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, 1919. MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.

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Year. Miles. Capital Cost. Traiu-roilei Passengers. Season Tickets. Coaching. Revenue. Cattle. Sheep. Pigs. No. Revenue No. Revenue. 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 1918-1919 " i 2,955 2,970 2,970 2.993 2,993 £ 34,133,825 34,857,882 35,378,664 36,001,432 36,167,681 9,383,420 9,356,522 9,146,331 7,468,646 7,477,583 13,565,772 14,201,506 14,173,115 11,408,156 ll,37f,521 £ 1,329,233 1,566,380 1,717,847 1,663.922 1,799,381 302.912 330.622 355,832 322,487 351,124 £ 153, 150 156,322 155,201 138,675 150,901 £ 227,521 236,705 243,832 254,110 258,524 ' No. 314,219 371,529 402,769 362.134 346.544 No. 6,923,306 7,204.826 7,106,174 6,356,361 6,568,032 No. 163,155 182,443 163,370 145,729 123,728 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 1918-1919 Tons. 621,963 625,866 579,428 523, 784 487,729 Tons. 2,988,028 2,831,959 2,787,523 2,572,576 2,444,007 Tons. 2,466,836 2,504,439 2,459,314 2.276,776 2,306,721 Tons. 6,076,827 5,962,264 5,826,265 5,373,136 0,238,457 £ 2,249,399 2,423,493 2,498.862 2,465,241 2,608,336 £ 69,646 81,391 98.473 73,761 78,828 £ 76.508 84,065 86,595 86,991 92,662 £ 4,105,457 4,548,356 4,800,810 4,687,700 4,988,632 d. 104-7-5 116-50 125-75 150-50 160-00 EXPENDITUBE. Year. Expenditure per Train-mile. Expenditure per Cent, of Revenue. Maintenance Per Cent, of Revenue. Maintenance of Way. e of Way. Per Mile of Railway. Per Train-mile, j Lc Amount. Locomotive Power. ocomotive Power. Per Cent, of Per I Revenue. Train-mile. Carri Amount. Carriages and Wagons. 'iages and Wagons. Per Cent, of Per Revenue. Train-mile. Amount. 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 1918-1919 ' d. 74-54 74-50 76-63 97-54 105-97 71-14 64-00 60-97 64-91 66-32 £ 738,550 740,349 720,840 710,655 752,558 £ 17-99 16-30 15-04 15-18 15-10 j £ 254-02 251-00 243-52 239-54 252-28 d. 18-89 18-99 18-92 22-84 24-16 £ 954, SCS 934,737 937,780 962,222 1,075,439 £ 23-26 20-58 19-56 20-56 21-59 d. 24-42 23-98 24-61 3092 34-52 £ 228,145 225,968 238,868 283,248 306,308 £ 5-56 4-98 4-98 605 6-15 d. 5-84 5-79 6-27 9-10 9-83 Y< Year. 'ear. Amount. Traffic. Per Cent, of \ Per Revenue. ; Train-mile. Traffic. Head and Departmental Offices. Lake Wakatipu Steamers. — r Total Anin,,,- ! Per Cent, of! Per , ,„,,„, IPerCent.ofj Expenditure. Amount. . Eevenae . Train-mile. Amount. Bevenue. 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 1918-1919 £ 870,392 889,991 904,318 954,142 1,032.609 £ 2120 I960 18-87 20-38 20-73 d. 22-26 22-83 23 73 30-66 33 14 £ 122,415 113,461 118,456 124.976 134,626 £ 2-98 2-50 2-47 2-67 2-70 a. 313 291 310 4-02 4-32 £ 6,085 6,377 6,602 7,664 6,985 £ ■ 88-83 88 04 91-89 112-53 104-53 £ 2,920,455 . 2,910.883 2,926.864 3,042,907 3,308,575 ■