SLIGHT DROP IN REVENUE

Southland Times, Issue 24003, 19 December 1939, Page 6

SLIGHT DROP IN REVENUE

FEWER PERSONS USE RAILWAYS MORE MONEY FROM GOODS CARRIED IN PROVINCE Railway revenue in Southland for the four-weekly period ended December 9 shows a decrease of £304 compared with the figure for the corresponding period last year. The traffic over the Southland section for that period shows a slight reduction in all but two branches. The passengers carried were fewer by 5182 and revenue from this source decreased by £1489. Fewer cattle were carried but there was an increase in the number of sheep. Goods carried by rail during the four-weekly period brought in mon, revenue than for the same period last year. This year £34,808 came from this source, compared with £33,526 in 1938, an increase of £1282. Details of the traffic conveyed over the Southland section during the four weeks ended December 9, with the figures for the corresponding period last year, are as follows:— TRAFFIC

REVENUE

1903 1938 Passengers 25,708 30,890 Season tickets 553 547 Road motor passengers 1,772 2,127 Road motor tons 79 32 Cattle 2,413 2,582 Sheep 8,557 7,105 Timber (tons) 2,004 2,130 Other goods (tons) 52,846 53,761

£ £ Passengers 4,930 6,419 Season tickets 175 167 Parcels 621 587 Goods Road motor pas34,808 33,526 senger 612 699 Road motor goods 233 114 Miscellaneous 1,023 1,194 TOTALS 42,402 ' 42,706