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

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1939 Session I, D-02

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1939. NEW ZEALAND.

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

Mr. Speaker,— This is the fourth occasion on which I have had the pleasure and privilege of submitting the Railways Statement to Parliament, and the third since the Government Railways Amendment Act of 1936 again placed responsibility for the administration of the railways with the Government through the Minister of Railways and the General Manager. In the three full years of my association with and responsibility for railwayadministration I have been fortunate enough to see come to successful fruition some portion of the long-range railways policy enunciated by the present Government upon coming into office. That policy was one calling for foresight and courage in handling the whole transport situation in the general interests of public welfare, and I would like to express my appreciation of the co-operation which has existed between my Department and the Department of Transport in advancing that policy —a course which is now seen to react beneficially on the Dominion's whole economic fabric. NATIONAL SERVICE. The results of the railway year just ended cannot be properly or fully assessed unless they are credited with service to the Dominion much greater than that revealed by the financial position of the undertaking as a whole. This lias, of course, been recognized as a feature in the State-owned railway system right from its inception and has coloured the policy of every Government, not only regarding the allocation of lines to suit the requirements of the various productive areas in the Dominion, but also in the arrangement of tariff charges which have always been based with national considerations paramount over purely railway-earning considerations. Although this fact has been known and recognized throughout the years, it is worth while emphasizing again at the present time, particularly in view of the Government's general policy of economic development, which includes a better balancing of the scales as regards the Dominion's primary and secondary industries. Not only was it necessary to put the railways into the position where they could supply " the best possible service at the lowest possible cost," but this had to be done as speedily as possible in order to keep pace with the Government's drive for national recovery —a movement which included, of course, the assurance of opportunities for useful employment for all capable of work within the Dominion, and covering also the opening of new avenues for the coming generation. RAILWAYS POLICY. The railways policy also called for a broad survey of the additional possibilities for service which lay open to the national transportation system, and this required a close examination of the whole position from the technical and expert viewpoints, as well as from the viewpoint of what might be suitable and desirable in the public interest.

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I therefore had the whole internal capacity of the Railways Department explored, and plans were evolved which would assist to the greatest possible extent in developing the Government's aims through a comprehensive and long-range policy applied to the Department's work. Many projects which had been carefully examined previously —and had either been started and dropped, or left in abeyance for some more favourable time — were re-examined in the light of the Government's policy and the country's need ; and as many of these were found to be both practicable and desirable —with, of course, certain revision in view of changed conditions —steps were taken as quickly as possible to have such projects brought to fruition. At the same time many new projects were planned and put under way. The result of this large-scale planning for the public welfare in railway matters has been most encouraging ; in fact, I am not aware of a single major improvement adopted under this policy that has been the subject of adverse criticism.. On the contrary, each improvement made has been accorded a warm welcome and has received the best proof of public approval—namely, increased patronage. Associated with the Government's railway plans was the decision to complete certain new lines which had been previously commenced and abandoned ; and it has already been my happy privilege to see one of these works completed. I refer to the Napier-Wairoa-Waikokopu section of the Napier-Gisborne railway, which my Department took over on the Ist July, 1939. An important aspect of this and other lines intended to further the major integration of the Dominion's transport is the necessity for ensuring the utmost mobility as between one district and another for defence purposes. In this connection not only are these new lines essential towards the Dominion's protection, but the Railway Workshops, which are the most modern and best-equipped engineering plants in the Dominion, are also playing an important part in the country's defence. THE FINANCIAL ASPECT. I have much pleasure in stating that the financial year ended 31st March, 1939, has been a record year for railway business, the gross revenue —for the first time in the Dominion's history—exceeding £9,000,000, the actual amount being £9,345,387. This is all the more notable following a year which also established a record in gross operating earnings. The railway barometer, in New Zealand as in other countries, is always regarded as a good indicator of the country's prosperity, even though the fluctuations of railway business and general trade conditions may not always exactly coincide, and, viewed in this light, the increased business done by the railways, the State's biggest and most important developmental and commercial enterprise, is an indication of the strength of the country's economic position. The gross earnings for the year totalled £9,345,387 and the gross expenditure £8,644,324, leaving £701,063 of net earnings, an increase of £68,266 over the net earnings of the previous year, after placing £990,495 out of revenue to the credit of the various Depreciation, Reserves, and Equalization Accounts. The total expenditure (£8,644,324) was £642,935 more than in the previous year, due mainly to the payment of wages at higher rates, higher prices for coal and stores, and the cost of handling the increased business. The net revenue of £701,063 is equivalent to 1-23 per cent, of the capital, and the amount set aside out of revenue for depreciation alone is £698,678, equivalent to I-19 per cent, of the capital. Tn addition, reserves set aside out of revenue for track-renewals, slips, floods, and accidents, betterments, insurances, and workers' compensation amounted to £291,817. The improved net financial return was helped by an increase of 10 per cent, in fares and freights in the latter months of the financial year. I anticipate a marked improvement in the net earnings of the Department during the present financial year, for the first sixteen weeks of which the net revenue earned will be approximately £200,000 greater than for the corresponding period of last year, notwithstanding that there is a day less in this year's accounting period.

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In the current financial year my preliminary estimate is for a total net revenue of £1,250,000, and the figures for the first sixteen weeks exceed that preliminary estimate, which, of course, takes into account the general activity in the building and manufacturing industries and the increased passenger traffic anticipated from the Dominion's Centennial Exhibition and Celebrations. AttemptsJ|are sometimes made,||by critics of railway-administration to discount the real improvement in the railway position by separating the " operating " from the "total" revenue. But in a business which obtains over £1,300,000, or nearly 15 per cent, of its total earnings, under the heading of " subsidiary services and miscellaneous," such separation of figures (some of which are kept purely for internal accounting purposes) is useless as a means of judging the real position of the Department —particularly as the proportion of revenue earned by our subsidiary services is likely to grow larger with further development of national resources and the Government's related transport policy. The amount mentioned is practically double that earned under this heading in 1933, and is £500,000 more than the 1930 figure. TRACK IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS. The railway policy at present being pursued is based on the belief expressed in my 1937 Railways Statement that if the railways were to give a modern service capable of retaining and increasing traffic on a quality basis improvement of the lines to carry the traffic was a first necessity. The use of heavier locomotives, the running of faster and more frequent trains, and the provision of smoother and more comfortable travel are all dependent on line-improvements, including stronger bridges, easier grades, more generous curves, more duplications, and a larger number of extended crossing places to meet the increased density of the traffic. The Government's policy has been to encourage the prosecution of this work, and the following brief summary of the principal line improvements during the past year throughout the Dominion indicates how actively that policy is being implemented:— North of Auckland. North of Auckland extensive grade easements and deviations are being carried out on various portions of the main line between Newmarket and Waitakere in order to speed up traffic and to permit of the haulage of heavier loads between Newmarket and Helensville. North Island Main Trunk. The main line between Huntly and Ngaruawahia was duplicated, and work is in hand on the remaining portion of line between Auckland and Frankton Junction not yet duplicated—i.e., between Papakura and Huntly. North of Napier. The track damaged by floods north of Napier has been restored, and the Department has taken over the Napier-Waikokopu portion of the Napier-Gisborne railway. Wanganui District and Southward to Wellington. In the Wanganui district the Greatford deviation and grade easement was recently completed and opened for traffic. The Palmerston North duplication and deviation and the grade easement and deviation from Turakina to Okoia are being pushed ahead. In the Wellington district the main line is being duplicated from Plimmerton to Paekakariki, except for a short section in the vicinity of the tunnels. South Island Improvements. On the Picton Section the track is being relaid in heavier rails, curve easements are being carried out, and several bridges are being reconstructed in order to carry the heavier engines which will be required on the completion of the ChristchurchPicton Main Trunk railway. At Christchurch the first stages of the reorganization of the station-yard to permit of the erection of a new station building are in hand. The car and wagon

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depot has been completed, and some of the new sidings have been laid. The construction of a new pedestrian subway at Falsgrave Street is in hand, and a contract has been let for the building of the new goods-shed at Waltham Road. In the Dunedin district the main line is being deviated and duplicated from Sawyer's Bay to St. Leonards. Grade easements are also being carried out at Bushey and Clarendon. GENERAL TRACK MAINTENANCE AND BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS. During the last financial year about 40-3r miles of main lines were relaid. Of this, about 22j miles were relaid in 85 lb. rails. I may say that wherever relaying is required on heavy-traffic main lines the new 85 lb. standard rails are laid, replacing 70 lb. rails. Thirty-six main-highway level-crossings were eliminated by the Main Highways Board and Railways Department by the provision of overbridges, subways, or deviations. Similar work is in hand for the elimination of further level-crossings. The strengthening of bridges on the Midland Line between Rolleston and Arthur's Pass has been completed, and the Department's heaviest-class locomotive, the Kb, will be running on this line at an early date. I anticipate that the renewal of the Rangitikei, Waipawa, Wairau, Rakaia, and South Rangitata bridges will all be completed this year. These larger bridges are being renewed in steel superstructure on concrete piers. A start has now been made on the reconstruction of the Waiau Bridge. From the foregoing it will be clear to all that track improvements and related works on a very large scale have been undertaken as a basic feature in the modernization of our railways. EFFECT OF RAILWAY EXTENSIONS. But it is not merely the intensification of traffic on existing lines for which adequate provision must be made. The many important extensions of the railwaylines now in the hands of the Public Works Department and soon to become part of the working railways mean additional traffic to the existing lines as well as in the territories they open or link up. These include the Kirikopuni-Dargaville link of the North Auckland railway ; the Paeroa-Pokeno railway to put the rich Hauraki and Bay of Plenty districts into closer touch with Auckland; the Waikokopu-Gisborne portion of the Gisborne-Napier railway to link Poverty Bay with the main railway system of the North Island ; the Wharanui-Parnassus railway, linking the Picton Section with the South Island Main Trunk railway ; and the Inangahua-Te Kuba line to link the Westport Section with the main South Island railway system. MARKED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ROLLING-STOCK POSITION. In view of the fact that our railways have, during the past three to four years, been called upon to carry heavy year by year increases in traffic it has been necessary to keep pace with the demands as far as is possible in the supply of an adequate number of locomotives, carriages, and wagons. Due to difficulty in obtaining material from overseas, there was unfortunately a lag in the putting into service of the additional equipment required, and at times the position in which the Department has found itself has been most acute. Every endeavour is being made to make up the leeway, and the workshops are working at maximum capacity with this object in view ; but, even so, it was realized some time ago that additional relief must be given in respect of locomotives and rail cars, and a limited number of completed units was consequently ordered from Great Britain. It is anticipated that during the coming financial year (year ending 31st March, 1940) the demands for transportation will be exceptionally heavy, but the additional stock that will be available will enable the Department to successfully handle the normal increase plus that due to the Centennial Year's celebrations The wisdom of the Government's policy of increasing the capacity of the railways to handle anticipated additional traffic, combined with its actions directed towards the improvement of production in the Dominion, is seen in the fact that at

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the 31st March, 1939, when demands upon the usage of wagons reached the highest point in Dominion history, the Department had 28,401 wagons in use —1,200 more than in the previous year and 1,500 more than were available in 1930, the year in which the biggest volume of traffic was handled by the Department prior to the depression. Comparing the year 1936 with 1939, the whole rolling-stock position shows a marked improvement, both in the quality and quantity of the vehicles of all types on the system, including larger and more powerful locomotives, new and improved passenger cars, multiple-unit power coaches and trailers, and the latest type of standard rail cars. There has been a big increase in the number of all types of wagons, particularly those needed for the conveyance of general goods and live-stock. Our wagon-capacity in the past three years has been increased by 19,000 tons, and the total number of wagons of all classes has increased by the equivalent of 1,729 four-wheeled wagons. In the year ended 31st March, 1939, the Railway Workshops constructed 1,373 wagons, 39 passenger cars, and 5 standard rail cars, and this year I anticipate their output will give us the following new rolling-stock : 6Kb locomotives, 10 Ka locomotives, 9 electric locomotives, 48 passenger-cars (including air-conditioned cars), 1 rail car, and 1,292 wagons. Of these, 415 wagons have already|been completed, as well as a Ka locomotive, a Kb locomotive, an electric locomotive, and 11 passenger cars. In addition, 40 J locomotives and 10 rail cars ordered from Great Britain will arrive during the current year. At least 30 of these locomotives and 2 rail cars are expected to arrive before December. RAIL CARS. The successful operation of rail cars of types evolved by our own engineers and built by our own craftsmen has been one of the most notable developments in the modern service offered by the Department. It is helping to turn the tide of traffic back to the rail. So marked indeed has been its progress that the full effect of rail-car evolution would be difficult to predict; but I can safely say, from our experience with them up to the present, that in their ultimate development, whether singly or as multiple-unit trains, they will prove invaluable as an aid to the development of the more backward portions of the country in providing transport of a frequency, comfort, speed, and convenience not conceivable by any other practicable means in the territories they will serve. For the year just ended the nine cars already in use (seven on the Wairarapa route, North Island, and two on the Midland route, South Island) ran nearly 400,000 miles and recorded a passenger-mileage of over 8,000,000. Already the new, larger, and heavier type, the Department's standard rail car, has been running successfully for several months on the Wellington - New Plymouth route, and provides a very attractive service supplementary to that of the mail-trains. I was also able to provide a complete service of standard rail cars to work a full passenger service on the Napier-Wairoa line, which was taken over by the Department on the Ist July. Even in the first weeks of operation the popularity of this new form of transport in the newly-opened territory is being strongly demonstrated. A total of sixteen of these cars (some of which are being imported) will be running in various parts of the Dominion during the present year, and the response and reactions from their operation has been entirely satisfactory and is a tangible guide to the programme for construction and distribution of units of this new arm of the railway service in its work of providing suitable transport to aid in further national development and in improving still more the amenities of Dominion travel. MULTIPLE-UNIT ELECTRIC TRAINS. The year has seen the remarkable improvement in transport on the WellingtonJohnson ville suburban route resulting from the introduction of multiple-unit electric trains on that line. The new service has given a pronounced impetus to suburban settlement in the area served and has worked with commendable smoothness and efficiency on what, from an engineering and operating viewpoint,

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is one of the most difficult railway sections in the country. So impressed have I been by the obvious advantages of this form of suburban transport that I propose to introduce a similar form of transport to work the suburban traffic on the Wellington-Paekakariki Section of the North Island Main Trunk line as soon as the necessary vehicles can be obtained. After this is done, and after obtaining further data on the comparative economic costs and utilities of the various types of transport, the desirability of extending the use of electric multiple-unit trains on other suburban routes will be given consideration. STANDARDIZED SUBURBAN TRAIN ACCOMMODATION. A further step in the standardization of passenger-train accommodation in suburban areas was taken in February last, when all trains on the Wellington suburban lines were given one-class accommodation only. The very small proportion of ordinary or season ticket passengers using the first-class cars or compartments on these services showed that much unnecessary haulage was being provided to maintain the two-class accommodation on these trains. I thought it better to standardize on one good type of car, than to continue the old, uneconomic arrangement. The result has been a saving in haulage and maintenance costs and an all-round improvement in the service given to passengers in the suburban areas concerned. I expect to develop this system still further and to apply it in other suburban areas during the present financial year. TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENTS. The inter-relation of the various branches of the railways has its public reaction in the efficiency and volume of transport output. The year just ended has shown the beneficial effect of station, track, rolling-stock, signal, and siding improvements, in the better time-keeping of trains, despite the increase in the total volume of traffic handled ; and the personnel of the Traffic Branch deserve credit for the skill and efficiency shown in the use of the better facilities now provided to help them in the prosecution of their work. CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE. All the foregoing facts indicate that the railways are steadily settling into better shape to deal with the increasing requirements of the public. To show how the traffic position is improving I mention the fact that in the past three years the number of passengers using the railways has increased at the rate of a million a year, and in the same period the work performed in the transportation of goods has also increased. As previously mentioned, I am looking to the railways also to help importantly in the Government's programme for increasing New Zealand's industrial production, and for this purpose it is my aim to ensure that the railways' programme of modernization and extension is well balanced on every side of their many activities and in every district throughout the Dominion—- interlocking all the parts to make the whole great railway machine work smoothly for the good of the public and in effective and helpful co-ordination with the rest of the Dominion's transport. I am looking ahead with a view to keeping the railways up to the standard necessary for dealing with the unfolding of the Dominion's productive capacity, and I am pleased to say that at the present time there is every assurance that the railways will be well equipped for the purpose. SIMPLIFIED RAILWAYS TARIFF. As announced in December last, a simplified tariff was under consideration and, after careful investigation of all possible reactions from what was really a very necessary but also very difficult matter to arrange, I was able, on the Ist July of this year, to bring into operation the promised tariff revision. The main feature of the simplified tariff is that it introduces a system of rating that has long been pressed for by commercial interests by reducing the number of classes for general merchandise from four to two.

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This reduction in the number of classes has had the effect of bringing the railway tariff more into line with the requirements of present-day trading conditions and, incidentally, stabilizes the rates on a lower average level. By stabilizing the rates in this way many inequalities and anomalies have been automatically removed. Unfortunately, the conditions obtaining in the transport industry during the past decade have prevented the stabilization of the tariff along the lines just referred to, as the various scales of charges have had to be adjusted from time to time to counteract the effect of intensive and uneconomic road competition. This in turn produced a lack of balance in the transport costs for similar services as between the different trading centres. In some instances, too, trading interests have benefited by what has been a fortuitous reduction in transport costs because of this acute competition. While the position so created was naturally availed of by those who were so fortunately placed as to be able to take advantage of these highly competitive rates, opposing interests in other areas did not enjoy the same advantages because of the absence of what was really " cut-throat " competition in the latter mentioned districts. The simplification of the tariff and the stabilization of rates in certain cases involved the removal of local rates. Though this brings about an increase in freight charges on merchandise between certain points, the increase is very largely, if not entirely, offset by the general application of the lower standard rates. Simply stated, goods previously carried at the two highest rates (namely, A and B) are now carried at the next lower rate (namely, C), and this position, generally speaking, will obtain throughout New Zealand. EFFECT OF STABILIZATION. For the purpose of comparison the following table will give an indication of the effect of the stabilization of the general merchandise rates : —

Though the new tariff benefits ordinary merchandise goods as indicated, there are, of course, certain articles of a light, bulky, or exceptional nature, and goods which require special handling or transport, which continue to bear a somewhat higher rate than Class C. BENEFIT TO INDUSTRY. Secondary industries in particular will benefit materially from the operation of the new freight schedules, which are so based as to facilitate the wide-range distribution of their products. In view of the present and prospective developments in the field of secondary production it is satisfactory to record that principals of important manufacturing industries have expressed their approval of these adjustments, as have many chambers of commerce and local bodies. What has been done is in line with the most advanced thought in transport rating in other countries, and producers and the business community alike have welcomed this new and equitable rearrangement of the railway tariff.

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ROAD SERVICES. The Department in the year 1926-27 commenced its road activities by purchasing and operating the Napier-Hastings and Oamaru-Ngapara-Tokarahi bus services. In 1928 and 1929 services operating between Wellington and the Hutt Valley and in the Christchurch area were acquired. In 1930 a bus service between Dunedin and Port Chalmers was established by the Department. Since 1933 passengers have been conveyed between Waipahi and Edievale by a departmental bus. In 1934 the first long-distance service, that previously operated by S.O.S. Motors, Ltd., between Wellington and Wanganui, was acquired. The Department's road operations on the passenger side were considerably extended in the years 1936, 1937, and 1938, when Yiumeroxis long-distance services in both Islands were acquired. The Wellington-Johnsonville bus services were also taken over in 1936, the Titahi Bay service in? 1937, and long-distance services between Westport and Christchurch over the Lewis Pass Road and between Greymouth and Hokitika were established in 1937 and 1938 respectively. The Lumsden-Te Anau - Eglington Valley and the Invercargill-Queenstown services were also established in 1937. In several areas, as a result of the operation by the Department of the road passenger services, it has been possible to reduce the train-mileage and effect economies in railway operation. In other cases the road time-tables have been altered to provide services when train services are not available, thus providing improved travelling facilities for the public. Whilst certain road goods services run in conjunction with road passenger services were acquired by the Department in 1936 —namely, O'Fee's DunedinBalclutha, Newmans Motors, Ltd.'s Hokitika - South Westland, and Camerons Freight Service to South Westland —it was not until 1938 that extensive operations on the goods side were commenced. In May, 1938, the Department acquired the road goods service previously operated by the Highways Transport Co., Ltd., in the Wellington - Palmerston North and Hawke's Bay districts, and the services of the Felton Waikato Transport Co., Ltd., and of McClymonts Transport Co., Ltd., operating in the Auckland-Hamilton area. The policy of purchasing road goods services in competition with the rail was continued throughout the year, and altogether forty-five services, comprising 218 vehicles, were taken over. The acquisition and operation of many new services in such a short period of time, services which operated under competitive conditions not only with the railway but with each other, each with its separate buildings and organization, has been a work of considerable magnitude. In the meantime the services have, in the main, been operated on much the same lines as formerly, but wherever practicable the traffic is being conveyed between terminal points by rail, and the collection and delivery only carricd out by our road services. At the present time the equivalent of 10,000 tons of goods per annum previously conveyed over the roads is being diverted to the rail, thus reducing road-mileage and costs. The rate schedules of the private operators built up under the competitive conditions which existed are still being adhered to by the Department (subject to 10-per-cent. increase from 11th December, 1938). The conditions that had to be faced when the goods services were taken over were in many respects unsatisfactory. Many of the vehicles were unsuitable for the work they were called on to perform and were in poor mechanical condition. Most of the depots were inadequate and unsuitable. Furthermore, it was found that some of the operators conducted their services with a greater or lesser disregard of transport regulations, licensing restrictions, and award rates of pay and conditions of employment. The rectification of this condition of affairs was in many cases an expensive matter. Some of the services were taken over only a few weeks prior to the closing of the financial year, and some time must elapse before it is possible to put matters on a proper basis. All things considered, it is satisfactory that the new goods services as a whole earned a clear net profit of £2,027 after writing off depreciation amounting to £12,124, debiting interest on capital (including goodwill) amounting to £2,867, and making a payment of £4,946 to the railways for the conveyance of 4,490 tons of goods which were previously carried by road.

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MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND STEEL CASTINGS. As part of the general policy of the Government, Cabinet recently approved of the Department's plan for providing all its own iron and steel casting requirements. For this purpose machinery of the most modern type is now being installed in the Department's iron and steel foundry at the Hutt Valley Workshops. CONCLUSION. In conclusion, let me again express my appreciation of the efficiency with which the General Manager (Mr. G. H. Mackley), his assistants, and stalf throughout the Service have carried out their work during the year. I know that the public have appreciated the high quality of service rendered, and I believe that in the current year, which includes the period of maximum work involved for the railways by the Centennial Year Exhibition and Celebrations, the Department will be able to meet every call upon it with equal satisfaction to the users of the Railways.

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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 tliat the reveune will reach £10,214,700, and the expenditure £8,964,659.

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Year ended 31st March, I'ABTICULAKS. 1939. 1938. 1937. j 1936. 1935 I i_ 1 Total miles open for traffic .. .. 3,319 3,323 3,320 3,320 3,320 Average miles open for year.. .. 3,319 3,322 3.320 3,320 3,320 Capital cost of opened and unopened lines £67,075,908 £63,189,260 £60,659,783 £59,611,834 £59,477,143 Capital cost of open lines .. .. £58,676,608 £56,065,187 £54,696,437 £54,253,059 £54,089,190 Capital cost per mile of open lines .. £17,679 £16,872 £16,475 £16,341 £16,292 Gross earnings .. .. .. £9,345,387 £8,634,186 £7,790,651 £7,004,316 £6,627,928 Working-expenses .. .. £8,644,324 £8,001,389 £6,886,793 £5,952,839 £5,540,437 NET EARNINGS .. .. .. £701,063 £632,797 £903,858 £1,051,477 £1,087,491 Interest charges .. .. .. £2,418,116 £2,335,808 £2,309,754 £2,300,051 £2,330,886 PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL WORKINGEXPENSES TO GROSS EARNINGS 92-50 92-67 88*40 84-99 83-59 PERCENTAGE OF NET EARNINGS TO CAPITAL INVESTED .. .. 1-23 1"15 1*65 1-94 2-01 Railway operating earnings .. .. £8,005,059 £7,591,825 £6,903,604 £6,243,519 £5,908,064 Railway operating expenses .. .. £7,663,632 £7,291,785 1 £6,338,385 £5,523,193 £5,138,588 NET RAILWAY OPERATING EARNINGS £341,427 £300,040 £565,219 £720,326 £769,476 PERCENTAGE OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENSES TO EARNINGS . . 95-73 96-05 91-81 88-46 86-98 Operating earnings per average mile open £2,412 £2,285 £2,079 £1,881 £1,780 Operating expenses per average mile open £2,309 £2,195 £1,909 £1,664 £1,548 NET OPERATING EARNINGS PER AVERAGE MILE OPEN .. .. £103 £90 £170 £217 £232 d. d. d. d. d. Operating earnings per train-mile .. 146-96 142-59 139-61 135-60 133-44 Operating expenses per train-mile .. 140-70 136-95 128-18 119-96 116-06 NET OPERATING EARNINGS PER TRAIN-MILE .. .. .. 6-26 5-64 11-43 15-64 17-38 Passengers, ordinary .. .. 7,813,436 8,069,018 8,284,956 7,963,824 7,809,035 Season tickets .. .. .. 888,844 750,497 513,063 482,146 457,546 Total passenger journeys .. .. 23,265,768 22,441,212 21,235,428 20,358,524 19,654,467 Goods tonnage .. .. .. 6,917,257 6,847,974 6,212,907 5,618,477 5,444,977 Live-stock tonnage .. .. .. 621,755 668,075 600,333 570,328 578,983 Train-mileage .. .. .. 13,072,615 12,777,852 11,868,083 11,050,376 j 10,626,400 Engine-mileage .. .. .. 17,817,799 17,312,921 15,984,782 14,923,175 14,277,710

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

New Zealand Government Railways Department, Head Office, Wellington, 31st July, 1939. The Hon. the Minister op Railways. Sib, — I have the honour to submit my report on the working of the New Zealand Railways for the financial year ended 31st March, 1939.

WORKING RESULT (Whole Undertaking).

