j £ 12 £ £ 13 1,284 4,157 736 250 4,860 856 76 2,294 1,258 2,219 44 677 1,505 4,006 2,770 £ I 95 1 1 £ 123 2 7,918 22,090 2,96 1,162 1 6,547 2,965 770 5-502 5,050 7,398 162 3,568 5,928 9,557 8,550 A C* D F Fa G J L N 0 P R T U Wa 2 6 756 685 49 199,436 217,719 11,769 6,527 38,040 5,799 3,985 9,756 14,102 18,505 618 18,541 23,780 18,765 22,489 3,544 4,985 49 226,430 653727 79,048 30,599 453,76 70,780 14,014 183,822 i",i53 7 J ,527 4,618 98,988 "9-353 258,465 289,957 3 3 0-58 •15 0-62 i 4'57 5'92 64 ... 18 26,992 389,303 67,060 24,031 414,820 64,981 9,878 174,066 96,896 152,889 4,000; 62,774; 95,344 239,669 266,922 1,651 6,021 918 373 5,528 1,037 362 1,247 1,924 2,380 21 1,063 2,282 2,201 2,176 162 I i'75 2-21 •18 '15 ■16 12 '7 •16 •16 •17 •20 •19 •16 '7 •22 1-36 1'53 2-23 1-96 2'57 2-90 1-30 2'99 2-72 3'" 2-29 1-64 3'03 372 230 5'io 4'22 3'8 3 4'" 3'09 3'47 5'53 2'39 3'83 372 4-88 4-26 4-08 2-90 2'79 8'39 8-i 1 9'0i 9-11 8-76 10-05 13-19 7-18 10-90 io-35 8-42 8-65 11-92 8-87 7-08 I 17 36 4 2 18 6 1 4 4 6 1 6 6 16 20 20 20 25 25 20 30 18 18 20 20 18 30 25 2 46,70s 219 4i 316 151 155 133 4,306 10,640 1,327 407 7,988 1,141 190 3,l82 2,33' 3,337 66 1,729 2,632 5,785 5,7i6 191 461 65 23 445 77 ; 16 141 95 152 II 91 122 2,020 4,924 ' 687 1973,902 786 139 1,463 1,249 1,928 78 916 1,591 2,441 2,634 4i5 54 15 330 49 9 J3 1 93 139 3 72 109 231 232 4,821 ",497 1,260 524 5,829 1,023 323 1,830 2,660 94 i,756 2,032 3,ii9 3,372 2-79 2-92 2 '93 3'52 6'20t 1-63 4-15 3'33 i-09 2-58 4'59 2-04 i-8o 3,297 7,927 914 352 3,877 695 298 1,307 1,051 1,652 93 1,072 i,356 i,995 2,262 17,673 229 3i 546 192 241 ■21 •19 10 ... j ... ... ... ... ... - ... ... ... ... Total Le ss reci ditu |i40 I iverab re I... [2,090,381 lileage an< 610,565 i expen69,745 4,447 2,770,691 4,447 998,156 50,844 ! 2,326 h 24,993 29,196 2,047 27,006 42,011 100,260 288 2-52 •18 2'34 3'64 : 8-68 O'OI 28,213 chargi 65,298 2,766,244 I '" 99,972 12,744 ... 8-6 7 I-II General ... I ... Total 112,716 978 ... ... ... ... * Public Works Department engine. t Includes cost of converting one class " L " engine to class " La " in year ending 31st March, 1899. GREYMOUTH SECTION. D F Total I General < I 20 5 20 6 ... marg es 5,091 47,431 52,522 7,170 26,989 34,159 2,661 99 2,562 89,342 12,360 76,982 1,886 12,615 14,501 231 1,323 i,554 31 180 211 134 870 ; 1,004 201 1,648 1,849 8 50 58 38 241 1 279 243 i,555 490 3,251 3,74i 194 3-90 5'i3 4'97 '15 ■16 •16 o"74 0-76 74 472 4-09 4-18 9 - 5I 10-14 10-05 052 186 949 1,135 ' '" ... ... ... ... ... - Total ! 1 ... ... 3,935 ... IO-57 -...

