TRAMWAY REVENUE.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16426, 21 January 1919, Page 2

TRAMWAY REVENUE.

FIGURES' FOR LAST MONTH,

In submitting, at yesterday's meeting of ho Tramway Board, the revenue account for ho four wcek3 x ended December 22nd, 3918, he Works' and' Traffic Committee hat tho account showed a deficiency of 52554, as against £339 in the same period a"st year. There were three Sunday services only in this period. The increased deicienoy was due to reduction in services and :onsequent falling. off in receipts owing to he influenza epidemic. Tho following table jives tho details: — i weeks 4 weeks ended ended Dec. 22, Dec. 23, . . 1918. 1917. £ £ Earnings from operation ... 9,709 11,788 Dperating expenses .. •• 7,664 , 7,631 Set earnings from operation 2,045 • 4,157 [nterest and sinking fund.. 2,080 Depreciation and renewals .. 2,306 -,-08 Fire and public accident reserve • • • • . - 11 " 4,479 4,394 Deficiency. . 2 ' 431 Add: Wages paid to men on ao tive service, and other / patriotio expenses .. l"-0 It> ~ Deficiency 2 > 531 699 This Year— „ Deficiency to date •• Less rates from special rating areas • •• i.-- 3 Deficiency £2,i04 Last. Year— Deficiency to da to . •• Less rates from N^pecial rating areas .. • • Surplus _ Tho passengers carried on each line, and the receipts from each line for the four weeks ended December 22nd, 1918, were:— Percentage. Net receipts. This This year. year. Dec. t : ne £ £ £ p.c. Sumner-Woolston .. 1.->lO 210 11.. & B S on :: '£«? ™ ™ 2 i0 3 Papanu! .... ITU" 1081 308 2|l Papanui Extension 0a,57b .3 8 -5.8 Opawa-Fondalton .. 60S 176 -1.1 tD -:: S 123 S- m HUlsSt Albana .. 214,506 1334 330 18.8 Hackthorne road .. 1 6,518 124 4 3.1 Cranford st-Spreydon 102,826 597 l'-< 0.1 Addingtou-Linwood 179.603 1065 183 14.6 :: AS £ ist'£i Hornby Bus .. 3,5 ? 6 36 36 - 1,257,914 9205 1533 17.4 During the corresponding period in 1917 the total number of passengers carried '1,553,d93, and the net receipts £i1,i04.