The net revenue for the year amounted to £701,063, compared with £632,797 last year, an increase of £68,266 (10-79 per cent.). Revenue. —The gross revenue reached a new high level of £9,345,387, eclipsing the previous record figure established last year by no less a sum than £711,201 (8-24 per cent.) and maintaining the progressive gain in earnings which has been so marked a feature of railway working since 1935. As from 11th December, 1938, a general 10-per-cent. increase in passenger-fares and freight rates was imposed in order to offset rising wages and other costs, and the revenue during the last four periods of the financial year benefited as a result. No allowance was made in the Budget estimate shown above for an increase in rates and fares, the additional revenue from this source amounting to approximately £220,000. Expenditure.—The expenditure for the year amounted to £8,644,324, an increase of £642,935, or 8-04 per cent., when compared with the year 1937-38. Of the increase, wages-costs accounted for £352,625, of which sum £160,000 represents the cost of concessions granted to the staff, while the remainder, £192,625, is due to the increased wages-cost of handling increased traffic, expansion of subsidiary services, and additional maintenance expenditure. No major alteration to wage rates was made during the year. Other items of increased expenditure were —coal, £42,977 ; other materials, £153,356 ; increase in subsidiary service expenditure due to expansion of facilities (other than wages and material), £70,473 ; and miscellaneous expenditure, £23,504. Detailed comment on the variations in revenue and expenditure will be made later in this report under appropriate headings. CAPITAL ACCOUNT. On the 31st March, 1939, the capital invested in the lines open for traffic, including the steamers and plant on Lake Wakatipu and other subsidiary services, was £58,676,608. This represents an increase of £2,611,421 as compared with the previous year. The principal additions to capital during the year were on account of the following major works : — £ Improvements and additions to rolling-stock .. .. .. 1,330,077 Improvements to stations and miscellaneous works .. .. .. 29,474 Extensions and improvements to station yards .. .. .. 26,420 Additions to workshops buildings .. .. .. .. .. 98,015 Additions to workshops and locomotive depot machinery and plant .. 84,962 Construction, purchase, and improvements to dwellings .. .. 144,239 Stratford-Okahukura automatic and power signalling .. .. 25,315 Wellington new station and yard .. .. .. .. .. 64,630 Christchurch new station and yard .. .. .. .. 41,180 Purchase of road services .. .. .. .. .. 197,205 Papakura-Horotiu duplication .. .. .. .. .. 138,817 Plimmerton-Paekakariki duplication .. .. .. .. 25,535 Wellington-Paekakariki electrification .. .. .. .. 39,476 Turakina-Okoia deviation .. .. .. .. .. 119,396 Palmerston North deviation .. .. .. .. .. 36,922 St. Leonards - Sawyers Bay duplication .. .. .. .. 34,657 Miscellaneous grade easements .. .. .. .. .. 20,472 Elimination of level crossings .. .. .. .. .. 22,170 Road services, garages, and depots .. .. .. .. 76,348

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Budget Actual. Estimate, : Variation 1939 with 1938. 1939 " 1939. 1938. Per Cent. Revenue .. £9,211,605 £9,345,387 £8,634,186 +£711,201 8-24 Expenditure .. £8,706,207 £8,644,324 £8,001,389 +£642,935 8-04 Net revenue .. £505,398 £701,063 £632,797 + £68,266 10-79 Return on capital, per cent. 1-23 1*15 + 0-08 6-96 Interest charges £2,418,116 £2,335,808 + £82,607 3-54 Excess of interest charges (at 4J per .. £1,717,053 £1,703,011 + £14,042 0-82 cent.) over net revenue

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RENEWALS, DEPRECIATION, AND EQUALIZATION RESERVE FUNDS. The position with regard to the renewals, depreciation, betterments, and equalization accounts is as under : —

RAILWAY OPERATION. The results of railway operation (excluding subsidiary services and miscellaneous non-operating revenue) on the various sections for the year ended 31st March, 1939, were as under : —

OPERATING REVENUE. The following table shows the operating revenue under the main headings, together with appropriate comparisons with the previous year's figures. Information regarding receipts from subsidiary services and miscellaneous non-operating revenue appears later in this report.

The revenue under all heads showed a satisfactory increase over the previous year, the increases being —Passenger, 5-16 per cent.; parcels, 4-93 per cent. ; goods, 5-24 per cent. The operating earnings per average mile open and per train-mile were as follow : — Per Average Per Mile open. Train-mile. £ d. 2,419 146-96

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Credit Balance „ . .. tt, Credit Balance Account. broughtforward Co " t Q 1^ u ' on9 ' Slrt March, from 1938. 19d»-d9. 1939 £ £ £ £ Renewals (track) .. .. .. 790,490 207,168 297,325 700,333 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 321,622 698,678 346,818 673,482 Betterments .. .. .. .. 1,794 1,454 .. 3,248 Slips, floods, and accidents .. .. 20,385 19,256 38,973 668 Workers' compensation .. .. .. 44,558 61,268 65,963 39,863 Insurance .. .. .. .. 106,169 2,671 4,592 104,248 1,285,018 990,495 753,671 1,521,842

Section. Revenue. Expenditure. j Net Revenue. £ £ £ North Island Main Line and Branches .. 4,894,072 4,538,604 + 355,468 South Island Main Line and Branches .. 2,934,006 2,932,934 -j- 1,072 Kaihu .. .. .. .. .. 3,994 12,766 - 8,772 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 30,950 33,573 - 2,623 Westport .. .. .. .. 94,228 79,229 + 14,999 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 11,143 22,273 - 11,130 Picton .. .. .. .. .. 36,666 44,253 - 7,587 Total .. .. .. .. 8,005,059 7,663,632 +341,427

. . , Per Cent, of moun ' , r . ,. ln „ n Operating Revenue, n i- t> Variation 1939 r Operating Revenue. with 1938 1939. 1938. 1939. 1938. £ £ £ Per Cent. Passengers, ordinary .. .. 1,538,881 1,475,829 + 63,052 4-27 19*22 19-44 Season tickets .. .. 246,765 222,192 + 24,573 11-06 3-08 2-93 Parcels, luggage, and mails .. 334,170 318,457 + 15,713 4-93 4-17 4-19 Goods .. .. .. 5,694,936 5,411,297 +283,639 5-24 71-15 71-28 Labour, demurrage, &c. .. 190,307 164,050 + 26,257 16-01 2-38 2-16 Total operating .. 8,005,059 7,591,825 +413,234 5-44 100-00 100-00

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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 : —

PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

While passenger train miles and vehicle miles increased by 4-30 per cent and 1-00 per cent, respectively, passenger revenue increased by 5-16 per cent. Compared with the year 1937-38, the variations in passenger traffic, other than season tickets, are as follows :—

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

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North Island Main Line and Branches. South Island Main Line and Branohes. Per Average Mile Per Train . mi]e . Per Average Mile Per Train . m1le . open. open. £ d. £ d. 1939 .. .. .. 3,287 140-48 1,841 156-94 1938 .. .. .. 3,086 137-13 1,778 150-12 1937 .. .. .. 2,767 134-21 1,660 147-23

1939. 1938. Variation. Passenger journeys— Number. Number. Number. Per Cent. Ordinary.. .. .. .. 7,813,436 8,069,018 - 255,582 3-17 Season .. .. .. .. 15,452,332 14,372,194 +1,080,138 7-52 Total .. .. .. 23,265,768 22,441,212 + 824,556 3-67 Revenue— £ £ £ Ordinary.. .. .. .. 1,538,881 1,475,829 + 63,052 4-27 Season .. .. .. .. 246,765 222,192 + 24,573 11-06 Total .. .. .. 1,785,646 1,698,021 + 87,625 5-16 Passenger train-miles .. .. 5,551,026 5,322,050 + 228,976 4-30 ,, vehicle-miles .. .. 42,767,572 42,342,681 + 424,891 1-00 Revenue— Per mile of line operated .. .. £540 £513 + £27 5 • 26

Description. 1939. 1938. Variation. Journeys. Number. Number. Number. Per Cent. Standard fare .. .. .. 3,429,365 3,431,168 — 1,803 0-05 Suburban .. .. .. .. 1,758,576 1,933,535 -174,959 9-05 Day and special excursion and otter re- 2,625,495 2,704,315 — 78,820 2• 91 duced fares Total .. .. .. 7,813,436 8,069,018 -255,582 3-17 Revenue. £ £ £ Per Cent. Standard fare 1,229,908 1,155,946 + 73,962 6-40 Suburban .. .. .. 61,540 61,363 + 177 0-29 Day and special excursion and other re- 247,433 258,520 — 11,087 4-29 duced fares Total 1,538,881 1,475,829 +63,052 4-27

j j I First Class. Second Class. Total. Number. Per Cent. Number. Per Cent. Number. Per Cent. Journeys .. .. -31,969 7-95 -223,613 2-92 -255,582 3-17 £ £ £ Revenue .. .. + 13,129 4-92 + 49,923 4-13 + 63,052 4-27

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The year's operations in respect of passenger traffic may be regarded as satisfactory, the total increase being 824,556 passenger journeys and £87,625 revenue as compared with 1937-38. The receipts from passenger traffic benefited to the extent of approximately £19,000 as a result of the 10-per-cent. increase in fares, while other factors having a favourable bearing on passenger revenue generally, and on standard fare traffic in particular, were an increase in the average distance travelled per passenger and the fact that an Easter period fell in April of the year under review, whereas no such period occurred within the previous financial year. For purposes of comparison with the figures for 1938 it should not be overlooked, however, that these gains were to some extent neutralized by the exceptional revenue (approximately £40,000) derived last financial year from the Dominion tour of the Springbok Rugby Football Team. The decrease shown in suburban journeys, 174,959, is more apparent than real. As from May, 1937, new issues of six-trip bearer tickets and suburban twelve-trip tickets were brought into use in suburban areas, and these bearer tickets, which are accounted for under the heading of " Season tickets," have very largely superseded the use of ordinary suburban tickets. The revenue from suburban traffic shows little variation compared with the previous year due to the operation of the 10-per-cent. increase in fares. After allowing for the variations in suburban ordinary traffic as noted above, the net increase for all suburban issues (including season-ticket issues) is shown as 657,697 journeys and £24,657 revenue. Season-ticket revenue was £246,765, an increase of £24,573 over the previous year. This increase reflects the increasing popularity in suburban areas of the new issues of bearer six-trip and suburban twelve-trip tickets referred to under suburban traffic, while a further and important factor bearing on the increase was the inauguration of electric multiple services on the Wellington-Johnsonville line on 4th July, 1938. All weekly and trip-bearer tickets combined show an increase of 832,656 journeys and £24,480 revenue. Included in these figures are the returns from the Wellington-Johnson ville service, which this year show an increase of 577,052 journeys and £12,883 revenue. The usual excursion and other reduced fares operated throughout the year, but were not so well patronized as was the case in the previous year, the decrease being 78,820 passenger journeys and £11,087 in revenue. The extended facilities provided by the Department for recreational travel by rail have been taken advantage of by the public generally to an increasing degree in each of the post-depression years up to 1938, and the decrease under this heading during the present year was due, firstly, to the business under this heading derived from the tour of the Springbok Football Team in 1937, and, secondly, to the inclement weather conditions which prevailed throughout the Dominion prior to and during the Christmas holidays causing the postponement and in many cases abandonment of picnics and other outings, while also adversely affecting the attendance at many public functions, race meetings, agricultural shows, &c. PARCELS, LUGGAGE, AND MAILS. 1939. 1938. Variation Revenue. £ £ £ Per Cent. Parcels .. .. .. .. .. 162,302 155,942 + 6,360 4-08 Excess luggage 7,240 7,435 - 195 2-62 Left luggage, luggage checks, bicycles, dogs, newspapers, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 59,400 54,142 + 5,258 9-71 Mails .. .. .. .. .. 105,228 100,938 + 4,290 4-25 Total .. .. .. .. £334,170 £318,457 +£15,713 4-93 Milk and cream traffic shows a declining tendency due to the introduction of the zoning system of cream-supplies in various districts and to the exceptionally dry months of the late summer and autumn having an adverse effect on dairying production generally. Milk transported from stations in the Manawatu area to Wellington in connection with the milk-in-schools movement was responsible for a substantial increase of over £8,000 in revenue from this source. At Wellington Station there has been an increase in outward parcels traffic. Left luggage, dogs, newspapers, &c., again show an increase (9-71 per cent.) over last year. Revenue from the carriage of newspapers was 7-22 per cent, ahead of the previous year and accounted for £1,902 of the total increase under this heading. The following table shows the variation in revenue under the heading of " Mails " : —- 1939. 1938. Variation £ £ £ Per Cent. Railway travelling post-office service .. .. 28,676 27,596 + 1,080 3-91 Mails in guards'vans at half parcel rates .. .. 58,782 55,080 + 3,702 6-72 Mails carried in wagons .. .. .. 17,770 18,262 — 492 2-69 Total .. .. .. .. £105,228 £100,938 +£4,290 4-25 GOODS AND LIVE-STOCK. The revenue and tonnage of goods and live-stock for 1939 compare with the previous year as follow :— 1939. 1938. Increase. Per Cent. Revenue.. .. £5,694,936 £5,411,297 £283,639 5-24 Tonnage.. .. 7,539,012 7,516,049 22,963 0-31

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The receipts from the conveyance of goods and live-stock reached a new high level and eclipsed the previous record figure established last year by no less a sum than £283,639 (5-24 per cent.). Of that increase the sum of approximately £185,500 is attributed to the 10-per-cent. increase in freight rates. The tonnage of goods and live-stock carried was 0-31 per cent, ahead of the previous year and 3-21 per cent, below the peak year of 1930. Net ton-miles, however, show an increase of 2-33 per cent, over 1937-38 period and of 12-24 per cent, over the year 1930. The average haul for the year was 76 miles, as compared with 75 miles last year and 66 miles in 1930. The live-stock season was a generally disappointing one due to a variety of causes, the chief of which were the protracted spell of dry weather in the late summer and autumn approximating as it did drought conditions in some districts, and the outbreak of facial eczema amongst sheep in the North Island. Both of these factors had unfortunate repercussions on the number of live-stock coming forward to rail, while the lifting of the thirty-mile restriction in respect of the conveyance by road transport of bobby calves and cull lambs also adversely affected the movement of these classes of live-stock by rail. A detailed analysis of the fluctuations in traffic under the main headings for the year as compared with 1938 is as under :— Tons. Per Cent. Revenue. Per Cent. £ Live-stock .. .. —46,320 6-93 — 13,680 1• 98 Timber.. .. .. +11,437 2-33 + 39,114 8-38 Coal .. .. .. +77,698 4-61 + 56,327 6-76 Other goods .. .. -19,852 0-42 +201,878 5-90 Total .. .. +22,963 0-31 +283,639 5-24 Due primarily to the causes referred to above, the number of cattle conveyed decreased by 6,021 (1-10 per cent.), calf traffic fell away to the extent of 72,034 (10-31 per cent.), while the substantial decrease of 922,052 head (8-90 per cent.) was recorded in sheep traffic. The decline in dairying production had an adverse effect on the pig-raising branch of the farming industry, and this has been reflected in the number of pigs conveyed by rail, which fell from 736,804 in 1938 to 660,145 this year, a decrease of 76,659 (10-40 per cent.). Timber traffic shows an increase of 11,437 tons (2-33 per cent.), and a revenue increase of £39,114 (8-38 per cent.). The increase has been confined to the North Island only and is directly due to the stimulating effect on the building industry generally of the Government's housing policy. The quantities of native and imported timber carried were as follow :— 1939. 1938. Variation. Tons. Tons. Tons. Per Cent. New Zealand .. .. 476,187 469,687 +6,500 1-38 Imported .. .. .. 25,457 20,520 +4,937 24-06 Coal traffic continues to show an upward tendency, an improvement of 77,698 tons (4-61 per cent.) and £56,327 in revenue (6-76 per cent.) having been shown as compared with the previous year. The quantity of coal carried was as follow : — 1939. 1938. Variation. Tons. Tons. Tons. Per Cent. N.I.M.L. and Branches .. 590,226 545,635 +44,591 8-17 S.I.M.L. and Branches .. 732,381 705,913 +26,468 3-75 Westport .. .. .. 435,437 427,660 + 7,777 1-82 Small Sections .. .. 6,296 7,434 - 1,138 15-31 Total .. .. 1,764,340 1,686,642 +77,698 4-6.1 Grain traffic shows a serious decline of 52,993 tons and £19,962 in revenue. The actual grain output for the season has been less than in the previous year, and in the South Island, where four-fifths of the revenue from this commodity was produced, the unfavourable season adversely affected crops, a large portion of which have been carried over into the new year. Fruit traffic shows increases of £18,287 in revenue and 6,649 in tonnage, a large carry-over of fruit from the previous season, which was a particularly late one, being mainly responsible for the increase. Revenue from the carriage of root crops in the North Island more than held its own during the year, but in the South Island a substantial decrease of 13,279 tons and £5,404 in revenue was registered. A satisfactory increase in both tonnage and revenue resulted from the conveyance of frozen meat and chilled beef during the year, the figures being 12,721 tons and £23,330 revenue ahead of the previous year. Heavier shipments of meat exports, particularly from the southern districts of the South Island, together with the 10-per-cent. increase in rates, have combined to bring about this favourable result. Substantial decreases are shown in the returns from the carriage of butter and cheese, the tonnage of these commodities having decreased by 12-84 per cent., ton-miles by 12-96 per cent., and revenue by 6-58 per cent, as compared with the previous year. The whole of the decreases were in the North Island. Traffic in fat, skins, &c., shows little variation. Wool traffic improved by 12,775 tons and £21,992 in revenue. The improvement in revenue from wool traffic may be regarded as satisfactory and has been due partly to farmers having disposed of carry-over wool from the previous season during the current year and partly to more wool traffic being diverted from road transport to rail this year.

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A decrease of 116,440 tons and £24,673 in revenue is shown in respect of the carriage of artificial manures. The later arrival of inward shipments of slag and phosphate at the various ports, together with a rearrangement of the sources of supply of manures in the North Island during the reconstruction of the Smart Road works appear to be the main factors responsible for the substantial decrease recorded under this heading. Traffic in agricultural lime shows little variation, a decrease of 16,662 tons in the North Island being more than offset by an increase of 19,123 tons in the South Island. The quantity of benzine conveyed in tank wagons continues to increase year by year due to the increasing numbers of motor-vehicles now in use. An increase in revenue of £23,734 was shown for this class of traffic this year as compared with the previous year. Traffic in general lines of merchandise continues buoyant, the returns showing an improvement of 32,215 tons and £86,577 revenue in the North Island, while a decreased tonnage of 6,885 but an increased revenue of £23,750 was registered in the South Island. GOODS AND LIVE-STOCK STATISTICS. The principal statistical figures dealing with the operation of goods traffic are shown below: — 1939. 1938. Variation. Per Cent. Ooods-train mileage .. .. 7,521,589 7,455,802 +65,787 0-88 Goods earnings .. .. .. £5,694,936 £5,411,297 +£283,639 5• 24 Revenue goods tonnage .. .. 7,539,012 7,516,049 +22,963 0-31 Average haul (miles) .. .. 76 75 +1 1-33 Average revenue per ton-mile .. 2-43 d. 2-35 d. +0-08 d. 3-40 Average revenue per ton .. 15s. 4d. 14s. Bd. +Bd. 4-50 Due to the increased tariff charges as from 11th December, 1938, goods revenue per goods-train mile increased by 4-32 per cent, and the average revenue per ton by Bd. Total gross ton-miles revenue 1939. 1938. Variation. Per Cent. freight.. .. .. 1,843,765,273 1,813,585,028 +30,180,245 1-66 Goods-vehicle miles (loaded) .. 136,305,330 134,663,510 +1,641,820 1-22 Goods-vehicle miles (empty) .. 68,360,728 68,896,119 —535,391 0-78 Total goods-vehicle miles " .. 204,666,058 203,559,629 +1,106,429 0• 54 The increases are in keeping with the increase in goods traffic for the year. The ratio of " empty " to " loaded " vehicle miles shows a decided improvement. Averages: Revenue, Freight Traffic. Per mile of line — 1939. 1938. Variation. Per Cent. Goods revenue .. .. .. .. £1,721 £1,636 +£85 5-20 Total tonnage .. .. .. .. 2,278 2,272 +6 0-26 Net ton-miles .. .. .. .. 173,613 169,626 +3,987 2-35 Gross ton-miles .. .. .. .. 557,197 548,242 +8,955 1-63 Per train — Gross load (tons) .. .. .. 245-13 243-24 +1-89 0-78 Net load (tons) .. .. .. .. 76-38 75-26 +1-12 1-49 Number of vehicles (loaded) .. .. 18-12 18-06 +0-06 0-33 Number of vehicles (empty) .. .. 9-09 9-24 —0-15 1-62 Per 1,000 gross ton-miles — Revenue .. .. .. .. £3,089 £2,983 +£0-106 3-55 Net ton-miles .. .. .. .. 312 309 +3 0-97 Per train-mile— Revenue .. .. .. .. 181-71 d. 174-19 d. +7-52 d. 4-32 Wagon user — Revenue per 4-wheeled goods vehicle .. £198 £192 +£6 3-13 Revenue per 4-wheeled live-stock vehicle .. £174 £193 —£19 9-84 Average wagon-load (tons) .. .. 4-21 4-17 +0-04 0-96 Average miles per wagon per day .. .. 25-63 26-21 —0-58 2-21 Average net ton-miles per wagon per annum (ordinary goods) .. .. .. 20-707 20,593 +114 0-55 Average net ton-miles per wagon per annum (live-stock) .. .. .. .. 12,889 15,286 -2,397 15-68 The above figures are a fairly complete record of the Department's freight traffic. The mileage operated this year was 3,309, against 3,308 last year. The increases in traffic handled per mile of line operated can be considered satisfactory. The gross train load increased by 0-78 per cent, and the net train load by 1-49 per cent., due to the increase in the number of loaded vehicles per train. The substantial decrease in revenue per live-stock vehicle is due to the poor season experienced, which also accounted for the large decrease in average net ton-miles per annum for this class of wagon.

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OPERATING EXPENDITURE. The following table shows the operating expenditure under the main headings, together with appropriate comparisons with the previous year's figures : —

MAINTENANCE OF WAY AND WORKS. The expenditure under this head amounted to £1,375,829, an increase of £96,849 (7-57 per cent.). Of the increase the cost of effecting repairs to the permanent-way caused by slips and floods accounted for £68,616. A large part of this increase was due to the unprecedently heavy floods which occurred in the upper Hawke's Bay district in the autumn of 1938. Other items of increased expenditure were the payment of wages at higher rates, certain increases to the outdoor staff having operated for the full year in 1939, as compared with seven months the previous year, and increased material debits. 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 following summary shows the position over the past five years:— 1926. 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. Total expenditure .. .. .. . . 100 92 94 102 112 120 Average mileage of line .. .. .. 100 104 104 104 105 105 MAINTENANCE OF SIGNALS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. The expenditure amounted to £186,546, as against £178,892 last year, an increase of £7,654 (4-28 per cent.). Increased depreciation charges, additional staff, and various wage increases due to the operation of new wages schedule were the principal causes of the increase in expenditure under this heading. MAINTENANCE OF ROLLING-STOCK. The sum of £1,832,615 was expended under this head during the year, an increase over the expenditure for the previous year of £40,053 (2-23 per cent.). This increase is due to heavier enginerepair charges, mainiy as the result of higher wages and material costs. Locomotive Repairs.—Expenditure under this head was £765,501, an increase of £56,745 (8-01 per cent.) as compared with 1938. Of this increase, workshops repairs accounted for £34,782, depot repairs for £13,926, and depreciation charges for £10,270. Small reductions in expenditure occurred under other headings. The following table shows the cost of maintenance per locomotive and per locomotive-mile over a period of five years : —

Maintenance of Carriages, Vans, and Wagons.—The. total cost of repairing and painting carriages and vans was £350,803, a decrease of £12,301 (3-39 per cent.) as compared with the previous year. The cost per vehicle-mile was l-95d., as against 2-06 d. in 1938. The principal decreases in expenditure were in connection with carriage repairs (£9,739) and conversions and alterations (£6,289). Small increases in expenditure were incurred in respect of depreciation charges and in repairs due to accidents.

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Amount. Percentage of Operating Expenditure. —— Variation 1939 with 1938. Operating 1939. 1938. Revenue. Maintenance— £ £ £ Per Cent. 1939. 1938. Way and works .. 1,375,829 1,278,980 + 96,849 7-57 17-19 16-85 Signals .. .. 186,546 178,892 + 7,654 4-28 2-33 2-36 Rolling-stock .. 1,832,615 1,792,562 + 40,053 2-23 22-89 23-61 Examination, lubrication, 85,482 78,727 + 6,755 8-58 1-07 1-04 and lighting of vehicles Transportation— Locomotive.. .. 1,727,375 1,624,383 +102,992 6-34 21-58 21-40 Traffic .. .. 2,208,310 2,090,471 +117,839 5-64 27-58 27-54 General charges .. 247,475 247,770 - 295 0-12 3-09 3-25 Totals .. 7,663,632 7,291,785 +371,847 5-10 95-73 96-05 !

