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RETURN No. 16. Return showing the Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure of the New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1914. to 31st March, 1918. MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.

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Passengers. Season Tickets. Coaching. Cattle. Sheep. Year. Miles. Capital Cost. Tl No. Revenue No. Revenue. Revenue. Pigs. 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 2,955 2,970 2,970 2,993 £ 34,133,825 34,857,882 35,378,664 36,001,432 9,383,420 9,356,522 9,146,331 7,468,646 13,565,772 14,201,506 14,173,115 11,408,156 £ 1,329,233 1,566,380 1,717,847 1,663,922 302,912 330,622 355,832 322,487 £ 153,150 156,322 155,201 138,675 | £ 227,521 236,705 243,832 254,110 No. 314,219 371,529 402,769 362,134 No. 6,923,306 7,204,826 7,106,174 6,356,361 No. 163,155 182,443 163,370 145,729 Year. Timber. Minerals. Other Goods. Total. Goods Revenue. Miscellaneous Revenue. Rents and Commission. Total Revenue. Revenue per Train-mile. 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 Tona. 621,963 625,866 579,428 523,784 Tons. 2,988,028 2,831,959 2,787,523 2,572,576 Tons. 2,466,836 2,504,439 2,459,314 2,276,776 Tons. 6,076,827 5,962,264 5,826,265 5,373,136 £ 2,249,399 2,423,493 2,498,862 2,465,241 £ 69,646 81,391 98,473 78,761 £ 76,508 84,065 86,595 86,991 £ 4,105,457 4,548,356 4,800,810 4,687,700 d. 104-75 116-50 125-75 150-50 EXPENDITURE. Year. Expenditure Expenditure per per Cent. Train-mile. of Revenue. Amount. Per Cent, of Per Mile of Per Revenue. Railway. Train-mile. I I Maintenance of Way. Locomotive Power. Per Cent, of Per Revenue. Train-mile. Carriages and Wagons. Amount. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Train-mile. 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 d. 74-54 74-50 76-63 97-54 £ 71-14 64-00 60-97 64-91 £ 738,550 740.349 720,840 710,655 £ 17-99 16-30 1504 15-18 £ 254-02 251-00 243-52 239-54 d. 18-89 18-99 18-92 22-84 £ 954,868 934,737 937,780 962,222 £ 23-26 20-58 19-56 20-56 d. 24-42 23-98 24-61 30-92 £ 228,145 225,968 238,868 283,248 £ 5-56 4-98 4-98 6-05 d. 5-84 5-79 6-27 9-10 Year. Traffic. Head and 'epartmental Offices. Per Cent, of Per Revenue. Train-mile. Lake Wakatipu Steamers. Total Amount Per Cent, of Expenditure. Amount. Eevenue. Amount. Per Cent, ol Revenue. Per Train-mile. Amount. 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917 1918 £ 870,392 889,991 904,318 954,142 £ 21-20 19-60 18-87 20-38 d. 22-26 22-83 23-73 30-66 £ 122, 415 113,461 118,456 124.976 £ 2-98 2-50 2-47 2-67 d. 313 2-91 310 4-02 £ 6,085 6,377 6,602 7,664 £ 88-83 8804 91-89 112-53 £ 2,920,455 2,910,883 2,926,864 3,042,907