The Traffic Returns for the four weeks ending 13th October, 1894, and f®r the corresponding period in 1893, give the following results for the Kaihu Valley Railway.— 1894 - 1893. Passengers &33 i o«Parcels 86 ’jog Firewood 42 tons. 96tons Timber 574 ~ 125 Alerchandise 105 , 1~3 ” Revenue £199 4” 0 £166% 10 Expenditure £192 8 4 £lO3 H 4 These figures show pretty plainly that, outside the activity in the timber bushes times are much harder than they were last year. Li spite of the great increase in the output an %t b ? lnc rease of settlement in the Valley 404 less persons travelled this year. The depression in the gum industry is accountable for the decrease. The Kawakawa liae shows a revenue of only £95 Is in against £166 7s 65 for 1893. The WhaneC arei line shows revenue £441 ll s 95 abd expenditure £394 ISs 5d as against £959 aiib Hs Hd respectively for
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Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 274, 23 November 1894, Page 5
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156Untitled Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 274, 23 November 1894, Page 5
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