RAILWAY WORKING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2881, 9 May 1925, Page 2

RAILWAY WORKING.

TWKLVH MONTHS' FIGURES. REVENUE EXCEEDS EXPEND I ■ TI RE BY £1,507.10!). The ellVei of the railway strike during Easter week. 1924, and of ihe recent infantile paralysis epidemic is disclosed in the figures for' the railway working during the twelve months ended 31st March, 1025. published in Thursday night’s Gazette. The revenue for the period amounted to £7,112,524, an increase of £128,314 over 1924. while the expenditure was £5,545,41;), as a--lillsi £5,403,705 for the previous twelve months, an increase of £l4l- - Last 'ear’s excess of revenue over expenditure totalled £1,507 LOO, which was £13,330 less I ban the profit for the 1923-24

period. Comparative totals of revenue and expenditure for the North and South Island lines are as follow: North Lsl a ml. £ £ 1925. 1924. Revenue 4,302.902 4,197,392 Kxpendit’re 3,090,383 2,982,000 South Island. lie venue 2,809,501 2,780,817 Fxpemlit’re 2,448,532 2.421,104

The total number of passengers c arried on all sections in the twelve months ended 31st March, 1925, was 12,424,012, a decrease of 1,412,299, compared with the previous year.

Goods tratlin showed an increase ,n tonnage carried of 83,150, the totals being 0 002,007 and 0,519,457. The number of cattle, sheep and pigs transported by rail, namely. 8,457,470, was 413,005 more t ban in t lie previous year.