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STATEMENT No. 20 Comparative Statement of the Mileage opened. Capital expended, Earnings, Expenses, etc., of Railways in the following States (taken from Latest Official Eecords).

= . % . Expenses. § i = ? 8- S *3 « 1 § S 'I I §« i » . -2 1= J. o3 d 85 gg- £§• £® h . s| H „.g„ I S |g § g s cost g ®a &= 'so sag 1 a = §® as g,g o & - aa»= § §■§ F5 a '■§ §• Total 'S xj p( ? # Train- Gross ? Working- g.2 ™ "3? §d° *©'2 $Po Passengers Tonnage &S &s -5© a. «© Year — square | $ Cost. £ || H p ea pu EarningS ' I eXpen6eS " Working. |.| ||J -fc carried.! of Goods. | „ J g> gVj ||| «§ g|«. £ 2| Mlles ' o 3 » lation - a 3* «£ Is S3™ Sg ag Hg g~ §,£ g-Sj-g ° s§ s s 1° | gs | H Is H? «g 3S g« |,.s ,5 1H| | I 11 fi I * * « « I* * |S !se g j3s| I s a H J EH a i : ; ~ I III l | | Ft. in. £ £ £ s. d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ s. d. £ £ £ £ d. Victoria.. .. 87,884 1,670,852 4,484 5 3 67,739,091 15,107 373 40 10 10 17,482,006 12,759,197 175-25 9,644,815 132-50 3,114,382 42*75 4-61 75-59 7 12 9 166,444,142 8,959,556 2,868 2,168 700 442 55-62 24-26 3-78 728 1,980 20,736 30June, 1925. New South Wales 309,432 2,273,584 5,656 4 8J 99,623,216 17,615 402 43 16 4 23,304,916 16,769,452 172-75 11,939,686 123-00 4,829,766 49-75 5*01 71-20 7 7 6 128,532,038 16,208,476 3,010 2,143 867 391 59-47 18 61 5-19 1,403 1,805 24,173 Queensland .. 670,500 855,214 6,114 3 6 51,911,969 8,490 140 60 14 0 12,107,995 7,109,210 141-00 5,425,167 107-50 1,684,043 33-50 3-24 76-31 8 6 3 29,657,832 5,083,658 1,170 893 277 211 48-86 22-41 1-30 714 942 16,796 South Australia .. 380 070 544,000 2,452 j® ?'■ 24,046,664 9,8 8 222 44 5 6 6,653,248 4,012,736 144-75 2,935,755 105-90 1,076,981 38-85 4-90 73-16 7 7 9 25,647,487 3,611,313 1,637 1,197 440 205 56 31 19-76 1-86 479 756 10,370 * * (53| • Western Australia.. 975,920 368,201 3,733 3 6 20,318,120 5,443 99 55 3 8 5,068,737 3,359,501 159-07 2,355,087 111-51 1,004,414 47-56 4-94 70-10 9 4 5 17,196,672 3,689,632 916 642 274 144 53-23 19-03 1-91 404 403 10,299 Tasmania .. 26,215 211,906 673 jjj ®j 6,416,194 9,535 3i5 30 5 7 1,380,405 548,256 95-3 2 531,590 92-42 16,666 2-89 0-26 96*96 2 11 9 2,656,018 690,561 815 790 25 | 215 60-11 22-32 4-87 96 151 1,957 New Zealand .. 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 59-23 630,623 27-77 3-30 68-05 2 6 0 7,575,390 3,730,394 873 594 279 204 21-36 18-24 3-19 372 751 12,992 31 Mar., 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 1 2 9 5 8,306,383 4,072,576 943 622 321 213 22-21 17-22 3-14 377 809 13,433 „ 1904. 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 67-58 2 8 8 8,514,112 4,011,511 938 634 304 217 21-05 18-28 3-10 389 864 13,885 „ 1905. 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 4,241,422 980 676 304 229 21-99 18-86 3-01 395 906 14,127 „ 1906. 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 1,078 744 334 253 23-37 18-90 2-80 398 966 14,605 „ 1907. " 103,861 985,318 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 1,114 786 328 258 24-96 19-40 2-76 410 1,002 15,475 „ 1908. 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 1,148 828 320 258 25-56 20-73 3-16 452 1,116 16,476 „ 1909. 