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INDEX OF RETURNS ACCOMPANYING ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER OF NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS, 1916-1917.

No. 1. General Revenue Aocount. 2. General Expenditure Account. 3. Details of Classified Expenditure. 1. Classified Expenditure and Revenue, and Proportion of each Class to Mileage and Revenue. 5. Comparative Statement of Passenger and Goods Traffic. 6. Coat of Construction, Net Revenue, and Rate of Interest on Capital. 6i. Special Expenditure under the Appropriation Act, 1916. 7. Expenditure under Vote " Additions to Open Lines" charged to Capital Account. 8. Classified Maintenance Expenditure. 9. Statement of Season Tickets,issued. 10. Number of Employees. 11. Return of Passenger Bookings at Excursion Fares. 12. Revenue of Stations. 13. Carriage and Wagon Stock, and Tarpaulins. 14. Locomotive Stock. 15. Comparative Statement of Mileage, Capital Cost, Earnings, and Expenditure on Colonial Rail wave. 16. Comparative Statement of Mileage, Capital Cost, Earnings, Expenditure, and Traffic, New Zealard Government Railways. 17. Renewals of Rails. 18. Renewals and Removals of Sleepers. 19. Number of Stations and Private Sidings. 20. Mileage of Railways open for Traffic and under Maintenance. 21. Weights of Rails in various Lines. 22. Mileage of Track, Main Line and Sidings, South Island Main Line and Branches. 23. Sleepers laid and removed each Year. 24. Accidents. 25. Locomotive Returns.

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