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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).

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—————— — j « a j . © . Expenses. ® i I f I \i Cost I If , b ll |!| |j if If I| li P jj lill 1 fi If Square 1 3 G »«'- SS? | fg ««. I || 1! f| | IJ fl ° f<><CT !& || II if t !| || Iffl ~ || 1| Mlles - & I s lati °°- a s« w£ I" IS® S° sg «g gS g.| 2 js -gS »< 2 S 3 ° a Bo t S'S ftS* H"S HS 3S ■£•< a -2 o« S-25® S "2 So •« oh 3 p b & ga §St- s o=3«3 a I H J EH a w S5 - ia, ■ ' i""" - Ft in £ £ £ s. d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ s. d. £ £ £ £ d. Victoria 87,884 1,404,377 4,104 5 3 55,802,027 13,534 342 39 14 8 14,022,040 5,952,719 101-89 3,799,443 65 03 2,153,276 36-86 3-86 63-83 4 4 9 108,341,540 5,554,361 1,450 926 524 181 31-34 18-41 2-17 812 1,612 20,160 30 June, 1917. New South Wales 309,460 1,847,114 4,312 4 8i 72,006,621 16,229 416 38 19 8 20,300,717 8,380,085 99-07 5,915,360 69-93 2,464,725 29-14 3-50 70-59 4 10 9 96,709,846 11,155,066 1,943 1,372 571 216 34-59 j 21-05 3-49 1,275 1,624 22,373 Queensland .. 670,500 669,467 5,067 3 6 38,580,976 7,400 128 57 12 7 10,729,187 3,831,967 85-75 2,994,187 67-00 837,780 18-75 2-17 78-14 5 14 6 24,837,714 3,502,400 756 591 165 153 29-75 21-45 1-84 652 789 14,018 j South Australia .. 380,070 430,000 2,193 j 3 I,' 1 18,067,159 8,136 j 194 42 0 4 5,730,539 2,273,530 95-22 1,725,341 72-26 548,189 22-96 3-06 75-89 5 5 9 18,107,015 2,711,138 1,037 787 250 j 179 | 38-10 17-21 1-45 485 625 9,074 Western Australia.. 975,920 310,712 3,370 3 6 17,466,802 5,177 91 56 4 4 4,500,211 1,877,382 100-12 1,448,451 77-25 428,931 22-87 2-46 77-15 6 0 10 17,466,744 2,679,125 557 430 127 104 36-33 20-01 2-23 424 409 10,050 Tasmania 26,215 197,337! 577 j jjj 4,913,395 8,449 340 24 17 4 1,080,459 340,505 75-63 289,186 64-23 51,319 11-40 1-04 84-92 1 14 6 1,971,888 380,243 591 502 89 143 27-96 18-86 4-85 80 175 1,794 New Zealand 103,861 746,673 ! 2,090 3 6 i 16,404,076 7,849 357 21 19 5 3,968,708 1,469,665 89-00 929,737 56-22 539,928 32-78 3-29 63-26 1 19 4 4,955,553 ! 2,624,059 712 450 262 173 18-46 16-67 | 3-00 293 550 9,792 31 Mar., 1899. 103,861 758,616 ' 2,099 3 6 16,703,887 7,958 361 22 0 5 4,187,893 1,623,891 93 00 ! 1,052,358 60-31 571,533 32-69 3-42 64-80 2 2 10 5,468,284 3,127,824 774 501 273 188 21-32 16-17 2-93 304 577 10,295 „ 1900. 103,861 i 815,349 2,174 3 6 17,207,328 7,915 375 21 2 1 4,620,971 1,727,236 89-75 1,127,848 58-58 599,388 31-17 3-47 65-30 2 2 4 6,243,593 3,339,687 794 519 275 196 19-99 17-15 j 2-09 306 j 603 i 10,868 ! „ 1901. 103,861 I 833,137 2,227 3 6 18,170,722 8,159 374 21 16 2 5,066,360 1,874,586 88-75 1,252,237 59-32 622,349 29-43 3-43 66-80 2 5 0; 7,356,136 3,529,177 842 562 280 196 21-35 17-78 3-03 362 701 12,444 „ 1902. 103,861 857,985 2,262 3 6 19,081,735 8,436 379 22 4 10 5,443,333 1,974,038 87 00 1,343,415 59-23 630,623 27-77 3-30 68-05 2 6 0 7,575,390 3,730,394 873 594 279 204 21-36 18-24 3-19 372 751 12,992 „ 1903. 103,861 | 882,097 2,305 3 6 20,692,911 8,977 1 383 23 9 2 5,685,399 2,180,641 91-75 1,438,724 60-48 741,917 31-27 3-58 65-98 2 9 5 ; 8,306,383 4,072,576 943 622 321 213 22-21 17-22 3-14 377 809 13,433 „ 1904. 