Railway Revenue

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 20, 28 July 1885, Page 3

Railway Revenue

«. The returns of railway revenue for the twelve weeks which ended en the 30th ultimo are of a most disquieting character. The gross receipts for 1487 miles of railway amounted only to £259,685, as against £273,086 for 1408 miles in the corresponding period of last year— a decrease of over £13,000 —although the length of lines open has increased by 79 miles. This is indeed a poor look out for the current year's revenue. But there is worse to come, for while the receipts have so alarmingly diminished the working expenses hare largely increased—viz, from £154,780 to £161,147. their ratio to receipts being 62 per cent as against 56 per cent last year, a most serious advance in the relative costliness of working, manifestly due to the irrationa) reduction of rates, which results in so much mere work having to be done to earn so much less mosey. The net profits for the twelve weeks have diminished from £118,297 in 1884 to £98,538 this year, a decrease of nearly £20,000, involving a falhng-off at the rate of some £86,000 a year. The falling-offon the HurunuUßluff line is considerably greater than this, being at the rate of just about £100,000 per annum but this is to some small extent lessened by the increase on the other sections, such as the Wellington and Auckland lines, leaving the net loss as above stated. These figures demand the careful attention of everyone interested in the welfare of the Colony. A Gbbat Business. — The United States of America is the home of some very large enterprises, bat nene perhaps greater than the business conducted by Mx G. G. Green, of Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.A.. He is the proprieter of the well-known Boschee's German Syrup which is unequalled as a remedy for Pulmonary and Bronchial affections. He manufactures als* Green's August Slower for Dyspepsia and all disorders of the Liver. These preparations are used thromghoat the civilized world and thousands testify to their valaable curative properties. Both these preparations have reached an immense sale solely on on their merits. Sample bottles of each are sold at 6d., or full-sized bottles at 3s 6d. All druggists.