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RETURN No. 23. Statement showing approximately Sleepers laid and removed up to 31st March, 1920.

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I Approxir itate Length openei each Year. Total. Sh Laid during Construction. (2,100 per mile.) Sleepers. Year. North Island. Middle Island. ltcmoved during Maintenance.* 1867 1870-71 1871-72 1872-73 1873-74 1874-75 1875-76 1876-77 1877-78 1878-79 1879-80!-1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89 1889-90 r8go-gi i8gi-g2 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 i8g7-g8 i8g8-gg i8gg-igoo 1900-1901 1901-1902 igo2-i903 1903-1904 i9O4-ig05 igo5-igo6 igo6-igo7 igo7-igo8 igo8-igo9 1909-igio igio-ign 1911-1912 igi2-igi3 1913-1914 1914-1915 igi5-igi6 1916-1917 igi7-igi8 igi8-igig igig-ig2o :; 1 M. ch. M. ch. 45 7° 18 58 11 68 27 62 11 21 126 78 248 4 152 39 94 58 56 46 4° 73 32 71 40 16 40 ig 22 50 24 o 47 52 11 3 g 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 6g 80 o 90 78 70 31 28 79 18 31 32 45 34 9 27 27 17 26 62 16 44 6 18 41 4 75 37 48 33 59 ig 26 107 68 23 52 56 3 37 56 45 56 3i 57 50 7 15 19 2og 42 35 23 44 60 4 6 3i 52 34 3 6 9i 25 15 36 10 55 61 19 69 23 64 24 103 76 27 ig 26 33 68 39 22 67 2 2 22 ig 56 o 43 26 58 72 " 47 18 31 " 57 28 21 17 26 28 38 16 62 20 68 5 68 27 27 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 95,970 66,596 105,184 440,003 74,104 93,975 97,4M 110,092 6,458 191,756 32,445 74,26l 73,947 106,763 125,632 148,325 137,993 139,04° 122,027 108,690 129,634 1 33,954 I3g,gi2 132,569 155,827 170,681 188,291 210,588 243,479 282,326 302,354 345,433 369,339 330,029 309,296 302,252 309,183 283,293 331,678 279,190 236,390 282,682 273,586 235,378 261,748 227,674 157,970 86,595 88,540 70,743 78,663 14 73 3 64 27 46 22 46 4 30 11 20 28 40 33 12 17 61 23 5 33 58 27 24 3 48 1 11 10 2 11 13 19 26 103 38 12 32 27 43 4 44 27 75 8 52 50 7 4 61 23 21 3.1 43 2g 76 23 1 26 77 3 6 5r 3 7 73 10 38 186 21 3 60 14 64 23 30 25 37 40 22 7 43 22 70 22 70 48,038 12 75 12 75 27, i6g Totals 6,246,084 7,985,955 * Con riplete information 1 not recorded until fl S0-S1. t . r ine months only.