RAI LwAY RETURNS.
The railway traffic returns for the first four weefs^f tliejlcarreptiSaancial feat, commencinw-on Ist April', show that tie gross receipts, , for ,tyie ,- 7 whole colony (1366 mite/) ttef'e 1 £88,299, J as against £92,250 for 1327 miles m the corres- ! ponding period of last year, a falling-off ot nearly £4000, . with an increase "of 1 89 miles m the length open. The working expenses .Absorbed 55 percent., as against only 47 per cent, last year. !here i% consequently a decrease of r. nearly £9001) m the net profit as'compared wiih that of the first, four, weeks of last year. On the Hurunui* Bluff line, th° receipts exhibited a falling off tdfi£9:4fc rp'nr pfliilti, wifeh'&n increase of I £32 per mile m working expenses,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 165, 18 June 1883, Page 2
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125RAILwAY RETURNS. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 165, 18 June 1883, Page 2
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