TRAMWAY REVENUE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 748, 22 February 1910, Page 4

TRAMWAY REVENUE.

' : .■■■•''. ■ JANTJAEY PIGTOES; '-.',. .. . ■; -A return of tho : tramway revenue oa the city lines for. tkfl four weeks ended February 2-discloses a satisfactory !condition:' of affairs!.' The revenue for / the period in question totalled : .£11,G54, beingan'increase of something :over i! 500 over tho totals for the corresponding,, period last' year... The working for the four weeks shows a net profit of JE1325.. : The net. profit, on the working of the trains for the ten months froni> April 1.-1909, to. February 2 last,.is ,£llß3, which.is.about ;.£BSO below the profit shown at. this dato .last year. With practically, .two months :to go to the end of the financial year tho prospect of reaching close to last year's totals is still, good, notKithsta.nding.tbe, '.heavy falling away.whiah.was experienced during the. depression last ; .winter, f - ' ; : .. The cash receipts for the tramways for Saturday and Sunday show a falling-off ;of .£5 12s. Cd., as against ■ the totals for; tho same two days pf last year.. The cash, return on Saturday was £496 175., whicl '.is' JC29I Is/ Gd. less than the, returns fot ■the corresponding Saturday last year..On Sunday the takings were .£286 35., which ■ is J33 9s. ahead of last year's correspond-, ing day. A total of 847' adults and .59 children were carried on the special: Sunday .morning cars,', whilst both the 9.50 p.m. special car 'from.. Constable. Street and. the 10', p.m. special, from Newtown carried.97 passengers! .' ..-;.' ' \'\> .'