LOCAL REVENUE OF THE WANGANUI-FOXTON RAILWAY.

Manawatu Herald, 19 August 1881, Page 2

LOCAL REVENUE OF THE WANGA-NUI-FOXTON RAILWAY.

• The tahles attached to the General Manager's report on the railways contain a statement of the revenue and expenditure of each station during the year ending March 81, 1881. The information contained in this return is very instructive, as showing how the traffic is distributed. This : is the first occasion on which the returns for the whole colony have been published in detail. It was the cus- !

toui of Mr Conyer.3 to append tho return to his report on the South Island lines, bufc for some unexplained • reason fchis practice was not followed as regard., tlio railways in this island. Subjoined are the most important Lets brought oat by the return ;

The figures given in the above article will no doubt be read with interest, They indicate the excent and direction of the traffic in a degree that will probably surprise many of our friends, and especially some at the Wanganui end. On a certain occasion the Wanganui Chronicle, with greater force than politeness, compared the Foxton trade to a "flea," and the Wanganui trade to a " lobster." That was two years ago. Will the Chron icle tell us how the figures run so close as they do ? Has the Wanganui "lobster" begun to decay? or has the Poxton " flea," by a process of evolution, developed at last into a young " lobster ?"

WAXGANUI DISTRICT. Station. ExpMitnre. Revanne Wanganui £1,053 £14,259 Wiiitotara 230 4.216 Aramoho 125 2,532 1 40S 21,037 MANAWATU DISTRICT. Feilding £287 £8,812 Foxton 577 6.623 Palmeraton ... 342 5,291 Halcombe 279 3,595 1,485 24,321 KANGITIKEI DISTRICT. Marton £230 £3,262 Greatford 21S 1,89S Turakina IG3 1,653 611 6,813 The goods traffic at the different stations niny be judged from the fol lowing figures : — Tons Tons Reveinwards. out'ds. nue. Wanganni ... 16,524 3,992 £9,039 Feilding ... 1,737 15.750 7.30S Foxton ... 9,015 2,224 4.158 Palmersfcou ... 2,2%* 5.581 3,357 Waitotara ... 4,963 1,501 3.305 Halcombe ... 648 8,062 2,750 Aramoho ... 3.356 5,764 2,083 Marton ... 3,456 1,218 1,701 Greatford ... 1,047 78S 992 Turakina ... 1,478 554 780 The following detailed information of the passenger traffic will prove of interest to our readers : — No. of tickets Revenue. issued. Wanganui ... 5,250 23.179 Foxton ... 2,465 16,517 Palmeraton ... 1.933 7,127 Marton ... 1,560 6.032 Feilding ... 1,503 6,908 Waitotara ... 910 3.499 Greatford ... 905 3778 Tnrakina ... 572 4.136 Halcombe ... 844 4,870 Aramoho ... 449 4,074