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RETURN No. 21. Statement showing Weights of Rails in various Lines on 31st March, 1917.

Line. 401b. Iron. 401b. Steel. 451b. Steel. 52 Ib. Iron. 521b. Steel. 531b. Steel. 551b. i Steel. 561b. Iron. 561b. Steel. 651b. Steel. 1 701b. Iron. 701b. Steel. i 100 ib. i Steel. Total. Whangarei-Kawakawa Section — Onerahi-Opua Kaikohe Branch Kaihu Section — Dargaville-Tarawhati North Island Main Line and Branches — Auckland-Wellington.. Newmarket-Otamatea Penrose-Onehunga Huntly-Av.aroa Railway Frankton-Thames Paeroa-Waihi Cambridge Branch Morrinsville-Botorua 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-Matawai South Island Main Line and Branches — Lyttelton-Blufi Addington-Culverden Oxford Branch .. Eyreton Branch Waipara-Parnassus Southbridge Branch Little River Branch Springfield Branch White Clifis Branch Rakaia Porks Branch Mount Somers Branch Albury Branch Waimate Branch Waimate Gorge Branch Duntroon Branch .. Oamaru Breakwater Branch M. oh. 0 14 0 20 3 33 0 65 i 16 0 23 M. ch. M. ch. j M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 24 44 28 12 16 36 17 15 2 26 0 16 0 44 19 65 2 23 7 43 9 78 6 75 2 36 57 6 8 77 3 77 15 45 21 60 11 13 '.'. 1 40 18 78 M. ch. 0 50 M. ch. 4 46 34 4 21 61 18 40 12 22 2 42 0 9 41 44 0 3 0 30 6 2 1 79 , 5 23 ; 34 76 14 12 M. ch. M. ch. ! M. eh. M. ch. 25 57 .. 365 0 41 77 0 26 '.'. .. 34*37 0 2 0 8 11 45 86 24 : 1 14 76 41 81 32 M. eh. 57 72 16 36 19 41 .. 610 .. V. .. 048 j 425 77 84 7 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 0 7 2 77 0 75 0 1 ..3 7 19 !! 6 1 .. j 26 26 [ I. 17 62 I 44 28 .. 11 46 .. .'. j 8 22 6 27 1 59 I 0 48 28 34 18 37 20 4 0 7 12 52 23 19 10 0 32 0 3 4 45 4 60 11 46 i 41 2 15 336 31 29 1 20 4 24 29 30 387 48 1 50 39 23 0 6 33 51 392 1 67 57 33 45 20 11 44 1 25 39 22 48 72 26 11 46 22 20 27 36 36 13 4 46 8 21 37 41 0 63 - - - 22' 20 .. ■• 24* 3 '.'. '.'. .. 2 2 22 44 4 78 2 44 7 66 .. .'. 8*21 4 34 .. 28 18 0 40 3 . 5 Carried forward .. j 6 11 45 44 6 27 20 46 24 22 341 11 148 24 341 11 148 24 2 11 299 29 . I 25 57 ! .. 1,160 34 i 1 50 25 57 11,160 34 ! 1 50 2,081 41 I