Cost per Locomotive. Cost per Locomotive-mile. 1935. 1936. | 1937. 1938. | 1939. 1935. j 1936. j 1937. | 1938. I 1939. £ £ £ £ £ d. d. d. d. d. 855 1,016 1,117 1,228 1,350 8-44 9-42 9-61 9-82 10-31 I

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The following table shows the cost of maintenance per vehicle and per vehicle-mile over a period of five years : —

The maintenance of wagons during the year entailed an expenditure of £689,495, a decrease of £9,002 (1-29 per cent.) as compared with 1938. Reduction in expenditure occurred in wagon repairs (£13,265) and conversions and alterations (£1,883), while an increase of £6,200 was shown in respect of depreciation charges. The cost of maintenance per vehicle and per vehicle-mile was as under (five-year period) :—

EXAMINATION, LUBRICATION, AND LIGHTING OF ROLLING-STOCK. Increased traffic involving additional examination of rolling-stock was the main cause of the increase shown in expenditure under this head, the figure for this year being £85,482, as compared with £78,727 in 1938, an increase of £6,755 (8-58 per cent.). Lighting of coaching vehicles cost £40,156 for the year, as against £37,571 last year, an increase of £2,585 (6-88 per cent.). The conversion from gas to electricity and increased train-mileage were the main causes of the increase. LOCOMOTIVE TRANSPORTATION. This item of expenditure shows an increase of £102,992 (6-34 per cent.), the total amount expended being £1,727,375, as against £1,624,383 last year. The increased expenditure is largely due to the additional cost of wages, additional staff, and increased cost and consumption of coal. The quantity of coal consumed during the year was 484,423 tons, as against 473,233 tons last year, an increase of 11,190 tons. This was due to an increase of 504,878 engine-miles (2-92 per cent.). The total consumption and cost of coal during the last three years is shown hereunder:— 1937. 1938. 1939. Tons. Tons. Tons. Consumption .. .. .. 433,266 473,233 484,423 £ £ £ Cost .. .. .. .. 554,420 690,029 738,991 The average consumption of coal and cost of same per engine-mile, per engine-hour, and per 1,000 gross ton-miles for 1939 as compared with 1938 were as follows : —

The following table furnishes statistics of locomotive operation for the last five years : — 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. d. d. d. d. d. Cost per engine-mile .. .. .. 18-04 18-40 20-23 22-52 23-27 Cost per train-mile .. .. •• 23-91 24-51 26-84 30-04 31-00 Cost per engine-hour .. .. .. 190-78 19-3-42 212-03 233-26 239-93 Cost per 1,000 gross ton-miles .. .. 116-59 117-09 128-24 141-43 147-25 Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. Engine-miles per engine-hour .. .. 10-58 10-51 10-48 10-36 10-31 Gross ton-miles per engine-hour .. 1,636 1,652 1,653 1,649 1,629

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Cost per Vehicle. Cost per Vehicle-mile. 1935. | 1936. 1937. | 1938. 1939. 1935. | 1936. 1937. | 1938. 1939. i £ £ £ £ £ d. d. d. d. d. 112 139 156 184 175 1-57 1-70 1-82 2-06 1-95

Cost per Vehicle. Cost per Vehicle-mile. 1935. 1936. | 1937. | 1938. 1939. 1935. | 1936. j 1937. | 1938. | 1939. £ £ £ £ £ d. d. d. d. d. 17 20 22 26 24 0-65 0-69 0-72 0-77 0-75

Consumption. Cost. 1939. 1938. 1939. 1938. lb. lb. d. d. Per engine-mile .. .. .. •• 63 • 91 63-50 10-45 9-92 Per engine-hour .. .. .. .. .. 649-40 651-06 106-14 101-71 Per thousand gross ton-miles .. .. . 392-12 389-46 64-09 60-84

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TRAFFIC TRANSPORTATION. The expenditure under this head was £2,208,310, as against £2,090,471 last year, an increase of £117,839 (5-64 per cent.). The increased expenditure was due to the regrading of clerical positions, the operation of the higher wages schedule for the outside staff, the increased cost and consumption of stores, and the additional train-miles run. The following analysis shows the increase in various statistics of traffic transportation for 1939 over the previous year : — Increase. Per Cent. Man-hours .. .. .. .. 602,662 4• 25 Train-hours .. .. .. ..32,429 3-70 Train-miles .. .. .. .. 392,732 3-03 Gross ton-miles (thousands) .. .. 58,820 2-13 Net ton-miles (thousands) .. .. .. 17,012 2-54 The cost of traffic services per train-hour increased by 10-68 d. (1-86 per cent.), per train-mile by 0-97 d. (2-51 per cent.), and per thousand gross ton-miles by 6-24 d. (3-43 per cent.). Taking the year 1926 as the standard, and fixing the index figure for that year at 100, the following table shows the position in respect of traffic transportation expenditure over a period of five years : — 1926. 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. Total expenditure .. .. 100 78 84 103 120 127 GENERAL CHARGES. No detailed comment is called for in respect of expenditure under this head, the figure for 1939 being £247,475, as against £247,770 last year, a variation (decrease) of £295 (0-12 per cent.). SUBSIDIARY SERVICES. The following table shows the variations in revenue and expenditure for the year as compared with 1937-38 : —

The particulars of revenue and expenditure in connection with subsidiary services over a period of three years are as follow :— 1938-39. 1937-38. 1936-37. £ £ £ Revenue .. .. .. 1,340,328 1,042,361 887,047 Expenditure .. .. 980,692 709,604 548,408 Net revenue .. .. £359,636 £332,757 £338,639 LAKE WAKATIPU STEAMERS. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. .. 7,168 7,624 —456 5-98 Expenditure .. .. 11,313 11,144 +169 1-52 Loss .. .. .. £4,145 £3,520 +£625 17-76

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Revenue. Expenditure. Subsidiary Services. Amount, Variation. Amount, Variation. 1939. 1939 with 1938. 1939. 1939 with 1938. £ £ Per Cent. £ £ Per Cent. Lake Wakatipu steamers .. 7,168 — 456 5-98 11,313 + 169 1-52 Refreshment service .. 167,710 +24,924 17-46 163,189 + 22,252 15-79 Bookstall service .. .. 92,604 + 15,885 20-71 88,144 + 14,912 20-36 Advertising service .. 40,071 + 2,674 7-15 35,134 + 2,507 7-68 Dwellings .. .. 133,945 + 3,262 2-50 187,193 + 4,011 2-19 Other buildings .. .. 23,888 + 3,596 17-72 15,645 + 1,716 12-32 Road services—Passengers.. 320,158 + 59,625 22-89 297,958 + 61,855 26-20 Road services—Goods " .. 185,454 +169,460 1,059-52 182,116 +163,666 887-08 Miscellaneous revenue (non- 369,330 + 18,997 5-42 operating) 1,340,328 +297,967 28-59 980,692 +271,088 38-20

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Having regard to the persistently adverse weather conditions experienced over the 1938-39 Christmas holiday period, the revenue from passenger traffic, which shows a small decrease of £31, may be regarded as satisfactory. There has been evidence of a declining tendency in both goods and parcels traffic during the year, these lines of traffic being diverted to road services now controlled by the Department.

REFRESHMENT SERVICE.

An, analysis of receipts discloses the following position: —

The increased turnover for the year (£24,924) was due to a number of factors, the chief of which were the adding, as from Ist April, 1938, of the Milton refreshment rooms to those under departmental control, the additional revenue arising from the increase of Id. in the price per cup of tea and coffee, and the inclusion of the receipts from Wellington Station services for the whole of the financial year under review as compared with approximately a nine-month period in the previous year. A highly satisfactory position is revealed in respect to the receipts from services provided at Wellington Station, the turnover for the year representing 21 per cent, of the total turnover from all rooms. The Wellington new station was opened for business on 19th June, 1937, and, after making appropriate allowance for the shorter period in which the services were available in 1938 as compared with the present year, the receipts show an increase of £4,948 (22-08 per cent.). The expenditure for the year increased by £22,252 (15-79 per cent.), this being due mainly to increased wages-costs owing to the operation of improved wages schedule and to increased consumption of stores and provisions consequent upon the greater turnover of business. As a subsidiary service the Refreshment Branch continues to play an increasingly important part in the general activities of the Department, and the steadily increasing revenue earned each year is an indication of the high esteem in which the services provided by this Branch are held by the public generally. The actual return to the Department from the operation of the Refreshment Branch for selected years since 1930 is as under : —

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j 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. .. 167,710 142,786 +24,924 17-46 Expenditure .. .. .. 163,189 140,937 +22,252 15-79 Net revenue .. .. 4,521 1,849 +2,672 144-51

1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Dining-room .. .. .. 36,378 27,882 + 8,496 30-47 Counter .. .. .. 127,767 111,757 + 16,010 14-33 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 3,565 3,147 + 418 13-28 Total.. .. .. 167,710 142,786 +24,924 17-46 Number. Number. Number. Per Cent. Total meals sold .. .. 407,549 307,826 + 99,723 32-40 Meals sold at Wellington .. 253,618 171,231 + 82,387 48-11

j 1930. | 1932. i 1934. ' 1935. I 1936. 1937. 1938. | 1939. ! I ___ ! i 1 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Rent .. .. .. 11,170 9,100 9,230 9,230 9,230 9,219 9,817 10,309 Commission on cash col- 970 715 620 667 742 842 1,130 1,327 lections Rail fares .. .. 1,287 1,066 1,066 1,066 1,066 1,066 1,066 1,066 Rail freights .. .. 3,234 2,349 1,818 1,825 1,790 2,084 2,443 2,423 Interest .. .. 1,099 1,291 1,124 1,102 1,108 1,111 1,230 1,465 Net profit .. .. 6,981 1,681 785 2,132 4,156 2,226 1,849 4,520 Total .. ... 24,741 16,202 14,643 16,022 18,092 16,548 17,535 21,110 I

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BOOKSTALL SERVICE. 1939. 1938. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. .. 92,604 76,719 +15,885 20-71 Expenditure .. .. .. 88,144 73,232 +14,912 20-36 Net revenue .. .. £4,460 £3,487 + £973 27-90 The number of bookstalls (18) at present being operated by the Department is the same as during the previous year. The satisfactory result of the year's working in respect of this service may be ascribed to the improved economic conditions generally and to increased takings at Wellington Station, where the advance in receipts over last year amounted to £10,751 (52-21 per cent.). The higher expenditure this year is caused mainly by an increase in stock used (£12,186), due to increased turnover and to an increase in the amount charged for rent, which is on a percentage of receipts basis. ADVERTISING SERVICE. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. .. 40,071 37,397 +2,674 7-15 Expenditure .. .. ..35,134 32,627 +2,507 7-68 Net revenue .. .. £4,937 £4,770 + £167 3-50 The revenue of this branch has shown a steady improvement during the past year, an increase in revenue of £2,674, or 7-15 per cent., being shown on the previous year's figures. 1939. 1938. Variation. An analysis of the revenue is as under: — £ £ £ Outdoor advertising .. .. .. 31,172 28,168 + 3,004 Publications.. .. .. .. 5,220 5,657 — 437 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 3,316 3,255 + 61 Buses .. .. .. .. 363 317 + 46 Total .. .. .. .. £40,071 £37,397 +£2,674 New business written up during the past four years is as under:— 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. £ £ £ £ Outdoor advertising .. 37,515 32,056 34,907 29,008 Publications .. .. 4,827 5,707 4,848 4,894 Buses .. .. .. 973 288 228 548 Total .. .. .. £43,315 £38,051 £39,983 £34,450 A high percentage of the year's business is finalized in March of each year, but a serious decline of £4,092 is shown for the March period of the year just closed, caused by the operation of import restrictions, which have for the present prevented the renewal of a number of substantial contracts and has detrimentally affected the writing-up of long-term business. During the transition stage and until such time as the full effect of the expansion of local industries is felt it is to be expected that this class of advertising business will fall off to some degree. The following table shows the profit and ratio to turnover for the past ten years : —

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Net Profit. , . Ratio to Amount. Turnover. £ 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 1938 .. .. .. .. 4,770 14-62 1939 .. .. .. .. 4,937 12-32

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The total return to the Department in respect of operations of the Advertising Branch for selected years since 1930 is as under

DEPARTMENTAL DWELLINGS. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. .. 133,945 130,683 +3,262 2-50 Expenditure .. .. .. 187,193 183,182 +4,011 2-19 Loss .. .. .. £53,248 £52,499 +£749 1-43 The increase in revenue is due to the additional number of houses in occupation, while the continuation this year of the extensive programme of repairs and painting of dwellings commenced in 1937-38, together with higher wages and other costs, are the factors responsible for the increased expenditure. During the year 322 dwellings were equipped with hot-water services and 95 with electric lighting, this expenditure being charged to Capital Account. Extensions to existing dwellings by the addition of bathrooms and/or back porches have been carried out as circumstances permitted. One hundred new houses have been constructed in accordance with the Department's housing programme. Of these, 45 were built by contract and 55 by the Department's staff. The number constructed in each district is as follow : Auckland, 26 ; Wanganui, 9 ; Wellington, 12 ; Christchurch, 24 ; Dunedin, 11 ; Invercargill, 18. ROAD PASSENGER AND GOODS SERVICES. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. .. 505,612 276,527 +229,085 82-84 Expenditure .. .. 480,075 254,553 +225,522 88-60 Net revenue .. .. £25,537 £21,974 +£3,563 16-21 Many references, both detailed and otherwise, are contained in past annual reports as to the reasons which in 1926-27 first led the Department to make a definite move towards combating the growing intensity of road competition by means of itself entering the field of road transport as an operator of road services. For this reason the circumstances which have led to the Department becoming a large-scale operator of road services (as is indicated by the figures shown above) requires no elaboration, and for the purposes of this report it will be sufficient to say that the movement begun in 1926-27 and which led to the acquisition by the Department of its first road service, has, under governmental authority, been continued and extended in the intervening years, until to-day the Department may claim to be the largest operator of road services, both passenger and goods, in the Dominion. One or two road goods services, these being of minor importance, were acquired by the Department in 1936, in conjunction with certain road-passenger services taken over in that year, but it was not until 1938 that the Department was placed in the position of being able to take steps to acquire those privately-owned road goods services which were operating in a major way in direct and long-distance competition with rail services. The action taken in this regard was in accordance with the Government's policy of co-ordinating the long distance road and rail units operating over the principal routes throughout the Dominion. Altogether forty-five services comprising some 218 road goods vehicles passed into the control of the Railways Department during the year as a direct result of the carrying into effect of the G»vernment's policy as outlined above, and while in the meantime the services

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• 1930. j 1932. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1938. 1939. Rent— £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Land and buildings .. .. 1,000 1,000 800 797 800 800 1,240 Advertising-sites .. .. 10,390 8,741 7,890 7,259 8,325 10,066 10,260 Commission on cash collections .. 1,458 960 786 737 728 901 1,052 Interest .. .. .. 2,335 1,697 1,261 1,017 889 761 697 Railage .. .. .. 323 293 390 357 373 217 231 Net profit .. .. .. 381 2,898 2,548 2,088 2,383 4,770 4,937 15,887 15,589 13,675 12,255 13,498 17,515 18,417

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have, in the main, been operated on much the same lines as formerly, the Department's present plans provide for a complete reorganization of the whole of its road goods establishment, and when this is complete it is confidently expected that a highly efficient service, closely co-ordinated within itself and to the rail, will become available. One of the results of Government control of road services previously operated by private interests has been the substantial savings in transport costs which have already been effected following the diversion to rail of traffic which, in other circumstances, would have gone forward to destination by road. This practice will be continued as and when opportunity arises, care, of course, being taken to see that no deterioration in the standard of service offered to the clients of the Department is caused thereby. Economies in railway operation and reductions in train-mileage have also been effected as a result of the co-ordination of Government-controlled road-passenger services with rail services in various areas. A detailed analysis of the result of the year's working in respect of the operation of road passenger and road goods services appears hereunder :— ROAD PASSENGER SERVICES. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. .. 320,158 260,533 +59,625 22-89 Expenditure .. .. 297,958 236,103 +61,855 26-20 Net revenue .. .. £22,200 £24,430 —£2,230 9-13 Passenger journeys .. 5,732,282 5,446,339 + 285,943 5-25 Mileage.. .. .. 5,828,545 4,630,938 +1,197,607 25-86 After providing for interest on capital and for writing down capital by way of depreciation the operations of this service show a net revenue of £22,200 compared with £24,430 last vear, a decrease of £2,230. The very pleasing increase in revenue of £59,625 (22-89 per cent.) can be attributed to the iuclusion of additional services taken over, the very marked improvement in the receipts from the Hutt Valley services, and the general buoyancy of traffic in all districts this year. Each service has, on the year's working, shown an excess of revenue over expenditure. This feature must be considered very satisfactory in view of the rising tendency in expenditure and the absence of any outstanding attraction such as took place in the previous year, when the South African Rugby Football Team toured New Zealand. The transference of traffic from road to rail as a result of the inauguration of the electric multiple services between Wellington and Johnsonville and the withdrawal of practically the whole of the bus service serving this district was also a substantial factor affecting the position. The absence of Easter traffic from the 1938 accounts and the inclusion of similar traffic in this year's accounts helped towards the improvement shown. The number of passenger journeys increased by 285,943 (5-25 per cent.) but, had there been no transfer to rail as a result of the change-over between Wellington and Johnson ville, the increase would have been approximately 800,000. Mileage run increased by 1,197,607 (25-86 per cent.). The 10-per-cent. increase in railway fares effective from 11th December, 1938, was not applicable to railway road passenger fares. As compared with last year, expenditure increased by £61,855 (26-20 per cent.). Increases of wages to drivers and repair staff, higher cost of repair materials, expenditure of a non-recurring nature incidental to the taking-over of additional services, and additional costs as a result of increased mileage run were the principal items making up the increase in expenditure. During the year eighteen new service cars and two new tourist cars were placed in service. The road passenger services were further expanded during the year when the following services were taken over by the Department: —

The running of the following services was discontinued during the year. N.Z.R. .. .. .. Christehurch-Arthur's Pass .. 23rd April, 1938. N.Z.R. (originally Reid and Smith) Dunedin-Invercargill .. 10th September, 1938

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Service taken over. Route. | Date taken over. Listers Motors, Ltd. .. Christchurch-Timaru .. .. . . "I . , ,, Temuka-Fairlie-St. Andrews .. .. May, 1938. Dalziels Motors, Ltd. .. Masons Flat-Waikari-Christchurch .. 8th May, 1938. Mocketts Motors, Ltd. .. Christchurch-Waiau-Hanmer .. .. 8th May, 1938. Edwards Motors, Ltd. .. Auckland Tourist License .. .. 29th September, ,1938. Crests Motors .. .. Hastings-Haumoana (license only) .. 1st December, 1938. Kelly, D. G. .. .. Auckland-Cambridge .. .. .. 6th March, 1939. Harcourt, G. M. .. .. Hokitika-Okarito .. .. .. 30th August, 1938.

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A comparison of the results obtained on the various passenger services is as follows:— Service. Profit. Profit. Variation. £ £ £ Auckland-Rotorua .. .. .. 3,580 3,532 + 48 Wellington-Wanganui .. .. .. 2,289 1,491 -j- 798 Wellington suburban .. .. .. 8,598 13,164 — 4,566 Napier-Hastings .. .. .. .. 3,273 3,403 — 130 Christchurch Services .. .. .. 1,087 297 + 790 Westland Services.. .. .. .. 915 2,666 — 1,751 Dunedin Services .. .. .. .. 1,140 289 + 851 Waipahi-Edievale.. .. .. .. 22 Loss 109 + 131 Invercargill Services .. .. .. 1,296 Loss 303 + 1,599 Total .. .. .. ..£22,200 £24,430 -£2,230 Details are as follow : — Auckland-Rotorua Services. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. ..45,339 23,375 +21.964 93-96 Expenditure .. .. 41,759 19,843 +21,916 110-45 Net revenue .. .. £3,580 £3,532 + £48 1-36 Passenger journeys .. 56,919 30,875 + 26,044 84-35 Mileage .. .. ..839,652 409,381 +430,271 105-10 Licenses acquired from private operators and incorporated in this service during the year were Edwards Motors, Ltd. (tourist license) taken over on 29th September, 1938, and D. G. Kelly's AucklandCambridge route license on 6th March, 1939. On a return per-mile basis the revenue this year was better by 0-05 per cent. Ordinary passenger revenue shows a decline of 0-59 d. per mile, while revenue from special trips increased by 0-69 d. per mile. Other items of revenue showed small fluctuations. The higher expenditure was due to the inclusion of additional services this year, together with the running of some of the fleets taken over in the previous financial year for a full twelve months as against a part of the previous year. Wellington-Wanganui Services. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. 15,508 14,455 +1,053 7-28 Expenditure .. .. 13,219 12,964 + 255 1 -97 Net revenue .. £2,289 £1,491 + £798 53-52 Passenger journeys .. 17,314 15,003 + 2,311 15-40 Mileage .. .. 342,619 353,999 -11,380 3-21 Revenue for the year increased by £1,053. Ordinary passenger receipts improved by £1,362, while special trips showed a decline of £323. Expenditure shows an increase of £255. Superintendence-costs decreased by £120 and maintenance charges by £117. Eixed charges increased by £76 and running-expenses by £416. Cleaning charges rose as the result of an additional cleaner, and hire charges increased due to requiring extra vehicles to cope with peak traffic. Wellington Suburban Services. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. 114,074 111,930 + 2,144 1-92 Expenditure .. .. 105,476 98,766 + 6,710 6-79 Net revenue .. £8,598 £13,164 — £4,566 34-69 Passenger journeys .. 4,390,170 4,306,744 + 83,426 1-94 Mileage .. .. 1,835,319 1,690,767 +144,552 8-55 The Wellington suburban services include Wellington-Hut t Valley, Wellington-Ngaio-Khandallak-Johnsonville, and Wellington-Titahi Bay runs. With the inauguration of the electric rail service between Wellington-Ngaio-Khandallah-Johnsonville the bus service running in this district was considerably curtailed, and at present only a limited service runs between Wellington and the outskirts of Ngaio and Khandallah. The workings of the combined services show a profit for the year of £8,598, which must be considered satisfactory. Considerable improvement has taken place in the Hutt Valley during the year, the journeys increasing by 593,732 and the receipts by £11,709. The frequency of this service was increased during the year by one additional run each hour between Wellington and Waiwhetu. Other improvements of a minor nature were also made to the service.

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The combined service shows a decrease in the revenue per mile of 097 d. when compared with a combination of the services running last year. This is due mainly to the more frequent service in the Hutt Valley, loss of peak traffic and poor loading on the Ngaio-Khandallah run and low receipts during the period of change-over to the electric rail service. Ordinary revenue increased by £358, school by £196, special trips by £1,162, sightseeing by £308, and miscellaneous receipts by £120. Expenditure increased by £6,710. Superintendence-costs rose by £1,337, maintenance by £3,113, and running-expenses by £2,888, while fixed charges declined by £628. The rise in superintendence-costs was due to more staff this year, additional rent for office in station building, and an increase in printing and advertising. The increase in the number of vehicles and the payment of higher wages to repair staff and drivers were the chief causes of the rise in maintenance-costs and running-expenses this year. Napier-Hastings Services. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. 22,058 21,144 + 914 4-32 Expenditure .. .. 18,785 17,741 -j- 1,044 5-88 Net revenue .. £3,273 £3,403 — £130 3-82 Passenger journeys .. 587,266 533,301 +53,965 10-12 Mileage ' .. 373,924 361,714 +12,210 3-38 Ordinary passenger receipts increased by £501, school by £254, parcels by £116, and other miscellaneous items by £42. The increase in ordinary traffic was distributed throughout the year. The improvement in school receipts is due to a new contract undertaken. The principal increases in expenditure were superintendence (£138) and running-expenses (£1,504), while fixed charges (£483) and maintenance charges (£115) showed decreases. The increase in running-expenses was due to rise in wages of drivers, increased cost of fuel, and additional mileage run. Christchurch Services. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. 39,367 7,596 +31,771 418-26 Expenditure .. .. 38,280 7,299 + 30,981 424-46 Net revenue .. £1,087 £297 + £790 265-99 Passenger journeys .. 134,082 18,049 +116,033 642-88 Mileage ' .. 788,048 129,932 +658,116 506-51 In May, 1938, three services were taken over from private operators, which accounts for the large increase in revenue. The inclusion of the additional services resulted in a corresponding increase in mileage. The revenue last year was 14-03 d. per mile, while this year it was 11 -99d. per mile. The increase in wages to drivers and higher cost of repairs and maintenance were the main items of increased expenditure. Westland Services. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. 14,558 12,968 +1,590 12-26 Expenditure .. .. 13,643 10,302 + 3,341 32-43 Net revenue .. £915 £2,666 —£1,751 65-68 Passenger journeys .. 58,435 44,726 +13,709 30-65 Mileage .. .. 172,144 142,596 +29,548 20-72 During the year (30th August, 1938) Harcourt's Hokitika-Okarito passenger service was taken over and co-ordinated with the Department's Hokitika-Weheka service. Ordinary passenger revenue increased by £1,319, mails by £202, and miscellaneous receipts by £69. The inclusion of receipts from Harcourt's service, together with the inclusion of an Easter this year, were the main causes of the increase shown in ordinary passenger traffic. The increase in expenditure was due mainly to the additional mileage run, increase in wages of drivers, higher maintenance charges, and to additional charges for goodwill this year. Dunedin Services. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. 53,550 54,252 - 702 1-29 Expenditure .. .. 52,410 53,963 - 1,553 2-88 Net revenue .. £1,140 £289 + £851 294-46 Passenger journeys .. 457,008 468,103 —11,095 2-37 Mileage .. 1,168,228 1,229,324 —61,096 4-97

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Several factors combined to bring about a reduction in receipts as compared with last year, the main one being the reduction in mileage due to the transfer of the Dunedin-Invercargill service to the Invercargill group, which shows an increase in revenue of £903. The decrease in revenue was more than offset by a fairly substantial drop in expenditure, the net result for the year's working showing an improvement of £851 (294-46 per cent.) as compared with the previous year. Waipahi-Edievale Services. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. 1,090 1,102 - 12 1-09 Expenditure .. .. 1,068 1,211 — 143 11-81 Net revenue .. .. £22 —£109 +£131 Passenger journeys .. 8,404 8,570 — 166 1-94 Mileage .. ..29,251 30,031 - 780 2-60 The revenue from this service shows very little variation when compared with last year. Insurance £22, maintenance-costs £84, and hire of vehicles £49 were the principal decreases in expenditure. Invercargill Services. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. . 14,614 13,711 + 903 6-59 Expenditure .. 13,318 14,014 - 696 4-97 Net revenue .. .. £1,296 -£303 +£1,599 Passenger journeys .. .. 22,684 20,968 + 1,716 8-18 Mileage .. .. .. 279,360 283,194 - 3,834 1-35 The reorganized and co-ordinated service that has operated since the 4th October, 1937, has borne fruitful results. The revenue, which in 1937, was 10-16 d. per mile, rose in 1938 to 11-62 d., and this year to 12-55 d. Superintendence £72, fixed charges £364, and maintenance charges £325 all show decreases when compared with previous year, while running-expenses increased by £65. The fall in fixed charges was due to a reduction in insurance (fire and accident) of £327. The decrease in maintenance charges was due to the closing of the repair shop at Queenstown and to high establishment charges for Invercargill garage last year. The increase in running-expenses was the result of higher rent this year and the higher rate of wages paid to drivers. ROAD GOODS SERVICES. 1939. 1938. Variations. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. 185,454 15,994 + 169,460 1,059-52 Expenditure .. 182,117 18,450 + 163,667 887-08 Net revenue .. £3,337 -£2,456 + £5,793 Tonnage .. .. 101,901 12.035 + 89,866 746-71 Mileage .. .. 2,804,262 225,565 +2,578,697 1,143-22 During the year thirty-six road goods services operating in the North Island and nine in the South Island were, in accordance with Government policy, taken over from private operators. The expenditure under this head includes full provision for depreciation (£15,080) and interest on capital, including goodwill payments, amounting to £3,426. Details of the various services are as follow:— Auckland Goods Service. 1939. £ Revenue .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 61,086 Expenditure .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 54,503 Net revenue .. ■ .. .. .. .. .. £6,583 Mileage .. .. .. .. .. .. 797,079 Tonnage ~ ~ ~ .. 31,165

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This service comprises the following licenses : —

The net result from the working of this group was very satisfactory particularly in view of the heavy expenditure necessary to maintain the vehicles in a reasonably efficient condition. Receipts from this service were 18-39 d. per mile, or 395. 2d. per ton, while expenditure, after making full provision for depreciation and for interest on capital, including goodwill payments, was 16-41 d. per mile, or 355. per ton. Gisborne Goods Service. 1939. £ Revenue .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,163 Expenditure .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 ,087 Net revenue .. . . .. .. .. .. .. £76 Mileage .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 49,413 Tonnage .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,054 This service, which is co-ordinated with the Auckland-Taneatua section of railway, operates between Taneatua and Gisborne on a system of through-booking from Auckland to Gisborne, and vice versa. The service was taken over from the Auckland-Gisborne Transport Co., Ltd., on the 29th October, 1938, and the indications are that it will return a satisfactory net revenue to the Department. fPalmerston North Wellington <J Wanganui Goods Services. j 1939. Revenue . . . . .. . . . . .. . . 90,419 Expenditure .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 94,692 Net loss .. .. .. .. .. .. £4,273 Mileage .. .. .. .. .. 1,553,392 Tonnage .. .. .. .. .. .. 51,092 This service comprises the following licenses :—

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Name Boute Date taken over. Feltori Waikato Transport Co., Auckland-Hamilton .. .. .. 2nd May, 1938. Ltd. McOlymonts Transport, Ltd... Auckland-Hamilton .. .. .. 23rd May, 1938. Northern Transport, Ltd. .. Auckland-Whangarei-Dargaville .. 7th June, 1938. A. F. Hicks .. .. Auckland-Hamilton .. .. .. 18th July, 1938. M. J. Hilder and Sons .. Auckland-Otorohanga .. .. 26th September, 1938. F. Parsons .. .. Auckland-Te Awamutu .. .. 26th September, 1938. A. B. Carter (license only) .. Auckland-Otorohanga .. .. 26th September, 1938. L. Hjorth .. .. .. Auckland-Cambridge-Hamilton.. .. 1st August, 1938. H. E. Salter .. .. Auckland-Morrinsville .. • ■ 1 Auckland-Matamata .. .. .. 21 st November, 1938. Auckland-Putaruru .. . . • ■ J

Name. Route. Date taken over. Wellington - Palmerston North - Hawke's Bay. Highways Transport Co., Ltd. Wellington - Palmerston North .. .. 1st May, 1938. Masons Transport, Ltd. .. Wellington - Palmerston North .. 1st May, 1938. H. B. W. Osborne .. . . Wellington - Palmerston North . . . . 21st August, 1938. J. M. Thomson .. .. Wellington - Palmerston North .. .. 21st August, 1938. Hurley's Transport Co. .. Wellington - Palmerston North .. 1st August, 1938. S. Goldingham (license only) Shannon-Wellington .. .. 1st May, 1938. H. J. Williams and Co., Ltd. Wellington-Feilding .. .. .. 18th September, 1938. Cunningham Carrying Co., Ltd. Wellington - New Plymouth .. .. 18th July, 1938. C. F. Doggett .. .. Napier-Dannevirke-Wellington .. 13th November, 1938. W. J. Lankey .. .. Dannevirke-Wellington .. .. 13th November, 1938. Symes Transport, Co., Ltd. .. Wellington-Woodville-Dannevirke .. 13th November, 1938. J. G. Heron .. .. Wellington - Palmerston North - Napier .. 21st November, 1938. E. C. Lay .. .. .. Napier-Wellington .. .. .. 16th March, 1939.

