TRAMWAY FIGURES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2775, 19 May 1916, Page 9

TRAMWAY FIGURES

The following are tlio returns for tlio drat four weeks of the current financial year compared'- with tho corresponding period of last ycal':— 1916/ JBl5. £> ' ♦ 4} Jlovenuo ........... . 15,512 13,882 Working expenses 9,814 8,833 Special expenditure 204 SGI Capital oharges' . 3,492 ; 3,222 Credit balance 1,972 1,216 Revenuo i>or car mile ... 16.50 d. 15.88 d. Working expenses per car mile- 10.47 d. 10.14 d. Percentage of working expenses, to revenue 63p.c. 61 p.c. Passengers carried ....... 2,359,495 2,110,765 Car miles run 225,702 208,970 POWEII SUPPLY AND TRACK LIGHTING. The., power supply and track lighting figures for the four weeks are 1916. 1915. n ;■ £ ■£ Hevemio 1,128 932 Working expenses ;...; 524 458 Capital charges U9 415 Credit balance 155 109 Units sold for power and track lighting 125,827 107,087 The" increase in electric light figures continues, as is shown in the following four-weekly return 1916. 1915. v, £ £ Revenue 5,070 4,529 Working expenses 2,172 2191 Capital charges 1,516 1,51G Credit balance 1,382 822 units sold ~'. 283,000 252.G48 Now connections made during the month - 120 124 Total connections at April 30 12,249 10,581