RAILWAYS STATEMENT (BY THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, HON. D. G. SULLIVAN).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1937 Session I, D-02

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1937. NEW ZEALAND.

RAILWAYS STATEMENT (BY THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, HON. D. G. SULLIVAN).

Mr. Speaker,— In presenting the following annual Railways Statement, covering the first financial year of operation since I assumed the portfolio of Railways, I have the honour to report that the financial year just closed has been one of great activity and substantial progress in all phases of railway working. The marked improvement in the trading and industrial outlook of the. Dominion which has manifested itself during the past year and the greatly improved economic conditions now prevailing generally are reflected in the financial returns of the Department. The revenue earned reached the high total of £7,790,651 —£786,335 more than in 1935-36, and actually the largest earnings in any twelve months since the record year 1929-30. The surplus of revenue over expenditure: —viz., £903,858 —has been secured notwithstanding the concessions granted to the staff in the way of wage and salary restorations and the general application throughout the Service of the principle of the shorter (forty-hour) working-week. Additional expenditure in respect of trainmileage, stores, and man-hours was also necessary to meet increased turnover of business, while, in addition, the financial commitments in connection with the programme of improvements in the standard of services and facilities upon which the Government has embarked as part of its general railway policy have also been met from revenue. The infantile-paralysis epidemic which broke out in the South Island in December of last year adversely affected the passenger revenue to an extent of not less than £100,000. The net revenue, although approximately £170,000 less than the average net earnings in the preceding three years, when wages cuts and other measures characteristic of the depression years were in force, is approximately the same as that earned in the 1929-30 year, before the depression had settled down, and is approximately £100,000 greater than the average earned in the three years from 1931 to 1933. It should not be overlooked that up to the 31st March, 1936, the expenditure on wages and salaries was in the aggregate considerably reduced as a result of the " cuts " authorized by the legislation of 1931 and 1932. The full effect of these " cuts," and the policy of compulsory early retirements as applied to members with not less than thirty years' service, on the working-expenses of the Department is not, I feel sure, fully appreciated, and in order to facilitate a true comparison of the position during the years the " cuts " were in operation —i.e., 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, and 1936—with the year under review I submit the following table setting out what the net earnings would have been had not wages and salary " cuts " to the. extent i—D. 2.

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of £2,512,000 been made. The table also sets out for comparative purposes (1) the percentage of working-expenses to gross earnings, (2) the operating-earnings per train mile, (3) the operating-expenses per train mile, and (4) the net operatingearnings per train mile. These figures show the results for 1937 in a most favourable light, and when the further fact of compulsory early retirement, affecting as it did 138 employees, with a further saving of £37,700 per annum, is taken into consideration the position is still more satisfactory : —

THE GOVERNMENT'S RAILWAY POLICY. The Government's policy in regard to railway development is grounded upon the belief that there is no adjunct of material progress that is so generally important and exercises so vital an influence as the railway system. Probably no country owes more to its railway system than does New Zealand, and certainly no country has made greater use of railways in the furtherance of general development. From the year 1863, when the first lines were opened for traffic, until the present day our railways have been and still are our first line of communication. They constitute, in fact, the economic foundations of our national life. The benefits accruing to the people of this or any other country through the operations of a great publicly owned and operated utility service such as the railways cannot be fairly measured in the summary of its annual balance-sheets. It will, I feel sure, be freely conceded that the railway system of this Dominion in the first place was constructed as a developmental agency rather than as a profit-making institution. It is beyond question that down through the years the country has reaped very material indirect returns from the existence of the railways by way of what may be termed " social service and betterment." The advance of settlement, the opening-up of new country, and the increase in its productiveness, the provision of employment for large numbers, the cheapening of the means of transport for both goods and passengers, and many other items, must all be reckoned as value obtained for the expenditure in addition to the mere monetary returns earned by the system. These facts should be clearly understood and appreciated if a true and proper interpretation of railway accounts is to be arrived at. In keeping with the opinions, as expressed above, and which coincide with those of the best-informed minds abroad, the Government has reflected its f|ith in the future of the railways of the Dominion as a means at hand for the further development of the country, and as providing a method of transport which for general purposes, particularly in a country so dependent upon the marketing and transport of its primary produce, has an inherent and very definite economic advantage over other forms of transport. ROAD TRANSPORT. There can be no question that the advent of the internal-combustion engine and its application to commercial road motor-vehicles has enlarged the outlook and scope of the transport industry very considerably, and that this development has had the effect of materially adding to the difficulties associated with the administration of railway affairs in this and many overseas countries. Indeed, it can be said that no progressive railway policy could be pursued to-day without due cognizance being taken of the useful and important part now played by the road motor-vehicle in the field of transport and in the sphere of national economics,

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Percentage ... „ Net v Net of Working. Operating- Operating- 0 peratingYear " Earnings expenses to earnings per expenses per p a ® jiarmngs. expenses to Train Mile Train IVTilp earnings pel ■ Gross Earnings. lrain Mlle - -Lram Mile. Train Mile. £ d. d. d. 1932 .. .. .. 452,993 93-04 136-63 133-97 2-66 1933 .. .. .. 203,544 96-63 130-37 133-41 -3-041oss 1934 .. .. .. 438,558 93-07 132-92 130-05 2-87 1935 .. .. .. 590,491 91-09 133-44 127-00 6-44 1936 .. .. .. 715,477 89-79 135-60 127-09 8-51 1937 .. .. .. 826,858 89-39 139-61 129-70 9-91

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Probably no aspect of the many and diverse problems arising from the advent and rapid rise of the road motor as a major element in the transport industry has proved more difficult of solution by those charged with the administration of transport affairs during the last decade, than that of defining the economic sphere of each of the component parts of the transport machine, and in evolving an equitable and workable plan for the co-ordination of road and rail transport, based upon a right conception of the respective functions of each of these forms of transport. Unfortunately, and despite the obvious urgency for decisive action being taken in the matter, the question of the adjustment of the road-rail problem in this country was allowed for many years to be relegated to the background, and this neglect, coupled with the continued expansion of the business of the commercial road motor services at the expense of rail-borne traffic, brought about conditions which progressed to the point where the financial stability of the national transportation system —the railways —was threatened. These developments, which were not peculiar to the New Zealand railway system alone, and are too well known to need further recapitulation here, inevitably increased the average cost of transport services, and no country, including our own, has been spared the necessity of enforcing regulations aimed at effecting some measure of control of commercial road services and going some distance towards eliminating, in the interests of national economy, the disastrous effects of wasteful duplication of services and unbridled competition in the transport field. The Government is firmly convinced that, while the conditions of competition prevailing in the transport industry of this country are no doubt advantageous to some individual interests, a continuance of such conditions would be seriously harmful to the national economy. The Government believes that the rationalization of transport, ensuring that the railways and road motors will be encouraged to function fully in their proper economic spheres, and as complementary to one another rather than as competitive units, would be in the best interests of both systems, and certainly of the community as a whole. The Government's policy of co-ordina-tion of the existing lines of transport on the principal routes throughout the Dominion and the elimination of redundant units with the application of principles of rationalization is directed towards this end. Under the system of control envisaged, the whole of the services on certain routes will be under the control of the Railways Department, and, as the separate organizations will disappear, the necessary services by road will operate under one set of overhead costs. Moreover, the Railways Department will be able to route the traffic in the most economical manner in the public interest, so that goods which are now unnecessarily being carried by road will be carried by rail, while, at the same time, where the public interest requires the continuation of any particular road service for the carriage of perishable or other lines of traffic, this will be provided. By this means the system of charging on the railway, which is one that has been found necessary in railways the world over, and also in road services that have grown to any dimensions, will not be destroyed by the inroads of individual transport units which are unconcerned with the Dominion's need for transport at low cost of basic raw materials, or with the problems associated with huge peak-loads, one-way traffic, &c. IMPROVED PASSENGER AND FREIGHT BUSINESS. The effect of the general policy of the Government is reflected in the increased number of passenger journeys made by rail during the year ; this increase of 877,000 passengers brings the total up to 21,235,000. As an additional 4,556,000 passengers were also carried by the Department's road services during the year, it will be seen that the Department's total of over 25,500,000 passenger journeys is equal to seventeen journeys with, the railways for every inhabitant of the Dominion. The policy of extensions and improvements in goods rolling-stock, facilities, and services has proved equally effective in giving increased satisfaction to the Department's customers and increasing the quantity of business handled. The increase of the goods tonnage by 625,000 tons to an aggregate of 6,814,000 represents an actual increase of 10 per cent, over the tonnage carried in the previous year,

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TRACK IMPROVEMENTS. An extensive programme of track improvements has been carried out during the year, and further improvements have been authorized and are to be carried out during the year upon which we are entered. These include bridge-strengthening to carry the heavier types of locomotives, and the replacement, by steel structures of the most modern kind, of certain wooden structures which have reached a stage of obsolescence. A heavy programme of relaying, with numerous deviations to secure easier grades and curves which will make for the smoother running of trains and assist in speeding up both passenger and goods services, while at the same time reducing haulage costs, is also in hand. With the same object in view, it has been decided to adopt a heavier rail for use on the Department's busy main lines, and in future the standard rail for such lines will be 85 lb. per lineal yard instead of 70 lb. as at present. As a matter of policy, the services of men on unemployment relief have been utilized wherever possible in connection with grade easement and similar works. WORKSHOPS ACTIVITIES. It is pleasing to be able to record that very full use has been made during the year of the Workshops organization in meeting the heavy demands not only of the Department itself, but also in the manufacture of articles of various descriptions for other Government Departments. Illustrative of the scope of the work undertaken on behalf of other Departments, it may be mentioned that two steel radio masts 170 ft. and 210 ft. long have recently been constructed at Addington and Hillside for the Commercial Broadcasting Stations at Christchurch and Dunedin. During the year the Government undertook to have fabricated in the Railway Workshops at Addington two large dredges to be used in gold-mining on the West Coast of the South Island, and of a total weight approximating 6,000 tons. The fabrication of these dredges would have been lost to the Dominion had it not been for the fact that the work could be carried out in its entirety in the Railway Workshops. That alone was the reason which prompted the Government to make a departure from the usual policy of not undertaking work of a private nature m the Railway Workshops. The work involved in the fabrication of the dredges at Addington has provided a very useful quota of employment for tradesmen and others and the building of additional dredges is likely to eventuate. ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO ROLLING-STOCK. During the year a total of seven " K " class locomotives were completed at the Hutt Valley Workshops and placed in service, making the total number of these locomotives now in operation thirty. Provision is made in the current year's programme for the commencement of a further twenty locomotives of this class in the North Island and six in the South Island. Another locomotive development has been the conversion of the " G " class locomotive to a type more suitable for the class of work required, and a number of these will be brought into use in the South Island at an early date. In order to obtain a definite indication as to the effect the use of speed-recorders will have on train operation in New Zealand, arrangements have been made to equip twenty-five "Ab " class locomotives with apparatus of this kind. The twenty-five speed-recorders are in the first place being fitted for purposes of test, and the further extension of their use will depend upon the nature of the results obtained. As a means of increasing the safety-factor to a point where track conditions will not readily disturb the equilibrium of four-wheeled vehicles, a programme for the purpose of fitting laminated springs to those vehicles at present equipped with coil bearing springs has been decided upon. Approximately 12,000 goods wagons will be so equipped.

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The construction of thirty-two additional bogie vans for the carriage of chilled beef is in hand. These wagons are of a design embodying all modern developments for the satisfactory conveyance of this commodity. Tests made with this modern type of vehicle for the conveyance of chilled beef have shown that the temperature required can be maintained with little fluctuation over considerable periods of time, and the companies engaged in the trade have commented most favourably on the results obtained. With the placing of the thirty-two new wagons in service the Department will have available seventy-five specially fitted wagons for the conveyance of chilled beef. An extensive programme of rolling-stock construction was approved by the Government in the financial year under review, and the additional cars made available materially assisted in dealing with the Christmas and Easter traffic, while the pressure on freight rolling-stock was eased by the new stock which became available for the rush period of March and April last. But for delays in the supply of material for these wagons from Great Britain, many more trucks would now be available. It is anticipated, however, that the necessary material for all new wagons on order will be available at an early date. SUBURBAN TRAVEL. In order to remove the distinction in rail transport conditions as between the 8 o'clock worker and the 9 o'clock worker, a discrimination which has been maintained for many years despite frequent agitation for its removal, and in order to effect adjustments in other directions in connection with the charges for suburban travel, the introduction of a new suburban twelve-trip weekly ticket to supersede the workers' weekly tickets previously used in suburban areas has been approved. The effect of this change is that both the 8 o'clock worker and the 9 o'clock worker in suburban areas, as well as other regular travellers, are able to use the new twelvetrip tickets at any time of the day from Monday to Saturday of each week. The new type of ticket, in addition to providing for unrestricted rights with respect to the hours of travel, will also be a more suitable and generally more useful class of commutation ticket than any previously available. As a further encouragement to the use of railway transport in suburban areas a new type of bearer ticket, at rates substantially below those for ordinary single or return suburban tickets, has been introduced. The new bearer ticket is transferable, and is available for six second-class single trips in either direction at any time up to the end of the month following the month of issue. TIMBER AREAS. In accordance with the Government's decision to reopen the Department's sawmill at Mamaku,- milling operations were resumed on the 15th June, 1936, after a period of inactivity covering one year and ten months. After meeting the non-recurring costs associated with the reopening of the mill due to its period of inactivity, the "issue" rates to purchasing branches during the financial year ended 31st March, 1937, were approximately 14 per cent, cheaper than the outside sale rates prevailing in the North Island. This result was achieved after including all costs applying to private trading concerns, with the exception, of course, of land and income tax, but in any case the inclusion of the latter would not have materially affected the issue rates. It is gratifying to me to be able to record such a splendid result, which is undoubtedly due to the efficiency with which the sawmilling operations have been carried on and to the wholehearted co-operation of all the workers employed. Due to the increasing demand for native timbers for use in connection with the Department's rolling-stock building programme and in respect of the general maintenance of railway-station buildings, dwellings, &c., the output of timber from the Department's mill at Mamaku will soon be insufficient to cope with requirements. The Railways Department owns the freehold of an area of approximately 1,500 acres of bush land situated thirty-six miles from Putaruru on the PutaruruTaupo Main Highway containing approximately 45,000,000 superficial feet of rimu, matai, and totara timbers, and authority has been given for the erection of a mill on this block in readiness for an early commencement of cutting to supplement the supplies from Mamaku, which is nearing the end of its productive life. MECHANICAL OFFICE APPLIANCES. The extension of the use of mechanical methods in the compilation of statistical and accounting statements within the Department has been pursued during the course of the year.

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For some years past the use of machines in the compilation of statistical data and in accounting-work has been largely resorted to in the Head Office, and it has now been decided to extend the use of such machines to other centres, and a battery of typewriter-book-keeping machines has recently been installed in the Christchurch Goods Office for ledger-account work. The machines will facilitate the early despatch of weekly statements to ledgeraccount holders, and this, together with the clear typewritten statements which will supersede the hand-written accounts previously rendered, will, no doubt, be appreciated by the Department's clients. The introduction of machine methods for this class of work is in keeping with modern commercial practice, and the system which has been installed in Christchurch will later be extended to other centres. THE NEW WELLINGTON STATION. The opening on the 19th June, 1937, of Wellington's new station was an event of outstanding national importance. The building sets a new standard in the amenities provided by the railways in this country, and in the opinion of experienced travellers is equal to the best that other countries can offer in the way of convenience and comfort in transport terminal facilities. High praise is due to the railway executives, engineers, architects, builders, artisans, and workmen, who were associated in the conception, planning, designing, and construction of this truly magnificent example of structural beauty combined with utility and effectiveness for the purpose intended— the capital city's central depot and transport clearing-house, and headquarters of the Dominion's national railway system. Great benefits have already been obtained from the new station in the facility with which traffic demands at peak periods can be met —as, for example, on the occasion of the first Rugby test match between New Zealand and South Africa; but when the whole of the yard rearrangement is completed, when electric multiple units are running on the Johnsonville suburban line, and all-electric operation is functioning on the Main Trunk line between Wellington and Paekakariki, then the benefits conferred by these progressive developments will be seen to be not only beneficial for the passenger traffic of the Main Trunk and Wellington suburban areas, but will have favourable reactions upon the handling of transport and the general flow of traffic throughout the Dominion. OUTLOOK FOE THE FUTURE. The coming year will see an impressive development of railway services generally. Construction-works of many kinds throughout the Dominion, particularly in the provision of rolling-stock requirements, have been delayed during the past year through inability to obtain materials from abroad, but the New Zealand orders are now coming to hand more satisfactorily, and during the period of the current financial year the following major improvements will be well on the way to completion : — (1) Electrification of the Wellington-Johnsonville line. (2) Electrification of the North Island main-line section from Wellington via the Tawa Flat deviation to Paekakariki. (3) Air-conditioning in the ordinary and sleeping cars of express trains throughout the Dominion. (4) Completion of several deviations to effect smoother running for trains and reduction of operating-costs. (5) Progress with Christchurch new station and yard reorganization at that centre. (6) Elimination of a number of the more dangerous level-crossings and other efforts to increase public safety, including completion of the important ramp for an alternative road outlet between Wellington and the Hutt. Valley. (7) A large increase in the number of passenger-cars and goods and live-stock wagons available for service to enable the traffic offering to be handled with greater satisfaction to shippers and producers during the coming busy season. (8) Further development of the automatic train-control signalling system to make centralized train control more effective.

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CONCLUSION. In conclusion, I wish to reiterate what has been in my mind since first accepting the portfolio of Railways, and has been expressed by me on every occasion when, in the course of my comprehensive tour of the whole railway system, I had the opportunity of meeting users of the railways and workers upon the railways in every part of the Dominion —namely, that I see the railways as the basic transport industry of the country —the one upon which all production both primary and secondary has been developed, and through which the main stream of the Dominion's commerce circulates. My viewpoint in that regard is in keeping with the Government's policy in respect of railway development, which is based upon the belief that the railways of New Zealand constitute a national asset of great value which can be developed by an attitude of helpfulness to make this great State-owned enterprise perform a great social service for the benefit, advancement, and happiness of the people as a whole, and we intend to go confidently forward in pursuance of that policy, which we believe is likely more than any other to bring about a lasting measure of good to the people of these Islands. We intend to improve the means of transport and wherever possible cheapen the costs of same, and at the same time improve the general co-ordination of all forms of transport. The Government's efforts in this direction have been ably assisted by a highly efficient and enthusiastic railway staff, to whose efforts in both Divisions must be very largely ascribed the excellent showing made by the Department during the year. In this connection, I wish to pay a tribute to the staff of the railways who, as a whole, have worked as a wonderful and well-organized team to give satisfaction to the Department's customers. I wish to thank the General Manager, Mr. G. H. Mackley, who, with his assistants, has set the standard of service on a high plane, and has applied his technical knowledge, great energy, and unfailing resource, to give effect to the Government's progressive policy in relation to the Railway Service.

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RESULTS OF WORKING. The following is a statement of the results of working for the past five years :—

For the current year it is anticipated that the revenue will reach £8,253,500, and the expenditure £7,578,438,

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Year ended 31st March, Particulars. —r 1937. 1936. 1935. 1934. 1933. Total miles open for traffic .. .. 3,320 3,320 3,320 3,320 3,315 Average miles open for year.. .. 3.320 3,320 3,320 3,304 3,315 Capital cost of opened and unopened lines £60,659,783 £59,611,834 £59,477,143 £59,337,917 £59,228,894Capital cost of open lines .. .. £54,696,437 £54,253,059 i £54,089,190 £53,909,347 £51,480,949 Capital cost per mile of open lines .. £16,475 £16,341 £16,292 £16,238 £15,530 Gross earnings .. .. .. £7,790,651 £7,004,316 £6,627,928 £6,332,711 £6,034,403 Working-expenses .. .. .. £6,886,793 £5,952,839 £5,540,437 £5,247,153 £5,183,859 NET EARNINGS .. .. £903,858 £1,051,477 £1,087,491 £1,085,558 £850,544 Interest charges .. .. .. £2,309,754 £2,300,051 £2,330,886 £2,282,365 £2,230,655 PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL WORKINGEXPENSES TO GROSS EARNINGS 88 40 84-99 83-59 82-86 85-91 PERCENTAGE OF NET EARNINGS TO CAPITAL INVESTED .. 1-65 1-94 2-01 2-05 1-65 Railway operating earnings .. .. £6,903,604 : £6,243,519 £5,908,064 £5,628,835 £5,339,075 Railway operating expenses .. .. i £6,338,385 £5,523,193 £5,138,588 £4,877,146 £4,833,754 NET RAILWAY OPERATING EARNINGS £565,219 £720,326' £769,476 £751,689 £505,321 PERCENTAGE OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENSES TO EARNINGS .. . 91-81 88-46 86-98 86-65 90-54 Operating earnings per average mile open £2,079 £1,881 £1,780 £1,704 £1,610 Operating expenses per average mile open £1,909 £1,664 £1,548 £1,476 £1,458 NET OPERATING EARNINGS PER AVERAGE MILE OPEN ., .. £170 £217 £232 £228 £152 d. d. d. d. d. Operating earnings per train-mile .. I 139-61 135-60 133-44 ■ 132-92 130-37 Operating expenses per train-mile .. I 128-18 119-96 116 06 115-17 118-03 NET OPERATING EARNINGS PER TRAIN-MILE .. .. .. 11-43 15*64 17-38 17-75 12-34 Passengers, ordinary .. .. 8,284,956 7,963,824 7,809,035 7,511,346 6,870,570 Season tickets .. .. .. 513,063 482,146 457,546 442,742 437,775 Total passenger journeys .. .. 21,235,428 20,358,524 19,654,467 19,047,186 18,366,654 Goods tonnage .. .. .. 6,212,907 5*,618,477 5,444,977 5,093,396 4,945,592 Live-stock tonnage .. .. .. 600,333 570,328 I 578,983 548,803 545,094 Train-mileage .. .. .. 11,868,083 11,050,376 10,626,400 10,163,474 9,828,853 Engine-mileage .. .. .. j 15,984,782 14,923,175 ; 14,277,710 13,591,390 13,265,878

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS.

The Hon. the Minister of Railways. New Zealand Government Railways, Head Office, Wellington, 31st August, 1937. Sir, — Ī have the honour to report on the working of the railways for the financial year 1936-37 and in this connection have pleasure in drawing attention to the fact that the accounts for the year again show an increase in gross revenue in comparison with the previous year. The total revenue actually exceeded the estimate made in the report for the previous year by £94,951. The revenue for the year was £7,790,651, as compared with £7,004,316 in the previous year, an increase of £786,335 (11-23 per cent.). The net revenue was £90.3,808, as compared with £1,051,477 for the previous year, a decrease of £147,619. From Ist July, 1936, all salaries and wages were restored to the 1931 level, while the introduction of the forty-hour week as from Ist September, 1936, increased the expenditure still further. The expenditure under these headings amounted to £431,198. When allowance is made for this additional expenditure and for the fact that the infantile-paralysis epidemic which broke out in the South Island early in December, 1936, adversely affected the passenger revenue to an extent of not less than £100,000, it will be seen that the results of the year's operations must be regarded as very satisfactory. Further comments on the finances of the Department will be made later in this report under appropriate headings. FINANCIAL. On the 31st March, 1937, the capital invested in the lines open for traffic, including the steamers and plant on Lake Wakatipu and other subsidiary services, was £54,696,437, as compared with £54,253,059 on the 31st March, 1936, an increase of £4-43,378. The principal additions to capital during the year were on account of the following major works Papakura-Horotiu duplication, £19,749 ; Turakina-Okoia grade easement, £32,346 ; Wellington new station and yard, £218,752 ; Wellington-Paekakariki electrification, £73,542 ; and WellingtonJohnsonville electrification, £27,172. The financial results of the operations for the year ended 31st March, 1937, were as follow :— Year ended Year ended 31st March, 31st March, Variation. 1937. 1936. £ £ £ Gross revenue .. .. .. .. .. 7,790,651 7,004,316 +786,335 Gross expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 6,886,793 5,952,839 +933,954 Net revenue .. .. .. .. .. 903,858 1,051,477 —147,619 Interest charges .. .. .. .. .. 2,309,754 2,300,051 + 9,703 Excess of interest charges (at 4J per cent.) over net revenue 1,405,896 1,248,574 +157,322 Renewals, Depreciation, and Equalization Reserve Accounts. During the year the sum of £204,412 was charged against revenue for renewals, and the amount expended from this account for track renewals was £206,480. The credit balance at 31st March, 1937, was £748,467. The sum of £615,125 was charged against revenue on account of depreciation. The position with regard to the Equalization Accounts is as under :—

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Credit Balance r , , „ ... Credit Balancp Account. broughtforward at 31st March from 1936. 193b-37. 1936-37. 1937 £ £ £ £ Slips, Floods, and Accidents .. .. 102,753 19,800 68,406 54,147 Workers'Compensation .. .. .. 45,217 39,997 40,997 44,217 Insurance .. .. .. .. 93,198 11,177 5,916 98,459 241,168 70,974 115,319 196,823

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REVENUE DETAILS. The operating revenue under the main headings, and the percentage of the total under each heading, compared with the previous two years, are as follow :—

The revenue under all heads showed a satisfactory increase over the previous year, the increases being —Passenger, 9-87 per cent. ; parcels, 1-85 per cent. ; goods, 11-16 per cent. The operating earnings per average mile open and per train-mile were as follow : — Per Average Per Mile open. Train-mile. £ d. 2,079 139-61 The railway operating receipts for the last three years (exclusive of subsidiary services) from the North and South Island Main Lines and Branches are as follow : —

The operating earnings for the last three years for the North and South Island Main Lines and Branches per average mile open and per train-mile are as follow :—

EXPENDITURE DETAILS. 1936-37. 1935-36. 1934-35 £ £ £ Expenditure on train operation .. .. 6,338,385 5,523,193 5,138,588 Subsidiary services .. .. .. 548,408 429,646 401,849 £6,886,793 £5,952,839 £5,540,437

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Per Cent, of Per Cent, of Per Cent, of 1937. Operating ! 1936. Operating | 1935. Operating Revenue. !i Revenue. | Revenue. £ £ £ Passengers, ordinary .. 1,421,633 20'59 1,286,059 20-60 1,193,372 20-20 Season tickets .. .. 189,672 2-75 180,558 2-89 175,316 2-97 Parcels, luggage, and mails 305,526 4-43 299,964 4-80 292,096 4-94 Goods.. .. .. 4,846,417 70-20 4,359,750 69-83 4,138,434 70-05 Labour, demurrage, &c. .. 140,356 2-03 117,188 1-88 108,846 1-84 6,903,604 100-00 6,243,519 100-00 5,908,064 100-00 *

North Island Main Line and Branches. South Island Main Line and Branches. 1937. 1936. 1935. 1937. 1936. 1935. £ £ £ £ £ £ Passengers, ordinary .. 939,908 827,138 762,974! 471,451 448,601 419,648 Season tickets .. 128,286 121,985 117,316 | 57,534" 55,243 54,731 Parcels, luggage, and mails 204,950 201,190 194,761 95,912 93,893 92,584 Goods .. .. 2,768,960 2,476,862 2,299,881 1,957,764 1,775,795 1,733,950 Labour, demurrage, &c. 70,188 62,053 57,754 63,165 48,993 46,410 4,112,292 3,689,228 3,432,686 | 2,645,826 2,422,525 2,347,323

North Island Main Line and Branches. South Island Main Line and Branches. Year. 7 Per Average Mile Per Train . mile . Per Average Mile j Per Train . mi!e . £ d. fid. 1937 .. .. .. 2,767 134-21 1,660 147-23 1936 .. .. .. 2,483 130-25 1,520 143-57 1935 .. .. .. 2,310 126-87 1,473 143-27

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Operating Expenditure.

Maintenance of Way and Works. This item of expenditure shows an increase of £101,878 (9-52 per cent.). Of this sum. the restoration of salaries and wages to the 1931 level accounted for £24,623, while the introduction of the forty-hour week absorbed £61,129. Taking 1926 as the standard, and fixing the index figure for that year at 100 for the expenditure on maintenance of way and works and the average mileage of line maintained, the undermentioned summary shows the position over the past five years : — 1926. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1937. Total expenditure . . . . .. 100 81 87 92 94 102 Average mileage of line .. .. 100 103 .104 104 104 104 Maintenance of Signals and Electrical Appliances. The expenditure amounted to £154,108, an increase of £6,666 (4-52 per cent.). The principal increase was in electric lighting, power appliances, and overhead electrification £7,139. There was a decrease of £1,002 in signals and interlocking. Maintenance of Rolling-stock. The expenditure under this head totalled £1,565,083, an increase of £158,398 (11-26 per cent.). The restoration of salaries and wages to the 1931 level amounted to £28,729, while the introduction of the forty-hour week entailed an expenditure of £44,884. The following is a review of the expenditure under the various heads shown : — Locomotive Repairs. —Expenditure under this head was £640,210, an increase of £54,719 (9-35 per cent.). The main increases were workshop repairs (£44,305) and depot repairs, including work done in shops for depots (£12,843). The following table shows the cost of maintenance per locomotive and per locomotive-mile over a period of four years : —

Maintenance of Carnages, Vans, and Wagons. —The total cost of painting and repairing carriages and vans was £308,076, an increase of £33,316 (12-13 per cent.) on last year. Carriages for heavy repairs totalled 1,100, as against 1,254 last year, while 343 carriages received light repairs, as against 328 last year. Three hundred and fourteen vans received heavy repairs, as against 375 last year. The principal increases in expenditure were : Carriage repairs, £27,728; repairs due to accidents, £4,324 ; and depreciation, £4,571. The following table shows the cost of maintenance per vehicle and per vehicle-mile over a period of four years : —

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Per Cent, of Per Cent, of Per Cent, of 1936-37. Operating 1935-36. Operating 1934-35. Operating Revenue. Revenue. Revenue. I | I £ I £ £ Maintenance —Way and works 1,171,963 16-98 1,070,085 17-14 1,047,825 17-74 Maintenance—Signals .. 154,108 2-23 147,442 2-36 137,477 2-33 Maintenance—Rolling-stock .. 1,565,083 22-67 1,406,685 22-53 1,236,324 20-92 Examination, lubrication, and 65,048 0-94 , 57,599 0-92 54,098 0-92 lighting of vehicles Transportation—Locomotive.. 1,347,129 19-51 1,144,037 18-32 1,073,062 18-16 Transportation—Traffic .. 1,797,058 26-03 1,465,052 23-46 1,360,928 23-03 General charges .. .. 69,691 1-01 63,664 1-02 57,014 0-97 Superannuation subsidy .. 168,305 2-44 168,629 2-71 171,860 2-91 6,338,385 91-81 5,523,193 88-46 5,138,588 86-98

Cost per Locomotive. Cost pel' Locomotive-mile. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1937. 1934. 1935. I 1936. | 1937. £ £ £ £ d. d. d. d. 869 855 1,016 1,117 9-27 8-44 9-42 9-61

Cost per Vehicle. Cost per Vehicle-mile. 1934. 1935. | 1936. 1937. 1934. 1935. | 1936. 1937. £ £ £ £ d. d. d. d. 124 112 139 156 1-67 1-57 1-70 1-82

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The expenditure on the maintenance of wagons totalled £596,904, showing an increase over the previous year of £66,694 (12-58 per cent.) The number of wagons repaired in the workshops was 14,488 for heavy repairs and 6,616 for light repairs, as against 15,448 and 5,195 respectively for last year. The principal increases in expenditure were : Wagon repairs £60,573 and tarpaulins £10,308. The following table shows the cost of maintenance per vehicle and per vehicle-mile over a period of four years : —

Examination, Lubrication, and Lighting of Boiling-stock. The expenditure on examination and lubrication of rolling-stock was £35,251, an increase of £6,091 (20-88 per cent.) compared with the previous year. The increase was due to general causes. The expenditure on the lighting of coaching vehicles was £29,797, an increase of £1,358 (4-78 per cent.), the main cause being higher consumption on account of increased mileage and the appointment of additional staff in train-lighting depots. Locomotive Transportation. The expenditure under this head was £1,347,129, an increase of £203,092 (17-75 per cent.) over the previous year. The restoration of salaries and. wages to the 1931 level accounted for £33,854, while the introduction of the forty-hour week absorbed £39,718. The increased expenditure in each Island was as follows : North Island, £149,749 ; South Island, £53,343. The disparity in the increases shown is due to the higher cost of coal in the North Island, the advance under this head being 22-69 per cent, in the North against 5-79 per cent, in the South. The quantity of coal used was 433,266 tons, an increase of 13,015 tons. This was due to an increase of 1,061,607 engine-miles (7-11 per cent.). The average consumption of coal and cost of same per engine-mile, per engine-hour, and per 1,000 gross ton-miles are shown in the following table .

The following table furnishes statistics of locomotive operation for the last five years :— 1937. 1936. 1935. 1934. 1933 d. d. d. d. d. Cost per engine-mile .. .. .. 20-23 18-40 18-04 17-88 19-25 Cost per train-mile .. .. .. 26-84 24-51 23-91 23-68 25-66 Cost per engine-hour .. .. .. 212-03 193-42 190-78 189-87 201-61 Cost per 1,000 gross ton-miles .. .. 128-24 117-09 116-59 118-66 133-81 Engine-miles per engine-hour .. .. 10-48 10-51 10-58 10-62 10-49 Gross ton-miles per engine-hour .. .. 1,653 1,652 1,636 1,600 1,507 The cost per engine-mile increased over the previous year by l-83d. (9-95 per cent.), due to increased wages-costs, the introduction of the forty-hour week, and to increased fuel-costs. A slight improvement is again shown in the quantity of work performed per engine-hour. Traffic Transportation. The expenditure under this head was £1,797,058, an increase of £332,006 (22-66 per cent.). Of the increase of £332,006, salaries and wages accounted for £302,107. The restoration of salaries and wages to the 1931 level accounted for £72,289, while the introduction of the forty-hour week absorbed £98,186. Man-hours increased by 883,677 (7-15 per cent.). Taking the year 1926 as the standard, and fixing the index figure for that year at 100, the following shows the position in respect of traffic-transportation expenditure over a period of five years. 1926. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1937. Total expenditure .. .. 100 72 72 78 84 103 General Charges. The expenditure under this head totalled £237,996, as compared with £232,293, an increase of £5,703 (2-40 per cent.). The increase was mainly due to the restoration of salaries and wages to the 1931 level. A rearrangement of the auditing staff also resulted in additional expenditure being incurred under this head.

