THE RAILWAYS.
NOTABLE INCREASES IN REVENUE The revenue and expenditure of the New Zealand railways for the month of April, 1901. as compared with the figures for the corresponding month of 1903.
were: — 1804. 1903. X X Revenue ... 206,652 172,535 Expenditure ... ... 118,543 85,689 Th© principal receipts on the Welling-ton-K apier-New Plymouth section for April, and those for April last year. were: — 1904. 1903. X X Passengers ... 22.273 18,805 Parcels, luggage and mails 2,519 1,908 Goods ... 25,623 21,616 \ The following figures, returns of revenue from all sections will show how substantial is the increase in receipts for the first month of the present financial year—April—when the returns for April last year are taken into account: — 1804. 1903. X £ Auckland ... 24.910 20,174 Kawakawa ... 150 153 Whangarei ... ... 2,036 1,437 Kaihu 810 Gisborne - Karaka ... - 197 197 Wellington - NapierNow Plymouth ... 53,135 44.272 Hurunui - Bluff ... 101.082 00,535 Westland ... 6.882 5,781 Westport ... 7,527 5.978 Nelson ... ... ... 1,553 1,378 Picton 1,633 1,536 Lake Wakatipu 630 537 Purine the month of April, 832,155 passengers travelled on the New Zealand railways—an increase of 119,864 upon the number for the corresponding month of last year.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 5293, 3 June 1904, Page 5
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183THE RAILWAYS. New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 5293, 3 June 1904, Page 5
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