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The adverse balance shown by this group is partly the result of the high costs necessary to bring many vehicles which did not come up to the Department's standards of mechanical fitness to a reasonable state of efficiency, the low competitive rates operating throughout the routes covered by these services and to non-recurring initial expenditure consequent upon the taking-over and amalgamating of these fleets. With the co-ordination of the component parts of this service, which will necessarily take time, better results should be evidenced. Expenditure at 14-63 d. per mile includes full provision for depreciation and interest on capital, including goodwill payments. Revenue was 13-97 d. per mile. Christchurch Goods Services. 1939. £ Revenue .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,466 Expenditure .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,825 Net loss .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £359 Mileage .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 32,006 Tonnage .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,083 The following are the licenses comprising this service : —

The license acquired from A. J. M. Wheeler is being operated in conjunction with the other services. The loss shown is due to the short time since acquisition and the initial non-recurring expenditure incurred in taking over these services. The receipts were 10-99 d. per mile, and expenditure 13-68 d. For the four weeks ended 31st March, 1939, there was an excess of revenue over expenditure, which indicates that with a longer period of running better results will be forthcoming. Westland Goods Service. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. .. 21,324 13,965 + 7,359 52-70 Expenditure .. .. 20,124 16,502 + 3,622 21-95 Net revenue .. .. £1,200 —£2,537 +£3,737 Mileage .. .. ..252,902 193,094 +59,808 30-97 Tonnage .. .. .. 13,652 10,676 + 2,976 27-88 This service has experienced a satisfactory working-year, no disturbing factors having been experienced in the way of washouts of bridges or roads. The revenue was particularly good during the twelve months under review and shows a distinct improvement over the previous year. An increase in drivers' wages as a result of a new award was one of the factors contributing to the increased expenditure this year.

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Name. Route. Date taken over. Wellington - Wanganui - New Plymouth. Hardy's Transport, Ltd. .. Wellington-Hawera .. .. .. 29th May, 1938. S. Wright and Co. .. .. Wellington-Hawera .. .. 1st June, 1938. New Plymouth Express Co., New Plymouth - Hawera .. .. 10th June, 1938. Ltd. Wellington-Raetihi Transport Wellington-Raetihi .. . . .. 5th September, 1938. (Tomkies) Wellington-Wairarapa. P. L. Darke .. .. I Masterton-Wellington .. .. .. 10th December, 1938. D. W. Page (Hopcrofts) .. Pongaroa-Makuri and Wellington .. 20th October, 1938. A. J. Allison .. .. Masterton-Wellington .. .. .. 17th October, 1938. 8. G. Cook .. .. Grey town-Wellington .. .. .. 10th December, 1938. W. J. McGill .. .. Masterton-Wellington .. .. .. 10th December, 1938. H. M. Cherry .. .. Featherston-Wellington .. .. 28th January, 1939. Hadley Bros. .. . . Carterton-Wellington . . . . .. 28th January, 1939. J. F. Cleghorn . . . . Wellington-Pahiatua . . .. .. 25th February, 1939. G. P. Hatfield .. .. Wellington-Masterton .. .. .. 4th March, 1939.

I' I Name. | Route. j Date taken over. A. B. Haywood .. .. Geraldine-Timaru .. .. .. 27th November, 1938. Whittaker, Payton, and Co., Christchurch - Ashburton - Methven .. Ltd. Christchurch-Waiau 1 , M , lq „ q Kaikoura-Rangitata (horses only) '' f ' Kaikoura-Dunedin (furniture only) . . J A. J. M. Wheeler (license only) Christchurch - Timaru - Waimate (deviate 4th. December, 1938. Greraldine-F airlie)

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Dunedin Goods Services. 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Revenue .. .. .. 6,996 2,029 +4,967 244-80 Expenditure .. .. 6,886 1,948 + 4,938 253-49 Net revenue .. .. £110 £81 + £29 35-80 Mileage .. .. .. 119,470 32,471 +86,999 267-93 Tonnage .. .. .. 3,855 1,359 +2,496 183-66 This service comprises the following licenses : —

Prior to the taking-over of the additional services in March, 1939, these goods services were run in conjunction with the Dunedin road passenger services. Revenue at 14-05 d. per mile slightly exceeded the expenditure, which was 13-83 d. per mile. With the inclusion of the new services a big increase in mileage resulted. A better indication of the value of this service to the Department will be obtained after a longer period of working. MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE (NON-OPERATING). The revenue under this heading comprises miscellaneous non-operating revenue such as land and siding rentals, commission, deed fees, advertising rights, interest on investments, and internal interest charges. The total revenue this year was £369,330, as compared with £350,333 last year, an increase of £18,997. An increase in internal interest charges due to the expansion of subsidiary services was the primary cause of the variation. RAIL-CAR SERVICES. Rail-car services on two routes were in operation throughout the year, viz. : — Route. Commenced running. Christchurch - Greymouth - Hokitika .. .. .. sth August, 1936. Wellington - Wairarapa - Palmerston North .. .. 17th September, 1936. The following statement shows the results of the operation of these services for the year 1938-39 as compared with 1937-38 :— 1938-39. 1937-38. Variation. Revenue — £ £ £ Passenger .. .. .. 28,070 25,983 + 2,087 Parcels, mails, and newspapers .. 2,843 3,123 — 280 £30,913 £29,106 + £1,807 Expenditure.. .. .. .. £27,437 £26,043 +£1,394 Net revenue .. .. .. £3,476 £3,063 + £413 Mileage .. .. .. .. 393,129 362,991 + 30,138 Details of the operation of the two services are shown hereunder : — Christchurch - Greymouth - Hokitika. The revenue for the year amounted to £10,569, as compared with £9,192 for last year, an increase of £1,377. Expenditure decreased from £6,272 to £5,030, a decrease of £1,242. The revenue and expenditure per mile for 1939 were 17-45 d. and 8-30 d. respectively, as compared with 20-14 d. and 13-74 d. per mile for last year. This service is maintained primarily for the purpose of conveying newspapers from Christchurch to the West Coast of the South Island, accommodation for passengers being limited to nineteen persons in each of the two small Diesel units operating the service.

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Service taken over. Route. Date taken over. O'Fees South Road Service .. Dunedin - Clinton - Tahakopa .. .. "Ion,, c , , , . Dunedin-Balclutha .. .. .. / 20th September, 1936. Riseley's Ltd. .. .. Dunedin-Invercargill .. .. .. 21st March, 1938. Oamaru-Dunedin Freight Ser- Oamaru-Dunedin .. .. .. 12th December, 1938. vice Miller and Robertson .. Dunedin-Queenstown .. .. .. 6th March, 1939. G. F. J. Dorward .. .. Dunedin-Oamaru .. .. .. 18th March, 1939. A. D. Thomas .. .. Dunedin-Invercargill .. .. .. 18th March, 1939. Foote and Co., Ltd. .. Dunedin-Invercargill .. .. .. 1st April, 1939. J. Maxwell .. .. Dunedin - Roxburgh - Shingle Creek .. 15th April, 1939.

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Wellington - Wairarapa - Palmerston North. The revenue for the year ended 31st March, 1939, was £20,344, as compared with £19,914 for last year, an increase of £430. Expenditure totalled £22,407, an increase of £2,636, due mainly to increased provision for depreciation. The saving in direct cost of steam-train miles replaced during the year (43,680 at 4s. 5-4 d. per mile) amounted to £9,719, and the net gain from the operation of rail cars on this route was £7,656. The rail-car mileage run in this area (247,755 miles) indicates the substantial improvement in the passenger-transport facilities arising from the operation of these units. Wellington - New Plymouth. Standard rail-car services between Wellington and New Plymouth were inaugurated on 16th April, 1939, the time-table providing for a service leaving Wellington at 5.13 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and from New Plymouth at 3.40 p.m. on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Since the new service commenced it has been well supported by the travelling public. SICK BENEFIT FUND. The result of the year's operations of the New Zealand Government Railways Employees' Sick Benefit Fund was a deficit of £1,725, compared with a surplus of £6,433 last year. The receipts and sick-benefit payments were as under : — 1939. 1938. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Receipts .. .. .. 36,778 33,523 + 3,255 9-71 Payments .. .. ..38,503 27,090 +11,413 42-13 £1,725* £6,433f -£8,158 126-81 * Deficit. t Surplus. Receipts include £8,000 annual subsidy from the Working Railways Account. The total membership on 31st March, 1939, was 16,954, compared with 15,294 in 1938, an increase of 1,660, due to an increase in the number of staff employed. The accumulated funds now stand at £45,696. The payments for the year increased by 42-13 per cent., due mainly to the excessive amount of sickness caused by epidemics of measles and influenza. SUGGESTIONS AND INVENTIONS COMMITTEE. During the year a total of 471 suggestions and inventions were dealt with by the Suggestions and Inventions Committee, compared with 483 during the previous year. Sixty-six suggestions and inventions were recommended for adoption in whole or part; eighty-four were referred to heads of branches, were already in operation, or related to matters of policy ; 287 were not recommended for adoption; while 34- were under trial or investigation at the end of the financial year. The suggestions recommended for adoption included sixteen in connection with rolling-stock, eleven connected with workshop practice, one connected with way and works, two connected with signal and telegraph work, eighteen in connection with traffic working, eight connected with commercial and advertising activities, and ten others connected with railway working generally. STORES BRANCH. An analysis of the amount expended in connection with the purchase of stores during the year is as under :— £ s. d. To merchants, manufacturers, and others in New Zealand .. 1,264,027 4 8 Through Trade Commissioner in Australia .. .. .. 179,843 4 1 Through High Commissioner in London .. .. .. 1,820,637 14 1 Material manufactured in railway workshops .. .. 400,210 5 10 Coal and coke .. .. .. .. .. .. 737,459 17 4 Manufactured and used material received from other branches, &c. 68,777 4 4 Timber from railway sawmill and stores used .. .. 49,129 18 2 £4,520,085 8 6 The net increase in the year's expenditure compared with the previous year was £1,248,938 2s. lid., the principal increases, omitting shillings and pence, being : To merchants, manufacturers, and others in New Zealand, £358,333; through Trade Commissioner in Australia, £86,989; through High Commissioner in London, £859,424. There were decreases under the following heads : Payments for coal and coke, £24,205 : material manufactured in railway workshops, £4,873 ; manufactured and used material received from other branches, £16,414 ; timber from railway sawmill and stores used, £10,315. The increases enumerated above are chiefly due to the purchase of materials for building programmes and extry, stocks of native and imported timber.

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For the year ended 31st March, 1939, the amount paid by the Department for exchange on purchases made through the High Commissioner, London, was £369,040 14s. 7d. The Railways Department is also required to pay sales-tax on taxable items purchased in New Zealand, but it has not been possible to estimate, with any degree of accuracy, the total amount paid by the Department by way of sales-tax during the financial year under review. The total issues to all branches (including coal) for the year amounted to £3,628,487 15s. 5d., as against £2,809,282 9s. Bd. last year, an increase of £819,205 ss. 9d. 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:

The increase ill value of stock during recent years has been brought about by several factors, the chief of which have been the great expansion in the Department's activities, including the heavy construction programmes and the increase in price of materials and the charging of exchange on all overseas purchases. Another factor having a bearing on the increase was the delay in delivery of orders placed in .1936 and 1937, whilst orders placed subsequently were delivered in practically all cases on due date with the result that there was an accumulation of material on hand at the close of the year which will be withdrawn for use during the current year. Comparatively few overseas orders are now being placed, and a substantial reduction in stores stock should take place during 1939-40. COAL-SUPPLIES. The following return shows the purchases of coal made during the last six years : — Tons. Tons. 1933-34 .. .. .. 381,596 1936-37 .. .. .. 433,795 1934-35 .. .. .. 422,334 1937-38 .. .. .. 544,222 1935-36 .. .. ..437,959 1938-39 .. .. .. 505,18'J Only New Zealand coal is used by the Railways Department, which has imported no coal during during the last seven years. Of the purchases of coal made in 1939, 284,419 tons were hard coal and 220,770 tons soft coal. The average consumption of coal per week during the year was 9,920 tons, an increase of 57 tons per week compared with the previous year. TIMBER-SUPPLIES. Several large orders for hardwood timber and sleepers were placed in Australia during the year. During the year the Department's supplies of native timber have been drawn from Mamaku Sawmill. At Maroa the Department's new sawmill is about to be brought into operation, all arrangements in connection with the erection of the sawmill buildings, &c., having now been almost completed. The Department's timber area at Pokaka has throughout the year been operated under license to private interests under the oversight of officers of the Department's Forestry Branch. FORESTRY BRANCH. The tree-planting and other work of the Forestry Branch has been continued throughout the year, a fairly favourable, if somewhat dry, season having facilitated the general operations of the Branch. During the year approximately 242 acres were dealt with by planting, blanking, and beautification, the areas receiving attention being distributed as follows :■ — Athenree : Blanking, 96 acres ; new planting, 4 acres. Whangarei: New planting, 44 acres. Maungaturoto : New planting, 11 acres. Foxton : New planting, 72 acres. Hutt: New planting, 10 acres. Kaiwarra and Trentham: Beautification, 5 •acres.

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Stocks on Hand. Year. Purchases. Issues. - Stores. Coal. Total. . £ £ £ £ £ 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 1938 .. .. .. 2,662,302 2,082,195 1,107,653 167,347 1,275,000 1939 .. .. .. 4,001,478 2,854,721 1,907,113 153,128 2,060,241

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The nursery operations of the Branch have met with considerable success during the year. At the Athenree Nursery the output during the planting season was 159,000 trees, while the tally of this season's crop, which is now ready for planting, amounts to 205,000 trees. The trees grown at Athenree are mostly of the eucalyptus species. At Woburn Nursery a great proportion of the trees raised were grown in pots to ensure striking. Some 26,416 trees of various species were distributed from this nursery during the year. The other operations of the Branch during the year comprised the clearing of firebreaks in plantations, the control of the Pokaka bush operations, the clearing of heavy scrub land at Hutt and elsewhere, and maintenance duties of a general character. WORKSHOPS. The locomotives, rolling-stock, machinery, and tools have been maintained in good working-order during the year. Locomotives. One electric locomotive which was imported from England was placed in service during the year. Nine electric locomotives were under construction in the workshops at the close of the year, and when completed 7of these will be placed in service in the North Island and 2in the South Island. Also under construction were 35 class Ka and six class Kb steam-locomotives. Forty J class locomotives are being constructed in England to the order of this Department. Four class Wf locomotives were sold to the Tasmanian Government Railways during the year. Three new boilers were built for replacement purposes, while 14 were under construction at the end of the year. Three hundred and ninety engines passed through the workshops during the year, and of these, 211 received a major overhaul. Twenty engines were fitted with electric headlights. Six electric motor coaches and 6 trailer coaches were imported from England during the year and placed in service on the Wellington-Johnsonville suburban line. At the 31st March, 1939, there were 572 locomotives in service—sss steam, 12 electric, and 5 electric-battery shunting-engines. Twenty-one petrol shunting-units were in use at the close of the year. The tractive effort of the locomotives in service (other than electric-battery shunting-engines) at 31st March, compared with the two previous years, was as follows : — 1939. 1938. 1937. Number of locomotives in service .. 567 570 570 Total tractive power, in pounds .. 10,610,108 10,684,559 10,691,829 Average tractive power per locomotive, in pounds .. .. .. 18,713 18,745 18,758 Carriages. Thirty-nine carriages were built and placed in service during the year. Of this number, 4 were first class, 11 first-class combination day-sleeping, 2 first-class coupe, and 22 second-class. Seven carriages were written off during the year, 12 were converted for departmental purposes, and 2 were converted for use as shelter sheds. The number of carriages in service at the close of the year was 1,489. One hundred and six carriages of varying types were under construction or on order at the close of the year. Twenty carriages had their lavatories improved (water-sealed hoppers fitted), 15 had steam-heating apparatus installed, 3 had Westinghouse water-heating equipment fitted, and 4 had their bogies fitted with Isothermos axle-boxes. Nine carriages were equipped with guards' compartments, 1 had electriclighting equipment installed in substitution for coal-gas lighting, 4 sleeping-cars were converted to second-class day cars, and 15 carriages had alterations made to their internal fittings. Thirty-nine new carriages and 5 existing carriages were equipped with roller-bearing bogies, making a total of 162 carriages so equipped in service. Seventeen carriages were fitted with air-conditioning equipment. During the year 1,456 carriages passed through the workshops, and of these, 1,120 received heavy repairs. Brake-vans. On the 31st March, 1939, there were 473 brake-vans in service with 81 building or on order. Two brake-vans were written off, and 2 were reclassified as service vehicles (1 travelling workshop—l plough van). Four hundred and sixty-two brake-vans passed through the workshops during the year, and of these, 323 received heavy repairs. Eleven postal vans were in service at the end of the year, and 7 of these passed through the workshops during the year, 6 receiving a major overhaul. Rail Cars. At the close of the year 15 rail cars were in service. Five Standard rail cars were built in workshops during the year, and 1 was building at the close of the year. Ten Standard rail cars are being imported from England. Wagons. During the year 1,373 wagons were built in workshops and placed in service. Of these, 315 were sheep-wagons, 30 cattle-wagons, 19 chilled-beef wagons, 11 platform wagons, 12 frozen-meat wagons, 6 ventilated wagons, and 980 general-utility wagons of the La type. In addition, 4 petrol-tank wagons were built for private companies.

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Two hundred and eight wagons were written off and 16 sold, leaving 28,401 in service at the end of the year. The number of wagons that passed through the workshops was 20,321, and of these, 15,158 received heavy repairs. Wagons of all types, totalling 3,459 in all, were on order and under construction at the close of the year ; of this number, 2,104 will be placed in service in the North Island, and 1,355 in the South Island. Tarpaulins. At the close of the year 24,138 tarpaulins were in service. Tarpaulins repaired in the workshops numbered 16,757, while 4,854 new tarpaulins were issued as replacements. Cranes. Five new cranes were placed in service during the year. Of these, 1 was constructed in the workshops, being a pneumatic coaling crane, while the remaining 4 were 2-ton petrol electric cranes imported from England. TRANSPORTATION BRANCH. The train-mileage for the year (exclusive of shunting and departmental mileage) was 13,072,615 as compared with 12,777,852 for the previous year, an increase of 294,763 train miles. The passenger miles run were 5,551,026 compared with 5,322,050, an increase of 228,976. The goods and mixed train miles were 7,521,589 compared with 7,455,802 for the previous year, an increase of 65,787. Particulars of the revenue train mileage run in the various sections are as under : —

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

Average Late Arrival of Trains, Year ended 31st March, 1939.

These figures include delays arising from all causes, including slips, floods, washouts, engine and other mechanical failures, and traffic delays at stations. Slips, floods, washouts, and other line interruptions were again severe during the year and reflected adversely upon the normal timekeeping of the train services, particulars of these interruptions being as under : — From 14th to 16th April, 1938, slips between Te Wera and Kiore blocked the line and dislocated the train services in this area. The Greymouth-Rewanui line was blocked by slips from 15th to 18th April inclusive. Serious flooding occurred in the Napier-Putorino area towards the end of April, 1938, and goods services on the East Coast line to Wairoa from Napier were cancelled until the line was restored and normal running resumed in December. The line between Hastings and Napier was impassable for four days in April, 1938, owing to flooding in this area. On 4th May a severe gale, accompanied by high tides, damaged the approaches to the railway bridge on the south side of Tauranga and also the track on the northern end, traffic, being interrupted until the following day.

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Section. 1938-39. 1937-38. Variation. Kaihu .. .. .. .. .. 13,488 13,632 - 144 Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. 59,624 43,940 + 15,684 North Island Main Line and Branches .. .. 8,361,257 8,036,723 +324,534 South Island Main Line and Branches .. .. 4,486,925 4,530,610 — 43,685 Westport .. .. .. .. .. 69,883 69,782 + 101 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 39,218' 39,826 - 608 Picton .. .. .. .. .. 42,220 43,339 - 1,119 Totals .. .. .. .. 13,072,615 12,777,852 +294,763

I Period ended Average Year ended p In May. May. June. July. August. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. | Jan. Feb. March. March. Minutes. 1 ' I 1 Express and Mail Trains. 1939 .. .. 113-38 111-05 I 7-01 I 6-03 I 6-14 I 7-08 I 4-58 I 4-35 | 3-00 I 7-99 I 7-38 I 5-79 I 4-83 I 6-81 1938 .. ..I 5-28 I 6-99 I 5-67 j 8-51 | 7-73 I 5-79 I 3-58 I 3-20 | 3-11 112-15 | 9-37 I 9-70 | 6-17 | 6-71 Long-distance Mixed Trains. 1939 .. .. [10-94 I 9-55 I 8-55 I 5-42 I 6-38 | 5-86 I 4-00 I 5-24 I 4-94 I 6-12 I 6-38 [ 8-26 I 8-62 I 0-94 1938 .. ..I 8-74 | 8-81 | 5-40 j 7-78 | 6-32 j 4-71 j 4-65 | 4-66 | 4-78 | 6-31 I 7-16 112-66 [12-23 j 7-24 Suburban Trains. 1939 .. ..I 1-24 | 1-09 j 1-14 I 2-04 j 0-93 I 0-82 I 0-41 I 0-42 | 0-35 I 0-52 I 0-71 I 0-62 I 0-74 I 0-85 1938 .. . . I 0-60 I 0-77 I 1-54 | 1-43 I 0-99 | 0-67 | 0-55 | 0-69 | 0-48 | 1-01 | 0-85 J 1-00 | 0-83 | 0-87

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On sth and 6th May severe flooding between Tomoana and Whakatu dislocated traffic in this area. On 29th May a large slip blocked the Rewanui line, which was not cleared for normal services until the sth June. Heavy rain caused a subsidence of the track between Tariki and Norfolk Road on 11th June, and four wagons on a goods-train were derailed when passing over the damaged line, resulting in heavy delays to the morning train services in this area. On 21st June a north-bound goods-train ran into a slip between Waimiha and Ongarue and disorganized traffic. The Lyttelton line electric services were disorganized from 22nd to 25th June through the Lake Coleridge power-supply failing. On 4th July train services on the Southbridge Branch were cancelled owing to washouts on this line. On sth and 6th July the train services on the Outram Branch were disorganized through severe flooding. On sth December the flooding of the Taieri River again dislocated traffic on this line. A severe storm in the North Auckland district on 26th July dislocated the normal running of train services at several points, and it was not until the 28th idem that normal services were resumed. On 29th July an early morning goods-train ran into a slip between Owharoa and Karangahake Tunnel, the engine and several wagons being derailed and traffic was dislocated as a result. On 10th August the line between Tangarakau and Heao was completely blocked by a slip. A goods-train ran into this obstruction and became derailed. On 9th September the line between Belmont and Melling was rendered unsafe for traffic owing to erosion by the waters of the Hutt River, causing dislocation of suburban traffic on the Hutt line for several days. From the Ist to sth October slips blocked the Manawatu Gorge, necessitating the cancellation of all services and the conveyance of passengers between Woodville and Palmerston North by bus. Further slips occurred on the 13th October, necessitating the adoption of the same procedure for working traffic until the 19th idem, when the Gorge was finally cleared. On the 2nd and 3rd December flood-waters and debris blocked the Midland line between Inchbonnie and Poerua, causing interruption to traffic. The Fairlie Branch services were cancelled on 3rd December owing to floods, passenger traffic being conveyed by road. On 12th December a heavy subsidence of the track occurred between Waione and Waimiha, involving delays to traffic for two days while repairs to the line were being effected. On 9th January, 1939, exceptionally high tides caused a washout on the Bluff line between Clyde and Kew, the passenger traffic being handled by road services during the day. A series of slips on the Midland line between Moana and Kaimata on 12th January disorganized traffic to and from the West Coast. On 16th and 17th January heavy flooding in the Southland district blocked the line between Waipahi and Pukerau, preventing the passage of trains. The roads between Clinton and Gore were also blocked. Several washouts occurred on the North Auckland line on 6th February, resulting in considerable delays to trains. The following is a resume of the more important alterations to the train services : — A general improvement in the transport facilities provided for both passenger and goods traffic in the North Auckland area was brought about as from 18th May, 1938, as a result of a reorganization of the main line and Kaikohe Branch train schedules, together with the provision of additional services. In June, 1938, the stopping-place at Pitcaithly's on the Upper Hutt line was transferred to a new site at Andrews, this rearrangement being effected in order to provide improved travel facilities for the expanding settlement in the latter area. The multiple-unit electric services on the Wellington-Johnsonville suburban line were inaugurated on Monday, 4th July, 1938, the time-table providing for a twelve-minute service in both directions during the morning and evening peak hours, and a half-hourly service during the slacker periods of the day. Since their inception the electric services have functioned satisfactorily, while the speed and comfort of the new units, together with the general excellence of their appointments, have been the subject of very favourable comment by suburban residents and others. On account of the small number of first-class passengers travelling on the Wellington suburban services the continuance of the running of first-class cars in this area was not considered warranted, and accordingly their use was discontinued as from February, 1939. The provision of second-class accommodation only on suburban trains in the Wellington suburban area has afforded a greater measure of flexibility in the handling of the various services. In order to provide for a greater measure of safety in working trains between Whangarei and Opua, also to facilitate the handling of train services generally in this area, the tablet system between Whangarei and Whakapara was extended from the latter station to Opua, a distance of thirty-five miles. General. The goods and live-stock traffic for the year was 7,539,012 tons, as compared with 7,516,049 tons for the previous year, an increase of 22,963 tons. The difficulties experienced in the matter of wagon-supply during the peak season of the year were considerably less pronounced this season, due, in a measure, to the autumn distribution of artificial manures and agricultural lime being spread over a more lengthy period, also to the fact that 980 new general-utility goods-wagons were placed in service during the year.