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RETURN No. 28—continued. LOCOMOTIVE RETURNS for the Year ending 31st March, 1899— continued.

-d v Engine-Mileage. Quantity of Stores. Coat. Coil per Engine-Mile in Pence. Type. o Z < Train. Shunting. Ballait. Detail. Total. Coal. Oil. Tallow. Waste. 1 Running. Repairs. Wages and Material. Storei. Fuel. Wagei. Running. Total. Repairs. IStorea. Fuel. "Waget. Running. Total. v 5, Waget and Material. WESTPORT SECTION. i ! I C I 2 * ! 3 Fa i Fb i Wa 2 Total 9 General charg. Total ... 12 15 15 15 20 338 24,888 20,349 22,102 26,050 5,224 6,359 16 187 1,006 *i7 28 26,575 38,059 25,590 28,489 16 Cwt. 4,816 8,108 7,451 8,850 14 qt. 521 705 357 485 12 lb. 47 61 32 52 1 lb. 246 326 195 255 I £ 95 197 59 63 £ 15 21 14 18 £ 77 128 118 £ 600 790 405 506 £ 787 596 727 7 o-86 1-24 o"55 o'53 •14 •13 •13 •15 0-70 o-8 1 1*11 1-18 S"4i 4-98 3-80 4-26 7-11 7-16 S'59 6'12 315 S09 270 252 1 140 ... I 7 ... ... 67,677 49,814 2,080 193 1,023 414 68 463 2,308 3,253 1,122 0-83 ■14 0-94 4-66 6-57 2-27 8-84 ... I 1 ... 1,238 ... 118,729 ... 29,239 ... ... j ... ... - '•-347 I I I - I ... I [ ... I .- I ... I ! ... I I ... I t 4,375 I NELSON SECTION. D 2 F 2 20 20 14,108 28,017 2,447 4,099 8,998 82 25,553 32,198 4,795 6,182 470 519 25 35 20s 229 194 367 19 16 271 307 494 497 —: — 978 1,187 2,165 476 1-82 2'74 •18 ■12 2-55 2-29 4-64 370 9-19 8-85 346 337 — : Total j 4 I Less recoveri mileage and penditure Total ible, ex42,125 540 6,546 55 9,080 7,66s 57,751 8,260 10,977 989 60 434 56l 35 578 991 2'33 •is 2-40 4-12 9-00 0-8 1 683 1,689 8-19 1 41,585 6,491 i,4i5 ',491 ... ... ... ... ... I PIG 'ON SE< ITION. C D G 1 I 2 15 15 15 206 1,602 22,582 329 485 6,147 771 934 1,306 2,089 29,663 253 j 25 402 j 32 5,692 ! 442 2 3 27 16 7 227 260 48 125 440 613 1 1 16 25 320 361 31 44 555 630 96 i9S i,334 1,625 47 8-82 14-36 3'56 ■18 •12 •15 2'94 2-87 2-S9 2-62 57o S'oS 4'49 4-58 17-64 22-40 10-79 n-8o o-34 28 30 332 19 Total General — I 4 I jhargi 24,390 6,961 1,707 33,058 6,347 499 32 21 4'45 'IS 390 IS '" ... I ... ... '" ... ... Total I 1 ... -. ... I 1,672 j ... ... ... ... I j 12-14

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RETURN No. 29. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Return of Coal Traffic from Local Mines during the Year ending 31st March, 1899.

RETURN No. 30. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Return of the Number of Vessels discharged and loaded at the Ports of Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, and Bluff, for the Year ending 31st March, 1899.

