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RETURN No. 5-continued. Comparative Statement of Passenger and Goods Traffic for the Year ended 31st March, 1918— continued.
Revenue. Mileage. Section. Ordinary Passengers. Season Tickets. Parcels, Luggage, and Mails. Total Coaching. Goods. Miscellaneous. Rents and Commission. Total Goods. Grand Total . Revenue. Train. Shunting, &c. Total. 1917-18. Whangarei Kaihu Gisborne North Island Main Lines and Branches £*j South Island Main Lines and Branches Westland Westport Nelson Picton Lake Wakatipu steamers £ s. d. 14,093 12 3 1,710 12 0 8,617 19 0 1,059,818 9 8 £ s. d. 1,015 6 2 108 8 0 261 12 7 87,573 18 9 £ s. d. 2,255 4 6 512 7 3 1,541 19 3 145,709 8 3 £ s. d. 17,364 2 11 2,331 7 3 10,421 10 10 1,293,101 16 8 £ s. d. 31,040 16 8 4,550 3 8 16,378 9 9 1.302,669 19 6 £ s. d. 3,124 14 9 81 6 11 419 13 8 27,730 9 3 £ s. d. 1.310 13 10 208 5 0 986 19 10 45,862 11 3 £ s. d. 35,476 5 3 4,839 15 7 17,785 3 3 1,376,263 0 0 £ s. d. 52.840 8 2 7,171 2 10 28,206 14 1 2,669,364 16 8 Number. 109.465 14,723 53,197 4,263.360 Number. 51,457 3,008 12,195 1,274,380 Number. 160,92: 17,73: 65,391 5,537,741 527,130 19 0 44,465 5 5 93,320 19 8 664,917 4 1 865,509 9 2 34,354 3 11 32,349 1 9 932,212 14 10 1,597,129 18 11 2,569,275 905,635 3,474,9K 27,345 16 10 5,420 9 1 8,898 0 9 7,932 19 5 2,953 1 2 2,885 4 7 802 15 2 924 5 4 479 8 4 159 0 10 5,586 2 0 969 13 8 1,696 4 5 1,625 4 8 892 19 1 35,817 3 5 7,192 17 11 11,518 10 6 10,037 12 5 4,005 1 1 110,824 6 11 95.086 14 11 17.697 18 7 18,748 11 1 2,734 8 9 4,298 16 6 4,703 2 6 2,495 16 5 1,543 7 5 9 4 8 3,074 9 3 827 19 0 1,355 17 2 953 3 10 61 13 2 118,197 12 8 100,617 16 5 21,549 12 2 21,245 2 4 2,805 6 7 154,014 16 1 107,810 14 4 33,068 2 8 31,282 14 9 6,810 7 8 230,572 91.694 74,104 62,256 86,149 66.913 14,475 24,320 316,72: 158,60' 88,57! 86,571 Totals 1,663,921 19 2 138,675 5 2 254,110 2 9 2,056,707 7 1 2,465,240 19 0 78,760 16 0 86,990 14 1 2,630.992 9 1 4,687,699 16 2 7,468,646 2,438.532 9,907,171 1916-17. Whangarei Kaihu Gisborne North Island Main Lines and Branches South Island Main Lines and Branches Westland Westport Nelson Picton Lake Wakatipu steamers 13,400 14 9 1,013 0 5 1,652 19 10 124 6 2 8,346 9 4 234 16 4 1,090,676 7 5 97,604 0 9 j 550,687 6 1 50,993 9 4 1,948 10 7 490 17 4 1,229 6 6 140,663 11 8 89,023 11 4 16,362 5 9 | 2,268 3 4 9,810 12 2 1,328,943 19 10 690,704 6 9 35,607 0 0 3,937 5 1 16,843 3 5 1,260,332 0 1 924,236 5 2 740 3 1 85 3 9 344 3 1 48,347 15 4 34,997 18 5 1,256 0 3 187 1 1 972 14 5 45,456 12 8 32,699 17 4 37,603 3 4 4,209 9 11 18,160 0 11 1,354,136 8 1 991,934 0 11 53,965 9 1 6,477 13 3 27,970 13 1 2,683,080 7 11 1,682,638 7 8 125,298 14,654 51,835 5,233,354 3,236,230 33,073 3,158 13,963 1,574,799 1,018,078 158,371 17,812 65,798 6,808,153 4,254,308 27,475 9 3 2,686 7 1 5,243 11 895 6 11 8,721 10 3 981 11 1 8,640 12 9 469 3 4 3,002 12 4 198 18 4 5,330 12 10 995 2 2 1,644 9 4 1,574 15 0 930 19 3 35,492 9 2 7,133 10 2 11,347 10 8 10,684 11 1 4,132 9 11 119,433 18 3 100.331 6 5 18,985 13 9 16,188 6 1 2,967 8 11 4,657 1 10 4,912 10 4 2,401 5 8 1,949 12 5 36 16 4 2,945 4 9 723 16 9 1,284 9 11 1,021 11 0 47 9 2 127,036 4 10 105,967 13 6 22,671 9 4 19,159 9 6 3,051 14 5 162,528 14 0 113,101 3 8 34,019 0 0 29,844 0 7 7,184 4 4 245,751 96,079 78,544 64,586 92,577 73,231 13,749 34,769 338,328 169,310 92,293 99,355 Totals 1,717,847 3 1 155,200 19 9 243,831 16 0 2,116,879 18 10 2,498,862 7 2 98,472 10 3 86,594 17 4 2,683,929 14 9 4,800,809 13 7 9,146,331 2,857,397 12,003,72! J. Macdonadd, Chief Accountant.