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RETURN No. 23. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1919.

10—D. 2.

Year. Approximate Length opened oach Year. North Island. Middle Island. Total. Sleepi irs. Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Removed during Maintenance. 1 1867 : 870-71 :87i-72 [872-73 873-74 1874-75 875-76 : 876-77 877-78 878-79 879-80! 880-81 881-82 :882-83 :883-84 :88 4 -85 1885-86 : 886-87 : 887-88 :888-8g 1889-90 :890-91 1891-92 :892-93 :893-94 : 894-95 895-96 1896-97 1897-98 898-99 899-igoo 900-1901 901-1902 902-1903 903-1904 904-1905 1905-1906 906-1907 907-1908 908-1909 909-1910 910-1911 911-1912 912-1913 913-1914 .914-1915 915-1916 916-1917 917-1918 918-1919 M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 45 70 45 70 18 58 18 58 .. ■ .. 11 68 11 68 27 62 27 62 10 55 11 21 21 76 61 19 126 78 188 17 69 23 248 4 317 27 64 24 152 39 216 63 103 76 94 58 198 54 27 19 56 46 83 65 26 33 40 73 67 26 68 39 32 71 101 30 22 67 40 16 63 3 22 40 19 42 21 22 19 22 50 44 69 56 o 24 o 80 o 43 26 47 52 90 78 58 72 11 39 7° 3i 11 47 17 32 28 79 18 31 .. 18 31 11 57 20 68 32 45 28 21 5 68 34 9 27 27 27 27 17 26 .. 17 26 28 38 33 58 62 16 16 62 27 24 446 14 73 3 48 18 41 3 64 ■ 1 11 4 75 27 46 10 2 37 48 22 46 11 13 33 59 19 26 19 26 4 30 103 38 107 68 11 20 12 32 23 52 28 40 27 43 56 3 33 12 4 44 37 56 17 61 27 75 45 56 23 S 8 52 31 57 50 7 50 7 10 38 4 61 15 19 186 21 23 21 209 42 3 6° 3i 43 35 23 14 64 29 76 44 60 23 30 23 1 46 31 25 37 26 77 52 34 36 36 40 22 51 3 91 25 7 43 7 73 15 36 22 70 .. 22 70 96,338 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 57,408 36,382 130,620 92,558 38,876 10,370 78,960 70,848 40,582 226,485 49,665 117,679 79,170 95,97o 66,596 105,184 440,003 74,104 93,975 97,4M 110,092 6,458 191,756 32,445 . 74,261 73,947 106,763 125,632 148,325 1 37,993 139,040 122,027 io8,6go 129,634 !33,954 139,912 132,569 I 55,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243,479 282,326 302,354 345,433 309,339 330,029 309,296 302,252 309,183 283,293 331,678 279,190 236,390 282,682 273,586 235,378 261,748 227,674 1.57,970 86,595 88,540 70,743 48,038 Totals 6,218,915 7,907,292 * Complete information not recorded until 1880-81. -f 180-81. t Nine months only.