RAILWAY STATISTICS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 94, 7 May 1937, Page 52 (Supplement)

RAILWAY STATISTICS

Growth oi Revenue

A comparison of tho railway returna foi«Hastings shows in a inarked degreo tlie decreaso in passenger revonue causcd by slump condi'tions and by the opposition of motor transport and of the bus services. In 1918, 201,127 passengers were Wrried from Hastings, the passenger revenue beiug £23,126; 399 hcad of cattle, S755 sheep and pigs, 316 tons of tiinber, 15,361 tons of other goods and 2543 parcels wero carried, the gdods revenue being £12,614, while tho total revenue was £40,176. Tn 1928 the passengers carried numbered 63,337, the passenger revenue being £22,241. The , cattle carried num-," bered 1590, sheep and pigs^ 38,S2G,

timber 128 tons, goods 27,804 tons, par* eels 2228, goods revenue £38264, total revenue £G3,6S2. Ia 1934, 33,810 passengers wero ear* ricd, passenger revenue £13,938. Therd wero 642 cattle carried, 38,308 sheep and pigs, goods 24,227 tons, goods revei nue £34,209, total revenue £48,345. In 1936, 33,870 passengers wero caw ried, the passenger revenue being £14,238. Tho number of cattle . carried was 821, sheep and pigs 22,073, timbe? 54 tons, goods 21,318 tons, parcelsf 17S0, goods revenue £32,406, total re veuuo £50,732. For the year ending March 31, 1937, the number of passengers carried was 35,382, passenger revenue £15,708. Tho' cattle railed . from Hastings numbered 694, sheep and pigs 17,843, timber 257, tons, goods 22,832 tons, parcels 1794J, goods revenue £36,358, total revenua £56,279.