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In those instances during the year where wagon requirements were not adequately met the cause may be attributed to the abnormal movement of traffic taking place over relatively short periods, also to the detention of wagons at country stations through the inability of consignees to take prompt delivery of consigments, more particularly of inward loads of fertilizer and lime. The position in respect of live-stock traffic has been considerably easier this year, due, in part, to the conditions obtaining within the industry itself, while the provision of 345 additional new stock-wagons has facilitated the movement of this traffic. The rapid development of the chilled-beef industry over the last few years has necessitated the construction of additional wagons for handling this traffic, and during the year nineteen special-type chilled-beef wagons were provided for this purpose. In pursuance of the policy of improving the standard of passenger accommodation, thirty-nine new carriages of the most modern type were placed in service during the year. These are being utilized on the Auckland-Wellington, Auckland New Plymouth, and Christchurch- fnvercargill express services. As additional new carriages are made available these will be allocated to other important express train services in both Islands. A new type of combined day and sleeping car has been provided, and these are being run on the Auckland - New Plymouth express services and the Sunday express trains between Invercargill and Christchurch. The use of shunting tractors at stations has effected considerable savings in the shunting-work of goods and mixed trains at some of the principal stations, and it is therefore proposed to utilize these units more extensively. Seven additional shunting tractors of a more powerful type will shortly be distributed to stations in both Islands. On 4th December, 1938, a further section of the Papakura-Horotiu duplication scheme was brought into operation, the line between Ngaruawahia and Huntly (9 miles 12 chains) being opened for double-line working on that date. The opening of this additional section of double track has greatly facilitated the movement of traffic in the Frankton Junction - Huntly area. The work of reorganizing the Huntly yards and the duplication of a further section of line between Huntly and Ohinewai is approaching completion, and when this section is opened approximately half the distance between Auckland and Frankton Junction will be operated on the double-track system. A trial was made of running the Christchurch-Greymouth express services daily between the Christmas and Easter holiday periods instead of four days per week, but the support afforded the innovation was insufficient to justify the continuance of the daily service. The rail-car services operated over the Wairarapa route between Wellington and Palmerston North, also the smaller units running between Christchurch and the West Coast, have been continued in service with satisfactory results. Owing to the increasing traffic it has been necessary to provide an extra rail car between Wellington and Masterton on Friday nights, this car leaving Wellington at 6.13 p.m. and returning from Masterton at 9.25 p.m. Standard rail-car services between Wellington and New Plymouth were inaugurated on 16th April, 1939, the time-table providing for a service leaving Wellington at 5.13 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and from New Plymouth at 3.40 p.m. on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. During the initial stage, these rail cars have functioned satisfactorily and have been well supported by the travelling public. During the year the Railways Department, in conjunction with the Public Works Department, has continued to operate goods services over the East Coast line between Napier, Wairoa, and Waikokopu. The traffic handled over this line has shown every indication of development, the movement of live-stock traffic being particularly pronounced . The unopened portion of the line between Putorino and Waikokopu was handed over to this Department for general traffic working on Ist July, 1939. The time-table, which provides for standard rail-car services for passenger traffic, is framed to provide for connection at Napier with the Wellington-Napier express trains in both directions, while, in addition, local rail-car services will operate between Napier and Wairoa. A time-table suitable for both through and local requirements will be provided for goods traffic. The acquisition of the road motor services operating between Christchurch, Hawarden, Culverden, and Hanmer permitted of a co-ordination of the rail and road services in the North Canterbury area, and from 30th January, 1939, the running of passenger and mixed trains on the north line beyond Waipara was discontinued, the passenger traffic to and from the northern district being dealt with by the road services in conjunction with the passenger train from Christchurch to Parnassus, and vice versa. This co-ordination scheme increased the road mileage by approximately 20,000 miles annually, but effected a reduction of approximately 47,000 train miles per annum. During the year considerable attention has been given to the matter of improving the seating, lighting, and heating of the carriage stock. With the heavier type of engines now in use and the more lengthy trains being hatiled, the existing facilities at a large number of stations are inadequate for train crossing purposes, resulting in difficulties being experienced in handling trains, thereby occasioning delays which have a reflection upon the time-keeping of services generally over a wide area. In order to obviate inconvenience arising from this source an extensive programme aimed at increasing the yard accommodation at a large number of stations is in hand, and already improvements have been carried out at several stations with beneficial results.

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BRANCH LINES. The operating revenue from branch lines totalled £379,911, a decrease of £6,254 (1-62 per cent.) compared with the previous year. Passenger traffic shows a decline of £3,395 and goods traffic a decrease of £3,129. Parcels traffic shows a decrease also. Mails and miscellaneous revenue show small increases. The operating expenditure was £557,814, an increase of £3,510 (0-63 per cent.) compared with the previous year. Increased costs in connection with maintenance of rolling-stock, traffic transportation, and locomotive-running were the main factors responsible for the increase in expenditure. After allowing for the main line " feeder value " of branch line traffic, the operating loss on branch lines was £155,129. Interest charges amounted to £386,276, making a total loss of £541,405 as against a loss of £531,953 for the previous year, an increase of £9,452 (1-78 per cent.). Of the total revenue of £379,911 the South Island branches earned £260,979, or 68-69 per cent. The decrease over last year in the South Island was £14,386, or 3'83 per cent., while the improvement in the North Island amounted to £8,132, or 7-34 per cent. Passenger revenue declined in both Islands, the decrease being general, nineteen branches showing decreases amounting to £3,689, while nine showed increases of £294. Goods revenue showed an increase of £8,314 in the North Island and a decrease of £11,443 in the South Island. Parcels revenue increased by £356 in the North and decreased by £832 in the South Island. The principal increases and decreases in expenditure on branch lines are shown hereunder:— Variation. £ Per Cent. Waiotira-Kirikopuni .. .. .. .. .. — 1,027 9-65 Pacroa-Taneatua .. .. .. .. .. — 6,547 4-92 Waipara-Parnassus .. .. .. .. .. --2,163 7-7.1. Lincoln-Little River .. .. .. .. .. + 1,764 13-40 Darficld-W hi tecliffs .. .. .. .. .. + 2,446 61 •30 Washdyke-Fairlie .. .. .. .. .. +1,018 6-75 Pukeuri-Kurow .. .. .. .. .. + 1,026 7-26 Waiareka-Ngapara .. .. .. .. .. + 1,525 23-70 Wingatui-Cromwell .. .. .. .. .. +1,661 1-20 Milton-Roxburgh .. .. .. .. .. — 1,969 6• 39 Waipahi-Edievale .. .. .. .. .. + 1,603 15-04 Invercargill-Tokanui .. .. .. .. .. +1,761 12-80 ISOLATED SECTIONS. The results of operations of isolated sections were as follow Kaihu.—Revenue amounted to £3,994 and expenditure to £12,766. These figures show a decrease of £746 and an increase of £4,385 respectively. All classes of traffic show a decline, goods traffic decreasing by £683. The higher expenditure was almost entirely due to an increase in maintenance of way-and-works expenditure incurred in bringing the permanent-way, &c., up to a higher standard in anticipation of the Kaihu Branch line being connected up with the main North Island system. The total operating loss on the section was £8,772, compared with £3,641 last year. Gisborne. —Revenue amounted to £30,950, as compared with £23,499 last year, an increase of £7,451 (31-71 per cent.). Heavy metal traffic and increased traffic in timber and goods carried at special rates were the main factors responsible for the increase in revenue. Expenditure increased by £6,773 (25-27 per cent.), the figure for this year being £33,573, as compared with £26,800 last year. The increased expenditure was largely due to increased running brought about by the additional traffic handled. The operating loss on the section was £2,623, as compared with £3,301 last year. Nelson. —Revenue was £11,143, as against £11,955 last year. Expenditure amounted to £22,273, and showed a decrease of £854 compared with 1937-38. Reduced coal traffic was mainly responsible for the decline in receipts, while the decrease in expenditure was brought about by a reduction in the amount spent on rolling-stock maintenance and repair. The operating loss on the section decreased by £42 in 1938-39 as compared with the previous year. Picton.—Revenue amounted to £36,666, an increase of £2,746 (8-10 per cent.). Expenditure totalled £44,253, as compared with £38,683 in the previous year. All classes of traffic contributed to the increase in receipts. Heavy way-and-works expenditure and increased locomotive and transportation charges were mainly responsible for the increase in expenditure. The operating loss on the section increased from £4,763 last year to £7,587 this year. Westport. —Revenue amounted to £94,228, an increase of £2,502 (2-73 per cent.). An increase in the amount of coal carried (7,777 tons) is responsible for the increase shown in receipts, other lines of traffic showing small variations. Expenditure increased from £75,570 in 1937-38 to £79,229 this year (4-84 per cent.). The increase in expenditure was mainly due to the costs involved in carrying out a heavy repair programme for engines, boilers, cars, and wagons. The operating profit on this section amounted to £14,999, which is less by £1,157 compared with 1937-38.

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PUBLICITY BRANCH. The Publicity Branch has had a year of extended activity in publicizing the numerous improvements in rail transport and related services associated with the upward trend of traffic and the progressive policy applied to the provision of modern railway facilities, as well as in keeping the public informed regarding the many ways in which the Department can be useful to them, and in extending knowledge of the general operations and purposes of the railways. In following the policy of using only sound and proven media for its advertising activities the Branch made few extensions to the publicity arrangements found most suitable for its purposes by practical experience. Newspaper advertising, which has remained the principal factor in the various campaigns, has been well supported by the publication of a series of interesting and informative articles on every phase of railway operation in most of the country's leading journals. The readiness with which this material has been published provides evidence not only of a full appreciation of the " Back to the Bail " movement, but also of the Branch's continued good relations with the press. Response to radio advertising was carefully checked, and results were so encouraging that the Branch's use of broadcasting commercially has been considerably extended with complete justification. With the publication and display of the Department's new set of six pictorial posters, travel publicity by this method reached a new standard for New Zealand. Many complimentary references to the excellence of these posters, in both design and printing, have been received. Their general attractiveness and interest-creating qualities have drawn favourable comment by overseas visitors especially. Bearing in mind the fact that, under a reciprocal arrangement, posters issued by the Branch are prominently displayed on the railways of most of the principal countries of the world, the set recently released should be appreciably helpful in inducing tourists to visit the Dominion, especially during the Centennial year. The Photographic and Plan Printing Section is keeping abreast of improvements in its sphere and is now regarded as one of the best-equipped and most efficiently operated organizations of its kind in the country. Numerous illustration blocks, reproduced from the Department's copyright photographs, were lent on request for publication in various newspapers and magazines. The use of photographs in arousing interest in New Zealand's attractions among people in many other countries has been extensive, particularly in Australia, where coloured enlargements, supplied by the Branch, were featured in special displays at the New Zealand Government's various tourist bureaux. On the plan-printing side the work undertaken and also the revenue earned have easily constituted a record. Several new publications were issued during the year. The most important of these was " The Case for the Railways," a booklet review of the Department's activities. Other literature included second editions of New Zealand Railways Illustrated and of the booklet New Zealand Railway Station Names and Their Meanings, for both of which there has been a very strong demand. Souvenir time-tables were prepared for the opening of the Wellington-Johnsonville line for electric multiple-unit passenger-services, and for the opening of the Napier-Wairoa section of the Napier-Gisborne Railway. A further series of the popular " See New Zealand by Rail " folders was also produced. The Branch is always ready for co-operation with public and private organizations in campaigns for the promotion of tourist traffic in various districts, and considerable work of this kind has been done during the year. COMMERCIAL BRANCH. One of the most important matters that has received attention during the year has been a general revision of the scales of charges with the objective that fares and freights should be brought into line with present-day requirements. An essential feature of the operations of a national transport organization such as the railways is that the system of charges should be governed by such principles as establish, conditions of stability and equality in its application. Unfortunately, the conditions obtaining during the past decade have precluded of this requirement being fully met, due to the fact that the relationship of the various scales of charges lias had to be adjusted from time to time so as to counteract the effect on the railway financial position of the progressive attrition of higher-rated traffic resulting from the continued development of road competition. The effect of this trend is reflected in a lack of balance as between the transport costs which different communities are required to meet, due to the existence of a multiplicity of " local" or differential rates introduced to safeguard rail-borne traffic. In many cases trading interests have benefited by what has been, in effect, a fortuitous reduction in transport costs. Whilst the position thus created was quite acceptable to those favourably affected, opposing interests in other areas which, in the absence of road competition, did not enjoy the advantage of reduced freight rates complained with sone justification of being deprived of the natural advantage which they claimed they should rightly enjoy by virtue of their closer proximity to the common market. There are many instances of this nature where the trading relationship between different communities which had developed under stabilized conditions has been subjected to disturbance by the operation of differential freight rates. The measures which have recently been adopted with the object of giving effect to the Government's policy of co-ordinating the existing services of transport on the principal routes throughout the Dominion and eliminating redundant units have resulted in a marked amelioration of the past competitive conditions and so paved the way for a general reconstruction of the rates structure along the lines previously indicated. As a major step in this direction provision has been made for the merging of the two highest merchandise rate classes (A and B) in the third highest class (C). Consequent on this adjustment those commodities at present chargeable under Classes A and B will enjoy a much lower freight standard.

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The lowering of the freight level resulting from the elimination of the two highest-rate classes will have the effect of bringing the standard rates within measureable distance of the many local rates now operating, and it has therefore been possible to make provision for the elimination of many local rates. In some cases the transition from local rates to the standard charges will result in a slight decrease in the established transport costs, whilst in others the reverse position will obtain. Such variations will, however, apply only to goods conveyed to or from the specified points where local rates now operate. Any increases in costs incidental to the elimination of the local rates will be offset either wholly or in part by the application of the reduced-rate standard to the large volume of goods transported between points outside the existing local-rates areas and which are at present subject to charges at the standard rates. Having regard to the general conditions as they now exist, the reversion to stability in the matter of freight rates presents a problem of considerable complexity. Taking all factors into account, however, the revised scales incorporate many desirable features, and a more equitable distribution of the incidence of the rates will be achieved from their adoption. To the extent that the adjustments are designed to provide the community as a whole with the service of transport at a reasonable cost, and that there can be no suggestion of the parochialism which previously obtained in the manner of their application, the concensus of opinion must favour the new freight schedules. In order that the position relating to the tariff revision should be viewed in its proper perspective it should be borne in mind that the proposals apply solely to goods coming under the heading of general merchandise, which comprise approximately 8 per cent, of the total rail-borne tonnage. The lowerrated bulk goods, comprising, in the main, commodities essential to industrial development and representing approximately 92 per cent, of the aggregate rail-borne tonnage, are in no way affected by the adjustments. Bulk Travel Vouchees. The issue of season tickets to meet the requirements of those people making regular or extensive use of the train services is a well-established feature of railway operations. No similar provision, however, exists for travel by the road passenger services, which are now extensively operated by the Department. To correct this deficiency an innovation in the form of bulk travel vouchers has been introduced. These are available for purchase at rates representing a reduction in the ordinary fares for 2000 miles or over of travel to be completed within a period of twelve months. Although the vouchers are primarily intended to meet the requirements of those contemplating extensive travel by the Department's road passenger services, they will also be available for first-class travel by train on any occasions that holders may desire to use them for that purpose. Week-end and Special Excursions. Particular attention has been devoted during the year to the development of special day and week-end passenger traffic, and facilities have been provided by way of special trains and reduced fares to encourage usage of the railway for short-term recreational outings. This section of the passenger business has shown a remarkable expansion over a relatively short period of years, as evidenced by the fact that the figures for the past year —viz., 2,625,495 passenger journeys and £247,433 revenue — represent an increase of 45 per cent, and 88 per cent, respectively over the relative figures for the year 1932-33. Farmers' Excursions. There has been evidence of a revival of interest in the organized farmers' tours, which were successfully promoted by the Department some years ago but were not proceeded with in succeeding years on account of the unfavourable economic conditions. During the past year two important tours of this nature were accomplished by large parties of farmers from the Southland and Westland districts respectively. In keeping with the general objective of the tours the itineraries provided for visits to the principal scenic resorts and points of farming and industrial interest. Apart from the recreational value of the formers' tours the opportunity which they provide for observing the conditions obtaining in other areas is of definite educational value to the visiting farmers, and it is satisfactory that the two outings arranged last year were successful in every respect. New Zealand Centennial Exhibition. A matter of considerable importance to exhibitors of goods at the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition is the decision to provide free transport by rail for bona fide exhibits on both the outward and return journeys to and from Wellington. It is anticipated that the exhibits will comprise goods of a wide range and of considerable volume, and the concession will therefore represent a valuable contribution by the Department towards the national undertaking. 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 re-laying carried out during the year was as follows : — Main Line and Branches — M. C. L. 70 lb. rails relaid with 85 lb. new rails .. .. .. .. 22 16 29 55 lb. rails relaid with 85 lb. new rails .. .. .. .. 1 16 10 53 lb., 55 lb., 56 lb., 65 lb., and 70 lb. rails relaid with 70 lb. new rails .. 13 58 10 55 lb. rails relaid with 55 lb. new rails .. .. .. .. 0 0 23 Relaid with 55 lb., 56 lb., and 70 lb. second-hand rails .. .. 3 26 34Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 37 6

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New Works.- -The work of duplicating the main line between Papakura and Horotiu has made steady progress during the year, a further portion of double track between Ngaruawahia and Huntly, a distance of 9 miles 12 chains, being opened for traffic on 4th December, 1938. Good progress continues to be made with the Scroggy Hill grade easement and duplication works, and it is anticipated that the earthwork will be completed during the coming year in readiness for a start to be made with platelaying. Satisfactory progress is also being made with the Henderson-Swanson-Waitakere grade easement. Developmental work on the St. Leonards - Sawyers Bay Deviation is being carried out. At the north end the tunnel portal has been opened out for 40 ft., and this will, shortly be concreted. The south portal has also been opened out, and most of the driving of the tunnel will be done from this end. The work is proceeding satisfactorily. Sleepers and Ballast. —During the year 285,459 new sleepers were laid (including 10,934 used on the Palmerston North Deviation and 4,416 on the Plimmerton-Pukerua Deviation). A total of 234,482 cubic yards of ballast was placed on the track during the year. Bridges.—The strengthening and renewal of bridges has proceeded according to programme during the year, a number of bridges having been close-sleepered, while several small bridges have been replaced with concrete culverts. The principal bridge works in hand are the renewal of the Rangitikei, Waipawa, South Rangitata, Rakaia, and Wairau Bridges. The foundations of the first four bridges have been completed by the contractors while the foundation of the Wairau Bridge is under construction. Level Crossings.—The provision of subways and overbridges to eliminate level crossings is proceeding according to plan, this work being carried out in collaboration with the Main Highways Board. Thirty-six main-highway level crossings were eliminated during the year. A number of level crossings were tar-sealed during the year. Fences and Cattle-stops.—A large number of gangs of workmen have been employed throughout the year in erecting and repairing boundary fences. This work was subsidized by the Labour Department. Protective Works. —The driving of piles and placing of stone in connection with the foreshore protection works at Oamaru has been proceeded with during the year. Five hundred and sixty concrete blocks were placed in position on the foreshore, while some 23,895 cubic yards of stone from Sawyers Bay and Enfield quarries have also been deposited. At New Plymouth the seawall was strengthened by the deposit of 2,560 cubic yards of rock. Buildings and Wharves. —All buildings and wharves have been maintained in a satisfactory condition. Additional office accommodation has been provided at several stations, while alterations and extensions to numerous other buildings have been effected during the year. The programme of painting of buildings has been proceeded with during the year. Dwellings. —All dwellings have been maintained in good order. Platforms and Cattleyards. —During the year new loading facilities were provided at several stations, while the work of enlarging and improving the existing cattle-yards at certain stations was also carried out. Unemployed Relief.--During the year an average of 1,508 casual workers have been employed on earthworks for grade easements, deviations, improvements to track, cutting noxious weeds, repairing fences, &c. SIGNAL AND ELECTRICAL BRANCH. Papakura-Horotiu Duplication. —During the year a further section of double-line automatic signalling between Ngaruawahia and Huntly (9 miles 12 chains) was brought into use, superseding the existing single line automatic signalling. Co-incident with the above, power-interlocking apparatus was brought into use at Taupiri. Stratford-Okabt'ukura-Taumarunui. —The section of automatic signalling installed between Stratford and Whangamomona was brought into use during the year, and it is anticipated that work on the remaining section between Whangamomona and Okahukura will be completed and brought into operation at an early date. The installation of centralized traffic-control equipment for the Taumarunui-Okaliukura Section has been completed and brought into use. This apparatus, which is the first installation of its kind in New Zealand and represents the latest development in signalling, enables the signals and points at Taringamotu (2 miles 65 chains north of Taumarunui) to be operated and controlled from Taumarunui. Napier-Oisborne. —Overseas material to be used in connection with the installation of automatic signalling on this section has now arrived. A commencement has been made with the necessary line work. Wellington New Station and Yard. —The signalling and interlocking work at Wellington new station and yard is complete. Arrangements for the installation of centralized traffic-control apparatus on the Wellington-Paekakariki section are in hand. Whakapara-Opua. —Tablet-working has been brought into use on this section. Fixed signals have been provided at Hukerenui, Maromaku, Motatau, and Kawakawa. Christchurch Station.—Schedules have been prepared for material required, and design work is in progress. The transfer of the Signal and Electric lanes Inspector's depot from Christchurch to Addington is almost completed. Te Kuiti- Puketutu. — A commencement has been made with the installation of automatic signalling betwfeen Puketutu and Te Kuiti., This work will include the remote operation of the new crossing-loop at Waitete by means of centralized traffic-control equipment. Frame-levers.— Frame-levers and points have been installed at forty stations.

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General.—Much work of a general character has been undertaken throughout the year. At several stations alterations and additions have been carried out to the existing signalling and interlocking apparatus, motor points have been provided at several crossing-loops, and a number of stations and sidings have been equipped with tablet locks. At Auckland additional track circuits have been installed, and similar work has been put in hand at Invercargill, Greymouth, and Blackball. At Waitaki Bridge approach lighting of the " Down " signal has been installed. The crossing-loop at Pitcaithly's has been closed and a new crossing-loop opened at Andrews on the automatic signalling section between Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt. The total number of signalling installations in use throughout the system is as follows : — M, Oh. Number. Miles of single-line automatic signalling .. .. .. 224 78 Miles of double-line automatic signalling .. .. .. 99 26 Automatic crossing-loops .. . . .. .. .. . . 39 Automatic switch-locked sidings .. .. .. .. .. 42 Power interlockings .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 Mechanical interlockings . . .. . . .. .. .. 96 Interlocked tramway crossings . . .. .. .. . . 7 Fixed signals and Woods' locked stations . . .. .. . . 301 Tablet locked sidings .. .. .. .. .. .. 280 Tablet-working.—Tablet was installed on the section between Whakapara and Opua, Hukerenui Motatau, and Kawakawa being equipped as "switch-out" stations and Maromaku, Otiria, and Opua as permanent stations. Waihou was opened as a special holiday switch-out station, and Ahuroa, Wharepapa, Pukemiro, and Lochiel converted to switch-out working. Rotowaro was closed as a switch-out station and equipped as a permanent station. The tablet on the Wellington - Johnson ville and Taumarunui-Okahukura sections was superseded by automatic signalling. Wellington, Ngaio, Khandallah, Johnsonville, and Taringamotu were closed as tablet stations. The present position with regard to block working is as follows : — Total mileage equipped with tablet instruments. . .. . . 1,594 Number of tablet instruments in use .. .. .. .. .. 891 Number of tablet stations .. .. .. .. .. .. 359 Number of tablet exchangers .. .. . . .. .. -318 Telegraph and Telephone Facilities. —During the year 335 miles of copper wire were erected in new circuits. A new pole-line was built between Milton and Lawrence, giving a direct telephone service to Dunedin from the Lawrence Branch. Between Wellington and Palmerston North, via'the Wairarapa, train-control selective telephones were installed, and similar work is in progress on the Napier - Palmerston North section. In addition, train-control apparatus was provided between Greymouth and Hokitika, linked in with the system between Christchurch and Greymouth. The rebuilding of the communication lines between Parnassus and Waipara, connecting with the new South Island Main Trunk line, is nearing completion. The construction of the pole-lines being built in conjunction with the Public Works Department on the Napier-Gisborne and South Island Main Trunk railways has continued during the year. In Dunedin a 150-line automatic exchange with a three-position manual board combining Railway and Post and Telegraph lines and two cord-circuit repeaters, providing more efficient service for long-distance calls, have been installed. At Napier a new fifty-line manual-telephone exchange was installed. A new fifty-line switchboard tied in directly with the Wellington Station Exchange has been installed at the Hutt shops and extra circuits provided to meet the increased requirements between Wellington and the workshops. A platform-announcing system was installed at Dunedin. The statistics of communication facilities are as follows :— Morse instruments .. .. .. ' .. .. .. 148 Telephones .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,364 Miles of wire .. .. .. .. .. .. 18,231 Miles of poles .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,118 Railway exchanges, automatic . . . . .. .. .. 9 Railway exchanges, manual . . . . . . . . . . 13 Public-exchange connections . . . . . . . . . . 680 Level-crossing Alarms.—Flashing-light signals have been installed as follows : Huntly, Hakanoa Road; Paeroa, Pokeno-Paeroa Road ; Claudelands, Grey Street; Hastings, St. Aubyn Street; Waikanae, Akatarawa Road ; Amberley, Douglas Road.; Greymouth, Herbert Street; Edendale, Salford Street. The necessity for their use having disappeared following the provision of overhead bridges, subways, or deviations, traffic alarms at nine crossings have been removed. Flashing lights were added to the bells at Bridge Street, Mataura, and superseded, wig-wag signals at New Lynn, Titirangi Road; Feilding, Kimboltou Road ; and Levin, Queen Street. The total number of level crossings now fitted with automatic devices is 119. In addition there is a number of manually controlled bell signals.

