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

A. C. Fife, Railway Accountant. H. J H. Blow, Under-Secretary for Railways.

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

A C. Fife, Railway Accountant. H. J H. Blow, Under-Secretary for Railways.

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Year. Expenditure Miles. Revenue. Expenditure. per cent, of Revenue. Tonnage. Parcels, Horses, and Dogs. Cattle, o Passengers. T icketg . 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1,277 1,319 1,358 1.396 1,477 1,613 1,727 1,758 1,777 1,809 1,842 1,869 1,886 i,948 1.993 £ 836,454 892,026 953,347 961,304 1,045,712 1,047,419 998,768 994,843 997.6i5 1,095,570 1,121,701 1,115,432 1,181,522 i,72,793 1,150,851 £ 52i,9S7 523,099592,821 655,990 690,026 690,340 699,072 687,328 647,045 682,787 700,703 706,517 732,142 735,359 732,160 6240 58-6 4 62-i8 68-24 65-99 65-91 69-99 69-09 64-86 62-32 62-47 63-34 6i-97 62-70 63-62 1.377.783 i,437.7i4 1.564.793 1,700,040 1,749.856 1,823,767 1,747.754 1.735,762 1,920,431 2,073,955 2,086,011 2,066,791 2,193,330 2,060,645 2,048,391 No. 286,865 316,611 34i,i86 359,896 347.425 349,428 372,397 399,109 399,056 405,838 413,074 430,216 460,383 486,787 479,683 No. 300,704 343,751 477,075 686,287 729,528 .858,662 942,017 940,209 919.392 1,068,575 1,348,364 i,i53.5oi 1,393,457 1,433,679 1,604,103 No. 2,849,561 2,911,477 3.283,378 3,272,644 3,232,886 3,362,266 3,426,403 3,45i,850 3,132,803 3,376,459 3,433.629 3,555764 3,759,044 3,972,701 3,905.578 No. 6,499 7,207 8,621 9.036 8,999 10,717 11,821 11=518 11,817 12,311 13,881 16,341 16,504 17,226 28,623

Ton-Mileage. III -.So o h Ton-Mileage. 44 co V s £§ pOH^ 44 B O 4. tjj 4 OS- ft TonMileage. . 05 35 Hoi COCO, O gS iS Oh C - B O O —H m Section. 1884-8 j. 1885-86. 1886-8' .uckland fapier Vellington Vanganui lurunui-Bluff .. 7,085,574 243 8,539,210 2,983,237 2-13 3,880,550 3,388,925 3-18 3,992,644 2,536,332 3-38 3,497,669 42,877,369 2-47 41,097,413 58,871,437 2-53 61,007,486 2'24 2-15 2-78 3-81 2-48 8,158,758 4,266,747 4,i67,454 3,465.445 39,068,490 2-60 2-06 2-87 4-33 2-59 Totals 59,126,894 2-52 2-68 1887-88. 1888-89. 1889-91 Auckland Napier Wellington Wanganui Hurunui-Bluff ... 8,276,481 4,094.397 4,028,006 3,676,963 39,781,108 2-55 2-30 2-81 4-i5 2'47 7,950,854 4,182,146 4,012,443 3,487.9" 39.557.567 2-19 i-95 2-84 3'9i 2M7 8,177,770 4,963,864 4,516,965 4,553,668 46,789,728 2 - l6 1-65 2-42 3-08 2-07 Totals 69,001,995 2-14 59.856,955 2'6o 59,190,921 244 I 1890-91 1891-92. 1892-9; Auckland Napier-Taranaki... Wellington Hurunui-Bluff 9,228,869 10,093,156 5.o63,457 53.350,677 i-8 5 2-51 2-35 i'93 9 899,396 11 710,544 5,632 828 50,106,636 1-76 2-15 2-II 10,146,797 13,205,014 5 816,437 51 699,231 i-8o 2-15 2'2I 2-04 2-00 Totals 77,736,159 2-02 77,349,4°4 2'00 80,867 479 2-04 1893-94, 1894-95. Auckland N apier-Tar anaki. Wellington Hurunui-Bluff 10,508 134 13.581,490 5 999,468 51 221,958 i-8o 2-23 2'02 I-92 11,004,853 13 893,809 5,992,105 49,674 134 I-84 2-27 2-19 2'OI Totals 8l 3II 050 80,564,901 1-97 2-04