D.—2.

RETURN No. 21. Statement showing Weights of Rails in various Lines on 31st March, 1919.

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I Line. 401b. Iron. 401b. 451b. Steel. Steel. 521b. 521b. 531b. 551b. 561b. 561b. 651b. 701b. 701b. 100 lb. Iron. Steel. Steel. Steel. Iron. Steel. Steel. Iron. Steel. Steel. Total. . Whangarti-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 - N e w PI ymouth Waitara Branch Stratford-Kohuratahi Mount Egmont Branch Aramoho-Wanganui Foxton Branch Palmerston-Spit Wellington-Woodville Greytown Branch Te Aro Brknch Gisborne Section — Gisborne-Motuhora South Island Main Lines and Branches — Lyttelton-BlufI Addington-Culverden Oxford Branch Eyreton Branch Waipara-Parnassus Southbridge Branch Little River Branch Springfield Branch White Clifis Branch Rakai a Forks Branch.. Mount Somers Branch Albury Branch Waimate Branch Waimate Gorge Branch Duntroon Branch Oamaru Breakwater Branch Carried forward • • I M. ch. 0 14 0 20 3 33 1 0 65 1 16 0 23 6 11 M. ch. I M. ch. 0 10 .. 0 48 .. 0 75 1146 ; 8 22 ; 6 27 24' 3 '.'. 45 44 6 27 ; ... ; i I i M. ch. M. ch. I M. ch. [ M. ch. M. oh. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 24 33 28 23 0 50 4 46 16 36 17 15 2 26 .. j 0 12 .. '.. 30 11 23 22 .. 372 32 0 44 19 65 i .. 21 61 .. .. 41 77 2 23 .. .. .. .. .. 0 26 5 0 7 43 .. .. .. .. .... 9 73 , .. .. 18 40 .. .. 34 42 .. .. .. 12 21 .. .. 0 3 6 75 2 36 .. 2 42 .. .. 0 8 57-2 .. .. 0 9 .. .. | 11 49 6 37 2 1 5 31 .. .. 41 35 .. .. 89 79 3 77 .. .. 0 3 15 45 26 30 .. 0 30 6 2... .. ' .. 2 0 .. .. 1 20 2 77 .. 11 13 .. .. 5 23 - ... 1 40 .. .. 34 44 .. .. 76 73 0 1 .. 18 73 .. .. 14 17 .. .. 81 32 3 7 19... .. 01 •31 8 .. 17 62 0 48 .. .. 0 67 .. .. 388 76 1 50 28 34 .. .. .. .. .. 39 23 18 37 .. .. 3 36 .. .. 0 6 20 4 0 7 12 52 .. 31 29 .. 23 19 10 .. 1 20 .. .. .. 1 59 .. 0 32 0 3 1 41 4 24 2 2 4 60 .. 29 30 .. .. 36 14 11 46 .. i 22 20 22 44 4 78 .. 7 66 .. '.'. '.'. '.'. 2 2 2 44 8 21 i 31 .. 28 21 .. .. 3 53 0 40 20 36 24 22 341 13 164 68 2 11 293 52 23 22 .. 1,175 00 1 50 2 M.ch. 57 72 16 36 19 41 425 77 S4 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 49 10 392 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 2,104 36 ! ■ 24 22 2,104 36