WELLINGTON'S TRAMS.
PAST YEAR’S FIGURES.
SURPLUS OF £19,000
WELLINGTON, April 16. The .Wellingon City tramwayß produced a‘nett surplus of. £19,044 dur- j ing the year ended March 31, which, while £3363 less than the previous ; year’s credit, vet discloses a satisfactory position. The figures for 1922-23 j compared with the previous year are j as follows: — 1922-23 1921-22 | £ £ ! Revenue ■ 387,931 ' 387,149 Working ex.’s 301,153. 307,512 Capital. charges 67,734 57,230 Percentage, expenditure to revenue 77. Revenue per car n , mile ' 28.51 d 28.79 d Working ex.’s / ofl per car mife 21.86 d 22.60 d Passengers car- on ried 37,465,109 37,127,814 car miles run 3,265,417 ■ 3,223,473 The power supply showed a credit of £8542 on a revenue of derived from the sale of 3,765 3 95 J units The electric light surplus j amounted to £12,830 on a revenue of i £134,326, from the sale of. 7,685,31 a units. In the case of both light and I power, the -units sold last year were half a million more than the previous year.—P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 9670, 17 April 1923, Page 5
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