RAILWAY RETURNS.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday, Th following are the railway returns for the four weeks ended July 24: — North Island. —Kawakawa, miles open for traffic 8, revenue £284, expenditure £335, per cent of revenue 132.57; Whangarei, 23, £1944, £94, 46.03; Kaihu, 17, £261, £301), 90.79; Gisborne, 23, £920, £039, 78.38; North Island main lines and branches, 1064, £96,451, £79,910. 71.68; total, 1135, £09,842, £82,140, 71.43. South Island.—Main lines and branches, miles open for traffic 1299, revenue £88,203, expenditure £68,819; per cent of revenue 65.80; Westland, 138, £9442, £5028, 63.97; Westport, 31, £f>4S4, £3822, 42.35; Nelson, 48, £1560, £1278, 78.15; Picton, 34, £1892, £2205, 79.70; Lake Wakatipu steamers, £533, £129, 73.41; total, 1550, £111,117, £82,184, 64.04; grand total, 2685, '£210,959, £ 104,325, 67.83. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, this day. The traffic returns for the North Island main lines and branches for the period ending July 24th, 1909, as published in this week's public "Gazette," are as follow, those for the corresponding period of 1908 being denoted in parenthesis: —Passengers: First-class, single and return, 59,040 (51,824) ; sec-ond-class, 291,530 (279,357); total, 350,578 (331,181). Revenue: Passengers, £40,698 0/5 (£2990 1/9); parcels, luggage and mails, £6337 12/9 (£6877 15/6); goods £45,373 11/ (£44,082 4/); miscellaneous £1306 16/6 (£1974 18/1); rente and commission, £,2735 5/8 (£2212 1/3); £90,4j£ fyo i« 87.137 0/fy
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Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 204, 27 August 1909, Page 4
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