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Traction. Otira. —Designs were completed during the year for the provision of a rectifier substation to replace the present steam-station. Tenders were called and orders for material placed. Renewal of the tunnel catenary and relocation of the positive feeder were continued and will be completed at an early date. Wellington-Johnsonville Suburban Line.—The electrified service commenced in July, and extensivo trials were carried out in testing the substations. The substations and the overhead equipment have since functioned without interruption to the services. The control room has been staffed during the hours of traffic for the remote control of the substations. WeUington-Paekakariki.—The duplication of the line between Plimmerton and Paekakariki has involved considerable alterations and additions to the overhead equipment and transmission lines. The erection of double-line overhead is in progress. Complete redesigning of the overhead catenary wire system was necessary on account of curve easements and alterations to the permanent-way. Investigation work in connection with electrification of the Rimutaka Tunnel Deviation, Hutt Valley, and Auckland suburban lines has also been undertaken during the year. Main Wobk shops. Systematic maintenance of the substations attached to the main workshops has been carried out during the year, and also the maintenance of the other electrical appliances, including motor generators motor alternators, rotary convertors, and switchgear. Additional lighting-points and motors have been wired by the workshops' electricians under permit, and this work has been inspected. The rearrangement of the foundry at the Hutt Workshops has involved a considerable amount of electrical reticulation, including the relocating of the electric steel furnace and core ovens. Power has also been provided for the new tinsmiths' shop, which included a new 11,000 volt substation, cable feeders, and local reticulation for lighting and power. General. On the Sawyers Bay - St. Leonards duplication a field workshop for the new tunnel works was provided with electrical supply. Lifts and cranes under the control of the Department have been regularly inspected and maintained. Improvements in the operating of the goods and passenger lifts at Auckland were also effected. Several electrically-driven water-pumping plants for water services were provided, and those already in use, together with the gas-pumping plants have been maintained. The electrically-driven machinery provided at the Wiri ballast pit was reticulated. The new Stores Shipper's building and bus garage at Wellington were connected to the Department's reticulation system and lighting and power connections provided. The electrical reticulation of the M.aroa Sawmill is in hand. Motor installations completed number 20. During the year electric lighting was installed in the stations and yards at Hikurangi, Iloteo, Mount Smart, Renown Siding, Matata, Westmere, Matamau, Hawarden, Michies Crossing, Clifton, Wayby, Wellsford, Rotowaro, Pukemiro, Porewa, Whakarongo, Waimangaroa Junction, Rangitata, Waikiwi, Awarua. Ninety-five houses were equipped with electric lighting. Statistics of electrical equipment are as follows : — Number of houses electrically lighted .. .. .. .. 2,998 Number of stations electrically lighted . . . . .. .. 409 Number of substations .. .. .. .. .. .. 23 Total capacity of substations .. .. .. .. .. 15,890 kVA. Number of station yards flood lighted .. . . . . .. 14 TRACK, PLANT, AND ROLLING-STOCK. The track, bridges, structures, signalling-appliances, rolling-stock, locomotives, 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, 1939, including those on works chargeable to capital, was 25,138, as compared with 22,963 for the previous year. The average number actually at work throughout the year was 24,342, compared with 21,954 the previous year. Of the average number of staff at work during the year 15,627 were permanent and 8,715 were casual employees. The average number of men engaged exclusively on works chargeable to capital was 2,419, as compared with 1,816 during the previous year. During the year 269 members of the permanent staff resigned, 185 retired on superannuation, 56 died, and 66 were dismissed or paid off. Employees to the number of 1,697 were engaged for employment on the permanent staff. Seventy-nine members of the Second Division were promoted to the First Division.

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A total of £65,963 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. The undeimentioned executive officers commenced their retiring leave or retired from the Service during the year :— Mr. S. S. Millington, Comptroller of Stores, Wellington. Mr. ,J . McNair, District Engineer, Christchurch. Mr. L. W. Robertson, Locomotive Engineer, Auckland. Mr. E. S. Brittenden, District Traffic Manager, Christchurch. Mr. H. C. Couch, District Traffic Manager, Auckland. Mr. W. Schierning, District Traffic Manager, Wellington. Mr. D. St. George, District Traffic Manager, Wanganui. Mr. W. A. Woodger, District Traffic Manager, Wellington. Mr. J. A. Lindsay, District Traffic Manager, Invercargill. Mr. S. C. Doyle, Superintendent, Road Services, Wellington. It is with regret that I have to record the death of Mr. J. McNair, late District Engineer, Christchurch, within a few months of his retirement. In concluding this review of the year's operations it affords me much pleasure to record my appreciation of the successful efforts of the staff to cope with the demands made upon their services and for their loyal and efficient co-operation. lam also grateful to the travelling public and other clients of the Department for their many expressions of appreciation of the satisfactory service rendered by the staff. V. General Manager.

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THE LARGEST TYPES OF LOCOMOTIVES NOW BUILT FOR THE NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS DEPARTMENT.

Above: Ka Class Locomotive, 4-8-4 Type. Length Overall, 69ft. 8in.; Cylinders, 20in. by 26in.; Driving-wheels, 4ft. 6in. Diameter; Tractive Force, 30,815 lb.; Weight, 142 Tons.

Below: Kb Class Locomotive, 4-8-4 Type equipped with Booster. Length Overall, 69ft. 8in.; Cylinders, 20in. by 26in.; Driving-wheels, 4ft. 6in. Diameter; Tractive Force, 37,285lb.; Weight, 145 Tons.

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Above: J Class Locomotive, 4-8-2 Type. Length Overall, 66ft. 9in.; Cylinders, 18in. by 26in.; Driving-wheels, 4ft. 6in. Diameter; Tractive Force, 24,960lb.; Weight, 108 Tons.

Below: K Class Locomotive, 4-8-4 Type. Length Overall, 69ft. 8in.; Cylinders, 20in. by 26in.; Driving-wheels, 4ft. 6in. Diameter; Tractive Force, 30,815lb.; Weight, 136 Tons.

BALANCE-SHEETS, STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS, AND STATISTICAL RETURNS, *939-

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INDEX OF STATEMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS, 1938-39.

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Statement r , . numbered Description. 1 Capital Account and General Balance-she^t. Income and Expenditure Accounts:—• Whole Undertaking— 2 Net Revenue Account. 3 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 E —Traffic Transportation. Abstract G —General Charges. Summary of Expenditure Abstracts. 4 Lake Wakatipu Steamers. 5 Refreshment Service. , , 5a Bookstall Service. 6 Advertising Service. 7 Departmental Dwellings. 8 Buildings occupied by Refreshment Service, Bookstall Proprietors, &c. 9 Road Services. Railway Employees' Sick Benefit Society— 10 Balance-sheet. 11 Losses on Developmental Branch Lines and Isolated Sections. Cash Receipts and Payments —Working Railways Account: — 12 Reconciliation Statement; 13 Renewals, Depreciation, and Equalization Reserve Accounts:— General Reserve Account. Insurance Reserve Account. Workers' Compensation Reserve Account. Slips, Floods, and Accidents Equalization Reserve Account. Betterments Reserve Account. Renewals Reserve Account. Depreciation Reserve Account. Expenditure on Construction of Railways, Rolling-stock, &c.:— . 14 Net Revenue, and Rate of Interest earned on Capital expended on Opened Lines. 15 Expenditure out of Working Railways Account (Depreciation Eund) and Public Works Fund. 16 Season Tickets i issued. 17 Operating Traffic and Revenue : —• (1) Operating Traffic. (2) Operating Revenue. 18 Traffic and Revenue for each Station. 19 Classification of Goods and Live-stock Traffio and Earnings by Commodities. 20 Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Operating Revenue, and Operating Expenditure. 21 Number of Employees. 22 Accidents. 23 Carriage and Wagon Stock and Tarpaulins. 24 Locomotive Stock. 25 Locomotive-running Costs.

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STATEMENT No. 1. Capital Account as at 31st March, 1939.

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Total to 31st March, Year ended ! Total to 31st March, Total to 31st March, Year ended Total fco 31st March, 1938. | 31st March, 1939. j 1939. 1938. ; 31st March, 1939. 1939. Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Receipts. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Permanent-way —-Works, buildings, 51,377,269 14 3 1,090,515 15 5 52,467,785 9 8 Capital included in public debt .. 57,326,681 4 11 2,511,428 19 9 59,838,110 4 8 machinery, plant, and dwellings Other capital .. .. .. 9,033,902 6 6 .. 9,033,902 6 6 Rolling-stock, lake steamers, and road 12,284,791 15 1 1,492,086 0 3 13,776,877 15 4 motors 66,360,583 11 5 2,511,428 19 9 68,872,012 11 2 Lines closed for traffic .. .. 362,662 9 4 .. 362,662 9 4 Deduct accrued depreciation and 10,400,000 0 0 .. 10,400,000 0 0 other losses of capital written off 64,024,723 18 8 2,582,601 15 8 66,607,325 14 4 in accordance with subsection (2), Deduct accrued depreciation on exist- 8,281,158 18 7 323,041 13 11 8,604,200 12 6 section 23, of the Government ing assets Railways Amendment Act, 1931 55,743,565 0 1 2,259,560 1 9 58,003,125 1 10 __ Add unexpended balances: Deprecia- 321,622 2 6 351,860 10 9 673,482 13 3 55,960,583 11 5 2,511,428 19 9 58,472,012 11 2 tion Fund Outstanding liabilities .. .. 104,603 11 2 99,991 12 9 204,595 3 11 £56,065,187 2 7 £2,611,420 12 6 £58,676,607 15 1 £56,065,187 2 7 £2,611,420 12 6 £58,676,607 15 1 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. I—continued. General Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1939. Liabilities. Assets. Sundry creditors — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. General creditors (including Sawmills, bush areas, and unpaid wages) and credit stock of timber .. .. .. .. 200,074 15 3 balances .. .. 748,631 10 5 Stores and materials on hand— Government Departments .. 22,474 2 4 Stores Branch .. .. 2,060,241 13 4 771,105 12 9 Subsidiary Services .. 22,028 11 8 Collections for refund to — -———— 2,082,270 5 0 Harbour Boards, shipping Sundry assets— companies, and other Advertising Branch .. 20,100 14 0 carriers .. .. 25,835 0 10 Refreshment Branch .. 36,134 10 7 Government Departments 191 9 9 Housing Improvements .. 9,982 1 7 26,026 10 7 66,217 6 2 Items to be written off on Sundry debtors— receipt of parliamentary Advances to capital .. 187,369 1 6 authority .. .. .. .. 6,065 7 4 Government Departments .. 41,177 16 7 General Reserve .. .. 1,144,552 17 8 Advances: Housing Scheme Depreciation Reserve Account 673,482 13 3 under Government RailRenewals Reserve Account .. 700,333 6 9 ways Amendment Act, Insurance Reserve Accounts —■ 1927, section 15 (5), RailFire .. .. .. 104,248 1 7 way employees .. 233 11 4 Workers' Compensation .. 39,863 10 9 Work in progress, sundry Slips, Floods, and Accidents debtors, and debit balances 274,612 6 2 Equalization Account .. 668 0 2 503,392 15 7 2,663,148 10 2 Employment Promotion Fund : Employment Promotion Fund: Subsidized works.. .. .. .. 463,920 411 Subsidy on Works .. 463,920 4 11 Acorued interest on investments 2,095 17 10 Betterments Reserve : Re- Outstanding at stations — freshment Branch .. .. .. 3,248 2 0 Cash in hand .. .. 63,196 17 2 Sick Benefit Fund .. .. .. .. 45,683 12 7 Freights, &c., owing by Government Departments .. 73,603 19 7 Freights, &c., owing by sundry debtors .. 252,847 8 9 389,648 5 6 Working Railways Investments .. .. 150,000 0 0 Sick Benefit Fund investments .. 49,378 15 7 Cash in Working Railways Account .. .. .. ~ 72,199 14 6 £3,979,198 0 4 £3,979,198 0 4 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. —.T. 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, 1939.

Net Revenue Account.

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Year 1938-39. Year 1937-38. j Statement No. * L — j =— : ; 1 » Gross Revenue. Expenditure. Net Revenue. Gross Revenue. Expenditure. Net Revenue. I mf- " T ~ T £ d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. i £ s. d. £ s. d. Railway operation .. .. .. j 3 8,005,059 7 10 7,663,632 4 9 341,427 3 1 7,591 ,824 10 10 j 7,291,785 1 7 300,039 9 3 Lake Wakatipu steamers .. .. ' 4 7,167 13 0 11,312 14 5 Dr. 4,145 1 5 7,624 3 9 \ 11,143 13 9 Dr. 3,519 10 0 Refreshment service.. .. .. .. 5 167,709 16 6 168,188 12 1: 4,521 4 5 142,786 2 6 ! 140,936 17 3 ! 1,849 5 3 Bookstall service .. .. .. .. 5a 92,603 19 3 88,143 12 6 4,460 6 9 76,719 6 10 73,231 18 10 3,487 8 0 Advertising service .. .. .. .. 6 40,070 13 8 35,134 2 10 4,936 10 10 37,396 14 4 32,626 17 10 4,769 16 6 Dwellings .. .. .. .. .. 7 133,945 11 2 187,193 1 1 Dr. 53,247 9 11 130,683 6 7 183,182 8 7 Dr. 52,499 2 0: Buildings occupied by refreshment services, book- 8 23,88.8 18 10 15,644 18 4 8,244 0 6 20,291 10 9 13,928 13 0 6,362 17 9 stalls, &c. • Road motor services .. .. .. 9 505,611 11 3 480,074 12 2 25,536 19 1 276,526 76 2 254,553 6 8 21,973 9 6 Miscellaneous revenue .. .. .. .. 369,329 16 7 .. 369,329 16. 7 350,333 3 0 , 350,333 3 0 9,345,387 8 1 8,644,323 18 2 .. 8,634,185 14 9 8,001,388 17 6 Total net revenue to Net Revenue Account.. .. .. .. 701,063 9 11 .. 632,796 17 3

Dr. 1938-39. I 1937-38. Cr. 1938-39. 1937-38. . _ _ _ g _ , — _ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. | £ s. d. Interest charges .. .. .. .. 2,418,116 9 6 2,335,807 11 1 Net earnings before charging interest on capital .. 701,063 9 11 - 632,796 17 3 Reduction on account of interest charges, vide \ section 14, Finance Act, 1930 (No. 2) . X,717, 852 19 7 j . 1,703,07// 13 10 2,418,116 9 6 2,335,807 11 1 2,418,116 9 6 2,335,807 11 1

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STATEMENT No. 3. Income and Expenditure in respect of Railway Operation for the Year ended 31st March, 1939.

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! -»a . l ?er Cent - ° f C PPT PPTlt t EXPENDITURE. | 1937 _ 8 , j REVENUE. jJ = 1838 -3, ! X937-38. *" I 1938-39. j 1937-38. g | j 1B:!S . :i0 . 1937-38. of appli- B 6 10 13 I "'m %% " " \l 1 '® 38^ 881 17 *4 * 19-22 19-44 ances ' •33 ! 2-36 | Passengers, season tickets .. ..17 246,764 13 9 222,191 6 8 \ 3 08 | 2-93 Maintenance of rolling-stock .. .. C 1 832 614 13 7 1 792 162 99 SQ 9% fin nf*' lUggag6 ' " " 17 334 ' 169 8 8 318,456 14 10 4-17 4-1.9 Examination, lubrication, and lighting of D 85 481 12 7 78 726 19 0 i m i ns ? k " , 17 5 ' 6 M,935 13 9 5,411,296 17 11 71-15 71-28 vehicles ' 78,74b 19 0 1-07 1-04 Labour, demurrage, &e. .. 17 190,307 14 8 164,050 6 10 2-38 2-16 Locomotive transportation .. .. E 1,727,374 16 10 1,624,382 14 7 21-58 21-40 lraflic transportation .. .. .. F 2,208,310 7 6 2,090,470 15 4 27-58 27-53 General Charges .. .. .. 6 82,236 1 10 78,787 4 0 1-03 1-04 £ s. d. Superannuation subsidy 187,913 5 3 Less amount allocated to subsidiary services, .. 22,674 2 2 .. 165,239 3 1 168,983 1 2 2-06 2-23 Total operating expenses .. .. 7,663,632 4 9 7,291,785 1 7 95-73 96-05 Net operating revenue .. .. .. 341,427 3 1 300,039 9 3 4-27 3-95 I .. £8,005,059 7 10 £7,591 ,824 10 10 100-00 100-00 j .. £8,005,059 7 10 £7,591,824 10 10 100-00 100-00

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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 op Way and Works. General expenses— £ £ £ .£ £ £ £ £ ££ ££ £ £ | £ £ Branch .. .. 7 0-3 40 0-7 6,200 4-2 3,908 2-5 135 3-7 16 0-3 50 0-9 10,356 3-1 District .. .. 319 13-3 353 6-3 26,397 17-7 18,271 11-5 373 10-4 247 3-9 490 8-7 46,450 14-0 Road-bed .. .. 3,250135-4 3,122 55-7115,942 77-9 90,883 57-0 2,194 60-9 3,457 54-0 4,732 84-6 223,580 67-4 Track-renewals .. 1,773 73-9 3,649 65-2318,711 214-0266,880167-4 5,892163-6 2,223 34-7 3,634 65-0 602,762181-6 Ballasting .. .. 1,271 53-0 340 6-1 43,616 29-3 15,469 9-7 165 4-6 103 1-6 1,484 26-5 62,448 18-8 Slips and floods 1,049 18-7 77,566 52-1 21,337 13-4 1,342 37-3 49 0-8 39 0-7 101,382 30-5 Fences, gates, cattle- 27 1-1 895 16-0 14,718 9-9 18,416 11-6 806 22-4 431 6-7 730 13-0 36,023 10-9 stops Roads, level - crossings, 9 0-4 179 3-2 5,439 3-7 3,375 2-1 71 2-0 61 1-0 105 1-9 9,239 2-8 approaches Bridges, viaducts, cul- 1,586 66-1 1,280 22-9 66,311 44-5 54,081 33-9 803 22-3 1,924 30-1 848 15-1 126,833 38-2 verts, &o. Water - services, cranes, 10 0-4 125 2-2 14,746 9-9 9,256 5-8 3,674102-1 43 0-7 176 3-1 28,030 8-4 weighbridges, &c. Wharves .. .. 7 0-3.. .. 193 0-1 .. .. 430 11-9 .. .. 1,350 24-1 1,980 0-6 Cattle - yards, loading- 1 .. 186 3-3 13,368 9-0 8,295 5-2 110 3-1 72 1-0 75 1-3 22,107 6-7 banks, platforms, coal-stages Operating buildings .. 118 4-9 924 16-5 60,043 40-3 40,318 25-3 1,235 34-3 481 7-5 1,520 27-1 104,639 31-5 8,378349-112,142216-8763,250512-6550,489345-4 17,230478-6 9,107142-315,233 272-01,375,829 414-5 Per cent, of operating 209-76 39-23 15-59 18-76 18-29 81-73 41-55 17-19 revenue Per cent, of operating 65-63 36-17 16-82 18-77 21-75 40-89 34-42 17-95 expenditure Per train-mile (pence) 149-07 48-87 21-91 29-44 59-17 55-73 86-59 25-26 Abstract B. —Maintenance of Signals and Electrical Appliances. £££££££££££££ £ £ £ General expenses .. 7 0-3 42 0-7 6,491 4-4 4,065 2-6 143 4-0 17 0-3 52 0-9 10,817 3-3 Signals and interlocking .. .. 17 0-3 21,453 14-3 12,920 8-1 191 5-3 25 0-4 12 0-2 34,618 10-4 Automatic and power .. 25,145 16-8 14,198 8-8 .. .. .. .. .. .. 39,343 11-9 signalling Level-crossing signals .. 2,190 1-5 1,146 0-7 .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,336 1-0 Instruments, block- .. .. 33 0-6 14,406 9-7 8,213 5-2 185 5-1 12 0-2 39 0-7 22,888 6-9 working, tablets, &c. Overhead lines, block- 31 1-3 35 0-6 14,232 9-6 11,505 7-2 59 1-6 52 0-8 48 0-9 25,962 7-8 working, tablets, &c. Overhead lines, auto- .. 4,353 2-9 3,525 2-2 .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,878 2-4 matio signalling Electric lighting used .. .. 21 0-4 9,332 6-3 6,028 3-8 218 6-1 25 0-4 83 1-5 15,707 4-7 in operation Overhead electrification .. 8,201 5-5 10,339 6-5 .. .. .. .. .. .. 18,540 5-6 and bonding Electric - power appli- 2,513 1-7 1,062 0-7 125 3-5 7 0-1 12 0-2 3,719 1-1 ances Buildings .. 2,661 1-8 1,076 0-7 1 .. 3,738 1-1 38 1-6 148 2-6110,977 74-5 74,077 46-5 922 25-6 138 2-2 246 4-4 186,546 56-2 Per cent, of operating 0-95 0-48 2-27 2-52 0-98 1-24 0-67 2-33 revenue Per cent, of operating 0-30 0-44 2-45 2-53 1-16 0-62 0-56 2-43 expenditure Per train-mile (pence) 0-68 0-60 3-19 3-96 3-17 0-84 1-40 3-42

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North Island South Island Kaihu. Gi8borne. Main Line and Main Line and Westport. Nelson. Picton. Total. Branches. Branches. Fteni. Per Per Per Per Per Per Per Per Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Trainmile. mile. mile. mile. mile. mile. mile. mile. Abstract C.—Maintenance op Rolling-stock. General expenses— £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. Branch .. .. 15 0-3 79 0-3 12,253 0-4 7,687 0-4 265 0-9 30 0-2 101 0-6 20,430 0-4 District .. 3,784 0-1 2,602 0-1 6,386 0-1 Locomotives .. 320 5-6 2,247 9-0 456,668 13-2296,399 15-9 5,080 17-4 1,503 9-3 3,284 18-6 765,501 14-0 Cars .. .. 3 0-1 356 1-4 191,102 5-5108,698 5-8 873 3-0 431 2-6 379 2-2 301,842 5-5 Vans and postal vans 3 0-1 102 0-4 29,470 0-8 19,022 1-0 152 0-5 122 0-7 90 0-5 48,961 0-9 Wagons .. .. 268 4-7 2,159 8-7 370,205 10-6244,070 13-1 13,103 45-1 984 6-0 2,129 12-1 632,918 11-6 Service vehicles 28 0-1 8,532 0-2 5,636 0-3 9 609 3-5 14,814 0-3 Tarpaulins, ropes, and Cr. 5 0-1 19 0-1 28,871 0-8 12,467 0-7 254 0-9 89 0-5 68 0-4 41,763 0-8 nets —-—— 604 10-7 4,990 20-1 1,100,885 31-6696,581 37-319,736 67-8 3,159 19-3 6,660 37-91,832,615 33-6 Per cent, of operating 15-12 16-12 22-49 23-74 20-94 28-35 18-16 22-89 revenue Per cent, of operating 4-73 14-86 24-26 23-75 24-91 14-18 15-05 23-91 expenditure Per mile of railway £ 25-17 89-11 739-34 437-00 548-22 49-36 118-93 552-16 Abstract D.—Examination, Lubrication, and Lighting op Vehicles. £ d. £ d. I £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. Examination andlubri- 35 0-6 108 0-41 24,426 0-7 19,525 1-1 958 3-3 126 0-8 148 0-9 45,326 0-8 cation of cars, vans, and wagons Gas lighting of vehicles 3 0-1 56 0-2; 10,018 0-3 4,195 0-2 149 0-5 87 0-5 78 0-4 14,586 0-3 Electrio lighting of .. 14,119 0-4 6,079 0-3 .. .. .. .. .. .. 20,198 0-4 vehicles Depot expenses .. 2 .. 13 0-1 3,697 0-1 1,659 0-1 1 5,372 0-1 40 0-7 177 0-7 52,260 1-5 31,458 1-7 1,108 3-8 213 1-3 226 1-3 85,482 1-6 Per cent, of operating 1-00 0-57 1-07 1-07 1-18 1 -91 0-62 1-07 revenue Per cent, of operating 0-31 0-53 1-15 1-07 1-40 0-96 0-51 1-12 expenditure Per mile of railway £ 1-67 3-16 35-10 19-74 30-78 3-33 4-04 25-76 Abstract E.—Locomotive Transportation. General expenses — £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. Branch .. .. 7 0-1 37 0-1 5,844 0-2 3,676 0-2 127 0-4 15 0-1 48 0-3 9,754 0-2 District .. 5,879 0-2 4,249 0-2 10,128 0-2 Depot supervision .. .. .. 8 28,561 0-8 18,890 1-0 248 0-9 2 52 0-3 47,761 0-9 Wages, allowances, and 712 12-7 2,973 12-0 422,909 12-1250,426 13-3 5,872 20-2 1,948 11-9 3,462 19-7 688,302 12-6 expenses Fuel .. .. 763 13-6 5,930 23-9 556,024 15-9219,854 11-8 3,516 12-1 2,180 13-4 3,496 19-8 791,763 14-5 Water .. .. 61 1-1 142 0-6 17,700 0-5 6,743 0-4 101 0-3 50 0-3 70 0-4 24,867 0-5 Stores .. .. 14 0-2 127 0-5 17,850 0-5 9,290 0-5 170 0-6 66 0-4 126 0-7 27,643 0-5 Shed expenses .. 300 5-3 445 1-8 79,068 2-3 44,931 2-4 1,601 5-5 212 1-3 600 3-4 127,157 2-3 1,857 33-0 9,662 38-91,133,835 32-5558,059 29-8.11,635 40-0 4,478] 27-4 7,854 44-61,727,375 31-7 Per cent, of operating 46-49 31-22 23-17 19-02 12-35 40-14 21-42 21-58 revenue Per cent, of operating 14-55 28-78 24-98 19-03 14-69 20-08 17-75 22-54 expenditure Per mile of railway £ 77-37 172-54 761-47 350-10 323-19 69-89 140-25 520-45

