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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT showing Number of Passengers, Season Tickets, Tonnage of Goods and Live-stock, and Revenue, for Four Years ending the 31st March, 1895, and the 31st March, 1899.

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Year ending Number of Passengers. Annual per Cent. Increase. Revenue. Annual per Cent. Increase. Number of Season Tickets. Annual Annual per Cent. Revenue, per Cent. Increase. Increase. Annual Tonnage. I per Cent. Increase. Revenue. Annual per Cent. Increase. 31st March, 1892 ... 1893... ! 1894... ; 1895... |l 3,555,764 3,759,044 3,972,701 3,905,578 3*55 5*71 5*68 £ 342,563 367,594 378,480 -360,243 2*83 7*30 2*96 16,341 16,504 17,226 28,623 17*72 0*99 4*37 6616 £ 22,054 23,025 23,540 24,906 7*73 4*39 2-23 5*80 2,122,987 2,258,235 2,128,709 2,123,343 6*37 £ 671,469 707,785 686,439 683,726 '5*40 Totals 15,193,087 1,448,880 78,694 93,525 8,633,274 2,749,449 ii 31st March, 1896 ... j 1897... ... ..." 1898... 1899... 4,162,426 4,439,387 4,672,264 4,955,553 ■6*57 6*65 5*24 6*06 r 359,822 378,684 399,262 438,367 5*23 5*43 9*79 36,233 43,069 48,660 55,027 26*58 18*86 12*98 13*08 29,412 31,476 34,168 37,186 18*09 7*01 8*55 8*83 2,175,943 2,461,127 2,628,746 2,744,441 2-47 1310 6-81 4*40 698,115 774,163 837,589 882,077 214 10*89 8*19 5*31 i Totals 18,229,630 1,576,135 j 182,989 132,242 10,010,257 3,191,944 •l Increase for four years ending 1899. over four years ending 1895 ". : 3,036,543 19*98 127,255 8*78 104,295 132*53 38,717 41*39 1,376,983 15*94 442,495 1609 I