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Table No. 20. Comparison of the Railway Traffic and Rolling-stock Accommodation for Twenty Years.

COMPABISON OF THE EaILWAY TbAFFIO AND EOLLING-STOCK ACCOMMODATION IN 1895 AND 1903. 31st March, 1895. 31st March, 1903. Increase. Pe T r Gent ' of Increase. Passengers (number) ... ... 3,905,578 7,575,390 3,669,812 93 Season tickets (number) ... 28,623 118,431 89,808 314 Parcels - „ ... 444,981 731,762 286,781 64 Horses „ ... 11,185 12,737 1,552 14 Carriages ' „ ... 750 1,646 896 119 Dogs „ ... 23,517 34,202 10,685 45 Drays „ ... 705 1,921 1,216 172 Cattle „ ... 40,890 102,461 61,571 151 Sheep „ ... 1,519,921 3,821,333 2,301,412 151 Pigs „ ... 43,292 61,844 18,552 43 Total tonnage ... ... ... 2,048,391 3,730,394 1,682,003 82 Total revenue ... ... ...£1,150,851 £1,974,038 £823,187 72 Locomotives (number) ... ... 269 372 103 38 Passenger cars (number) ... 498 751 253 51 Brake-vans „ ... 204 283 79 39 Total trucks, all classes (number) 8,264 12,709 4,445 54

Table No. 21. Comparative Statement of the Public Trust Office Transactions for the Year 1882 with the Year 1902.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o3.

First Decade. Second Decade. 1st April, 31st March, ,„„„„,„ Increase 1883. 1893. increase. per Cent , 1st April, 1893. Slat March, j Increase 1903. increase. , pM Cent Passengers Season tickets Coaching items Drays Cattle Sheep Pigs Goods (tonnage) Passenger revenue.. Coaching revenue .. Goods revenue Total revenue Miles operated Locomotives Carriages Wagons and vans .. Employees 3,272,044 9,036 360,802 939 29,675 627,090 29,522 1,700,039 £336,378 £35,143 £589,783 £961,304 1,396 218 450 7,076 4,839 3,759,044 16,504 461,304 796 33,597 1,321,046 38,814 2,193,330 £390,619 £44,801 £746,101 £1,181,521 1,886 269 491 8,357 4,462 480,400 7,468 100,502 Dec. 143 3,922 693,956 9,292 493,291 £54,241 £9,658 £156,318 £220,217 490 51 41 1,281 Dec. 377 15 83 28 Dec. 15 13 111 31 29 16 27 26 23 35 23 9 18 Dec. 8 3,972,701 17,226 487,580 831 39,223 1,356,434 38,022 2,000,645 £402,020 £45,206 £725,567 £1,172,793 1,948 268 496 8,418 4,920 7,575,390 118,431 780,347 1,921 102,461 3,821,333 61,844 3,730,394 £625,698 £87,273 £1,261,067 £1,974,038 2,291 372 751 12,992 8,875 3,602,689 1,205 292,767 1,090 63,238 2,464,899 23,822 1,669,749 £223,678 £42,067 £535,500 £801,245 343 104 255 4,574 3,955 90 588 60 131 161 182 63 81 56 93 74 68 18 39 51 54 80

1882. 1902. Funds invested ... Funds on mortgage Value of estates administered under wills and trusts ... Intestacies Lunacy estates ... Cash receipts New estates dealt with each year ... Distributed to Natives Wills of living persons on deposit ... Wills deposited ... Number of staff Agencies established £120,000 £8,000 £30,000 £36,000 £4,000 £65,000 217 £4,000 41 6 5 18 £1,700,000 £1,120,000 £808,000 £66,000 £42,000 £645,000 528 £35,000 1,435 285 50 38