D.—2.

RETURN No. 9. Statement of Season Tickets issued for the Year ended 31st March, 1918.

RETURN No. 10. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for Years 1917-18 and 1916-17.

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Description of Tickets. Number. Amount. Travellers' annual, all lines Travellers' annual, North Island Travellers' annual, South Island Eeporters' 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 weekly Weekly workmen's All other season ... ... 11 58 30 71 395 279 250 1,611 126 31 25 32,781 42 58,130 205,139 23,508 £ s. d. 942 18 9 3,486 1 11 1,709 12 10 804 17 6 14,181 12 G 9,644 14 6 3,486 7 6 13,874 4 9 1,074 3 4 31 1 10 47 15 10 20,401 16 4 55 15 1 9,219 19 5 20,917 16 3 38,796 6 10 Totals ... 322,487 322,487 138,675 5 2 J. Maod IDONALD, Chil )ONALD, Chi if Accountant.

RETURN No. 9. Statement of Season Tickets issued foe the Yeae ended 31st M .ECH, 1918. Description of Tickets. Number. Amount. Travellers'annual, all lines ... ... ... ... 11 Travellers' annual, North Island ... ... ... ... 58 Travellers' annual, South Island ... ... ... ... 30 Eeporters' annual ... ... ... ... ... 71 Sectional annual, North Island ... ... ... ... 395 Sectional annual, South Island ... ... ... ... 279 Tourist, all lines .... ... ... ... ... 250 Tourist, North Island ... ... ... .. ... 1,611 Tourist, South Island ... ... ... ... ... 126 Fifty-trip commutation (ordinary) ... ... ... ... 31 Fifty-trip commutation (family) ... ... ... ... 25 School ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32,781 Twenty-trip commutation ... ... ... ... ... 42 Twelve-trip weekly ... ... ... ... ... 58,130 Weekly workmen's ... ... ... ... ... 205,139 All other season ... ... ... ... 23,508 £ s. d. 942 18 9 3,486 1 11 1,709 12 10 804 17 6 14,181 12 G 9,644 14 6 3,486 7 6 13,874 4 9 1,074 3 4 31 1 10 47 15 10 20,401 16 4 55 15 1 9,219 19 5 20,917 16 3 38,796 6 10 Totals ... ... ... .. ... 322,487 138,675 5 2 J. Maodonald, Chie if Accountant. RETURN NO. 10. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees foe Years .917.8 AND ) 191. 1-17. -3 m t3 en rr «i CJ Sun on c 3 x: s C OJ y C CJ II •3 s -5 a s -g v "JB "MB ' I Department. S g ™ „ J g 3 1 C O ■9 O -d en C v a fit C ■£ a oj v ■SrtCQ T3 C d U o a. CA o 2 c o o CO £ o H 1917-18. General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 1 6 21 5 3 15 42 19 365 2,340 1,754 2.163 116 1,929 1,267 1,768 23 122 146 161 5 73 32 115 4 52 40 21 3 32 48 21 136 660 4,612 3,410 4,320 13,002 4 43 60 47 Totals.. 154 33 79 6,622 5,080 452 225 117 104 136 1916-17. General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 4 42 62 45 1 6 19 a 3 16 34 17 366 2,499 1,909 2,347 7,121 127 1,947 1,289 1,917 5,280 23 126 142 158 5 78 33 116 4 49 43 22 3 35 55 22 139 675 4,798 3,586 4,649 Totals.. 153 81 70 449 232 118 115 139 13,708