JD.—2.

RETURN No. 20. Statement showing Approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1891.

RETURN No. 21. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employés for March, 1890, and March, 1891.

RETURN No. 22. Statement of Accidents for the Year ending 31st March, 1891.

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Approxii late Length opened each Year. Sleep* jrs. Ye>r. North Island. Middle Island. Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Removed during Maintenance.! 1867 870-71 871-72 ;872-73 873-74 :874-75 875-76 :8 7 6- 77 :8 77 - 7 8 878-79 :879-80* : 880-81 881-82 882-83 883-84 884-85 : 885-86 :886-87 887-88 :888-8g 889-90 : 890-91 M. ch. 10 55 61 19 69 23 64 24 103 76 27 19 26 33 68 39 22 67 2 2 M. ch. 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 II 39 17 32 M. oh. 45 7° 18 58 11 68 27 62 21 76 188 17 317 27 216 63 198 54 83 65 67 26 101 30 63 3 42 21 44 69 80 o 90 78 7° 3i 28 79 18 31 32 45 ■ 34 9 I 96,338 39>323 24,885 58,327 46,095 395,246 666,409 455,254 417,217 176,006 141,382 212,888 132.379 88,751 94,211 168,000 191,048 147,814 60,874 42,814 68,381 71,636 74,261 73,947 106,763 125,632 148,325 137,993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 22 19 56 o 43 26 58 72 II 47 l8 31 11 57 28 21 20 68 5 68 Totals 3,795,278 I,300,266 ine rai mths onl; + Com; ilete information not recorded until 1880-81.

Department. OS S T3 a a < a C C Eg c u S a o O o 1 OJ o H 1889-90. j Jeneral traffic ... Maintenance jocomotive 6 S 6 5 5 150 216 136 157 282 161 84 . 887 "4 I 1,037 13S 79i 333 ! 2,715 34 H 27 24 26 28 19 I 20 ii 12 I. 5 us 1,380 i 1.735 i 1.304 1 Totals 18 16 502 600 7S 78 So 32 4,537 1890-91. Jeneral >affic ... 'laintenance jocomotive 6 4 7 6 5 157 193 144 i73 328 164 88 : 900 !OS 952 134 779 327 : 2,631 39 19 25 "26 IS 29 21 '3 32 7 "5 i.43 T1,677 1,300 9 Totals J7 494 665 83 70 5! 52 4.523

Passengc or In_ ■rs Killed jured. Servants or the Department l Killed or Injured. Persons Killed or Injured while crossing at Level Crossings. Section. From Causes beyond their own Control. From their own Misconduct or Want of Caution, From Causes From their own beyond Misconduct their own or Want of Control. Caution. i i I Killed. 1 Injured. Killed.! Injured. Trespassers. Workshops, Miscellaneous, 13 Killed. Injured. I Killed.! Injured. Kilted. Injured. Killed. Jnjured. 'Killed. j Injured. killed. Injured. Kawakawa Whangarei ... Auckland Napier-Taraii'ki Wellington ... Hurunui-Bluff S-reymouth ... VVestporl STelson Picton ... I ... ... - ... 2 6 '..'. "\ '.'.'. I *I 12 ... 6 ... i i ... ! 4 50 2 6, 3 ... 3 I I I I 3 2 2 4 19 ... ! ... ... | ... | ... i i i S 2 I ' ... j ... i i i 2 is 21 10 92 '■' ... ••• 1 2 i ... i ... ... ; ... '■ I Totals ... I i 2 I 6 , 7 o 2 I 2 4 I 3 3 5 i 29 2 9 1 III ■ '+