THE RAILWAY RETURNS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 953, 21 October 1910, Page 4

THE RAILWAY RETURNS.

..;. Last night's Gazette -gives Ithe , ' , particulars of -the.', revenue, andexpenditure ■: on,, the ...railways. : for.; ;th'e \; f our: weeks ended September .17...', .Thisy.is the sixth fqqr-week'ly i, Rp'r,ip4,■" and Scarries .the figures'.'almost up;, to the. fiscal half-year;'■ /For the tw<3nty : four .weeks the result's ■ are'as; under.; (last .figures being also ; given)..:' ... :.":.' ■ : : Eevenue. Expenditure. Itev.enue. : -. : ■:■•- .■-■■>'».>*%<;'i-'!:w.r£"'.: :^ 1909 .- 1,411,151 1,009,251 : 401,900 : 1910 .-J..' 1i5M,1?7.-'.. 1,037,482 ;J-il6,m/ ■ The increase "inHhe'tiet £74,815. The following '-. table shows how the revenue/ and expenditure from April 1 to 17 this :year was divided'between the ■•-two: islands :..,;■ ~ •.:■'■'.■ ■.■■'•.■'■ ■■>'-. : i-.:'.' --.■■ : - : :'■-■■■:..'■ ■"■ ':■'/ '.-' '..". v-' ; Net; ■-■■■ ; .;.' ■ ■' Revenue.Expenditure. Revenue. ' ' ■ -,■,-' ' '£ ' - •■ - ■-■■- ' '-'£ '■' '-'. North 5 : 753/198/ :" ;51i,?40 S?' 23.8,449" .: Soutli J , i;l ':7Go,999 :^2;734;;ft;: J 238;265:? There '"are "several■ • interesting facts ■ about .this table.;;. Tlie.net'revenue .is. almost .exactly the.same.iiieach.case', and. ! at this.'stage of:'the ; ;year' the: South is usually .in the, lead; since iti is; in' the second; half ■ of .the-year ', that the'North'makes its best isnowing. On a mileage' basis', .we ; get these'results: i.:. ~.,:., ~*■:'.;' : : '.-' - . Miles of . Net : ..iNet revenue ■ ' :, ... line.'' revenue '■■-.per mile. /'■; .-. ! : '-.-■!'... ■ <■:?■£:"> : £':sM.--y : North 1,150 ■"■■• 238,449'... v 207- 6 1-1 ; ' South ! ' :1,577 i./ 238,265 -;;;;■'. 151 19./ Last year's figures I for the 24 weekswere as shown in.the following table:, ,->..'.' /.i : - ; -.-\ '':.'/;':■,;:'"; ,: r V'-,v>.Net/-., ■■'; '■■ ,;' Revenue. 1 :£■':.-: '\-\--}:& : /--. ? '■ . North •' 671,943 498,514' ■ m,i29 ; . South... 739,208.;-. -; 510,737 , ,228,471;' There has■ been... an., increase of £65;020 in the net revenue from the; Northern lines and of only £9795 in. the case of. the. Southern lines.:.. As; for-the'fotir" weeks; ending "S.eptem-: her'l7:last, : the'position is.shown in : this table:.' '-■:; ;, ;.. ; '.- : ..■';., ■<? ;' ' : .' : (i .'■■>,Miles , pf:' ,: .! : ;;'"Expeiidi- ! . ; :Net■.•.''• V' . ';.-.„,■' line. Revenue.-' hire: Revenue; : :■■ ;■';.'■/■•■;..:;:;• ■"£ -,;.■;.;: ,•-;.: North; -1,150.-122,499 ':. 86,532 ■ 35,967.- - . ■ South ■■■ ~1,577; . 113,349. :.• 83,409V,.;29,940 '; It will be seen that the''net revenue; per mile of line was over £30'in:the ; North'and'less" than £20..'in' the South. The figures;, as a whole'indicate that by the end, of'the year, the',, advantage... in ' favour . ■ of■ < : .the.' ] North, even without making allow-1 :a-nce for ,the fact that it- is much the smaller system, *ill be' enormous. To what is, due the continued bad. results, from, the Southern lines? 'Js it quite impossible; for Me., Millar to, force His ' officials to '■ give him an explanation? '.'"; ' ; -' : ' = :';v.:'- ; ; :