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Cost per Vehicle. Cost per Vehicle-mile. 1934. | 1935. [ 1936. 1937. 1934. | 1935. | 1936. I 1937, £ £ £ £ d. d. d. d. . 16 17 20 22 0-64 065 0-69 0-72

Consumption. Cost. 1937. 1936. 1937. 1936. lb. lb. d. d. Per engine-mile .. .. .. .. .. 62-45 64-07 8-56 7-77 Per engine-hour .. .. .. .. 650-81 673-78 89-23 81-72 Per thousand gross ton-miles .. .. .. ; 389 • 72 405-90 53-43 49 • 23

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SUBSIDIARY SERVICES. Subsidiary Service Revenue.—The revenue from subsidiary services amounted to £887,047, as compared with £760,798 for the previous year, the figures for the past three years being as follow: — 1936-37. 1935-36. 1934-35. £ £ £ Lake Wakatipu steamers.. .. .. 7,112 10,598 10,647 Refreshment service .. .. .. 103,351 89,132 79,817 Bookstall service .. .. .. 54,417 45,798 36,846 Advertising service .. .. .. 34,535 31,774 30,030 Departmental dwellings .. .. .. 131,187 129,255 105,338 Leases of bookstalls, &c. .. .. 19,020 17,909 17,346 Road motor services .. .. .. 198,751 103,280 90,278 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 338,674 333,052 349,562 £887,047 £760,798 £719,864 # " ————— Subsidiary Service Expenditure.—The particulars of the expenditure in connection with subsidiary services over a period of three years are as follow :— 1936-37. 1935-36. 1934-3.5. £ £ £ Lake Wakatipu steamers .. .. 10,855 9,399 10,269 Refreshment service .. .. .. 101,125 84,976 77,685 Bookstall service .. .. .. 51,245 43,042 34,564 Advertising service .. .. .. 31,151 29,391 27,942 Departmental dwellings .. .. .. 164,746 156,692 155,302 Leases of bookstalls, &c. .. .. 12,233 11,464 11,481 Road motor services .. .. .. 177,053 94,682 84'606 £548,408 £429,646 £401,849 The variations shown above are analysed under their separate heads later in this report. PASSENGER TRAFFIC. An analysis of the passenger traffic is as follows :—

Compared with the year 1935-36, the variations in passenger traffic, other than season tickets, are as follow :—

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1937. 1936. j Variation. Passenger journeys— : Number. Number. Number. Per Cent. Ordinary.. .. .. .. [ 8,284,956 7,963,824 +321,132 4-03 Season .. .. .. .. j 12,950,472 12,394,700 +555,772 4-48 Total .. .. .. 21,235,428 20,358,524 +876,904 4-31 Revenue — £ £ £ Ordinary.. .. .. .. 1,421,633 1,286,059 +135,574 10-54 Season .. .. .. .. 189,672 180,558 + 9,114 5-05 Total .. .. .. 1,611,305 1,466,617 +144,688 9-87 i ; Passenger train-miles .. .. 5,066,860 4,747,525 +319,335 6-73 Revenue— Per mile of line .. .. .. £485' £449 + £36 8-02

Journeys. Description. — Variation. .1937. 1936. Number. Number. Number. Per Gent. Standard fare .. .. .. 3,480,655 3,285,197 +195,458 5-95 Suburban .. .. .. .. 2,360,962 2,298,021 + 62,941 2-74 Day and special excursion and otter re- 2,443,339 2,380,606 + 62,733 2-64 duced fares 8,284,956 7,963,824 +321,132 4-03

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The variations in ordinary passenger traffic were distributed between first class and second class as follow: —

It is again pleasing to note that the year's operations in passenger traffic resulted in an all-round increase, the total increase for the year being 321,132 passenger journeys and £135,574 revenue. It should not be overlooked, however, that the bookings for two Easter periods are included in the returns, whereas last year the bookings for one Easter period only were included. On the other hand, the epidemic of infantile paralysis which broke out in the South Island early in December, 1936, had a disastrous effect on passenger traffic, it being estimated that the loss from this cause was not less than £100,000. The loss was accentuated by reason of the fact that the epidemic occurred at a time when passenger traffic is usually moving at its peak and put a definite brake on the movement of people in and to and from the South Island during the period of the epidemic. A general increase in passenger traffic was manifest early in the year, the marked improvement in trading and industrial activities having a stimulating effect upon the traffic. The introduction of the forty-hour week from Ist September, 1936, also created a greater demand for recreational week-end travel in the more populous areas, and this demand has been met by the issue of tickets at cheap fares for use from 3 p.m. on Fridays available for return up to and including the following Monday. The general improvement in the circumstances of the community in respect of both hours of leisure and spending capacity has also provided increased scope for the running of special excursions to selected resorts and between the main centres of population. These outings, which have established themselves as a popular feature of the Department's operations, have been extended to meet the increased demand brought about by the new conditions. Standard-fare traffic showed an increase of 5-95 per cent, in number and 11-82 per cent, in revenue. The greater increase in revenue is due to an increase in the average distance travelled. Suburban traffic kept up during the year, the returns showing a slight increase in revenue over those for the previous year. Day and special excursion and other reduced fares showed an increase of 2-64 per cent, in number and 7-59 per cent, in revenue. Picnic-party traffic comes under this head, but this particular traffic was perhaps more than any other adversely effected by the epidemic. The actual revenue from day and special excursion traffic exceeded that of last year by £7,873. The revenue from season tickets exceeded that of last year by £9,114, the main increases being apprentice, £2,329 ; workers' weekly, £2,856 ; and all lines and sectional annual tickets, £4,073. The increase in revenue in respect of apprentice and workers' weekly tickets is no doubt due to the improvement in economic conditions resulting in greater numbers being in employment. PARCELS, LUGGAGE, AND MAILS. The revenue from this source amounted to £305,526, an increase of £5,562 (1-85 per cent.). An analysis of the revenue is as follows : — 1937. 1936. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Parcels .. .. .. •• 159,206 167,194 - 7,988 4-78 Excess luggage .. .. . • 6,935 7,369 — 434 5• 89 Left luggage, luggage-checks, bicycles, dogs, newspapers, &c. .. .. 48,389 43,369 + 5,020 11*58 Mails .. .. •• •• 90,996 82,032 + 8,964 10-93 Total .. .. .. £305,526 £299,964 +£5,562 1-85 During 1936 the Post and Telegraph Department reduced its rates for the transport of parcels and this had the effect of seriously reducing the revenue from parcels traffic carried by rail. The receipts from this source, which had been gradually increasing since 1934, showed a substantial drop

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Revenue. Description. , Variation 1937. | 1936. £ £ £ Per Cent. Standard fare .. .. •• 1,119,968 1,001,588 +118,380 11-82 Suburban .. .. . • •• 76,421 75,118 + 1,303 1-73 Day and special excursion and other re- 225,244 209,353 +.15,891 7-59 duced fares 1,421,633 1,286,059 +135,574 10-54

i I | First Class. | Second Class. Total. I [ ; s Number. Per Cent. Number. Per Cent. Number. Per Cent. Journeys .. .. +10,439 2-47 +310,693 4-12 +321,132 4-03 £ £ £ Revenue .. .. -f-13,806 5*60 -j-121,768 11*71 -(-135,574 10*54

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this year. The fall in parcels traffic is, however, somewhat compensated for by ail increase in revenue from the carriage of mails, particulars of which appear below. The miscellaneous-luggage group showed an increase of £5,020 (11-58 per cent.). Revenue from the carriage of dogs, bicycles, &c., and from left and checked luggage showed the satisfactory increase of 12-85 per cent., which is considerably in excess of the increase in passenger travel. Revenue from bulk newspaper traffic again showed a substantial increase (10-3] per cent.), due to a continued improvement in the circulation of newspapers and periodicals. The following table shows the variations under the heading of " Mails " : — 1937. 1936. . Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Mails in guards' vans at half parcels rates 50,904 48,101 -j-2,803 5-83 Railway travelling post-office service .. 27,627 27,743 — 116 0'42 Mails carried in wagons .. .. •• 12,465 6,188 +6,277 101-44 Total .. .. •• 90,996 82,032 +8,964 10-93 The travelling post-office service is paid for on a mileage basis. GOODS AND LIVE-STOCK. The revenue and tonnage of goods and live-stock for 1937 compare with the previous year as follows : — 1937. 1936. Increase. Per Cent. Revenue .. £4,846,417 £4,359,750 +£486,667 11-16 Tonnage .. 6,813,240 6,188,805 +624,435 10-09 A comparison of tonnage and revenue from 1930 to 1937 is afforded in the following table : —

A comparison with 1936 of the tonnage of commodities under six main headings is as follows :—

A further comparison on the same basis of the composition of the revenue from goods traffic, as shown immediately above, for the last five years is as under: —

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Variation as compared with Previous Year in each Case. Year. Tons. Revenue. — : Tons. i Per Cent. Revenue. Per Cent. £ £ 1930 .. .. 7,788,973 4,904,324 + 175,324 2-31 +58,199 1-20 1931 .. .. 6,957,709 4,487,357 - 831,264 10-67 -416,967 8-50 1932 .. .. 5,824,811 4,019,600 -1,132,898 16-28 -467,757 10-42 1933 .. .. 5,490,686 3,745,777 - 334,125 5-74 -273,823 6-81 1934. .. .. 5,642,199 3,911,245 + 151,513 2-76 +165,468 4-42 1935 .. .. 6,023,960 4,138,434 + 381,761 6-77 +227,189 5-81 1936 .. .. 6,188,805 4,359,750 + 164,845 2-74 +221,316 5-35 1937 .. .. 6,813,240 4,846,417 + 624,435 10-09 +486,667 11-16

Variation. 1937. 1936. Tons. Tons. Tons. Per Cent. Agricultural products .. .. 588,255 477,928 -(-HO,327 23-08 Animals and their products .. .. 1,298,848 1,249,003 -j- 49,845 3 • 99 Products of mines .. .. .. 2,070,207 1,894,891 +175,316 9-25 Products of forests .. .. .. 531,111 493,342 .+ 37,769 7-66 Benzine, cement, and manures .. .. I 959,542 844,494 +115,048 13-62 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 1,365,277 1,229,147 +136,130 11-08 Totals .. .. ... 6,813,240 6,188,805 +624,435 10-09 i i

1937. 1936. ! 1935. 1934. ! 1933. j Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Agricultural products .. .. .. 7-47 6-95 8-78 8-64 9-17 Animals and their products .. .. 25-95 27-36 27-98 30-50 29-73 Products of mines .. .. .. 19-75 20-23 20-16 20-51 20-49 Products of forests .. .. .. 9-54 9-62 .8-69 7-52 6-67 Benzine, cement, and manures .. 13-90 13-46 13-12 12-61 13-42 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 23-39 22-38 21-27 20-22 20-52 Totals .. .. .. 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00

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It is pleasing to note that the traffic increased substantially under all heads, this no doubt being an indication of the general return to prosperity throughout the Dominion. As indicated above, the tonnage for goods and live-stock traffic for the current year is the highest since 1931, and the revenue the highest since 1930. A detailed comparison of 1937 with 1936 is as follows :— Traffic in agricultural products increased by 110,327 tons. Grain traffic showed an increase of 79,856 tons and £37,412 in revenue. This traffic was, however, only normal, the position being that the returns for the previous year were unusually low on account of a bad season in 1935 and a late season in 1936. The revenue from root crops showed a substantial increase of £9,012 (17-92 per cent.), the increase in tonnage being 21-4 per cent. Animals and their products increased by 49,845 tons. The number of cattle forwarded increased by 30,515 (7-49 per cent.). The sustained demand for cattle on account of the potentialities of the chilled-beef trade and the improvement in economic conditions causing a firm demand in the local markets were the main factors in the satisfactory showing. Sheep increased by 480,290 (5-26 per cent.). Owing to a late season last year the deliveries to the freezing-works were prolonged. The conditions were somewhat similar this year. Marked increases were shown during April and May, while in February abnormal movements were experienced, the traffic in one week during this period reaching record figures. Pig traffic increased by 43,844 (6-54 per cent.), and this increase compares very favourably with that of previous years. Export figures for the year show an increase of 4-64 per cent., whilst killings increased by 4-47 per cent. Frozen meat showed a decline of £4,147 compared with last year, but chilled beef increased by £4,610. Butter showed a substantial increase, the increase in revenue being £8,538 (5-42 per cent.), while the tonnage improved by 8,396 tons (5-72 per cent.). Practically the whole of the increase was in the North Island. In the case of cheese traffic there was an increase of 5-5 per cent, in tonnage and 5-86 per cent, in revenue. The returns in this case were satisfactory when regard is had to the fact that during the past three years a decrease was recorded on each occasion. Fat, skins, tallow, &c., showed an increase of 11,121 tons (38-92 per cent.) and £7,869 in revenue (28-68 per cent.). Killings increased by 5-84 per cent, only, and it would appear that the big increase under this head is mainly due to shipping fluctuations. Wool traffic was normal this year. During 1935 there was a pronounced falling-off in the traffic on account of low prices, the clips being held over in anticipation of conditions improving. Prices firmed considerably in 1936 and most of the stocks on hand were forwarded for marketing, leaving only a small carry-over. This year the prices for wool were excellent and all available stocks were rushed to the sales, leaving no carry-over whatever. In products of mines, coal showed an improvement of 144,462 tons (9-71 per cent.) and £62,506 (8-27 per cent.) in revenue. These figures show an improvement on the very low level established during the years 1934 and 1935, but the figures are still well below those of the pre-depression years. Agricultural lime increased by 48,339 tons (19-59 per cent.) and £16,123 (18-22 per cent.) in revenue, traffic in this commodity having shown considerable improvement this year. The higher prices received foi farm products and the improvement in economic conditions, together with the payment of guaranteed prices for dairy products, had a beneficial influence on this industry. The products of forests increased by 37,769 tons. The timber carried was 452,375 tons, compared with 420,799 tons for last year, an increase of 31,576 tons (7-50 per cent.). The main increase occurred in the North Island, which recorded an improvement of 22,316 tons. The quantities of native and imported timber carried during the year were as follow :—

In the " benzine, cement, and manures " group benzine carried in tank wagons again showed a substantial increase, the amount involved being £21,797 (11-06 per cent.)- The revenue from benzine, kerosene, &c., in containers increased by £7,166 (25-63 per cent.). The rapid growth of motor transport no doubt accounts for the development in benzine traffic. With regard to cement, the activity in the building trade continues to increase the volume of this traffic. The improvement for the year was 9,237 tons (19-20 per cent.) and £8,099 in revenue (1.5-50 per cent.). The main increase occurred in the South Island. The results from manure traffic during the year were very satisfactory, an increase of 83,307 tons (12-56 per cent.) and £48,161 in revenue (15-18 per cent.) being recorded. This increase can no doubt be attributed to the change in economic conditions and to rising prices for farm products. During the period of the depression conditions were such that the manuring of farm lands fell into arrears, but with the improvement in conditions a more intensive application of fertilizers is being made with the object of bringing farms up to their highest point of productivity. Assembled motor-cars show an increase of £18,719 (63-07 per cent.), of which £16,006 was recorded in the North Island. Machinery traffic showed an increase of £9,959 as the result of the year's operations, this increase being no doubt a reflection of the increased activity in new construction works throughout the country. The traffic in miscellaneous goods amounted to 1,365,277 tons, against 1,229,147 tons for the previous year, an increase of 136,130 tons (11-08 per cent.), which is very satisfactory.

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I 1937. , 1936. Variation. __ I ■ [ Tons. Tons. Tons. Per Cent. New Zealand.. .. .. 434,204. 407,323 +26,881 6-60 Imported .. .. .. 18,171 13,476 ! + 4,695 34-84 ; I

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Goods Statistics. The principal statistical figures dealing with the operation of goods traffic are shown below : — 1937. 1936. Variation. Per Cent. Goods-train mileage .. 6,801,223 6,302,851 + 498,372 7-91 Goods earnings £4,846,417 £4,359,750 +£486,667 11-16 Revenue goods tonnage .. •• 6,813,240 6,188,805 + 624,435 10-09 Average haul (miles) .. •• 73 72 + 1 1-39 Average revenue per ton-mile .. 2-37 d. 2-39 d. 0-02 d. Average revenue per ton .. •• 14s. sd. 14s. 4d. + Id. 0-58 Goods revenue per goods train-mile increased by 3-02 per cent. The increase in the average haul has resulted in a slight decrease in the average revenue per ton-mile. 1937. 1936. Variation. Per Cent. Total gross ton-miles revenue freight 1,626,352,414 1,499,094,741 +127,257,673 8-49 Goods-vehicle miles (loaded) .. 132,714,557 122,293,680 + 10,420,877 8-52 Goods-vehicle miles (empty) .. 62,108,142 58,215,380 + 3,892,762 6-69 Total goods-vehicle miles .. 194,822,699 180,509,060 + 14,313,639 7-93 The smaller increase in the empty goods-vehicle miles is no doubt due to the better loading due to the improved trade conditions. Averages : Revenue, Freight Traffic. Per Mile of Line: — 1937. 1936. Variation. Per Cent. Goods revenue .. •• •• £1,474 £1,334 + £140 10-49 Total tonnage .. •• •• 2,072 1,894 + 178 9-40 Net ton-miles 150,973 135,797 +15,176 11-18 Gross ton-miles .. .. •• 494,633 458,860 +35,773 7-80 Per Train: — Gross load (tons) .. .. •• 239-13 237-84 + 1-29 0-54 Net load (tons) .. •• 72-99 70-38 + 2-61 3-71 Number of vehicles (loaded) .. .. 19-51 19-40 +0-11 0-57 Number of vehicles (empty) .. -. 9-13 9-24 — 0-11 1-19 Per 1,000 Gross Ton-miles : — Revenue ... £2-980 £2-908 +£0-072 2-48 Net ton-miles .. •• 305 296 + 9 3-14 Per Train-mile: — Revenue .. .. W *02d. 166-01 d. +5-01 d. 3-02 Wagon TJser: — Revenue per 4-wheeled goods vehicle .. £175 £157 + £18 11-46 Revenue per 4-wheeled live-stock vehicle £166 £156 + £10 6-41 Average wagon-load (tons) .. .. 3-74 3-63 + 0-11 3-03 Average miles per wagon per day .. 24-09 22-24 + 1-85 8-32 Average net ton-miles per wagon per annum (ordinary goods) .. .. 18,592 16,492 + 2,100 12-73 Average net ton-miles per wagon per annum (live-stock).. ... .. 12,854 12,092 + 762 6-30 The above figures all disclose a very satisfactory position.

ADVERTISING SERVICE.

1937. 1936. Variation. An analysis of the revenue is as under: — £ £ £ Outdoor advertising .. .. •• 26,067 24,971 + 1,096 Publications .. .. •• 5,314 4,326 + 988 Miscellaneous .. .. • • • • 2,851 2,276 + 575 Advertising in buses .. .. • • 303 201 + 102 £34,535 £31,774 +£2,761

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1937. 1936. Variation. Per Cent. £ £ £ Revenue •• •• •• 34,535 31,774- -f- 2,761 8-69 Expenditure .. •• 31,151 29,391 + 1.760 5-99 Net revenue .. .. £3,384 £2,383 +£1,001 42-01

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New business written up during the last five years is as under:— 1937. 1936. 1935. 1934. 1933. £ £ £ £ £ Outdoor advertising .. 32,056 37,515 30,539 17,235 24,069 Publications .. .. 5,707 4,827 3,144 2,915 1,295 Miscellaneous.. .. .. 4 . .. 613 621 Buses .. .. 288 973 47 13 127 £38,051 £43,315 £33,730 £20,776 £26,112 The above table shows a reduction of £5,264 in new business written up during the year when a comparison is made with the returns for last year. A large contract was entered into in the latter part of last year, and if the value of this is excluded the returns for the current year show a satisfactory position. The following table shows the profit and ratio to turnover for the past eight years :—

The total return to the Department in respect of operations of the Advertising Branch during the past five years was as follows : — 1937. 1936. 1935. 1934. 1933. £ £ £ £ £ Rent, land, and buildings 800 800 797 800 1,000 Rent, advertising-sites 9,315 8,325 7,259 7,890 7,593 Commission .. .. 838 728 737 786 780 Interest .. .. 836 890 1,017 1,261 1,413 Railage .. .. 171 373 357 390 265 Profit .. .. 3,384 2,383 2,088 2,548 3,676 £15,344 £13,499 £12,255 £13,675 £14,727

REFRESHMENT SERVICE.

An analysis of the Refreshment Branch receipts is as follows :—

The number of meals served in the dining-rooms totalled 116,514, an increase of 28,258 (32-02 per cent.) over the previous year.

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Net Profit. Amount. J^ 0 to lurnover. £ Per Cent. 1930 .. .. .. .. 381 0-71 1931 .. .. .. ... 1,249 2-50 1932 .. .. .. .. 2,898 7-37 1933 .. .. .. .. 3,677 10-94 1934 .. .. .. .. 2,548 7-79 1935 .. .. .. .. 2,088 6.95 1936 .. .. .. .. 2,383 7-50 1937 .. .. .. .. 3,384 9-80

1937. 1936. Variation. Per Cent. ; £ £ £ Revenue .. .. .. 103,351 89,132 +14,219 15-95 Expenditure .. .. .. 101,125 84,976 +16,149 19 00 Net revenue .. .. £2,226 £4,156 +£1,930 46-44

1937. 1936. i Variation. : I i £ £ £ Per Cent Dining-rooms .. .. .. 11,651 j 10,315 + 1,336 12-95 Counter-rooms.. .. .. 90,513 76,071 + 14,442 18-98 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 1,187 2,746 — 1,559 56-77 Totals .. .. £103,351 j £89,132 +£14,219 15-95 I '

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From the sth January, 1936, the charge for meals in the dining-rooms was reduced from 2s. 6d. to 25., a reduction of 20 per cent. As shown above, the number of meals sold during the current year increased by 32-02 per cent. This increase was no doubt due to the improvement in economic conditions and to the greater volume of passenger traffic handled associated with the reduction in price. The substantial increase in counter sales is mainly due to the improved economic conditions. The decrease shown against miscellaneous is principally attributable to the fact that meals are not now supplied to the staff engaged on the Lake Wakatipu steamers. The expenditure for the year increased by £16,149 (19-00 per cent.), this being mainly due to the restoration of salaries and wages to the 1931 level, to the introduction of the forty-hour week, and to increased purchases of stores and provisions consequent upon the greater volume of catering necessary to meet the' increase in business. The total return to the Department in respect of the operations of the Refreshment Branch for the past five years is as under

BOOKSTALL SERVICE.

The total return to the Department in respect of the operation of bookstalls over the last two years is as follows :—-

The Department controls, through its Refreshment Branch, eighteen railway bookstalls. Increased passenger-traffic and the improvement in the economic conditions accounts for the improved showing as the result of the year's operations. ROAD MOTOR SERVICES. The year's operations resulted in a profit of £21,698, as compared with £8,598 for the previous year, an improvement of £13,100. A comparison of the revenue and expenditure is afforded below : — 1937. 1936. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. 198,751 103,280 +95,471 92-44 Expenditure .. .. 177,05.3 94,682 + 82,371 87-00 Net Revenue .. £21,698 £8,598 +£13,100 152-36

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1937. 1936. 1935. 1934. I 1933. _ I £ £ £ £ £ Rent .. .. .. .. 9,219 9,230 9,230 9,230 9,100 Commission .. .. .. .. 842 742 667 620 584 Rail fares .. .. .. .. 1,066 1,066 1,066 1,066 1,066 Rail freights .. .. .. .. 2,084 1,790 1,825 1,818 1,851 Interest .. .. .. .. 1,111 1,108 1,102 1,124 1,129 Net profit .. .. .. .. 2,226 4,156 2,132 786 2,928 £16,548 £18,092 £16,022 £14,644 £16,658

1937. 1936. Variation. Per Cent. £ £ £ Revenue .. .. .. 54,417 45,798 +8,619 18-82 Expenditure .. .. .. 51,245 43,042 +8,203 19-06 Net revenue.. .. .. £3,172 £2,756 +£416 15-09

1937. 1936. £ £ Net profit .. .. .. .. 3,172 2,756 Rent .. .. .. .. 5,442 4,580 Railages .. .. . . .. 191 167 Commission . . . . . . . . 381 320 £9,186 £7,823

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In the expenditure provision has been made for interest at 4J per' cent, on capital (including goodwill), depreciation on vehicles and plant, and the establishment of necessary reserve funds. A comparison of the results obtained on the various services is as follows: —• Profit, Profit, 1937. 1936. Variation. £ £ £ Wellington-Wanganui .. .. .. 1,901 400 +1,501 Napier-Hastings .. .. .. .. 3,405 1,419 +1,986 Hutt Valley - Wellington .. .. .. 9,894 5,983 +3,911 Wellington-Johnsonville .. \ ~ rfi _ , „ -„ 7 Wellington-Khandallah ../ " " " " + '• Christchurch services .. ~ .. 105 . . + 105 Dunedin services .. .. .. .. 2,026 702 -\-1,32i Waipahi-Edievale .. .. .. 78* 94 — 172 Queenstown services .. . .. 789* .. — 789 South Westland services .. .. .. 2,667 .. +2,667 Total . „ .. .. .. £21,698 £8,598 £13,100 * Loss. During the year the fleet covered 3,531,623 miles, in comparison with 1,792,872 miles last year, an increase of 96'99 per cent., while passenger journeys increased from 3,242,469 last year to .4,556,316 (40-52 per cent.). This rapid expansion is accounted for by the fact that during the year the Department purchased several privately-owned motor-services in the Wellington, Christchurch, South Westland, Dunedin, and Invercargill districts, and also instituted a service of its own between Invercargill-Kingston and Queenstown. The revenue and expenditure per passenger iourney were 10-47 d. and 9-33 d. respectively, as against 7-64 d. and 7-01 d. last year. The Department now operates 70 omnibuses, 96 service cars, 18 lorries, and 9 motor-cars, as compared with 56 omnibuses and 10 service cars last year. The results of operating the various services are shown below : — Wellington-W ang anui . 1937. 1936. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. 12,174 10,448 + 1,726 16-52 Expenditure ... .. 10,273 10,048 + 225 2-24 Net revenue ... .. £1,901 £400 +£1,501 375-25 Passenger journeys ... .. 13,633 10,707 + 2,926 27-33 Mileage " .. ..328,659 332,071 - 3,412 1-03 This service consists of 9 service cars. Revenue was 8-89 d. per mile and expenditure 7-50 d., compared with 7-67 d. and 7-37 d. respectively last year. Ordinary passenger revenue showed a substantial increase. The increase in expenditure was due to the increase in drivers' wages as a result of the restoration and to the introduction of the forty-four-hour week. Napier-Hastings . 1937. 1936. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. ~20,224 17,986 +2,238 12-44 Expenditure .. .. 16,819 16,567 + 252 1-52 Net revenue .. .. £3,405 £1,419 +£1,986 139-96 Passenger journeys .. .. 533,314 512,292 +21,022 4-10 Mileage .. .. ..343,124 321,076 +22,048 6-87 All classes of revenue, with the exception of that from school-children's tickets, showed increases Revenue from special trips showed a particularly heavy increase of £624 (73-58 per cent.). The increase in expenditure was due to the restoration of salaries and wages, the introduction of the shorter working-week, together with the employment of additional stafl to cope with the extra traffic. Hutt Valley - Wellington. 1937. 1936. Variation. Per ||£ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. 73,820 65,180 + 8,640 13-26 Expenditure .. .. 63,926 59,197 + 4,729 7-99 Net revenue .. £9,894 £5,983 + £3,911 65-37 Passenger journeys .. 2,731,492 2,437,868 +293,624 12-04 Mileage .. .. 1,044,617 958,531 + 86,086 8-98

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The increase in revenue of £8,640 (13-26 per cent.) was due to the general improvement in economic conditions and the establishment of further motor industries and other factories in the Hutt Valley, causing a growth in the local population. The increase in expenditure of £4,729 (7-99 per cent.), was due to normal causes, the restoration of salaries and wages, the introduction of the shorter working-week, and the employment of extra staff. Wellington-Johnsonville-Khandallah. 1937. 1936. £ £ Revenue .. .. .. .. .. .. 21,296 Expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 18,729 Net revenue .. .. .. .. .. £2,567 Passenger journeys .. .. .. .. .. 848,554 Mileage .. .. .. .. .. .. 298,319 This service consists of the Wellington-Ngaio-Khandallah and the Wellington sight-seeing passenger-service licenses which were acquired from the Bell Bus Co., Ltd., on Ist July, 1936, also the Wellington-Johnsonville passenger-service license purchased from Mr. S. A. Crichton on 10th August, 1936. Sixteen vehicles are in operation in this service and the revenue and expenditure per mile since the two services were taken over by the Department are 17-13 d. and 15-07 d. respectively. The ordinary passenger revenue was £18,168, special trip revenue £1,649, and sight-seeing revenue £1,406, while the revenue per passenger journey was 6-02 d. Christchurch Services. 1937. 1936. £ £ Revenue .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,712 Expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 3,607 Net revenue .. .. .. .. .. £105 Passenger journeys .. .. .. .. .. 11,618 Mileage .. .. .. .. .. .. 74,573 The passenger-service license operated by Ramsay's Motors, Ltd., between Christchurch and Akaroa was purchased by the Department on 18th May, 1936, and the license for a service operated by Mr. J. A. Read between Little River and Akaroa was taken over on 22nd June, 1936. Nine service cars are operated by the Department, the revenue per mile being 11-95 d. and the expenditure 11-6 Id. The services have now been co-ordinated with the rail between Christchurch and Little River, and it is anticipated that the returns from the road and rail operations will improve considerably as the result of this co-ordination. Dunedin Services. 1937. 1936. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. 42,897 8,470 + 34,427 406-46 Expenditure .. .. 40,871 7,768 + 33,103 426-15 Net revenue .. £2,026 £702 + £1,324 188-60 Passenger journeys .. 380,600 272,531 108,069 39-65 Mileage .. .. 1,008,188 150,712 +857,476 568-95 The Department has for some time operated road services between Dunedin and Port Chalmers, Oamaru and Tokarahi, and Dunedin ancl Eglinton Valley. The following additional services operating in the Dunedin district were taken over during the year : —

All the above are passenger services with the exception of the Dunedin-Balclutha service, which is also used for the carriage of goods.

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Previous Operator. Service. Date purchased. Read and Smith .. .. j Dunedin-Invercargill . . .. .. 3rd May, 1936. Earl's Motors . . .. Dunedin -Roxburgh . . .. 24th May, 1936. Hope's Motors .. . . Dunedin-Palmerston . . . . . . 24th May, 1936. Wanaka Motors, Ltd. . . Dunedin-Timaru . . .. • ■ 1 Dunedin-Pembroke . . . . ■ ■ 11 + t i qqc Palmerston-Cromwell-Pembroke . . | s une ' ' Pembroke-Makarora-Cardrona .. . . J Hunters' D.O.T. Motors, Ltd. .. Dunedin-Timaru .. .. • • 1 Oamaru-Waitaki Hydro .. .. 22nd June, 1936. Oamaru-Kia Ora-Cormacks .. .. j O'Fee's South Road Services .. Dunedin-CIinton-Tahakopa . . . . i ,, „ , , , Dunedin-Balclutha .. .. .. j 20th September,1936.

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The number of vehicles operated was 59 and the mileage run 1,008,188. The revenue per mile was 10-20 d. and the expenditure 9-73 d. The returns were, however, seriously affected by the infantile paralysis epidemic. The following are the results of the operation of the various services :—

Waipahi-Edievale. 1937. 1936. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. .. 1,103 1,196 — 93 7-78 Expenditure .. ..1,181 1,102 + 79 7-17 Net revenue .. .. —£78 £94 — £172 182-98 Passenger journeys .. 8,628 9,071 — 443 4-88 Mileage .. .. .. 29,136 30,482 -1,346 4-42 The revenue from this service showed a decrease of £93 (7-78 per cent.), due to the infantile paralysis epidemic adversely affecting the returns. The increase in expenditure was due to increased wages-costs. Although the year's operations have shown a loss the running of the service has enabled substantial savings to be effected by permitting the cancellation of mixed trains on the branch line. Queenstown Services. 1937. 1936. £ £ Revenue .. .. .. .. .. .. 9,703 Expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 10,492 Loss .. .. .. .. .. .. £789 Passenger journeys .. .. .. .. .. 15,744 Mileage .. .. .. .. .. .. 229,291 The first service operated under this group was a service car ffom Invercargill to Queenstown, the run being inaugurated upon the opening of the lakeside road on 4th April, 1936. An omnibus service from Kingston to Queenstown commenced running on 6th April, 1936, and during the following month a goods-lorry was placed in service between Lumsden and Queenstown. The servicecar license operated by Mr. A. R. Porteous between Garston and Invercargill was purchased on 11th May, 1936, and on 9th July, 1936, the Department took over the passenger-service license of the Mount Cook Tourist Co., Ltd., for the Lumsden-Manapouri-Te Anau-Eglinton Valley routes. The operation of these services resulted in a loss of £631 on the Invercargill-Queenstown route, a loss of £280 on the Invercargill-Garston route, and a profit of £122 on the Lumsden-Manapouri-Te Anau-Eglinton Valley route. The revenue per mile was 10-16 d. and the expenditure 10-98 d. The revenue in this district was adversely affected by the infantile paralysis epidemic. The expenditure included items of a non-recurring nature in establishing the new services. It is anticipated that the returns from the services will show considerable improvement in 1937-38. South Westland Services. 1937. 1936. £ £ Revenue .. .. .. .. .. .. 13,822 Expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 11,155 Net revenue .. .. .. .. £2,667 Passenger journeys .. .. .. .. .. 12,733 Mileage ... .. .. .. .. .. 175,716 !!

