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Evening Star, Issue 9771, 30 July 1895, Page 3

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The amount of revenue collected at the Custom-house on goods cleared to-day for const, r-qitio i was £3.1)38 Its lt\l. Messrs ID i- oit. Haynes, ami Go. have purchased the lease of the building in ITinces street facing their prcmivis from Mr J. Brown. This has bon rendered necessary to meet the exigencies of tluir business u bile rebuilding on the site now occupied I>v them. Since ]8;?7 the deposits in the Rost Office Savings Bank exceeded the withdrawals every year except six—lß7s, 1*76, 1879, 1883, 1886, and 1894, In 1893 the deposits exceeded withdrawals by £'263,567. Last- year the withdrawals were £‘15.761 more than the deposits. RAILWAY RETURNS. The return of railway receipts and expenditure for the four weeks ended 22nd June shows the revenue to have been £89,211 Pi? Id, and the expenditure £57,695 16s Bd. In the corresponding neriod of the previous year the figures wore £76,329 Is Id, and £55,84-1 -is 8d respectively. Of the revenue the North Island linos contributed £’28,970 2s Bd, as against £27,146 19s 9d, and the Middle Island lines £51,291 13s Bd, us against £49,182 Is -Id. The North Island lines absorbed £20,724 19s 6d. as against £21,929 3.s 4d, and the Middle Island lines £36,970 17s 2d, as agauist £33,915 Is 4d. The proportion of expenses to revenue on the several lines, calculated on an annual average, for the respective periods of 1893-1894 was as follows ; —North Island: Kawakaiva, 87.73, 176.85; Wham garei, 79.88,98.81; Kaihu, 53.46,103.29; Auckland, 71.20,74.74: Napier-Taranaki, 66.11, 67.79; Wellington, 76.07, 72.81. Middle Island: HumnuiBlurt, 50.21,60 37; Greymouth-Brunner, 50.62, 54.94 ; Grevmouth-Hokitika, 45.71, 61.27; Westnort, 43.9.”! 51.76: Nelson, 76.24, 83.75; Picton 93.61, 105.75. Grand total, 62.08. 61.38. A comparative statement of the traffic on all lines shows that there wore in the number of ■■'ingle tickets both in the first and second class, but an increase of 19,732 first class and of 87,652 second class return tickets. There were decreases of 158 parcels, 34 carriages, 618 dogs, 8 drays, 1,077 cuttle, 87 calves, 25 t-oaa wool, 3,306 tons firewood, 7,941 tons grain, and 2,065 tons merchandise. Tho increases were; 149 luir.-es, 124,639 sheep, 1,140 pigs, 2,210 tons chaff, 315 tons timber, and 13,205 tons minerals. Tho following are the detailed returns for the Huninui-Bluff section for the same period;— 1895. 1894. Passengers— Total. Total. First das.? ... ... 20,551 25,275 Second class 99,264 96,319 Total .. 125,*15 121,594 Season Tickets ... ... 1,006 744 Revenue— £ £ Passengers ... ... . . 12,320 12,365 Parcels, luggage, and mails ... 3,825 1,868 Goods 27,447 27,926 Miscellaneous ... ... 710 815 Rents and commission ... 574 564 Totals £44,879 £-43,541 MINING NOTi | >. Mr Reeu's reports a return from the Enterprise Dredge, Alexandra, for week ended 27th jnst., of 270z J7dwt 16gr of gold for ITS hours’ dredging time. Auckland, July 30.—Buyers of Moanatairi 7s, Hazclbauk 4s 4d, Muv Qaeon 8s 9d, Monowaia 2s lOd, Woodstock 29s 6d, Waitekauri 55s (id, Grace Darling 2s 7d, Talisman 12a, Uwharoa 3j Bd, Victor 3a, Kaipai Vermont 5s 2d, Try Fluke 8a 6d, Welcome Find 2s lid, Bunkers Hill -is 6d. Tho Kapacga Company’s return was 4970z (valued at £1,438 8s) from fifty tons of stone. The Hauraki crushing of 142 tons of ore yielded 3,2G90z of melted gold valued at £9,807.