THE TOURIST TRAFFIC.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 954, 22 October 1910, Page 9

THE TOURIST TRAFFIC.

NOT L'P TO EXPECTATIONS

;.f;The overseas I traffic^has ; to''expectations'; says theannual 'of the /Tourist .and-Health'Bep^rtmeiit; The»resultant loss'was'.felt: mpst'«t;Pvbto-{£; \'.J\ rua. "The "feceip"ts;.i6r tiow-'Sf:: ever,-. amounted/,t0 ! :. : £2G,872, ! ' as{against £23,787. for': the previous an increase of £3084tMSThe ; expendituj-e;•{*?■' •; for" the year.''was> £45,238;:;a5; : '£49,294: for-?tbe previous year:r>,-\ cost to the.-State of working^of thVv : P-% division' : for'l9oS-9:was,£2s,6X)7t , ahd-for/: 1909-10. £18,366 i ;; a ;'net\ saying; of ;/{?{;;- £7141 in the year's .operations..: si6ii:has;been, : made for tile saving; of-aY'. ; sl'''; fu'rtherVsum. during;the Thishas'been:made possible;by. ing.of.a number '.of''unprofitable lioiises;^ ; : : ':] reorganisation'; of ;Vsttff,-" : and : .'mbre ? 'eco-i;5 : :"v;c nbmieal' ' : division';_' is '/how ':) very{; : small, .'compared/!: Avith*. tup: value of ..;thd.;traffic^'and ".the' fi'.j'j! revenue-'derived indirectly.': way 'revenue' to .Rptbru'a alone ;'has; creased I :.during •a''greater;-suru: annually .'f; of;the pres&it. loss, on; the i division. )&&:£% i ( The .most;-important'.. : {' ,■} ■'';■: plated*by : .the':: current' year, : is ;the,::Aiatter:of, providiiigi;^ -%:. better 'and -morei'up-.t6^ate>aa^mn^W ! ; greater : T ,is; much behind:. ■iW': accommodation' Js not the: demands. : . ; The; establishment'.-; alpine huts : oii tlie;glaciers, and the;c"ufcvu; : : ting, of.vtheV'track?.to .the^-West;;;Coast {w{';» overV.the{Copland probacy {{j ably' the grandest ;The ; .Hermitage.is; now.coming, into■'pro-'^;'{ v {fit, '■ the revenue/justifying .tentionto'this gfand-regioijv;',Jv i :^{ v ; ! r{i i: .2jvv:/;!';