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* The figures for passenger traffic in New Zealand are exclusive of season tickets.

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COMPAEATIVE StATEM: int of the Mil: iAGE ipened, Capital ex: ■ended, Earnings, Expenses, ., of Eailways in the following Colo: lies taken fr< im latest O: licial Kecon Iβ):Area in Square Miles. 8 2 s & i > < Gauge. Total Cost. 2. i CD m o 0 If - Cost per Head of Population. Trainmiles run. Gross Earnings. 4 a i I I II Working- g.2 expenses. £ is Profit on Working. © & SB S.2 e≤ tf •A to & ° a o! ° s IP s≤ 111 fill! - - > d o .S2U aZ II Passengers; Tonnage carried.* of Goods. a o> ~ a J O p a a ■„ ,»l • . ® a a® «° »a a <d ccg I? P IJ3 ft Expensi "5 a ■ 3 I II f IS. ia&g 1 § ! 3 2.Sa« ■S sill 1 I l! ° E I 3 S3 II ii Year ° g ending a <e Victoria . 87,884 U 1,327,065 15 3,505 Ft. in. 5 3 £ 44,121,767 £ - 12,524 14 379 £ s. d. 33 4 11 12,972,723 £ 34,896,210 d. 0 90-58 £ 8 2,991,673 d. 3 55-35 £ 51,904,537 d. 7 35-23 £ s. d. 3 13 9 £ 1,397 £ 854 £ 543 £ J229 d. j J 23-38] 1911. 30 June 4-32 2 61-10 9 93,795,806 4,967,627 3J15-66 3-22 547 1,345 j12,623 New South Wales Queensland 310,700 101,65 3,222 !2 3,713 4 8* i 50,971,894 413,554 4 445 30 16 7 17,006,697 7 6,042,205 5 85-27 7:3,691,061 15209 3 2,351,144 33-18 4-67 7 61-09 3 13 1 I 60,919,628 10,355,565 1,627 994 633 1218 1 24-99 ) 1602 2-36 903 1,136 517,112] H . 668,224 !4 605,043 ; 3 3,868 3 6 25,898,841 1 6,696 6156 42 16 1 9,367,279 9 2,730,430 0 70-00 01,563,119 9 4000 31,167,311 30-00 4-51 1 57-25 4 10 3 314,790,654 3,028,659 719 412 307 ri32 1 15-50 115-70 I'll 501 568 ! 10,063; " South Australia . . 903,690 10 450,000 10 1,676 (3 6[ 15 3, J 13,644,155 5 8,201 1232 30 6 5 5,855,967 7 2,015,182 2 82-59 3 1,222,439 9 50-10 ) 792,743 32-49 581 1 60-66 4 9 7 1 16,619,953 2,731,357 1,202 729 473 )189 ) 23-58 i 14-74 1-25 349 489 1 7,517! Western Australia " . 975,876 '6 289,466 16 2,286 3 6 12,019,927 7 5,258 8127 41 10 6 4,963,107 7 1,844,419 3 8919 3 1,216,477 7 58-82 2 627,942 30-37 5-22 2 65-95 6 7 6 i 14,828,603 2,788,203 807 532 275 5119 128-70 ) 17-19 1-85 323 369 I 7,734: , Tasmania ; 26,215 5 188,742i 2j 470 13 6) 15 6} J 4,079,831 1 8,675 5 402 21 12 4 1,041,051 1 277,916 3 64-06 3 215,530 D 49-68 3 62,386 14-38 152 2 77-55 19 5 i 1,682,386 346,186 582 451 131 L 137 r 19-50 ) 19-52 3-86 79 178 ! 3,687' New Zealand ii * . (/ * . « ■ ■ 104,471 ,104,471 104,471 104,471 104,471 104,471 104,471 1 746,673! 1 758,616 1 815,349 1 833,137: 1 857,985 i 1 882,097: 1 908,114 i 3 2,090 6 2,099 9 2,174 7 2,227 5 2,262 7,2,305 1 2,347 3 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 16,404,076 16,703,887 17,207,328 18,170,722 19,081,735 20,692,911 21,701,572 6 7,849; 7 7,958: 3 7,915 i 2 8,159; 5 8,436; [ 8,9771 ! 