OUR RAILWAY WORKING RESULTS
NORTH AND SOUTH ISLAND SYSTEMS COMPARED. ... (TCTTUK Editoh.) .' : : , ,'Sir,T-Accompanying: this, I send you ' a small;, table"giving various' results on tho Auqkland-Wajkato, l 'Wollington-Napier-New Plymouth, arid''tho-Huruhui-Bluff, these-be-ing'the main sections of our railway system. These, figures aro .collated„from the 1 official repbrtsj:-and /are probably .arranged within thof-capacity,.,of 'your .-wide columns. Tho figures.:are,,,L; and throw important rlight upon. both , tho policy and administration;; of . this ; ,yqry. important Department/ A point 'not fully set out is the' more ■oxcessiyo earnings on: tho Wellington section..,. Of lold , when ''our! local line ■ paid poorljvxertei.n goods pn'it'iiscd to bo charged as-,a class higher, than .rated olsowhoro; perh'apsjthat'may'still• tie'continued,- but the . district Chambers of 'Commerce should know. I am, etc.; JNO. DUTHIE.: July 21. !
:' i '^EN-giostoe'.].; COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE THREE •MAIN SECTIONS OF RAILWAY. , MILES,OPEN. V'' J900 ; - 1004 1908 Auckland ... 327 .374 395 Wellington ~.,,451.,-,466 490 Hurunui ..,..„;':117i5 . 1217 1288 REVENUE PER MILE IN POUNDS. Auckland ...: ... 518:' -' 775 1113 Wellington-.- •■.,. ' 912'. 1242 1609 1 Hurunui v - ."' 777.- ', V 896 . - 916 : TOTAL NET REVENUE ON EACH i SECTION IN POUNDS. , Auckland...- ..... 56,419.;, 106,967 < 140,601 i Wellington . ... 116,428:i5d82,472 255,852 i liurunui . ...'343,476 852,901 ' 287,195 i INTEREST EARNED ON. EACH:SECTION. ' ; j-s, d. &■ ;s. d. £ s. 'd. Auckland'... ,'2 ,'7 3 911 3 17/ 1 ' Wellington 2 .19 - 2 317 1 411 8 j Hurunui ... 3.16 0 .3 9 3 "2 710 MILEAGE OF RAILWAYS OPEN. J . Excess in « :• j. u ' • South' " 1900,, 1230- . 824 - 456 i 1908 ' ... 1521 953 568 | PERCENTAGE OF' WORKLVG EXPENSES i TO'EARNINGS. ] ■' .1300 1904 1908 i All New Zealand'64.Bo '"'- '65.98 70.59 ' '■On.J\lain'-6e'ctiorisj''l9oS:— 5 Auckland . . : r ' . ... 67.98 j ; .Wellington ...-67.48, ] Hurunui ...- ... ... 76.44 ■ ! - ': 1
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 256, 22 July 1908, Page 8
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