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The balance-sheet of the Canterbury Railways from October Ist, 1873, to June 30th, 1874, is published in the Provincial Government " Gazette ": KECEIPTS. £ s. d. Balance-sheet, October Ist, 1873 ... 1705 15 2 Lyttelton and Christchurch Line... 40,210 8 5 ,„,,.,•; r Greas Soujh .- 22,282 15 8 '/J?, I ,', ferej&North ... ' 12,272 9 9 Storage ... ... ... ... 570 0 4 Labor 1601 12 10 ~, „ .."Water -,•...•• 314 7 11 11 n ' Commission 146 6 3 >! " D.aoi . .:. i 4 o x, as \ m Lighterage and wharfage ... 6716 o 7 £90,125 7 3 EXPENDITURE. f,u< imbalance, on Oct Ist, 1873... ... 70 19 6 Y \ . Expenses—Management salaries... 2394 14 7 DO i•' " Expenses Printing, advertisements, stationery ... ... 847 19 7 Lyttelton and Christchurch Line: Passenger, department—Salaries ... 1811 0 7 i*>■''• passenger ' department— Contin--"v'■"}'," ■■ gencies ... ... ... 166 19 3 -Maintenance ... ... ... 4701 i 7 Goods department—Salaries, &c... 6252 1 0 Goods department—Extra labor, &c. ..f 7970 10 8 Police and gatekeepers ... ... 429 4 0 Great South Line : Passenger department—Salaries ... 1715 4 2 Passenger department—Contingent cies ... ... ... ... 07 0 8 Maintenance 5311 9 10 Goods department—Extra labor ... 32(> 11 1 Gatekeepers. 029 0 0 Great North Line : Passenger department—Salaries ... 1189 10 10 Passenger department—Contingencies 37 7 0 Maintenance ... ... ... 3144 010 Goods department—Extra labor ... 4">u 5 0 Gatekeepers 302 5 0 r..t, Locomotive department, wages, a &c> ... r 14,149 0 1 "Wharves and jetties, wages, &c. .. 5505 2 4 Contingencies, insurance, &c. .. 2575 510 Compensation account ... ... 308 18 2 " ' '," Lighterage and wharfage... ... 5138 10 7 Itl I! f Sundry accounts due, imprest, &c. 1959 2 3 -1 i ; ' Balance cash paid to provincial jTQT .. account ■ ...22,665 17 1

•gamollA odj . £90,125 1 3 The traffic returns on the Canterbury railways for the month of June are published in the " Gazette." The following is a summary:—Passengers —Lyttelton and Christchurch railway, £763 3s 8d; -•'••fce'ason tickets, £7665; Parcels, &c,£54 lis 6d. Passengers—Great Southern railway, £677 2s 9d; season tickets, £4 6s 3d ; parcels, &c, £53 17s 7d. Passengers—Great Northern railway, £597 16s sd; season tickets, £l6 4s'6d; parcels, &c, £25 15s 9d. Freight, up~Lyttelton and Christchurch railway, ,/,£24>45 10s 9d; down, £B6l 98 Id; up, Great Southern , railway, £344 0s 9d; down, £695 lis 2d; up—Great ' Northern railway, £2lO 16s 9d; down, £263 Is Bd. Storage, £154 4s 3d; labour, £149 6s 9d; wharfage, i £648^84d,; .Total, £BO4I 6s lid.