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1900. NEW ZEALAND.

RAILWAY CONCESSIONS. (RETURN SHOWING HOW AMOUNT OF £75,000 IS MADE UP.)

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 18th July, 1900. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing in detail how the amount of £75,000, estimated railway concessions, is made up."—(Mr. J. Allen.)

Return showing in Detail how the Amount of £75,000, Estimated Railway Concessions, is made up.

Railway Department, T. Ronaynb, Head Office, Wellington, 26th July, 1900. General Manager. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,200 copies), 17s.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9oo. Price 3d.]

Particulars. Approximate Value of Concessions per Annum. General reduction in passenger-fares ; also in fares of school boarders returning home for holidays, students of agricultural and technical colleges, athletic teams, pleasure parties, Maoris travelling to Land Courts Reduced suburban rates on Christchurch-Lyttelton line Reduced suburban rates on Auckland-Onehunga and Otahuhu lines ... Reduced suburban rates on Dunedin-Port Chalmers and Mpsgiel lines Reduced suburban rates on Invercargill-Bluff line Reduced rates for tickets to Hot Lakes District, Auckland ... Reduced rates for tickets to Cold Lakes and Glacial District, Otago, and round trips through Central Otago Reduced rates for newspaper reporters, season, and ordinary tickets Through rail and steamer tickets between Wellington and Blenheim General reduction of season-ticket rates ... Sectional annual tickets introduced Workers' weekly-ticket rates, Wellington-Lower Hutt and Petone, reduced ... Workers' weekly 2s. tickets from and to Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and suburban stations introduced Racehorses, hunters, and polo ponies returned free from races, hunts, and polo matches respectively Returned fish-empties carried free Rate for A, B, C, D goods, Auckland and Newmarket to Paeroa, Shortland, and intermediate stations Goods from centres to ports for shipment carried at weight instead of measurement Rates for salt for curing purposes reduced; for timber, Belgrove to Stoke and Bishopdale; wool, Smithfield to Timaru ; leather shavings for manufacture of manures; and vegetable-marrows, reduced £ 66,000 1,000 ' "1,100 1,600 2,800 800 500 1,100 500 Total 75,200