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STATEMENT No. 19. Statement showing Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure of New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1922, to 31st March, 1930. MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.*

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Passengers. Season Tickets. Coaching. Capital Cost. Train-mileage. , | Number. Revenue. J Number. | Revenue. Revenue. £ I £ £ £ 1922-1923 .. 3,037 40,275,161 8,346,731 j 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 j 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 1 2,077,625 537,554 210,946 417,550 351,873 I 8 105,597 754,634 1925-1926 .. 3,138 45,794,199 10,319,407 11,787,273 2,271,498 600,272 265,549 409,207 391,649 3,209,965 770,654 1926-1927 .. 3,164 47,195,948 10,723,864 10,274,878 2,045,348 585,078 258,832 377,367 391,062 9,902,511 663,442 1927-1928 .. 3,180 49,014,832 10,838,594 9,272,547 1,886,833 632,741 258,463 379,933 459,742 9 299,715 570,558 1928-1929 .. 3,287 54,210,1.39 11,113,482 9,046,267 1,868,047 656,155 '256,699 378,141 634,394 9 685,374 568,026 1929-1930 .. 3,287 55,347,541 12,022,043 8,469,038 1,733,512 667,419 262,415 386,792 695,060 10 271,544 574,080 Tear. Goods ! Total. Goods Revenue. | Commission. ! Total Revenue. j per TrI-" mile. Tons. Tons. £ £ £ ! £ i . 1922-1923 .. 5,571,594 6,234,807 3,671,008 119,933 122,919 6,727,802 19; '18 1923-1924 .. 5,795,341 6,519,457 3,953,213 141,968 132,598 6,984,211 18J-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 6,799,613 4,499,160 143,861 .. 7,589,274 176 51 1926-1927 .. 6,161,706 6,825,148 4,596,166 145,759 .. 7,423,472 166-14 1927-1928 .. 6,276,525 6,847,083 4,680,135 138,481 .. 7,343,845 162-62 1928-1929 .. 6,509,978 7,078,004 ! 4,846,125 175,852 .. 7,524,864 165-50 1929-1930 .. 6,649,114 7,223,194 4,904,324 186,949 .. 7.47.3,993 14S-21 EXPENDITURE.* Maintenance of Way aud Works. Maintenance of Signals. Maintenau :e of Locomotives, Carriages, Expenditure Expenditure and wagons. Year. per per Cent. Train-mile, i of Revenue. A Per Cent, of j Per Mile of Per ! Per Cent, of Per Mile of Per Per Cent, of Per Revenue. Railway. Train-mile. Revenue. ! Railway. Train-mile. Amount Revenue. Train-mile. I 1 ■ l_ I . ! I I d. £ £ a. £ £ d. £ d. 1922-1923 .. 157-81 81-79 1,040,892 15-49 343*76 29-93 67,425 1-01 22-27 1-94 1,043,553 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 1,083,763 15-24 28-63 1925-1926 .. 143-37 81-23 1,144,385 15-08 368-80 26-62 105,064 1-38 33-86 2-43 1,311,317 I 17-28 30-50 1926-1927 .. 137-82 82-96 1,074,334 14-47 340-30 24-04 100,861 1-36 31-95 2-26 1,303,444 17*56 29*17 1927-1928 .. 139*55 85*81 1,147,067 15*62 360*94 25*40 102,871 1*40 32*37 2-28 1,380,757 i 18-80 30-57 1928-1929 .. 137-66 84*71 1,111,229 14*77 341*50 24-00 112,206 1-49 34-48 2-42 1,424,16 5 18-93 30-76 1929-1930 .. 136-71 91-62 1,146,014 15-33 352-19 22-87 117,577 1-57 36-13 2-35 1,680,919 22-49 33-55 Locomotive Transportation. Traffic Transportation. ! Head Office and General Charges. Lake Wakatipu Steamers. Year. ! ~ " j ' ' " - ~ Total Amount Percent, of Per Amount j Pel* Cent, of Per Amount i Per Cent, of Per Amount Per ient.of Expenditure. Amount. Revenue. Irain-mile. i Amount. , BeveDue _ Train-mile Amount. | Eevenue . Train-mile. Amount. Ke , enae £ d. ! £ d. £ d. £ £ 1922-1923 .. .. 1,613,564 23*98 46*40 1,527,033 2*2-73 43 91 195,894 2 91 5'63 14,100 1)0 79 5,502,497 1923-1924 .. .. 1,395,491 19*98 37-11 1,530,652 21 94 40-71 204,407 2-93 5 44 10,456 1L7 85 5,403,766 1924-1925 .. .. 1,408,927 19-81 37-23 1,599,668 22-52 42 27 246,504 3'47 6*51 12,279 121-62 5,545,415 1925-1926 .. .. 1,636,620 21-56 38-06 1,743,641 22-98 40-55 223.543 2-94 5-20 .. .. 6,164,570 1926-1927 .. .. 1,669,352 22-49 37-36 1,752,998 23-61 39-23 257,294 3 47 5-76 .. 6,158,283 1927-1928 1,662,074 22-63 36-80 1,760,459 23-97 38-98 248,921 3-39 5-51 .. 6,302,119 1928-1929 .. .. 1,650,793 21-94 35 65 ! .1,825,965 | 24-26 39-43 250,221 3-32 5-40 .. .. 6,374,579 1929-1930 .. .. 1,755,208 23-49 35-03 1,883,918 1 25-21 37-61 264,389 3*54 5*28 .. .. 6,848,026 * Figures from 1925-26 are for train operation only, and do not include subsidiary services as in previous years.