D.—2.

RETURN No. 9. Statement of Season Tickets issued for the Year ended 31st March, 1917.

RETURN No. 10. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for Years 1916-17 and 1915-16.

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Description of Tickets. Number. Amount. Travellers' annual, all lines Travellers' annual, North Island Travellers' annual, South Island Reporters' annual Sectional annual, North Island Sectional annual, South Island Tourist, all lines ... ... Tourist, North Island ... Tourist, South Island Fifty-trip commutation (ordinary) ... Fifty-trip commutation (family) School ... Twenty-trip commutation ... Twelve-trip workmen's Weekly workmen's All other season ... 7 46 26 78 439 305 393 2,247 140 2,960 1,733 32,529 1,170 91,909 ... 200,303 21,547 £ s. 539 7 2,698 6 1,480 17 866 7 15,560 8 10,616 4 5,339 10 18,684 15 1,167 5 2,844 6 2,864 7 20,051 13 1,132 8 14,141 2 20,378 2 36,835 17 d. 4 9 3 9 9 9 0 0 0 6 2 7 8 0 3 0 Totals ... ... 355,832 155,200 19 9 J. Macdonald, Chii if Accountant.

Department. I _ it s 3 rt is .a rt 9 _ 13 C c 5 a _ Q OS'S z s !3 d 13 V rt C3^3 2 _S _ = s g„-5 c a 13 Q n I P O z B O _ o « o 1916-17. 23 126 142 158 5 78 33 116 4 49 43 22 139 675 4,798 3,586 4,649 General Traffic Maintenance Looomotive 4 42 62 45 1 6 19 5 3 16 34 17 366 2,499 1,909 2,347 127 1,947 1,289 1,917 8 35 55 22 Totals.. 153 31 70 7,121 5,280 449 \ 232 118 115 139 13,708 1915-16. General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 4 41 59 47 1 6 11 6 3 16 34 18 351 2,610 2,124 2,707 128 2,071 1,425 2,211 23 5 184 83 147 36 151 ' 120 5 50 43 21 3 30 52 22 170 693 5,041 3,931 5,303 Totals.. 151 24 71 7,792 5,835 455 244 119 107 170 14,968