D.—la.

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, 1888.

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Classification. Divisions. Mileage. A 4 . Banks, Cuttings, As. Bridges, Culverts, &c. A,. Roads, Approaches, A8. Water Services, &c. 1 Ar. Surfacing. As. Renewals. A3Ballasting. A6. Fences, Gates, &c. Ao. Wharves. A Total An. Miscellaneous. Total Expenditure. }hristchurch Division —Main Line Bangiora to Sheffield, and Eyreton Junction to Bennett's ... Southbridge and Little Biver B ranches ... Springfield and Whiteeliffs Branches Mount Somers Branch Albury B ranch Bakaia and Ashburton Forks Branch Waimate Gorge Branch 216 48 22 8 57 2 37i 3-61 277 3-68 2'93 2-88 i-6i •91 ■99 •62 '10 '49 •56 •oi •28 •02 ■01 •20 ■00 •00 74 '22 •14 ■34 •07 '01 'II ■44 "59 •25 ■36 •00 •47 ■93 "49 ■04 ■00 •26 ■10 •09 ■03 "01 "44 •04 •16 •04 •02 •09 •04 ■00 ■01 •00 ■00 •00 •00 •00 ■00 •00 172 ■12 •42 "II •95 •07 "375 5'97 6-86 3'27 SSi 4'5° 473 279 •09 '20 •03 ■37 •16 ■62 '00 6-o6 7-06 570 3'64 5-12 473 ■OO •42 •10 ■02 •04 ■03 •00 "IO Total, Christchurch Division 45° 4-S3 I'I2 '21 •l8 1 -44 •56 ■16 •25 9'5O 1'43 10-93 ■00 I'OO iunedin Division —Main Line Pukeuri-Duntroon B ranch Duntroon-Hakateramea Branch Ngapara and Livingstone Branches Waihemo Branch Walton Park Branch ... Outram Branch Lawrence Branch Catlin's River Branch Tapanui Branch I9S 22 1 Si 23 2a 9 22 8 6-30 3'3t 2'9S 5-26 4-90 3'46 3'94 2'Ip •23 •43 '21 27S 2-51 ■36 •70 72 ■00 1-05 •09 •08 ■02 •07 •01 176 •00 74 '45 ■is •40 73 ■44 ■21 •26 I-33 •10 ''3 •06 i'37 •25 •56 •67 ■19 1-25 •28 ■41 •18 ■23 i'45 •91 2'34 •06 ■36 ■16 •02 •01 ■00 •02 'IS ■03 •04 ■00 •07 •28 •04 "12 •09 •03 "oo •03 •03 •00 '01 ■04 •00 •00 •00 ■00 ■00 •00 "oo ■00 •00 '93 ■01 ■14 75 ■10 ■00 ■31 •18 "02 HI 14-96 4'99 854 7-48 383 11'40 896 II'OI 479 6-6 S •69 •00 'OS ■05 ■01 ■00 -I 7 '00 •00 •04 4'99 8-59 7'53 3'84 1 1'40 II'OI 479 6-69 ■01 20 Total, Dunedin Division ... 326 5'52 171 'S3 I'2O ■97 ro2 ■11 •19 ■02 ■67 11-94 •42 12-36 ivercargill Division —Main Line Waimea Plains Branch Seaward Bush Branch Makarewa-Orepuki arid Thornbury-Wairio and Nightcaps Branches IS8 37 60 3"S3 2-57 2'04 4-O2 •64 •07 •19 ■16 •09 ■02 ■04 ■71 •46 "47 •86 •58 '12 ■17 78 •24 •13 •04 ■33 ■07 •02 ■13 •02 'IS ■02 •00 ■01 •00 '35 ■32 '02 •36 6-44 4-86 2^96 6-69 ■25 ■03 •IS "39 6-69 4-89 3-11 7-08 •00 •00 •09 Total, Invercargill Division 262 3'47 ■59 ■12 70 •55 ■24 •OS •12 ■00 ■34 6-18 ■25 6'43 Whole Line ... 1,038 •63 4'59 1-17 •29 1-07 •63 '1 1 ■19 •01 73 9-42 •82 I0'24