PROOF OF PROGRESS.
INTERESTING FIGURES.
POSTAL AND RAILWAY RETURN'
SHOW INCREASES.
lii indica.ting the progress of any towi figures invariably speak louder tliaj words. Thero is no better barometer | Masterton's remarkable progress of recei] years^ than • the" Postal figures, and fclf compiler of these articles is indebted 1 the officials in Wellington \vho ( at col siderable difficulty, willingly supplied til following illuminating statistics.' Th(| show plainly how Mastertoii' has forgo ahead, particularly in recent years:—l
Those figures indeed speak eloquent] of Masterton's advance. The railwa figures, covering a period of 15' yearsfrom 1901' to 1916, are as follow:— PASSENGER TRAFFIC.
TELEGRAMS. ■ Forwarded; Received. ' 1899 25,116 30,121 *'i 1905 . 54,928 63,369 1910 ...... 75,673 86.658 1915 104,101 102,407 MONEY ORDERS. Issued. Paid. £ £ 1899 ......... 13,319 6.901 ! 1905 16.894 9,329 1910 -20,407 13.405 1915. 29,189. 17,931 SAYINGS BANK. , ■ Deposits. Withdrawal £ ' £ 1899 ...v.v_ 22,158 17,417 1905 53,657 43,824 1910 . 66.419 52,094 1915 U3;i7o 83,306 POSTAGE. Other Letters. Matter. Parcel 1899 ... 273,143- 222,339 1,134 1905 ... 549,484 467,435 • . 1,912 1910 ... 755,451 477,309 7,23<| 1915 ... 914,918 569,636 23,103
Ord.Tkts. Seas. Tkt! 1901 . -30,620 - 31 1906 60.494 99 1911 .. 48.299 ■ 313 1916 ...1..™.. 56,929 248 ; PARCELS. ■ • .■ . In., Out. 1901 ...; 6307 46-47 1906 9175 ■ 4899 ■1911 .;._„ 8688 ■ 4072 . 1916 ............ 9007 6170 STOCK. . 1901. 1911. 191! BattleIn ...„. 301 723 1,21 Out ... 873 . 1,874 2.7? halves— ' j . In 1 139 ( Out ... 290 . * 5 1"!; >heep— ' ! In , 13,618 10.233 15.3 Out ... 132:213 106,946 110,8< GOODS. !'. iVool. (Boles)— In ' 7 ' 112 ■•• 7C . Out :.. ' 9,258 12,476 13,: v Cimber (Super, feet) — '..■'■ : In 245,100 2,212,300 IS,^ 1 Out ...1,598,000 4,000,300 2,65; ilerchandise (Tons)— , ■ i--111 ..■ 4.764 ■ 5,579 1,&. Out ... 1,246 1,392 1,7( FINANCLVL RETURN.- £ :•■•■ 1901 v 13,759 1905 ..; „ 22,428 ! 1911 ..-.-.,,... 24,803 : 1916 »„>.„..;.;.■. 30,776 !. i.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 45, 21 February 1917, Page 12
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