Mine. 1898-99. 189J-98. Increase. Decrease. Austin Brothers, Sheffield Springfield Coal Company, Springfield Leeming and Co., Whitecliffs Levick, Whitecliffs Deans, J., Glentunnel Wairiri Coal Company, Glentunnel Park, G., Mount Homers Albury Kurow Ngapara Shag Point Allendale Coal Company... Walton Park ... Saddle Hill Fernhill Freeman's Mosgiel Loveil's Plat Gibson and Lees (Loveil's Flat) Nelson's Kaitangata Milton Lakeside, Stirling Anderson's, Stirling Penman, Kaitangata Conical Hills O'Hagan, C, Pukerau Orchard, E. 0., Pukerau ... Glover, A., Otikerama Johnston, W., Waikaka ... Smyth, J., Gore Sleeman, C. P., Mataura ... Beattie, J., Mataura Brown's, Mataura Glendhu, Mataura " Munro, B., Wyndham Darcy's, Nightcaps ... ... Nightcaps Coal Company, Nightcaps Alley, J., Nightcaps Quested, J., Nightcaps Hokonui Coal Company, Winton ... Smith and Logan, Kingston Crossing Graham, J., Fairfax Tons. 2,119 i,2S7 Tons. 1,958 1,214 1,427 Tons. 161 43 Tons. 1,692 2,977 247 1,138 1,692 277 1,427 2,700 460 i,4i4 105 18 213 276 105 14 4 9 20,155 13,286 8,586 4,582 3,9 8 o 7,S2o 6,681 36 8, 128 928 101,660 290 4 30 40 2,472 432 49 6 4 21,015 11,967 10,603 6,157 7,430 3,026 146 5,i99 i,34o 93,654 5 1,319 4,582 90 3,655 2,929 860 2,017 2,77 no 8,006 290 412 16 4 26 40 59S 27 49 6 12 1,877 405 409 58i 95 238 12 460 152 5 66 429 90 172 12 Si "84 1,752 20,706 4 89 1,602 19,695 12 ISO 1,011 4 s 20 20 12 16 37 20 5 37 4 5 Totals 212,209 194,298 25,664 7-753

Port. 1898-99. 1895-98. Increase. Decrease. )iscHAnajSD:— Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff No. 1,610 24S 132 154 76 209 No. i,S96 265 119 320 64 226 No. 14 No. 13 20 12 166 17 Totals 2,426 2,590 39 203 1OADBH : — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff 1.575 242 123 199 9 209 i,53i 265 139 373 7 225 44 23 16 174 2 I6 Totali 2.357 2.540 46 229

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RETURN No. 31. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Showing Mileage of TracK in Main Line and Sidings open for Traffic on 31st March, 1899, on the Hurunui-Bluff Railway and Branches.

Main Line. Sidings. Total Equivalent )f Single Track. Line of Railway. Branches. Total Railway. Single. Double. Main Line. Branches. Total. 3HBISTCHTJECH DIVISION : — Main Line ... Rangiora - Sheffield and Eyreton Junction-Bennett's Southbridge and Little River Branches Springfield and Whiteclift's Branches Rakaia and Ashburton Forks Branch Mount Somers Branch Albury Branch Waimate Branch M. ch. 211 57 M. ch. 6 28 M. ch. 53 56 48 7 42 27 M. ch. 218 5 M. ch. 67 64 M. ch. 4 43 5 30 4 57 M. ch. 67 64 M. eh. '85 69 '58 19 53 37 47 4 22 20 •242 65 2 65 -23 76 25 5 27 35 36 13 12 67 1 70 2 49 2 2 29 25 38 62 14 69 Totals, Christchurch Division 67 64 23 76 211 57 6 28 242 65 460 70 91 60 552 So )tjnedin Division : — Main Line Duntroon Branch Oamaru-Breakwater Branch ... Ngapara & Livingstone Branches Shag Point Branch Waihemo Branch Port Chalmers Branch Walton Park Branch. Fernhill Branch Otago Central Railway Outram Branch Lawrence Branch Catlin's River Branch 165 40 37 4i 0 63 27 4 2 10 8 65 1 26 2 49 1 57 77 o 9 o 22 1 165 40 48 60 2 72 o 24 2 5 o 14 o 55 3 47 o 52 o 23 4 10 0 65 1 67 1 57 48 60 114 20 '40 33 1 7 29 9 2 24 9 40 4 73 3 21 2 o 81 16 9 65 23 68 .21 4 •209 29 ■19 11 19 27 Totals, Dunedin Division ... 165 40 209 29 374 69 48 60 19 11 67 7 1 142 60 iNVEBCABGIUi DIVISION : — Main Line ... Tapanui Branch Waimea Plains Branch Wyndham Branch Seaward Bush Branch Kingston Branch Makarewa-Orepuki Branch Thornbury-Wairio and WairioNightcaps Branches Lumsden-Mararoa Branch 82 41 20 4 36 41 9 35 18 7 87 o 35 52 24 5i 82 41 \ V241 71 1 19 25 2 4 2 36 0 45 1 34 7 20 4 74 2 48 19 25 >22 24 01 66 l22 8 38 77 10 o 19 41 94 20 40 46 27 19 10 41 1 3 MI 44 Totals, Invercargill Division 82 41 241 7 1 324 32 19 25 22 24 41 49 366 1 Grand Totals —Whole Line 459 58 6 28 694 5 1,160 11 13s 69 65 31 201 20 1361 31 Riversdale-Switzers Line* Forest Hill Tramway... 2 o ... 10 o * Taken over. hut not ■et open for traffic.

