RAILWAY RETURNS.
The railway working account, showing the revenue and expenditure on the various lines for the financial yea I*,1 *, gives the following results :—
A comparative statement shows that as compared with the previous financial year there was a decrease of 3256 first class and 25,538 second class siDgle tickets, but increases ot 15,112 first class and 270,530 second class return tickets ; while the increase in season tickets was 7610. Parcels incrrased by 10,530, cattle by 236, sheep by 319,791, pigs by 10,054. There were decreases of 70 horses, 34 carriage?, 966 dogs, 12 drays, and 1475 oalves Id the carriage of goods there was an increase of 16,288 tons lime, 14,554 ton« timber, 11,942 tons merchandise, and 20,741 tons minerals. The desreases were : 3964 tons wool, 6298 tons firewood, and 13,856 tons grain. The following shows tbe. number of miles of railway open and the neb revenue per mile : —
Miles. Kawakawa ... ... 8 Whangarei 16 Kaihu 17 Auckland ... 309 Napier-Tarauaki 322 Wellington 94 Hnrunui-Bluff 1132 Greymouth-Buinner ... 8 Greymoufch-Hokitika ... 24 Westport 31 Nelson 23 Picion 21 Net Rovenui per mile. £ 56 5 1( 82 10 ! Mi 16 I 143 1 II 221 12 ! 373 8 1 2 6 16 '. 1437 7 I ' 172 3 I 537 15 ! 44 2 I (Loss) 61 10 (
North Island. PerRevenue. Expenditure, centage. Kawakawa £ 2,489 0 4 £ 2,038 13 3 81 91 Whaugarei 6.920 14 11 6,682 14 6 82-11 Kuihu ... 5,760 10 11 2,965 18 6 51-58 Auckland... 130,439 15 2 87,583 11 6 6714 NapierTaianaki 207,467 510 133.R89 19 2 64-64 Wellington 85,773 12 1 51.359 6 9 69 91 Total ...£438,810 19 3 £283,550 3 7 6461 South Isiand, HurunulBluff ...£664,503 15 3 £420,084 1 9 6322 GreymouthB.unner 22,918 16 0 11,419 15 10 49-83 Greyia'outhHokitika 8,557 911 4,425 6 4 51-71 Westport... 32,428 2 3 15,757 5 2 4859 Nelson ... 9,206 13 11 8,191 19 7 8898 Picton ... 6,584 17 0 7,&39 510 12057 Total ...£744,199 14 4 £467,817 14 6 62-81 G. total £1,183.040 13 7 £751,367 18 1 63ffi
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Otago Witness, Issue 2202, 14 May 1896, Page 12
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339RAILWAY RETURNS. Otago Witness, Issue 2202, 14 May 1896, Page 12
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