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RETURN No. 16. Return showing the Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure of the New Zealand Government Railways from 31st March, 1914. to 31st March, 1917. MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.
Year. Miles. Capital Cost. Ti Passengers. Season Tickets. Ti< r ickets. Revenue. Coaching. Revenue. Cattle. Sheep. Pigs. No. Revenue No. 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 2,955 2,970 2,970 £ 34,133,825 34,857,882 35,378,664 9,383,420 9,356,522 9.146,331 13,565,772 14,201,506 14,173,115 £ 1,329,233 1,566,380 1,717,847 [ 302.912 330,622 355,832 I * £ 153,150 156,322 155,201 £ 227,521 236,705 243,832 No. 314,219 371,529 402,769 No. 6,923,306 7,204,826 7,106.174 No. 163,155 182.443 163,370 Year. Timber. Minerals. I Other Goods. Total. Goods Revenue. Miscellaneous Revenue. Rents and Commission. Total Revenue. Revenue per Train-mile. 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 Tons. 621,963 625,866 579,428 Tons. 2,988,028 2,831,959 2,787,523 Tons. 2,466,836 2,504,439 2,459,314 I Tons. 6,076,827 5,962,264 5,826,265 £ 2,249,399 2,423,493 2,498,862 £ 69,646 81,391 98,473 £ 76,508 84,065 86,595 £ 4,105,457 4,548,356 4,800,810 d. 104-75 116-50 125-75 EXPENDITURE. Year. Expenditure per Train-mile. Expenditure per Cent, of Revenue. Maintenance of Way. Per Mile of Per Railway. Train-mile. Locomotive Power. Per Cent, of Per Revenue. Train-mile. Amount. Carriages and Wagons. Per Cent, of Per Revenue. Train-mile. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Amount. 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 d. '74-54 74-50 76-63 £ 71-14 64-00 60-97 7387550 740.349 720,840 £ 17-99 16-30 15-04 254-02 25100 243-52 1889 18-99 18-92 i £ 954,868 934,737 937.780 £ 23-26 20-58 19-56 d. 24-42 23-98 24-61 £ 228,145 225,968 238,868 i £ 5-56 4-98 4-98 d. 5-84 5-79 6-27 Year. Amount. Traffic. Per Cent, of ] Per Revenue. ] Train-ruile. Traffic. Amount. Head and Departmental Offices. Per Cent, of Per Revenue. Train-mile. Lake Wakatipi Steamers. Total Per Cent, of Expenditure. Revenue. Amount. 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 £ 870,392 889,991 904,318 £ 21-20 19-60 18-87 d. 22-26 22-83 23-73 £ 122,415 113,461 118,456 2-98 2-50 2-47 d. 313 2-91 3-10 £ 6,085 6,377 6,602 £ 88-83 8804 91-89 2,920,455 2,910,883 2,926,864