THE RAILWAY YEAR

Southland Times, Issue 18821, 14 May 1920, Page 5

THE RAILWAY YEAR

ANNUAL RETURNS. ALL ROUND INCREASES. » (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 13. The railway returns for the financial year ended March 31 last are published in the Gazette. They show that the revenue during the year amounted to £5,752,487, and the expenditure to £4,105,067. The proportion of expenditure to revenue was 71.36 per cent., against 66.32 for last year. Details of the railway working account follow, shillings and pence omitted; — REVENUE. NORTH ISLAND. £ Whangarei 60,858 Kaihu 6,487 Gisborne 39,236 North Island Main lines and branches 3,259,747 Total £3,366,330 SOUTH ISLAND. £ South Island Main lines and branches 2,054,204 Westland 159,322 Westport 90,138 Nelson .. 36,733 Picton 37,879 Lake Wakatipu steamers ~ .. 7,878 Total £2,386,157 Grand Total £5,7(52,487 EXPENDITURE . NORTH ISLAND. £ Whangarei 52,373 Kaihu 9,957 Gisborne 31,813 North Island Main lines and branches 2,174,341 Total £2,268,486 SOUTH ISLAND. £ South Island Main lines and branches 1,551,928 Westland 139,458 Westport 63,689 Nelson 38,383 Picton 35,158 Lake Wakatipu steamers .. .. 7,963 Total £1,836,580 Grand Total £4,105,067 The number of passengers carried during the year was 12,760,814, an increase of 1,386,293 on the total for the preceding twelve months. The number of season tickets increased from 351,124 to 400,621. The stock carried by the railways during the year numbered 7,074,532, an increase of 636,228. The poods traffic increased by 358,775 tons, the total for the year being 5,597,232 tons. The minerals included in this total showed a decrease of 143,247 tons, due to the reduced production of coal frem the mines.