THE RAILWAY RETURNS.
Tho Wellington correspordbnt >i the Preta" teleßrapba that the New Zealand rtilwty revenue for the eight months ended 30th November amounted to £660,000, whlob 1b »bout £40,000 more then rco.ired daring the corresponding period of last yo»r, Th's »mount repretentß, of oonrie, the gross receipts, of whloh the working expenses tbtorbad G6 per cent. L»at year, m the corresponding period, the expend It cue Absorbed 68 per cent of the revenue. Two millions of prsienger* were convryad daring the eight montlu, or about 100,000 mor9 than last year. There were proportionate Increases In the number of live Block oonTcyedt The total length of railway now open la 1809 mllei. The net profits daring the current yf a* have, po f«r, besn at the rate of 1\ par otnt on the ooet of construction bm the bfst times have vet to oome. The Kxh'blilon traffio had hardly oommecoed by the end of November, and »U the Ohrluimos, Now Year, •and other anmtner holiday traffic will be Included In tbe returns for tbe remaining font months yet un expired of tha curtent financial ye»r, bo tbe prcepeois »te remarkably good.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2302, 14 December 1889, Page 3
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191THE RAILWAY RETURNS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2302, 14 December 1889, Page 3
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