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RETURN No. 15. Comparative Statement of the Mileage opened, Capital expended, Earnings, Expenses, etc., of Railways in the following States (taken from Latest Official Records).

a p a 3 ft o d3 a 03 s, © 133 03 03 ST 33 03 > < 03 r-! 03 & 73 O O 03 I 1 « ft 3; as O TO 'SB 3° ft O an Cost per Head of Population. 03 3 a 'to !H H 03 a 03 a -a £3 x a ■ _g J4 h U 03 Oft Area in Square Miles. Gauge. Total Cost. Trainmiles run. Gross Earnings. Workingexpenses. Proflt i Year on *f. al Working. ending &C a s TO H Victoria .. N.S. Wales QLieensland 87,884 309,460 670,500 ; 1,405,977 i 1,868,048 i 680,446 3,955 4,188 4,967 Ft. in. 5 8 4 81 3 6 18 6, h v {i ii 3 6 3 6 3 6 8 6 3 6 3 0 8 0 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 8 6 8 6 8 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 3 0 £ 54,600,928 68,825,592 36,838,440 £ 5 13,317 i 16,434 ) 7,417 '356 1446 '137 £ s. d. .38 16 8 »36 16 8 ' 54 2 9 13,826,538 21,556,034 11,571,746 £ ! 5,705,163 [ 8,006,078 i 3,745,350 d. I 99-03 I 89-14 I 77-75 £ ! 3,705,148 ,5,661,168 i 2,745,061 d. 64-31 i 63 03 57-00 £ 2,000,0151 30 June, 1916. 2,344,910' 1,000,289 S. Australia 380,070 I 434,000 2,185 17,616,351 1 8,057 '198 140 11 10 5,830,984 11,965,410 ) 83-77 1,545,489 65-87 419,921 W. Australia 975,920 l 315,206 3,332 17,118,195 ) 5,138 ! 95 i 54 6 2 5,149,289 12,088,110 I 97-32 11,511,655 70-46 576,455 Tasmania 26,215 ■ 198,417 533 4,628,911 L 8,684 .372 123 6 7 1,005,145 > 323,265 > 77-18 225,995 53-96 97,270 30 June, 1915 N. Zealand |l03,801 108,861 103,861 103,861 103,861 103,861 103,861 103,861 103,8611 103,801i 103,861 103,86l|. 103,861' 103,861: 103,861' 103,861 103,861: 103,861: 103,861: j 746,673 758,610 815,349 833,137 857,985 882,097 908,114 933,111 961,604 985,318 1,016,044 1,035,211 1,055,040 1,081,844 1,111,592 1,139,669 1,180,430 1,152,048 1,150,605 2,090 2,099 2,174 2,227 2,262 2,305 2,347 2,391 2,427 2,469 2,556 2,704 2,742 2,801 2,840 2,861 2,917 2,959 2,970 16,404,076 16,703,887 17,207,328 18,170,722 19,081,735 20,692,911 21,701,572 22,498,972 23,504,272 24,365,647 27,702,592 28,513,476 29,006,546 : 30,506,089: 31,611,220: 32,355,087 : 34,133,825 34,857,882 ' 35,378,664 ] > 7,849 ' 7,958 i 7,915 i 8,159 i 8,436 8,977 ! 9,141 ! 9,410 9,570 9,861 10,851 10,494 10,723 : 10,864 : 11,053; 11,309! 11,702; 11,780! 11,912: 1357 1361 1876 1374 1379 383 387 391 396 399 398 383 385 ! 386! 891! 398 ! 394 ! 389 I 387! '21 19 5 .22 0 5 121 2 1 ,21 16 2 122 4 10 123 9 2 23 17 11 24 2 3 24 8 10 24 14 7 27 6 6 27 10 10 28 1 0 28 4 2 28 8 9 28 7 9 29 13 5 30 5 2 30 15 0 3,968,708 4,187,893 4,620,971 5,000,360 5,443,333 5,685,399 6,107,079 6,413,573 6,755,454 7,051,274 7,458,236 7,889,166 8,141,075 8,371,687: 9,016,224; 9,319,268 ■ 9,383,420. 9,356,522 - 9,140,331' i 1,469,665 1 1,623,891 . 1,727,236 ) 1,874,586 11,974,038 12,180,641 i 2,209,231 2,349,704 2,624,600 2,761,938 2,929,526 3,249,790 3,494,182 3,676 509 3,971,002 4,043,328 4,105,457 4,548,356 4,800,810: i 89-00 93-00 i 89-75 • 88-75 87-00 91-75 86-50 87-75 93-00 9375 94-00 98-75 102-75 105-25 105-50 104-00 104-75 116-50' 125-75 ' 929,737 1,052,358 1,127,848 1,252,237 1,343,415 1,438,724 1,492,900 1,621,239 1,812,482 1,949,759 2,114,815 2,169,474 2,303,272 2,465,890 2,705,009 2.880,323 2,920,455 2,910,883 2,926,864 56-22 60-31 58-58 59-32 59-23 60-48 58-46 60-47 64-21 66-18 67-89 65-84 67-75 70-52 71-84 74-00 74-54 74-50 76-63 539,928 3.1 Mar., 1899. 571,533 „ 1900. 599,388 , 1901. 622,349 ■ 1902. 030,623 „ 1903. 741,917; „ 1904. 716,331 ! „ 1905. 728,465 „ 1906. 