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Revenue. Expenditure, j Profit. Loss. ; I £ £ £ £ Dunedin-Port Chalmers .. .. .. 6,694 5,329 1,365 Oamaru-Tokarahi .. .. .. 1,921 1,726 195 Dunedin -Eglinton Valley .. .. 370 372 .. 2 Read and Smith .. .. .. 845 1,922 .. 1,077 Earl's Motors .. .. .. .. 5,685 4,653 1,032 Hope's Motors .. .. .. .. 1,443 1,742 .. 299 Wanaka Motors, Ltd. .. .. .. 14,127 12,037 2,090 Hunters'D.O.T. Motors, Ltd. .. .. 8,397 9,566 .. 1,169 O'Fee's South Road Services .. .. 3,415 3,524 .. 109 Total .. .. .. £42,897 £40,871 £2,026

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These services commenced running under the Department's control on 13th September, 1936, when the licenses operated by Newman's Motors, Ltd., were acquired. On 10th November, 1936, the goods-service license operated by Mr. H. M. Cameron between Ross and Weheka was also purchased. The services now operated under this group are as follows : — Passenger licenses — Hokitika-W eheka. Hokitika - Westland Hospital. Hokitika - Arthurs Pass (seasonal). Goods licenses — Hokitika - Cooks River. Ross - Okarito Forks. Ross-Weheka. Thirty-three vehicles are in use in these services and the revenue and expenditure per mile were 18-88 d. and 15-24 d. respectively. The number of vehicles taken over from the previous operators has been increased in order to cope with the additional goods and passenger traffic. The net return from the services is satisfactory, more especially in view of the heavy initial expenditure incurred. LAKE WAKATIPU STEAMERS. 1937. 1936. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. 7,112 10,598 — 3,486 32-89 Expenditure .. .. 10,855 9,399 + 1,456 15-49 Net revenue .. —£3,743 £1,199 —£4,942 412-18 The revenue decreased under all heads with the exception of live-stock, which showed an increase of 21-42 per cent. The general decrease in revenue is due to the opening on 4th April, 1936, of the motor road alongside the lake and to the operation of the Department's passenger road service between Queenstown, Lumsden, and Invercargill. The increase in expenditure is due to the restoration of salaries to the 1931 level, heavy overhaul of steamers, and to extensive repairs to the wharf at Glenorchy. DEPARTMENTAL DWELLINGS. 1937. 1936. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. 131,187 129,255 +1,932 1-49 Expenditure .. .. 164,746 156,692 + 8,054 5-14 Loss .. .. £33,559 £27,437 +£6,122 22-31 The increase in revenue is due to the fact that ordinarily fifty-two weeks' rent, are accounted for in each year. In the returns for the current year the rents for fifty-three weeks are included. The increase in expenditure is due to improvements made to dwellings in the form of porches, bathrooms, &c., also to heavy maintenance-work. SICK BENEFIT FUND. The New Zealand Government Railways Employees' Sick Benefit Fund shows a surplus of £6,549, compared with £5,440 for the previous year, an increase of £1,109. The receipts totalled £29,895, which includes the departmental subsidy of £8,000, as compared with £27,439 for the previous year, an increase of £2,456 (8-95 per cent.), while the expenditure increased from £21,999 to £23,346, an increase of £1,347 (6-12 per cent.). The total membership at 31st March, 1937, was 13,380, compared with 11,746 in 1936, an increase of 1,634 due to an increase in the number of staff employed. The accumulated funds now stand at £40,959, of wHich £40,545 is represented by investments. SUGGESTIONS AND INVENTIONS COMMITTEE. During the year a total of 558 suggestions and inventions were dealt with by the Suggestions and Inventions Committee, compared with 514 for the previous year. Forty-nine suggestions and inventions were recommended for adoption in whole or in part, 100 were referred to heads of branches, were already in operation or related to matters of policy, 333 were not recommended for adoption, while 76 were under trial or investigation at the end of the financial year. The suggestions recommended for adoption included 9 in connection with rolling-stock, 6 connected with workshop practice, 1 connected with way and works, 2 connected with signal and electrical work, 17 connected with traffic working, and 14 connected with railway working generally.

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STORES BRANCH. An analysis of the amount expended in connection with the purchases of stores during the year is as under — £ s. d. To merchants, manufacturers, and others in New Zealand .. 633,094 16 5 Through Trade Commissioner in Australia .. .. .. 110,143 6 5 Through High Commissioner in London .. .. .. 651,226 11 8 Material manufactured in railway workshops .. .. .. 332,062 19 1 Coal and coke .. .. . • . • • • • ■ 529,037 8 1 Manufactured and used material recovered from other branches, &c. 90,019 17 3 Timber from railway sawmill and stores used .. . 29,913 0 11 £2,375,497 19 10 The net increase in the year's expenditure compared with the previous year was £567,907 12s. 2d. The principal increases were —To merchants, manufacturers, and others in New Zealand, £171,806 Is. 4d.; through High Commissioner in London, £205,171 10s. 3d. ; material manufactured in railway workshops, £117,256 10s. 4d.; coal and coke, £57,258 Is. 2d. ; and timber from railway sawmill and stores used, £19,095 17s. sd. There was a decrease of £6,012 19s. 4d. under the head " Through Trade Commissioner in Australia." The increases enumerated above are due to the purchase of (1) materials for building programmes, (2) extra stocks of native and hardwood timber, and (3) imported materials. The payment of exchange in connection with purchases arranged through the High Commissioner, London, also involved considerable expenditure. There has been a general increase in the costs of material. The total issues to all branches for the year amounted to £2,301,504 9s. 7d., compared with £1,900,970 2s. 9d. for the previous year, an increase of £4-00,534 6s. lOd. A summary for six years showing the value of purchases and issues of stores (exclusive of coal), together with the value of stocks on hand (stores and coal), at the close of each year, is as under: —

COAL-SUPPLIES. The average consumption of coal per week during the year ended 31st March, 1937, was 8,830 tons, which was an increase of 315 tons per week compared with the previous year. A comparison of the purchases of New Zealand and imported fuel for eight years ended 31st March, 1937, is as follows New Zealand. Per Cent. Imported. Per Cent. Total. Year. Tons. of Total. Tons. of Total. Tons. 1929-30 .. 355,214 74-59 121,037 25-41 476,251 1930-31 .. •• 367,686 90-00 40,827 10-00 408,513 1931-32 .. .. 373,335 89-72 42,756 10-28 416,091 1932,33 .. .. 388,005 100-00 .. .. 388,005 1933-34 .. .. 381,596 100-00 .. .. 381,596 1934-35 .. .. 422,334 100-00 .. .. 422,334 1935-36 .. ..437,959 100-00 .. .. 437,959 1936-37 .. .. 433,795 100-00 .. .. 433,795 It will be noted that the purchases during the year were again all in New Zealand coal. Of these purchases 212,060 tons were hard coal and 221,735 tons soft coal. FORESTRY BRANCH. During the year 112 piles for use by the Maintenance Branch were cut at the Ngongotaha and Rotorua plantations. Thinning and clear felling operations were carried out at certain plantations in the South Island, and the following firewood was cut: Rolleston, 38 .cords ; Burnham, 991 cords; Chertsey, 504 cords ; and Stewart's Gully, 164 cords. In addition, certain trees were cleared away from the signal-wires at Weedons and Rolleston, these trees, up to 31st December, 1936, having yielded 62 cords of firewood and 24 piles. At Temuka 30 cords of firewood were cut.

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Stocks on Hand. Year. Purchases. Issues. j Stores. Coal. Total. £ £ £ £ £ 1932 .. 852,044 1,018,616 481,056 181,073 662,129 1933 . 755,100 875,285 360,871 165,576 526,447 1934 .. 1,059,879 969,067 451,683 157,637 609,320 1935 . .. 1,269,171 1,136,243 584,611 160,177 744,788 1936 .. 1,436,696 1,400,858 622,899 144,888 767,787 1937 .. .. 1,971,314 .1,719,414 874,800 107,653 982,453

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At the Woburn nursery 50,050 plants, which had been raised during the previous year, were lifted and despatched to the Department's forestry area at Athenree (near Katikati). Further sowings were made during the year, and the resultant crop is one of the best tfiab has been obtained. At Athenree 226 acres of trees were planted during the year. In addition, 1,200 trees were planted alongside the railway in this particular locality. At the Athenree nursery about 79 lb. of seeds of various kinds were sown, and so far 3,310,297 seedlings have been obtained. In the event of frost being very severe it is probable that some losses will occur, but the present stock is sufficient to plant the entire Athenree area even if a 10-per-cent. loss is experienced before the planting season arrives. During the year four miles of dirt road and three bridges were constructed, and in consequence easy access is now available over the greater part of the Athenree area. Suitable accommodation for the caretaker and other facilities that were necessary for general requirements were also provided at Athenree during the year. WORKSHOPS. Seven class K locomotives were completed in the workshops during the year, making a total of thirty locomotives of this class now in service. Six class G locomotives were under construction in the workshops at the end of the year. Ten locomotives were scrapped during the year, making a total of 217 obsolete locomotives scrapped since 1926. Eleven new boilers were built for replacement purposes, while two were under construction at the end of the year. Three hundred and eighty-nine locomotives passed through the workshops during the year, and of these, 198 received a major overhaul. During the year forty-three locomotives were fitted with the new type of " Waikato " sparkarrester, while sixty-eight locomotives were fitted with electric headlights. As at 31st March, 1937, there were 575 locomotives in service—ss9 steam, 11 electric, and 5 electric-battery shunting engines. In addition, the Department has twenty-three petrol shunting units in use at various stations. The tractive eSort of the locomotives in service during the year compared with the two previous vears is as follows : — J 1937. .1936. 1935. Number of locomotives in service .. 575 578 593 Total tractive power, in pounds .. 10,691,829 10,594,084 10,685,229 Average tractive power per locomotive in pounds .. .. ■■ 18,594 18,234 18,172 Carriages. The number of carriages built during the year was fifteen, while the number in service at 31st March, 1937, was 1,477." There were twenty-two carriages under construction in the workshops at 31st March, 1937. Five of the new carriages and twenty-one existing carriages were fitted with roller-bearing bogies, making a total of 103 carriages in service fitted with these bearings. Eighteen carriages were written ofl during the year. Seventy-six carriages had their lavatories improved (water-sealed hoppers fitted), three had new lavatories added, thirty-two were fitted with steam-heating equipment, six had their bogies fitted with " Isothermos " axle-boxes, one had water-heating apparatus installed in lavatory, and six had alterations made in their internal structure. Three first-class carriages were altered to combination day-sleeping carriages. Fifty-four carriages had the seating rearranged, chairs being installed in all cases. These changes eliminated longitudinal seats in twenty carriages. The number of carriages that passed through the workshops was 1,443, and of these, 1,100 received heavy repairs. Brake-vans. There were 480 brake-vans in service at 31st March, 1937, on which date three others were under construction. Six new brake-vans were built during the year, while six were written of!. Four hundred and fifty-three brake-vans passed through the workshops during the year, and of these, 306 received heavy repairs. Four of the new brake-vans were fitted with roller-bearing bogies, making a total of ten brake-vans equipped with these bearings. There were eleven postal-vans in service at 31st March, 1937, and eleven vans passed through the workshops during the year, eight receiving a major overhaul. Wagons. The number of wagons in service at 31st March, 1937, was 26,836. There were 356 new vehicles built in the workshops and 363 were written ofi. Seven hundred and twenty-six wagons were under construction at the end of the year. The number of wagons that passed through the workshops was 21,104, and of these, 14,488 received heavy repairs. Cranes. During the year two 40 ton breakdown cranes were imported from England and placed in service in the North Island.

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TRANSPORTATION. The train-mileage for the year (exclusive of shunting and departmental mileage) was 11,868,083, compared with 11,050,376 for the previous year, an increase of 817,707 train-miles. The passengermiles run were 5,066,860, compared with 4,747,525, an increase of 319,335 ; the goods-miles were 6,801,223, compared with 6,302,851 for the previous year, an increase of 498,372. Particulars of the revenue train-mileage run in the various sections are as under :—

TRAIN SERVICES. The following table shows the average late arrivals of the express, mixed, and suburban trains for the year: —-

Average Late Arrival of Trains, Year ended 31st March, 1937.

These figures include delays arising from all causes, including slips, floods, washouts, engine and other mechanical failures, and traffic delays at stations. The timekeeping of trains for the year compares favourably with that of the previous year. Slips' floods, washouts, and other line interruptions have been unusually severe during the past two years: chiefly on account of unfavourable weather conditions. On 2nd May, 1936, an electric-power failure in the Christchurch-Lyttelton area slightly disorganized the electric-train services on the Lyttelton line. On 22nd August, 1936, floods in the North Auckland area prevented through services being run between Kaipara Flats and Whangarei, local services being maintained between Auckland and Kaipara Flats and between Whangarei and Wellsford. Normal services were resumed on 24th August. The Kaikohe line was blocked by slips on 22nd and 23rd August, 1936. On 29th and 30th August, 1936, the automatic-signalling system and communications on the Midland line between Cass and Arthurs Pass were dislocated by a heavy fall of snow breaking the power-lines. A severe storm experienced in Canterbury on the Bth and 9th October dislocated the automatic signalling and telephone systems between Arthurs Pass and Springfield, and in consequence traffic was delayed. On the 9th October a heavy fall of rock at the Otira power-house blocked the intake to the power pipe-line and disorganized the electric-train services through the tunnel. Hf On 3Lst December, 1936, heavy floods were experienced in the North Auckland district between Hoteo and Wayby, both the road and the rail communications being cut off between Kaipara Flats and Wellsford until late on the following day.

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r Section. 1936-37. | 1935-36. Variation. J I Kaihu .. .. .. .. .. 13,392 13,446 - 54 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 38,149 42,614 - 4,465 North Island Main Line and Branches .. .. 7,353,727 6,797,905 +555,822 South Island Main Line and Branches .. .. 4,313,028 4,049,706 +263,322 Westport .. .. .. .. .. 65,890 63,305 + 2,585 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 39,612 40,394 - 782 Picton .. .. .. .. .. 44,285 43,006 + 1,279 11,868,083 11,050,376 +817,707

Period ended Average Year ended ; i j i i r ? , r for . i Year, m April. 1 May. 1 .Tune. I July, August.! Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. i Jan. Jan. Feb. March. Minutes. I I 1 L 1 I Express and Mail Trains. 1937 .. .. | 8-32 I 6-46 I 4-69 I 4-26 | 3-58 I 5-81 | 3-51 ( 3-03 [ 3-45 I 9-27 i 6-03 I 7-94 I 7-69 I 5-69 1936 .. .. I 7-32 | 6-39 | 4-47 | 2-91 i 2-15 j 3-85 | 2-32 I 2-61 | 2-20 | 7-99 | 6-84 [16-90 | 8-00 i 5-68 Long-distance Mixed Trains. 1937 .. .. ] 8-28 I 8-28 ] 5-16 [ 3-95 I 3-80 j 4-41 I 3-84 | 4-29 [ 4-75 I 6-31 ] 3-85 I 7-19 j 9-62 i 5-67 1936 .. .. I 8-43 ! 7-08 | 6-33 | 3-74 [ 3-29 | r.• 69V4• 35 i 4-35 | 6-56 [ 6-38 | 5-33 |12-76 !l2-66 | 6-68 Suburban Trains. 1937.. .. 0-81 0-85 I 0-58 0-90 0-78 0-63 I 0-42 0-59 0-53 0-81 0-50 0-71 0-88 0-69 1936 .. .. 0-82 0-88 0-74 0-38 0-34 0-47 | 0-48 0-31 0-35 0-63 1 0-54 ; 0-85 1-06 0-65 I ; I I I I

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On tie evening of 16th January, 1937, flooding occurred on the line between Tahoraiti and Tapuata in the Hawke's Bay district, necessitating the cancellation of several trains and the transhipment of passengers by road. Normal running was resumed at midday on the 18th January. The following is a resume of the more important alterations to the train services during the year On 3rd August, 1936, a rail-car service was inaugurated between Christchurch and the West Coast, two units, each with a seating-capacity for nineteen persons, being provided for this route. The service, which is subsidized by the Christchurch Press Newspaper Co., permits of an early delivery of the Christchurch morning paper in West Coast towns and enables passengers from Christchurch and intermediate stations to visit Westland centres and return home the same day. Rail-car services were also inaugurated between Wellington, Masterton, and Palmerston North on 7th September, 1936. The larger type of rail-car provided for these services was specially constructed to facilitate the negotiation of the Rimutaka Incline, and it is capable of seating forty-nine passengers. The services run by these cars provide fast daily return trips between Palmerston North, Masterton, and Wellington ; they also give convenient connections with the Auckland-Wellington " Limited " express trains. This type of rail-car has also been utilized to supplement the WellingtonUpper Hutt suburban train services. Sunday services, which were established between Wellington, Masterton, and Palmerston North, also between. Wellington and Upper Hutt, with the advent of the rail-cars have proved very popular. A combined passenger and goods rail-car, specially constructed for the conveyance of schoolchildren and local cream traffic, was placed in service between Cross Creek and Masterton on Ist March, 1937. Consequent upon the running of this car an adjustment of the train services was made, the mixed trains being eliminated in this area. As from 19th October, 1936, the services on the Southbridge Branch were reorganized, the morning mixed train from Southbridge to Christchurch and the return evening mixed train being replaced by separate passenger and goods services. A reorganization of the goods-services in the Auckland district was made from 6th December, 1936, improvements being eflected to the trains serving the Waiuku, Glen Afton, Bay of Plenty, and Rotorua lines. The increasing traffic in the Waihi-Taneatua section necessitated additional goods-services being provided in this area. In the Tauranga-Taneatua area the express trains to and from Auckland, starting from Tauranga in the morning and terminating at Tauranga in the evening, were extended to run between Taneatua and Tauranga. The new services replaced the morning and evening mixed trains in the TaneatuaTauranga area and reduced the travelling-time of " Up " trains between the two last-mentioned stations by forty-five minutes and the travelling-time for " Down " trains by forty minutes. This alteration took effect from 6th December, 1936. The acquisition during the year of the passenger road services operating between Christchurch, Little River, and Akaroa permitted of the co-ordination of the rail and road services in this area as from 14th December, 1936, and the district has been given an improved service at less cost. Consequent upon the introduction of the forty-hour week, various adjustments to the train services throughout the system were necessary, more particularly in the Auckland and Wellington suburban areas. As from 29th January, 1937, an additional passenger-train from Hokitika to Greymouth has been run on Fridays to suit the change in the late-shopping night. In order to permit of South Westland residents visiting Hokitika on Friday nights an additional return service has been provided between Ross and Hokitika on Fridays. The passenger-trains on the Otago Central line have been accelerated, thus providing improved communication between Dunedin, Otago Central stations, and the Lakes district. The train services on the Seaward Bush branch were reorganized in order to provide improved transport for passengers and goods traffic, the former four-day-a-week services now being run daily. In order to permit of necessary alterations being carried out in connection with the Wellington yard rearrangement, the Wairarapa and Hutt Valley line trains formerly dealt with at Lambton Station were diverted to the platforms at the Wellington new station on 20th July, 1936. General. The goods and live-stock tonnage for the year was 6,813,240 tons, as compared with 6,188,805 tons for the previous year, an increase of 624,435 tons, or 10-09 per cent. A heavy increase in tonnage was experienced in the North Island during January, February, and March, 1937. Heavy overseas cargoes of basic slag were discharged at main North Island ports for distribution to the country farming areas, and coal, lime, and fertilizer traffic also showed substantial increases. This traffic, together with the lateness of the fat-lamb season, threw an additional burden on the railways, which necessitated the running of numerous special trains, substantially increasing the train mileage. The abnormal flow of traffic, together with the difficulties at times experienced in obtaining the prompt release of wagons at country stations and centres, placed a heavy drain upon the available wagon-supply.

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Suburban Train Fares. Following on a comprehensive review of the fares and conditions of travel in suburban areas a number of far-reaching alterations have been decided upon. By virtue oi the number of people affected the most important feature of the adjustments is that both the workers' weekly tickets and the weekly twelve-trip tickets in use in areas where workers' weekly tickets are issuable will in the main be superseded by a new suburban twelve-trip weekly ticket. The effect of this change is that; both 8 o'clock and 9 o'clock workers in such areas, as well as other regular travellers, will be able to use the new suburban twelve-trip tickets, which will be available for six outward and six homeward journeys at any time of the day from Monday to Saturday in each week. The new type of ticket will be a more suitable and generally more useful class of commutation ticket than any previously available to regular suburban travellers, inasmuch as it provides cheap rates for a small outlay at the time of purchase and unrestricted rights with respect to the hours of travel. The distinction in transport conditions as between the 8 o'clock worker and the 9 o'clock worker, a discrimination which lias been maintained for so many years despite frequent agitation for its removal, ceased to exist with the introduction of the new ticket. The main effect of the change is that for distances over three miles the new suburban twelve-trip ticket will cost 3d. more per week than the old workers' weekly ticket, but for a Jd. per trip the necessity for completing the outward journey before 8 a.m. is removed ; also, in contradistinction to the present workers' weekly ticket, which is restricted to one outward and one homeward trip per day, the new twelve-trip ticket will, as already mentioned, be available for six outward and six homeward trips by the holder at any time during the week from Monday to Saturday. The rates for the new suburban twelve-trip weekly tickets are, in general, substantially lower than those for twelve-trip tickets, as the standardization aimed at, in effect, strikes a balance in the revenue obtainable from the two rates, the cost of the unrestricted weekly twelve-trip ticket being much higher than the restricted workers' weekly tickets. As an example, the case of three members of a family travelling ten mile§ to work on both types of existing weekly tickets may be taken. Assuming that one member went to work at 8 o'clock and. the other two at 9 o'clock, they would in the aggregate pay 16s. under the old scales, but only 12s. 9d. under the new method. These two classes of tickets (workers' weekly and twelve-trip) which are now largely replaced by the new suburban weekly twelve-trip ticket, accounted for 50 per cent, of all the types of travel at other than ordinary fares in suburban areas. As a further encouragement to residents in suburban areas to use the trains to and from the cities a new type of bearer ticket suitable for the use of the suburban residents who are not daily travellers has been introduced. This will be available for six second-class single trips in either direction at any time up to the end of the month following the month of issue, and it will be transferable — that is, more than one person may travel on the ticket. The rates, particularly for the longer distances, are substantially below those for ordinary single or return suburban tickets, and the inducement to use the trains held out by the lower travel cost should be attractive to the public. A slight increase has been made in the charge for ordinary season tickets for distances from one to three miles in order to bring the charges into conformity with those for the new standard weekly tickets. Another far-reaching innovation decided upon is that the issue of season tickets at half rates, which had been restricted to young people in employment up to the age of twenty-one, will be extended to include all young people up to twenty-one years of age, whether in employment or not. Farmers' Excursions. The promotion of special farmers' tours successfully instituted some time ago but abandoned in more recent years on account of adverse economic conditions was revived during the year when arrangements were made to conduct two large parties of farmers—one from Westland on a tour of the North Island, and one from Southland to the West Coast. To the extent that these tours provide those participating with opportunity for obtaining first-hand knowledge of farming and industrial conditions in other parts of the Dominion they must be regarded as having considerable educational value. The organization of further tours of a similar nature will be encouraged during the current year. Passengers' Luggage. The facilities provided for the checking of passengers' luggage have been extended by the introduction of a system whereby passengers from the principal centres may, when purchasing their tickets in advance of the travel date, arrange for their luggage to be subsequently checked through to destination by a carrier or other agent acting on the passengers' behalf. The counterpart of the checked luggage ticket is held at the station until claimed by the passenger prior to the commencement of his journey. The arrangement is designed to meet the convenience of travellers who do not desire to attend personally to the checking of their luggage. Provision has also been made whereby passengers travelling by the air services between Palmerston North, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, and Dunedin may, on payment of an appropriate charge, have their luggage checked and conveyed by rail, or, in the case of inter-Island journeys, by rail and steamer, for the full journey. The service is available irrespective of whether the journey is made exclusively by air or by a combination of rail and air services.

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An extensive rolling-stock construction programme is in hand to meet the increasing traffic, and arrangements had been completed for the construction of a large number of additional goods wagons in time for the busy season. Unfortunately, the delivery of material for the construction of these wagons was delayed owing to the high-pressure at which the British manufacturers have been working for some time past, and it was not possible to place any of the vehicles in traffic before the close of the financial year. Since then, however, the material has been received, and regular deliveries of the wagons have been made by our workshops. To date 500 new 12 ton wagons have been placed in traffic. A considerable number of live-stock and insulated wagons were constructed during the year and a further heavy building programme of rail-cars, carriages, and all classes of wagons has been authorized. This programme will be proceeded with as soon as the necessary material comes to hand. Steady progress is being made in the matter of providing better seating, steam heating, and of carrying out general improvement to carriages. BRANCH LINES. The operating revenue from branch lines totalled £350,369, an increase of £28,679 (8-92 per cent.) compared with the previous year. There were increases under practically all heads, the main increase being £27,071 in goods revenue. The operating expenditure was £494,979, an increase of £60,534 (13-93 per cent.) compared with the previous year. The restoration of salaries and wages to the 1931 level and the introduction of the forty-hour week accounted for the greater portion of the increase shown. After allowing for the main line " feeder value " of branch line traffic the operating loss on branch lines was £88,802. Interest charges amounted to £386,864, making a total loss of £475,666 as against a loss of £435,585 for the previous year, an increase of £40,081 (9.20 per cent). Of the total increase of £28,679 in revenue £15,842 was earned in the North Island, the South Island contributing £12,837. The increase in the North Island was principally due to an increase in practically all classes of revenue on the Paeroa-Taneatua Branch. In the South Island five branches accounted for an increase of £15,770, while three branches showed a decrease of £6,010. The majority of the other branch lines showed small increases. The branch lines on which the main revenue fluctuations took place were : —

ISOLATED SECTIONS. The results of operations of isolated sections were as follow :— Kaihu. —Revenue amounted to £4,325, an increase of £501 (13-10 per cent.). The increase in revenue was attributable to better passenger bookings and to larger quantities of road metal and timber being conveyed. Other commodities showed small increases. Expenditure amounted to £8,116, an increase of £1,653 (25-58 per cent.). The increase was due to the restoration of salaries and wages to the 1931 level, to the introduction of the forty-hour week, to additional work on track-maintenance, and to heavy repairs to a locomotive. The total operating loss for the year was £3,791, compared with £2,639 for the previous year. Gisborne. —Revenue amounted to £18,552, a decrease of £619 (3-23 per cent.). The principal decreases were in wool and road-metal traffic. Expenditure amounted to £23,368, a decrease of £70 (0-30 per cent.) The operating loss on the section was £4,816, as compared with £4,267 for the previous year. Nelson. —Revenue amounted to £11,334, a decrease of £596 (5-00 per cent.). Expenditure amounted to £19,966, and increase of £2,162 (12-14 per cent.). Traffic on this section showed little variation. There was a falling off in goods revenue, which was principally due to decreased sheep, cattle, and coal traffic. The increase in expenditure was largely due to increased track-maintenance. Traffic transportation and locomotive transportation charges also increased on account of the restoration of salaries and wages to the 1931 level and the introduction of the forty-hour week. The operating loss on the section was £8,632, compared with £5,874 for the previous year. Picton. —Revenue amounted to £33,839, an increase of £5,077 (17-65 per cent.). Expenditure totalled £34,092, an increase of £4,545 (15-38 per cent.).

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Branch. I Increase. ' Decrease. Per Cent. £ £ Paeroa-Taneatua .. .. .. 13,396 .. 19-29 Te Roti-Opunake .. .. .. 979 .. 19-79 Kaiapoi-Bennetts .. .. .. 1,133 .. 28-47 Waipara-Parnassus .. .. 7,029 .. 55-60 Hornby-Soutlibridge .. .. 3,437 .. 25-01 Rakaia-Methven .. .. .. 1,962 . . 25 • 12 Waslidyke-Eversley .. .. 2,209 .. 18-32 Wingatui-Cromwell .. .. .. 4,078 4-01 Milton-Roxburgh .. .. .. .. 1,270 8-93 Invercargill-Tokanui .. .. .. 662 7 • 63

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The revenue on this section increased under all headings, the largest increase being in goods traffic (£4,327). The main reasons for the higher expenditure were increased maintenance of track, heavy repairs to a locomotive, increased charges for working wharf consequent upon increased traffic, the restoration of salaries and wages to the 1931 level, and the introduction of the forty-hour week. The operating loss on the section was £253, compared with £785 last year. Westport. —Revenue amounted to £77,437, an increase of £9,358 (13-75 per cent.). Expenditure amounted to £65,489 an increase of £7,740 (13-40 per cent.). The operating profit on this section was £11,948, an increase of £1,618 (15-66 per cent.). The principal increase in revenue was derived from coal traffic, the tonnage this year being the highest carried since 1931. The main increases in expenditure were in maintenance of rolling-stock, locomotive transportation, and traffic transportation charges. The restoration of salaries and wages to the 1931 level and the introduction of the forty-hour week involved additional expenditure. PUBLICITY. During the year the Publicity Branch strengthened its hold of ground previously gained and has extended its campaigns. The cumulative effects of long-sustained widespread publicity activities are pleasantly visible in the popular movement " Back to the Rail." In presenting the case for railway transport this Branch has used every method which could be confidently expected to be effective. Newspaper space has again figured largely in the programme which has included issues of illustrated booklets and folders, posters, Neon signs, and window-displays in railway booking-offices. A natural development -from the series of railway chats from 2YA, Wellington, and other national radio stations duimg recent years was the decision to use commercial broadcasting stations for special programmes of talented artists, with a " top-dressing " of railway message. The experimental programmes broadcast from IZB, Auckland, proved so impressively successful that it was decided to extend this enterprise. The relations of the Branch with the press have again been happy. The newspapers have shown a ready willingness to open their columns for fair and adequate news and views of railway matters. The Branch has again taken opportunities to co-operate with local bodies, chambers of commerce, progress leagues, and other organizations, public and private, in the promotion of travel to the districts concerned. In some of these cases the publicity campaigns have ranged beyond New Zealand. The expert assistance of the Branch in the preparation of newspaper advertising, illustrated literature, posters, &c., and in the distribution of the message has been praised by the contributors to the joint schemes. The Branch has reached the position of being one of the principal factors in " selling " the scenic, sporting, and health resorts of New Zealand to New-Zealanders ; the Branch is also helping appreciably to " sell " those priceless assets to prospective tourists of other countries. The New Zealand Railways Magazine has strengthened its reputation as " New Zealand's national monthly." The value of this publication from the railway viewpoint has been well maintained, and national features and illustrations have been increased. The success of this progressive policy is seen in the response of the general public and advertisers. The returns from sales and advertising totalled £3,883 14s. 4d., an increase of £475 10s. sd. (13'97 per cent.) over the previous year. Increasing numbers of readers are buying copies of the Magazine for despatch to friends or relatives overseas. Altogether, sufficient copies go to residents of other countries to give the Magazine an important place among publications planned to attract visitors to the Dominion. The Magazine has a well-recognized value in enabling New-Zealanders to increase, pleasantly, their knowledge of their own country and to obtain helpful inspiration from bright chronicles of the lives of famous men and women who assisted in the making and shaping of the " Brighter Britain of the South." The Magazine has also offered worthwhile scope for talented New Zealand writers of verse and prose, and is thus helping in the evolution of a distinctive New Zealand literature. COMMERCIAL BRANCH. Dealing with the activities of the Department on the commercial side the marked improvement in the trading and industrial outlook which has manifested itself during the past year has provided greater opportunity for an expansion of railway business than has been possible under the depressed economic conditions experienced during recent years. Whilst there has been a pronounced upward trend in the volume of goods carried, competition by commercial vehicles has continued to seriously affect the Department's business. In the past this competition was met in the only way open to the Department—i.e., by reducing the higher railway rates to a level commensurate with those charged by the road operators. From the point of view of the community as owners of the railways it cannot be concluded that the continued existence of the conditions which compelled the adoption of this line of action is in the public interest or that the stability of the railway financial position is likely in the long run to be improved thereby. This is due in some degree to the fact that a lowering of the freight standard to safeguard a section of the business threatened by competition must also have application to all goods of a similar nature moving between the same points regardless of the fact that a substantial portion of such goods would under ordinary circumstances and with , the facilities available move by rail at standard freight rates.

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A direct outcome of this policy of instituting special rates based on what the traffic will bear in a competitive rather than an economic sense is that there is no uniformity in the standard of the rates which different communities or sections of the same business community are required to pay for their transport services. It has been contended by those opposed to any form of protection being afforded the railways that the introduction of competitive forms of transport has lessened transport costs. Whilst this is true to the extent that individual transport users in competitive areas have benefited by a lowering of the freight standard, the advantage has been gained at the expense of the community as a whole on whom the burden of the increased cost arising from the unnecessary duplication of transport facilities must necessarily fall. An important aspect bearing on the matter is that the railways have the capacity to handle at a relatively small additional expenditure practically the whole of the business now catered for by competitive road services, and it is only by a full utilization of this potential capacity that the system can operate at its greatest economic efficiency. The ability of road transport to compete successfully with the railways is due fundamentally to the fact that the operators are able to exercise discrimination as to the areas and individuals which they serve and the quantity and nature of the goods for which they cater. Whilst it is undeniable that, subject to these limitations, they do provide a convenient alternative service to the railways, quality of service in a restricted field is an inadequate criterion on which to determine the value of any form of transport in a highly productive country. The requirements of the Dominion call for the existence of ā transport organization capable of providing adequate services in all areas for all persons and for all classes of traffic at all seasons in all circumstances. Obviously such a service can only be given by the State-owned railways operating as they do in the public interest and not primarily for profit, which must be the main consideration of competing commercial concerns. The development of the railways in New Zealand has always been closely related to the social, commercial, and industrial requirements of the people, and in the interests of national development the future trend must be in the direction of an even more general application of this principle. Operated as they are as a public utility service it is inevitable that the railways should be subject to responsibilities as well as limitations which are not imposed on private operators. It follows that the railways are entitled to enjoy a considerable degree of protection by the State if they are to function efficiently and successfully in that capacity. This result is obviously impossible of achievement when, as is now the case in many areas, the supply of transport considerably exceeds requirements. Under such conditions it is natural that transport users by a process of bargaining should seek to exact from the road operators the most favourable terms for the carriage of their goods, and rate-cutting and wasteful expenditure must occur in an endeavour on the part of each of the operators to maintain his place in the field. By obtaining cut rates business men are able to undercut their competitors when quoting prices, thus the insecurity of the transport position tends to unnecessarily complicate the ordinary processes of buying and selling. On the other hand, under a rationalized system of transport so designed as to bring about a division of function between the different services based on sound economic principles, users will be assured of an adequate and efficient service with fixed rates and fares which will not be subject to fluctuation due to the operation of " cateh-as-catch-can " methods on the part of road operators. The present insecurity in regard to the basis on which estimates are framed will cease to ex-ist and the costs of production and delivery assessed with confidence. A matter of special importance from the community viewpoint is that the elimination of the competitive aspect as a major consideration in connection with matters pertaining to the railway rates structure will permit of the formulation of a tariff policy having for its main objective the promotion of social, commercial, and industrial development. As a preliminary step towards the attainment of this ideal a survey of the existing provisions of the scales of charges has been undertaken with a view to the introduction of modifications in respect of rates and classifications to conform to the changed transport conditions. During the year many matters pertaining to the commercial side of the Department's activities have engaged the attention of the Branch and have been brought to a successful conclusion. Meetings of chambers of commerce and other representative organizations have been attended as opportunity offered, and first-hand information in regard to various matters of railway interest supplied. As a result of this personal representation it has been possible to meet local requirements in many matters affecting transport conditions, and in this way the good-will already in existence has been consolidated to an extent which has been of definite value to the Department. Fares for Blind People. It has been the practice in the past to allow a blind person following his occupation and an attendant, to travel by train on payment of one adult fare. This privilege has been extended so that a blind person travelling alone in any circumstances may now purchase a ticket at half the appropriate fare for the journey. When travelling with an attendant one full fare will meet the requirements of both persons. The concession is one which although having no reference to any business advantage accruing to the railways will confer a marked benefit on those persons so unfortunate as to be afflicted with blindness. Overseas Tourist Traffic. The marked increase in the number of overseas visitors to the Dominion during the year indicates a continuation of the revival in tourist traffic. A factor contributing to this result is the continued operation by the P. and 0. and Orient shipping lines of the special summer cruises from Australia successfully inaugurated during the 1934-35 season. During the current year over three thousand persons visited the Dominion as passengers on cruising ships, and special facilities were offered and availed of to enable the tourists to visit the principal scenic resorts during the limited time at th eir disposal.