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RETURN No. 32. Statement of Alterations effected in and Additions made to the Scale of Charges during the Year ending the 31st March, 1899. PART I.—PASSENGERS. Genebal Fabes and Regulations. Religious, bodies : Fares and regulation inserted. Technical schools' season and commutation tickets: Regulation amended to provide for tickets being issued to students attending technical and music schools registered with the Minister of Education only. Distance for which technical schools' season tickets available extended to sixty miles. Rifle-clubs, athletic teams, and pleasure parties: Second-class single tickets made available for return up to day after issue. School parties, factories, and friendly societies : Regulation amended. Each school limited to one excursion per annum at the day rates. School Committees to give guarantee to pay ordinary rates for all adult tickets sold in excess of limits provided by regulation. School season tickets : Regulation amended. Tickets made available for sixty miles. Local Fabes and Regulations. Auckland Section. Fares between Remuera and Newmarket reduced. Fares for round-trip tickets, Auoklaud to Auokland via Te Aroha and Paeroa and coach to Thames, abolished. Fares for round-trip tickets, Auckland to Auckland, by rail to Thames, thence by steamer, and vice versa, inserted. Second-class faro reduced. Excursion fares between Auckland, Newmarket, Remuera, Ellerslie, Penrose, Onehunga, and Otahuhu and Thames, Komata, and intermediate stations inserted. Maximum fares Auckland and Newmarket to or from Parawai, Thames, and intermediate stations inserted. Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Section. Workmen's commutation twelve-trip tickets between Lower Hutt, Wellington, and Te Aro made available for use by additional trains. Westport Section. Commutation season tickets : Rates and regulations for tickets between Westport and Waimangaroa branch line inserted. Hurunui-Bluff Section. Hanmer Hot Springs : Regulation amended. Tickets issued daily from Dunedin and Invercai-gill. PART IL—LUGGAGE, PARCELS, HORSES, ETC. Left luggage : Regulation amended ; rate for storage reduced. Horses, Shetland and pola ponies, foals, mules, asses, and hounds in truok-loads : Rates and regulation amended. Stud pigs not exceeding £3 in value : Rates reduced. Bicycles, tricycles, and velocipedes accompanying passengers : Regulations amended. Cut flowers : Regulation inserted ; rates reduced. Kapok in parcels to half-parcels, mattrasses, or other packages to be charged rate and a quarter parcels. Horses, Shetland and polo ponies, foals, mules, and asses : Regulation amended. PART lI.—LOQAL RATES AND REGULATIONS. Auckland Section. Rates and regulations for parcels, horses, oarriages, and dogs booked between stations on Auckland Section and Kaipara ports amended. Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Section. Parcels: Rates for delivery at Wellington and Te Aro Stations inserted. PART III.—GOODS: REGULATIONS. Live-stock: Rate 3 and regulation re mixed consignment of horses and hounds inserted. Rates for stud pigs not exceeding £3 in value reduced. Storage : Napier included in list of head stations. Railway-sleepers: Minimum quantity to be charged at Class Q rates, reduced to 4 tons per four-wheeled and IS tons per bogie truck. Butter- and egg-boxes returned empty : Free carriage inserted. Lime for manuring farm lands : Free carriage and regulation inserted. Seeds returning from seed-cleaning establishments: Regulation amended. Free carriage confined to seeds to be used in the locality where grown. Seeds for export oxcluded from free carriage. Class P : Regulation amended ; rate for native bark reduced. Westralian Exhibition, Auckland Industrial Exhibition: Regulation re free carriage of exhibits inserted. PART IV.—GOODS : LOCAL RATES. Auckland Section. Timber: Rates for tawa timber, Mamaku to Te Aroha, Thames, and intermediate stations, inserted. Rates for timber, Mamaku to Komata, Thames, and intermediate stations, inserted. Rates for timber from Thames and Shortland to Te Aroba, Paeroa, and intermediate stations, inserted. Coal slack : Rate and regulation for coal slack up to 2s. per ton in value, Huntly or Kimihia, to Komata, Thames, and intermediate stations, inserted. Goods and live-stook f fom and to Auckland stations and ports on Kaipara: Rates and regulation amended. Regulation for carriage of raw materials and manufactured products to or from factories at Westfield from and to Auckland amended to include maohinery and empties. Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth Section. Wool: Rate Spit to Hastings reduced. Coal, native: Rate reduced from Class Nto Class P. Regulation re native coal between Waitara and New Plymouth, Foxton and Longburn, and Wellington and Petone cancelled. Timber : Rate for timber reconsigned from Greytown to Wellington reduced.

