THE RAILWAY RETURNS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1162, 8 June 1894, Page 19

THE RAILWAY RETURNS.

The railway revenue for the four weeks ending 28th April amounted to .£99,517 0s Bd, as compared with £113,250 7s Id in the corresponding" period last year. The expenditure was .£58,558 15s 2d, as compared with .£56,602 2s lid. Of the revenue the North Island lines contributed .£33,658 Is 7d, as against £36,299 3s Od for the corresponding four weeks of last year, and the Middle Island lines £65,859 8s Id, as against .£76,951 3s 7d. Of the expenditure, the North Island lines absorbed .£21,993 10s 7d, as against .£21,414 15s lid, and the Middle Island lines £36,565 4s 7d, as against £'35,187 7s. The proportion of expenditure to revenue (calculated on an annual average on the several lines) for thj respective periods of 1893-94 was as follows : —North Island—Kawakawa, 103*16,108*99; Whangarei, 131*99, 63*91; Kaihu, 190*37, 71*70; Auckland, 67*63, 57*54; NapierTaranaki, 61*50, 59*83; Wellington, 67*32, 57*16. Middle Island Hurunui-Bluff, 55*09, 45*10; Greyraouth-Brunner, 60*34, 49*97 ; Greyniouth-Hokitika, 59*60 (for 1894) ; West-port, 51*77, 44*61; Nelson, 54*53, 55*86 ; Picton, 10058, 83*20. On the Wellington section the revenue was .£6993 Is 3d, as against £7794 9s 6d in the corresponding period last year. The number of passengers carried was 28,267, as against 39,193. The fares amounted to .£2341 10s Id, as against .£3062 os 7d.