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Travel Facilities for Sporting and Pleasure Parties. The special travel facilities provided to meet the requirements of all branches of sport naturally cover a wide range and every endeavour has been made to bring about the position where these facilities will be availed of to the fullest extent. On the occasions of the more important sports fixtures the provision of special trains and cheap fares has encouraged the movement of large numbers of followers between distant points. An example of the potentialities of this business is found in the results achieved on the occasion of the 1936 Ranfurly Shield football match, Otago versus Southland, at Dunedin, when 3,764 passengers were conveyed to Dunedin from Invercargill and intermediate stations. Of this number over three thousand arrived on the morning of the match by ordinary trains augmented by nine special services. WAY AND WORKS BRANCH. The following are the principal features connected with the operations of the Way and Works Branch during the year : — Permanent-way.—The relaying carried out during the year was as follows : — M. ch. Main line and branches, 53 lb., 55 lb., 56 lb., and 70 lb. rails, relaid with new 70 lb. rails 37 35 55 lb. rails relaid with new 55 lb. rails .. .. .. . . .. ..01 Main line and branches relaid with second-hand 53 lb., 55 lb., 56 lb., and 70 lb. rails .. 7 07 Total 44 43 A deviation of the main line so as to obviate the use of the Puketeraki Tunnel in the South Island was completed, and traffic diverted on to the new line on 30th December, 1936. Good progress was made during the year on the work connected with the deviation of the main line between Greatford and Kakariki in the North Island. A start was made during the year in duplicating the line between Papakura and Horotiu in the North Island. This work, when completed, will provide a double line from Auckland to Frankton Junction, a distance of 85 miles. Sleepers and Ballast.—During the year 248,654 new sleepers and 174,305 cubic yards of ballast were laid. Bridges.—The matter of renewing and strengthening several bridges is in hand, the principal works being as follows, the stage of completion being as stated opposite each : — Whakatu bridge .. .. .. Foundations completed by contractor. Waitangi bridge .. .. .. Foundations being erected by contractor. Waitangi washout bridge .. .. Bridge reconstructed on new alignment. Rangitikei bridge .. .. .. Foundations being erected by contractor. Rakaia bridge .. .. .. Foundations being erected by contractor. . Roads and Level Crossings. —A number of level crossings were tar-sealed during the year. Welded rails were laid at a number of crossings in order to eliminate rail joints on the roadways. The Department, in co-operation with tlie Public Works Department, is eliminating a number of level crossings throughout the Dominion by the provision of subways and overbridges. Fences and Cattle-stops. —In pursuance of the policy that the Department should undertake the repair and maintenance of boundary fences paralleling the railway-line in order to ensure an adequate standard of safety against straying stock, several fencing gangs have been employed during the year. Some old cattle-stops have been replaced with surface cattle-stops of the latest design. Protective Works. —During the year considerable quantities of concrete and stone were placed on the foreshore between Kaiwarra and Petone, also at Oamaru, in order to prevent sea-erosion. Platforms and Cattle-yards. —Platforms and cattle-yards have been maintained in good order. Several cattle-yards were enlarged and improved, and new loading facilities were provided at different stations. Buildings. — All buildings have been maintained in satisfactory condition. A coal-shed was shifted from Kaikohe and re-erected at Tahekeroa as a goods-shed. The engine-shed at Hukerenui was shifted to Helensville. The engine-shed at Springfield and the shelter shed at Howe were destroyed by fire during the year. A dwelling at Gust, one at Timam, a hut at Taumarunui, and a hut at Rangataua were also burnt down. The following structures were damaged by fire during the year : Signal and Electrical Engineer's office at Wellington, engine-shed at Whangarei, weighbridge-shed at Auckland, dwelling at Wiri (washhouse destroyed), dwelling at Turakina, shunter's shed at Christchurch, and the engine-shed at Southbridge. Dwellings. —All dwellings have been maintained in good order. A considerable number of dwellings have been painted and renovated under contract. A programme for providing hot-water services and porches at all houses where necessary has been commenced. Wellington New Station and Yard. —The new station at Wellington was opened for business on 19th June, 1937. In order to facilitate the change-over arrangements were made in July, 1936, to bring four platforms at the new station into use and to discontinue the working of trains from the then existing platforms at Lambton. Goods traffic has been worked from and to Wellington via the Tawa Flat deviation since 22nd July, 1935, but coincident with the opening of the new station all traffic for stations north of Johnsonville was transferred to the deviation.

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The garden-plots and approach roads at the new station were laid down by the Wellington City Council, whose officers are to be complimented upon the beauty and general effectiveness of the layout. Although the new station is now open for business the contractor has yet to complete a portion of the office accommodation in the building in order that the Head Office and branch staffs may transfer to it. The main district offices, also the Signal and Electrical Branch, the Advertising Branch, and the Land Office staffs have already transferred to the building. The following works have been completed : New engine-shed, locomotive offices and conveniences, rail-car shed, and sleeping-car depot. The new staff social hall and Head Office garage are nearing completion. Mileage. —The total mileage of track open for traffic on the 31st March, 1937, was 3,278 miles--45 chains. Unemployed Relief. —During the year an average of 158 men were employed on new works at Wellington (exclusive of contract for erection of station building) and an average of thirty-two menwere engaged for forty weeks on the Puketeraki deviation. The wages for these men were subsidized by the Labour Department, as were also the wages of approximately twenty sedentary workers who have been employed assisting in offices. An average of 635 relief workers have been employed on earthworks for grade easements, deviations, carrying out improvements to the track,, cutting noxious weeds, repairing fences, &c. SIGNAL AND ELECTRICAL. All installations and apparatus have been maintained in good order and condition. The following is a summary of the principal activities of the Signal and Electrical Branch during the year : — Signalling. Stratford-Okahukura. —A start has been made on the installation of automatic signalling on this section. This installation will be battery-operated, the signals being approach lighted. Searchlight type signals will be used. Tenders were called for the supply of the necessary material, and delivery has commenced. Napier-Gisborne.—Preliminary work in connection with the calling of tenders for this installation has been put in hand. Wellington New Station. —During the year the old platforms and the mechanical signalling which served Lambton Station were dispensed with, four of the platforms constructed for the new station at Wellington being brought into use and worked from the new signal box. The work of installing the remaining interlocking was proceeded with as the construction of the yard progressed.. The signals used are of the searchlight type. Automatic signalling, with power-worked unattended stations, is under construction between. Wellington and Johnsonville. Dunedin-Mosgiel. —The installation of automatic signalling between Dunedin and Mosgiel was completed during the year the mileage involved being 9 miles 31 chains (double line). The installation includes remote control of the points and signals at Kensington by a small relay interlocking in the Dunedin South signal box. Signal boxes at Kensington, Caversham, and Abbotsford have been dispensed with. These boxes, which were necessary under the lock and block system previously in operation, are no longer required with automatic signalling. Power Interlocking.—Relay power interlocking was installed at Huntly and Morrinsville during the year. The control panels for the operation of the installations were designed by the Signal and Electrical Branch staff and manufactured in the railway workshops. Frame-levers. —Frame-levers with facing-point locks were installed at thirty-seven stations. General. —The home signals at Morrinsville were replaced by power interlocking, using threeposition colour light signals. Colour-light outer home signals were installed at Palmerston North in order to improve the working of the level-crossing alarms and facilitate shunting. Colour-light distant signals were installed at Timaru, and the mechanical control between the signal boxes was replaced by electrical control. Alterations and additions to the existing signalling and interlocking systems have been carried out at Avondale, Frankton Junction, Taumarunui, Aramoho, Palmerston North, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Burnside, Green Island, Wingatui, and Mosgiel. Tablet locks, interlocking siding-points with the tablet system have been installed at five service sidings and stations, and similar equipment was removed from seven service sidings and stations during the year. The total number of signalling installations in use throughout the system is as follows : — M. eh. Number. Miles of single line automatic signalling .. .. .. 190 41 Miles of double line automatic signalling .. .. .. 7816 Automatic crossing-loops .. .. .. .. .. .. 33 Automatic switch-locked sidings .. .. .. .. .. 37 Power interlockings .. .. .. .. .. .. 32 Mechanical interlockings .. .. .. .. .. .. 94 Interlocked tramway crossings .. .. .. .. .. 7 Mechanical fixed signals and Woods' locked stations .. .. .. 305 Tablet-locked sidings .. .. .. .. .. .. 268 v—D. 2.

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Block-working. —During the year Paki Paki was converted into a " switch-out, " tablet station and Hastings Racecourse was closed as a " switch-out " station. The Paki Paki installation is a special arrangement, the block being extended over three ordinary sections. Lock and block working between Dunedin and Mosgiel has been superseded by; automatic signalling. This was the final section of lock and block in the Dominion to be dismantled, and all double lines are now equipped with automatic signalling. The present position with regard to block-working is as follows :— Total mileage equipped with tablet instruments .. .. 1,577 Number of tablet instruments in use .. .. .. .. .. 867 Number of tablet stations .. .. .. .. .. .. 356 Number of tablet exchangers .. .. .. .. .. .. 314 Mileage of double line worked by lock and block .. .. .. Nil. Number of stations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Nil. Number of instruments .. .. .. .. .. .. Nil. Telegraph and Telephone Facilities. During the past year 160 miles of pole-line were rebuilt; 1,016 miles of copper conductors replaced iron conductors on these sections and 129 miles of copper wire were erected in new circuits. The sections rebuilt were: Whangarei-Opua, Morrinsville-Waihi, Upper Hutt-Masterton, Rolleston-Darfield, and Invercargill-Makerewa. New long-distance telephone circuits were erected to facilitate inter-district communications. The Auckland Station automatic-telephone exchange was extended with a junction unit and a four-position attendants' board. This installation released the Post and Telegraph Department's exchange and enables the railway exchange to work direct to and from the central exchange. A 500 line automatic-telephone exchange has been installed in the new station at Wellington. This exchange is designed to give direct access to the Post and Telegraph exchange and to all the North Island lines of the railway system. The installation includes a public announcement system for the direction of passengers on platforms and in the main public rooms. Obsolete pattern telephones were replaced by new instruments on the more important railway long distance circuits. The statistics of communication facilities are as follows :— Morse instruments . . .. .. .. .. . . . . 162 Telephones .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 3,112 Miles of wire .. .. .. .. •• •• 17,499 Miles of poles .. .. .. •• 3,086 Railway exchanges — Automatic .. .. .. .. .. . . .. 6 Manual .. .. . • • ■ . • ■ • ■ • 13 Public exchange connections .. .. .. .. .. 629 Level-crossing Alarms. Flashing-light signals were installed at Benhar and removed from Styx during the year. The latter installation was removed as a result of an overhead bridge having been brought into use. Crossing-bells at Port Ahuriri were dispensed with. The total number of level crossings now fitted with automatic warning devices is 123. In addition, there is a number of crossings protected by manually controlled bell signals. Traction. Otira and Christchurch-Lyttelton. —At Otira the original cable brackets through the tunnel were replaced with new brackets with insulators, and a start has been made to place the positive feeder, originally supplied in cable form, overhead alongside the catenary wire. A portion of the contact wire at Otira which was showing signs of wear has been replaced with standard 0-25 square inch grooved section. Wellington-Paekakariki-Johnsonville. —Wellington-Paekakariki: During the year practically the whole of the electrical equipment for the rectifier and transmission line substations came to hand. This equipment has been erected and connected up. All work will be completed early in the coming year. Wellington-Johnsonville : During the year the substation building at Khandallah was constructed and the electrical equipment which came to hand was installed. The electrical equipment for the Kaiwarra substation portion of this electrification has also been installed and much of the overhead erected. Wellington New Yard and Station Building.—All work in the main substation for supplying power to the new yard and station at Wellington was completed and power turned on. The ring-main around the yard was completed and livened up so that all the individual substations in the yard are now fed from the Department's bulk supply. An additional flood-light tower was erected and brought into use.

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The wiring of the station building for lighting, heating, power, and electric clocks in that portion of the building now occupied has been completed, and this work in the remaining part of the building is keeping pace with the building progress. Progress has also been made with lighting and power installations in the following yard buildings : Locomotive depot, rail-car shed, sleeping-car depot, yard staff depot, and signal and electrical depot. Main Workshops.—Systematic maintenance of workshops' substations and inspections of all workshops' installations have been carried out during the year. A new 300 k.w. motor alternator set was installed in the Hutt Valley Workshops and it is now supplying power for the butt-welder. Alterations have been carried out in the various workshops to suit requirements of the staff. Additional lights and motors have been installed where required. Motor Installations. —Fourteen motor installations were made at various places during the year, while nine motors were taken out in three localities. Electrical Reticulation. During the year electric lighting was installed in the station buildings and yards at Ellerslie Racecourse, Waharoa, Hinuera, Whangarata, Whangamarino, Ranui, Whakatane West, New Plymouth Breakwater, Waipara, Kaimata, Ikamatua, Templeton, Sefton, Ashburton Saleyards, Mount Somers, Willowbridge, Warrington, Stewart's Gully, Tokanui, and in the bus-garage at Tokarahi. Two hundred and eighty dwellings were also reticulated for electric lighting. Statistics of electrical equipment are as follow : Number of houses electrically lighted .. .. .. .. 2,767 Number of stations electrically lighted .. .. .. .. 368 Number of substations .. .. .. .. .. 21 Total capacity of substations .. .. .. .. .. 12,890 kv.a. Number of station yards flood-lighted .. .. .. .. 13. Track, Plant, and Rolling-stock. The track, bridges, structures, signalling-appliances, rolling-stock, and other plant are in good order, and efficient for the work required of them. STAFF. The total number of staff employed at the 31st March, 1937, including those on works chargeable to capital, was 20,729, as compared with 17,908 for the previous year. The average number actually at work throughout the year was 19,115, as compared with 17,073 the previous year. Of the average number of staff at work during the year 13,267 were permanent and 5,848 were casual employees. The average number of men engaged on works chargeable to capital was 1,366, as compared with 1,348 during the previous year. During the year 114 members of the permanent staff resigned, 91 retired on superannuation, 35 died, and 12 were dismissed or paid off. Employees to the number of 1,565 were engaged. Eighty-two members of the Second Division were promoted to the First Division. A total of £40,997 was paid under the Workers' Compensation Act during the year to members of the Second Division who suffered injury in the course of their employment. In conclusion, I desire to take this opportunity of placing on record my appreciation of the excellent work performed by all members of the Service during the year, and of their loyal co-operation in the carrying-on of the Department's operations. General Manager.

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New Railway-station, Wellington (opened 19th June, 1937).

New Railway-station, Wellington (by Night, with Flood-lighting).

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Main Booking-hall, Wellington New Station.

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Chief Accountant's Office (Expenditure Section), Wellington New Station Building.

Chief Accountant's Office (Goods Machine-accounting Room), Wellington New Station Building.

BALANCE-SHEETS, STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS, AND STATISTICAL RETURNS, 1 937«

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INDEX OF STATEMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS, 1936-37.

No. 1. Capital Account. General Balance-sheet. No. 2. Income and Expenditure of the Whole Undertaking. Net Revenue Account. No. 3. income and Expenditure in respect of Railway Operation. Abstract A—Maintenance of Way and Works. Abstract B—Maintenance of Signals and Electrical Appliances. Abstract C —Maintenance of Rolling-stock. Abstract D —Examination, Lubrication, and lighting of Vehicles. Abstract E—Locomotive Transportation. Abstract F—Traffic Transportation. Abstract 6 —General Charges. Summary of Expenditure Abstracts. No. 4. Income and Expenditure in respect of Lake Wakatipu Steamers. No. 5. Income and Expenditure in respect of Refreshment Service. No. sa. Income and Expenditure in respect of Bookstall Service. No. 6. Income and Expenditure in respect of Advertising Service. No. 7. Income and Expenditure in respect of Departmental Dwellings. No. 8. Income and Expenditure in respect of Buildings occupied by Refreshment Service, Bookstall Proprietors, &o No. 9. Income and Expenditure in respect of Road Services. No. 10. Income and Expenditure in respect of Railway Employees' Sick Benefit, Society. Balance-sheet. No. 11. Statement of Losses on Developmental Branch Lines and Isolated Sections. No. 12. Statement of Cash Receipts and Payments —Working Railways Account. Reconciliation Statement. No. 13. Renewals, Depreciation, and Equalization Reserve Accounts. General Reserve Account. Insurance Reserve Account. Workers' Compensation Reserve Account. Slips, Floods, and Accidents Equalization Preserve Account. Betterments Reserve Account. Renewals Reserve Account. Depreciation Reserve Account. No. 14. Expenditure on Construction of Railways, Rolling-stock, &c. Net Revenue, and Rate of Interest earned on Capital expended on Opened Lines. No. 15. Expenditure out of Working Railways Account (Depreciation Fund) and Public Works Fund. No. 16. Statement of Season Tickets issued. No. 17. Statement of Operating Traffic and Revenue. (1) Operating Traffic. (2) Operating Revenue. No. 18. Traffic and Revenue for each Station. No. 19. Classification of Goods and Live-stock Traffic and āarning3 by Commodities. No. 20. Comparative Statement of Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Operating Revenue, and Operating Expenditure. No. 21. Number of Employees. No. 22. Accidents. No. 23. Carriage and Wagon Stock and Tarpaulins. No. 24. Locomotive Stock. No. 25. Locomotive-running Costs.

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STATEMENT No. 1. Capital Account as at 31st March, 1937.

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Total to 31st March i Year ended, I Total to 31st March, | i Total to 31st March, ! Year ended I Total to 31st March, ! 1988. I 31st, March, 1937. 1937. II j 1936. i 31st, March, 1937. | 1937. , 1; 4/i % p 1 I W 18 f II ■■a I i L I Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Receipts. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Permanent-way— Works, buildings, ma- 50,015,491 10 3 636,972 3 7 50,652,463 13 10 Capital included in public debt .. 55,588,785 7 11 439,986 0 10 56,028,771 8 9 chinery, plant, and dwellings Other capital .. .. .. 9,033,902 6 6 .. 9,033,902 6 6 Rolling-stock, lake steamers, and road 11,085,152 17 4 370,040 19 10 11,455,193 17 2 motors 64,622,687 14 5 439,986 0 10 65,062,673 15 3 Lines closed for traffic .. .. 290,981 17 10 .. 290,981 17 10 Deduct accrued depreciation and 10,400,000 0 0 .. 10,400,000 0 0 other losses of capital written off 61,391,626 5 5 1,007,013 3 5 62,398,639 8 10 in accordance with subsection (2), Deduct accrued depreciation on exist- 7,578,511 13 10 335,180 14 6 7,913,692 8 4 section 23, of the Government ing assets Railways Amendment Act, 1931 53,813,114 11 7 671,832 8 11 54,484,947 0 6 Add unexpended balance: Deprecia- 439,944 5 8 0.228,454 8 9 211,489 16 11 54,222,687 14 5 439,986 0 10 54,662,673 15 3 tion Reserve Outstanding liabilities .. .. 30,371 2 10 3,391 19 4 33,763 2 2 £54,253,058 17 3 £443,378 0 2 £54,696,436 17 5 £54,253,058 17 3 £443,378 0 2 £54,696,436 17 5 Note. —Unopened lines are, under the control of the Public Works Department, and all expenditure out of the Public Works Fund in connection therewith is included in the accounts of that Department

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STATEMENT No 1— continued. General Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1937. Liabilities. Assets. Sundry creditors — £ s. d. £ s. d. Sawmills, bush areas, and stocks £ s. d. £ s. d. General creditors (including of timber .. .. .. .. 189,692 16 6 unpaid wages) and credit Stores and material 011 hand—■ balances .. .. 678,309 1 2 Stores Branch .. .. 982,453 13 6 Government Departments .. 21,317 12 0 Subsidiary services .. .. 15,657 13 10 699,626 13 2 — 998,111 7 4 Collections for refund to— Sundry assets — Harbour Boards, shipping Advertising Branch.. .. 21,175 13 2 companies, and other Refreshment Branch .. 31,481 19 4 carriers .. .. 26,813 6 2 Housing improvements .. 11,642 1 7 Government Departments 280 6 11 — 64,299 14 1 27,093 13 1 Items to be written off on receipt of parliamentary Sundry debtors — authority .. .. .. 6,957 4 8 Advance to capital .. .. 41,096 2 5 General reserve .. .. 1,144,552 17 8 Government Departments .. 29,066 411 Depreciation reserve .. 211,489 16 11 Advances: Housing scheme Renewals reserve .. .. 748,467 9 0 under Government Railways Insurance reserves — Amendment Act, 1927—SeeFire .. .. .. 98,458 10 7 tion 15 (5), Railway emWorker's Compensation .. 44,217 3 2 ployees .. .. .. 1,311 18 0 Slips, Floods, and Accidents 54,147 0 8 Work in progress, sundry — 2,301,332 18 0 debtors and debit balances.. 204,407 0 9 Unemployment Fund—• ——-—— 275,881 6 1 Subsidy on works .. .. .. 185,781 3 4 Unemployment Fund —SubsiBetterments reserve—■ dized works .. .. .. 185,781 3 4 Refreshment Branch .. .. .. 3,091 7 9 Accrued interest on investments .. 8,215 1 5 Sick Benefit Fund .. .. .. .. 40,962 7 5 Outstanding at stations— Cash in hand .. .. 19,394 12 10 Freights, &c., owing by Government Departments .. 57,551 2 7 Freights, &c., owing by sundry debtors .. .. 164,080 11 4 — — 241,026 6 9 Working Railways Investments .. .. 587,940 0 0 Sick Benefit Fund Investments .. .. 40,545 5 2 Cash in Working Railways Account .. .. 673,352 6 9 £3,264,845 7 5 £3,264,845 7 5 W. Bishop, A.R.A.N.Z.. Chief Accountant. I hereby certify that the Balance-sheet and accompanying accounts have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly set out the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the above departmental note, and to the exception that the cost of exchange in respect of interest payments made in London during the year for the purposes of this account has not been charged to the account but has been borne by the Consolidated Fund.—J. H. Fowler, Controller and Auditor-General.

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STATEMENT No. 2. Income and Expenditure of the Whole Undertaking for the Year ended 31st March, 1937.

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Year 1936-37. jl Tear 1935-36. — j Statement No. ; *— I : j i. ;— : —; —; — , —;— |— ~ Gross Revenue. j Expenditure. Net .Revenue. j Gross Ilevenue. Expenditure. I Net Revenue. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Railway operation .. .. .. .. 3 6,903,604 0 3 6,338,385 5 3 565,218 15 0 6,243,518 17 9 5,523,192 18 11 720,325 18 10 Lake Wakatipu steamers .. .. ■ .. 4 7,111 17 6 10,855 0 0 Dr. 3,743 2 6 10,597 14 7 9,398 11 9 1,199 2 10 Refreshment service .. .. .. 5 103,351 0 4 101,124 11 11 2,226 8 5 89,132 2 3 84,976 11 2 4,155 11 1 Book-stall service .. .. .. .. 5a 54,417 5 2 51,245 6 11 3,171 18 3 45,797 12 5 43,041 11 0 2,756 1 5 Advertising service .. .. .. .. 6 34,535 111 31,150 11 5 3,384 10 6 31,774 4 2 29,391 2 10 2,383 1 4 Dwellings .. .. .. .. .. 7 131,187 6 0 164,745 13 0 Dr. 33,558 7 0 129,254 13 7 156,692 3 2 Dr. 27,437 9 7 Buildings occupied by refreshment service, book- 8 19,019 10 0 12,233 2 9 6,786 7 3 17,909 0 3 11,463 14 10 6,445 5 5 stall-proprietors, &c. Road motor services.. .. .. .. 9 198,751 4 5 177,053 8 2 21,697 16 3 103,279 13 0 94,682 8 7 8,597 4 5 Miscellaneous revenue .. .. .. .. 338,673 17 7 .. 338,673 17 7 333,052 3 7 .. 333,052 3 7 7,790,651 3 2 6,886,792 19 5 .. 7,004,316 1 7 5,952,839 2 3 Total net revenue to Net Revenue Account.. j .. .. .. 903,858 3 9 .. .. 1,051,476 19 4

Dr. 1936-37. 1935-36. j! Cr. 1936-37. 1935-36. . • I. .. ' I . ■"''■■■ ■■ ; I I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. j £ s. d. Interest charges .. .. .. 2,309,754 6 4 2,300,050 15 10 Net earnings before charging interest on capital .. 903,858 3 9 ! 1,051,476 19 4 Reduction on account of interest charges, vide 1,405,896 2 7 1,248,573 16 6 section 14, Finance Act, 1930 (No. 2) ! 2,309,754 6 4 I 2,300,050 15 10 2,309,754 6 4 j 2,300,050 15 10

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STATEMENT No. 3. Income and Expenditure in respect of Railway Operation for the Year ended 31st March, 1937.

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I I ! j| i I « Per Cent, of I "S Per Cent, of - Operating Revenue. _ 2 . I Operating Revenue, EXPENDITURE. J§ 1936-37. 1935-36. ! ! REVENUE. I © 55 1936-37. i 1935-36 | j| I , $ 1 1936-37. 1935-36- | £ i ! 1936-37. 1935-36 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Maintenance of way and works .. .. A 1,171,963 12 8 1,070,085 4 1 16-98 17-14 Passengers, ordinary .. .. 17 1,421,632 12 11 1,286,059 1 4 20-59 20-60 Maintenance of signals and electrical appli- B 154,107 15 8 147,442 2 10 2-23 2-36 Passengers, season tickets .. .. 17 189,672 5 6 180,557 13 0 2-75 2-89 ances Parcels, luggage, and mails .. .. 17 305,525 11 8 299,964 1 3 4-43 4-80 Maintenance of rolling-stock . . .. C 1,565,082 16 8 1,406,685 6 5 22-67 22-33 Goods .. .. .. .. 17 4,846,417 4 0 4,359,750 1 0 70-20 69-83 Examination, lubrication, and lighting of I) 65,047 16 4 57,599 2 11 0-94 0-92 Labour, demurrage, &e. .. .. 17 140,356 6 2 117,188 1 2 2-03 1-88 vehicles Locomotive transportation .. .. E 1,347,129 4 11 1,144,036 13 11 19-51 18-32 Traffic transportation .. .. .. F 1,797,058 4 7 1,465,051 15 3 26-03 23-47 General charges .. .. .. G 69,690 17 11 ' 63,663 13 11 1-01 1-02 £ s. d. Superannuation subsidy .. 184,495 11 2 Less amount allocated to subsidiary services, &c. 16,190 14 8 .. 168,304 16 6 168,628 19 7 2-44 2-70 Total operating expenses .. .. 6,338,385 5 3 5,523,192 18 11 91-81 88-46 Net operating revenue.. .. .. 565,218 15 0 720,325 18 10 8-19 11-54 \ 6,903,604 0 3 6,243,318 17 9 100-00 100-00 .. 6,903,604 0 3 6,243,518 17 9 100-00 100-00

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North Island South Island Kaihu. Gisborne. Main Line and Main Line and Westport. Nelson. Picton. Total. Branches. Branches. Item. Per Per Per Per Per Per Per Per Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Total, of Total. of Total. of Total. of Total. of Total. of Total. of Total. of Rail- Rail- Rail- Rail- Rail- Rail- Rail- Railway. way. way. way. way. way. way. way. Abstract A. —Maintenance of Way and Works. General expense — ££££££££££££££ £ £ Branch .. .. 7 0-3 30 0-5 6,572 4-4 4,201 2-6 124 3-4 18 0-3 55 1-0 11,007 3-3 District .. .. 81 3-4 338 5-6 21,843 14-7 18,242 11-4 362 10-1 296 4-6 345 6-2 41,507 12-5 Road-bed .. .. 772 32-2 3,116 51-9103,512 69-7 91,275 57-3 2,600 72-2 2,789 43-6 3,211 57-3 207,275 62-4 Track renewals .. 1,308 54-5 2,744 45-7286,773 193-0243,695 153-0 5,718158-9 2,927 45-6 2,868 51-2 546,033164-5 Ballasting .. .. 151 6-3 75 1-3 37,653 25-3 12,331! 7-7 44 1-2 25 0-4 56 1-0 50,335 15-2 Slips and floods .. 90 3-7 405 6-8 18,228 12-3 14,616 9-2 426 11-8 21 0-3 113 2-0 33,899 10-2 Fences, gates, cattle- 67 2-8 779 13-0 14,447 9-7 15,578 9-8 129 3-6 327 5-1 173 3-1 31,500 9-5 stops Roads, level - crossings, 76 3-2 50 0-8 4,541 3-1 3,195 2-0 48 1-3 55 0-9 129 2-3 8,094 2-4 approaches Bridges, viaducts, cul- 603 25-1 1,453 24-2 60,710 40-8 46,280 29-0 253 7-0 1,066 16-7 816 14-6 111,181 33-5 verts, &c. Water-services, cranes, 20 0-8 70 1-2 7,939 5-3 8,293 5-2 1,389 38-6 204 3-2 97 1-7 18,012 5-4 weigh-bridges, &c. Wharves .. .. 6 0-2.. .. 288 0-2 .. .. 932 25-9 .. .. 4 0-1 1,230 0-4 Cattle - yards, loading- 29 1-2 95 1-6 10,647 7-2 5,149 3-2 78 2-2 30 0-5 88 1-6 16,116 4-9 banks, platforms, coal-stages Operating buildings .. 887 37-0 650 10-8 54,380 36-6 38,141 23-9 712 19-8 433 6-8 571 10-2 95,774 28-8 4,097 170-7 9,805 163-4627,533422-3500,996314-312,815356-0 8,191 128-0 8,526152-3 1,171,963 353-0 Per cent, of operating 94-73 52-85 15-26 18-94 16-55 72-28 25-20 16-98 revenue Per cent, of operating 50-48 41-96 17-13 19-84 19-57 41-02 25-01 18-49 expenditure Per train-mile (pence) 73-42 61-68 20-48 27-88 46-68 49-63 46-21 23-70 Abstract B. —Maintenance of Signals and Electrical Appliances. General expenses .. & 4 0-2 & 11 0-3 3,658 2-5 2,328 1-5 68 1-9: 10 0-2 31 0-6 6.116 1-8 Signals and interlocking .. j .. 10 0-2 19,200 12-9 12,503 7-9 188 5-2 25 0-4; 49 0-9 31,975 9-6 Automatic and power ! ..I .. .. . . 18,604 12-5 11,785 7-4 .. .. .. .. .. .. 30,389 9-2 signalling Level-crossing signals I .. .. 2,276 1-5 1,153 0-7 .. ; .. .. .. .. 3,429 1-0 Instruments, block- j .. .. 16 0-3 11,837 8-0 6,219 3-9 148 4-1! 13 0-2j 16 0-3 18,249 5-5 working, tablets, &c. Overhead lines, block- 27 1-1; 39 0-6 13,610 9-2 10,802 6-8 46 1-3; 65 1-0 116 2-1 24,705 7-4 working, tablets, &c. Overhead lines, auto- .. j .. .. .. 4,003 2-7 4,201 2-6 .. .. j .. .. .. ] .. 8,204 2-5 matic signalling Electric lighting used .. .. 18 0-3 7,738 5-2 5,121 3-2 145 4-0 23 0-4: 140, 2-4 13,185 4-0 in operation Overhead electrification .. .. .. .. 1,630 1-1 10,523 6-6 .. .. j .. .. . . 12,153 3-7 and bonding Electric-power ap- 1,182 0-8 826 0-5 109 3-0 , 8 0-1 2 .. 2,127 0-6 pliances Buildings .. 2,085 1-4 1,423 0-9 68 I 9 3,576 1-1 31 1-3 100 1-7 85,823 57-8 66,884 42-0 772 21-4 144 2-3 354 6-3 154,108 46-4 Per cent, of operating 0-71 0-54 2-09 2-53 1-00 1-27 1-05 2-23 revenue Per cent, of operating 0 ■ 38 0-43 2-34 2-65 1-18 0-72 1-04 2-43 expenditure j Per train-mile (pence) 0-56 j 0-63 2-80 3-72 j 2-81 0-87 1-92 3-12

