THE WEEK-END TRAM REVENUE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 736, 8 February 1910, Page 6

THE WEEK-END TRAM REVENUE.

. ' EIGHT AGAIN. ' ;; ;; weather on; Saturday; and Sunday- ; 'sent' the,, tramway, revenue :up. again. The receipts .for. Saturday/., were. 6d.,: as • against : .£4Br. 105,.: for': the correspondinfeV Saturday,' last'' ; y?ar., . ' The receipts taken 'on "Sunday: totalled -E29S 18s. ; 10d.,' which is'^o-better than'-.the record for the first Sunday:; in'.February,. 19pp. ; A. total .of,CM adults/and 89 children were carried on,,the special.,cars -on ..Sunday, morning, and: 216: passengers, were carried; on'''the'two -speci&l night- cars.; : ; The late; car' from' Constable Stretet; carried 95 passengers .and. the late tram/from "Newtown; earned; 121 .faxes!/ Each, week-end • since the' beginning!' of the/year , has. seen:-con-sistantly .heavy traffic with • the exception of .last 'Saturday,; and Sunday 'week, which ■ wers wet, and consequently, show a falling' -.away : from the high standard.; The'' figures for each/week-end ; since the beginning of the year are asunder:— Saturday:' * '.Sunday. ,; .£293 ' .'l..'' V(: ' . -8301 - >2262 •' 'fiyii ~ J0514 . ; <^277. V v..- i 8326 ~' ■i - ■• '~£399 <21241 : •: '■ .£586 J8298 j A EECOED MONTH. ', It ,is stated that tho.'.tramway revenue; for the four weeks ended "'January 5 of■' <0984: as compared/with the..', same, .period'. last •year. .'..These v figures, it is,, stated, constitute ' aV'record, and show; a'''profit"of' >£2100 :fqr the four weeks. ' The revenue. for, the-:nine months'is said' to'be .£104,303,'' 'to'JnCTease J of.;^s3'':Wheh-.compared with tho: first' ninomontbs of the .last financial year. • The';'profit for:'the" period l is :i£2814, as'.against JC4057, last year. ■' - 1 ':