D.—2.

RETURN No. 17. Statement of Rails relaid during the Year ending 31st March, 1916

RETURN No. 18. Statement of Sleepers relaid and removed during the Year ending 31st March, 1916

RETURN No. 19. Return of Number of Stations and Private Sidings on each Section for the Year ending 31st March, 1916.

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Weight. ■r CO 03 2 CO CO -3.-1 a d CO fe 3 5 a 3 h O £ oo b Trl 10 a a 9 03 (33 *<» S ".g-S •3 rig Sag 5'3rH r.' 0 a a 9 * 03 5 03 S I—1.2 o _^s s fl u o'3« H T3 S 43 is B o A cn cp _ o g o ■*3> 03 5 ■a 4> o Iails relaid :— 55 lb. steel.. 70 „ .. 2 16 5,586 2,635 2,591 514 i:: 2,637 8,707 11,344 Totals IS 5,586 5,226 514 I

Description. ■_ _ is ci d 013 _c C CO 2 * _: * - "rt _! T3 | <_! „ _ ™ , 0, _ * v c o _D VJ o -a ■* 5 c ™ • rt m « c _c S a l g . ss 3.Em CO « 7. -a c rt B DO a> 5 a. c o jo "v Z c O "J s cd 0 (- Sleepers relaid :— Ironbark Jarrah Silver-pine Grey-gum Totara Puriri Birch Douglas Fir Matai Powellized Rimu 48 978 751 52 1,493 51,405 6,386 6 2,204 60 59 45 242 60 393 2,628 62,492 19,600 7 83 507 4,119 69 162 795 668 2,911 4,204 115,234 33,880 13 3,003 1,090 59 45 242 60 393 Totals 1,026 803 62,353 84,727 4,709 (i!) 957 3,579 158,223 Sleepers removed :— Totara Jarrah Silver-pine Puriri Ironbark Powellized Matai • r " Birch Grey-gum Blue-gum Creosoted Yellow-pine Kauri Rimu 131 295 263 2 '50 32,370 10,986 7,052 12,793 661 287 70 317 49 15,378 2,049 37,428 832 1,685 506 5,825 6,971 60 678 9,636 6 4,778 40 '■47 62 745 94 3,485 47,881 13,035 49,756 13,938 2,346 793 5,895 11,558 109 678 9,773 120 1,145 943 337 751 137 114 57 943 Totals 1,026 803 65,836 81,054 4,818 47 807 3,579 157,970

Sections. Length. Number of Stations and Stopping-places in the Time-tables. Number of Private Sidings. At Stations. Out of Stations. Total. Whangarei Kaihu Gisborne North Island Main Line and Branches South Island Main Lino and Branches Westland Westport Nelson Picton M. ch. 74 28 19 41 44 28 1,116 75 1,405 9 157 26 35 78 60 20 56 12 30 12 16 393 521 71 17 23 23 6 1 2 116 170 23 1 3 4 4 2 4 30 24 4 1 1 1 10 3 6 146 194 27 2 4 5 Totals 2,969 77 1,106 326 71 397