COMMERCIAL.
—• The amount of revenue collected at the Custom bouse on goods cleared to-day for consumption was ±-1,15718s Id. RAILWAY RETURNS. The return of railway receipts and expenditure for the four weeks ended sth December shows the former to have been £104,223 18s Id, and the latter £58,120 9s Id. In the corresponding period of the previous year the figures £ were £90,207 lis and £5(5.424 19s 4d respectively. Of the revenue the North Island lines contributed £40.353 lis 7d, as against £34,902 3s Id and the Middle Island lines £63,870 6s bd, as against £55,305 7s lid. The North Island lines absorbed £23,143 5s 7d, as against £21,7% 4s Bd, and the Middle Island lines £34,977 3s M, as against £34,628 14s Bd. The proportion of expenses to revenue on the several lines, calculated oa an annual average, for the respective periods of a* follows :-No*th Island: Kawakawa, 107.33, 79.47; Whargarei, 97.44, 83.98; Kaihu, 42.3 L b2.b2; Auckland, 71.27, 73.29; Napier-Taranaki,- <0.60, 69.63; Wellington, 62.01, 67.78. Middle Island: Hurunui-Bluft. 62.12, 66.97; ??eWouth-Bvxxnner, 56 27 49 55; Grevmouth-Hokitika, *49.90, 50.4b ; wWnort. 44.25,44.01: Nelson, 95.87.55.25; Picton, mS 116.88 'Grand totals,' 64.30, 67.60. The receipts on the Wellington-section were £9,177 lbs sd, as against £8,153 3s 9d in the corrcspondjng period, and the number of passengers carried was 50,671 as against .42.457.1 The following are- the detailed returns for the Hurunui-Bluff section for the same period :
PassengersFirst class ... Second class... 1896. Total. :.. 53,170 ... 174,424 1895. Total. 27,917 115,351 Total ... 227,594 143,268 Season Tickets ... ~451 17447 Parcels, etc. ... No. ... 22,870 No. 21,417 Goods No. ... 27,353 No. 34,556 Chaff, lime, etc. Wool Firewood Timber Grain Merchandise Minerals Tons. ... 1,986 ... . 10,225 ... 1,890 ... -8,267 ... 21,915 ... 18,314 ... 30,283 Tons. 2,412 9,189 1,326 7,024 19,519 > 19,107 28,682 Total ... ... 92.880 li\259 Revenue— ■ ~'7~ - .... 17,799 ~'T~ 13.801 PiLittAk. lutfffflffe. and ma 11a ... 2,987 2.602 4 |klvVt»| ***8B W S" «•»•»* •••« Goods Miscellaneous Rente and commission ... 34,837 751 ... 627 31,568 871 541 Totals • ... mm £49,383
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Evening Star, Issue 10212, 14 January 1897, Page 3
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322COMMERCIAL. Evening Star, Issue 10212, 14 January 1897, Page 3
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