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STATEMENT NO. 19, Statement showing Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure of New Zealand Government Railways from Ist April, 1918, to 31st March, 1926 MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.*

Passengers. Season Tickets. | Coaching. Year. » Miles. Capital Cost. Train-mih age. ——— ' , Cattle. Sheep and Pigs. Timber. Number. Revenue Number. Revenue. Revenue. I £ £ £ £ Number. Number. Ton-;. 1918-1919 .. 2,993 36,167,681 7,477,583 11,374,521 1,799,381 351,124 150,901 258,524 346,544 6,691,760 487,729 1919-1920 .. 3,006 36,390,115 7,408,608 12,760,814 2,138,S91 400,621 165,596 290,453 357,976 7,316,556 611,171 1920-1921 .. 3,018 37,235,254 9,303,392 15,315,640 2,459,362 464,691 198,717 335,754 376,745 7,129,222 717,701 1921-1922 .. 3,030 39,309,097 8,717,265 14,262,440 2,212,633 472,865 205,594 339,482 279,904 7,635,515 708,212 1922-1923 .. 3,037 40,275,161 8,346,731 14,256,610 2,216,514 485,681 204,106 393,322 293,930 7,367,763 663,213 1923-1924 .. 3,053 41,399,427 9,024,503 13,836,311 2,136,999 525,744 212,601 406,832 320,434 7,723,971 724,116 1924-1925 .. 3,085 44,570,746 9,083,623 12,424,012 2,077,625 537,554 210,946 417,550 351,873 8,105,597 754,634 1925-1926 .. 3,138 46,138,500 10,319,407 11,787,273 ■ 2,271,498 600,272 265,549 409,207 391,649 8 ,209 ,965 770,654 Miscellaneous Rents and Revenue Year. ! Goods Total. Goods Revenue. Commission. Total Revenue. per Train-mile. Tons. Tons. £ £ £ £ d. 1918-1919 .. 4,750,728 5,238,457 2,608,336 78,828 92,662 4,988,632 160-00 1919-1920 .. 4,986,061 5,597,232 2,956,237 105,072 96,738 5,752,487 186-00 1920-1921 .. 5,367,659 6,085,360 3,676,665 136,505 101,528 6,908,531 178 00 1921-1922 .. 5,222,900 5,931,112 3,646,594 124,106 115,182 6,643,591 182 69 1922-1923 .. 5,571,594 6,234,807 3,071,008 119,933 122,919 6,727,802 193-18 1923-1924 .. 5,795,341 6,519,457 3,953,213 141,968 132,598 6,984,211 185-50 1924-1925 .. 5,847,973 6,602,607 4,122,017 137,149 147,237 7,112,524 187-65 1925-1926 6,028,959 6,793,613 4,499,160 143,861 7,589,274 176-51 EXPENDITURE.* Maintenance of Way and Work?. ' Maintenance of Signals. Maintenance of Locomotives, Carriages, Expenditure Expenditure »nq wagons. Year per per Cent. Train-mile. of Revenue. . Per Cent, of Per Mile of Per ,Per Cent, of Per Mile of Per ,,,,,,,,,,, PerCent.of Per Amount. Revenue. Railway. Train-mile. Amount. Revenue. Railway. Train-mile. Amount. Revenue. Train-mile. I l_ I I J d. £ £ £ £ n. £ £ £ d. £ £ d. 1918-1919 .. 105-97 66-32 715,858 14-35 239-98 22-98 36,700 0-75 12-30 1-18 566,140 11-35 18-17 1919-1920 .. 132-72 71-36 783,033 13 61 262-17 25 37 54,877 0 98 18'37 1-77 724,473 12-59 23 47 1920-1921 .. 145-14 81*59 983,940 14-24 327-00 25 38 69,109 1-02 22-97 1-79 984,244 14 25 25 39 1921-1922 .. 171 37 93 89 1,111,883 16-76 368-45 3061 72,343 1 09 23-97 1-99 1,113,170 16-76 30-65 1922-1923 .. 157-81 81-79 1,040,892 15*49 343 76 29 93 • 67,425 1-01 22-27 1-94 1,043,590 15-51 30 00 1923-1924 .. 143-43 77 37 1,143,281 16-39 375-57 30-40 70,912 1 02 23-29 1-88 1,048,567 15-01 27-89 1924-1925 .. 146-19 77-97 1,113,048 15*67 362 95 29-40 81,201 1-14 26 48 2*14 1,083,788 15-24 28-63 1925-1926 143-37 81-23 1,144,385 15-08 368-08 26-62 105,064 1-38 33 86 2-43 1.311,317 17-28 30-50 Traffic Transportation. Locomotive Transportation. Head and Departmental Offices. Lake Wakatipu Steamers. Y e »r. i i j ~" j 1 , Total PerCent.of Per . PerCent.of Per PerCent.of Per Per Cent, of Expeuuiture. Amount. Revenue. Train-mile Amount. Revenue. Train-mile. Amount. Revenue. Train-mile. Revenue. £ £ d. £ £ d. £ £ d. £ ££ 1918-1919 .. .. 1,032,609 20-73 33-14 815,656 16-35 26-18 134,626 2-70 4-32 6,985 104-53 3,308,575 1919-1920 .. .. 1,301,935 22-66 42-17 1,061,018 18-44 34-37 171,767 2-99 5-57 7,964 101 09 4,105,067 1920-1921 .. .. 1,712,375 24-82 44-17 1,672,567 24-21 43 15 203,906 2-95 5 26 10,458 116-34 5,636,601 1921-1922 .. .. 1,703,049 25*66 46-69 2,020,994 30-42 55 64 202,948 3-06 5*59 13,339 166 34 6,237,727 1922-1923 .. .. 1,527,033 22 73 43 91 1,613,564 23*98 46-40 195,894 2 91 5 63 14,100 150 79 5,502,497 1923-1924 .. .. 1,530,652 21 94 4071 1,395,491 19-98 37-11 204,407 2 93 5 44 10,456 117 85 5,403,766 1924-1925 .. .. 1,599,668 22 52 42 27 1,408,927 19 81 37-23 246,504 3 47 651 12,279 12162 5,545,415 1925-1926 1,743,641 22-98 40-55 1,636,620 21-56 38 06 223,543 2-94 „ „ 6,164,570 * Figures for 1925-26 are for train operation only and do not include subsidiary services as in previous years. 7—D. 2.