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North Island South Island Kaihu. Gisborne. Main Line and Main Line and Westport. Nelson. Picton. Total Branches. Branches. Item. Ī — . , , Per Per Per | Per Per Per Per Per Total. Tram- Total. Train- Total. Train-j Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. I Train- Total Train""te- ™ le - ™l". | mile. mile. mile. ] mile. ' mile. Abstract C.—Maintenance of Rolling-stock. General expenses— £ j d. £ d. £ I d. I £ d. £ d £d £d £ d Branch •• •• 9| 0-2 37 0-2 8,122; 0-3 5,180 0-3 1 152 0-6 22 0-1 68 0-4 13 590 0-3 District •• •• •• 3,235! 0-1 3,068 0-2 .. 6'303 0-1 Locomotives.. .. 541 9-8 1,182 7-4385,7421 12-6243,246 13-5 4,398 15-9 943 5-8 4J58 640'210 12-8 9 ars •• •• 511 0-9 237 1-5166,558 5-4101,212 5-6 869 3-2 381 2-3 295 1-6 269*603 "5-5 Vans and postal vans 4 0-1 127 0-8 22,314 0-7 15,516 0-9 263 1-0 115 0-7 134 0-7 'w'473 0-8 Wagons .. .. 218 3-9 1,836 11-6324,100 10-6203,331 11-312,013 43-7 844 5-1 1,799 9-7 544 ? 141 11-0 Service vehicles 32 0-2 7,007 0-2 3,627 0-2 44 0-2 7 11 0-1 lo'728 0-2 Tarpaulins, ropes, and 1 .. 33 0-2 21,058 0-7 20,507 1-1 273 1-0 124 0-8 39 0-2 0-9 824 14-9 3,484 21-9938,136 30-6595,687 33-1 18,012 65-6 2,436 14-8 6,504 35• 2 1,565,083 IĪTē Per cent, of operating 19-05 18-78 22-81 22-51 23-26 21-49 revenue Per cent, of operating 10-15 14-91 25-61 23-60 27-50 12-20 19-08 24-69 expenditure Per mile of railway £ 34-33 58-07 631-32 373-71 500-33 38-06 116-14 471-41 Abstract D.— Examination, Lubrication, and Lighting of Vehicles. . £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d Examination and lubri- 32 0-6 70 0-4 18,669 0-6 15,464 0-9 762 2-8 150 0-9 104 0-6 35 251 0-7 cation of cars, vans, ' and wagons Gas lighting of vehicles 4 0-1 42 0-3 8,294 0-3 3,725 0-2' 146 0-5 42 0-3 59 0-3 12 31'> 0-'» Electric lighting of 9,420 0-3 4,380 0-2 13'800 0-3 vehicles j ' Depot expenses .. 2 2,245 0-1 1,437 0-li 1 3 ;68f) q.j 38 0-7 112 0-7 38,628 1-3 25,006 1-4 909 3-3 192 1-2 163 0-9 65,048 1-3 Per cent, of operating 0-88 0-60 0-94 0-95 | 1-17 1-69 ~l>48 (M)4 revenue Per cent, of operating 0-47 0-48 1-05 0-99 ! 1-39 0-96 0-48 1-03 expenditure ! Per mile of railway £ 1-58 1-87 25-99 15-69 25-25 3-00 2-91 19-59 Abstract E.—Locomotive Transportation. General expenses— £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. fid £ d fid £ d Branch .. .. 4 0-1 18 0-1 3,994 0-1 2,556 0-1 75 0-3 11 0-1 33 0-2 6 691 0-1 District .. 4,561 0-2 3,133 0-2 o-2 Depot supervision 3 .. 25,160 0-8 16,423 0-9 221 0-8 7 40 0-2 4l'854 0-8 Wages, allowances, and 636 11-3 1,794 11-3325,183 10-6204,852 11-3 4,795 17-6 1,686 10-2 2 703 14-6 54l'e49 11-0 expenses ' ' £" el •• 496 8'9 2,842 17-9410,910 13-4182,979 10-2 2,759 10-0 1,877 11-4 2,600 14-1 604 463 12-2 Water •• •• 14 0-3 55 0-3 14,934 0-5 6,356 0-4 111 0-4 51 0-3 69 0-4 21 590 0-4 Stores .. .. 10 0-2 72 0-5 12,580 0-4 7,374 0-4 149 0-5 53 0-3 75 0-4 2o'313 0-4 Shed-expenses .. 273 4-9 233 1-5 62,991 2-1 37,241 2-1 1,304 4-7 230 1-4 603 3-3 2-1 1,433 25-7 5,017 31-6860,313 28-1460,914 25-6 9,414 34-3 3,915 23-7 6,123 33-21,347,129 27-2 Per cent, of operating 33-13 27-04 20-92 17-42 12-16 34-55 HH51 revenue Per cent, of operating 17-66 21-47 23-49 18-26 14-37 19-61 17-96 21-25 expenditure Per mile of railway £ 59-71 83-62 578-95 289-16 261-50 61-17 109-34 405-76

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North Island South Island I „ , Mcton. Total. Kaihu Gishorae. Main Line and , Mam Line and Westport. Nelson. Branches. I Branches. Total.[ Trciin- Total, j Trl- Total. Trail- Total. j TagJ Total. & Total, jig,- Total. T?|- Total. inile. mile. mue. I | I ! Abstract F. —Traffic Transportation. General expenses— £ d. I £ d. £ q'.9 462 1-7 67 0-4 1 198 1 1 40,555 0-8 pW- ;; ;; f H K Um.Z t! £5 t! .A »•» ■ .«* '•» 2 ' 4 Station expenses— 1 „ „ 9nq 071 3 301 1,747 10 • 7 2,794 15-2 471,802 9-6 a~ and0ffiC r 9 114 r V,434 2.8 2.4 '619 2-3 88 0-5 267 1-4 129,588 2-6 KSand mar- «1 i*! S W • *» 5-2 11-7 272; 1-6 604 3-3 219,056 4-4 G ShTdtand 48i O-9! 93 0-ej 96,881 3-2110,547 6-2 597 2-2 304! 1-8 1,054 5-7 209,524 4-2 goods-yards I ! . a QO 177 k.-i o 407 39.7 3,510 19-1 128,526 2-6 dr:...,a k » «fcK; « *i 14 1,3 - *• - ery, and other expenses I j | I Train expenses— ft ', u qm Q.7 416 4-1 1,528 5-6 635 3-8 883 4-8 192,483 3-9 Cleaning and heating Z ol Z U I* '*• «-5 223 1-4 261 1-4 69,588 1-4 vehicles I I . „ 58 q! __ .. .. .. .. 10,053 0-2 „ar :: <*:*, ™ "« H Tm6 1 4,207 2,6-5970.599 31-7783,886 43-620,848 75-9 4,703| 28-511,269 61-1 1,797,058 36-3 , .. ŌITtk 99-68 ' 23-60 I 29-63 j 26-92 41-50 33-20 26-03 Per cent, of operating 35-75 1* bs uu revenue K „ ' ot.i SI-83 23-56 33-05 28-35 Per cent, of operating 19-05 18-00 26-50 31 05 j 31 expenditure «53-16 491-77 ' 579-11 73-48 201-23 541-28 Per mile of railway £ 64-42 70-12 653 lb < Abstract G. —General Charges. Head Office .. V f- 'm -««i »'» « \ k " "<HL «ass» " » * « «n« « •« « 2 s a t "» « r Training-school .. 1 ° ' ~~ 41,516 1-4 26,698 1-5 796 2-9 112 0-7 338 1-8 69,691 1-4 P., e. operating I-M ~0I 1-03 0•» » » l-« revenue gg i . 06 1-03 0-56 0-99 1-10 Per cent, of operating 0-53 0 80 expenditure 16 . 7 22-1 1-8 6-0 21-0 Per mile of railway t l*o 61 1 1 Superannuation subsidy f«| U ««j ■■»««''»' U '■» 'j ™| 'j ""'"j 3 - 4 Summary of Expenditure Abstracts. T I I North South _ | i _ I ... Island Main Island Main westnort Nelson. Picton. ; Total. Abstract and Item, Kaihu. ! Gishorne. Line and Line and j w estport " i 1 ' i j Branches. Branches. ; | j j , ... . 1 Aq7 n £ 805 ! j 8,191 8,526 i 1,171,963 A. —Maintenance of Way and Works . . : 4,0, , , 144 | 354 j 154,108 B.—Maintenance of Signal and Electrical 31 100 8o,8_3 bb,8»4 i Appliances 824 3 484 938 136 595,687 18,012 ! 2,436 1 6,504 j 1,565,083 C. —Maintenance of Rolling-stock _ . . 824 3,484 25 008 909 1 192 163 65,048 P. —Examination, Lubrication, and Light- 38 d» ,b ing of Vehicles 860 313 460,914' 9,414 1 3,915 6,123 ! 1,347,129 taaszssxsr? :: fcS 5% »« *-S! "'S "'S:S G " Suporannuatiorf Sjibsidy !! •- 104 : 455 100,261 64,475 I 1,923 272j 815 | 8,116 j 23,368 3,662,809 2,524,546 i 65,489 19,965 | 34,092 j 6,338,385 iS7.fi5 ! 125-96 I 89-07 95-42 I 84-57 176-17 100-75 | 91-81 Per cent, of operating revenue .. 187 65 i-o JD 1,819-14 311-95 608-79 | 1,909-15 Per mile of railway .. £ 338;17 389 47 ; -404 88 , g0 184 . 7fi ]28 . 18 Per train-mile (pence) •• •• 140 40 j " j I |

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STATEMENT No. 4. Income and Expenditure in respect of Lake Wakatipu Steamers.

STATEMENT No. 5. Income and Expenditure in respect of Refreshment Service.

STATEMENT No. 5a. Income and Expenditure in respect of Book-stall Service.

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Per Cent, of Per Cent, of Revenue. ; Revenue. EXPENDITURE. I 1936-37.! 1935-36. j j! REVENUE. j 1936-37. 1935-36. 1936-37. 1935-36. j j 1936-37. 1935-36. ] £ £ £ £ Salaries and wages, shore staff.. ! 1,359 992 19-12 9-36 Ordinary passengers .. 2,316 4,442 32-56 41-91 Salaries and wages, steamer staff j 3,914 4,119 55-04 38-86 Season tickets .. .. 30 47 0-42 0-44 Coal and stores .. . . ' 1,447 1,566 20-36 14-77 Parcels, luggage, and mails .. 494 859 6-95 8-10 Repairs, steamers .. .. j 1,278 941 17-98 8-88 Goods .. .. ..4,253 5,215 59-80 49-22 Repairs, wharves, &c. .. | 612 292 8-61 2-76 Miscellaneous .. .. \9 35 0-27 0-33 Insurance, depreciation, &c. .. 844 786 11-82 7-42 Motor-lorry expenses .. .. 719 .. 10-11 10,173 8,696 143-04 82-05 7,112 j 10,598 100-00 100-00 Operating profit .. .. •• 1,902 .. 1.7-95 Operating loss .. .. 3,061 | .. 43-04 10,173 10,598 143-04 100-00 10,173 10,598 143-04 100-00 Operating loss .. .. 3,061 .. 43-04 .. Operating profit .. .. .. 1,902 .. 17-95 Payments to railway revenue— Interest on capital .. .. 682 703 9-59 6-63 Net profit .. .. .. •• 1,199 .. 11-32 Net loss .. .. .. 3,743 .. 52-63 3,743 1,902 52-63 17-95 3,743 1,902 52-63 17-95

Per Cent, of Revenue. EXPENDITURE. 1936-37. 1935-36. REVENUE. 1936-37. 1935-36, 1936-37. 1935-36. £ £ ' £ £ Salaries and wages .. .. 31,887 26,418 30-86 29-64, Receipts from Refreshment-rooms .. 103,351 89,132 Provisions used .. .. 45,036 37,349 43'58 41-90 Light, fuel, and water .. 1,823 1,761 1-76 1-98 Renewals and depreciation .. 2,747 2,642 2-66 2-96 Insurance and miscellaneous .. 6,152 3,613 5'94 4-06 87,645 71,783 84-80 80-54 Operating profit .. .. 15,706 17,349 15-20 19-46 103,351 89,132 100-00 100-00 103,351 89,132 Payments to railway revenue— Interest on capital .. .. 1,111 1,108 1-07 1-24 Operating profit .. .. .. 15,706 17,349 Rent .. .. .. 9,219 9,230 8-93 10-35 Freights and fares .. .. 3,150 2,855 3-05 3-21 Net profit .. .. .. 2,226 4,156 2-15 4-66 15,706 17,349 15-20 19-46 15,706 17,349

Per Cent, of Revenue. EXPKNDIT"UBE. 1936-37. 1935-36. , REVENUE. 1936-37. 1935-36 1936-37.! 1935-36. £ £ £ £ Wages .. .. .. 4,997 4,363 9-18 9-53 Receipts .. .. .. .. 54,417 45-798 Stores .. .. .. 39,625 33,164 72-82 72-41 Miscellaneous .. .. 990 768 1-82 1-68 45,612 38,295 83-82 83-62 Operating profit .. .. 8,805 7,503 16-18 16-38 54,417 45,798 100-00 100-00 \ 54,417 45,798 Payments to railway revenue— Rents .. .. .. 5,442 4,580 10-00 10-00 ! Operating profit .. .. .. 8,805 7,503 Rail freights .. .. 191 167 0-35 0-36 Net profit .. .. .. 3,172 2,756 5-83 6-02 8,805 7,503 i 16-18 16-38 8,805 7,503 ' 2. I

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STATEMENT No. 6. Income and Expenditure in respect of Advertising Service.

STATEMENT No. 7. Income and Expenditure in respect of Departmental Dwellings.

STATEMENT No. 8. Income and Expenditure in respect of Buildings occupied by Refreshment Service, Book-stall Proprietors, etc.

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Per Cent, of lie venue. EXPENDITURE. 1936-37. 1935-36. REVENUE. 1936-37. 1935-36. 1936-37. 1935-36. £ £ £ £ Salaries, wages, and allowances 7,388 7,018 21-39 22-09 Advertising-signs, publications, &o. .. 34,535 31,774 Stores and materials .. .. 1,853 1,525 5-37 4-80 Insurance and depreciation .. 7,243 7,096 20-97 22-33 Office and general expenses .. j 2,707 2,636 7-84 8-30 19,191 18,275 55-57 57-52 Operating profit .. .. 15,344 13,499 44-43 42-48 34,535 31,774 100-00 100-00 ' 34,535 31,774 Payments to railway revenue— Interest on capital .. .. 836 890 2-42 2-80 Operating profit .. .. .. 15,344 13,499 Rent of premises and sites .. 10,115 9,125 29-28 28-72 Commission .. .. 838 728 2-43 2-29 Freights .. .. .. 171 373 0-50 1-17 Net profit .. .. .. 3,384 2,383 9-80 7-50 15,344 13,499 44-43 42-48 15,344 13,499

Per Cent, of Revenue. EXPENDITURE. 1936-37. 1935-36. ; REVENUE. 1936-37. 1935-36. 1936-37. 1935-36. £ £ £ £ Wages and charges .. .. 46,081 38,444 35*12 29-75 Rentals .„ .. 131 J87 700 055 Materials .. .. .. 19,179 14,716 14-62 11-39 " ' ' Insurance .. .. .. 1,294 3,519 0*99 2-72 Depreciation .. .. 33,927 34,211 25*86 26-46 100,481 90,890 76*59 70-32 Operating profit .. .. 30,706 38,365 23*41 29-68 131,187129,255 100*00 100-00 131 3 187 129,255 Payments to railway revenue— Operating profit .. .. .. 30 706 gg zqk Interest .. .. .. 64,265 65,802 48*98 50-91 Net loss .. .. .. .. 27^,437 64,265 65,802 48*98 50-91 64~265 65,802

Per Cent, of j EXPENDITURE. 1936-87. 1935-36. : | REVENUE. 1936-37. 1935-36. 1936-37. 1935-36.; £ £ £ £ Wages and charges .. .. 2,297 1,502 12-07 8-39 Rentals .. .. .. . 19 019 77 qnq Materials 563 320 2-96 1- 79 Insurance and depreciation .. 3,330 3,513 17-61 19-61 6,190 5,335 32-54 29-79 . Operating profit .. ..12,829 12,574 67-46 70-21 19,019 17,909 100-00 100-00 19,019 77 QQO' Payments to railway revenue — Interest .. .. .. 6,043 6,129 31-77 34-22 Operating profit .. .. . 12 829 12 174 Net profit .. .. .. 6,786 6,445 35-69 35-99 , ,<j<* 11—»829 I2J74 67-46 70-21 12,829 1^574

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STATEMENT No. 9. Income and Expenditure in respect of Road Services.

STATEMENT No. 10. Railway Employees' Sick Benefit Society. Income and Expenditure.

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Per Cent, of p er cent, of Revenue. Ti,evpri hp EXPENDITURE. 1936-37. 1935-36. REVENUE. 1936-37. 1935-36. " 1936-37. 1935-36. 1936—37.j 1935-86. - j - n - £ £ ;! £ £ Superintendence — Salaries and 18,595 8,493 9-36 8-22 || Passengers .. .. .. 173,864 99,718 87-48 96-54 office expenses | Paroels, mails, and newspapers 23,808 3,462 11-98 3-36 Maintenance charges .. . . 28,279 17,381j 14-23 16-83 i Miscellaneous .. .. 1,079 100 0-54 0-10 Running-expenses .. .. 87,074 45,850j 43-80 44-39 License fees .. .. .. 6,202 3,512\ 3-12 3-40 \ Insurance and depreciation . . 32,548 18,144 16-38 \ 17-57 . 172,698 93,380 86-89 90-41 Operating profit .. .. 26,053 9,900\ 13-11 9-59 198,751 103,280'. 100-00 100-00 198,751103,280 100-00 100-00 Payments to railway revenue— Interest on capital .. • .. 4,355 1,303 2-19 1-26 j Operating profit .. .. 26,053 9,900 13-11 9-59 Net profit .. .. 21,698 8,597 10-92 8-33 26,053 9,900, 13-11 1 9-59 ' 26,053 9,900 13-11 9-59

. Expenditure, | 1936-37. 1935-36. ; Income. 1936-37. 1935-36. £ £ £ To Sick pay paid to members .. .. 23,346 21,999 . By Contributions.. .. .. .. 20,359 18,189 Balance carried down, being excess of income 6,549 5,440 ; Entrance fees .. .. .. .. 281 '205 over expenditure Interest on investments .. .. 1,255 1,045 Subsidy as per section 5, subsection (1), of , 8,000 8,000 Government Railways Amendment Act, j 1928, charged to Working Railways Account 29,895 27,439 29,895 27,439 To Balance accumulated funds as at 31st March 40,959 J 34,410 j By Accumulated funds brought forward on 34,410 28,970 1st April Balance brought down .. .. .. 6,549 5,440 40,959 j 34,410 40,959 34,410 Balance-sheet. [ " ~ j 1 S? Liabilities. £ i £ A-sseki. \ £ i £ Accumulated funds .. .. .. 40,959 [ 34,410 Investments .. .. .. .. 40,545 ! 34,091 Sick pay due not paid .. .. .. 5 2 Cash in Working Railways Account .. .. 417 i 317 Contributions outstanding at 31st March ., j 2 4 40,964 34,412 j 40,964 34,412

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STATEMENT No. 11. Statement of Losses on Developmental Branch Lines from 1st March, 1936, to 27th February, 1937, and Isolated Sections from 1st April, 1936, to 31st March, 1937.

STATEMENT No. 12, Statement of Cash Receipts and Payments.—Working Railways Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Balance brought forward .. .. .. 1,146,763 8 7 Investments, Sick Benefit Fund .. 5,200 0 0 Revenue receipts .. .. .. 7,851,694 11 2 Wages and vouchers .. .. .. 7,661,802 16 9 " Credits-in-aid " (Working Railways expen- Refunds to Harbour Boards, shipping eomditure) .. .. .. •• 517,841 6 6 panies, and other carriers .. .. 337,796 18 10 Contributions to Sick Benefit Fund .. 28,693 11 3 Interest on capital .. .. . . 903 >858 3 9 Interest on investments .. .. .. 30,800 12 7 Payments from Sick Benefit Fund .. .. 21,783 4 0 Investments realized .. .. .. 528,000 0 0 Investments .. .. .. • • 500,000 0 0 Balance as per general balance-sheet .. 673,352 o 'J £10,103,793 10 1 £10,103,793 10 I Reconciliation Statement. £ g Credit balance in Working Railways Account as per Treasury figures .. .. 615,012 16 11 Imprests outstanding .. .. .. •• •• 58,240 18 2 Cash in transit .. .. .. .. • • • • • • • • 98 11 8 Balance as per above statement .. .. .. • • • • • ■ £673,352 6 9

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Average per Mile of Line operated. „ , Mileage! Loss on Feeder Total Net -2 cPl * ~ Branch. operated.] Working. Value. loss. interest If "g-§ || if 1 Si CJ fl)i® O P* 5 Q. J3 OO _ &S gg l_ £ £ £ £££££££ Kaikohe .. •• 25 8.159 3,230 4,929 19,347 215 129 344 541 577 774 Kirikopuni •• •• 14 t>,068 2,004 4,064 48,538 216 143 359 650 3,177 3,467 Waiuku .. •• •• 13 4,872 2,116 2,756 11,162 461 163 624 836 647 859 Taneatua •• HI 37,180 14,652 22,528 135,557 746 132 878 1,081 1,018 1,221 Opunake •• •• 23 6,942 2,957 3,985 21,967 258 129 387 559 782 955 Greytown .. .. 3 1,971 597 1,374 1,811 114 199 313 771 146 604 North Island totals .. .. 189 65,192 25,556 39,636 238,382 548 135 683 893 1,051 1,261 Eyreton-Oxford .. .. .. 43 3,458 720 2,738 6,781 119 17 136 201 92 158 Cheviot . •• •• 44 3,675 2,542 1,133 15,850 447 58 505 530 334 360 Little River .. • • •• 23 4,988 317 4,671 9,275 290 14 304 507 200 403 Southbridge .. •• •• 26 1,393* 1,190 2,583* 1,111 661 46 707 607 142 43 Whitecliffs .. • • • • 12 900 968 68* 585 214 81 295 289 54 49 Methven . •• 23 1,960 2,289 329* 3,205 425 100 524 510 154 139 Springburn •• •• 28 2,643 731 1,912 4,358 139 26 165 234 87 156 Fairlio •• 36 913 1,461 548* 5,262 396 41 437 422 161 146 Waimate . •• •• 13 4,236 1,949 2,287 4,313 211 150 361 537 156 332 Kurow •• •• 37 5,136 1,544 3,592 7,536 250 42 292 389 «107 204 Ngapara •• 15 89! 778 113 3,579 317 52 369 376 231 239 Waihemo 9 521 1,050 539* 762 223 117 339 281 143 85 Otaso Central •• •• 147 22,065 3,043 19,022 81,209 664 21 685 814 423 552 Outram .. 9 1,591 361 1,230 2,761 133 40 173 310 170 307 Roxburgh •• 61 13,278 1,431 11,847 41,751 212 23 236 430 490 684 Catlins River . .. •• 43 3,773 2,884 889 20,328 330 67 397 418 452 473 Tapanui .. •• 27 2,833 1,780 1,053 5,982 249 66 315 354 183 222 Waikaka • • 13 1,328 859 469 3,255 156 66 222 258 214 250 Switzers •• 14 1.369 621 748 3,804 97 44 141 195 218 272 Wvndham . 4 1,109 827 382 884 215 207 422 492 150 221 Seaward Bush .. •• 34 2,865 873 1,992 9,203 236 26 261 320 212 271 Orawia " .... 9 493 500 7* 4,422 98 56 154 153 492 491 Forest Hill .. .. 13 902 856 46 935 145 66 211 215 68 72 Mararoa .. .. •• •• 12 206* 678 884* 133 100 56 157 83 85 11 South Island totals .. .. 695 79,418 30,252 49,166 237,284 355 43 399 469 271 341 Total, both Islands .. .. 884 144,610 55,808 88,802 475,666 396 63 459 560 438 538 Isolated Sections. Kaihu •• •• 24 3,775 .. 3,775 10,647 .. .. 199 356 286 443 Gigborne •• •• 60 3,879 .. 3,879 36,898 .. .. 340 404 550 614 Nelson •• •• 64 8,185 .. 8,185 29,962 .. .. 192 319 340 467 Picton .. .. •• •• 56 950* .. 950* 23,724 .. .. 634 617 441 424 Total .. .. .. 204 14,889 .. 14,889 101,231 .. .. 358 430 423 495 Grand total .. .. 1,088 159,499 55,808 103,691 576,897 * Indicates profit.

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STATEMENT No. 13RENEWALS, DEPRECIATION, AND EQUALIZATION RESERVE ACCOUNTS. General Reserve Account. [ . £ s. d. j Balance .. .. .. .. £1,144,552 17 8 Insurance Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d* Losses .. .. .. .. •• 4,147 12 10 Balance from previous year .. .. .. 93,197 10 5 Upkeep railway fire brigades and fire appliances.. 1,768 2 3 Premiums debited to working-expenses .. 11,176 15 3 Balance .. .. .. .. .. 98,458 10 7 £104,374 5 8 £104,374 5 8 * Balance .. .. .. .. .. £98,458 10 7 Workers' Compensation Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Accident payments .. .. .. .. 40,996 13 7 Balance from previous year .. .. .. 45,216 8 1 Balance .. .. .. .. •• 44,217 3 2 Premiums debited to working-expenses .. .. 39,997 8 8 £85,213 16 9 £85,213 16 9 Balance .. .. .. .. .. £44,217 3 2 Slips, Floods, and Accidents Equalization Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d« Repairs to bridges, slips, and washouts .. 68,406 3 3 Balance from previous year .. .. .. 102,753 311 Balance .. .. .. .. •• 54,147 0 8 Contributions debited to working-expenses .. 19,256 0 0 Interest .. .. .. .. .. 544 0 0 £122,553 3 11 £122,553 3 11 Balance .. .. .. .. .. £54,147 0 8 Betterments Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Refreshment Branch .. .. .. .. 361 0 4 Balance from previous year .. .. .. 3,452 8 1 Balance .. .. •• .. 3,091 7 9 £3,452 8 1 £3,452 8 1 Balance .. .. .. .. .. £3,091 7 9 Renewals Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Relaying of track .. .. .. .. 206,975 411 Balance from previous year .. .. .. 748,009 13 11 Balance .. .. .. .. •• 748,467 9 0 Contributions debited to working-expenses .. 204,412 0 0 Interest .. .. .. .. .. 3,021 0 0 £955,442 13 11 £955,442 13 11 Balance .. .. .. .. .. £748,467 9 0 Depreciation Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Way and works .. .. .. .. 25,436 5 1 Balance from previous year .. .. .. 439,944 5 8 Bridges .. .. .. .. .. 60,265 3 5 Contributions — Operating buildings .. .. .. .. 10,415 7 1 Way and works .. .. .. .. 12,903 3 6 Signalling and interlocking .. .. .. 78,351 7 3 Bridges .. .. .. .. .. 70,140 0 0 Rolling-stock .. .. .. .. 478,101 19 2 Operating buildings .. ... .. 42,046 0 0 Locomotive running and car and wagon depot Signals, interlocking, and electric traction .. 48,589 4 4 plant .. .. .. .. .. 2,070 5 9 Rolling-stock .. .. .. .. 330,935 14 7 Dwellings .. .. .. .. 8,160 14 10 Locomotive running and car and wagon depot Refreshment, advertising, and road service build- plant .. .. .. .. .. 2,689 0 0 ings .. .. ■■ •• 15,509 7 2 Dwellings .. .. .. .. 34,601 0 0 Stores and workshops: Buildings and plant .. 29,651 9 7 Head Office buildings and plant .. .. 2,396 0 0 Road services .. .. .. .. 132,995 13 11 Refreshment, advertising, book-stalls, and road Wharves .. .. .. .. •• 2,621 12 0 service buildings .. .. .. 3,204 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. ■■ 211,489 16 11 Stores buildings and plant .. .. .. 2,941 0 0 Workshops buildings and plant .. .. 38,143 0 0 Lake Wakatipu service .. .. .. 525 0 0 Road services .. .. .. .. 22,933 0 4 Wharves .. .. .. .. 815 13 9 Portable plant .. .. .. .. 2,263 0 0 £1,055,069 22 £1,055,069 22 Balance .. .. .. .. .. £211,489 16 11

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STATEMENT No. 14. Expenditure on Construction of Railways, Rolling-stock, etc., to 31st March, 1937; Net Revenue and Rate of Interest earned on Capital expended on Opened Lines for Year ended same Date.

Note. —The amount stated in this return as the cost of construction of opened lines includes the Provincial and General Government expenditure on railways. It also includes the Midland Railway and expenditure by the Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards on railways and wharves under the provisions of section 7 of the Railways Authorization Act, 1885, the information regarding the last-mentioned being furnished by the respective Boards. The rate of interest earned has been computed on the average capital.

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Opened Lines. Section of Railway. """" U Revenue Interest Lines and Ttoiling- 58 - revenue. earneiJ , Works. stock. 10tal - £ £ £ ! £ £ £ s. d. Kaihu .. .. .. •• •• 159,654 586 160,240 j .. -3,791 Gisborne' " !! '! '' 74M86 767,'o26 .. -4,816 1,565,136 North Island Main Line and Branches .. 28,483,084 3,802,521 32,285,605 .. 449,484 1 7 10 2 623 272 South Island Main Line and Branches !! 15,856/734 ' .! 0 is 3 419,522 Westport .. .. .. .. 309,638 45,054 354,692 .. 11,948 3 7 5 649,044 Nelson.. .. .. .. .. 497,235 10,498 507,733 .. -8,633 „ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 252,618 Picton .. .. .. .. .. 562,554 16,565 579,119 .. -253 „ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 397,476 46,615,085 6,290,880 52,905,965 .. 565,219 1 1 9 5,907,068 Lake Wakatipu steamer service .. .. 17,645 .. 17,645 .. —3,743 Subsidiary services, &c. .. .. .. 1,762,931 .. 1,762,931 .. 342,382 In suspense —■ Surveys, North Island .. .. .. .. .. .. 31,235 Surveys, South Island .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,763 .. General .. .. .. .. 9,896 ' .. 9,896 10,337 P.W.D. stock of permanent-way .. .. .. .. 8,943 48,405,557 6,290,880 54,696,437 5,963,346 903,858 1 13 0 Y —' Total cost of opened and unopened lines at .. .. 60,659,783 31st March, 1937

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STATEMENT No. 15. Expenditure out of Working Railways Account (Depreciation Fund) and Public Works Fund for the Year ended 31st March, 1937.

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I _ I ' j ' Way and Works Branch: Particulars of Works. WO D?pildatioif yS Pul) lj e Works Total Fund. 1,una - £ £ £ Land .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,849 9,782 12,631 Grading and formation .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,720 44,752 51 472 Tunnels .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Or. '904 GV. '904 Bridges (structures only) .. .. .. .. .. .. 60,265 110 60,375 Overbridges .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,287 J ,287 Culverts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,521 282 1,803 Fences, gates, and cattlestops .. .. .. .. . . 620 134 754 Permanent-way .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,794 26,706 33,500 Station buildings and platforms .. .. .. .. .. 3,099 127 654 130 753 Cattleyards, loading-banks .. .. ., ., .. 1 777 ._ 1 777 Engine-sheds, car and wagon depots, and other operating buildings .. 7,316 40,296 47,612 Dwellings .. .. .. ., .. .. .. 8,161 .. 8J61 Wharves .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,622 .. 2,622 Water-services .. .. .. .. .. .. ,, 372 323 695 Locomotive workshops buildings .. .. .. .. .. 3,911 180 4 091 Locomotive depot plant .. .. .. .. .. .. 76 2,703 2 779 Refreshment, advertising, and book-stall buildings .. .. .. 2,208 .. 2 208 Road service buildings .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,798 .. 12 798 Cranes, weighbridges, capstans, and turntables .. .. .. 4,227 88 4 315 Maintenance; movable plants .. .. . . .. .. ,. 538 538 Miscellaneous (roads, sewerage, drainage, fire-fighting appliances, &c.) .. 556 1,180 1,736 Signalling and interlocking .. .. .. .. .. 9,802 570 10,372 Tablet-installations .. . . .. .. .. .. 375 ., ' 375 Automatic and power signalling .. .. .. .. .. 31,967 18,885 50,852 Electric lighting .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,652 4'o88 6^740 Communication lines and apparatus .. .. .. .. 27,875 12,906 40,781 Level-crossing warning-signals .. . . .. . . .. 75 ,. 75 Electrical pneumatic interlocking .. .. .. .. .. 94,642 94,642. Electric traction and power appliances .. .. .. .. .. 3,792 3,792 Overhead wires for automatic and power signalling .. .. .. 5,523 4,910 10,433 Signal-cabins .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 82 '233 '315 204,243 395,137 599,380 Expenditure by Public Works Department— Turakina-Okoia grade easement .. .. .. .. .. .. 32,346 32,346 Tawa Flat deviation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,556 2,556 Plimmerton-Paekakariki duplication .. .. . . .. .. 6,937 6,937 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 204,243 436,976 641,219

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STATEMENT No. 15—continued. Expenditure out of Working Railways Account (Depreciation Fund) for the Year ended 31st March, 1937 —continued. Locomotive Branch: Particulars of Rolling-stock.

