D.—2

RETURN No. 23. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1918.

10—D. 2.

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Approximate Length opened each Year. Sleep, >rs. Year. North Island. Middle Island, Total. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Removed during Maintenance.* 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 1874-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 i879-8ot 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 1910-1911 1911-1912 1912-1913 1913-1914 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 M. eh. M. oh. 45 7° 18 58 II 68 27 62 1.1 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 4° 73 32 71 40 16 40 19 22 50 24 o 47 52 « 39 17 32 M. ch. 45 7° 18 58 11 68 27 62 21 76 188 17 317 27 216 63 198 54 83 65 67 26 101 30 63 3 42 21 44 69 80 o 90 78 7° 3 1 28 79 18 31 32 45 34 9 27 27 17 26 62 16 44 6 18 41 4 75 37 48 33 59 19 26 107 68 23 52 56 3 37 56 45 56 3 1 57 50 7 15 19 209 42 35 23 44 60 46 31 52 34 3 6 91 25 15 36 22 70 96,33 8 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 57i4o8 36,382 130,620 92,558 38,876 io,37° 78,960 70,848 40,582 226,485 49,665 117,679 79,170 95,97° 66,596 105,184 3J.999 440,003 74,104 93,975 97.414 110,092 6,458 191,756 32,445 10 55 61 19 69 23 64 24 103 76 27 19 26 33 68 39 22 67 2 2 22 19 56 O 43 26 58 72 11 47 18 31 n 57 28 21 74,261 73.947 106,763 125,632 148,325 1 37.993 139,040 122,027 108,690 129,634 133,954 139,912 132,569 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243.479 282,326 302,354 345,433 369,339 330,029 309,296 302,252 3°9, l8 3 283,293 331,678 279,190 236,390 282,682 273,586 235.378 261,748 227,674 157,970 86,595 88,540 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 IO 2 4 3° 11 20 28 40 33 12 17 61 23 5 10 38 186 21 3 60 14 64 23 30 25 37 11 13 19 26 103 3 8 12 32 27 43 4 44 27 75 8 52 50 7 4 61 23 21 31 43 29 76 23 1 26 77 3 6 51 3 7 73 40 22 7 43 22 70 48,038 Totals 6,218,915 7. 8 36,549 nplete information not recorded until li * C01 180-81, t Nine mouths only.