RAILWAY REVENUE.
FIGURES FOR ELEVEN MONTHS. The figures of traffic and revenue oil tho railways are now known up to the last day (.out one) of February. That is to say, only one month of tne financial year is missing; and the known eleven months include the ChristmasAew Year peak period of railways business. The ngures to hand are tnereiore good data from, which to judge the year as a whole.
The revenue for the eleven months (approximately) totals £7,237,550 7s. otl., as compared with £0,428,221 14s. Id. for the corresponding period of last financial year, 'lne expenditure figures are £5,808,420- Is. 6d. for 1925-28, and £5,084,402 13s. Od. last year. Tor 1925-28 the expenditure is 80.25- per cent, of revenue; for last year, 78.78. The comparative statement of traffic shows increases in 1925-28 for all freights—for all goods and live stocK. In every section mere was an increase in the quantity carried. But on the passenger side there is a decrease in the number carried, and this decrease is under all heads except- season tickets, which show an encouraging increase of 61,570 (544,281 —482,711). The passengers’ total is shown at 10,795,040 for the current eleven mohths, against 11,505,916 for the corresponding period of last year, a decrease of 710,876.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 105, 3 April 1926, Page 8
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210RAILWAY REVENUE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 105, 3 April 1926, Page 8
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