103,861 908,114 2,347 3 6 21,701,572 9,141 387 23 17 11 6,107,079 2,209,231 86-50 1,492,900 58-46 716,331 28-04 3-30 67-58 2 8 8 8,514,112 4,011,511 938 634 304 217 21-05 18-28 3-10 389 864 13,885 „ 1905. 103,861 j 933,111 2,391 3 6 22,498,972 9,410 391 24 2 3 6,413,573 2,349,704 87-75 1,621,239 60-47 728,465 27-28 3-24 69-00 2 10 4 8,826,382 4,241,422 980 676 304 229 21-99 18-86 3-01 395 906 14,127 „ 1906. 103,861! 961,604 | 2,427 3 6 23,504,272 9,570 396 24 8 10 6,755,454 2,624,600 93-00 1,812,482 64-21 812,118 28-79 3-45 69-06 2 14 7 9,600,786 j 4,592,099 1,078 744:334 253 23-37 18-90 j 2-80 398 966 14,605 „ 1907. 103,861 985,318 ! 2,469 3 6 24,365,647 9,861 399 24 14 7 7,051,274 2,761,938 93-75 1,949,759 66-18 812,179 27-57 3-33 70-59 2 16 1 9,756,716 4,834,534 1,114 786 328 258 24-96 19-40 2-76 410 1,002 15,475 „ 1908. 103,861 1,016,044 2,556 3 6 27,762,592 10,351 398 27 6 6 7,458,236. 2,929,526 94-00 2,114,815 67-89 814,711 26-11 3-13 72-19 2 17 8 10,457,144 4,871,874 1,148 828 320 258 25-56 20-73 3-16 452 1,116 16,476 „ 1909. 103,861 1,035,211 2,704 3 6 28,513,476 10,494 383 27 10 10 7,889,166 3,249,790 98-75 2,169,474 65-84 1,080,316 32-91 3-80 66-76 3 2 9 11,141,142 5,223,414 1,203 803 400 230 25-35 18-96 2-96 465 1,140 17,220 „ 1910. 103 861 1055,640 2,742 3 6 29,606,546 10,723 385 28 1 0 8,141,075 3,494,182 102-75 2,303,272 67-75 1,190,910 35-00 4-06 65-92 3 6 2 11,200,613 5,555,292 1,275 840 435 254 25-81 18-10 2-81 478 1,166 18,036 „ 1911. " 103,861 1,081,344 2,801 3 6 30,506,089 10,864 386 28 4 2 8,371,687 3,676,509 105-25 2,465,896 70-52 1,210,613 34-73 3-98 67-07 3 8 0 20,336,577 5,599,756 1,314 881 433 263 27-30 18-27 2-76 493 1,212 18,521 „ 1912. 103 861 1 111 592 2 840 3 6 31,611,220 11,053 391 28 8 9 9,016,224 3,971,002 105-50 2,705,609 71-84 1,265,393 33-66 4-04 68-13 3 11 5 22,310,867 5,957,005 1,400 954 446 271 28-20 19-40 2-64 513 1,282 19,515 „ 1913. »» * * ' ' ' 103 861 1 139 669 ■'861 3 6 32,355,087 11,309 398 28 7 9 9,319,268 4,043,328 104-00 2,880,323 74-00 1,163,005 30-00 3-61 71-24 3 10 11 23,173,472 5,661,340 1,416 1,008 408 268 29-72 20-73 2-91 534 1,363 20,251 „ 1914. " 103,861 1,150,430 2,917 3 6 34,133,825 11,702 394 29 13 5 9,383,420 4,105,457 104-75 2,920,455 74-54 1,185,002 30-21 3-53 71-14 3 11 4 23,542,903 6,075,282 1,410 1,002 408 254 30-26 21-20 2-98 557 1,397 21,226 „ 1915. 103,861 1,152,048 2,959 3 6 34,857,882 11,780 389 30 5 2 9,356,522 4,548,356 116-50 2,910,883 74-50 1,637,473 42-00 4-72 64-00 3 19 0 24,600,693 5,960,562 1,540 985 555 251 29-77 19-60 2-50 585 1,452 21,994 „ 1916. 103,861 1,150,605 2,970 3 6 35,378,664 11,912 387 30 15 0 9,146,331 4,800,810 125-75 2,926,864 76-63 1,873,946 49-12 5-30 60-97 4 3 5 24,782,602 5,826,265 1,619 987 632 244 30-88 18-87 2-47 607 1,480 22,380 „ 1917 103 861 1 154 559 2 977 3 6 36,001,432 12,029 389 32 0 11 7,468,646 4,687,700 150-50 3,042,907 97-54 1,644,793 52-96 4-60 64-91 4 1 3 21,438,325 5,373,136 1,578 1,023 555 240 40-02 20-38 2-67 624 1,488 22,517 „ 1918. " " 1 ' | '1 I I I I I I I [ I I ! ; I * The figures for passenger traffic in New Zealand prior to 1912 are exclusive of season tickets. 7 —D. A.