THE TEAMS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20426, 22 December 1931, Page 10

THE TEAMS.

| ♦ • | REVENUE FOR FOUR | WEEKS. COMPARISONS WITH LAST YEAR. The Christehurch Tramway Board's revenue account for the |our weeks ended November Bth (trams only), shows a deficiency of £1079, compared with a surplus of £.573 in the same period last year. The period includes Labour Day and one day's races. ' This year Labour Day was very fine and a gala was held at Sumner, whereas last year Labour Day was wet and there were no special fixtures. The receipts on all lines for the first race day at Riccarton declined £2Ol. The detailed figures are as follows: Last This Year. Year. £ £ Earnings from Operation .. .. 19,605 15,504 Operating expenses .. 13,580 10,491 Net earnings .. 6,025 5,013 Standing charges .. 5,452 6,092 £573 £1,079 (Surplus.) (Deficiency.) Ticket Receipts. The decrease in ticket receipts was £1293 or 7.97 per cent. Other receipts declined £2BOB, due to a non-recurring item last year of £2825 for supply of power to the Public Works Department in connexion with Lake Coleridge breakdown. The Board's steam power plant was not in operation this year. Operating expenses show a decrease of £3089 or 22.75 per cent. Of this amount the wages of motormeh and conductors declined £llO2. The mileage covered was 219,708. a decrease of 10,508, or 4.56 per cent. The passengers carried last year were 1,633,453, and this year 1,473,382 —a decrease of 160,076, or 9.80 per cent. The Omnibus Account In the omnibus account for the four weeks ended November Bth; a comparison is not available except in a few cases, owing to changes in control. Four routes, however, offer the following comparisons:— Passengers. Receipts. Decrease. Decrease. Per cent. Per cent. Bryndwr .. 4.80 20.11 Springfield road .. 15.02 24.43 Bromley .. 25.08 20.00 Northcote road .. 31.64 32.5 Receipts on the Bryndwr and Springfield road routes show a higher percentage of decrease than passengers. This is duo to the reduction in fares made at the request of the former contractor in September last. The summary of the revenue account shows:— Last This Year. Year. £ £ Earnings .. 563 493 Expenditure .. 919 702 Deficiency for four weeks .. £356 £209