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STATEMENT No. 16. Statement of Season Tickets issued for the Years ended 31st March, 1935 to 1938.

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1937-38. 1936-37. 1935-36. 1934-35. Description of Tickets. , J Number. Amount,. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. £ £ £ £ Annual, all lines 5 566 10 1,019 9 1,078 13 1,172 Annual, North Island .. .. 52 4,592 55 4,629 49 4,223 49 4,200 Annual, South Island .... 1 74 4 279 4 274 5 390 Sectional annual, North Island .. 180 11,106 191 11,240 199 11,752 208 11,401 Sectional annual. South Island .. 74 3,524 84 4,075 98 4,745 101 4,910 Reporters' annual . . .. . . 19 814 16 679 16 677 15 639 Tourist, all lines .. .. .. 56 898 50 809 76 1,185 101 1,557 Tourist, North Island .. .. 209 1,909 206 1,995 247 2,397 251 2,488 Tourist, South Island .. .. 62 501 32 299 45 396 21 203 School .. .. .. .. 25,318 21,492 25,693 21,865 26,148 22,218 25,568 22,034 Bearer twelve-trip .. .. .. 62,969 11,246 72,920 15,741 72,607 16,339 73,047 16,174 -Bearer six-trip .. .. .. 208,019 31,859 10,673 1,658 Weekly twelve-trip .. .. .. 69,391 11,601 110,844 21,252 109,418 20,882 103,981 19,824 Weekly workmen's .. .. .. 93,053 16,431 257,843 43,364 243,120 40,508 226,877 37,681 Suburban twelve-trip . . .. 245,342 45,542 All other season .. .. .. 45,747 60,036 34,442 60,768 30,110 53,884 27,309 52,644 Totals .. .. .. 750,497 222,191 513,063 189,672 482,146 180,558 457,546 175,317 Total passenger journeys .. 14,372,194 .. 12,950,472 .. 12,394,700 .. 11,845,432