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Oreymouth-Brunner Section. Wood-ashes for manufacture of oaustic potash : Bate and regulation inserted. Greymouth-Hokitika Section. Chaff from Kumara to Greymouth for shipment, or from ship at Greymouth to Kumara: Bate reduced ; regulation amended. Wood-ashes for manufacture of oaustic potash : Bate and regulation inserted. Beer, Greymouth, or Greymouth Wharf, to Hokitika: Bate reduoed. Timber to Greymouth : Bate for twenty-four miles reduoed. Westport Section. Timber: Bate for shunting between Westport Station-yard and Cape Foulwind line inserted. Coal: Bate for shunting coal for use of Harbour Board between Westport Station-yard and Harbour Board's siding inserted. Picton Section. Timber: Through rates between Wellington and Blenheim by sea and rail inserted. Section. Class H, wool, &o.: Bates from Capburn, Banfurly, and intermediate stations to Port Chalmers and Dunedin inserted. Sulphuric acid: Bate for locally manufactured acid, Burnside to Islington, Belfast, Christchurch, and Woolston, in 5 ton lots, reduced. Returned empties : Bate for returned aoid empties, in 2 ton lots, Woolston, Christchurch, Belfast, and Islington to Burnside Acid-works, reduced. PART V.—CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS, LIVE-STOCK, PARCELS, AND LUGGAGE. Claee. Bark, native, loose or packed in baga or bundles. Owners'risk .. .. .. .. ., P Removed: Bark, native, loose or packed in bags or bundles. Owners'risk .. .. .. .. N China, in casks or crates. Owners'risk. Special goods .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 China, in boxes or oases. Owners'risk. Special goods .. .. .. .. .. .. B Removed: China, packed. Owners'risk. Special goods .. .. .. .. .. .. A Cider, New-Zealand-made, in cases or jars .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. C Crockery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. See Earthenware Cow-tips .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. B Drain-pipes, concrete. Owners' risk .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. , t N Earthenware, in casks or crates. Owners' risk. Special goods .. .. .. .. .. 0 Earthenware, in boxes or cases. Owners' risk. Special goods .. .. .. .. .. .. B Removed : Earthenware packed, not otherwise specified. Owners' risk .. .. .. .. C Fodder, molasses, for feeding stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. D Iron, corrugated, packed, New-Zealand-made, consigned direct from maker's factory. Bate and a half .. E Iron, corrugated, loose, New Zealand manufacture, consigned direct from maker's factory .. .. D Iron, galvanised, loose, New Zealand manufacture, consigned direct from maker's factory .. .. D Iron, galvanised, packed, New Zealand manufacture, consigned direct from maker's factory. Bate and a half .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. E Jadoo, packed in bales, hydraulic or steam pressed .. .. .. .. .. .. .. D Moss, packed in bales, hydraulio or steam pressed .. .. .. .. .. .. .. D M-classes fodder, for feeding stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. D Poisoned grain to be double bagged in new bags, securely sewn, and branded outside " Poisoned grain " in 3 in. letters. Sheep medioines, colonial manufacture .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. D Removed : Scab specific, packed .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. B PABT VI.—WHARVES. Auckland Section. Paeroa Wharf: Chaff conveyed by rail to Paeroa, rates reduced. Nelson Section. Nelson Wharf: Charges for use of shear-legs reduced. Begulation amended. T. BONAYNE, General Manager.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—1899.

