D.—2.

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RETURN No. 11. STATEMENT showing Number of Passenger Tickets issued at Cheap Excursion Rates for Year ending 31st March, 1913.

Schools, Factories, and Friendly Societies. Holid. ,Y EXCURSK >NS. Gross Total —School and Holiday Excursions. Sections. Schools, Factories, and Friendly Soc's. Children not exceeding 15 Years of Age. Schools only. Schools, Factories, and Senior Scholars over Friendly 15 but not exceed- Societies. ing 23 Years of Age, and Teachers. Adults. Total. Revenue. 1st Class. 2nd Class. Total. Revenue. Number of Revenue. Tickets. Whangarei-Kawakawa ... Kaihu Auckland Gisborne Wanganui Wellington-Napier Picton ... ... Nelson Westport Westland Christchurch ... Dunedin Invercargill No. 301 268 4,093 255 6,509 10,069 658 1,524 364 4,518 17,673 9,284 7,524 \ No." 46 11 910 78 1,108 2,049 64 500 30 377 2,336 1,145 1,069 No. 143 200 3,757 85 4,562 7,433 386 209 339 4,542 18,788 12,370 8,320 No. 490 479 8,760 418 12,179 19,551 1,108 2,233 733 9,437 38,797 22,799 16,913 £ s. 31 3 22 16 633 14 16 12 871 11 1,279 2 43 3 87 14 36 12 602 19 2,853 15 1,527 11 1,502 11 d. 5 4 7 6 5 7 3 7 6 3 8 5 1 No. 527 27 12,999 322 12,199 46,730 1,803 1,974 54 2,831 33,039 38,065 9,160 No. 6,104 1,211 151,461 9,457 87,253 143,095 10,183 7,934 5,745 25,826 158,935 111,416 86,345 No. 6,631 1,238 164,460 9,779 99,452 189,825 11,986 9,908 5,799 28,657 191,974 149,481 95,505 £ s. d. 921 1 5 127 3 1 51,412 13 11 785 14 3 31,388 6 6 62,480 4 9 1,284 7 0 1,133 9 11 600 8 7 3,607 0 2 48,259 2 4 44,964 5 5 24,648 0 3 £ s. d. 7,121 952 4 10 1,717 149 19 5 173,220 52,046 8 6 10,197 802 6 9 111,631 32,259 17 11 209,376 63,759 7 4 13,094 1,327 10 3 12,141 1,221 4 6 6,532 637 1 I 38,094: 4,209 19 5 230,771' 51,112 18 0 172,280: 46,491 16 10 112,418j 26,150 11 4 m + , (1913 ... Totals | 1912 63,040 62,289 9,723 8,924 61,134 63,612 133,897 134,825 9,509 8 9,702 15 7 3 159,730 135,590 804,965 704,883 964,695 840,473 271,611 17 206,472 13 7 1 1,098,592 975,298 1281,121 216,175 6 8 Increase Decrease 751 799 2,478 "928 193"'6 8 24,140 100,082 124,222 65,139 4 6 123,294 64,945 17 li Total, year ending — 31st March, 1896 ... 31st March, 1897 ... 31st March, 1898 ... 31st March, 1899 ... 31st March, 1900 ... 31st March, 1901 ... 31st March, 1902 ... 31st March, 1903 ... 31st March, 1904 ... 31st March, 1905 ... 31st March, 1906 ... 31st March, 1907 ... 31st March, 1908 ... 31st March, 1909 ... 31st March, 1910 ... 31st March, 1911 ... 31st March, 1912 ... 31st March, 1913 ... 63,598 44,610 39,963 45,748 37,839 38,864 42,506 41,540 50,364 52,742 55,478 48,044 51,031 55,199 53,917 66,381 62,289 63,040 5,949 5,993 5,398 6,192 5,616 5,602 5,736 6,048 6,975 7,359 7,715 7,837 8,163 9,266 7,811 10,799 8,924 9,723 38,467 33,925 35,064 39,955 31,164 34,550 37,708 41,555 54,344 53,558 57,027 39,783 53,886 52,579 53,677 66,695 63,612 61,134 108,014 84,528 80,425 91,895 74,619 79,016 85,950 89,143 111,683 113,659 120,220 95,664 113,080 117,044 115,405 143,875 134,825 133,897 7,246 5 9 5,616 2 8 5,569 18 1 6,215 11 8 4,752 3 10 5,234 16 8 5,466 16 9 6,050 11 3 7,424 19 7 7,490 16 0 7,882 16 1 6,514 18 4 7,604 10 4 7,641 5 10 7,964 15 7 9,488 14 7 9,702 15 3 9.509 8 7 50,511 58,464 66,012 70,531 81,528 87,544 95,628 84,448 100,417 100,968 110,823 125,280 113,617 122,312 128,277 107,208 135,590 159,730 239,164 313,724 383,569 411,747 501,176 541,624 588,813 517,566 594,967 592,485 626,852 731,132 618,518 667,867 735,561 578,251 704,883 804,965 289,675 372,188 449,581 482,278 582,704 629,168 684,441 602,014 695,384 693,453 737,675 856,412 732,135 790,179 863,838 683,459 840,473 964,695 50,232 12 11 63,439 0 0 80,822 8 1 84,794 15 6 96,154 7 5 102,932 10 9 136,813 0 1 103,279 8 6 125,624 4 0 130,068 16 9 140,939 16 3 194,185 2 9 141,519 16 11 166.471 6 3 211,133 6 10 155,444 10 11 206.472 13 1 271,611 17 7 397,689 456,716 530,006 574,173 657,323 708,184 770,391 691,157 807,067 807,112 857,895 952,076 845,215 907,223 979,243 827,334 975,298 1,098,592 57,478 18 i 69,055 2 i 86,392 6 ! 91,010 7 ! 100,906 11 i 108,167 7 i 142,279 16 1< 109,329 19 ! 133,049 3 ' 137,559 12 ! 148,822 12 ( 200,700 1 : 149,124 7 J 174,112 12 : 219,098 2 i 164,933 5 ( 216,175 8 >. 281,121 6 . S 8 2 2 3 5 .0 9 7 9 4 1 3 1 5 6 4 2