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ANNUAL RAILWAY RETURNS.

Some detaite of the working of the New Zealand Government railways for the year ended 31st March appear in the Gazette thia year in connection with the returns for the concluding fourweekly period of the year, There were 2291 miles open for traffic, fifty-six more than in the previous year, and tho revenue tota'led .£1,974,037 (of which the North Island' contributed £788,557), an increase for the whole colony of nearly £IOO,OOO. The expenditure reached £1,343,415, an increase on tbo previous year's of some £91,000. Tho percentage of reveuuo in 1901-2 was 66 80, and last year 68 05, More than seven and a half i million passengois weo carried (an increase of nearly a quarter of a million), exclusive of 118,431 season ticktt holders (17,653 more than bst yea>). The only decrease was one of 97,920 j second claes pissoogrrs. Altnge her 13,987,559 stock were c .iriod (excluding j 12,737 ho.ses ani 34,202 dog<), ao increase of 1,122,518), The to'a! quir,. jtity of goads carried readied 3,730,393 tons, s;m« 201,000 tons more than last year. All ita srpxa'o le-.d« show an increase except grain, which weot down from 813,344 tons to 718,375, a decrease of 94,909 tons. Firewood in creased by only 2G2 tons, thus Machine 100,498 tons.

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 104, 6 May 1903, Page 2

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ANNUAL RAILWAY RETURNS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 104, 6 May 1903, Page 2

ANNUAL RAILWAY RETURNS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 104, 6 May 1903, Page 2

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