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North Island South Island Kaiha. Gisborne. Main Line and Main Line and Westport. Nelson. Picton. Total. Branches. Branches. Item. Per Per Per Per Per Per Per Per Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train-, Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Trainmile. mile. mile. | mile. mile. mile. mile. mile. Abstract F. —Traffic Transportation. General expenses— £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. Branch .. .. 32 0-6 187 0-8 28.465 0-8 17,717 0-9 630 2-2 71 0-4 221 1-3 47,323 0-9 District .. .. 21 0-4 1,250 5-0 78,854 2-3 55,117 2-9 1,136 3-9 1,025 6-3 1,457 8-3 138,860 2-5 Station expenses— Supervision and office 907 16-1 1,579 6-3 293,892 8-5236,355 12-7 3,669 12-6 1,919 U-6 3,440 19-6 541,761 9-9 Platform .. 52 0-9 86 0-3 119,305 3-4 50,861 2-7 562 1-9 25 0-2 290 1-6 171,181 3-1 Signalling 253 1-0 132,560 3-8 67,005 3-6 1,226 4-2 1 .. 29 0-2 201,074 3-7 Shunting and mar- 52 0-9 330 1-3 161,210 4-6115,853 6-2 3,945 13-5 304 1-9 760 4-3 282,454 5-2 shalling yards Goods-sheds and 51 0-9 93 0-4 129,516 3-7138,405 7-4 1,112 3-8l 310 1-9 1,456 8-3 270,943 5-0 goods-yards Wharves .. 26 0-5 .. .. 32,109 0-9111,371 6-010,639 36-6 .. .. 3,782 21-4 157,927 2-9 Fuel, water, sta- 68 1-2 262 1-1 21,036 0-6 13,348 0-7 240 0-8 233 1-4 199 1-1 35,386 0-6 tionery, and other station expenses Train expenses — Running .. 439 7-8 1,282 5-2 153,645 4-4 89,670 4-8 1,857 6-4 663 4-1 929 5-3 248,485 4-6 Cleaning and heating 26 0-5 81 0-3 54,423 1-6 27,558 1-5 243 0-8 241 1-5 310 1-8 82,882 1-5 vehicles Sleeping-oars .. .. .. .. .. 13,825 0-4 707 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14,532 0-3 Miscellaneous .. 4 0-1 74 0-3 9,607 0-3 5,737 0-3 44 0-2 19 0-1 17 0-1 15,502 0-3 1,678 29-9 5,477 22-01,228,447 35-3929,704 49-725,303 86-9 4,811 29-412,890 73-3 2,208,310 40-5 Per cent, of operating 42-01 17-70 25-10 31-69 26-85 43-18 35-16 27-59 revenue Per cent, of operating 13-14 16-31 27-07 31-70 31-94 21-60 29-13 28-81 expenditure Per mile of railway £ 69-92 97-80 825-01 583-25 702-86 75-17 230-18 665-35 Abstract G. —General Expenses. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. Head Office .. 34 0-6 192 0-8 29,190 0-8 18,141 0-9 646 2-3 73 0-4 224 1-3 48,500 0-9 Appeal Board 4 650 .. 404 .. 14 2 5 1,080 Chief Accountant .. 21 0-4 118 0-5 17,963 0-5 11,163 0-6 397 1-4 45 0-3 138 0-8 29,845 0-5 Training School .. 2 0-0 11 .. 1,692 0-1 1,052 0-1 38 0-1 4 0-1 13 0-1 2,811 0-1 57 1-0 325 1-3 49,495 1-4 30,760 1-6 1,095 3-8 124 0-8 380 2-2 82,236 1-5 Per cent, of operating 1-43 1-05 1-01 1-05 1-16 1-11 1-04 1-03 revenue Per cent, of operating 0-45 0-97 1-09 1-05 1-38 0-56 0-86 1-07 expenditure Per mile of railway £ 2-37 5-80 33-24 19-30 30-42 1-94 6-79 24-78 £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. Superannuation subsidy 114 2-0 652 2-6 99,455 2-9 61,806 3-3 2,200 7-6 248 1-5 764 4-3 165,239 3-0 Summary of Expenditure Abstracts. North South Abstract and Item. Kathu. Gisborne. Westport. Nelson. Picton. Total. Branches. Branches. _ I " " I £ £ £ £ | £ £ £ £ A. —Maintenance of Way and Works .. 8,378 12,142 763,250 550,489 17,230 9,107 15,233 1,375,829 B.—Maintenance of Signals and Electrical 38 148 110,977 74,077 I 922 138 246 186,546 Appliances C.-—Maintenance of Rolling-stock .. 604 4,990 1,100,885 696,581 19,736 3,159 6,660 1,832,615 D.—Examination, Lubrication, and Light- 40 177 52,260 31,458 1,108 213 226 85,482 ing of Vehicles E.- —Locomotive Transportation .. 1,857 9,662 1,133,835 558,059 11,635 4,473 7,854 1,727,375 F.—Traffic Transportation .. .. 1,678 5,477 1,228,447 929,704 25,303 4,811 12,890 2,208,310 G. —General Expenses .. .. 57 325 49,495. 30,760 1,095 124 380 82,236 Superannuation Subsidy 114 652 99,455 61,806 2,200 248 764 165,239 Total .. .. .. 12,766 33,573 4,538,604 2,932,934 79,229 22,273 44,253 7,663,632 Per cent, of operating revenue .. 319-63 108-47 92-74 99-96 I 84-08 199-88 120-69 95-73 Per mile of railway .. .. £ 531-92 599-52 3,048-09 1,839-98 | 2,200-81 348-02 790-23 2,309-02 Per train-mile ' .. .. pence 227-15 135-14 130-28 156-88 272-10 136-30 251-56 140-68

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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. EXPENDITURES. 1988-39.) 1937-38. — j REVENUE. 1938-39. 1937-38. — —j 1938-39. 1937-38. 1938-39. 1937-88 | I £ £ £ £ Salaries and wages, shore staff .. 1,528 1,252 21-32 16-42 Ordinary passengers .. 2,621 2,648 36-58 34-73 Salaries and wages, steamer staff 4,351 4,183 60-70 54-86 Season tickets .. .. 34 38 0-47 0-50 Coal and stores .. .. 1,695 1,559 23 • 65 20-44 Parcels, luggage, and mails .. 493 521 6-87 6 ■ 83 Repairs, steamers .. .. 1,068 1,090 14-90 14-30 Goods .. .. .. 3,990 4,387 55-66 57-5-5 Repairs, wharves, &c... .. 197 920 2-75 12-07 Miscellaneous .. ,. 30 30 0-42 0-39 Insurance, depreciation, &c. .. 932 846 13-00 11-10 Motor-lorry expenses .. .. j 712 634 9-93 8-32 10,483 10,484 146-25 137-51 \ 7,168 7,624 100-00 100-00 | Operating loss .. .. 3,315 2,860 46-25 37-51 10,483 10,484 146-25 137-51 \ 10,483 10,484 146-25 137-51 Operating loss .. .. 3,315 2,860 46-25 37-51 Payments to railway revenue— Interest on capital .. .. 830 660 11-58 8-66 : Net loss .. .. .. 4,145 3,520 57-83 46-17 | 4,145 3,520 57-83 46-17 j 4,145 3,520 57-83 46-17

Per Cent, ol Revenue. EXPENDITURE. 1938-89. 1937-38. — HE VENUE. 1938-39. 1937-38 1938-39. 1937-38. | £ £ £ £ Salaries and wagi s .. .. 55,012 49,074 32-80 34-37 Receipts from Refreshment-rooms .. 167,710 142,786 Provisions used .. ..76,770 66,285 45-77 46-42 Light, fuel, and water .. 3,393 2,653 2-02 1-86 Renewals and depreciation .. 4,908 4,109 2-93 2-87 Insurance and miscellaneous .. 7,841 4,260 4-68 2-99 147,924 126,381 88-20 88-51 Operating profit .. .. 19,786 16,405 11-80 11-49 167,710 142,786 100-00 100-00 167,710 142,786 Payments to railway revenue— Interest on capital .. .. 1,465 1,230 0-87 0-86 Operating profit .. .. .. 19,786 16,4.05 Rent .. .. .. 10,309 9,817 6-14 6-87 Freights and fares .. .. 3,491 3,509 2-09 2-46 Net profit .. .. .. 4,521 1,849 2-70 1-30 19,786 16,405 11-80 ! 11-49 19,786 16,405 I

Per Cent, of llevenue. EXPENDITURE. 1938-39. 1937-38 REVENUE. 1938-39. 1937-38 1938-39. 1937-38. £ £ £ £ Salaries and wages .. .. 9,543 8,639 10*30 11-26 Receipts .. .. .. .. 92,604 76,719 Stores .. .. .. 68,675 56,489 74-16 73-64 Miscellaneous.. .. .. 1,240 1,010 1-34 1-31 79,458 66,138 85-80 86-21 Operating profit .. .. 13,146 10,581 14*20 13-79 92,604 76,719 100*00 100-00 j 92,604 76,719 Payments to railway revenue— Rents .. .. .. 8,490 6,905 9*17 9-00 Operating profit .. .. .. 13,146 10,581 Rail freights .. .. 196 189 0*21 0-25 Net profit .. .. .. 4,460 3,487 4*82 4-54 13,146 10,581 14*20 13-79 I 13,146 10,581 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, oI Revenue. EXPENDITURE. 1938-39. 1937-38. — REVENUE. 1988-39. 1937-38 1938-39. 1937-38. . £ £ £ £ Salaries, wages, and allowances 8,243 8,396 20-57 22-45 Advertising-signs, publications, &c. .. 40,071 37,397 Stores and materials .. .. 2,293 1,483 5-72 3-96 Insurance and depreciation .. 3,.l53 7,067 7-87 18-89 Office and general expenses .. 7,966 2,935 19-88 7-86 21,655 19,881 54-04 53-16 Operating profit .. .. 18,416 17,516 45-96 46-84 40,071 37,397 100-00 100-00 40,071 37,397 Payments to railway revenue— Interest on capital .. .. 697 761 1-74 2-03 Operating profit .. .. .. 18,416 17,516 Rent of premises and sites .. 11,500 10,866 28-70 29-07 Commission .. .. 1,051 902 2-62 2-41 Freights .. .. .. 231 217 0-58 0-58 Net profit .. .. .. 4,937 4,770 12-32 12-75 18,416 17,516 45-96 46-84 18,416 17,516

Per Cent, of Revenue. EXPENDITURE. 1938-39. 1937-38. r— REVENUE. 1938-39. 1937-38. 1938-39. 1937-38. £ £ £ £ Wages and charges .. .. 58,668 62,126 43-81 47-54 Rentals .. .. .. ..133,946 130,883 Materials .. .. .. 26,272 21,694 19-61 16-60 Insurance .. .. .. 324 668 0-24 0-51 Depreciation .. .. 37,504 35,033 28-00 26-81 122,768 119,521 91-66 91-46 Operating profit .. .. 11,178 11,162 8-34 8-54 133,946 130,683 100-00 100-00 133,946 130,683 Payments to railway revenue— Operating profit .. .. .. 11,178 11,162 Interest .. .. .. 64,425 63,661 48-10 48-71 Net loss .. .. .. .. 53,247 52,499 64,425 63,661 48-10 48-71 64,425 63,661

Per Cent, of Revenue. EXPENDITURE. 1938-39.1987-38. ; — REVENUE. 1938-39. 1937-38 1938-39. 1937-38. £ £ £ £ Wages and charges .. .. 4,022 2,682 16-84 13-22 Rentals .. .. .. .. 23,889 20,292 Materials .. .. .. 1,083 877 4-53 4,-32 Insurance and depreciation .. 3,674 3,678 15• .38 18-12 8,779 7,237 36-75 35-66 Operating profit .. .. 15,110 13,055 63-25 64-34 23,889 20,292 100-00 100-00 23,889 20,292 Payments to railway revenue— Interest .. .. .. 6,866 6,692 28-74 32-98 Operating profit .. .. .. J 15,110 13,055 Net profit .. .. .. 8,244 6,363 34-51 31-36 15,110 13,055 63-25 64-34 15,110 13,055

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

STATEMENT No. 10. Railway Employees' Sick Benefit Society.

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Per Cent, of Per Cent, of Revenue. Revenue. EXPENDITURE. 1988-39. 1987-38. REVENUE. 1938-39. 1937-38. 1938-39. 1937-38. 1938-39. 1937-88 . £ £ £ £ Superintendence — Salaries and 60,852 26,509 12-04 9-59 Passengers .. .. .. 283,546234,697 56-09 84-87 office expenses Goods, parcels, mails, &c. .. 220,295 40,144 43-56 14-52 Maintenance charges .. .. 78,918 39,100 15-61 14-14 Miscellaneous .. .. 1,771 1,686 0-35 0-61 Running-expenses .. .. 248,601127,875 49-16 46-24 License fees .. .. .. 15,301 8,431 3-03 3-05 Insurance and depreciation .. 64,126 45,392 12-68 16-42 467,798247,307 92-52 89-44 Operating profit .. .. 37,814 29,220 7-48 10-56 505,612 276,527100-00 100-00 505,612276,527 100-00 100-00 Payment to railway revenue— Interest on capital .. .. 12,277 7,246 2-43 2-62 Operating profit .. .. 37,814 29,220 7-48 10-56 Net profit .. .. .. 25,537 21,974 5-05 7-94 37,814 29,220 7-48 10-56 37,814 29,220 7,48 10-56

Income and Expenditure. EXPENDITURE. | 1938-39. | 1937-38. INCOME. 1938-39. 1937-38. £ £ £ £ Sick benefits paid to members .. .. 38,390 27,090 Contributions .. .. .. .. 26,671 23,715 Balanoe carried down, being excess of income .. 0,433 Entrance fees .. .. .. .. 360 337 over expenditure Interest on Investments .. .. .. 1,663 1,471 Subsidy as per seotion 5, subsection (1), of 8,000 8,000 Government Railways Amendment Act, 1928, charged to Working Railways Account Balance being excess of expenditure over income 1,696 for the year 38,390 33,523 38,390 33,523 Excess of expenditure over income .. .. 1,696 .. Accumulated funds brought forward on 1st April 47,392 40,959 Balance accumulated funds as at 31st March .. 45,696 47,392 Balance .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,433 47,392 47,392 47,392 47,392 Balance-sheet. Liabilities. £ £ Assets. £ £ Accumulated funds .. .. .. 45,696 47,392 Investments .. .. .. .. 49,379 46,916 Sick pay due not paid .. .. .. 41 74 Cash in Working Railways Account .. .. .. 492 Working Railways Account .. .. 3,695 .. Contributions outstanding at 31st March .. 53 58 49,432 47,466 49,432 47,466 j ]_£ ' i

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STATEMENT No. 11. Statement of Losses on Developmental Branch Lines from 6th March, 1938, to 4th March, 1939, and Isolated Sections from 1st April, 1938, to 31st March, 1939.

STATEMENT No. 12, Statement of Cash Receipts and Payments.—Working Railways Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Balance brought forward .. .. .. 760,851 19 1 Investments, Siok Benefit Fund .. .. 800 0 0 Revenue receipts .. .. .. 9,430,704 17 6 Wages and vouchers .. .. .. 11,747,690 1 4 " Credits-in-aid " (Working Railways expen- Refunds to Harbour Boards, shipping comditure) .. .. .. .. 2,755,912 1 1 panies, and other carriers .. .. 535,294 13 8 Contributions to Sick Benefit Fund .. 35,115 1 3 Interest on capital .. .. .. 701,063 9 11 Interest on investments .. .. .. 8,681 10 1. Payments from Sick Benefit Fund .. .. 34,217 9 7 Investments realized .. .. .. 100,000 0 0 Balance as per general balance-sheet .. 72,199 14 6 £13,091,265 9 0 £13,091,265 9 0 Reconciliation Statement. „ . £ s. d. Credit balance in Working Railways Account as per Treasury figures .. .. 33,718 2 6 Add— Imprests outstanding .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36,999 10 7 Cash in transit .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,482 1 5 Balance as per above statement .. .. .. .. . .. .. £72,199 14 6

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I Average per Mile of Line operated. Mileage Loss on Feeder Total Net i n i£Snff & fed -,3 ef! « — BrmC »- operated. Working. Value. Loss. §§ 1§ £ I g lj dS I £ £ £ £ ££££££ Kaikohe .. .. .. .. 25 7,697 2,189 5,508 19,913 282 88 370 590 576 797 Kirikopuni .. .. .. 14 5,351 1,065 4,286 48,613 305 76 381 687 3,166 3,472 Waiuku .. .. .. .. 13 6,026 1,095 4,931 13,329 528 84 612 992 646 1,025 Taneatua .. .. .. .. Ill 32,862 8,402 24,460 137,371 843 76 919 1,139 1,017 1,238 Opunake .. .. .. .. 23 4,318 1,503 2,815 20,745 297 65 362 485 780 902 Greytown .. .. .. •• 3 2,849 361 2,488 2,925 122 120 242 1,071 146 975 North Island totals .. .. 189 59,103 14,615 44,488 242,896 629 77 706 942 1,050 1,285 Eyreton-Oxford .. .. .. 43 5,673 159 5,514 9,444 100 4 104 232 91 220 Cheviot .. .. .. .. 44 5,090 682 4,408 19,148 473 16 489 584 335 435 Little River .. .. .. 23 6,285 112 6,173 10,785 376 5 381 649 201 469 Southbridge .. .. . • 26 801 340 461 4,156 666 13 679 697 142 160 Whitecliffs .. .. .. 12 4,047 231 3,816 4,471 199 19 218 536 55 373 Methven .. .. .. .. 23 4,293 549 3,744 7,099 349 24 373 535 146 309 Springburn.. .. .. .. 28 1,715 225 1,490 3,856 144 8 152 206 84 138 Eairlie .. .. .. .. 36 1,554 488 1,066 6,859 404 14 418 447 161 191 Waimate .. .. .. .. 13 5,976 482 5,494 7,450 191 37 228 651 150 573 Kurow .. .. .. •• 37 7,196 288 6,908 10,762 215 8 223 409 104 291 Ngapara .. .. .. .. 15 2,757 245 2,512 5,996 347 16 363 531 232 400 Waihemo .. .. .. . • 9 867 319 548 1,847 277 35 312 374 144 205 Otago Central .. .. .. 147 31,130 850 30,280 92,584 742 6 748 954 424 630 Outram .. .. .. .. 9 1,941 78 1,863 3,394 138 9 147 353 170 377 Roxburgh .. .. .. .. 61 15,131 400 14,731 44,636 225 7 232 473 490 732 Catlins River .. .. .. 43 3,859 765 3,094 22,514 338 18 356 428 452 524 Tapanui .. .. .. .. 27 5,816 529 5,287 10,264 239 20 259 454 184 380 Waikaka .. .. .. .. 13 1,977 193 1,784 4,580 145 15 160 297 215 352 Switzers .. .. .. .. 14 2,363 158 2,205 5,251 88 11 99 257 218 375 Wyndham.. .. .. .. 4 1,013 247 766 1,385 240 62 302 493 155 346 Seaward Bush .. .. .. 34 6,036 261 5,775 12,997 279 8 287 456 212 382 Orawia .. .. .. .. 9 791 149 642 5,056 113 17 130 201 490 562 Forest Hill .. .. .. 13 1,340 256 1,084 1,985 160 20 180 263 69 153 Mararoa .. .. .. .. 12 1,149 153 996 1,990 89 13 102 185 83 166 South Island totals .. .. 695 118,800 8,159 110,641 298,509 376 12 388 546 270 430 Totals, both Islands.. .. 884 177,903 22,774 155,129 541,405 430 26 456 631 437 612 Isolated Sections. Kaihu .. .. .. .. 24 8,580 .. 8,580 15,460 .. .. 182 540 287 644 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 56 1,898 .. 2,028 35,025 .. .. 587 62l 592 625 Nelson .. •• •• 64 11,050 .. 11,050 32,839 .. .. 193 366 340 513 Picton .. .. .. .. 56 7,135 .. 7,135 31,917 .. .. 710 837 443 570 Totals .. .. .. 200 28,663 .. 28,793 115,241 .. .. 447 590 433 576 Grand totals .. .. 1,084 206,566 22,774 183,922 656,646

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STATEMENT No. 13. RENEWALS, DEPRECIATION, AND EQUALIZATION RESERVE ACCOUNTS. General Reserve Account. £ s. d. Balance .. .. .. .. £1,144,552 17 8 Insurance Reserve Account. Expenditure.. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Losses .. .. .. .. .. 1,682 17 0 Balance from previous year .. .. 106,169 3 2 Upkeep railway firo brigades and fire appliances.. 2,909 5 8 Premiums debited to working-expenses .. 2,671 1 1 Balance .. .. .. .. .. 104,248 I 7 £108,840 4 3 £108,840 4 3 Balance .. .. .. .. .. £104,248 1 7 Workers' Compensation Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Accident payments .. .. .. .. 65,962 13 2 Balaneo from previous year .. .. 44,558 3 6 Balance .. .. .. .. .. 39,863 10 9 Premiums debited to working-expenses .. 61,268 0 5 £105,826 3 II £105,826 3 11 Balaneo .. .. .. .. .. £39,863 10 9 Slips, Floods, and Accidents Equalization Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Repairs to bridges, track, &c. .. .. 38,973 3 4 Balance from previous year .. .. 20,385 3 6 Balance . . .. .. .. .. 668 0 2 Contributions debited to working-expenses .. 19,256 0 0 £39,641 3 6 £39,641 3 6 Balance .. .. .. .. .. £668 0 2 Betterments Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Balance .. .. .. .. .. 3,248 2 0 Balance from previous year.. .. .. 1,794 4 6 Contributions debited to working-expenses, Refreshment Branch .. .. .. 1,453 17 6 £3,248 2 0 £3,248 2 0 Renewals Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Relaying of track .. .. .. .. 296,865 15 5 Balance from previous year .. .. 790,489 16 11 Refreshment Branch .. .. .. 458 14 9 Contributions debited to working-expenses .. 207,168 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. .. 700,333 6 9 £997,657 16 11 £997,657 16 11 Balance .. .. .. .. .. £700,333 6 9 Depreciation Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Way and works, bridges, and portable plant .. 136,525 19 4 Balance from previous year .. .. 321,622 2 6 Operating buildings .. .. .. 2,488 2 0 Contributions— Signalling and interlocking .. .. .. 30,694 8 0 Way and works, bridges, wharves and plant 83,297 9 1 Rolling-stock .. .. .. .. 158,090 14 1 Operating buildings .. .. .. 41,973 0 0 Locomotive running and car and wagon depot Signals, interlocking, and eleotric traction .. 59,199 2 6 plant .. .. .. .. .. 19 10 9 Rolling-stock .. .. .. .. 357,702 14 1 Dwellings .. .. .. .. 16,846 15 0 Locomotive running and car and wagon depot Refreshment, advertising, road service and stores plant .. .. .. .. 3,313 0 0 buildings .. .. .. .. 0 9 9 Dwellings .. .. .. .. 36,839 0 0 Workshops buildings and plant .. .. 2,151 11 8 Head Office buildings and plant .. .. 3,916 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. .. 673,482 13 3 Refreshment, advertising, road service, and stores buildings .. .. .. 6,640 0 0 Workshops buildings and plant .. .. 41,983 0 0 Lake Wakatipu steamer servioe .. .. 637 0 0 Road services .. .. .. .. 63,177 15 8 £1,020,300 3 10 £1,020,300 3 10 Balance .. .. .. .. .. £673,482 13 3

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STATEMENT No. 14. Expenditure on Construction of Railways, Rolling-stock, etc., to 31st March, 1939; Net Revenue and Rate of Interest earned on Capital expended on Opened Lines for Year ended same Date.

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Opened Lines. Section of Railway. "unes Revenue Interest Lines and Rolling- j T t . LlDes - Revenue. earnedj Works. stock. j 10taL £ £ £ £ £ £ S. d. Kaihu .. .. .. .. .. 159,654 586 160,240 .. -8,772 .! Gisborne " !! !! !! 746!610 '' !! 2,480,101 North Island Main Line and Branches .. 29,668,923 5,418,560 35,087,483 .. 355,468 1 0 9 „ „ .. .. .. .. 2,915,358 South Island Main Line and Branches .. 16,169,686 2,774,359 18,944,045 .. 1,072 0 0 1 938 409 Westport " .. !! .! 4 3 10 934,272 Nelson.. .. .. .. .. 497,242 9,898 507,140 .. -11,130 „ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 256,657 Pioton .. .. .. .. .. 575,547 13,410 588,957 .. -7,587 „ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 790,080 48,130,597 8,282,707 56,413,304 .. 341,427 0 13 7 8,314,877 Lake Wakatipu steamer service .. .. 19,466 .. 19,466 .. —4,145 Subsidiary services, &o. .. .. .. 2,233,942 .. 2,233,942 .. 363,781 In suspense— Surveys, North Island .. .. .. .. .. .. 31,235 Surveys, South Island .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,880 General .. .. .. .. 9,896 .. 9,896 10,337 P.W.D. stock of permanent-way .. .. .. .. 36,971 50,393,901 8,282,707 58,676,608 8,399,300 701,063 14 7 Total cost of opened and unopened lines at .. .. 67,075,908 31st March, 1939 I NOT®.—The amount stated in this return as the oost 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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STATEMENT No. 15. Expenditure out of Working Railways Account (Depreciation Fund) and Public Works Fund for the Year ended 31st March, 1939.

