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Enclosure 3 in Appendix H— continued. TABLE of Lengths of Government Lines Authorized, Constructed, and Surveyed, up to 31st March, 1886. MIDDLE ISLAND.

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State of Line. Appropriation. Name of Line. Mileage. Subdivision. Main LiLe. Sidings. Total. Opened. Under Under Surveyed. riatemation. layiug. ToJune. 1872. ' 1873-74. 1874-75. 1875-76. 1876-77. 1377-78. 1878-79. 1881-82 1882-83. 1S83-84. Date. 1872-73 1879-80. 1880-81. 1884-85. 1885-86. Total. 1 2 Main Line ( 3 M. ch. 246 69 4 5 M. ch13 8 6 M. ch. 7 M. ch. 8 M. eh. 9 M. ch. 10 H. ch 11 12 M. ch. 13 M. ch. 14 M. ch. 15 M. ch. 16 M. ch.i 13 8 17 M. ch. 18 M. ch. 19 M. ch. 20 M. ch. 21 M. ch. 22 M. ch. 23 M. ch. 24 M. ch 25 M. ch. 26 M. ch. 27 M. ch. faitaki-Blufi and Branches South Waitaki - Oamaru Oamaru-Hillgrove .. Hillgrove-Palmerston Palmerston - Waikouaiti Waikouaiti-Waitati Waitati-Glendermid Glendormid-Dunedin Dunedin-Abbotsford Abbotsford - Clutha River Clutha River - Balclutha Balclutha-Clinton .. Clinton-Waipahi Waipahi-Gore Gore-Mataura Mataura-Woodlands Woodlands - Invercargill Invercargill-Bluif .. 25 Sept., 1875 .. ••] 24 52 12 68 9 3 4 Nov., 1876 22 May, 1878 6 Sept., 1878 24 52 18*68 9' 3 • • - ■" .. " ••! 14 33 9 77 7 6 5 7 46 36 7 May, 1878 20 Dec., 1877 9 April, 1873 1 July, 1874 1 Sept., 1875 •• .. i' e 5' 7 ■• I 14 33 9 77 " * * .. I •• .. 1 " I •• I 46'36 - •• I 58 6 304 75 . • •• 246 69 0 60 22 Jan., 1878 0 60 20 76 9 62 16 11 7 40 20 68 11 21 22 Jan., 1879 1 Nov., 1877 21 June, 1877 30 Aug., 1875 7 June, 1875 11 Feb., 1874 740 16 11 962 20 76 li 21 20'68 17 1 5 Feb., 1867 17 1 • J Branches, — Duntroon Branch 21 75 Pukeuri-Marawhenua Marawhenua - Duntroon Duntroon - Hakatera21 29 0 46 1 1 35 23 30 1 Dec, 1875 11 July, 1881 21 29 6'46 • • 1 21 75 '• 1 Duntroon-Haka-teramea Ngapara Branch.. Livingston „ 15 38 14 76 16 40 mea Waiareka-Ngapara .. Windsor-Livingston Survey (trial) Palmerston-Dunback (part) Palmerston-Dunback (part) Surveyed Glendermid - Port Chalmers Burnside- Walton Park Walton Park - Saddle Hill Mosgiel-Outram 15 38 14 76 12 0 4 40 1 58 15 38 1 26 16 22 12 0 4 40 8 0 Prelim. 4 0 1 April, 1885* 2 April, 1877 14 76 15 38 15 38 14 76 4 40 30 July, 1882 •• •■ I 1 58 Palmerston - Waiherno 9 40 6 77 [• 0 32: 9 7 -{ 1 Oct., 1885 .. 6 77 t 8 55 "' Port Chalmers Branch Green Island 0 65 1 9 0 65 3 51 4 60 0 65 9 April, 1873 i' 9 1 9 .. 1 9 .. 2 44 1 74 0 50 J 0 52 1 3 16 0 65 9 63 J 1 July, 1874 4 Sept., 1879 1 74 0 50 ::■] 2 44 .. Qutrain Branch .. 8 78 78 1 Oct., 1877 I - .. i 8 78 .. I • • I .. I • ■ .. 1 8 78