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RETURN No. 19. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of Mileage of Railways Open for Traffic and Under Maintenance on 31st March, 1887.

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Section. Mileage Open for Traffic on 31st March, 1886. Additional Length Opened for Traffic during Year. Reduced Mileage equivalent to Maintenance for whole Period. Length Closed during Year. Year. Length. Net Addition to Mileage Open for Traffic. Net Addition to Mileage under Maintenance. Total Mileage Open for Traffic on 31st March, 1SS7. Line Opened. Date of Opening. Length Opened. Line. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. Kawakawa 7 4i 7 4i Whangarei 6 45 6 45 Auckland ... 210 57 Oxford-Lichfield 21st June, 1886 ... 10 72 j 10 72 ... 25 7 10 72 ?35 76* Napier Te Awamutu-Otorobanga ... 9th March, 1887... 14 15 81 14 Tahoraite-Woodrille 22nd March, 1887 15 30 ° 3 15 3° ° 3 96 44 Wellington 68 40 Masterton-Mauriceville 14th June, 1886 ... 12 9 ] IO 38 16 1 10 38 84 41 Wimganui... Mauriceville-Mangamahoe 10th January, 1887 3 72 192 47 New Plymouth-Breakwater 1 oth May, 1886 ... 2 S 6 I 63 2 56 1 63 l95 23 Hurunui-Bluff 976 71 Whitecliffs Extension Mount Somers Extension ... 27th June, 1886 ... 4th October, 1886 ° 5 1 48 1- 42 24 48 o 42 24 1,024 71 Invercargill-Waknatua 9th July, 1886 ... 5 55 Ditto, Private Lines — Murray Creek-Mossburn ... tGrore-Lumsden 22ud January, 1887 14th Nov., 1886 ... 4 11 36 41 J Nightcaps line 2 24 2 24 Shag Point Line ... ... 2 10 2 10 Grey mouth. 7 3O 7 30 Westport ... 18 61 18 61 Kelson 22 73 22 73 Picton ... ... ... 17 70 17 70 Total ... —__^^_ ! 1.615 23 65 40 ... 107 14 65 40 1,722 49 107 14 * Difference owing to re-ehainage of line. i "Waimea Plains District Railway taken over by Government, previous!; worked b; the com] iau;