RAILWAY BUSINESS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 17 January 1938, Page 4

RAILWAY BUSINESS.

DROP IN REVENUE. The following information relative to business transacted at the Feilding railway station for the tour-weekly period ended January 8, 1938. is supplied by Mr D. Finlay (stntionmasterh The coresponding figures for last year are shown in parentheses:— Outward traffic.—Number of passengers, 3009 (2730) ; cattle and calves, 305 (454); sheep, 29,265 (18,672); goods tonnage, 1306 (1842); miscellaneous revenue, £l3 (£32) ; passenger £863 (£735) ; parcels revenue. £65 (£66); goods revenue, £3302 (£3812); total revenue, £4243 (£4615). Inward traffic.—Cattle and calves, 254 (241) ; sheep, 8646 (7128) ; timber (in super, feet), 52,760 (36,000); goods tonnage, 1390 (1551); goods £lßl6 (£2165); parcels revenue, £67 (£65) ; total revenue, £IBB3 (£2,230). From the foregoing it will be noted that there was an mcrense of 11,000 in the total number of sheep despatched, while passengers were greater in number by 300. The outward goods tonnage, however, dropped almost 500 tons due to the fact that last year consignments of wool were despatched earlier, while there were also heavy consignments of scoured wool. On the inward side 1500 more sheep were received and timber hauled to Feilding increased bv 14,000 super, feet, due to an increase in the building trade’s activities. The goods tonnage dropped 161 tons, with a corresponding decrease in revenue. The total outward revenue reflected the decrease in goods business bv £373. and on the inward side by £347.