RAILWAY FIGURES.
(PRESS ASSOCIATION TBl—gram.) WELLINGTON, April 2. The railway working account for the period ended February 27th, compared with the corresponding psriod of 1914 ia as follows (shillings and pence omitted): — Revenue. Feb., 1915. Feb., 1914. £ £ No.th Island .. 197,155 209,909 South Island .. 156,276 166,086 Total .. 353,432 375,995 Expenditure. North Island *. 121,333 * 125,221 South leland '.. 103,826 101,354 Total .. 228,225 226,576 The percentage of revenue absorbed in expenses wns 71.62 last month, ac against 71.93 a year ago. The details for February, 3915, are as follows:— c • &' s _•« . ' 2 _ B o "g 2 **- s *■ Scct-ons. gr-i <" <j; ■ ;_; 2 *; "* h _''._, S3— X *"* NORTH ISLAND. ■ £ £ Whangarci •- 74 3,803 '2,307 63.91 Kaihu . 20 - 4CB 509 106.03 Gisborne ..41 2,310 1,298 71.60 North Island Main line and branches •• 1,101 190,473 120.254 71.07 Totals. " .. 1,239 197,155 124,398 71.03 SOUTH ISLAND. Main Lines and brancl-.es .. 1,386 12i*.SGG 56,-179 74.93 Westland .'. 157 12 678 7,113 50.71 "V/cslTiorl .. -6 9,295 5,165 42-.90 Ne:«>n .. 61 2,878 1,948 80.65 Picton _ -. 48 2.196 2,360.86.09 Lake- Wakatipu steamers .. , Nil 660 458 92.30 Totals .. .1.688 156,276. 103,826 72.36 Grand totals 2.927 353,132 ■228,225 71.62
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15243, 3 April 1915, Page 10
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