The Feilding Star. TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1893.
I hk settlers in the Mancuester hoad District are to be congratulated that at a meeting of the Hoard he'd on {Saturday, i-" »as decided the mtos should be reduced from five eighths of a penny to one Inilf-ienny in the £ We are Hot awnre that any other Hoad District in the North Ishnd has ever been in a position lo do this No doubt ti.e cue taken in the early days in the form in 2* and 'Jie nietall-iu«-s of the roads is a contributingcause to this very sati stae tor}' state of the Board's revenue. The following are the traffic returns for the Napier-New Plymouth section of railways for the four weeks ended ■ Slst March, 1893, and the corresponding period in 1892 : —
Totals... 18,540 19 4 21,023 8 1 The passengers in 1892 were 64,375, and in 1893 only 59,148; goods in 1892 29,992 tons, and in 1893 37,835 tons; chaff, wool, etc., in 1892 20,554 tons, and in 1893 16,141 tons. The surplus for tho last 6ix months will moro than cover the deficiency indicated above.
1898. 1892. £ s. d. £ s. d. Passengers... 8,854 7 6 9,809 17 1 Parcels ... 869 9 6 978 7 9 Goods ... 8,447 18 6 9,706 17 4 Miscellaneous 369 810 528 511
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Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 137, 9 May 1893, Page 2
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