D.—la.

RETURN No. 2 Statement showing Approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1888.

RETURN No. 21. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employés for March, 1887, and March, 1888.

RETURN No. 22. Statement of Accidents for the Year ending 31st March, 1888.

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Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleepers. Year. North Island. Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Eemoyed during Maintenance M. oh, M. Oh. 45 7° 18 58 11 68 27 62 11 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 4° 73 32 71 40 16 40 19 22 50 24 o 47 52 11 39 17 32 M. oh. 45 70 18 58 11 68 27 62 21 76 188 17 3*7 27 216 63 198 54 83 65 67 26 101 30 63 3 42 21 44 69 80 o 90 78 7° 3 1 28 79 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 l873-74 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 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 96,338 39.323 24,885 58,327 46,095 395,246 666,409 455.254 417,217 176,006 94.998 212,888 100,354 88,751 76,991 168,000 137,887 140,632 122,637 74.26i 73,947 106,763 125,632 148.325 137.993 139.°4° 122,027 Totals 3.518,238 927,988 * Nine months only. t Complete information not recorded until 1880-81.

I cd '5 a n j3 •d c « 3 u < Id CQ j 1 M a s I I 5 a Department. a o s e O I d o d o 1886-87. General ... Traffic ... Maintenance Locomotive 8 8 8 "8 149 333 205 59 105 76 "78 126 120 82 212 825 1.059 874 28 14 24 13 26 30 18 12 9 21 11 4; 1,281 i.93 i,49 9 5 139 17 Totals 24 22 : 687 240 3 24 433 ■2.-758 66 56 60 4i 4,75' 1887-88. General ... Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 8 7 6 3: 5 2 140 272 170 582 57 98 62 82 103 125 "37 207 134 816 28 15 27 11 30 17 9 10 21 8 4: 1,27: i.77< 1,29! 1,009 731 22 24 Totals 21 10 217 310 428 2,S56 7° 57 S6 39 4,38: Increase Decrease 23 14 ... 4 1 5 370 3 12 j i 1 os 5 202 2

Passengers Killed or Injured. Servants of the Department Killed or Injured. Persons Killed or Injured while Crossing at Level Crossings. From their own Misconduct or Want of Caution. Trespassers. Workshops. Miscellaneous. Section. From Causes beyond their own Control. From Causes beyond their own Control. From their own Misconduct or Want of Caution. 1 "o H Killed. Injured Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Eawakawa vVhangarei ... Luokland Napier Wellington ... tVanganui lurunui-Bluff xreymouth ... (Vestport kelson 'icton I 2 S i s 15 i I 26 ... i I I 10 2 3 8 ... ! "■ i I i I i 4 3 12 I ••• I I 2 I ... 2 I 6 3 3 1 8 52 2 2 2 I ... ... i i ... ... I i Totals ... I 2 II S7 4 23 3 3 I 21 3 I 12 nS