CITY TRAMWAYS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27, 2 February 1915, Page 2

CITY TRAMWAYS

RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE. The monthly returns of the city tramways were submitted to the Tramways Committee yesterday afternoon, with the following statement of revenue and expenditure for the four weeks ended Sth January 1916, and comparative bgures for the corresponding period of last year : —

There was also a similar comparative statement for the expired portion (forty weeks) of the financial year as under.- —

Percentage o f working expenses to total revenue ... 67p.c. 65n.c. Passengers carried 19,253,624 18,443,957 Car miles run ... 1,917,135 1,768,403 POWER SUPPLY Figures for the power supply and track lighting account' for the forty weeks from Ist April, 1914, to sth January, 1915, were supplied as follow: —

Revenue forking expenses lapital charges... Iredit balance ... 1314-10 £ 9,166 4,608 4,151 407 3. iyio-if. £ 8,690 3,794 3,890 1,006

Fraffic revenue ... Wadestown rates (Ist instalment) I'otal revenue ... Working expenses Special expend^ ture ... Capital charges' Credit balance ... 1&14-15. £ 124,443 884 125,327 84,003 4,849 31,563 4,912 1913-14. £ 118,328 1,047 119,375 78,088 4,342 30,224 6,721 Potal revenue per car mile Working expenses per car mile ... 15.68 d 10.51 d 16.20 d 10.60 d

Revenue 'Working expenses Capital charges... Credit balance ... Revenue per car^ mile ■Working expenses per car mile .. Percentage of working expenses to revenue Passengers carried Car nuleß run ... 1914-15, £ 14,358 8,348 3,155 2,855 17.49 d 10.17 d 58 p.c. 2,081,308 197,023 1913-14. £ 13,618 7,578 3,036 3,044 18.89 d 10.51 d 55 p. c. 2,009,7(M 172,957