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RETURN No. 16. Return showing Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure of New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1914, to 31st March, 1922. mileage, capital cost, traffic, and revenue.

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Miles. Capital Cost. Tr Passengers. Season Tickets. Coaching. Cattle. Sheep. Pigs. Year. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Revenue. 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 1918-1919 1919-1920 1920-1921 1921-1922 i 2,955 2,970 2,970 2,993 2,993 3,006 3,018 3,030 £ 34,133,825 34,857,S82 35,378,664 36,001,432 36,167,681 36,390,115 37,235,254 39,30'J.Q97 9,383,420 9,356,522 9,146,331 7,468,646 7,477,583 7,408,608 9,303,392 8,717,265 13,565,772 14,201,506 14,173,115 11,408,156 11,374,521 12,760,814 15,315,640 14,262,440 £ 1,329,233 1,566,380 1,717,847 1,663,922 1,799,381 2,138,391 2,459,362 2,212,633 302,912 330,622 355,832 322,487 351,124 400,621 464,691 472,865 £ 153,150 156,322 155,201 138,675 150,901 165,596 198,717 205,594 £ 227,521 236,705 243,832 254,110 258,524 290,453 335,754 339,482 Number. 314,219 371,529 402,769 362,134 346,544 357,976 376,745 279,904 Number. 6,923,306 7,204,826 7,106,174 6,356,361 6,568,032 7,209,246 7,010,598 7,466,751 Number. 163,155 182,443 163,370 145,729 123,728 107,310 118,624 168,764 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 1919-1920 1920-1921 1921-1922 Tons. 621,963 625,866 579,428 523,784 487,729 611,171 717,701 708,212 Tons. 2,988,028 2,831,959 2,787,523 2,572,576 2,444,007 2,300,760 2,515,464 2,481,048 Tons 2,466,836 2,504,439 2,459,314 2,276,776 2,306,721 2,685,301 2,852,195 2,741,852 Tons. 6,076,827 5,962,264 5,826,265 5,373,136 5,238,457 5,597,232 6,085,360 5,931,112 £ 2,249,399 2,423,493 2,498,862 2,465,241 2.608,336 2.956,237 3,676,665 3,646,594 £ 69,646 81,391 98,473 78,761 78,828 105,072 136,505 124,106 £ 76,508 84,065 86,595 86,991 92,662 96,738 101,528 115,182 £ 4,105,457 4,548,356 4,800,810 4,687,700 4,988,632 5,752,487 6,908,531 6,643,591 d. 104-75 116-50 125-75 150-50 160-00 186-00 178-00 182-69 .! EXPENDITURE. Year. Expenditure per Train-mile. Expenditure per Cent, of Revenue. ft Amount. Maintenance of "Way and Signals. Maintenance of "Way and Signals. Per Cent, of j Per Mile of ' Per Revenue. Railway. Train-mile. Loci imotive Power. Per Cent, of Per Revenue. Train-mile. Amount. Carriages and Wagons. Per Cent, of PeiRevenue. Train-mile. Amount. 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 1918-1919 1919-1920 1920-1921 1921-1922 d. 74-54 74-50 76-63 97-54 105-97 132-72 145-14 17137 £ 71-14 64-00 60-97 64-91 66-32 71-36 81-59 93-89 £ 738,550 740,349 720,840 710,655 752,558 837,910 1,053,049 1,184,226 £ 17-99 16-30 15-04 15-18 15-10 14-59 15-26 17-85 £ 254-02 251-00 243-52 239-54 252-28 280*54 349-97 392-42 d. 18-89 18-99 18-92 22-84 24-16 27-14 27-17 32-60 £ 954,868 934,737 937,780 962,222 1,075,489 1,397,993 2,124,877 2,567,383 £ 23-26 20-58 19-56 20-56 21-59 24-34 30-80 38-69 d. 24-42 23-98 24-61 30-92 34-52 45-29 54-82 70-68 £ 228,145 225,968 238,868 283,248 306,308 387,498 531,935 566,782 J £ 5-56 4-98 4-98 6-05 6-15 6-74 7-71 8-54 a. 5-84 5-79 6-27 9-10 9-83 12-55 13-72 15-61 Traffic. Head and •epartmental Offices. Lake Wakatipu Steamers. Year. Per Cent, of ! Per Revenue. Train-mile. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Total Expenditure. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Train-mile. Amount. 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 1918-1919 1919-1920 1920-1921 1921-1922 £ 870,392 889,991 904,318 954,142 1,032,609 1,301,935 1,712,375 1,703,049 £ 21-20 19-60 18-87 20-38 20-73 22-66 24-82 25-66 d. 22-26 22-83 23-73 30-66 33-14 42-17 44-17 46-89 £ 122,415 113,461 118,456 124.976 134,626 171,767 203,906 202,948 £ 2-98 2-50 2-47 2-67 2-70 2-99 2-95 3-06 j d. 313 2-91 3-10 4-02 4-32 5-57 5-26 5-59 £ 6,085 6,377 6,602 7,664 6,985 7,964 10,458 13,339 88-83 88-04 91-89 112-53 104-53 101-09 116-34 166-34 £ 2,920,455 2,910,883 2,926,864 3,042,907 3,308,575 4,105,067 5,636,601 6,237,727