RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
The railway traffic foi the monthly period ending 22nd June, 1901, shows a phenomenal increase in comparison with the corresponding" period of last year. This is disclosed by the following table which has been placed at the disposal of the New Zealand Times showing the actual increases in passengers carried and! amounts derived:—Kawakawa, 119 passengers, £9 2s lid; Whangarei, 195, £63 18s Id; Kaihu, 322, £22 18s 4d; Auckland, 67,947, £6215 2s lid;' Wangamii, 19,349, £2235 Gs Sd; Wellington, 38,490, £3448 8s 3d; Christchurch, 48,812, €2581 2s sd; Dunedin, 17,601, £1405 6s sd; Invercargill, 10,913, £-2277 3s lOd; Westland, 6962, £8 18s 9d ; Westport, 603, 7s 2d; Nelson, 427, £21 13s Id, Picton, 1492, £80 13s 4d;— total increase of passengers carried, 214,994 (over a quarter of the total population of the colony); total increase of fares, £18,370 12s 2d. The comparative smallness of the increase in takings m comparison with the increase of passengers carried is accounted for by the reductions mad* 1 in ike frw.es silica la#t x§t£.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2471, 24 July 1901, Page 32
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172RAILWAY TRAFFIC. Otago Witness, Issue 2471, 24 July 1901, Page 32
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