OUR RAILWAYS.
The following are the traffic returns for the period from December to January-8j"t887, also fol' 4 the cotrea--poiidintj period ending Jaauaty 2nd, 188$.*• " ' '■ -Wellington Seotioh. 1887 ' .1886 . Kevende- . ■£• B n £ ID Passengers ... ... 2969 7 U 2399 13 2 I'arcela nnd Luggage... '246 6 3 .198 " 8 D Goods ; ... 4168 15 8 3858 7 2 Miacollniieotiß... ... 19 12 6 314 11 RentsandCommissionß 176 13 0 32 6 9 Total ... ...£7680 15 4 £6490 71 PABBEHGMSIstClass 8551' 6778 2nd Class ~, ..,29363 23053 Total • 37917 Ml Seasons Ticket ■49 43 Expenditure 3843 0 7 3889 10 11 Monthlyayeraje revenue per mile of railway 839 3 5 935 8 0 Monthly average expenditure per mile of railway 597 7 2 650 18 3 Nobth Island. 1887 1888 £ bd £ s n Receipts ... ... 30841 1 4 28740 8 9 Expenditure 17796 14 5 17768 6 3 Middle Island. Receipts... ... 61258 610 60540 5 1 Expenditure ... 30895 -2 10 31042 12 1 Grand TotaiRoceipts 92099 8 2 89280 13 10 Expenditure,. ... 48601 17 3 48810 18 4 There are 596 niiles open for traffic in the North Island, 1058 in the Middle Island, making a total of 1651 mil§B,. being an inoreaso of 71 miles in the North island and 80 in the Middle ieland during the past I twelve months. ' -v,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2524, 14 February 1887, Page 2
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217OUR RAILWAYS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2524, 14 February 1887, Page 2
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