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RETURN No. 29. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. SHOWING Comparative Average Rates per Mile per Four Weeks of Classified Expenditure of Maintenance Department on each Division and Whole Line, Hurunui-Bluff and Branches, for Financial Year ending 31st March, 1885.

Classification. Sections. Mileage. Ai. A2. Surfacing. Renewals. A3Ballasting. A 4 . Banks, Cuttings, &c. As. Bridges, Culverts, &c. A8. Water Services, &c. Ac.. Wharves. Aio. Buildings. An. Miscellaneous. Total Expenditure. Christen urch Division —Main Line Eangiora to Oxford, and Eyreton Junction to Bennett's Branches ... Southbridge and Little River Branches ... Springfield and Whitecliffs Branches Mount Somers Branch Albury Branch I 9 8 42 43 22 5'7 2 1'57 4'oi 7-08 2'35 3'77 1-41 ■28 •67 '2 S ■01 •01 '02 ■32 •02 •07 •04 •00 ■03 1'96 •18 'Si •85 ■00 ■15 ri2 •17 •56 ■03 •00 •02 •24 ■13 ■06 ■01 ■00 ■01 •65 ■03 "OS 'OS "01 •08 "01 "00 '00 •00 ■00 •00 ''47 '54 ■24 •42 •04 ■66 I-20 •18 •18 ■04 ■16 •42 20'02 7'74 9-41 6-86 206 6-05 ■00 ■00 Total, Christehureh Section 383 476 4'S7 ■14 •18 I'2O r8i ■62 "iS ■36 ■00 I •96 71 1370 Dunedin Section —Main Line Duntroon Branch Ngapara Branch Walton Park Branch ... Outram Branch Lawrence Branch Xapanui Branch 195 22 IS 9 22 2O 6-44 4-67 S'93 8-oi S'24 4-48 3'44 6'53 S-56 4'36 3"22 1'54 I'2I ■86 •00 ■00 6-58 ■29 •07 177 ■OO ■27 78 •92 I'46 ■18 •26 •07 ■74 •OS •52 •13 1-24 ■17 •02 ■02 '13 '22 "34 'OS •08 •07 •02 ■14 •06 ■OS ■00 ■00 "00 ■00 •00 ■00 1-07 •10 •46 ■08 I'OO 3'94 I'OO ■00 •29 •06 21-87 I2'2O I5-84 i9'34 18-14 IO'42 6-17 •07 '01 •30 ■11 ■13 •22 Total, Dunedin Section 286 5-88 S'42 •69 1'47 I "25 i'49 ■13 •26 ■03 ■79 1-25 18-66 Invereargill Division —Main Line Kiverton and Otautau Branches 150 So 378 4:66 4'43 1-38 ■51 ■39 •66 •55 1 '54 •47 ■53 •19 •10 •20 •00 •72 •27 •32 "IS 10-56 13-02 ■17 ■00 Total, Invereargill Division 200 4"oo 3'03 1-16 ■46 •80 •48 "'7 •19 •00 ■61 •28 ii-i8 Whole Line 869 ■67 •82 4'9S 450 "SS ri2 •90 ■is ■29 ■01 H-