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RETURN No. 23. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1916.

Year. Approximate Length opened each Year. Island. Middle Island. Total. Middle Island. Sleepi Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) irs. Kemoved during Maintenance.* North Island. ** 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 1874-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 i879-8of 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 i888-8g 1889-90 " i8go-gi i8gi-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-1900 1900-igoi .. . igoi-1902 igo2-igo3 1903-1904 igo4-igo5 1905-1906 igo6-igo7 1907-1908 •1908-1909 1909-1910 igio—ign 1911-1912 1912-1913 1913-1914 1914-1915 igi5-igr6 ... M. ch. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 45 7° 45 7° 18 58 18 58 11 68 11 68 27 62 27 62 55 11 21 21 76 19 126 78 188 17 23 248 4 317 27 24 152 39 216 63 76 g4 58 198 54 19 56 46 83 65 33 4° 73 67 26 39 32 71 101 30 67 40 16 63 3 2 40 ig 42 21 ig 22 50 44 69 o 24 o 80 o 26 47 52 90 78 72 11 39 70 31 47 17 32 28 79 31 .. 18 31 57 20 68 32 45 21 5 68 34 9 27 27 27 27 26 .. 17 26 38 33 58 62 16 62 27 24 44 6 73 3 48 18 41 64 1 11 4 75 46 10 2 37 48 46 11 13 33 59 19 26 , 19 26 30 103 38 107 68 20 12 32 23 52 40 27 43 56 3 12 4 44 37 56 61 27 75 45 56 5 8 52 31 57 50 7 50 7 38 4 61 15 19 21 23 21 209 42 60 31 43 35 23 64 29 76 44 60 30 23 1 46 31 37 26 77 52 34 36 36 22 51 3 91 25 43 7 73 15 36 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 ig 22 50 24 o 47 52 11 39 17 32 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 57,408 3 6 ,382 130,620 92,558 38,876 10,370 78,960 70,848 40,582 226,485 49,665 117,679 79,170 95,97° 66,5g6 105,184 31,999 440,003 74,104 93,975 97,4M 110,092 6,458 191,756 32,445 io 55 61 19 69 23 64 24 103 76 27 ig 26 33 68 39 22 67 2 2 22 ig 56 o 43 26 58 72 11 47 18 31 11 57 28 21 74,261 73.947 106,763 125,632 148,325 137.993 139,040 122,027 108,690 i2g,634 1 33.954 139,912 132,569 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243.479 282,326 302,354 345.433 369,339 330,029 309,296 302,252 309,183 283,293 331,678 279,190 236,390 282,682 273,586 235,378 261,748 227,674 157,970 20 68 5 68 27 27 17 26 28 38 16 62 14 73 3 64 27 46 22 46 33 58 27 24 3 48 1 11 10 2 11 13 ig 26 103 3 8 12 32 27 43 4 44 27 75 8 52 5° 7 4 61 23 21 3i 43 2g 76 23 1 26 77 3 6 5i 3 7 73 4 3° II 20 28 40 33 12 17 61 23 5 10 38 186 21 3 60 14 6 4 23 3° 25 37 40 22 7 43 , , , j Totals 6,170,877 7,661,414 * Cor ilete information not recorded until 1880-81. t Nine months only.