D.—2.

RETURN No. 7—continued. Locomotive Department: Particulars of Rolling-stock, etc.

RETURN No. 8. Comparison of Traffic Revenue and Expenditure for the last Eighteen Financial Years.

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Description ol Stock ordered. Order. Number. Complete on 31st March, 1898. Incomplete on 31st March, 1898. Expenditure in Year ended 31st March, 1898. Locomotives, Class U Carriages, double-bogie, Class A .. Brake-vans, double-bogie, Class P .. Wagons, four-wheel, Class G, horse-boxes.. „ Class H, cattle-trucks „ Class K, covered goods „ Class L, high-side double-bogie, Class B, bogie high-side Class U, platform „ four-wheel, Class W, frozen-meat , „ Class Y, ballast-hoppers Locomotives, Class B Carriages, double-bogie, Class A .. „ conversions double-bogie to Class A Brake-vans (incline) „ conversion to bogie-vans Wagons, four-wheel, Class G, horse-boxes.. , » Class H, oattle-trucks Class L, high-side „ double-bogie, Class B, bogie high-side „ „ Class S, bogie sheep-trucks Class U, bogie platform Class V, bogie frozen-meat „ four-wheel, Class W, frozen-meat „ „ Class X, cool-trucks .. „ double-bogie, Class Z, oovered goods Locomotives, Class Wα Carriages, double-bogie, Class A Tarpaulins Pitting B wagons for passenger traffic Purchase of one locomotive, Class P Compressed-gas lighting plant Machinery for workshops Stores and material for new rolling-stock, to be built during year ending 1898-99 A B C D E F G H J K L M N 0 P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A—1 B—1 C—1 D—1 4 15 2 6 5 79 6 20 25 6 7 24 1 16 8 10 340 10' 8 t69 9 ( 8 4 2 6 1,000 15 2 6 5 79 6 20 25 1 8 4 6 7 24 8 8 10 230 10 2 57 £ s. d. 6,389 2 11 5,713 11 1 529 9 7 689 16 3 395 9 4 *270 13 0 4,536 2 7 767 16 6 1,794 9 11 *74 0 5 1,688 13 2 4,560 9 8 819 18 4 46 0 0 158 13 5 1,064 2 8 484 3 1 534 8 9 19,666 8 8 775 10 10 1,404 8 8 8,005 i 1 2,383 18 11 653 7 11 955 2 3 382 11 0 709 18 6 347 9 3 1,791 15 8 503 0 7 750 0 0 9,828 0 4 3,263 4 10 110 6 12 9 4 2 3 6 4 2 6 522 478 1 1 31,964 11 7 £113,901 13 9 Total locomotives „ carriages .. „ brake-vans and wagons „ tarpaulins .. 13 52 633 1,000 1 15 295 ' 478 12 37 338 522 * Additional expenditure on orders F, for ten covered goods-wagons, ana K, for two frozen-meat wagons, brought into stock year nding Slst March, 1807. + Includes two trucks for Pintsch's gas storeholders, £295 2s. 5d.

Year. Expenditure Miles. Revenue. Expenditure per Cent, of Tonnage. Revenue. Parcels, Horses, and j Dogs. Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs. Paswncers Season rassengers. TioVets , £ 836,454 892,026 953,347 961,304 1,045,712 1,047,419 998,768 994,843 997,615 1,095,570 1,121,701 i,ii5,432 1,181,522 1,172,793 1,150,851 1,183,041 1,286,158 1,376,008 £ No. 286,865 316,611 341,186 359,896 347,425 349,428 372,397 399,109 399,056 405,838 413,074 430,216 460,383 486,787 479,683 489,177 524,063 563,998 No. No. 2,849,561 2,911,477 3,283,378 . 3,272,644 3,232,886 3,362,266 3,426,403 3,45i,85o 3,132,803 3,376,459 3>433,629 3,555,764 3,759,044 3,972,701 3,905,578 4,162,426 4,439,387 4,672,264 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 36,233 43,069 48,660 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 1896-97 1897-98 1,277 1,319 1,358 1,396 i,477 1,613 1,727 i,7S8 i,777 1,809 1,842 1,869 1,886 1,948 1,993 2,014 2,018 2,055 521,957 523,099 592,821 655,990 690,026 690,340 699,072 687,328 647,045 682,787 700,703 706,517 732,142 735,359 732,160 751,368 789,054 857,191 62-40 58-64 62-18 68-24 6S-99 65-91 69-99 69-09 64-86 62-32 62-47 63-34 61-97 62-70 63-62 63-51 6i-35 62-30 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 2,368,927 2,518,367 300,704 343,751 477>°75 686,287 729,528 858,662 942,017 940,209 919,392 1,068,575 1,348,364 1,153,501 1,393-457 i>433,679 1,604,103 1,932,709 2,052,346 2,444,314