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RETURN No. 21. Statement showing Weights of Rails in various Lines on 31st March, 1916.

Line. 401b. Iron. 401b. Steel. 451b. Steel. 521b. Iron. 521b. Steel 531b. Steel. 551b. Steel. 561b. Iron. 561b. Steel. 651b. Steel. 701b. Iron. 701b. Steel. 100 lb. Steel. Total. Whangarei-Kawakawa Section — Onerahi-Opua Kaikohe Branch Kaihu Section — Dargaville-Kaihu North Island Main Line and Branches — Auckland-Wellington.. Newmarket-Otamatea Penrose-Onehunga Huntly-Awaroa Railway Frankton-Thames Paeroa-Waihi Cambridge Branch Morrinsville-Rotorua Marton-New Plymouth Waitara Branch Stratford-Whangamomona Mount Egmont Branch Aramoho- Wanganui Foxton Branch Palmerston-Spit Wellington-Woodville Greytown Branch Te Aro Branch Gisborne Section — Gisborne-Matavvai South Island Main Line and Branches — Lyttelton-Bluff Addington-Culverden Oxford Branch Eyreton Branch Waipara-Parnassus Southbridge Branch Little River Branch Springfield Branch White Cliffs Branch Rakaia Forks Branch Mount Somers Branoh Albury Branch Waimate Branch Waimate Gorge Branch Duntroon Branch Oamaru Breakwater Branch TT M. cb. 6'14 0 20 6 66 333 0 65 116 0 23 M. ch. 6'10 6'48 0 "75 11 46 0 3 8 22 2_" 3 M. ch. 627 M. ch. M. ch. 6' 7 '.'. 2 77 6' 3 .. 3 7 159 '.'. .. .2220 2 2 8 21 4 34 ; M. ch. M. ch. 24 44 28 12 16 36 17 15 2 26 0 51 0 45 17 18 2 23 7 43 9 78 . 6 75 2 36 62 37 11 13 3 77 15 45 21 60 1113 '.. 1 44 19 1 i' 9 '.. 26 26 0 55 29 36 18 37 19 16 0 6 12 52 23 19 10 0 32 0 3 4 57 4 60 11 46 2244 4 78 2 44 28' 18 .. 0 40 M. ch. 0 50 141 M. ch. I 4 46 35 57 21 61 18 40 12 22 2 42 0 9 41 44 0 3 0 30 6 2 1 79 5 23 36 3 15 54 o' 1 17 62 2 15 3* 36 31-29 1 20 4 24 30 17 766 3 53 M. ch. 25 66 M. ch. i- 4 M. ch. M. ch. 363 63 44 43 0 26 34'_7 .. 0 2 0 8 6 14 84 8 1 14 ,75*30 V. 79 65 387 41 1 50 37 17 0 6 3252 M.ch. 57 72 16 36 19 41 425 77 S4 07 2 59 7 43 62 75 12 24 12 1 68 60 136 65 4 62 37 55 6 2 3 20 19 33 113 72 114 43 3 7 1 10 44 28 392 1 67 57 33 45 20 11 44 01 25 39 22 48 72 26 11 46 22 20 27 36 36 13 4 46 8 21 37 41 0 63 Carried forward 6 77 45 47 6 27 6 27 20 48 [ 24 22 20 48 24 22 349 54 145 56 349 54 1145 56 2 11 2 11 304 38 304 38 25 66 25 66 1 i 1 4 1,147 26 1 50 1,147 26 1 50 2,081 41