COLONIAL RAILWAY FARES.
In referring on Saturday last to the memorandum by Mr Passmore, which was laid before Parliament, on the subject of railway management, we mentioned that it contained a comparative table of the fares in the different colonies, and promised to quote it at a time more convenient. We now do so:
Colony. Description, Per Milo. Fifty Miles. 1st. 2nd. Single 1st. Single 2nd. Return. 1st. Return 2nd. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Queensland Level lines 3d. 2d. 12 6 8 4 18 9 12 G Heavy grades Id. 3d. - - - South .Australia ... - 3d. 2’d. 12 e 9 5 18 9 14 2 New South Wales... Level lines 2>d. 2d. 10 5 8 4 15 8 12 C ,, Heavy grades 3 4-5d. 3 1-lld. 15 10 13 0 23 9 19 G Tasmania Main line 3d. 2d. 12 G 8 4 18 9 12 G Victoria 2d. lid. 8 4 5 7 1G 8 11 2 New Zealand Level lines 2Id. d. lid. 3d. 10 S G G 1G 0 9 9 ,, Heavy grades 3d. 3Jd. 2d. 3d. 12 9 8 7 19 o 12 11
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Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 987, 24 August 1877, Page 2
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