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RETURN No. 15. Comparative Statement of the Mileage opened, Capital expended, Earnings, Expenses, &c., of Railways in the following Colonies (taken from latest Official Records):—

Colon}'. Area in Square Miles. o a ft o 3 > Gauge. Total Cost. Cβ ■ O o sl og as 1° Cost per Head of Population. Train Miles run. Gross Earnings. CD q 1 ft H Workingexpenses. , CO si an Profit on Working. ft . Is * 'I •So s.s SB Pμ ca I m Us gig ©-S o o .Sch B o a Passengers carried. Tonnage of Goods. sa H © I 1 o H TO o ft 111 :pensi f 18. S3* 0 lip > o c o o a CD si a w P c≤ Year ending Victoria 87,884 1,208,070 3,335J Ft. in. 5 3 £ 40,974,4931: 12,110 362 £ s. d. 33 18 4: 10,286,272 £ 3,046,858 d. 71-09 £ 1,938,580 d. 45-23 1,108,278: d. 25-86 2-70 63-63 £ s. d. 2 10 5 54,798,073 3,093,997 £ 913 £ 581 £ 332 £ 158 d. 18-08 19-11 1-74 553 1,179 10,257 1903. 30 June. New South Wales 310,700 1,415,760 3,074 4 8J 41,654,977: 13,272 461 29 8 5 11,548,388 3,314,893 68-89 2,266,2991 47-10 1,048,594 21-79 2-52 68-37 2 6 10 32,348,138 6,596,241 1,078 737 341 160 22-65 18-26 2-55 559 823 12,791 1902. 31 Deo. 1903. 30 June. Cape of Good Hope 221,311 458,000 2,196 3 6 23,154,083: 10,367 209 50 11 1 12,318,639 5,291,627 103-10 3,779,256, 173-63 1,512,371 29-47 6-53 71-42 11 11 1 19,428,888 2,177,805 2,410 1,721 689 371 37-77 15-47-3-91 583 777 8,955 Queensland 668,224 514,851 2,777 3 6 20,302,177J j 7,489 190 39 8 8 4,947,242 1,234,2301 59-87 863,382 41-88 370,848 17-99 1-83 69-95 2 7 11 4,048,171 1,566,960 444 311 133 105 16-75 16-80; 1-58 342 446 7,302 South Australia .. 903,690 365,020 1,882 (3 61 \5 3) 14,575,852 7,745 194=1 j 39 18 8 3,800,773 1,087,910 68-70 637,323 40-24 450,587 28-46 309 58-58 2 19 7 9,065,119 1,352,072 578 339 239 78 20-25 14-13 1-54 352 442 6,428 1903. 31 Deo. 1903. 30 June. 1902. 31 Deo. Natal 20,461 63,821 j 710 3 6 10,543,179 14,850 90 165 4 0 4,851,600 2,561,552 126-72 1,791,108 8860 770,444 38-12 7-31 69-92 40 2 9 2,834,807 |2,052,082 3,608 2,523 1,085 286 40-58 17-58 12-39 259 502 3,330 Western Australia 975,876 221,990 1,434 3 6 8,141,782 5,678 155 36 13 7 4,611,315 1,553,485 80-85 1,247,873' 64-95 305,612 15-90 •75 80-33 6 19 11 9,106,396 1,968,331 1,083 870 213 162 33-46 20-11 3-91 316 264 5,694 Tasmania 26,215 177,077 462 (3 61 3,840,747 8,317 383 21 13 9 902,918 233,211 61-98 173,293 46-06 59,918 15-92 1-56 74-30 16 4 761,345; j 407,505 505 375 130 125 16-96 18-191 3-63 75 172 1,474 New Zealand 104,471 104,471 104,471 746,673 758,616 815,349 2,090 2,099 2,174 3 6 3 6 3 6 J 16,404,076 16,703,887! 17,207,328 7,849 7,958 7,915 357 361 375 21 19 5 22 0 5 21 2 1 3,968,708 4,187,893 4,620,971 1,469,665 1,623,891 1,727,236 9-00 93-00 89-75 929,737 1,052,358 1,127,848| 156-22 60-31 58-58 539,928 571,533 599,388 32-78 32-69 31-17 3- 9 3-42 3-47 63-26 64-80 65-30 1 19 4 2 2 10 2 2 4 4,955,553 5,468,284 6,243,593 2,624,059 3,127,824 3,339,687 712 774 794 450 501 519 262 273 275 173 188 196 18-461 21-32 19-99 16-67 16-17 17-15 3.0 2-93 2-09 293 304 306 550 577 603 9,792 10,295 10,868 1899. 31 Mar. 1900. 31 Mar. 1901. 31 Mar. 1902. 31 Mar. 1903. 31 Mar. 1904. 31 Mar. 104,471 . 833,137 2,227 3 6 18,170,722 8,159 374 21 16 2 5,066,360 1,874,586 88-75 1,252,237 ;59-32 622,349 29-43 3-43 66-80 2 5 0 7,356,136 3,529,177 842 562 280 196 21-35 17-78 3-03 362 701 12,444 104,471 . 857,985 2,262 3 6 19,081,735 8,436 379 22 4 10 5,443,333 1,974,038 87-00 1,343,415 59-23 630,623 27-77 3-30 68-05 2 6 0 7,575,390 3,730.394 873 594 279 204 21-36 18-24 3-19 372 751 12,992 104,471 882,097 2,305 3 6 20,692,91l| 8,977 383 23 9 2 5,685,399 2,180,641 91-75 1,438,724! 60-48 i 741,917 31-27 3-58 65-98 2 9 5 8306,383; 4,072,576 943 622 321 213 22-21 17-22 3-14 377 809 13,433