D.—2.

RETURN No. 15. Statement of Rails relaid during the Year ending 31st March, 1895.

RETURN No. 16. Statement of Sleepers relaid and removed during the Year ending 31st March, 1895.

RETURN No. 17 Return of Number of Stations and Private Sidings on each Section for the Year ending 31st March, 1895.

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Weight. i rt ** rt •M rt ■S rt M u rt I bfl 1 c ; a 3 JS 'a 3 i5 M < M rt a rt ci H v 'S. rt 2 G* 0 "So c 1: 3 X .J. "3 3 X A 3 O 6 5 o a, Oi 3 O 2 3c CJ s rt o ;ails belaid : — 40-lb. iron 40-lb. steel 45-lb. steel 52-lb. iron 53-lb. steel 70-lb. iron 70-lb. steel 364 2,830 3.295 44 24 890 60 294 362 14,156 775 5.941 i 70 70 Total 364 2,830 3.295 845 5,985 I 890 84 294 14.588

Description. 1 i i 3 A 3 4. rt 3 rt 1 H I I ! c" o .5 ~v * \ 3 -3 3 I A I "' 8 ° S a. S- ! 8 6 a 3* O "co z 3 o s 2 c H SloEEPEES BELAID : — Black-pine Totara Birch Rata Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Kauri Blue-gum Ironbark Kamai Yellow-pine ... Maire Karri IOI 200 ... 250 210 7 26 250 7 1307 2,779 18,586 4,084 135 17.779 «ii7 8 670 5,167 4.163! 1,142 32 i 17,545 12,989 I 42,147 42 6,429 29,914 992 1 28 .. 33 IOO 249 2,880 4,717 17,573 39,822 58,124 42 6,429 3i,44o 21,748 703 13 753 2,S9i 8,095 3,354 4,284 113 13 640 2,S9i 1.713 3.354 183 21,228 29,346 406 5.039 937 •• 5,039 Total 358 436 358 560 3,541 116,843 310 5,139 5,139 I 3,8i7 I 1307 11,470 310 1 4,717 i : 194,971 SlEEPEBS EEMOTED : — Black-pine Totara Birch Rata Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Kauri Blue-gum Kamai Maire Oregon Rimu Creosoted • • 358 436 358 104 4,554 759 12,774 246 259 17 1,318 63 i5>53i 2,091 2,287 4,025 2,437 2,446 820 44 234 52,899 11,036 25,996 3 2,637 j 31 33 2,068 5,562 851 ! 16 16 134 4,614 90 134 j 9° - i 4,614 i.45o 45 2,262 1,2571 S3 3,407 64,305 27,104 39-1°5 262 3,474 121 1,414 21,835 8,083 8Si 38 646 2,786 657 170,681 436 1307 38 646 76 657 2,709 1 ... I 1 Total 358 436 358 436 1307 17,712 25,038 10,006 102,495 241 4,614 241 4.614 3.757 4,7i7

Sections. Miles. Number of Stations and Stopping-places on the Time-tables. Number of Private Sidings. At Stations. Out of Stations. Total. Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Auckland Napier-Taranaki Wellington Hurunui-Bluff... Greymouth Westport Nelson Pieton 8 15 17 296 332 92 1,126 32 31 23 21 4 8 10 102 128 32 404 21 13 12 I 9 26 3 116 3 1 2 161 I 1 3 12 8 34 4 7 24 140 5 8 1 2 4 46 207 9 Total 161 1,993 743