D.—2.

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RETURN No. 11. Return showing Number of Passenger Tickets issued at Cheap Excursion Rates for Year ended 31st March, 1917.

Sections. Schools, Factories, and Friendly Societies. Children not exceeding 15 Years of Age. Schools, Factories, Schools only. Senior Scholars over 15 but not exceeding 23 Years of Age and Teachers. Schools, Factories, and Friendly Soc7e„es. , AM) FRIENDL5 Schools,Factories, and Friendly Societies. Adults. Holiday EXCURS70NS. Gross Total.- —School and Holiday Excursions. Total. Revenue. First Class. Second Class. Total. Revenue. Number of Tickets. Revenue. Whangarei Kaihu Auckland Ohakune Gisborne Wanganui Wellington Picton Nelson Westport Westland Christchureh Dunedin Invercargill No. 301 59 2,306 119 682 6,836 7,485 971 545 261 2,807 8,294 3,691 4,120 No. 53 522 109 18 2,745 1,460 113 166 35 226 1,748 747 846 No. 126 117 1,118 26 171 5,064 5,445 519 13 243 2,865 8,925 4,393 3,876 No. 480 176 3,946 254 871 14,645 14,390 1,603 724 539 5,898 18,967 8,831 8,842 I £ s. d. 30 3 5 10 19 9 256 3 1 11 9 0 35 9 0 1,137 6 7J 1,096 11 3 69 14 5 28 9 4 23 15 9 430 17 5 1,619 13 1 660 18 4 748 7 1 No. 798 10,424 2,387 1,194 11,223 80,687 862 1,375 11 3,122 25,675 24,341 5,999 No. 4,086 152,317 27,236 6.426 96,339 171,174 1,787 5,616 1,471 19,438 108,462 93,304 47,812 No. 4,884 162,741 29,623 7,620 107,562 251,861 2,649 6,991 1,482 22,560 134,137 117,645 53,811 £ s. d. 1,252 8 3 55,744 4 7| 16,899 16 0J 672 4 7 40,225 19 2J ! 76,422 18 7 ! 272 16 11 918 8 1 231 11 0 5,754 16 8 44,113 18 4J 47,625 17 2% 22,871 7 9 No. 5,364 176 166,687 29,877 8,491 122,207 266,251 4,252 7,715 2,021 28,458 153, 104 126,476 62,653 £ s. d. 1,282 11 8 10 19 9 56,000 7 & 16,911 5 03 707 13 7 41,363 5 10 77,519 9 10 342 11 4 946 17 5 255 6 9 6,185 14 1 45,733 11 5i 48,286 15 6i 23,619 14 10 rr » , f 1917 Totals - 1916 38,477 43,038 8,788 8,198 32,901 36,091 80,166 6,159 17 6£ 87,327 6,072 18 9 168,098 136,401 735,468 763,690 903,566 900,091 313,006 7 3J 269,097 16 0 983,732 ! 319,166 4 10 987,418 275,170 14 9 Decrease Increase 4,561 590 3,190 7,161 86 18 9J 31,697 n 28,222 3,475 43,908 11 3J 3,686 43,995 10 1 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 31st March, 1914 31st March, 1915 31st March, 1916 31st March, 1917 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 63,040 111,029 47,846 43,038 38,477 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 18.246 7,974 8,198 8,788 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 59,712 48,197 36,091 32.901 108,014 84,528 80,425 91,895 74,619 79,016 85,950 89,143 111.683 113.659 120,220 95,664 113,080 117.044 115,405 143,875 134,825 133,897 188,987 104,017 87,327 80,166 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 13,235 8 4 7,919 1 9 6,072 18 9 6,159 17 6J 50,511 58,464 66,012 70,531 81,528 87,544 95,628 84,448 100,417 100,968 110,823 125,280 113,617 122,312 128,277 107,208 135,590 159,730 131,416 144.260 136,401 168,098 239,164 313,724 383,569 411,747 501, 176 541,624 588,813 517,566 594,967 592,485 626,852 731,132 618,518 667.867 735,561 576,251 704,883 804,965 683,851 782,355 763,690 735,468 289,675 372,188 449,581 482,278 582.704 629, 168 684,441 602,014 695,384 693,453 737,675 856,412 732,135 790,179 863.838 683.459 840,473 964,695 815,267 926,615 900,091 903.566 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 7 210,109 0 9 259,547 10 6 269.097 16 0 313,006 7 3J 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 1,004,254 1,030,632 987,418 983,732 57,478 18 8 69,055 2 8 86.392 6 2 91,010 7 2 100,906 11 3 108,167 7 5 142,279 16 10 109,329 19 9 133,049 3 7 137,559 12 9 148,822 12 4 200,700 1 1 149,124 7 3 174,112 12 1 219,098 2 5 164,933 5 6 216.175 8 4 281,121 6 2 223,344 9 1 267,466 12 3 275,170 14 9 319,166 4 10