Particulars of Workshop and Depot Machinery and Motor-buses. £ Workshop equipment .. .. ■■ •• •• Machinery and equipment for locomotive running and car and wagons depots .. ~ 1,995 Motor-buses .. " 132 Motor-garage .. . • • • • • • • • • • • • • ■ • Reconciliation Statement, Public Wobks Fund. £ s. d. £ s. d. Expenditure— £ s. d. Expenditure charged by Treasury 492,514 13 2 Way and Works Branch .. 436,975 14 8 Vouchers outstanding previous year .. .. •• 30,371 210 J 462,143 10 4 Less recoveries .. .. •• •• 60,402 17 10 401,740 12 6 Public Works Department: Administration charges .. 1.472 0 0 Vouchers outstanding at 31st March, 1937 .. 33,763 22 £436,975 14 8 £436,975 14 8

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D.—2. 16 STATEMENT NC, 15~ continued. Expenditure out of Working Railways Account (Depreciation Fund) for the Year ended 31st March, 1937 — continued. Locomotive Branch: Particulars of Rolling-stock. Number Number Number Incomplete Complete Incomplete Expenditure, Description of Stock ordered. on on on Year ended 31st March, 31st March, 31st March, 31st March, 1937. 1936. 1937. 1937. £ Locomotives, Class K ..' .. .. . . 7 7 .. 33,820 Spares for locomotives, Class K .. . . .. • • • • • • '* Convert three Garratt locomotives to six G locomotives .. .. 6 19,188 Six internal-combustion shunting-locomotives .. .. .. 6 .. '^'^ 1 Electric head and tail lights for locomotives .. . . .. ■ . ■ • 7,266 Fitting exhaust steam injectors to locomotives .. .. .. •■ 2,b68 Fitting thermic syphons to ten X locomotives . . .. . . • • 8S Fitting superheaters to locomotives .. .. .. . • • • ■ • 889 Fitting steam heat to locomotives .. .. . . .. • • ■ • a Han Build seven A boilers .. .. •• ••' •• •• •• i'5?q Build one Ab boiler .. .. . • • • • • • • ■ ■ cmo Build three Wi boilers .. . . .. .. • • • • • • ■**" Build three X boilers .. .. .. ■• •• •• •• 5 >852 Boiler for crane No. 139 .. .. .. ■• •• ■• •• ro t%t Bail cars 10 9 6 58,227. Carriages, Class A 22 15 7 18,758 Carriages, Class Aa 15 .. 15 2,645 Fitting new and improving lavatories in existing carriages .. .. . • 7,991 Fitting steam heat to carriages .. .. •■ •• •• •• oi 797 Improve seating in carriages .. .. .. ■• •• •• 1«' qo! Boiler-bearing bogies for carriages .. .. .. ■• •■ •• boa Four S.K.F. roller-bearing bogies for carriages .. . • • • • • ' »'• 824 Brake-vans, Class F .. 9 0 3 14,687 Fitting steam heat to brake-vans .. .. . • ■ • • • • • j> Bogies for sixteen brake-vans .. .. ■• •• •• •■ ''*'• i'Z% Wagons, Class H 40 .. 40 9,356 Wagons, Class J 190 190 .. 3b, 269 Two J wagon bodies for Nelson . . .. .. • • • • • ■ ™> Wagons, Class La .. •■ •• •• 6 °0 77,662 Wagons, Class Q 20 20 .. 6,821 Bebuild Class Q coal-hopper bodies .. .. .. ■• •• •• i' A zl Wagons, Class S W 10 .. 1,437 Wagons, Class T ■ 16 •• '« 8 >«60 Ten U underframes and bogies transferred to S .. .. ■ • °»• «" wa g onB in 10 9 79>> Wagons, Class TJ • •• 10 10 .. 2,722 Wagons, Class Ub .. •• 50 0,b04 Wagons, Class Va 14 14 ■■ 11.382 Wa|ons, Class Vb .. 25 25 5,963 Wagons, Class W M .30 .. 12,8^ Wagons Class Xa 45 45 15,930 Wagons Class YB 20 20 4,45b Wa|ons, Class Z 12 12 .. 4,599 Two breakdown cranes .. .. .. ■• •■ z •■ 7« Tarpaulins written-off, Nelson .. .. . • •" • • • • • *fj ™ 495 401 763 478,102 Summary. ■ Locomotives .. . • • • • • • • 7 ' Bail cars.. .. •• •• •• ■• 1° 9 b n ■ 37 15 22 .. Carriages .. . • • • • • • • °' L '' -"* Brake-vans .. .. • • • • • • 9 6 6 Wagons, bogie .. 87 71 6b Wagons, four-wheeled .. .. .. •■ »45 285 660 Cranes Internal-combustion shunting-locomotives .. .. .. 6 .. . . 495 401 763 „ Particulars of Workshop and Depot Machinery and Motor-buses. £ Workshop equipment .. .. . • ■ ■ • • • • • • .. 25,740 Machinery and equipment for locomotive running and car and wagons depots .. .. 1,995 Motor-buses .. •• 132 ''^ Motor-garage .. .. • • • • • • • • • • • • ■ • Reconciliation Statement, Public Wobks Fund. £ s. d. £ s. d. Expenditure— £ s, d. Expenditure charged by Treasury 492,514 13 2 Way and Works Branch .. 436,975 14 8 Vouchers outstanding previous year .. .. •• 30,371 2 10 J 462,143 10 4 Less recoveries "60,402 17 10 401,740 12 6 Public Works Department: Administration charges 1.472 0 0 Vouchers outstanding at 31st March, 1937 .. 33,763 2 2 £436,975 14 8 £436,975 14 8

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STATEMENT No. 16. Statement of Season Tickets issued for the Years ended 31st March, 1934 to 1937.

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! I ( 1936-37. 1935-36. ; 1934-35. 1933-34. Description of Tickets. — ; ; Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. [ Amount. Number. Amount. i I . . £ £ £ £ Annual, all lines .. .. .. 10 1,019 9 1,078 13 1,172 9 785 Annual, North Island .. .. 55 4,629 49 4,223 49 4,200 52 4,416 Annual, South Island .... 4 279 4 274 5 390 6 423 Sectional annual, North Island .. 191 11,240 199 11,752 208 11,401 227 12,232 Sectional annual, South Island .. 84 4,075 98 4,745 101 4,910 101 4,700 Reporters' annual .. . . .. 16 679 16 677 15 639 18 768 Tourist, all lines .. .. .. 50 809 76 1,185 101 1,557 97 1,504 Tourist, North Island .. .. 206 1,995 247 2,397 251 2,488 256 2,551 Tourist, South Island . . .. 32 299 45 396 21 203 16 187 School .. .. .. . - 25,693 21,865 26,148 22,218 25,568 22,034 25,206 21,926 Bearer twelve-trip .. .. .. 72,920 15,741 72,607 16,339 73,047 16,174 76,071 17,015 Bearer six-trip .. .. .. 10,673 1,658 Weekly twelve-trip .. . . ., 110,844 21,252 109,418 20,882 103,981 19,824 99,863 19,055 Weekly workmen's .. .. .. 257,843 43,364 243,120 40,508 226,877 37,681 214,819 35,571 All other season .. .. 34,442 60,768 30,110 53,884 27,309 52,644 26,001 50,470 Totals .. .. .. 513,063 189,672 482,146 180,558 457,546 175,317 442,742 171,603 Total passenger journeys .. 12,950,472 .. 12,394,700 .. 11,845,432 .. 11,535,840 I

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STATEMENT No. 17. Statement of Operating Traffic and Revenue for the Year ended 31st March, 1937. (1) OPERATING TRAFFIC.

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t Passengers. Live-stock. Goods. _ - _ - Gross Section. jP™ j _ Total Traffic. First Class. Second Class. Total. ifckets Cattle. Calves. . Sheep. Pigs. Total. tonnage' Timber - Goods. Total. Tonnage. Miles. Number. Number. Number. Number. Number Number.: Number. Number. Number. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Kaihu .. .. .. .. 24 180 15,911 16,091 64 4 .. 4 1 1,224 4,867 6,091 6,092 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 60 719 14,618 15,337 47 815 .. 88,128 947 89,890 3,844 9,066 28,273 37,339 41,183 North Island Main Line and Branches .. 1,486 268,823 4,406,996 4,675,819 376,431 344,450 675,452 4,784,845 665,523 6,470,270 373,259 227,355 2,658,780 2,886,135 3,259,394 South Island Main Line and Branches .. 1,594 158,189 3,286,946 3,445,135 134,726 89,498 17,607 4,554,047 48,356 4,709,508 215,295 210,553 2,645,698 2,856,251 3,071,546 Westport .. .. .. .. 36 183 52,562 52,745 732 259 .. 378 .. 637 101 1,133 360,485 361,618 361,719 Nelson .. .. .. .. 64 221 27,765 27,986 618 488 1,208 22,737 2,063 26,496 1,236 1,075 18,394 19,469 20,705 Picton .. .. .. .. 56 4,079 47,764 51,843 445 747 194 158,466 .. 159,407 6,597 1,969 44,035 46,004 52,601 Total railway operation .. .. 3,320 432,394 7,852,562 8,284,956 513,063 436,261 694,461 9,608,601 716,889 11,456,212 600,333 452,375 5,760,532 6,212,907 6,813,240 Lake Wakatipu steamers .. .. .. .. 14,749 14,749 5 167 .. 16,970 .. 18,137 734 497 5,768 6,265 6,999 I

Revenue. Mileage. Length Per Section 0pen Parcels Mlle o£ Passengers Sete Coa°cMn g Guods - »—8«. Total Goods. Operating Ea p™ y Train Train. S — «■ Total, i assengers. lionets. ana L,oacmng. &c Revenue. Annum Mile. &c - (Average). Miles. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ d. Number. Number. Number. Kaihu .. .. .. .. 24 1.084 279 1,190 2,553 1,747 25 1,772 4,325 180 77-51 13,392 2,703 16,095 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 60 1,254 633 1,360 3.247 15,250 55 15,305 18,552 309 116-71 38,149 8,333 46,482 North Island Main Line and Branches .. 1,486 939,908 128,287 204,950 1,273,145 2,768,959 70,188 2,839.147 4,112,292 2,767 134-21 7,353,727 2,353,145 9,706,872 South Island Main Line and Branches .. 1,594 471,451 57.534 95,912 624,897 1,957.764 63,165 2,020,929 2,645,826 1,660 147-23 4.313,028 1,670,428 5,983,456 Westport .. .. .. .. 36 2,827 908 785 4,520 68,790 4,127 72,917 77,437 2,151 282-06 65,890 47,171 113,061 Nelson .. .. .. .. 64 1,640 1,141 290 3,071 8,209 53 8,262 11,333 177 68-66 39,612 10,166 49,778 Picton .. .. .. .. 56 3,469 890 1,039 5,398 25,698 2,743 28,441 33,839 604 183-39 44,285 24,753 69,038 Total railway operation .. 3,320 1,421,633 189,672 305,526 1,916,831 4,846,417 140,356 4,986,773 6,903,604 2,079 139-61 11,868,083 4,116,699 15,984,782 Lake Wakatipu steamers .. .. .. 2,316 30 494 2,840 4,253 9 4,262 7,102 .. .. .. j

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STATEMENT No. 18. Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1937.

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OUTWARD. INWARD. Tbahpio. Revenue. Traffic. Stations. " i ī ; ; Number of Passenger Journeys. Timber ' P ■ I Season C and e S and P Hundreds'of Other 0r |^ ary Season Luggage, Total Miscel- Tf , Catt j e she ®P Huntoedsof Other First- Second- P 7 g t Buperflc.a. Goods. Tic.ets. „d Goods. laneous. ™»>. and 0*« class. class. iotal * j j , * eet ' i North Island Main Lines and Branches— Auckland— No. No. No. Tons. £ £ £ £ £ £ No i No Tons Coaching .. .. 21,067 477,488 498,555 23,372 .. .. .. .. 114,442 7,157 49,538 .. 1,229 172,366 Goods .. .. .. .. .. .. 183 2,101 54,938 355,581 .. .. .. 356,784 10,193 450 i, 190 47,688 248,530 Newmarket .. .. 1,352 77,663 79,015 8,590 9 1 3,719 4,840 4,980 1,454 844 9,668 106 17,052 24 65 603 17 258 Mount Eden .. .. 492 39,793 40,285 3,041 22 .. 941 4,789 3,409 545 446 3,779 107 8,286 392 ." 43'485 54 584 Arondale .. .. 552 66,323 66,875 22,318 338 .. 217 5,478 2,602 3,700 309 5,490 21 12,122 556 178 46*618 '7*434 Henderson .. .. 372 100,580 100,952 9,849 11,044 25,201 302 7,644 3,592 2,523 730 7,834 21 14,700 1,341 6 218 4950 8872 Helensville .. .. 538 43,062 43,600 445 18,333 55,643 4,715 12,467 4,122 257 1,258 12,337 128 18402 17*390 31383 Wellsford .. .. 183 7,507 7,690 56 13,148 38,713 983 8,407 1,654 44 1,097 8,685 83 11,563 1 526 7 944 5 829 13 190 Maungaturoto .. .. 337 13,060 13,397 2 20,669 41,780 333 2,197 2,615 2 110 6,758 10 9,495 l'953 ō'o89 4'739 8*707 Paparoa .. .. 79 2,671 2,750 .. 5,707 16,650 232 2,537 693 .. 87 2,716 3 3'499 '241 '785 2'273 2'752 Waiotira .. .. 44 6,613 6,657 30j 27,317 66,597 1,841 17,332 820 25 302 29,739 331 31,217 1 247 4 944 2 739 83 104 Whangarei .. .. 1,904 47,070 48,974 316' 31,354 49,625 1,593 36,074 11,431 288 1,256 17,544 634 31,153| 1,666 8,'l47 3,681 21,186 Hikurangi .. .. 138 6,664 6,802 98 ; 3,907 10,417 6,573 55,340 1,423 77 182 18,036 44 19,762! 725 3 471 445 6 328 Otiria Junction .. 487 8,789 9,276 68 5,816 9,712 4,926 2,578 3,728 52 518 6,236 7 10,541 827 '868 796 6'768 Kawakawa .. .. 245 8,024 8,269 .. 1 229 258 6,919 1,219 .. 164 3,095 6 4'484 53,011 66,002 873 8'710 Opua .. .. 454 18,098 18,552 123: 233 161 1,305 894 2,765 49 217 427 111 3,569 10 ..' 1 931 7 469 Kaikohe .. .. 361 13,753 14,114 64| 3,686 29,385| 3,188 4,431 3,836 52 696 8,799 15 603 652 1,244 10,322 Remuera .. .. 143 5,527 5,670 3,058 814 73 21 43 128 426 32 517 4 1 107 778 620 18 179 1 383 Greenlane .. .. 282 26,017 26,299 5,535 11 .. 37 576 896 43 438 3 1 956 18 .. 1 654 2 274 Ellerslie .. .. 120 39,609 39,729 7,780 458 .. .. 82 820 1,310 90 1,728 6 461 '547 '843 Penrose .. .. 146 31,296 31,442 4,217| 492 2,905 586 105,208 554 627j 119 49,066 52 50,418 347,408 947,429 13 081 41 267 OnehungaTown .. 62 7,969 8,031 5,082 .. .. 4,478 1,889 519 925J 183 1,876 100 3,603 68 137 9,'208 44^506 Otahuhu .. .. 663 126,452 127,115 16,064 1,452 19,603 179 140,987 3,613 4,180 302 68,066 66 76,227 61 425 156 391 15 413 121 774 Papatoetoe .. .. 260 60,151 60,411 11,386 1,155 1,164 398 945 2,227 2,444 169 812 8 5 660 6 186 13 876 14 649 6 865 Papakura .. .. 2,050 123,364 125,414 13,616 12,473 6,464 23 6,984 5,966 3,197 312 2,710 23 12'208 4913 17937 3709 9778 Urury .. .. 94 9,142 9,236 193 4,080 16,479 45 8,393 595 162 63 7,159 21 8,000 l!l01 732 8 209 Waiuku .. .. 55 11,048 11,103 8 19,078 19,414 1 496 1,015 7 89 1,600 12 2,723 1,342 12,658 8,228 30^560 Pukekohe .. .. 2,417 51,865 54,282 229 20,258 21,083 136 12,838 6,326 129 611 15,143 60 22 269 3 375 12 145 8 145 24 702 Tuakau .. .. 840 23,267 24,107 495 10,492 59,762 719 5,684 2,383 253 261 6,293 105 9,295 2'o94 27'l88 3'855 14'774 Pokeno .. .. 9 6,910 6,919 91 9,200 17,992 14 437 483 74 92 1,218 5 1,872 721 3 320 1 832 6'682 Mercer .. .. 734 18,826 19,560 111 1,270 12,324 1,857 27,636 1,434 85 89 9,213 53 10 874 164 l'325 '393 5'214 TeKauwhata.. .. 83 6,832 6,915 27 17,590 50,783 1,068 8,061 1,041 28 1,555 8,154 5 10,783 2,678 8,'387 3,462 9^596 Huntly .. .. 1,055 65,580 66,635 12,672 4,660 11,041 197 253,439 6,524 2,912 378 187,986 205 198,005 2,587 6,069 6 501 15 136 Glen Afton .. •• 48 13,232 13,280 160 1,370 15,336 241 187,483 921 46 53 127,607 115 128,742 961 5,915 1,272 12 615 Taupiri .. .. 38 6,876 6,914 143 4,489 17,470 .. 5,826 811 86 93 6,176 98 7,264 1,089 3 987 1 581 10 805 Ngaruawahia .. .. 370 14,211 14,581 199 1,339 4,762 13 67,610 2,271 167 216 63,567 1,746 67,967 114 880 115 614 3 174 2l'621 Frankton Junction .. 5,735 106,180 111,915 133 19,160 137,131 559 29,534 29,417 161 1,457 35,075 639 66,749 6,022 80,160 64,226 57^330 Hamilton .. 3,814 70,137 73,951 578 23,372 23,252 2,574 16,400 19,526 768 3,989 24,738 230 49,251, 1 675 7 948 47 584 30 701 Cambridge .. .. 139 5,631 5,770 94 20,391 56,396 24 3,206 1,100 85 253 5,815 24 7,2771 3'l33 14[885 36 899 Morrinsville .. •• 882 28,517 29,399 364 54,823 174,577 87 20,905 4,762 239 1,209 40,489 21 46,720 17 783 132 655 12 729 35*513 Matamata .. .. 552 21,873 22,425 69 39,657 118,235- 5,148 4,355 4,685 56 514 17,087 26 22,368 2!ōl8 3 645 38 766 Putaruru .. .. 545 21,752 22,297 329 10,190 49,675 57,589 3,524 4,538 321 394 18,119 81 23,453! 4,750 64,577 30;341 Mamaku .. .. 71 12,331 12,402 108 2,343 31,391 68,097 5,477 1,223 154 221 22,361 4 23 963! 123 2 645 .. 1 903 Rotorua .. .. 2,361 34,707 37,068 177 7,549 23,979 28,495 11,762 13,916 136 2,481 16,498 131 3 161 I 724 32219 Waitoa .. 72 4,863 4,935 59 21,526 28,840 45 10,369 692 49 121 15,172 2 16 036; l!835 4 151 2 571 25 708 Te Aroha .. .. 491 19,255 19,746 50 10,006 16,559 79 3,477 3,760 35 409 3,988 22 8,214 1,297 7,917 7,444 16^724 Paeroa .. .. 758 41,634 42,392 198 34,601 32,249 200 27,124 4,901 85 1,899 16,713 48 23,646! 1 985 5 107 2 906 16 547 Thames .. .. 397 11,882 12,279 305 275 1,025 104 6,976 2,773 199 567 8,071 15 11,625 1J54 3,'962 3,597 12!687 Waihi .. .. 543 15,115 15,658 90 5,261 7,536 29 609 3,188 48 320 1,383 9 4,948 683 3,160 9,092 18,023 Katikati .. .. ; 54 4,807 4,861 264 13,348 17,790; 16,565 1,446 883 201 171 7,862 1 9,118 1 485 8 798 1 998 5 299 Tarranga .. .. j 869 24,996 25,865 26 6,173 57,289 149 5,710 6,287 45 1,794 9,891 64 18,081 '970 6,'992 2,'848 12,'186 ī,Puke •• I 72 8,577 8,749 207 22,195 52,675 8,431 5,197 1,903 92 324 16,028 8 18,355 2,214 10 5151 203 10 194 Elgecumbe .. .. 55 2,520 2,575 .. 33,140 64,845 50,262 2,158 995 .. 243 23,792 6 25,036 945 1 020 1 779 14 984 Tancatua .. .. 183 21,682 21,865 .. 30,482 104,813 .. 691 4,363 .. 303 9,291 5 13,962 1,102 '923: 571 13^645 Ohaupo .. .. 13 1,922 1,935 105 6,477 9,076 .. 268 169 65 33 1,387 3 1,657 791 11,968 1 085 13 586 TeAwamutu .. .. 985 29,883 30,868 252 36,106 164,151 137 15,980 7,814 199 1,397 23,161 82 32,653 4 505 95 861 15 103 43'680 Otorohanga .. .. 398 19,752 20,150 26 16,960 68,246 122 25,217 3,762 14 1,138 17,676 34 22,624 2'll0 34'990: ]o'l69 22'868 TeKuiti .. .. 2,025 65,489 67,514 359 10,525 101,431 116,189 61,342 12,554 347 1,265 65.713 435 80,314 2'796 3s'730 4'l91 22'203 Ongarue .. .. 138 18,296 18,434 114 1,770 29,511 119,137 6,889 2,197 90 186 37,057 259 39,789 '744 6,'313 '659 6^087 Okahukura .. .. 54 5,935 5,989 130 1,981 11,428 19,477 7,521 315 69 140 8,510' 33 9 067 90 1 207 1 1 178 Taumarunui .. .. j 3,085 73,586 76,671 547 7,151 72,483 80,412 10,540 14,966 341 2,366 38,392 215 56,280 2 277 ; 15*686 10 914 16'347 National Park .. .. 514 18,524 19,038 8 1,630 22,182 155,931 8,262 3,664 5 450 52,984 35 57 138 1 870 7 501 s'767 9*349 Ohakune Junction .. 1,255 41,829 43,084 84 1,256 9,028 52,935 10,310 7,442 88 486 23,467 249 31 732 '478i 2*301 'l65 2*951 Raetihi .. .. 54 3,384 3,438 .. 1,409 70,754 43 2,202 350 .. 100 7,09lj 6 7,547 979 494 3^575 Rangataua .. .. 43 18,179 18,222 110 383 28,332 13,354 4,395 1,098 51 83 8,455 24 9 711 413 3 668 203 2 481 Mataroa .. .. 103 8,461 8,564 4 1,894 98,365 18,579 2,302 455 3 114 14,163 8 14,743 542 4'479 293 2*788 Taihape .. .. 1,906 25,462 27,368 75 2,862 122,363 48 5,363 7,150 72 783 11,586 79 19,670 1 520 9 456 3 622 9 282 Mangaweka .. .. 152 5,835 5,987 6 5,259 130,955 2,177 3,143 865 5 135 12,145! 5 13,155 898 '755 3',332 Hunterville .. .. 425 12,772 13,197 23 6,833 136,173 10,747 2,552 2,170 41 245 11,407 5 13,868 3,914 15,543 2,774 9,314 Marton .. .. 2,549 27,857 30,406 81 4,862 149,643 505 6,744 8,400 68 694 13,237 251 22,650 1,562 50 217 13 477 13 776 New Plymouth .. 2,730 50,718 53,448 155 1,011 576 6,664 108,141 19,558 447 1,378 37,451 6,386 65,220 1,853 9,601 40 055 llo'271 „ (Breakwater) .. .. .. .. .. .. 3; 1 51 44,391 .. .. . 11 656 11 656 2 s97 32 ' 2Tj Waitara .. .. 256 21,754 22,010 355 4,786 15,514 60 17,706 2,468 235 225 12,942 139 16,009 60,529 172,929 3,858 20 044 Inglewood .. .. 191 14,001 14,192 288 22,649 37,729 142 34,546 2,395 196 183 19,529 10 22,313 1,060 14,519 3,859 38,712

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STATEMENT No. 18—continued. Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1937 —continued.

OUTWARD. INWARD. Traffic. Revenue. Traffic. Stations. Number of Passenger Journeys. Timh „, Parcels „ Timher Season I Cat tle S^®S P Hundreds'of Other 0r p!, I l aiy Season Luggage, Total Miscel- Total ?ī!J e Hundreds of Other Tickets.! and i,- rl . Superficial Goods. Tickets. and Goods. laneous. a ' r Superficial Goods. First- Second- , | Calves. "gs. Feet. sengers. Mails. Calves. Pigs. Feet. class. class. xotai. Nokth Island Main Line and Bbanches —contd. No. No. No. Tons. £ £ £ £ £ £ No. No. Tons. Taliki .. .. 17 2,407 2,424 123 602 3,059 22 1,337 232 64 15 1 006 2 1,319 15 2,040 425 2,813 Midhirst .. .. 60 4,616 4,676 198 4,998 307 .. 2,804 260 82 10 2,128 1 2,481 21 544 672 5,651 Stratford .. .. 1,477 45,943 47,420 308 14,309 47,744 128 7,121 10,426 234 903 72 18,642 3,615 18,174 9,979 18,024 Te Wera .. .. 4 906 910 1 1,368 8,056 3 2,154 108 1 30 1,457 •• 1,596 592 6,023 272 3,582 Whangamomona .. 34 2,764 2,798 5 3,504 51,033 4,247 4,177 507 6 101 7,372 1 7,987 935 9,239 531 2,561 Ohura .. .. 125 8,671 8,796 32 4,252 49,123 9,725 2,514 1,616 25 696 9,081 72 11,490 1,720 15,272 1,485 12,223 Eltham .. .. 456 24,472 24,928 301 36,202 44,039 280 13,484 3,914 214 273 13,613 28 18,042 10,284 35,646 6,619 22,926 Normanby .. .. 27 5,123 5,150 92 16,088 17,860 130 10,777 396 53 40 9,549 3 10,041 1,570 13,176 3,627 22,904 Hawera .. .. 1,507 48,437 49,944 243 18,958 57,506 301 17,053 11,045 251 794 13,873 309 26,272 5,443 80,624 18,452 32,410 Patea.. .. .. 361 13,378 13,739 114 2,221 21,841 45 14,432 2,552 106 231 24,490 342 27,721 43,811 164,520 6,673 39,002 YVaverley .. .. 172 10,763 10,935 106 10,256 64,376 49 8,030 1,693 72 193 8,208 32 10,198 3,281 41,180 5,652 7,547 Aramoho .. .. 816 20,692 21,508 40 8,320 43,186 327 58,889 4,289 29 411 28 535 19 33,283 1,931 15,085 6,479 48,243 Wanganui .. .. 2,835 62,670 65,505 209 3,817 29,423 2,174 16,868 15,660 208 1739 14 351 1,556 33,514 42,325 217,292 32,369 34,935 (Wharf) .. .. .. .. .. .. 102 2,029 51,010 .. .. 14,244 7,713 21,957 2 2 321 4,349 Fordell .. .. 261 4,314 4,575 44 1,744 47,124 332 241 568 39 87 2,529 15 3,238 1,379 18,744 3,923 3,037 Turakina .. .. 87 5,886 5,973 17 768 22,068 .. 756 505 12 9] 1,953 10 2,571 270 21,720 604 3,661 Greatford .. .. 75 2,415 2,490 40 2,806 46,696 152 8,183 340 33 38 5 835 1 6,247 393 17,890 948 3,747 Halcombe .. .. 44 7,589 7,633 87 436 28,128 12 1,626 565 78 39 2,998 5 3,685 192 14,797 351 3,830 Feilding .. .. 1,426 21,535 22,961 59 21,859 239,412 2,195 15,170 6,493 61 565 29,912 39 37,070 30,540 168,511 11,148 32,927 Palmerston North .. 11,389 163,628 175,017 187 5,579 30,255 1,421 44,897 42,637 325 3 835 62,369 521 109,687 11,901 107,582 90,369 77,220 Ashhurst .. .. 116 8,217 8,333 29 1,212 28,007 ... 961 619 27 ' 46 3 073 2 3,767 3,323 28,421 737 3,081 Longburn .. .. 188 12,441 12,629 26 9,686 31,690 10 9,705 629 16 68 18,242 9 18,964 10,517 151,780 92 4,793 Foxton .. .. .. .. .. .. x,004 1,364 1 10,414 Or. 1 .. 34 6 398 372 6,803 412 10,267 9,692 6,998 Shannon .. .. 237 35,397 35,634 396 7,700 64,749 46 4,366 2,772 312 169 6,928 11 10,192 836 24,853 2,509 5,220 Levin.. .. .. 1,057 42,515 43,572 307 11,529 45,371 8 3,986 6,783 258 656 5 439 40 13,176 1,843 28,220 6,495 11,233 Otaki .. .. 660 30,646 31,306 198 2,672 38,761 1,077 2,192 4,176 203 2 175 3,801 20 10,375 1,240 13,533 829 7,704 Paekakariki .. .. 1,726 69,099 70,825 837 903 28,997 2,863 4,321 5,733 405 i'663 46 11,109 1,053 8,751 3,002 5,644 Johnsonville .. .. 895 48,592 49,487 9,002 532 20,586 29 335 2,812 2,130 '146 945 9 6,042 15,235 73,572 2,141 3,682 Thorndon (Coaching) .. 19,989 239,474 259,463 14,809 .. .. .. .. 73,363 3,944 17 564 1,642 96,513 Lambton „ .. 69,226 208,205 277,431 35,409 .. .. .. .. 22,176 11,480 !! 634 36,604 .. Wellington— Goods .. .. .. .. .. .. 476 2,839 47,152 200,095 .. .. .. 226,775 2,430 229,383 674 1,473 45,603 173,196 Wharf .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,662 .. .. .. 408 .. 408 .. .. .. 49,815 Courtenay Place Book- 2,077 19,563 21,640 1,876 .. .. .. .. 14,948 1,795 7,142 .. 19 23,904 ing Ngahauranga .. .. 18 3,750 3,768 1,371 20 .. .. 12,382 92 272 5 642 2 1,013 9,245 677,118 114 3,168 Petone .. .. 5,955 162,810 168,765 94,220 50 4,850 1,133 35,572 5,002 18,931 306 68 570 230 93,039 7,713 470,596 20,170 33,559 Lower Hutt .. .. 2,216 41,209 43,425 30,735 258 248 136 2,814 2,577 6,948 440 1,975 17 11,957 329 1,475 17,092 3,068 Upper Hutt .. .. 1,106 104,565 105,671 20,469 372 5,259 .. 559 5,618 6,235 294 1,774 24 13,945 1,353 5,916 199 3,755 Featherston .. .. 1,188 21,557 22,745 144 5,246 143,460 3 8,485 2,911 107 984 13,579 22 17,603 591 5,252 4,547 12,605 Carterton .. .. 525 9,765 10,290 42 2,230 71,648 136 18,701 2,209 36 692 25 213 20 28,170 11,974 85,260 7,332 9,442 Masterton .. .. 2,343 35,648 37,991 28 3,262 125,960 4,480 8,294 8,477 43 785 13,759 63 23,127 2,724 12,048 16,102 22,997 Mauriceville .. .. 36 2,572 2,608 46 188 4,803 .. 12,607 338 38 29 6'646 1 7,052 323 527 183 1,456 Eketahuna .. .. 246 6,189 6,435 46 6,948 50,348 532 3,362 1,294 34 143 6,420 6 7,897 547 3,237 1,556 5,442 Hukanui .. .. 18 1,792 1,810 24 1,419 8,391 15 502 218 24 104 1 066 •• 1,412 191 649 275 3,199 Pahiatua .. .. 376 5,805 6,181 7 7,96] 84,968 69 4,435 1,506 10 265 7'.341 3 9,125 541 3,132 6,207 6,974 Mangatainoka .. .. 77 1,466 1,543 1 1,297 31,231 21 1,729 322 1 69 4'272 1 4,665 418 1,680 422 3,370 Woodville .. .. 766 22,925 23,691 75 13,964 185,693 99 6,116 3,048 67 162 17,364 22 20,663 3,137 24,719 1,474 5,774 Dannevirke .. .. 1,182 26,360 27,542 214 10,741 76,634 995 4,723 6,053 195 706 71 16,334 2,235 13,700 7,508 20,223 Ormondville .. .. 66 10,792 10,858 14 2,829 70,799 100 2,231 1,034 11 100 5,935 3 7,083 215 5,707 786 5,272 Takapau .. .. 213 4,948 5,161 59 2,447 89,650 7 7,803 1,125 54 123 8 126 2 9,430 337 5,082 117 4,737 Waipukurau .. .. 955 14,845 15,800 27 7,886 252,434 845 5,714 4,161 13 432 13,989 31 18,626 1,121 7,516 4,170 1?,765 Waipawa .. .. 343 10,932 11,275 23 2,027 69,944 .. 7,573 2,097 7 229 6,821 16 9,170 106 1,776 236 6,S25 Otane .. .. 162 8,709 8,871 109 12,728 109,569 .. 2,333 966 82 87 11,294 3 12,432 134 4,755 27 2,365 Hastings .. .. 2,315 32,987 35,302 101 694 19,848 1,161 22,903 15,787 154 1,570 30.601 239 48,351 1,140 33,211 9,905 40,834 Clive.. .. .. 7 323 330 .. 242 2 502 .. 33.179 78 28 12 678 7 12,791 16.928 407,'>67 _ ' 18" 7,98« Nayier .. .. 3,1)41 36,967 40,008 176 28 26,822 793 3,865 18,819 159 1,627 5,' 864 113 26,582 309 5,160 6,467 18,450 Port Ahuriri .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 2,410 3,249 27,747 .. .. 17 16,569 1,089 17,675 12 423 2,342 48,218 Chief Accountant .. 55,682 164,292 219,974 8,194 .. .. .. .. 210,118 33,214 63,111 132,935 26,898 466,276 Overseas Traffic .. .. .. .. .. 519 128 280 4,271 .. .. 32,798 32,798 519 128 280 4,271 Totals .. .. 268,823 4,406,996 4,675,819 376,4311019902 5,450,368 1,023,099 2,658,780 939,908 128,287 204,950 2,768,959 70,188 4,112,292 1019902 5,450,368 1,023,099 2,658,780 Kaihf Section — Dargaville .. .. 180 15,413 15,593 64 4 .. 5,508 4,867 2,293 43 1,121 1,409 25 4,891 4 .. 5,508 4,867 District Office .. .. .. 498 498 .. .. .. .. 0.1,209 236 '69 9 Or. 895 Overseas Traffic .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . . .. .. ., 329 .. 329 Totals .. .. 180 15,911 16,091 64 4 .. 5,508 4,867 1,084 279 1,190 1,747 25 4,325 4 .. 5,508 4,867 Gisbokne Section— Gisborne .. .. 272 4,679 4,951 47 482 9,474 477 4,301 1,431 44 209 2,029 45 3,758 333 79,601 40,316 23,946 Motuhora .. .. 447 8,709 9,156 .. 333 79,601 40,316 23,946 877 .. 1,043 13,056 6 14,982 482 9,474 477 4,301 District Office .. .. .. 1,230 1,230 .. .. .. .. .. Gr. 1,054 589 108 164 4 Gr. 189 Overseas Traffic .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 26 .. 1 .. 1 .. .. 2b Totals .. 719 14,618 15,337 47 815 89,075 40,793 28,273 1,254 633 1,360 15,250 55 18,552 815 89,075 40,793 28,273

