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APPENDIX F The following is a summary of traffic statistics for all domestic scheduled services for the years 1935-50 :

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Year Ended, Hours Flown. Miles Flown. Passengers. Freight. Mail. Passengermiles. Freight Tonmiles. Mail Tonmiles. lb. lb. 31st March, 1935 315 31,500 595 2,637 1,841 10,000 120 75 31st March, 1936 3,220 346,171 9,106 26,123 19,431 860,295 1,758 957 31st March, 1937 6,588 776,938 24,251 44,074 111,377 2,673,860 2,047 9,288 31st March, 1938 11,327 1,331,100 43,782 81,853 216,238 5,518,363 4,301 18,205 31st March, 1939 12,821 1,574,395 53,039 166,278 316,380 6,787,026 9,054 29,248 31st March, 1940 10,541 1,326,234 51,802 223,018 234,989 6,478,540 12,247 21.729 31st March, 1941 5,036 645,702 37,023 206,936 130,806 4,373,822 9,585 12,555 31st March, 1942 5,206 688,723 38,058 194,858 165,670 5,062,938 9,434 17,616 31st March, 1943 5,576 685,953 30,634 174,757 220,527 4,655,774 9,423 23,887 31st March, 1944 6,421 832,966 37,435 191,113 244,614 6,371,007 11,426 29,677 31st March, 1945 7,129 965,787 51,754 272,251 313,013 9,299,979 18,824 44,040 31st March, 1946 8,541 1,108,134 60,193 338,950 428,709 10,158,221 22,587 52,935 31st March, 1947* 16,616 1,525,079 110,767 2,674,596 605,086 21,870,438 161,768 85,387 31st March, 1948| 27,849 3,459,258 154,329 14,292,577 597,231 35,695,285 574,901 97,310 31st March, 1949 32,868 4,197,461 174,836 19,220,891 752,492 44,323,199 843,528 108,580 31st March, 1950 37,198 4,740,348 204,707 24,547,480 873,305 49,478,365 1,096,956 121,251 * Includes hours flown, passengers carried, passenger-miles, freight ton-tmiles, and mail ton-miles flown by "R.N.Z.A.F. Air Transport, but does not include miles flown or freight and mail carried by R.N.Z.A.F. Air Transport. Statistics for the New Zealand Railways freight service are included from 1947 onwards. t Freight ton-miles include excess baggage ton-miles from 1948 onwards.