Dunedin Station—Passenger Overbridge. Built in 1898. Length, 100ft. (two spans of 50ft.).

Woodville Railway-station Yard, Looking North.

Woodville Railway-station Yard—Locomotive Accommodation, Looking North.

Kopua Viaduct (Old Structure). Built in 1877. Length, 433ft. (one span of 60ft., twelve spans of 30ft., one span of 13ft.); Height above Bed of Creek, 91ft.

Kopua Viaduct (New Structure). Built in 1897. Length, 422ft. (four spans of 60ft., three spans of 30ft., two spans of 33ft., two spans of 13ft.); Height above Bed of Creek, 95ft.; Cost, £6,684.

Kopua Viaduct (New Structure). Pier Details. Length, 422ft.; Height, 95ft.

Goods-train, Whangarei Section. Grade, 1 in 72; Curve, 9 chains radius; Engine, Fa; Load, 296 tons.

School-excursion Train drawn by Four Fell Engines on Rimutaka Incline. Grade, 1 in 15; Weight of Train, 174 tons; Length of Train, 648ft.

Express Passenger-locomotive, Class U. Built in New Zealand Railway Workshops. Cylinders, 16in.; Stroke, 20in.; Diameter of Driving-wheels, 4ft. 6in.; Diameter of Bogie-wheels, 2ft. 6in.; Tractive Power, 11,877lb.; Weight in Working Trim, 61½ tons.

Passenger-locomotive, Class U. Built at Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia. Cylinders, 16in.; Stroke, 20in.; Diameter of Driving-wheels, 4ft. 1in.; Diameter of Bogie-wheels, 2ft. 2in.; Tractive Power, 13,000lb.; Weight in Working Trim, 57 tons.

Goods Tank-locomotive for Heavy Gradients, Class Wa., built in N.Z. Railway Workshops. Cylinders, 14in.; Stroke, 20in.; Diameter of Driving-wheels, 3ft. 3¾in.; Tractive-power, 11,833lb.; Total Weight in Working Trim, 37tons 5cwt.

Goods Tank-locomotive for Heavy Gradients, Class Wa. Built at the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia. Cylinders, 14in.; Stroke, 20in.; Diameter of Driving-wheels, 3ft. 3¾in.; Diameter of Bogie-wheels, 2ft. 1in.; Tractive Power, 11,833 lb.; Weight in Working Trim, 39 tons.

View showing Interior of Cab, Consolidation Locomotive, Class B.

Consolidation Locomotive, Class B, built in N.Z. Railway Workshops. Cylinders, 16in.; Stroke, 22in.; Diameter of Driving-wheels, 3ft. 6in.; Tractive-power, 17,328lb. Total Weight in Working Trim, 65 tons.

Machinery Shop, Addington Workshops.

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