9,141 £ 9 357 3 361 5 875 J 374 5 379 ri383J 387 21 19 5 22 0 5 21 2 1 21 16 2 22 4 10 23 9 2 23 17 11 3,968,708 4,187,893 4,620,971 5,066,360 5,443,333 5,685,399 6,107,079 81,469,665 31,623,891 11,727,236 ) 1,874,586 31,974,038 12,180,641 12,209,231 5 89-00 93-00 89-75: 88-75: 87-00 : 91-751 86-50|] ) 929,737 ) l,052,358i i 1,127,848; 11,262,2871 11,343,415; 11,438,724 ( >l,492,900; r 56-22 3 60-31! S'58-58 r|59-32 i 59-23 160-48 158-46 2 539,928 L 571,533 ! 599,388 622,349 630,623 741,917 716,331 32-78 32-69 31-17 29-43 27-77 31-27 28-04 3-29 3-42 3-47 3-43 3-30 3-58 3-30 ( ) 63-26 ! 64-80 ' 65-30 I 66-80 (68-05! 165-98 67-58; 1 19 4 2 2 10 2 2 4| 2 5 0 2 6 0 2 9 5 2 8 8 t 4,955,553 )| 5,468,284 J 6,243,593 7,356,136 7,575,390 8,306,383 8,514,112 2,624,059 3,127,824 3,339,687 3,529,177 3,730,394 4,072,576 4,011,511 712 774 794 842 873 943 938 450 503 519 562 594 622j 6341 262 273 275 280 2791 321! 304J! 1173 1188 i 196 1196 i204 213 |217 118-46 21-32J 1 19-99 21-35 21-36 1 22-21 21-05: i 16-67 116-17 U7-15 117-78 18-24 1 17-22 18-28 300 2-93 209 3-03 319 314 3-10 293 304 3061 362| 372 377 389 550 577! 603 70i; 751 809 864!: I 9.792J !10,295: ! 10,868 : 12,444: 12.992J 13,433; i^885 1 1899. 31 Mar. 1900. 31 Mar. 1901. 31 Mar. 1902. 31 Mar. 1903. 31 Mar. 1904. 31 Mar. 1905. 31 Mar. 1906. 31 Mar. 1907. 31 Mar. 1908. 31 Mar. 1909. 31 Mar. 1910 31 Mar. 1911. 31 Mar. 1912. 31 Mar. 104,471 933,111 i 112,391 8 6 22,498,972 ! 9,410 3 391 24 2 3 6,413,573 i 2,349,704 87-75;l 1,621,239* IJ60-47 728,465 27-28 3-24 ( 69-OOJ 2 10 4 8,826,382 4,241,422 980 676 304: 229 21-99: 18-86 3-01 395 906 14,127 " " ,104,471 961,604,2 3 6 23,504,272 9,570 3 396j 24 8 10 6,755,454J2 12,624,600 93-001 'l,812,482Jf 1B4-21 812,118 28-79 3-45 ( 69-06 2 14 7 9,600,786 4,592,099 ] 1,078 ,744 1786 334! 253 23-37: 18-90 2-80 398 966: 14,605 • . . I ,104,471 985,318 2 2,469 3 24,365,647 9,8613 399 24 14 7 7,051,274 2 2,761,938 93-751 1,949,759 £ 66-18 812,179 27-57 3-33 1 70-59 2 16 1 9,756,716 4,834,534 1 1,114 328! 258 24-96J 19-40 2-76 410 1,002: J15.475 104,4711 1,016,044 l> 2,556 3 6 27,762,592 1 10,351 3 398 27 6 6 7,458,236,2 12,929,526 94-00 i 2,114,815 e 67-89 814,711 26-11 3-13 '1 72-19 2 17 81 10,457,144 4,871,874 1 1,148 828 320 5 258 25-56i 20-73 3-16 452 1,116: 16,476 .. : 104,4711, 1,035,211 2 2,704 3 6 28,513,4761 10,494 3 383 27 10 10 7,889,1663 |3,249,790 98-75 2 2,169,474 e 65-84 1 1,080,316 32-91 3-80 C 66-76 3 2 91 11,141,142 5,223,414] 1,203 803 400! 230 25-351 18-96 296 465 1,140: 17,220 .. i 104,471 1, 1,055,640 2 2,742 3 6 29,606,5461 10,723 3 385 28 1 0 8,141,075 3 3,494,182 1 102-75 2 2,303,272 6 67-75 1 1,190,910 3500 4-06 e 65-92 3 6 21 11,200,613 5,555,292 1 1,275 840 881 435! 254 25-811 1810 2-81 478 1,166: 18,036 .. ] 104,4711, 1,081,344 2, 2,801 3 6 30,506,08911 110,864 3 386 28 4 2 8,371,687 3 3,676,509 1 105-25 2 2,465,896 7 70-52 1 1,210,613 34-73 3-98 1 6707 3 8 0!l 11,891,184 5,599,756 1 1,314 433 5 263 27-30 1 18-27' 2-76 493 1,2121 18,521