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RETURN No. 21. Statement showing Weights of Rails in various Lines on 31st March, 1918.

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 ib. ; Steel. Total. Whangarei-Kawakawa Section — Onerahi-Opua Kaikohe Branch Kaihu Section — Dargaville-Tarawhati North Island Main Lines and Branches — Auckland- Wellington.. Newmarket-Otamatea Penrose-Onehunga Waiuku Branch Huntly-Awaroa Railway Frankton-Thames Paeroa-Waihi Cambridge Branch Morrinsville-Rotorua Raetihi Branch Marton-New Plymouth Waitara Branch Stratford-Kohuratahi Mount Egmont Branch Aramoho-Wanganui Foxton Branch Palmerston-Spit Wellington-Woodville Greytown Branch Te Aro Branch Gisborne Section — Gisborne-Motuhora South Island Main Lines and Branches — Lyttelton-Blufi Addington-Culverden Oxford Branch Eyreton Branch Waipara-Parnassus Southbridge Branch Little Biver Branch Springfield Branch White Clifis Branch Bakaia Forks Branch.. Mount Somers Branch Albury Branch Wairnate Branch Waimate Gorge Branch Duntroon Branch Oamaru Breakwater Branch M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. I M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 24 42 28 14 0 50 4 46 16 36 17 15 2 26 M. ch. I I M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 57 72 16 36 " 19 41 010 0 12 .. .. 30 75 0 44 19 65 .. 2161 2 23 5 0... 7 43 9 78 .. .. 18 40 12 22 6 75 2 36 .. 2 42 57 2 .. .. 0 9 6 37 2 1 5 31 .. .. 41 42 3 77 .. .. 0 3 15 45 26 30 .. 0 30 6 2 .. .. .. 1 79 11 13 .. .. 5 23 1 40 .. .. 34 76 18 78 .. .. 14 12 24 65 370 5 41 77 0 26 425 77 84 7 2 59 5 0 7 43 62 75 12 24 12 1 68 60 8 38 136 65 4 62 42 25 6 2 3 20 19 33 113 72 114 43 3 7 1 10 " 1 34 37 0 2 0 8 11 49 .. •■ - 89 72 014 0 48 6' 7 2 77 1 1 14 o"75 ■ 0 1 3 7 76 41 81 32 [ i " i 0 20 31 8 .. 17 62 49 10 1146 22 20 0 48 .. .. 1 79 28 34 18 37 .. .. 3 36 20 4 0 7 12 52 .. 31 29 23 19 10 .. 1 20 0 32 0 3 1 41 4 24 2 02 4 60 .. 29 30 11 46 387 64 39 23 0 6 1 50 392 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 63 822 6 - 27 i - 59 36 14 : ' •• 3 33 0 65 24' 3 2' 2 24 22 22*44 4 78 '.. 7 66 2 44 28 21 .. '.'. 353 0 40 341 32 164 59 I 2 11 296 2 i'l6 0 23 8 21 4 31 .. .. Carried forward .24 65 1 - 1 50 : 2,104 31 2,104 36 6 11 45 44 6 27 20 43 24 22 4,170 70