D.—l.

RETURN No. 20. Statement showing Approximate Length of Lines opened and Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1885.

RETURN No. 21. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employes for March, 1884, and March, 1885.

RETURN No. 22. Statement of Accidents for the Year ending 31st March, 1885.

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Approxii iate Length opened each Year. Sleep* >rs. Year. North Island. Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Removed during Maintenance. ■} M. ch. M. ch. 45 70 18 58 11 68 27 62 11 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 18 66 32 71 24 76 40 19 J4 34 24 o M. ch. 45 70 18 58 11 68 27 62 21 76 188 17 3i7 27 216 63 198 54 83 65 45 19 101 30 47 63 42 21 36 53 80 o 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 t 10 55 61 19 69 23 64 24 103 76 27 19 26 33 68 39 22 67 2 2 96,338 39,323 24,885 58,327 46,095 395,246 666,409 455,254 417,217 176,006 94,998 212,888 ioo,354 88,751 76,991 i68,ooo 74.26i 73,947 106,763 125,632 148,325 22 19 56 o Total .. 3,117,082 528,928 * Nine months' only. + Complete inft >rmation not recorded until 1880-81.

Department. to H G 2; a c M I i n u c S3 s c E X o I O o a, v c c c* o EC 75 o H 1883-84. General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 3 4 6 15 12 139 360 203 37 79 5i 82 84 122 89 174 117 897 1.151 930 j 2,973 ; i 40 24 27 12 18 3! 19 9 12 20 10 3^ 1,37^ 1.93' 1,49. 11 Totals 13 38 702 167 288 3S0; 8r 57 59 42 4.839 1884-85. I ! General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 8 10 11 6 160 222 237 50 101 66 "69 79 120 92 184 133 904 I,I3S 755 38 11 10 10 12 14 26 15 9 13 21 6 39 1,381 1,796 i>3 64 4>58o 7 7 Totals 25 24 619 217 268 409 2,794 59 _JV_ 40 Increase Decrease 12 H 83 So 20 29 '184 22 9 1 355 9

Passengers Killed or Injured. 1 ; Servants of the Department Killed or Injured. From Causes 'From their own From Causes beyond Misconduct : beyond their own or Want of their own Control. Caution. Control, Persons Killed or Injured while Crossing at Level Crossings. Trespassers. Workshops. Miscellaneous. Section. From their own Misconduct or Want of Caution. 3 "o H Killed. Injured. I I Killed. Injured. Killed, i Injured, I i Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured Killed. . Injured. Killed, Injured. Killed. Injured. Ivawakawa WJiangarei ... Auckland Napier Wellington ... Wanganui riurunui-BlufE Greymoutli ... Wcstport kelson Pioton 1 I i i 3 I S 2 2 I I I 6 1 '"6 I 1 1 3 1 1 ... i 4 ] I I I l3 o 2O IS 22 1 2 3 3 I 3 I 1 i Totals ... 1 I 5 6 17 6 6 68 ... 3 5 1 2 3 19