812,118 „ 1907. 812,179 „ 1908. 814,711 , 1909. 1,080,316 . 1910. 1,190,910 „ 1911. 1,210,613 „ 1912. 1,265,393 „ 1913. 1,163,005; „ 1914. 1,185,002 „ 1915. 1,637,473' , 1916. 1,873,9461 , 1917. e , , i ■< ; ' © «■_ * ° ' ' - &. *§ og d b. _ f?T'i _? _o I 5 2a S? ft Passengers L ~' S-3 *» »_ 3 1* carried.* SS S| |po *° « d,| I £ £ Tonnage of Goods. _ j- ft o o ft_ afa H S t> -0 s| 03 O n © 0f—i 9 _ MM P g r u o ft 03 (33 lp gf| "p 33 a od a to Ho z 'S £ a ~ P -, go a 03 -a Ex c Ip 5 03 ' 4p ft O a . ~o 03 £ M 3 3 fa 7 I -S o o3EH j xpense O a . 03 03 OO 3.S S % \ & is. i g , ph O s p o a u o T a a too o o o 2.9 a« j _ OP- l. "•sip ! a Saga g ft" Z k a 03 Ol .A S o pp_ •s| A a a Z . "3 a - 3 M ee « fa f *~ o? !« d« a a a « Z Year ending i__ d. £ s. cl. Victoria .. 3172 3-13 64-94 4 12 115,771,238 N.S. Wales 26-11 3-45 70-71 4 5 8 92,850,836 Queensland 20-75 2-72 73-29 5 10 1 24,438,905 S.Australia 17-90 240 78-63 4 10 7 20,512,753 W.Australia 26-86 3-37 72-39 6 12 6 18,884,541 Tasmania 23-22 210 69-90 1 12 7 1,750,905 N. Zealand 32-78 3-29 6326 1 19 4 4,955,553 32-69 3-42 64-80 2 2 10 5,468,284 31-17 3-47 65-30 2 2 4 6,243,593 29-43 3-43 66-80 2 5 0 7,356,136 27-77 3-30 68-05 2 6 0 7,575,390 31-27 3-58 65-98 2 9 5 8,306,383 28-04 3-30 67-58 2 8 8 8,514,112 27-28 3-24 69-00 2 10 4 { 8,826,382 28-79 3-45 69-06 2 14 7 9,600,786 27-57 3-33 7059 2 16 1 9,756,716 26-11 3-13 72-19 2 17 8 10,457,144 32-91 3-80 66-76 3 2 9 11,141,142 35-00 4-06 65-92 3 6 2 11,200,613 34-73 3-98 6707 3 8 0 20,336,577 33-66 4-04 68-13 3 11 5 22,310,867 3000 3-61 71-24 3 10 11 23,173,472 30-21 3-53 71-14 8 11 4 23,542,903 42-00 4-72 6400 3 19 0 24,600,693 49-12 5-30 60-97 4 3 5 24,782,602 I £ 937 1,358 556 707 454 422 450 501 519 562 594 622 634 676 744 786 828 803 840 881 954 1,008 1,002 985 987 ! 5,829,835 ! 11,915,500 i 4,083,612 I 2,396,938 , 2,835,648 i 387,724 2,024,059 3,127,824 3,339,687 3,529,177 3,730.394 4,072,576 4,011,511 4,241,422 4,592,099 4,834,534 4,871,874 5,223,414 5,555,292 5,599,756 5,957,005 5,661,340 6,075,282: 5,960,562: 5,826,265 : £ 5 1,443 3 1.920 2 758 3 899 3 627 1 603 3 712 1 774 I 794 ? 842 1 873 i 943 I 938 ! 980 11,078 11,114 11,148 11,203 ! 1,275 i 1,814 i 1,400 , 1,416 ! 1,410 !1,540 i 1,619 £ 506 562 203 192 173 181 262 273 275 280 279 321 304 304 334 328 320 400' 435 433' 446 408! 408' 555: 632! £ .210 1214 1149 1138 1109 . 109 1173 1188 196 '196 204 213 217 ■229 253 258 258!' 230 254 263 271 ! ■208 254: 251: 244! d. I 28-97 : 32-48 I 24-85 i 36-44 1.33-32 23-84 18-46 21-32 19-99 21-35 21-36 22-21 21-05 21-99 23-37 24-96 25-56! 25-35: 25-81 : 27-30 28-20' 29-72! 30-26 i 29-77 ■ 30 88: 19-02 20-75 19-87 17-81 18-82 17-88 16-67 16-17 1.7-15 17-78 18-24 17-22 18-28 18-86 18-90 19-40 20-73 18-96 1810 18-27 19-40 20-73 21-20 19-60 18-87 2-10 808 2-33 1,211 1-72 640 1-48 470 2-02 424 3-12 80 3-00 293 2-93 304 209 306 3-03 362 3-19 372 3-14 377 3-10 389 3-01 395 2-80 398 2-76 410 3-16 452 296 465 2.81 478 2-76 493 2-64 513 2-91 534 298 557 2-50 585 247 607 i 1584 . 1,626 ) 766 ) 629 i 409 ) 175 I 550 577 i 603 ! 701 ! 751 ' 809 i 864 i 906 l 966 i 1,002 1,116 1,140 1,166 1,212 1,282 1,363 1,397' 1,452' 1,480 ■ 19,778 i 22,179 i 13,665 9,032 10,050 1,727 9,792 10,295 10,868 12,444 12,992 13,433 13,885 14,127 14,605 15,475 16,476 17,220 18,036 18,521 19,515 20,251 21,226 21,994 22,380 30 June, 1916. 1915. 81 Mar., 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. I t " I iHii.iHi'l.-p. .,.» --■— — - — * The figures for passenger tra; trie in New Z Zealam :i >.,.;,-... to 1912 i exclus sive of season tickety. I I _ prior ■A are