RAILWAY RETURNS.
A J compsrati*o stsiement of ttaffio -=oß»fhe Gonenmjenirtaiiw»ys up to tfa 4th Jimtisiy'— ttat iVf or the first thraaqnarte«oftbofinaueial year^shons*sQbstKatiilinore»S6 both, in good* and passetJ^.r traffic. Daring the period indicated 206,773 nsoro psssengera were carried than duriDg the conresporidbu period of the previous year, and 5700 mad season tickets were issued. In the goods depmihneat ths returns show that 219,072 more sheep me carded as compared with » Kke penocf of tin preceding year, whfle the tonnage of tdußi timbsr, merchMidise, and mineralft'is «feo «nbstantiaUy ia excess. Frrewood«nd grain, however, do not come up to the raenote) yew's figures ; still there is- on- all goods jm increaee of 23,855 toss. TurtiiDg to tbe revenoe scconnt, the receipts for the three qnarfcrs amoant to £859,395, as afraiost £8W,7?0 for {he corresponding periotJ-of 189* { while tbe expenditure foots up to £583,580,»as compared with £559y875. •
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10597, 18 February 1896, Page 7
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143RAILWAY RETURNS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 10597, 18 February 1896, Page 7
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