RAILWAY RETURNS.
INCREASED RESULTS UNDER GOVKRN. MENT CONTROL, UVJNim^
„ -■„ . . BLENHEIM,.Jnfr 20. rae railway statistics were mada public by the Hon. A. Pitt, Acting Minister ot hallways, at the opening of the Blenheim railway station yesterday:—
1895. 1906. Miles ofxm Capital cost ... ... Train mileage ■ ' 1,995 2,408 £15,552,613 £22,438,972 3,221,620 6.413J573 Passenger numbers 5.905,578 8,826,383 Oaitlo carried 40,890 119,311 Sheep . ... _ . ..'. 1,519,921 ; . 5>348,6Sg Pigs _ „ 43.290 92,703 Grain (tona) . _. .., 388.556 772,25* Minerals ... „. .. . 857.917 1,958,541 Gross tonnage 2,048;391 4,241,42$ Eereuue _ . £1.150,851' £2,349l30<
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Evening Star, Issue 12870, 20 July 1906, Page 1
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77RAILWAY RETURNS. Evening Star, Issue 12870, 20 July 1906, Page 1
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