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OUTWARD. INWARD. Traffic. Revenue. Traffic. Stations. Number of Passenger Journeys. Timber in r» 0 i e Ti™v* 0 v i« Season C^ le S and P Hundreds of Other 0r p^ ary Season Luggage, Total Miscel- Total 6 S and P Hundreds of Other Tickets. an( L Superficial Goods. Tickets. and Goods. laneous. TotaL £££ Superficial Goods. First- Second- T t , waives. ±-igs. Pe0ti sengers. MailB Calves. ±-igs. Feet class. class. I ; South Island Main Lines and Branches— No. No. | No. Tons. £ I £ £ £ £ £ No. No. Tons. Lyttelton .. .. 25,718 218,134 243,852 11,328 222 37,095 34,837 344,279 9,897 3,389 7,089 137,825 17,307 175,507 785 11,417 9,678 268,778 (Wharf) .. .. .. .. •• 10,718 .. .. .. 2,199 .. 2,199 .. .. .. 47,321 Heathcote .. .. 592 62,161 62,753 3,721 .. .. 2 3,588 1,027 902 72 2,418 1 4,420 1 707 8,235 Woolston .. .. 674 43,874 44,548 8,669 4 .. .. 3,941 1,016 1,364 99 1,892 2 4,373 20 12 634 13,545 Opawa .. •• 309 25,059 25,368 4,495 .. .. .. .. 528 690 24 4 1,246 .. Christchurch — Coaching .. 46,176 524,868 571,044 13,474 .. .. .. .. 70,436 4,032 16,705 .. 707 91,880 .. .. 1 Goods .. •• •• •• •• 465 49 3,461 100,123 .. .. .. 84,909 2,015 86,924 407 115 82,429 339,404 Central Booking-office 12,200 45,500 57,700 213 .. .. .. 31,594 1,141 854 .. 23 33,612 .. .. Addington .. .. 289 16,274 16,563 899 4,271 210,764 6,062 36,393 1,331 156 216 22,443 265 24,411 24,441 393,557, 111,168 62,665 Riccarton .. .. 216 3,536 3,752 215 .. .. 2,641 4,641 356 66 37 2,029 3 2,491 4 .. i 54,176 18,067 Papanui .. -- 321 6,405 6,726 993 46 .. 358 6,142 681 245 114 4,633 3 5,676 90 .. 22,508 8,102 Belfast .. .. 84 6,725 6,809 189 103 7,295 12 25,286 293 164 44 14,466 18 14,985 7,642 715,446 1 3,201 9,354 Kaiapoi .. ■■ 182 16,185 16,367 267 209 10,222 914 18,028 1,122 199 196 8,574 67 10,158 164 188,595 4,360 10,522 Rangiora .. .. 273 39,092 39,365 417 845 21,930 1,544 15,863 2,969 : 381 318 8,801 125 12,594 552 14,596 8,921 10,883 East Oxford .. .. 2 1,561 1,563 .. 450 37,024 .. 2,712 131 .. 24 2,689 2 2,846 143 11,383 1,400 4,508 Sefton .. .. 10 4,151 4,161 125 175 7,258 90 6,253 291 88 21 3,020 7 3,427: 44 7,810; 142 3,908 Amberley .. .. 43 3,058 3,101 75 416 63,171 727 3,013 359 69 164 3,486 8 4,086 126 23,324 639 3,184 Waipara .. .. 113 3,257 3,370 22 1,355 130,295 263 5,181 396 20 248 7,884 19 8,567 1 322 9,887 934 1,563 Mina. .. .. 48 1,306 1,354 27 1,059 66,059 1,190 3,979 366 20 278 5,412 6 6,082 452 7,921 3,181 4,229 Parnassus .. ■■ 1,488 3,219 4,707 .. 2,946 84,164 129 2,551 1,167 .. 253 7,263 283 8,966 279 4,284 13,091 8,840 Waikari .. •• 31 3,385 3,416 26 221 27,249 .. 12,366 472 21 94 6,174 6 6,767 120 5,425 ! 1,475 2,217 Hawarden .. •• 17 2,099 2,116 1 728 101,606 360 5,590 302 1 242 7,290 11 7,846 147 10,419' 1,321 2,674 Culverden .. •• 75 2,029 2,104 1 2,498 77,842 185 5,043 483 2 158 7,199 10 7,852 309 .3,804 2,188 6,301 Waiau .. ■■ 48 1,203 1,251 .. 395 60,940 51 2,144 352 .. 102 4,811 5 5,270 258 2,522; 817 2,685 Hornby .. .. 67 6,924 6,991 116 1,100 3,124 117 51,588! 582 89 45 18,358 1 19,075 1,389 13,922 1,943 58,014 Lincoln .. .. 8 5,804 5,812 133 928 54,201 1 15,805 335 86 25 6,021 13 6,480 114 7,064' 773 2,979 Leeston .. .. 45 4,149 4,194 17 799 22,490 .. 6,721 420 17 21 3,463 7 3,928 319 26,623 1,784 5,660 Southbridge .. .. 1 7,672 7,673 6 338 36,254 .. 9,437 660 6 305 5,392 3 6,366! 146 15,568 713 2,393 Little River .. .. 14 6,982 6,996 60 6,364 111,346 12 1,586 1,086 55 693 4,933 19 6,786 1,320 32,070 1,205 2,366 Islington .. .. 19 5,315 5,334 46 45 3,576 8 18,523 290 39 56 8,149 39 8,573 5,512 303,825 ; 3,069 8,495 Rolleston .. .. 87 6,759 6,846 27 292 38,673 200 6,555 538 24 58 3,735 4 4,359 266 11,008 159 1,543 Kirwee .. .. 13 1,535 1,548 34 76 18,982 .. 4,221 167 34 32 2,339 1 2,573 87 20,505 94 2,112 Darfield .. .. 105 2,716 2,821 69 195 52,655 1 9,244 379 61 87 5,227 2 5,756; 135 9,038 1,765 1,616 Coalgate .. 2 73 75 308 55,066 2 14,283 10 .. 95 9,000 32 9,137 109 8,945 1,574 3,511 Sheffield .. 32 1,859 1,891 48 131 28,739 .. 3,775 279 42 87 2,876 9 3,293 98 8,026 269 1,441 Springfield .. .. 663 10,541 11,204 38 334 13,926 189 3,058 1,525 37 183 4,508 41 6,294 111 5,508 1,076 3,394 Arthurs Pass .. .. 74 3,320 3,394 .. 2 145 50 249 556 .. 52 319 4 931 41 935 1,318 1,332 otira .. .. 561 19,502 20,063 8 1,090 6,«2 91,902 2,174 2,427 5 251 29,248 27 31,958 109 329 1,097 4,430 Moana .. .. 46 4,001 4,047 80 472 790 42,80) 1,729 706 72 245 11,612 12 12,647! 367 1,469 880 2,621 Stillwater .. .. 286 13,273 13,559 86 136 474 29,072 80,756 1,571 71 102 31,221 5 .32,970 149 83 1,276 829 Ngahere .. .. 42 7,405 7,447 79 889 10,044 110,196 2,108 658 48 104 21,501 1 22,312 300 1,254 260 1,324 Blackball .. .. 19 5,154 5,173 249 .. .. .. 43,363 611 195 27 23,041 4 23,878 1 240 1,089 Ikamatua .. .. i 99 4,081 4,180 38 331 5,647 24,718 6,698 904 31 110 11,309 5 12,359 153 1,700 163 4,775 Reefton .. .. I 574 13,026 13,600 46 325 3,591 6,228 38,592 3,312 37 228 33,535 365 37,4771 402 2,031 2,501 3,567 Inangahua Junction .. i 15 802 817 .. 358 3,455 3,060 2,197 152 .. 75 5,467 13 5,707i 418 11 425 1,448 Greymouth .. .. 3,724 124,788 128,512 2,374 638 1,068 17,980 18,905 21,735 959 2,252 15,636 6,795 47,3771 2,367. 7,495 7,305 24,939 (Wharf) .. I .. .. .. .. 10 4,007 3,571 .. .. .. 3,234 .. 3,234 j .. j .. 270,327 199,789 Runanga .. .. j 4 60,849 60,853 2,087 115 263 129 97,761 1,527 548 43 50,335 45 52,498 86 1 87 1,036 4,727 Reujaimi .. . . 1 7 5,532 5,539 9,506 17 5 126,070 184 1,656 2 61,544 349 63,735 18 61 3,865 2,060 Kumara .. .Ill 6,454 6,565 34 1,694 2,438 108,037 1,503 591 30 68 16,368 22 17,079 312 272 1,558 5,240 Hokitika .. .. 1,124 32,622 33,746 104 1,489 6,523 96,755 2,965 6,842 59 693 24,900 460 32,954 375 3,140 16,685 15,469 Ross .. .. .. 80 17,369 17,449 8 1,063 15,261 140,622 3,779 1,336 6 134 31,870 39 33,385; 98 666 364 4,409 Dunsandel .. .. 37 9,028 9,065 50 321 45,184 27 8,094 879 45 61 4,922 4 5,911 286 29,122 430 2,319 Rakaia .. .. 480 14,265 14,745 266 772 144,783 1,531 23,506 1,649 230 281 19,148 15 21,323 210 38,382 1,094 4,806 Methven .. .. 10 5,606 5,616 6 2,121 64,663 5,649 11,922 880 6 139 12,587 27 13,639 250 36,822 2,541 8,288 Chertsey .. 3 4,146 4,149 44 3,292 66,289 114 14,115 314 33 54 16,937 .. 17,338 480 87,972 85 2,336 Ashburton .. .. j 2,134 63,167 65,301 204 778 6,513 7,320 21,065 11,243; 151 1,184 17,315 414 30,307 1,008 60,998 20,854 28,400 Tinwald .. .. 21 3,350 3,371 48 826 106,654 2,135 9,504 213 5 56 10,967 .. 11,241 765 53,674 1,501 2,709 Mount Somers .. .... 8 8 402 14,692 7,290 7,175 1 136 5,218 27 5,382 49 2,230 427 3,625 HinrU .. .. 5 5,084 5,089 115 256 48,579 .. 8,903 482 85 64 8,243 2 8,876 138 21,004 228 4,671 Rangitata .. .. 19 4,156 4,175 37 189 20,647 78 3,865 400 33 28 2,443 1 2,905 77 5,149 911 1,526 Orari .. .. 400 11,108 11,508 111 870 51,122 43 3,690 1,869 93 154 3,636 2 5,754 260 5,964 2,401 4,455 Winchester .. .. 212 3,674 3,886 95 256 2,965 .. 11,066 365 75 21 4,140 2 4,603 80 3,096 636 1,908 Temuka .. .. 474 26,897 27,371 84 2,793 55,576 61 6,778 3,854 74 1,486 5,441 15 10,870 509 11,979 3,389 9,485 Washdyke .. .. 20 3,886 3,906 31 988 21,538 .. 11,040 171 26 10 6,798 .. 7,005 838 118,626 570 4,175 Pleasant Point .. 13 4,049 4,062 59 310 97,618 5 11,539 303 56 52 6,637 4 7,052 597 16,323 608 5,116 Albury .. .. 4 1,544 1,548 25 342 47,920 .. 2,269 227 19 25 2,560 .. 2,831 112 2,400 615 2,928 Fairlie .. .. 38 6,796 6,834 34 453 76,532 1 3,238 1,019 27 215 5,077 4 6,342 299 1,983 2,191 6,337 Timaru .. .. 4,305 89,606 93,911 309 194 4,777 1,742 72,283 21,825 198 1,906 19,950 3,830 47,709 314 346,429 21,385 148,384 „ (Wharf) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 31,148 .. .. .. 5,095 .. 5,095 .. .. .. 46,942 St. Andrews .. .. 38 6,274 6,312 135 262 23,771 .. 14,349 435 101 38 5,999 2 6,575 108 125,285 911 6,080 Mflkikihi .. .. 6 1,598 1,604 66 160 48,544 18 4,845 148 67 21 2,752 .. 2,988 77 7,325 892 3,635 Studholme .. .. 196 5,159 5,355 97 829 33,959 .. 10,696 969 43 63 5,304 3 6,382 334 15,908 261 2,387 Waimate .. .. 245 13,215 13,460 1 306 62,805 .. 6,609 2,380 2 374 6,628 3 9,387 176 2,999 3,140 11,548 Morven .. .. 55 4,162 4,217 80 112 35,995 .. 5,630 355 71 30 3,725 1 4,182 43 3,364 393 2,230 Glenavy .. .. 20 2,627 2,647 46 172 51,956 10 4,278 235 45 48 3,098 .. 3,426 61 3,909 671 2,353 Pukeuri .. .. 2 1,257 1,259 39 458 31,705 .. 11,616 73 32 59 8,849 .. 9,013 454 149,198 247 2,658 Duntroon .. .. 11 1,514 1,525 19 406 49,260 2 1,286 175 17 38 2,867 .. 3,097 118 5,451 258 2,419 Kurow .. .. 22 5,378 . 5,400 16 262 40,162 164 4,241 748 15 109 9,226 33 10,131 126 4,461 1,615 4,912 Oamaru .. .. 1,944 43,874 45,818 177 1,495 24,401 925 18,613 12,331 146 1,650 8,215 1,462 23,804 494 8,197 14,503 41,062 (Breakwater) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 7,891 .. .. .. 1,901 .. 1,901 .. .. .. 21,992 Waiareka Junction .. .. 796 796 682 34,633 45 12,923 49 13 6,533 29 6,624 231 41,302 101 473 Ngapara .. .... 131 131 70 791 5,725 U .. 13 3,332 .. 3,356 179 11,378 406 6,775 Maheno .. .. 6 6,817 6,823 65 1,151 25,471 .. 5,805 443 54 539 4,542 11 5,589 151 18,591 304 6,327 Hampden .. .. 84 4,530 4,614 37 587 23,362 2 1,900 522 33 212 2,668 2 3,437 350 8,618 980 3,912 Palmerston .. .. 467 26,848 27,315 154 873 77,910 79 3,410 3,272 79 560 5,342 52 9,305 394 4,936 1,702 6,435 Makaraeo .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 25,821 .. .. .. 8,225 .. 8,225 4 7 767 Waikouaiti .. .. 166 5,050 5,216 272 873 31,913 4 810 594 141 143 2,300 2 3,180 708 5,973 705 2,910 Seacliff .. .. 314 13,553 13,867 316 201 3,476 .. 337 1,293 104 69 545 4 2,015 146 1,086 528 5,592 Waitati .. .. 497 14,223 14,720 158 127 2,461 .. 318 642 125 142 300 2 1,211 145 2,279 161 884 Port Chalmers Upper .. 134 5,456 5,590 226 157 3,631 .. 38 451 60 76 129 1 717 2 458 25 Sawyer's Bay .. .. 51 24,150 24,20l| 3,843 83 210| .. 40 586 927 18 69 3 1,603 27 430 194 1,866

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STATEMENT No. 18 —continued. Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1937 —continued.

OUTWARD. INWARD. Traffic. Revenue. Traffic. Stations. j Number of Passenger Journeys. Timber " | p Season C^ le S and P Hundred's of Other 0r p 1 a °f ry Season Luggage, Total Miscel- Total S and P Hundreds 1 ot Other First- Second- Tota] Cal ™ 8 ' Pi § B ' G °° dS ' T1Ck6tS ' Mats. ' cSres. Pigs. Go ° d8 ' class. class. South Island Main Lines and Bbanches—contd. No. No. No. Tons. £ £ £ £ £ £ No. No. Tons Port Chalmers .. 1,891 73,951 75,842 10,118 4 .. 32 44,820 2,740 3,013 143 12,159 1,762 19,817 37 .. 1,333 53 708 St. Leonard's .. .. 309 12,056 12,365 2,919 18 .. 2 337 722 7 13 1 1,080 3 80 ' 9 Ravensbourne .. .. 881 31,618 32,499 4,892 .. .. .. 42,508 457 1,073 13 19,633 5 21,181 .. .. 228 4 973 Dunedin (Coaching) .. 19,575 440,178 459,753 13,837 .. .. .. .. 76,754 5,214 11,273 .. 391 93,632 „ (Goods) .. .. .. .. .. 872 591 11,008 116,761 .. .. .. 141,891 1,147 143,038 999 1,549 105,618 202,095 „ (Bus Office) .. 19 352 371 .. .. .. .. .. 135 .. .. .. 135 Caversham .. .. 423 22,300 22,723 1,541 2 35 549 1,314 209 141 581 4 2,249 1 .. 4,094 5,259 Burnside .. .. 530 22,493 23,023 4,425 1,708 17,768 24 54,201 496 715 118 46,275 45 47,649 20,487 516,067 2 845 82 273 Green Island .. .. 820 43,451 44,271 6,218 .. .. .. 4,946 1,243 1,355 38 2,574 26 5,236 . . 80 563 lo'364 Abbotsford .. .. 148 43,027 43,175 5,945 .. .. 8 651 1,011 1,237 18 471 7 2,744 .. .. 179 ' 89 Wingatui .. .. 117 24,043 24,160 1,165 1,004 26,360 .. 2,634 965 353 69 4,836 3 6,226 574 2,637 157 1 468 Middlemarch .. .. 104 2,005 2,109 .. 1,219 78,639 14 1,992 433 .. 501 6,947 3 7,884 270 12,576 1,140 3J55 Waipiata .. .. 57 2,382 2,439 .. 569 43,592 .. 701 719 .. 105 3,899 1 4,724 253 3,849 1,405 4 805 Ranfurly .. .. 212 3,731 3,943 .. 314 53,207 28 1,176 1,153 .. 216 4,878 7 6,254 161 4,439 1,760 4*225 Oturehua .. •• 26 1,106 1,132 I 666 72,227 3 1,534 369 1 221 7,267 .. 7,858 28 4,912 292 l'787 Omakau .. .. 114 2,483 2,597 2 601 55,802 47 1,059 962 .. 395 5,570 2 6,929 269 3.304 2,322 4 490 Alexandra .. .. 121 2,546 2,667 6 114 10,356 72 1,998 1,225 24 303 3,763 9 5,324 182 4,654 4,537 7*749 Clyde .. 40 1,990 2,030 79 18 3,335 75 1,007 592 59 171 2,141 3 2,966 30 728 1,394 1 544 Cromwell .. ■■ 251 4,924 5,175 3 616 48,126 7 5,415 2,208 1 468 11,044 8 13,729 167 3,328 3 253 6 813 Mosgiel .. •• 1,820 87,152 88,972 7,423 303 5,403 5 3,050 4,445 2,417 244 1,701 9 8,816 390 7,382 836 3*588 Outram .. 8 4,224 4,232 158 176 4,020 .. 1,047 307 71 16 625 3 1,022 98 1,496 554 5*441 Allanton .. .. 219 8,450 8,669 28 617 19,143 4 2,999 561 20 161 2,102 1 2,845 1,021 10,583 698 3*362 Milburn .. .. 29 1,456 1,485 14 96 10,869 .. 65,368 115 19 25 21,136 275 21,570 213 1,492 359 9 852 Milton .. •• 641 21,222 21,863 72 1,405 35,770 31 9,417 3568 75 730 6,212 72 10,657 551 15,613 1,913 9*255 Lawrence .. .. 44 2,274 2,318 1 404 19,501 179 1,096 228 1 176 2,213 3 2,621 199 3,182 833 6 172 Miller's Flat .. .. 6 331 337 .. 143 28,632 12 2,004 63 71 4,421 2 4,557 103 835 633 3^257 Roxburgh .. . - 15 448 463 .. 35 10,007 .. 3,632 107 .. 74 6,599 3 6,783 28 375 1,360 3 334 Lovell's Flat .. .. 74 2,354 2,428 48 173 12,527 1 9,209 209 25 34 5,231 94 5,593 87 2,310 611 3*559 Stirling .. .. 117 9,489 9,606 207 5,899 5,971 .. 104,468 1,149 203 181 54,553 1,317 57,403 827 2,758 1,458 4*512 Balclutha .. .. 1,042 30,263 31,305 83 2,140 61,432 1,588 17,592 6,118 129 785 20,473 86 27,591 3,378 136,272 4,789 16166 Owaka .. .. 22 5,062 5,084 3 1,327 32,776 37,286 6,578 1,006 3 258 12,976 9 14,252 344 8,919 1,022 6^601 Tahakopa .. .. 2 9,355 9,357 .. 147 3,119 20,434 527 1,148 .. 146 4,981 1 6,276 57 3,650 9 2,629 Waiwera .. .. 2 2,618 2,620 .. 386 10,493 395 1,710 308 .. 431 1,986 1 2,726 82 1,538 389 7 864 Clinton .. .. 283 14,625 14,908 44 474 34,342 5,990 1,061 1,989 46 91 3,748 16 5,890 141 3,471 230 e'o24 Waipahi .. .. Ill 7,872 7,983 13 2,146 46,519 455 2,182 1,529 11 224 4,236 1 6,001 377 4,193 420 8*963 Tapanui .. .. 25 1,128 1,153 .. 495 33,018 391 2,245 424 .. 36 4,808 2 5,270 203 1,164 537 5^976 Heriot .. 3 204 207 .. 541 76,953 10 1,745 77 .. 106 6,268 2 6,453 335 3,211 1,071 10 611 Gore .. .. •• 1,626 50,590 52,216 337 1,849 158,200 1,194 16,803 11,262 241 1,279 20,113 109 33,004 1,183 7,817 3,409 47*340 Riversdale .. .. 42 3,555 3,597 129 1,293 106,061 2 5,391 401 10$ 152 9,704 9 10,374 321 5,349 699 20 109 Mataura .. .. 221 27,933 28,154 393 454 30,930 1,411 15,538 3,088 230 122 20,334 26 23,800 335 96,741 172 19 891 Edendale .. 237 16,180 16,417 259 2,290 34,072 239 5,248 2,643 187 173 6,848 68 9,919 552 19,484 439 14^255 Wyndham .. .. 4 84 88 655 9,684 683 2,562 54 43 3,369 .. 3,466 94 1,424 352 10 449 Woodlands .. •• 47 8,280 8,327 73 1,086 22,047 19 2,382 870 48 73 2,383 6 3,380 225 16,058 32 8*785 Invercargill (Coaching) .. 5,158 188,457 193,615 3,741 •• .. .. .. 37,061 1,815 2,777 .. 158 41,811 (Goods) .. .. .. 5,330 32,608 9,962 60,547 .. .. .. 38,487 546 39,033 2,908 20,917 15,612 140 554 Waimahaka .. .. 2 8,882 8,884 7 2,540 43,233 2,138 2,141 546 5 164 4,654 9 5,378 423 6,793 72 15^882 Bluff.. .. .. 491 51,386 51,877 1,427 51 91 6,377 99,416 2,504 632 164 46,460 7,349 57,109 1,643 294,657 39,032 85,393 ,, (Wharf) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,506 .. .. .. 594 .. 594 .. .. .. 30 452 Makarewa .. .. 11 5,840 5,851 371 1,213 47,926 53 18,457 324 150 109 11,372 2 11,957 2,746 149,402 198 11 081 Thornbury .. .. 5 2,616 2,621 141 359 30,143 1,846 1,776 163 101 25 2,344 9 2,642 142 9,547 92 9 683 Riverton .. .. 317 5,815 6,132 84 354 8,534 20,313 2,996 749 69 193 7,490 9 8,510 292 1,276 37 <f,'spk Orepuki .. .. 17 4,665 4,682 69 334 19,016 1,098 1,596 538 51 93 2,284 .. 2,966 95 3,066 58 2 835 Tuatapere .. .. 9 13,153 13,162 25 692 26,256 56,124 J.3,171 1,287 21 284 23,256 2 24,850 313 2,167 52 3*602 Otautau .. .. 14 2,595 2,609 152 269 51,985 101 1,937 322 122 91 2,980 2 3,517 212 7,629 39 7*631 Wairio .. .. 8 2,820 2,828 91 450 18,097 .. 179,615 396 71 45 125,732 2,781 129,025 276 1,568 323 8'l 7 2 Winton .. .. 179 10,097 10,276 115 1,270 97,251 10,488 57,875 1,022 92 484 26,503 11 28,112 496 22,284 61 14^658 ,— r________ 'I . /• Lumsden .. .. 242 16,762 17,004 132 1,033 72,664 535 16,315 2,348 90 299 11,152 13 13,902 445 9,989 1,156 21 530 Kingston .. 134 4,357 4,491 3 146 2,902 109 394 1,115 2 43 976 2 2,138 164 2,396 808 4*223 T h r o u g h Traffic (Lake .. .. .. .. 10 9,290 420 1,512 .. .. .. 3,063 .. 3,063 109 1,298 1,330 Wakatipu) Chief Accountant .. 10,160 65,146 75,306 217 .. .. .. .. 41,936 16,128 27,798 43,012 11,566 140,440 .. Overseas Traffic .. •• •• .. 528 521 56 14,205 .. .. .. 66,218 .. 66,218 528 521 56 14,205 Totals .. .. 158,189 3,286,946 3,445,135134,726107,105 4,602,403 947,490 2,645,698 471,451 57,534 95,912 1,957,764 63,165 2,645,826 107,105 4,602,403 947,490 2,645,698 Westpokt Section — Westport .. .. 177 16,012 16,189 129 123 .. 268 4,246 2,063 116 159 3,866 4,026 10,230 127 16 3,566 354 215 Waimangaroa .. .. .. 12,222 12,222 134 21 .. 456 148,281 479 106 155 23,819 15 24,574 1 .. 1 061 3*021 Granity .. .. 6 23,444 23,450 469 107 16 4,375 206,799 1,553 337 265 40,745 3 42,903 123 .. 472 2*090 District Office .. .. .. 884 884 .. .. .. .. CV.1,268 349 206 19 83 Cr. 611 Overseas Traffic .. .. •• .. 8 362 .. 1,159 .. .. .. 341 .. 341 8 362 .. 1,159 Totals .. .. 183 52,562 52,745 732 259 378 5,099 360,485 2,827 908 785 68,790 4,127 77,437 259 378 5,099 360,485 Nelson Section — Port Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,855 • • . • .. 203 .. 203 .. .. .. 754. Nelson .. .. 211 18,248 18,459 572 8 10 430 5,968 2,092 501 68 2,605 49 5,315 1,532 22,401 4,374 10 315 Wakefield .. .. 10 7,813 7,823 46 598 10,756 684 6,858 513 21 42 3,016 3 3,595 35 814 58 4*273 Glenhope .. .. .. 436 436 1,090 13,738 3,724 2,120 82 21 1,782 1 1,886 129 1,289 406 2*459 District Office .. .. .. 1,268 1,268 .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 1,047 619 159 277 .. 8 • .. Overseas Traffic .. . . .. .. .. . . 296 . . 593 •. .. . . 326 . . 326 .. 296 .. 593 Totals .. .. 221 27,765 27,986 618 1,696 24,800 4,838 18,394 1,640 1,141 290 8,209 53 11,333 1,696 24.800 4,838 18,394 Picton Section— Picton .. .. 1,582 17,098 18,680 164 280 32,143 6,669 21,199 1,399 132 423 14,272 2,604 18,830 657 126,323 2,189 22 434 Blenheim .. .. 2,497 29,520 32,017 281 657 126,323 2,189 22,434 2,878 216 290 10,594 139 14,117 280 32,143 6,669 2l'l99 District Office .. .. .. 1,146 1,146 .. .. .. .. Or. 808 542 326 164 224 .. Overseas Traffic .. . . . . .. . . 4 .. .. 402 .. .. .. 668 .. 668 4 .. .. 402 Totals .. .. 4,079 47,764 51,843 445 941 158,466 8,858 44,035 3,469 890 1,039 25,698 2,743 33,839 941 158,466 8,858 44,035 . . Lake Wakatipu Steamebs — Totals .. .. .. 14,749 14,749 5 167 16,970 2,235 5,768 2,316 30 494 4,253 9 7,102 167 16,970 2,235 5,768 j _ I

STATEMENT No. 19. Classification of Goods and Live-stock Traffic and Earnings by Commodities.

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Year ended 31st March, 1937. Year ended 31st March, 1936. Revenue. Kpwtiiip Commodity. Tons Tons lonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average Tonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average I carried. of Gross. (000 Haul. Per Per carried. of Gross. (000 Haul. Per Per omitted). Total. Cent. Per Ton. Ton omitted). Total. Cent, Per Ton. ; Ton of Gross. Mile. of Gross. Mile. Products of Agriculture. Miles. £ £ s. d. d. Miles. £ £ s d d Grain .. .. .. 265,610 3-89 13,481 51 130,816 2-67 0 9 10 2-32 185,754 3-00 9,627 52 93,404 2-11 0 10 1 2-32 Meals •• •• 118,494 1-74 7,427 63 69,902 1-43 0 11 9 2-25 113,992 1-84 7,566 66 68,479 1-55 0 12 0 2-17 Fruit and vegetables .. 43,231 0-64 7,934 184 63,342 1-29 1 9 3 1-91 36,978 0-60 6,700 181 54,973 1-24 1 9 9 1-96 Root crops and fodder .. 128,612 1-89 9,221 72 76,831 1-56 0 11 11 1-99 114,614 1-85 8,658 76 70 221 1-58 0 12 3 1-94 Flax, green and pressed .. 12,275 0-18 1,033 84 11,190 0-22 0 18 2 2-60 10,315 0-17 752 73 8 335 0-19 0 16 2 2-65 Seeds 20,033 0-29 1,131 56 15,107 0-30 0 15 1 3-20 16,275 0-26 927 57 12,221 0-28 0 15 0 3-16 588,255 8-63 40,227 68 367,188 7-47 0 12 6 2-18 477,928 7-72 34,230 72 307,633 6-95 0 12 11 2 15 Animals arid their Products. Cattle, calves, horses .. 180,142 2-65 15,436 86 200,235 4-07 1 2 2 3-11 171,576 2-77 14 171 83 184 967 4-18 1 1 7 3 13 Sheep and pigs .. 420,191 6-17 31,653 75 406,745 8-29 0 19 4 3-08 398,752 6-44 29,786 75 381,574 8-61 0 19 1 3-07 Meat .. .. .. 227,453 3-35 7,823 34 191,759 3-90 0 16 10 5-88 227,993 3-68 7,291 32 192,005 4-33 0 16 10 6-32 Butter .. .. .. 155,161 2-28 11,408 74 166,003 3-39 1 1 4 3-49 146,765 2-37 10,938 75 157,465 3-55 1 1 5 3-45 Cheese .. .. .. 75,007 1-11 3,976 53 69,970 1-42 0 18 8 4-23 71,095 1-15 3,781 53 66,094 1-49 0 18 7 4-19 Wo°l .. .. .. 158,743 2-33 9,975 63 154,391 3-14 0 19 5 3-71 162,045 2-62 9,492 59 154,882 3-50 0 19 1 3-91 Dairy by-products .. 25,138 0-37 2,092 83 24,158 0-50 0 19 2 2-76 25,308 0-41 2,238 88 24,291 0-55 0 19 2 2-60 Fat, hides, skins .. .. 47,039 0-69 2,188 47 45,193 0-92 0 19 2 4-95 37,035 0-60 1,821 49 37,554 0-85 1 0 3 4-94 Flsh '■ •• 9,974 0-14 1,696 170 15,322 0-32 1 10 9 2-16 8,434 0-14 1,454 172 13,151 0-30 1 11 2 2-17 1,298,848 19-09 86,247 66 1,273,776 . 25-95 0 19 7 3-54 1,249,003 20-18 80,972 65 1,211,983 27-36 0 19 5 t-59 Products of Mines. Agricultural lime .. .. 295,055 4-33 18,833 64 104,598 2-13 0 7 1 1-33 246,716 3-99 15,949 65 88,475 2-00 0 7 2 1-33 Coal, imported .. 26,089 0-38 668 26 10,445 0-21 0 8 0 3-75 32,676 0-53 640 20 11,792 0-27 0 7 2 4-41 £° a ' £ ard " '• 766,209 11-25 32,572 43 255,456 5-20 0 6 8 1-88 652,637 10-54 29,194 45 219,397 4-95 0 6 9 1-80 Coal N.Z. brown .. .. 840,018 12-32 104,856 125 552,484 11-26 0 13 1 1-26 802,541 12-97 96,604 120 524,690 11-85 0 13 1 1-30 Road-metal .. .. 109,963 1-62 3,343 30 27,934 0-56 0 5 1 2-00 132,096 2-13 4,454 34 34,584 0-78 0 5 3 1-86 Lime and coke .. .. 32,873 0-48 2,670 81 19,257 0-39 0 11 8 1-75 28,225 0-46 2,373 84 16,914 0-38 0 12 0 1*71 2,070,207 30-38 162,942 79 970,174 19-75 0 9 4 1-42 1,894,891 30-62 149,214 79 895,852 20-23 0 9 5 1-44 Products of Forests. ~ ~ Timber, imported .. .. 18,171 0-26 1,038 57 16,825 0-35 0 18 6 3-89 13,476 0-22 679 50 11,834 0-27 0 17 9 4-18 Timber, N.Z, .. .. 434,204 6-37 51,953 120 413,677 8-43 0 19 0 1 -91 407,323 6-58 46,797 115 379,779 8-57 0 18 8 1-94 Firewood, posts, &c. .. 78,736 1-16 6,862 87 37,471 0-76 0 9 6 1-31 72,543 1-17 6,314 87 34,353 0-78 0 9 6 1-30 531,111 7-79 59,853 113 467,973 9-54 0 17 7 1-87 493,342 7-97 53,790 109 425,966 9-62 0 17 3 1-90 Manufactures, &c. Benzine, gasolene, kerosene.. 154,061 2-27 13,893 90 254,069 5-17 1 13 0 4-38 131,510 2-13 11,851 90 225,106 5-08 1 14 3 4-55 Cement .. .. .. 58,989 0-86 7,442 126 63,002 1-29 1 1 4 2-03 49,799 0-80 6.677 134 53,964 1-22 1 1 8 1-93 Manure .. .. .. 746,492 10-95 49,342 66 365,493 7-44 0 9 9 1-77 663,185 10-72 41,591 63 '317,332 7-16 0 9 7 1-83 959,542 14-08 70,677 74 682,564 13-90 0 14 2 2-31 844,494 13-65 60,119 71 596,402 13-46 0 14 1 2-38 Miscellaneous .. .. 1,365,277 20-03 76,454 56 1,148,609 23-39 0 16 10 3-60 1,229,147 19-86 ~65Ji23 ~53 991,464 ~22-38 ~~Ō~16 1 3-64 Totals.. .. 6,813,240 100-00 496,400 73 4,910,284 100-00 0 14 5 2-37 6,188,805 100-00 443,647 72 4,429,300 100-00 0 14 4 2-39

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STATEMENT No. 20. Statement showing Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Operating Revenue, and Operating Expenditure of New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1925, to 31st March, 1937. MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.

