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RETURN No. 7. Comparison of Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure for the last Ten Financial Years.

A. C. Fife, Railway Accountant.

RETURN No. 8. Traffic Ton-Mileage, and Rate of Working, for Five Chief Sections.

A C. Fifk, Railway Accountant.

Year. Expenditure Miles. Revenue. Expenditure, per cent, of Tonnage. Revenue. Parcels, Horses, and Dogs. Passengers. |eaaan 1879-80 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89 1,172 1,277 i.3!9 1,358 i,396 i,477 1,613 1,727 i,758 1,777 £ 762,573 836,454 892,026 953,347 961,304 1,045,712 1,047,419 998,768 994,843 997,6i5 £ 580,010 52i,957 523,099 592,821 655,990 690,026 690,340 699,072 687,328 647,045 76-06 62-40 58-64 62-18 68-24 65'99 65-91 69-99 69-09 64-86 1,108,108 1,377,783 1,437,714 1,564,793 1,700,040 1,749,856 1,823,767 1.747-754 1,735,762 1,920,431 No. 180,331 286,865 316,611 341,186 359,896 347,425 349,428 372,397 399,109 399,056 No. 285,209 300,704 343.751 477.075 686,287 729.528 858,662 942,017 940,209 919.392 No. 2,967,090 2,849,561 2,911,477 3,283,378 3,272,644 3,232,886 3,362,266 3,426,403 3,45i,8so 3,132,803 No. 5,077 6,499 7,207 8,621 9,036 8,099 10,717 11,821 11,518 11,817

1884-85. 1885-86. 1886-8J. 1S87-8S. 1888-89. Section. i I si Ton-Mi!eage. s g Ton-Mileage. Ton•h o o Mileage. . ° ■- H 111 i 8-si O.SfH ■2 £& Ton-Mileage. >g. S g TonMileage. A 8 u o c ~ γ-l 111 Auckland Napier Wellington Wanganui Hurunui- B luff 7 5 o85.S74 2'43 2,983,237 2-13 3,388,925 ! 3-18 2,536,332 : 3'38 42,877,369 ! 2-47 8,S39» 210 3,880,550 3,992,644 3,497,669 41,097,413 2-24 8,158,758 2-15 4,266,747 278 4,167,454 3'8i i 3,465.445 2-48 ' 39,068,490 2 - 6o 8,276,481 2-o6 4,094,397 J 4,020,006 4'33 3,676,963 2 - 59 I 39-781,108 2'55 J 7,950,854 2'3O 4,182,146 2'8i 4,012,443 4'iS 3,487.911 2-47 39.557,567 2'19 i'95 2-84 39 1 2'37 Totals ... 58,871,437 2-53 61,007,486 2-52 59,126,894 2-68 59,856,955 2'6o 59,190,921 2'44