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

A. C. Fife. Eailway Accountant. 11. J. H. Blow, Under-Secretary for Railways.

RETURN No. 8. Statement of Workmen's Twelve-trip Tickets issued during the Years ended the 31st March, 1895, and the 31st March, 1896, respectively.

4—D. 2.

Year. Expenditure Miles. Revenue. Expenditure. per cent, of Revenue. Tonnage. Parcels, Horses, and Dogs. Cattle, - Passengers. S»™ 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 1895-96 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 1,948 1.993 2,014 £ 836,454 892,026 953,347 961,304 1,045,712 1,047,410 998,768 994,843 997,6iS i,095.S7o 1,121,701 1,115,432 1,181,522 1.172,793 1,150,851 1,183,041 £ 521,957 523,099 592,821 655,990 690,026 690,340 699,072 687,328 647,045 682,787 700,703 706,517 732,142 735,359 732,160 751,368 62-40 58-64 62-18 68-24 65-99 65-91 69-99 69-09 64-86 62-32 62-47 63-34 61-97 62-70 63-62 63-51 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 2,073,955 2,086,011 2.066,791 2,193,330 2,060,645 2,048,391 2,087,798 No. 286,865 316,611 341,186 359.896 347,425 349.428 372,397 399.109 399,056 405,838 413.074 430,216 460,383 486,787 479.683 489,177 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 1,153-501 1.393,457 1,433,679 1,604,103 1,932,709 No. 2,849,561 2,911,477 3,283,378 3,272,644 3,232,886 3,362,266 3.426,403 3,451,850 3,132.803 3.376,459 3.433.629 3.SS5.764 3,759,044 3.972,701 3.9 0 5.578 4,162,426 No. 6,499 7.207 8,621 9,036 8,999 10,717 11,821 ",5i8 11,817 12,311 13,881 16,341 16,504 17,226 28,623 36,233

1891-95 (11 months). !95-96. Increase. Decrease. Sections. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. Kawakawa . . Whangarei Auckland Napier-Taranaki Wellington "Grey-Brunner ... Grey-Hokitika ... Nelson Hurunui-BIuff ... 25 5 1,435 813 3,925 58 64 46 6,280 £ 8. 3 14 1 10 219 18 176 15 665 1 10 0 12 1« 15 19 1,085 7 d. 6 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 0 16 1 3,423 879 5,103 133 55 37 10,885 £ s. 2 12 0 6 530 9 20o 19 843 14 17 12 10 18 14 4 l,S3o 12 d. 0 0 6 6 6 0 6 6 6 1,988 66 1,178 75 £ s. d. 310 11 6 30 4 6 178 13 6 7 11 6 9 4 £ s. d. 12 6 14 0 9 9 2*0 0 1 15 0 4,605 750 5 6 Total 12,651 12,191 4 0 i j 20,532 [3,462 9 0 7,912 1,277 6 6 81 6 1 I 6 Less deep iase 31 6 1 6 Net incret ,se 7,881 1,271 5 0