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rear. Mile, Capita! Cost. Tralu-mUeage. j J— j cX and ° a c^e , | Timber. £ No. £ £ No. No. Tons. 1925-1920 .. 3,138 45,794,199 10,319,407 27,653,414 2,537,047 409,207 391,649 8,209,965 770,654 1926-1927 .. 3,164 47,195,948 10,723,864 26,002,137 2,304,180 377,367 391,062 8,902,511 663,442 1927-1928 .. 3,180 49,014,832 10,838,594 25,379,665 2,145,296 379,933 459,742 9,299,715 570,558 1928-1929 «. 3,287 54,210,139 11,113,482 25,574,843 2,124,746 378,141 634,394 9,685,374 568,026 1929-1930 .. 3,287 55,347,541 12,022,043 25,413,621 1,995,927 386,792 695,060 10,271,544 574,080 1930-1931 .. 3.322 58,076,236 11,281,898 22.813,708 1,778,725 359,276 729,567 10,279,407 403,095 1931-1932 .. 3,315 49,661,930 10,168,720 19,151,480 1,339,589 316,245 685.649 10,685,464 253,534 1932-1933 .. 3,315 49,744,744 9,828,853 18,366,654 1,207,296 283,822 687,027 10,550,860 253,633 1933-1934 .. 3,320 52,173,142 10,163,474 19,047,186 1,336,334 281,889 918,111 10,240,258 301,222 1934-1935 .. 3,320 52,352,985 10,626,400 1 19,654,467 1,368,688 292,096 821,015 10,909,065 368,417 1935-1936 .. 3,320 52,462,587 11,050,376 20,358,524 1,466,617 299,964 1,124,340 9,801,356 420,799 1936-1937 .. 3,320 52,905,965 j 11,868,083 21,235,428 1,611,305 305,526 1,130,722 10,325,490 452,375

Miscellaneous i Year. Goods. Total. Goods Revenue. Revenue, Labour, I Total Revenue. Ttevenuoper Demurrage, Ac. : Train-mile. Tons. Tons. £ £ £ d. 1925-1926.. .. 6,028,959 6,799,613 4,499,160 143,861 7,589,274 176-51 1926-1927 .. .. 6.161,706 6,825,148 4,596,166 145,759 7,423,472 166-14 1927-1928.. .. 6,276,525 6,847,083 4,680,135 138,481 7,343,845 162-62 1928-1929.. .. 6,509,978 7,078,004 4,846,125 175,852 7,524,864 162-50 1929-1930.. .. 6,649,114 7,223,194 4,904,324 186,949 7,473,993 149-21 1930-1931.. .. 5,998,562 6,401,657 4,487,357 156,029 6,781,388 144-26 1931-1932.. .. 5,018,719 5,272,253 4,019,600 113,531 5,788,965 136-63 1932-1933.. .. 4,691,959 4,945,592 3,745,777 102,180 5,339,075 130-37 1933-1934.. .. 4,792,174 5,093,396 3,911,245 99,367 5,628,835 132-92 1934-1935.. .. 5,076,560 5,444,977 4,138,434 108,846 5,908,064 133-44 1935-1936.. .. 5,197,678 5,618,477 4,359,750 117,188 6,243,519 135-60 1936-1937.. .. 5,760,532 6,212,907 4,846,417 140,356 6,903,604 139-61

Maintenance of Wav and Works Maintenance of Signals and Maintenance of Locomotives, Maintenance ot Way and Works. Electrical Appliances. Carriages, and Wagons. Year, : \~ I ! Per Cent. ! Per Mile i Per Cent. Per Mile Per Cent. Per Amount. of I of Amount. of of Amount. of TrainRevenue. j Railway. Revenue. Railway. Revenue mile v .... ; I : _J I _ I £ £ £ £ £ d. 1925-1926 .. .. 1,144,385 15-08 368-80 105,064 1-38 33-86 1,311,317 17-28 30-50 1926-1927 .. .. 1,074,334 14-47 340-30 100,861 1-36 31-95 1,303,444 17-56 29-17 1927-1928 .. .. 1,147,067 15-62 360-94 102,871 1-40 32-37 1,380,727 18-80 30-57 1928-1929 .. .. 1,111,229 14-77 341-50 112,206 1-49 34-48 1,424,165 18-93 30-76 1929-1930 .. .. 1,146,014 15-33 352-19 117,577 1-57 36-13 1,680,919 22-49 33-55 1930-1931 .. .. 1,150,329 16-97 348-27 104,464 1-54 31-63 1,502,698 22-16 31-97 1931-1932 .. .. 997,629 17-23 300-94 107,584 1-86 32-45 1,270,585 21-94 29-99 1932-1933 .. .. 931,273 17-44 280-93 105,586 1-98 31-85 1,188,474 22-26 29-02 1933-1934 .. .. 993,207 17-65 299-16 110,298 1-96 33-22 1,220,102 21-67 28-81 1934-1935 .. .. 1,047,825 17-74 315-61 137,477 2-33 41-41 1,236,324 20-93 27-92 1935-1936 .. .. 1,070,085 17-14 322-31 147,442 2-36 44-41 1,406,685 22-53 30-55 1936-1937 .. .. 1,171,963 16-98 353-00 154-108 2-23 46-42 1,565,083 22-67 31-65

Locomotive Transportation. Traffic Transportation. General Charges. Expend!- ExpendiTotal ture ture (Tent Per I Cent Per Cent Per Bxpenditme - tX- Cent! of Amount. of Train- Amount. J" Train- Amount. n f Train- mile. Revenue. Kevenue. mile ' Eeverme.| mile - Revenue. mile ' £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. 1925-1926 .. 1,636,620 21-56 38-06 1,743,641 22-98 40-55 223,543 2-94 5-20 6,164,570 143-37 81-23 1926-1927 .. 1,669,352 22-49 37-36 1,752,998 23-61 39-23 257,294 3-47 5-76 6,158,283 137-82 82-96 1927-1928 .. 1.662,074 22-63 36-80 1,760,459 23-97 38-98 248,921 3-39 5-51 6,302,119 139-55 85-81 1928-1929 .. 1,650,793 21-94 35-65 1,825,965 24-26 39-43 250,221 3-32 5-40 6,374,579 137-66 84-71 1929-1930 .. 1,755,208 23-49 35-03 1,883,918 25-21 37-61 264,389 3-54 5-28 6,848,026 136-71 91-62 1930-1931 .. 1,594,672 23-53 33-92 1,798,490 26-52 38-26 255,490 3-76 5-43 6,406,143 136-28 94-47 1931-1932 .. 1,254,770 21-67 29-61 1,424,520 24-60 33-62 246,565 4-26 5-82 5,301,653 125-13 91-56 1932-1933 .. 1,114,801 20-88 27-22 1,255,280 23-51 30-65 238,340 4-47 5-82 4,833,754 118-03 90-54 1933-1934 .. 1,064,827 18-92 25-14 1,253,833 22-28 29-61 234,879 4-17 5-55 4,877,146 115-17 86-65 1934-1935 .. 1,127,160 19-08 25-46 1,360,928 23-04 30-74 228,874 3-87 5-17 5,138,588 116-06 86-99 1935-1936 .. 1,201,636 19-25 26-10 1.465,052 23-46 31-82 232,293 3-72 5-05 5,523,193 119-96 88-46 1936-1937 .. 1,412,177 20-45 28-56 1,797,058 26-03 36-34 237-996 3-45 4-81 6,338,385 128-18 91-81

STATEMENT No. 21. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for Years 1936-37 and 1935-36.

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STATEMENT No. 22. Statement of Accidents for the Year ended 31st March, 1937.

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I rj ® <D 'OmrQco I o « O CD 5®,2 Son S s> w>> -2 ,2 a o .2 tS . ' 5 s 2 * a 5* > Branch. § § | . i « I® |® | g S 5-Sffl 3-sS I ' § I § $ P 8 £ -3 •a f fe ,3 in 3 S »< «> 2 ■» S is > i -2 '3 .2 5® a 00 13 J o .3 2 ® ' t3 o o M 3 » I ® S & S I! I £ $P3 -4 B H 1936-37. General .. .. .. 1 2 626 153 3 3 3 379 378 38 237 1,823 Traffic .. .. .. 4 11 2,945 2,499 52 12 30 5,553 Maintenance .. .. 9 24 2,545 1,418 33 20 24 .. . • ■• •• 4,073 Locomotive .. .. 4 10 4,622 2,948 51 10 21 .. ■• •• •• 7,666 Totals .. .. 18 47 10,738 7,018 139 45 78 379 378 38 237 19,115 1935-36. General .. .. ..1 2 572 148 3 3 3 278 315 36 127 1,488 Traffic .. .. .. 3 11 2,583 2,204 48 11 28 4,888 Maintenance .. .. 7 21 2,398 1,288 32 19 23 3,788 Locomotive .. .. 4 11 4,137 2,679 50* 10 18 6,909 Totals .. .. 15 45 9,690 6,319 133 43 72 278 315 36 127 17,073 * Workshop staff only. Westport locomotive-running staff are included in South Island Main Line and Branches.

Train Accidents. Accidents on Line (otter than Train Shunting Accidents. Bmploye» to or from killed or Total I I I I I Duty wit&in injured at „ _ , Other -r, i Other the Railway Crossings. gection Passengers. | Employees. Passengers. Employees. Persons. Passengers. Employees. | persons. Boundary. t3 T3 . T3 . "3 T3 T3 T3 . T3 . "O *0 «15 T3 ®!t3 ® tJ £ T3 £ T3 £> T3 £ T3 g t* 8 I 8 j 13 8 8 S 3 ! 2 3 2 3 I 3 J2 3 3 s 3 S I, j 2 I 3, i s . I, 2 s. Ssso'islsSS'SHwS'ss'w.s 5 I s a s m a Kaihu Gisborne .. .. .. . ■ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 North. Island Main Line and Branches .. 1 24, .. 6 1 5 .. 21 3 4 .. .. 2 63 2 1 1 8 21 17 146 South Island Main Line and Branches .. 1 15 .. 3 1 11 .. .. 4 4 .. .. 1 43 3 1 .. .. 9 16 19 93 Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. l s 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 1 •• .. •• •• 2 1 Picton .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ., .. .. .. ■ • • • • • • • • • 3 .. 3 Totals .. .. 2 39 9 2 16 .. 21 7 8 4 109 7 2 1 17 40 39 245 Note. —This return includes only casualties in connection with train-working and the movement of rolling-stock.

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STATEMENT No. 23. Statement of Carriage, Rail-car, Brake-van, and Wagon Stock, and Tarpaulins, for the Year ended 31st March, 1937.

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-.'O .«O a fl • « • 2 cā co H o3 cc 2 fl-S ® *3 gjq -g Demon. Class. . «i3| g S3 § £ g § 5 ■$ ci w 03 -2 <§ .3 5'3 M a °« m I S ° ° M ® ®g t? [zj a, eh Carriages— First class .. .. .. 143 109 .. 3 255 Second class .. .. .. .. 3 468 .. 349 10 7 4 841 Composite .. .. .. .... 1 21] 6 127 7 5 357 Sleeping .. .. .. 13 4 17 Combination day-sleeping .. .. .. .. 7 .. .. .. .. 7 Totals .. .. .... 4 842 6 589 10 14 12 1,477 RAIL-oars .. .. .. .... .. 8 3 .. .. 11 Vans— Postal vans.. .. .. .. .. .. 7.. 4.. .. .. 11 Brake-vans .. .. .. .. .. 2 266 4 194 7 3 4 480 Totals .. .. .... 2 273 4 198 7 3 4 491 Wagons— Special-purpose wagons .. .. E .. 520 .. 154 .. .. .. 674 Horse-boxes .. .. G .. 73 1 76 1 1 4 156 Cattle .. .. .. H .. 353 4 219 4 4 8 592 Sheep .. .. .. .. J .. 1,304 40 1,087 .. 11 43 2,485 Covered goods .. .. K 1 277 2 191 5 6 3 485 Sleeping-vans .. . . K .. 19 32 1 1 53 High sides .. .. .. L 4 3,256 32 3,710 12 83 137 7,234 High sides .. .. .. ..La .. 3,152 .. 3,024 6,176 High sides .. .. .. ..Lb .. 647 15 580 5 20 37 1,304 Low sides .. .. .. M 12 519 29 880 24 14 18 1,496 Work-train hopper .. .. M .. .. .. 34 .. .. 34 Low sides, steel .. .. .. Ma .. 132 12 .. .. .. .. 144 Low sides .. .. .. Mb 9 11 19 39 Timber .. .. .. N 40 112 157 32 8 349 Iron hopper . . .. O .. 10 .. .. . . .. 10 Iron hopper for ballast .. Ob .. 12 .. .. .. .. 12 Platform, coal .. .. .. P .. 196 .. .. .. .. .. 196 Petrol inspection .. .. .. Pw .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 Movable hopper .. .. .. Q .. .. .. 492 723 .. .. 1,215 Frozen meat .. .. .. W .. 214 .. 43 .. .. .. '257 Frozen meat . . . . . . Wa .. 240 3 51 15 309 Covered goods .. .. X .. 147 21 .. .. 168 Cool, ventilated .. .. Xa 3 329 . . 441 1 7 781 Cool, ventilated .. .. .. Xb .. 86 .. 31 .. .. .. 117 Work-train .. .. .. Y .. 81 18 .. .. 99 Work-train hopper .. .. .. Yb .. 248 .. 138 .. .. .. 386 Special-purpose wagons, bogie E .. 26 10 .. 1 37 High sides, bogie .. .. R 2 199 .. 82 .. .. .. 283 High sides, bogie .. .. .. Rb .. 70 26 .. .. 96 High sides, bogie .. .. .. Rd .. 3 .. . . .. .. 3 High sides, bogie .. .. Rn 23 . . .. .. .. 23 Sheep, bogie .. . . S .. 23 37 .. .. 60 Cattle, bogie .. . . T .. 24 16 .. . . 40 Platform, bogie .. .. U .. 201 40 113 4 4 10 372 Gas storeholder, bogie .. .. Ua .. 10 4 .. .. 14 Platform, bogie .. .. .. TJb .. 138 .. 234 .. .. .. 372 Horse-boxes, bogie .. .. .. Uo .. 54 55 .. .. 109 Frozen meat, bogie .. .. .. V .. 56 . . 66 .. .. .. 122 Chilled beef, bogie .. .. ..V .. 6.. .. .. .. .. 6 Frozen meat, bogie .. .. Vb .. 138 85 .. .. 223 Chilled beef, bogie . . . . . . Vb .. 30 .. . . .. . . 30 Covered goods, bogie .. Z .. 75 47 . . .. 122 Sleeping-vans, bogie .. .. Z .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 Covered goods, bogie . . Zp .. 76 75 .. .. 151 Totals .. .. .. .. 62 13,088 189 12,250 812 167 268 26,836 Tarpaulins .. .. .. .. .. 28 11,868 113 11,345 52 145 287 23,838

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STATEMENT No. 24. Locomotive Stock for Year ended 31st March, 1937.

Three Wd class locomotives written off in North Island not included in total, but retained for special services.

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I II I-S u i ā| as l! Ss gg gs Type - Is êe I S™ »■§ g . . 1 S J | | |§ is I 1 I | O W O CG£5 JZ; PH H a A Tender (4 cyl. balanced compound) .. 53 10 .. .. 18 39 .. .. .. 57 A „ (No. 409, simple) .. .. 1 ■. .. •. •. .1 •. .. .. 1 AA „ .. .. .. ..10 10 10 AB „ .. . . .. . . 141 2 .. .. 87 54 141 B „ .. .. .. .. 8 1 8 8 BA „ .. . . .. 10 1 10 10 BB „ .. .. . . 25 30 30 0 „ (shunting) .. 24 12 12 24 E Electric .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 .. .. .. 11 Eb „ (battery, shunting, workshops) .. .. .. .. 2 3 .. .. .. 5 F Tank .. .. .. 2 .. .. 20 22 FA „ .. . . .. 2 2 .. .. 4 G Tender .. .. .. .. 3 3 3 3 H Tank (Fell) .. .. .. .< 6 .. 6 K Tender .. . . . . 30 30 30 L Tank .. . . .. 2 2 Q Tender .. .. . . 13 1 13 13 Ū „ .. .. .. .. 9 9 9 UB „ .. .. .. . . 7 7 7 Uc „ .. .. .. . . 7 7 7 W Tank .. .. .. 2 2 WA „ . . .. .. 5 .. 3 8 Wab „ .. . . . . 30 20 10 30 WB „ .. .. .. 4 .. .. 4 WE „ .. .. .. .. 2 2 2 Wi „ .. .. .. 16 12 21 .. 3 5 41 Wa „ .. .. .. .. 8 .. .. 2 18 20 Ww „ .. .. .. 50 47 .. 3 .. .. 50 X Tender (4 cyl. balanced compound) .. 15 10 .. .. 18 .. .. .. .. 18 463 28 2 7 312 237 9 3 5 575

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STATEMENT No. 25. ALL SECTIONS. Locomotive Running Costs, Year ended 31st March, 1937.

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Locomotive-mileage. Quantity of Stores. Cost. Number Details. Running. Repairs, > Running. Suction. Locomo- i Shunting I M uJaM S per 1 Wages, TotaL Section. tives. | Traln ! Light, To ta L | Locomotive. -Coal. j Oil. md ! Stores. Fuel. Wages. I Miscellaneous. | j Overhead. , | I Cwt. Quarts. £ £ £ £ £ N.l.M.L. and branches . 316 7,363,786 2,217,590 9,581,376 30,321 5.740,060 367,252 282,508 16,716 393,614 318,900 1,011,738 N.l.M.L. and branches. S.I.M.L. and branches 221 4,124,720 1,538,265 5,662,985 25,624 2,801,501 226,508 169,837 9,573 155,284 192,925 527,619 S.I.M.L. and branches. Kaihu 2 13,392 2,703 16,095 8,048 6,455 437 507 20 494 779 1,800 Kaihu. Gisborne 7 38,149 8,333 46,482 6,640 21,481 2,159 894 75 2,769 1,693 5,431 Gisborne. Westport . .. 9 65,990 47,071 113,061 12,562 52,292 4,675 3,867 260 2,759 4,892 11,778 Westport. Nelson 6 39,612 10,166 49,778 8,296 21,045 1,777 577 64 1,942 1.608 4,191 Nelson. Picton .. .. .. 6 44,412 24,626 69,038 11,506 22,375 2,464 3,620 90 2,596 2,707 9,013 Picton. Total steam .. 567 11,690,061 3,848,754 15,538,815 27,405 8,665,209 605,272 461,810 26,798 559,458 523,504 1,571,570 Units. Electric locos, E. 2-6 . 5 45,465 58,684 104,149 20,830 1,872,200 2,728 7,563 133 15,586 2,012 25,294 E 2-6. Electric locos., E 7-12 .. 6 114.266 23,435 137,701 22,950 2,239,960 2,105 6,785 123 4,674 2,620 14,202 E 7-12. Gals. Petrol rail-cars .. .. 7 116,250 5,574 121,824 17,403 23,291 1,628 2,533 181 1,888 1,801 6,403 Petrol rail-cars. Diesel rail-cars .. .. 3 79,350 1,207 80,557 26,852 4,582 1,121 1,381 103 130 814 2,428 Diesel rail-cars. Cwt. Steam rail-car .. .. 1 1,516 220 1,736 1,736 119 79 151 5 15 46 217 Steam rail-car. Grand total .. 589 12,046,908 3,937,874 15,984,782 27,405 612,933 480,223 27,343 581,751 530,797 1,620,114

Cost per Locomotive-mile. j3 Cost per Locomotive-mile. 8 ° p, - g j ~z | Repairs. Running. is . a . §, a \ g • & . S g« „ .. .2 fe ««a fa .2 J c g Total ft ."5 Days m »cc> Section Seotlon - Ī § IS §3 | 3 fe go J cost. |S Steam. SeCtl0D ' Mater- ! Total. | * .2~ ° 1 ! P » S -£ M and Stores - Fuel ' Wa « es - fi | | | II 1 H MS St 3 = S 8 j g - ± ! ! • ''' '• i | I : d. d. d. d. d. £ £ £ ! £ d. i d. d. d. £ I d. N.J.M.L. and branches .. .. 7-08 0-42 9-86 7-98 25-34 71,418 14,934 |28 880 ;113,643 1-79 ! 0-37 0-72 2-85 [1,240,613 j 31-07 76,822 243 N.I.M.L. and branches. S.I.M.L. and branches .. .. 7-20 0-41 6-58 8-17 22-36 41,765 6,356 12,076 69,936 1-77 0-27 0-51 2-96 657,752; 27-87 49,329 223 S.I.M.L. and branches. Kaihu .. .. .. .. 7-56 0-30 7-37 11-61 26-84 34 14 I .. i 133 0-51 0-21 .. 1-98 I 1,981 29-54 297 149 Kaihu. Gisborne . .. .. 4-62 0-39 14-29 8-74 28-04 288 55 I .. 445 1-49 0-28 .. 2-30 : 6,219 32-11 457 65 Gisborne. Westport .. .. .. 8-21 0-55 5-86 10-38 25-00 531 111 ! .. 1,427 1-13 ! 0-24 .. 3-02 : 13,847 29-39 1,719 191 Westport. Kelson .. .. .. .. 2-78 0-31 9-37 7-75 20-21 366 51 i .. 263 1-76 I 0-25 .. 1-27 j 4,871 23-49 516 86 Nelson. Picton .. .. .. 12-58 0-31 ; 9-02 9-42 31-33 538 69; .. 707 1-87 0-24 .. 2-46 | 10,327 35-90 824 137 Picton. Total steam .. .. 7-13 0-41 8-64 8-09 24-27 114,940 | 21,590 140,956 j 186, 554 1-78 [0-33 0-63 2-89 jl,935, 610 29-90 129,964 229 Electric locos., E 2-6 .. .. 17-43 0-31 135-90 4-64 58-28 2,288! .. ! .. 772 5-28 j .. .. 1-78 I 28,354 65-34 1,339 268 E 2-6. Electric locos., E 7-12 .. .. 11-82 0-21 j 8-15 4-57 24-75 1,845; .. .. 264 3-22 ' .. .. 0-46 j 16,311 28-43 1,107 184 E 7-12. Petrol rail-cars .. .. .. 4-98 0-36 ! 3-72 3-55 12-61 1,500 | .. I .. .. 2-96 | j 7,903 15-57 810 116 Petrol rail-cars. Diesel rail-cars .. .. .. 4-10 ! 0-31 I 0-39 2-43 7-23 383' .. .. .. 1-14 .. 2,811 8-37 231 77 Diesel rail-cars. Steam rail-car .. .. .. 20-88 ! 0-69 2-07 6-36 30-00 455 . _ 62-90 . . 672 92-90 24 24 Steam rail-car, ;

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STATEMENT No. 25—C ontinued. Performances of Locomotives for the Year ended 31st March, 1937.

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' I 1 l-J *"* § Locomotive-mileage. ! Quantity of Stores. Cost. Cost per Locomotive-mile. p, - : |. : S I -7 —ji , mE % a'Sl . 1 1 t-? Details. I Running. Repairs. Running. j Repairs. Running. g § -8 ® mileage \ cs #2 m Type. "g per I- — ; ; 1 'fv'gi (*"'<; Ji a! ype " Shutting, Locomo- j Wag(;S] XotaL Wag(;S; : Total . ® . -a ■II Train. Light) 8 ' Total. j Coal. | Oil. Ma aI e ,jj ia1 ' Stores. \ Fuel. Wages. Ma and Wl ' Stores, i Fuel. Wages. g&g 2 43 Mis " j Overhead. Overhead. ' 5 5 K cellaneous. ! ; O <5 NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES. Cwts. Qrts. £ £ £ £ £ d. d. d. d. d. A .. 18 438,471 102,663 541,134 30,063 303,225 22,164 29,069 921 22,542 17,357 69,889 12-89 0-41 10-00 7-70 31-00 4,510 251 A. AA .. .. 10 265,981 71,687 337,668 33,767 224,043 12,419 9,242 530 11,330 11,496 32,598 6-57 0-38 8-.05 8-17 23-17 2,669 267 AA. Ab .. .. 87 3,314,530 465,226 3,779,756 43,445 2,032,279 126,394 93,223 5,565 139,553 100,556 338,897 5-93 0-35 8-86 6-38 21-52 23,983 276 AB. BB .. .. 30 265,998 384,899 650,897 21,697 432,709 29,277 15,322 1,295 24,495 33,306 74,418 5-65 0-48 9-03 12-28 27-44 7,579 253 BB. C .. .. 12 2,866 208,070 210,936 17,578 167,110 7,241 4,485 335 9,125 13,687 27,632 5-10 0-38 10-38 15-58 31-44 2,789 232 C. P .. .. .. .. .. .. 75 .. .. .. 75 .. F. G .. 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. 537 .. .. .. 537 .. .. . • •• .. •• •• G. H ..6 12,329 23,341 35,670 5,945 44,813 4,201 4,984 174 4,749 3,802 13,709 33-54 1-17 31-95 25-58 92-24 1,186 198 H. K .. 30 1,314,039 76,451 1,390,490 46,350 961,394 48,734 32,649 3,002 76,242 34,347 146,240 5-64 0-52 13-15 5-93 25-24 7,567 252 K. L .. 2 7,784 4,888 12,672 6,336 3,279 171 16 12 351 453 832 0-30 0-23 6-65 8-58 15-76 337 169 L. Wab.. .. 20 516,348 151,932 668,280 33,414 427,722 25,705 14.322 1,096 23,600 21,738 60,756 5-14 0-39 8-48 7-81 21-82 5,350 268 Wab. WD .. .. 3 181 11,505 11,686 3,895 5,042 310 68 14 368 597 1,047 1-40 0-29 7-56 12-25 21-50 377 126 WD. Wf .. .. 12 47,382 131,389 178,771 14,898 102,041 6,425 7,007 294 7,067 9,927 24,295 9-40 0-39 9-49 13-33 32-61 2,484 207 Wl. Wg .. .. 18 67,588 212,222 279,810 15,545 171,964 11,884 16,357 523 11,082 15,973 43,935 14-03 0-45 9-50 13-70 37-68 3,423 190 Wo. Ww.. .. 47 689,093 319,278 1,008,371 21,455 524,619 39,619 36,409 1,739 37,718 39,679 115,545 8-67 0-41 8-98 9-44 27-50 10,916 232 Ww. X .. 18 421,196 54,039 475,235 26,402 339,820 32,708 18,743 1,216 25,392 15,982 61,333 9-47 0-61 12-82 8-07 30-97 3,652 203 X. Total steam .. 316 7,363,786 2,217,590 9,581,376 30,321 5,740,060 367,252 282,508 16,716 393,614 318,900 1,011,738 7-08 0-42 9-86 7-98 25-34 76,822 243 Total steam.

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STATEMENT No. 25 —continued. Performances of Locomotives for the Year ended 31st March, 1937—continued.

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I Locomotive-mileage. Quantity of Stores. Cost. Cost per Locomotive-mile. © c — : : g S c Average • <s k: Details. Mileage Running. Repairs. Running. Repairs. Running. g 35® Type. P er : j ; I Type. ►. . I A*l U St-ni' Mv™ 0 " Wages, Total. Wages, Total. "5 a " a II Train. light,' Total. Coal. Oil. Mat ?Ji ia1 ' Stores. Fuel. Wages. Stores. Fuel. Wages. » M»- Overhead. Overbad. f Jz; cellaneous. P SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES. Cwt. Qts. £ £ £ £ £ d. d. d. d. d. A .. 40 769,362 132,788 902,350 22,559 453,740 42,941 29,648 1,740 24,639 27,983 84,010 7-89 0-46 6-55 7-44 22-34 7,751 194 A. AB .. .. 54 2,031,638 331,298 2,362,936 43,758 1,159,808 86,449 59,395 3,636 65,389 60,469 188,889 6-03 0-37 6-64 6-14 19-18 14,438 267 AB. B .. 8 96,660 51,894 148,554 18,569 74,186 6,260 4,455 268 4,286 6.166 15,175 7-20 0-43 6-92 9-97 24-52 1,762 220 B. BA .. .. 10 81,107 126,105 207,212 20,721 119,737 9,758 5,673 409 6,407 10,680 23,169 6-57 0-47 7-42 12-37 26-83 2,309 231 BA. C .. 12 70,798 196,619 267,417 22,285 126,439 9,266 2,436 440 7,315 15,051 25.242 2-19 0-39 6-56 13-51 22-65 3,297 275 C. F .. 20 1,130 249,972 251,102 12,555 86,806 8,917 3,426 422 4,817 16,002 24,667 3-27 0-40 4-60 15-30 23-57 4,301 215 F. FA .. .. 2 54 22,592 22,646 11,323 7,687 673 130 32 415 1,455 2,032 1-38 0-34 4-40 15-41 21-53 517 259 FA. Q .. 13 266,614 56,115 322,729 24,825 168,475 13,637 13,655 542 9,177 10,243 33,617 1016 0-40 6-82 7-62 25-00 2,788 214 Q. U .. .. 9 139,411 23,535 162,946 18.105 87,921 5,574 5,702 249 4,300 4,965 15,216 8-40 0-37 6-33 7-31 22-41 1.611 179 U. UA .. .. 1 178 142 320 320 133 13 51 1 7 11 70 38-25 0-75 5-25 8-25 52-50 3 3 UA. UB .. .. 7 68,816 24,634 93,450 13,350 44,460 4.041 8,138 166 2,544 3,493 14,341 20-90 0-43 6-53 8-97 36-83 1,046 149 UB. Uc .. .. 7 125,142 22,045 147,187 21,027 69,271 4,671 3,438 215 3,995 4,451 12,099 5-61 0-35 6-51 7-26 19-73 1,450 207 Uc. W .. .. 2 13,694 17,309 31,003 15,502 14,968 1,149 1,588 55 859 1,574 4,076 12-29 0-43 6-65 12-18 31-55 380 190 W. WA .. .. 3 17,881 30,674 48,555 16,185 22,247 1,786 2,912 86 1,284 2,539 6,821 14-38 0-43 6-35 12-55 33-71 627 309 WA. Wab., .. 10 341,439 35,482 376,921 37,692 181,547 16,453 14,557 661 10,358 10,165 35,741 9-28 0-42 6-59 6-47 22-76 2,710 271 Wab. WE .. .. 2 22,084 8,928 31,012 15,506 21,169 1,442 636 57 1,225 1,594 3,512 4-92 0-44 9-48 12-34 27-18 465 233 WE. WP .. .. 21 78,512 208,133 286,645 13,650 162,907 13,478 13,997 594 8,267 16,084 38,942 11-72 0-50 6-92 13-46 32-60 3,874 184 Wi. Total steam .. 221 4,124,720 1,538,265 5,662,985 25,624 2,801,501 226,508 169,837 9,573 155,284 192,925 527,619 7-20 0-41 6-58 8-17 22-36 49,329 223 Total steam.

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I Locomotive-mileage. Quantity ol Stores. Cost. Cost per Locomotive-mile. "31 J ~ : . ! : ~ Av * — ..'■.'.'aĪ'.':. 1 : : j 8s Details. M?eafe Bunning. Bepairs. Bunning. Repairs. Bunning. a 3 J o lype. -g per ■ . 1 . . « m Shunting, Looomo- I ] ® «o ype " S« Assisting, tive. i Wages, Total. Wages, Total. _ a," § |I Train - C ° aI ' j 0U ' anT'' S^ 8 - Fuel. Wages. Material, store8 . Wageg> .3 ||| i cellaneous. i Overhead. Overhead. i I fi ■< Kaihtt Section. 1 " '■ 2 13,392 2,703 16,095 j 8,048 j 6,455 J 437 ' 507 | 20 494 779 1,800 7-56 0-30 7-37 11-61 1 26-84 297 149 | F. Gisbobne Section. •" •" I fa'™ f'i?2 i I 9,706 1,106 472 I 38 1.252 i 872 2,634! 4-81 0-39 12-76 8-89 26-85 236 | 47 , Wa. "" '• 2 18,7-4 4,213 22,937 11,469) 11,775 1,053 422 | 37 1,517 821 2,797 4-42 0-39 15-87 8-59 29-27 221 111 Wo. Total '• 7 38,149 8,333 46,482 6,640 21,481 2,159 894 j 75 2,769 j 1,693 5,431 4-62 0-39 14-29 ! 8-74 28-04 457 65 Total. Westpobt Section. W. " •" 2 I 9 1,708 13 ' 800 if'52 8 J' 7 ® 4 ! ®' 298 694 1,014 37 334 976 2,361 15-70 0-57 5-17 15-10 36-54 334 167 Fa. Ww " " i li'llv o'™? i 6 ';!!;!! , 22,059 1,903 1,476 108 1,169 2,220 4,973 7-60 0-56 6-03 11-44 25-63 727 182 WB. '• 3 41,97., 9,021 oO, 993 16,998 23,935 2,078 1,377 115 1,256 1,696 4,444 6-48 0-54 5-91 7-99 20-92 658 219 Ww. Iotal •" 9 65,990 47,071 113,061 12,562 j 52,292 4,675 3,867] 260 2,759 4,892 11,778 8-21 0-55 5-86 10-38 25-00 1,719 191 Total. Nelson Section. Wf " " q Q la n 648 59 24 2 60 64 150 3-60 0-30 9-00 9-61 22-51 29 10 FA. 38,471 9,708 48,179 16,060 20,397 1,718 553 62 1,882 1,544 4,041 2-75 0-31 9-37 7-69 20-12 487 162 We. Total .. 6 39,612 10,166 49,778 8,296 21,045 1,777 577 64 1,942 1,608 4,191 2-78 0-31 9-37 7-75 20-21 516 86 Total. ~ ' ~ Picton Section. "* ** ~ ! 2,284 2,489 2,489 882 110 24 5 101 153 j 283 1 2-31 0*48 9-74 14*75 27-23 76 76 "Pa " ° j 44 > 207 j 22,342 66,549 13,310 21,493 2,354 3,596 85 2,495 2,554 ! 8,730 I 12-97 0-31 9-00 9-20 31-48 748 150 Wr. Total " 6 | 44,412 I 24,626 69,038 11,506 22,375 j 2,464 3,620 90 2,596 1 2,707 j 9,013 j 12-58 0-31 9-02 9-42 31-33 824 137 Total. ' I I i j

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