103,861 1,035,211 2,704 3 6 28,513,476 10,494 383 27 10 10 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 1,203 803 400 230 25-35 18-96 2-96 465 1,140 17,220 „ 1910. 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 1,275 840 435 254 25-81 18-10 2-81 478 1,166 18,036 „ 1911. 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 1,314 881 433 263 27-30 18-27 2-76 493 1,212 18,521 „ 1912. 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 68-13 3 11 5 22,310,867 5,957,005 1,400 954 446 271 28-20 19-40 2-64 513 1,282 19,515 „ 1913. 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 1,163,005 30-00 3-61 71-24 3 10 11 23,173,472 5,661,340 1,416 1,008 408 268 29-72 20-73 2-91 534 1,363 20,251 , 1914 103,861 1,150,430 2,917 3 6 34,133,825 11,702 394 29 13 5 9,383,420 4,105,457 104-75 2,920,455 74-54 1,185,002 30-21 3-53 71-14 3 11 4 23,542,903 6,075,282 1,410 1,002 408 254 30-26 21-20 2-98 557 1,397 21,226 1915 103,861 1,152,048 2,959 3 6 34,857,882 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 1,540 985 555 251 29-77 19-60 2-50 585 1,452 21,994 „ 1916 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 1,619 987 632 244 30-88 18-87 2-47 607 1,480 22,380 „ 1917. 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 4-60 64-91 4 1 3 21,438,325 5,373,136 1,578 1,023 555 240 40-02 20-38 2-67 624 1,488 22,517 „ 1918. 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 1,107 563 252 44-35 20-73 2-70 620 1,489 22,658 „ 1919. 103,861 1,223,915 3,006 3 6 36,390,115 12,106 407 29 14 8 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 1,372 551 281 57-84 22*66 2*99 616 1,492 22,937 1920. 103,861 1,268,046 3,018 3 6 37,235,254 12,338 420 29 7 3 9,303,392 6,908,531 178*00 5,636,601 145*14 1,271,930 32-86 3-42 81-59 5 9 0 28,821,783 6,487,279 2,293 1,870 423 350 68-54 24*82 2*95 608 1,492 23,119 1921. 103,861 1,300,967 3,030 3 6 39,303,097 12,973 429 30 4 4 8,717,265 6,643,591 182*69 6,237,727 171*37 405,864 11*32 1*07 93*89 5 2 0 28,121,763 6,321,351 2,199 2,063 136 393 86*29 25-66 3-06 637 1,496 23,974 „ 1922. 103,861 1,325,310 3,037 3 6 40,275,161 13,231 436 30 7 9 8,346,731 6,727,802 93-18 5,502,497 157-81 1,225,305 35-37 3-04 81-79 5 1 6 28,22 ,362 6,618,588 2,219 1,813 406 366 76-40 22-73 2-91 639 1,498 26,106 1923. 103,861 1,347,723 3,053 3 6 41,399,427 13, "60 441 3') 14 4 9,024,503 6,984,211 183-50 5,403,766 143*43 1,580,445 42*07 3-83 7737 5 3 8 28,436,475 6,925,517 2,291 1,772 519 399 65*00 21*94 2*93 655 1,527 26,195 „ 1924. 103,861 1,379,487 3,085 3 6 44,570,746 14,448 447 32 6 2 9,083,623 7,112,124 187*65 5,545,416 146*19 1,567,108 4L*46 3-55 77*97 5 3 1 26,106,859 7,033,459 2,316 1,804 512 389 65-87 22-52 3*47 662 1,568 26,488 „ 1925. J 103,861 1,407,165 3,138 3 6 45,794,199 14,593 449 32 10 3 10,319,407 7,589,274 176*51 6,164,570 143*37 1,424,704 33*14 3*24 81.23 5 7 10 27,653,414 7,256,142 2,446 1,987 459 403 68*56 22*98 2-95 704 1,602 26,767 „ 19264 • The figures lor train-miles run in New Zealand prior to 1925 included mileage run by assisting engines. t The figures for passenger traffic in New Zealand prior to 1912 are exclusive of season tickets. J New Zealand figures for 1996 are for operation only, subsidiary seryioes not included as hitherto.