RAILWAY RETURNS

Southland Times, Issue 18936, 24 September 1920, Page 5

RAILWAY RETURNS

REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, AND TRAFFIC. (Per United Press Association.') WELLINGTON, September 23. The railway working account, revenue for the period from April 1 to August 21 shows a total of .£2.423,033, as compared with £2.026,441 for the corresponding period of last year. The North Island lines contribute;; £1.405.190, as against £1,151,193, and the South Island lines £1,017,848, compared with £875,249. The expenditure for the period totalled £2,031.507. or S5 per cent, of the revenue, as compared with £1.333,394, or 68.27 per cent, in the corresponding period of last year. The expenditure on North Island lines totalled £1,110.830, or 79.05 per cent, of the revenue, us compared with £755,704, or 65.65 per cent, in the same period of last year, and the expenditure on South Island lines amounted to £920,766 or 90.46 per cent., against £627,690 or 71.72 per cent. The traffic returns show that there was an increase of 289,007 in the number of live stock carried, and an increase of 330.252 tons in the quantity of goods carried. The total number of tickets issued was fi. 626.890. an increase of 1,317,516, and of season ticket* there was an increase of *1,211.