TRAMWAY RETURNS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2637, 7 December 1915, Page 2

TRAMWAY RETURNS

SATISFACTORY FIGURES. r ' The following return for the four weeks' tramway operations from October 11 to November 10 was presented to tile Tram-' ways Committee at yesterday's meeting with _ comparative figures for the corresponding period of last year :— 1915. 1914. •£ £ Revenue 13,454 11,893 Working expenses 9,199 8,457 Capital charges ......... 3,181 3,136 Credit balance 1,074 805 Revenue per oar mile . ]5.18 d. 14.70 d Working expenses per car mile 10.38 d. 10.453. Percentage of working • expenses to revenue .. 68p.c. 71 pc Passengers carried 2,128.457 1,882,905' Car wiles run 212,606 194,202 The figures for the'period between April 1 and November 10 Sre as,follow:— m_ ms - 19U. Traffic 107,535 98,209 Wadestown Tates (proportion 0n1y),....; 1,085 (,085 Total Tevenue 308,620 99,294 Working expenses-.' 71,167 67,058 Special expenditure chargeable to revenue 3,577 3,858 Capital charges 25,459 . 25,103 Credit balanco 8,417 3,275 Revenue per car mile 15.41 d. 15.5 M. Working expenses per , car mile lO.lOd. 10.53 d. percentage of working expenses to revenue :65 p.c. 67 p.o. Passengers carried . 16,786,203 15,295,630 Car miles run : 1,601,238 1,527,945 The power supply and track-lighting figures for the thirty-two weeks aro. as under, figures for 1914 being given in parentheses:— i Revenue, >67699 (,£7,583); working- expenses, .£4165 (,£3687); capital charges ,£3609 (,£3351); .debit balance, £15 (—)' ; credit balance, — (,£545); units sold for power and track lighting, 810,436 (716,810).