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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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Area Square Idles. I I ! < Gauge. Total Cost. 1 I I 1. <3 « Cost a is per fl a Head of «£ lation. Trainmiles run. Gross Earnings. ' 1 Working- _ |.S Pr 0 ° n fit SB Se |g| S| Working. || | a ||| I 1 :MS^ "I Passengers carried.' i Lil 1-5 ! of°GooJs. \ S 3 , I If < s B ™- Eg 3g is :>=¥= Z~ fl -K p p i |o |J| || i jj|§S Is U I O i ? i S r5 S3 Tear ending Ft. in. £ £ £ s. d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ s. d. £ Victoria.. .. 87,884 1,504,260 4,214 5 3 58,445,846 13,936 357 38 10 5 15,022,465 8,224,972 131-40 6,058,912 96-80 2,166,060 34-61 3-71 73-66 5 9 4 134,012,162 7,770,694 1,961 11 Jew South Wales .. 309,460. 2,002,631 5,015 4 8J 79,318,917 15,815 399 39 12 2 122,834,889 13,083,847 137-50 9,570,984 100-50 4-50 | 73-15 6 10 8 114,654,660 13,293,528 [ 2,635 1 j Jueensland .. 670,500 737,085 5,68.5 3 6 42,186,985 7,421 130 57 4 8 10,443,619 4,960,150 114-00 4,323,392 99-25 636,758 14-75 1-51 j 87-16 6 14 8 28,177,817 ! 3,790,881 880 iouth Australia .. 380,070 472,432 2,316 - f ? !j) 19,485,332 8,394 202 41 4 10 5,192,038 2,726,540 126-03 2,007,360 92-79 719,180 33-24 3-70 73-62 5 15 5 22,852,116 2,578,908 1,177 I (O A j Vestern Australia.. : 975,920 331,005 : 3,539 3 6 18,062,354 5,104 94 54 11 4 4,851,446 2,291,876 113-38 2,000,473 98-96 291,403 14-42 1-61 87-29 6 18 6 l 18,411,231 j 3,071,936 648 Pasmania .. I 26,215 216,751 635 I! n' 5,240,276 8,347 341 : 24 3 6 1,266,625. 506,177 95-91 390,191 73-93 115,986 121-98 2-21 77-08 : 2 6 8 ; 2,267,856! 575,169'' 797 •few Zealand .. | 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 j 32-69 ! 3-42 64-80 2 2 10 5,468,284 3,127,824 ' 774 ..103,861 815,349 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 j 3,339,687 794 .. 103,861 833,137 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 .. 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 t 630,623 27-77 3-30 I 68-05 2 6 0 7,575,390 3,730,394 873 £ | £ I £ d. 445 j 516 307 43-13 22-13 ,927 708 , 320 48-38 ! 19-59 707 113 175 46-00 I 25-22 867 310 151 : 50-93 18-18 565 83 137 46-00 | 23-11 ( i 614 183 ! 158 : 35-16 J 17-34 I 501 273 188 21-32 j 16-17 519 275 196 19-99 j 17-15 S62 280 196 21-35 17-78 2-00 788 1,693 j 20,442 : 30 June, 1920. 6-23 1,279 | 1,665 i 22,962 j 1-66 666 860 j 14,653 2-16 ' 490 661 9,506 2-53 , 423 426 10,097 2-59 80 176 1,857 2-93 ! 304 577 10,295 31 Mar., 1900. * 2-09 306 603 j 10,868 „ 1901. 3-03 362 ! 701 12,444 „ 1902. 594 279 204 , 21-36 18-24 3-19 : 372 751 12,992 j „ 1903. .. 103,861 882,097 2,305 3 6 20,692,911 8,977 383 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 I 1 .. 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 i 67-58 2 8 8 8,514,112 4,011,511 938 I .. 103,861 933,111 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 I .. 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 4,592,099 j 1,078 .. 103,861 I 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 .. 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 I .. 103,861 1,035,211 2,704 3 6 28,513,476 10,494 383 27 10 10 I 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: .. 103,861 1,055,640 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 .. 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 I ! .. 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 j 68-13 3 11 5 ' 22,310,867 5,957,005 : 1,400 ! .. 103,861 1,139,669 2,861 3 6 32,355,087 11,309 398 28 7 9 9,319,268 4,043,328 104-00 2,880,323 74-00 |l,163,005 ■ 30-00 3-61 71-24 3 10 11 23,173,472 5,661,340 1,416 1, " .. 103,861 ' 1,150,430 j 2,917 3 6 34,133,825 11,702 394 29 13 5 19,383,420 4,105,457 ' 104-75 ; 2,920,455 74-54 1185,002 30-21 3-53,71-14 3 11 4 23,542,903 6,075,282 1,410 1, .. 103,861 1,152,048 2,959 3 6 34,857,882 j 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 .. 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 .. 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 j 4-60 64-91 4 1 3 21,438,325 J 5,373,136 1,578 1, .. 103,861 1,175,325 2,993 3-6 36,167,681 12,084 393 30 15 6 : 7,477,583 4,988,632 160-00 3,308,575 105-97 1,680,057 54-03 4-65 66-32 4 4 11 22,030,327:5,611,738 1,670 1, .. 103,861 1,223,915 3,006 3 6 36,390,115 12,106 407 29 14 8 j 7,408,608 ! 5,752,487 186-00 4,105,067 132-72 1,647,420 53-28 4-53 71-36 4 14 0 24,582,186 6,000,279 1,923 1, .. 103,861 1,268,046 3,018 3 6 37,235,254 12,338 420 129 7 3 ! 9,303,392 6,908,531 178-00 5,636,601 14514 1,271,930 32-86 3-42 81-59 5 9 0 j 28,821,783 6,487,279 2,293 1, I i , I j L i ■ ! . 622 321 213 22-21 17-22 3-14 377 809 | 13,433 „ 1904. I 634 304 217 21-05 18-28 3-10 389 864 [ 13,885 : „ 1905. 676 304 229 21-99 18-86 744 334 253 23-37 j 18-90 3-01 395 I 906 j 14,127 „ 1906. 2-80 398 966 14,605 „ 1907. .1 786 328 258 j 24-96 19-40 2-76 | 410 ; 1,002 ! 15,475 „ 1908. 828 | 320 258 ' 25-56 20-73 803 I 400 230 25-35 18-96 3-16 452 1,116 16,476 „ 1909. 2-96 | 465 : 1,140 17,220 „ 1910. 840 ' 435 ' 254 25-81 18-10 2-81 478 1,166 18,036 j „ 1911. 881 433 263 27-30 18-27 2-76 493 1,212 18,521 „ 1912. 954 446 271 28-20 19-40 2-64 513 1,282 19,515 „ 1913. 008 408 268 29-72 20-73 2-91 534 1,363 20,251 „ 1914. D02 408 254 30-26 21-20 2-98 557 1,397 21,226 „ 1915. 985 555 251 29-77 19-60 2-50 585 1,452 ! 21,994 „ 1916. 187 632 . 244 : 30-88 ! 18-87 2-47 607 1,480 22,380 „ 1917, 123 555 240 40-02 20-38 2-67 624 1,488 22,517 „ 1918. L07 563 252 44-35 20-73 2-70 620 1,489 22,658 „ 1919. 372 551 281 57-84 22-66 2-99 | 616 1,492 22,937 „ 1920. S70 423 350 68-54 24-82 2-95 608 1,492 23,119 „ 1921. * The figures for passenger traffic in New Zealand prior to 1912 are exclusive >i season tickets.