RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
The returns for the first four weekly period of the new financial year are as under :—: — Section. Length. Receipts. Percentage of ex-
£ penditure to receipts. Greymouth 8 629 68.77 Wellington 45 1,965 70.56 Wanganui 95 2,422 72.92 Auckland 97 4,087 76.81 Napier €5 1,728 83.14 Westport 19 239 82.12 Ch. Church 1 1 747,35323 93.41 luvercargill/ ' Nelson 20 452 96.64 Picton 18 812 99.64 N.Plymouth 21 398 109.28 Kaipara 16 330 126.00
1,151 48,696 59.81 The extra mileage added on to tho Wanganui section by the opening of the line to Kai Iwi has materially added to the working expenses, without giving a corresponding benefit to the returns. The receipts on toe Wanganui section were derived from passengers, parcels, &c, £1220 ; goods and live stock, £1202; total, -62422, as against *,l»4O for the corresponding period last year.
A notice from the Hon. Seo. of the Acclimatization Society, referring to salmon and trout, will be inserted to-morrow.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 3514, 16 September 1879, Page 2
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160RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 3514, 16 September 1879, Page 2
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