TRAMWAY FIGURES
. ■ SATISFACTORY INCREASES. If it be true, as some authorities assert, that tramway figures are an excellent guide to the condition and progress of a city, Wellington is fortunate. During the four weeks ended October 13 the revenuo was £14,403, compared with £13,147 for the corresponding period of last year, and the number of passengers carried was nearly a quarter of a million more for the month than those for that in 1914. Whilst tliero is an increase in the revenue per car mile, there is a slight reduction in the working expenses under that heading, indicating that economy is. being studied. The four-weekly figures are as under: — Tramways 1915. 1914. Revenue £14,403 ' £13,147 Working expenses .. £9,181 £8,619 Capital charges £3,192 £3,144 Credit balance ...... £2,030 £1,384 Revenue per car mile 16.27 d. 16.19 d. Working expenses percarmilo ..' 10.37 d. 10.62 d. Percentage of working expenses to - revenue' 64. p.c. 65 p.c. Passengers carried 2,212,400 1,981,742 Car miles run 212,357 194,865 The figures for the twenty-eight weeks of the' financial year which had elapsed on October 13, compared with those for the corresponding period of .last year are:— 1915. 1914. Traffic revenue £94,080 £86,310 Wadestown rates (proportion only) £950 £950 Total revenue £95,030 £87,260 Working expenses... £61,968 £58,601 Special expenditure chargeable to revenue £3,153 '£3,269 Capital charges ... £22,278 £21,967 Credit balance t £7.631 £3.423 Revenue per car mile 15.42 d. 15.70 d. Working expenses percarmilo 10.05 d. 10.54 d. Percentage of working expenses to revenue ......... 65 p.c. 67 p.c. Passengers carried 14,657,746 13,412,725 Car miles run .... 1,478,632 1,333,743 POWER 'AND LIGHT. The following are the power supply and track lighting figures for the twenty-eight weeks above referred to: — 1915. 1914. <- £ £ Revenue, 6,706 6,751 I Working expenses ... 3,611 3,227 r Capital charges 3,156 2,930 Debit balance -61 — Credit balance — 594 Units sold for power alid track lighting... 7p4,805 626,725
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2613, 9 November 1915, Page 9
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308TRAMWAY FIGURES Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2613, 9 November 1915, Page 9
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