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RETURN No. 23. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1917.

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Year. 3V.pproximato Length opened each Year. Sleepi Laid during North Island. Middle Island. Total. Construction. (2,100 per mile.) >rs. ftemoved during Maintenance. * 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 1888-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-1900 1900-1901 1901-1902 1902-1903 1903-1904 1904-1905 1905-1906 1906-1907 1907-1908 1908-1909 1909-1910 igio-1911 1911-1912 1912-1913 1913-1914 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 45 7° 45 7° 96,338 18 58 18 58 39.323 11 68 11 68 24,885 27 62 27 62 58,327 10 55 11 21 21 76 46,095 61 19 126 78 188 17 395i 2 4 6 69 23 248 4 .517 27 666,409 64 24 152 39 216 63 455. 2 54 103 76 94 58- 198 54 4 I 7.2i7 27 19 56 46 83 65 176,006 26 33 . 40 73 67 26 141,382 68 39 32 71 101 30 212,888 22 67 40 16 63 3 132.379 22 40 19 42 21 88,751 22 19 22 50 44 69 94.211 56 o 24 o 80 0 168,000 43 26 47 52 90 78 191,048 58 72 n 39 7° 3 1 147. 8l 4 it 47 17 32 28 79 60,874 18 31 .. 18 31 42,814 11 57 20 68 32 45 68,381 28 21 5 68 34 9 71.636 27 27 27 27 57,408 17 26 .. 17 26 36,382 28 38 33 58 62 16 130,620 16 62 27 24 44 6 92,558 14 73 3 48 r8 41 38,876 3 64 1 11 4 75 io,37° 27 46 10 2 37 48 78,960 22 46 11 13 33 59 70,848 19 26 19 26 40,582 4 30 103 38 107 68 226,485 11 20 12 32 23 52 49,665 28 40 27 43 56 3 H7,679 I 33 12 4 44 37 56 79,170 17 61 27 75 45 5 6 95,97° 23 5 8 52 31 57 66,596 50 7 50 7 105,184 10 38 '4 61 15 19 31,999 186 21 23 21 209 42 440,003 3 60 31 43 35 23 74> io 4 14 64 29 76 44 60 93.975 23 30 23 1 46 31 97>4 r 4 25 37 26 77 52 34 110,092 36 36 6,458 40 22 51 3 91 25 191,756 7 43 7 73 '5 36 32,445 74,261 73.947 106,763 125,632 148,325 137,993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 139,912 132,569 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243,479 282,326 302,354 345.433 369.339 330,029 309,296 302,252 309,183 283,293 331, 6 78 279,190 236,390 282,682 273.586 235.378 261,748 227,674 157,970 86,595 ] Totals 6,170,877 6,170,877 7,748,009 plete information not recorded until 1880-81. t Nine months only. Mine months only. * Com