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Working Railways VJ . w „_ t _ Way and Works Branch: Particulars of Works. Depredation , Total. Fund. luna - £ £ £ Land .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 23 10,000 9,977 Grading and formation. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,927 148,523 159,452 Tunnels .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 680 680 Bridges (structures only) .. .. .. .. .. 124,659 5,472 130,131 Overbridges .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,001 10,001 Culverts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,922 11,922 Subways .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,296 12,296 Fences, gates, and cattlestops .. .. .. .. .. 2 3,062 3,064 Permanent-way .. .. .. .. .. .. 769 89,861 90,630 Station buildings and platforms .. .. .. .. .. 1,944 48,336 50,280 Oattleyards, loading-banks .. .. .. .. .. 44 5,444 5,488 Engine-sheds, car and wagon depots, and other operating buildings .. 544 40,307 40,851 Dwellings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16,847 141,796 158,643 Land for dwellings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,281 2,281 Huts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 72 Or. 72 Lake Wakatipu wharves .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,821 1,821 Water services .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 2,058 2,158 Stores buildings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,504 7,504 Locomotive workshops buildings .. .. .. .. .. 2,151 113,033 115,184 Locomotive workshops plant .. .. .. .. .. .. 332 332 Locomotive depot plant .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 137 157 Refreshment, advertising, and bookstall buildings .. .. .. .. 2,846 2,846 Road service buildings .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 57,663 57,664 Cranes, weighbridges, oapstans, and turntables .. .. .. 47 14,607 14,654 Movable plant for Maintenance Branch .. .. ... .. .. 7,253 7,253 Miscellaneous (roads, sewerage, drainage, fire-fighting appliances) . .. 8,525 8,525 Signalling and interlocking .. .. .. .. .. 9,052 6,754 15,806 Tablet installations .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,273 5,261 12,534 Automatic and power signalling .. .. .. .. .. 859 69,889 70,748 Electric lighting .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,696 9,576 11,272 Communication lines and apparatus .. .. .. .. 9,312 18,812 28,124 Level-crossing warning-signals .. .. .. .. .. 2,505 205 2,710 Electric-power appliances .. .. .. .. .. .. 489 489 Overhead electrification .. .. .. .. .. .. Or. 2 Cr. 2,108 Cr. 2,110 Overhead wires for automatic and power signalling .. .. .. .. 31,424 31,424 Signal-cabins .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 163 163 188,727 886,155 1,074,882 Expenditure by Public Works Department— Turakina-Okoia grade easement .. .. .. .. .. .. 124,717 124,717 Tawa Elat deviation .. .. .. .. .. . . .. 79 79 Plimmerton-Paekakariki duplication .. .. .. .. .. 26,722 26,722 Palmerston North deviation .. .. .. .. .. .. 20,316 20,316 Rimutaka deviation and tunnel .. .. .. .. . . .. 599 599 188,727 1,058,588 1,247,315

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STATEMENT No. 15—continued. Expenditure out of Working Railways Account (Depreciation Fund) and Public Works Fund for the Year ended 31st March, 1939—continued. Locomotive Branch: Particulars of Rolling-stock.

Particulars of Workshop and De-pot Machinery, Motor-buses, and Motor-lorries. £ £ £ Workshop equipment .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . • •• 81,021 81,021 Machinery and equipment for locomotive running, and car and wagon depots .. .. . • 3, 940 3,940 Motor-buses and motor-lorries .. .. .. .. .. .. •• Cr. 352 197,205 196,853 Reconciliation Statement, Public Works Fund. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Expenditure charged by Expenditure— Treasury .. .. 2,653,040 10 2 Way and Works Branch .. ... .. 1,058,588 6 9 Vouchers outstanding Locomotive Branch .. .. .. 1,415,039 0 4 previous year .. 104,603 11 2 Road services .. .. •• 197,204 12 7 2,548,436 19 0 Less recoveries .. .. .. 89,604 3 3 2,458,832 15 9 Public Works Department: Administration oharges .. .. .. .. 7,404 0 0 Vouchers outstanding at 31st March, 1939 204,595 3 11 £2,670,831 19 8 £2,670,831 19 8 — i --

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Number Number Number E Working 6 ' Expenditure Description of Stock ordered. ISTKh?" SSarc™ 'siTCch™ »SL *° UL 1938. ' 1939. 1939. P Fund £ £ £ Locomotives, Classes Ka, Kb .. .. 26 .. 41 .. 199,948 199,948 Locomotives, Class J .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 134 134 Spares for locomotives, Class K .. .. .. .. 65 .. 65 Convert three Garrett locomotives to six G loco- .. .. .. 52 .. 52 motives Electric head and tail lights for locomotives .. .. .. .. 1,901 .. 1,901 Fit exhaust steam injectors to locomotives .. .. .. .. 929 .. 929 Fit superheaters to locomotives .. .. .. .. .. 429 .. 429 Material for Ka locomotives .. .. .. .. .. .. 73,484 73,484 Electric locomotives .. .. .. 10 1 9 633 31,058 31,691 Material for electric locomotives .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,653 15,653 Build five X boilers .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,086 5,086 Build one Wf boiler .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,240 1,240 Rail cars .. .. .. .. 6 5 1 .. 80,870 80,870 Multiple units, ooaohes and trailers .. .. 12 12 .. .. 97,553 97,553 Carriages, Class A .. .. .. .. 103 39 106 57,805 180,352 238,157 Carriage, one vice-regal .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 156 156 Fitting new and improving lavatories in existing .. .. .. 2,620 .. 2,620 carriages Fitting steam heat to carriages .. .. .. .. .. 1,017 .. 1,017 Improve seating in carriages .. ., .. .. .. 8,638 .. 8,638 Fitting air-conditioning equipment to carriages .. .. .. 4 .. 4 Fitting eleotric light to carriages .. .. .. .. .. .. 416 416 Roller-bearing bogies for carriages .. .. .. .. .. Gr. 8,195 55,814 47,619 Fitting Westinghouse brake to carriages .. .. .. .. .. 870 870 Brake-vans, Class F .. .. .. 29 .. 81. 2,458 216 2,674 Wagons, Class G .. .. .. .. 15 .. 15 .. 200 200 Wagons, Class H .. .. .. .. 87 30 222 .. 14,524 14,524 Wagons, Class J .. .. .. .. 516 300 816 .. 72,349 72,349 Wagons, Class La .. .. .. .. 1,930 980 1,700 70,742 214,645 285,387 Wagons, Class Mo .. .. .. .. 10 .. 90 .. 760 760 Wagons, Class N .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 2 2 Wagons, Class Q .. .. .. .. .. 20 .. 45 45 Wagons, Class S .. .. .. .. 15 15 .. .. 6,489 6,489 Wagons, Class T .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 .. 15 15 Wagons, Class Ub .. .. .. .. 128 11 137 1,810 14,394 16,204 Wagons, Class Ug .. .. .. .. 15 .. 29 .. 4,117 4,117 Wagons, Class Vb .. .. .. .. 14 19 22 .. 31,214 31,214 Wagons, Class W .. .. .. .. 34 12 102 .. 12,156 12,156 Wagons, Class Xa .. .. .. .. 36 .. 186 .. 4,325 4,325 Wagons, Class Xb .. .. .. .. 6 6 .. .. Gr. 234 Gr. 234 Wagons, Class Yb .. .. .. .. 30 .. 70 4 2,386 2,390 Wagons, Class Z .. .. .. .. 30 .. 40 .. Or. 714 Or. 714 Respringing wagons .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,378 .. 8,378 Fitting Westinghouse brake to Vb wagons .. .. .. .. 7,269 .. 7,269 Fitting Janny-j oke drawgear to M agons .. .. .. .. 1,829 .. 1,829 Material for cars, brake-vans, and wagons .. .. .. .. .. 183,300 183,300 Spare parts for rolling-stock.. .. .. .. .. .. •• 3,974 3,974 40-ton breakdown cranes .. .. .. 2 .. 2 37 12,386 12,423 10-ton steam-cranes ... .. .. .. .. 2 18 10,894 10,912 3,054 1,430 3,701 158,443 1,330,077 1,488,520 Summary. Locomotives .. .. .. .. 36 1 50 Rail cars .. .. .. .. .. 6 5 1 Motor coaches and trailers .. .. .. 12 12 Carriages .. .. .. .. .. 103 39 106 Brake-vans .. .. .. .. 29 .. 81 Wagons, bogie .. .. .. .. 202 45 238 Wagons, four-wheeled .. .. .. 2,664 1,328 3,221 Cranes .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 4 3,054 M30 3/701 „ .. . .

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STATEMENT No. 16. Statement of Season Tickets issued for the Years ended 31st March, 1936 to 1939.

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1938-39. . 1937-38. 1936-37. 1935-36. Description of Tickets. ; : , Number. Amount. Number. | Amount. Number. I Amount. Number, \ Amount. ! i I £ £ £ £ Annual, all lines .. .. .. 6 665 5 566 10 1,019 0 1,078 Annual, North Island .. .. 47 3,973 52 4,592 55 4,629 49 4,223 Annual, South Island .... 1 71 1 74 4 279 4 274 Sectional annual, North Island .. 169 10,478 ISO 11,106 191 11,240 199 11,752 Sectional annual. South Island .. 66 3,325 74 3,524 84 4,075 98 4,745 Reporters' annual .. .. .. 18 832 19 814 16 679 16 677 Tourist, all lines .. .. .. 54 863 56 898 50 809 76 1,185 Tourist, North Island .. .. 168 1,565 209 1,909 206 1,995 247 2,397 Tourist, South Island .. .. 29 251 62 501 32 299 45 396 School .. ... .. .. 25,078 21,972 25,318 21,492 25,693 21,865 26,148 22,218 Bearer twelve-trip .. .. .. 56,649 10,099 62,969 11,246 72,920 15,741 72,607 16,339 Bearer six-trip .. .. .. 326,289 51,091 208,019 31,859 10,673 1,658 Weekly twelve-trip .. .. .. 58,512 10,066 69,391 11,601 110,844 21,252 109,418 20,882 Weekly workmen's .. .. .. 74,132 13,812 93,053 16,431 257,843 43,364 243,120 40,508 Suburban twelve-trip .. .. 291,715 56,09.1 245,342 45,542 All other season .. .. .. 55,911 61,611 45,747 60,036 34,442 60,768 30,110 53,884 Totals .. .. .. 888,844 246,765 750,497 1222 ,191 513,063 189,672 482,146 180,558 Total passenger journeys .. 15,452,332 .. 14,372,194 \ .. 12,950,472 .. 12,394,700

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STATEMENT No. 17. Statement of Operating Traffic and Revenue for the Year ended 31st March, 1939. (1) OPERATING TRAFFIC.

(2) OPERATING REVENUE.

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1 ,. I Passengers. Live-stock. Goods. : _ _ ____ ____ Gross Section. j„ r . ! | lit ...' uta ' Traffic. 1 Hist Ciass. Second Class. ; Total. I Cattle - Calves. Sheep. Pigs. Total. Timber - Goods. Total. Tonnage. J I ! ! I ! J Miles. Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. I Tons. Kaihu .. .. .. .. 24 203 13,757 13,960 72 4 .. .. 4 j 1 2,777 1,168 3,945 3,946 Gisbome .. .. .. .. 56 1,261 14,184 15,445 48 2,055 .. 100,968 263! 103,286 4,737 10,859 61,633 72,492 77,229 North Island Main Line and Branches .. 1,489 211,358 4,421,018 4,632,376 614,739 439,293 599,753 4,684,599 613,020 1 6,336,665 394,454 277,928 3,039,858 3,317,786 3,712,240 South Island Main Line and Branches .. 1,594 154,365 2,869,151 3,023,516 272,252 96,382 24,428 4,466,432 44,238 4,631,480 214,218 208,293 2,811,925 3,020,218 3,234,436 Westport .. .. .. .. 216 54,247 54,463 681 155 .. 126 .. 281 57 703 443,282 443,985 444,042 Nelson .. .. .. .. 64 | 249 24,441 24,690 540 558 1,975 25,286 2,525 1 30,344 i 1,423 78 17,813 17,891 19,314 Picton .. .. .. .. 56 2,549 46,437 48,986 512 777 | 180 164,789 99 ( 165,845 6,865 1,006 | 39,934 40,940 47,805 Total railway operation .. .. 3,319 370,201 7,443,235 7,813,436 888,844 539,224 626,336 9,442,200 660,145 11,267,905 ( 621, 755 501,644 6,415,613 6,917,257 7,539,012 Lake Wakatipu steamers .. .. .. .. 16,077 16,077 ,. 191 .. 12,366 .. 12,557 558 369 5,524 5,893 6,451

Revenue. Mileage. Length Per o *• Open Dn.nnio Mile of Section. fnr JrflTcels, y „ i,Total "Rjiilw&v Per Traffic. p 01 ™™- Ti'SfpS Lu ffH ge ' Goods. Demurrage. Total Goods. Operating per Train- Train. Shimting, Total. Passengers. Tickets. | and Coaching. & b Revenue? Annum mile. &e - Mails. | (Aver . age). ! I Miles. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ d. Number. Number. Number. Kaihu . . 24 661 288 1,112 2,061 1,913 20 1,933 3,994 166 71-07 13,488 2,534 16,022 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 56 1,161 607 1,106 2,874 27,882 194 28,076 30,950 553 124-58 ! 59,624 12,107 71,731 North Island Main Line and Branches .. 1,489 1,027,079 168,561 230,962 1,426,602 3,370,009 97,461 3,467,470 4,894,072 3,287 140-48 8,361,257 2,739,495 11,100,752 South Island Main Line and Branches .. 1,594 502,562 74,524 99,009 676,095 2,174,636 83,275 2,257,911 2,934,006 1,841 156-94 4,486,925 1,893,518 6,380,443 Westport .. .. .. .. 36 2,876 853 667 4,396 85,281 4,551 89,832 94,228 2,617 323-61 69,883 50,278 120,161 Kelson .. .. .. .. 64 1,317 1,029 210 2,556 8,493 94 8,587 11,143 174 68-19 39,218 10,502 49,720 Picton .. .. .. .. 56 3,225 903 1,104 5,232 26,722 4,712 31,434. 36,666 655 208-43 42,220; 36,750 78,970 Total railway operation .. 3,319 1,538,881 246,765 334,170 2,119,816 5,694,936 190,307 5,885,243 8,005,059 2,412 146-96 13,072,615 4,745,184 17,817,799 Lake Wakatipu steamers .. .« .. 2,621 34 493 3,148 3.989 12 4,001 7,149 ! ..

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STATEMENT No. 18. Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1939.

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OUTWARD. INWARD. Traffic. Revenue. Traffic. Stations. I i Number of Passenger Journeys. Ti h i p 1 w Season C^ le S and P Hundreds'of Other 0l p?i ary Season Luggage, Miscel- T . , C^? e S^ e f p Hundreds of Other Tickets. c *£ g p Superficial Goods. TicketB Goods. lanoous Total. and and Superflcia l Goods. First- Second- K Feet. sengers. Mails. waives. ±-igs. i Fe0t class. class. xotai. Nobth Island Main Line and Branches — Auckland — No. No. No. Tons. £ £ £ £ £ £ No. No. Tons. Coaching .. .. 20,359 450,826 471,185 27,945 .. .. .. .. 127,462 9,007 54,668 .. 1,190 192,327 Goods .. -. .. .. .. .. 131 2,762 79,102 429,154 .. .. 478,972 12,133 491,105 408 1,744 50,129 247,252 Newmarket .. .. 1,139 73,015 74,154 10,260 29 .. 5,545 3,942 5,051 1,846 806 12,169 89 19,961 10 .. 80,024 16,128 Mount Eden .. .. 449 31,031 31,480 4,613 59 .. 646 3,688 2,918 750 544 4,932 89 9,233 234 .. 64,366 56,181 Avondale .. .. 440 60,988 61,428 27,641 316 .. 108 6,514 2,593 4,954 436 6,607 51 14,641 200 .. 73,657 8,761 Henderson .. .. 261 77,888 78,149 15,171 10,448 18,395 461 8,045 2,962 3,687 784 7,776 32 15,241 1,393 4,435 4,822 9,061 Helensville .. .. 443 38,141 38,584 282 20,442 61,220 1,145 8,261 3,944 188 314 11,558 115 16,119 4,069 11,743 4,688 34,864 Wellsford •• 168 6,971 7,139 42 12,420 38,098 8,300 7,912 1,604 40 275 10,259 103 12,281 2,218 6,435 2,470 11,788 Maungaturoto .. .. 372 12,267 12,639 .. 20,549 40,261 20 2,247 2,617 .. 134 6,933 18 9,702 1,642 3,553 1,210 11.441 Paparoa .. .. 57 2,540 2,597 34 4,418 12,565 7 3,277. 705 4 101 3,371 6 4,187 682 2,408 1,357 3,509 Waiotira .. . - 49 7,119 7,168 41 29,050 67,787 2,302 18,312 970 34 233 29,611 387 31,235 1,719 3,384 2,560 111,199 Whangarei .. .. 1,428 44,762 46,190 737 29,452 43,450 1,801 60,544 9,844 392 1,724 26,085 617 38,662 2,238 2,859 21,097 30,253 Hikurangi .. .. 164 5,879 6,043 78 6,510 9,271 21,608 65,548 1,170 65 201 24,349 41 25,826 709 2,289 612 8,476 Otiria .. .. 412 9,743 10,155 41 3,041 7,509 5,867 2,149 4,081 31 428 5,157 27 9,724 673 936 1,107 8,897 Kawakawa .. .. 227 8,065 8,292 10 41 27 54 6,650 1,116 2 239 3,264 17 4,638 39,016 52,960 1,457 11,129 Opua .. .. 478 19,689 20,167 118 171 283 3,287 413 3,099 68 178 778 121 4,244 1 100 1,027 7,474 Kaikohe .. .. 211 6,389 6,600 51 2,964 7,121 5,742 2,338 2,913 45 354 6,928 9 10,249 399 919 4,685 11,142 Okaihau .. .. 28 5,704 5,732 .. 1,300 5,001 5,988 2,771 1,014 .. 107 5,423 3 6,547 144 470 1,902 6,874 Rerauera .. .. 74 4,165 4,239 2,982 420 83 61 192 120 381 39 380 3 923 568 437 27,890 546 Greenlane .. • .. 106 23,871 23,977 6,336 2 84 53 631 1,034 52 421 6 2,144 12 74 2,746 2,693 Ellerslie .. .. 117 33,961 34,078 6,895 306 .. 91 828 1,232 104 1,417 9 3,590 316 .. 298 648 Penrose .. .. 51 24,782 24,833 3,608 849 5,381 376 117,012 487 584 173 65,099 80 66,423 321,908 1,040,500 60,383 53,660 Onehunga .. .. 62 5,751 5,813 4,775 2 .. 17,107 1,995 395 906 132 2,069 188 3,690 55 728 13,379 45,240 Otahuhu .. .. 849 126,526 127,375 24,400 2,370 11,541 134 176,255 3,712 5,855 343 102,292 75 112,277 77,857 184,761 20,637 127,012 Papatoetoe .. .. 244 57,606 57,850 13,205 660 234 662 950 2,205 3,079 171 909 10 6,374 3,817 7,963 19,253 7,757 Papakura .. .. 1,818 100,890 102,708 20,493 3,198 3,229 27 3,914 5,011 5,015 356 2,257 25 12,664 4,808 11,355 5,474 9,590 Drury .. .. 12 6,850 6,862 312 5,607 13,885 36 6,686 455| 158 62 6,100 64 6,839 906 819 807 8,600 Waiuku .. .. 78 8,327 8,405 5 19,586 15,922 94 446 887j 4 119 1,922 10 2,942 1,818 9,753 7,616 39,688 Pukekohe .. .. 2,061 48,502 50,563 219 21,326 18,600 31 11,285 6,407 111 644 12,458 39 19,659 3,691 4,081 8,449 24,467 Tuakau .. .. 569 22,794 23,363 405 8,615 58,149 33 6,060 2,479 135 304 6,772 130 9,820 1,526 20,443 3,694 14,614 Pokeno .. .. 19 10,033 10,052 58 3,162 16,881 21 2,003 735 40 57 1,702 4 2,538 1,433 2,365 8,005 10,435 Mercer .. .. 483 19,319 19,802 175 2,174 6,077 579 36,739 1,545 114 109 12,753 129 14,650 273 1,428 270 3,877 TeKauwhata .. .. 91 6,099 6,190 61 22,623 47,719 58 8,306 973 53 814 9,282 8 11,130 1,799 8,792 2,273 8,894 Huntly .. .. 827 60,192 61,019 12,483 5,713 13,262 87 283,964 6,424] 2,809 429 211,558 276 221,496 2,106 3,555 9,026 43,644 GlenAfton .. .. 30 13,799 13,829 446 1,182 13,056 507 204,439 894 158 44 134,136 18 135,250 1,141 6,841 1,012 16,042 Taupiri .. .. 112 7,009 7,121 162 8,236 18,612 432 5,210 716 87 85 6,341 58 7,287 1,281 2,574 1,808 11,140 Ngaruawahia .. .. 377 15,502 15,879 3,016 1,681 6,765 5 74,289 2,332 591 237 66,625 1,976 71,761131,969 71,328 3,887 19,125 Erankton Junction .. 5,411 100,388 105,799 102 22,332 144,362 495 25,464 31,248 152 1,761 32,042 962 66,165 6,239 76,105 70,992 64,499 Hamilton .. .. 2,729 60,882 63,611 527 22,265 16,888 2,643 18,593 15,013 738 4,582 26,924 353 47,610 1,668 8,291 52,934 36,619 Cambridge .. .. 141 4,430 4,571 84 18,128 57,515 73 1,773 1,042 78 301 6,531 11 7,963 3,583 9,565 5,253 35,341 Morrinsville .. .. 630 25,735 26,365 257 56,257 140,981 514 17,877 4,499 209 718 38,252 33 43,711 16,847 106,275 12,665 35,203 Matamata .. .. 630 18,667 19,297 18 31,656 127,425 4,380 8,202 4,502 15 616 25,985 67 31,185 5,931 23,890 2,609 39,112 Putururu .. .. 431 20,721 21,152 289 12,399 52,403 129,841 3,615 4,238 251 556 38,893 101 44,039 3,822 53,347 4,374 30,006 Mamakau .. .. 123 13,179 13,302 113 8,595 30,773 90,359 4,354 1,292 155 249 30,413 5 32,114 256 1,196 1,086 1,581 Rotorua .. .. 2,191 31,051 33,242 204 2,477 36,300 57,830 10,693 14,665 139 1,494 24,217 202 40,717 2,560 5,559 6,812 44,457 Waitoa .. .. 33 3,689 3,722 66 22,832 22,348 .. 8,669 555 58 134 13,662 7 14,416 1,598 3,058 1,179 30,073 TeAroha .. ..J 376 14,098 14,474 24 5,888 9,797 105 2,216 3,016 24 474 2,519 38 6,071 1,745 4,311, 5,499 16,517 Paeroa .. .. | 603 35,598 36,201 75 33,249 21,098 302 24,352 4,496: 32 736 16,488 56 21,808 4,558 3,343 7,182 20,948 Thames .. .. 439 10,254 10,693 276 2,723 506 20 3,354 2,742j 186 510 7,280 31 10,749 1,668 2,012 3,915 12,800 Waihi .. .. | 462 13,966 14,428 82 6,913 7,536 405 288 2,955j 51 427 1,711 11 5,155 1,908 2,640 8,497 15,584 Katikati .. .. 60 5,153- 5,213 238 14,866 20,036 15,138 1,544 866| 189 202 8,943 2 10,202 1,507 6,674 816 5,894 Tauranga .. .. 922 35,976 36,898 17 7,058 61,180 380 6,438 6,672j 11 1,093 13,905 77 21,758 2,136 4,397 2,107 15,215 TePuke .. .. 165 7,768 7,933 4 27,128 66,562 13,421 4,828 1,954 4 403 20,919 11 23,291 2,621 5,414 910 9,818 Edgecumbe .. .. 51 4,608 4,659 .. 31,451 54,614 37,964 2,343 1,594 .. 337 23,356 40 25,327 1,509 2,096 2,241 17,528 Taneatua .. .. 155 12,084 12,239 .. 28,262 60,677 5 947 3,360 .. 312 7,911 605 12,188 1,437 736 1,402 21,634 Ohaupo .. .. 35 2,036 2,071 116 4,879 6,391 .. 164 183 73 39 946 5 1,246 1,413 14,424 881 7,639 TeAwamutu .. .. 1,070 25,419 26,489 190 36,039 162,341 6,012 12,853 8,333 156 992 27,124| 162 36,767 6,227 68,525 15,154 51,466 Otorohanga .. .. 418 18,208 18,626 24 15,957 70,260 1,270 23,606 3,728 7 521 18,313 46 22,615 2,771 21,429 10,517 29,226 TeKuiti .. .. 1,911 59,786 61,697 231 11,371 91,969 110,013 72,450 12,601 157 1,294 70,040 713 84,805 3,156 26,584 10,445 27,698 Ongarue .. .. 95 17,914 18,009 136 1,453 29,338 118,864 6,503 2,248 103 156 37,884j 233 40,624 730 4,343 1,891 9,024 Okahukura .. .. 125 5,306 5,431 121 1,029 8,094 6,956 2,045 284 59 72 4,705 43 5,163 144 2,242 7 741 Taumarunui .. .. 2,803 64,848 67,651 348 7,521 52,972 68,212 13,816 15,351 283 1,466 40,506 332 57,938 2,148 14,959 9,009 19,920 National Park .. .. 520 18,451 18,971 3 1,855 16,702 193,561 7,393 4,129 4 428 65,687 55 70,303 2,051 5,216 4,017 11 094 Ohakune .. .. 1,312 38,338 39,650 90 1,812 12,315 71,448 13,285 7,199 47 490 32,722 46 40,504 819 3,499 265 3,534 Raetihi .. .. 41 2,471 2,512 .. 2,097 50,338 282 2,525 455 .. 137 7,076 7 7,675 1,367 9,508 149 4,463 Rangataua .. .. 91 17,187 17,278 73 726 12,136 17,716 7,393 1,077 24 88 10,936 6 12,131 526 3,567 221 2 699 Mataroa .. .. 61 6,926 6,987 13 4,099 91,197 11,039 2,690 400 10 127 15,362) 7 15,906 610 3,352 777 7 832 Taihape .. .. 1,940 24,133 26,073 77 4,601 137,947 80 10,698 7,404 82 1,235 16,627 114 25,462 2,116 7,303 1,995 12,473 Mangaweka .. .. 85 4,802 4,887 50 5,739 128,093 210 3,002 752 42 166 13,200| 13 14,173 963 3,420 1,293 4,778 Hunterville .. .. 391 11,642 12,033 36 8,256 127,001 9,949 4,023 2,133 37 262 14,506 10 16,948 3,942 21,217 1,453 11,083 Marton .. .. 2,823 28,291 31,114 75 4,571 158,799 605 7,180 9,287 64 1,138 16,089 360 26,938 722 29,298 13,497 14,124 New Plymouth .. 2,548 50,229 52,777 175 581 349 9,596 123,815 19,245 285 1,569 37,556 9,072 67,727 2,743 10,023 46,026 124,687 (Breakwater) .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,933 45,575 .. .. .. 12,175 .. 12,175 .. .. 5,395 34,796 Waitara .. 178 19,898 20,076 472 3,477 16,478 18 19,825 2,320 333 230 13,890 110 16,883 60,242 195,726 4,774 20,624 Inglewood .. .. 261 13,812 14,073 240 20,723 45,362 131 42,566 2,598 185 196 24,871 13 27,863 1,465 9,640 3,831 48,587

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STATEMENT NO. 18 —continued. Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1939—continued.

OUTWARD. INWARD. Traffic. Revenue. Traffic. Stations. I > Number of Passenger Journeys. Timber Pol ,.. ]c m- . v Season C^^ le S and P Hundreds'of Other 0r p^ ary Season Luggage, Goods Miscel- T . , S and P Hundreds'of Other I Tickets. * nc L -Kg Superficial Goods. Tickets. and Goods - laneous. TotaL ££* Superficial Goods. First- Second- calves. "gs. I' e6 t. sengeis. M a Us. Calves. Figs. Peet class. J class. North Island Main Lines and branches—contd. No. No. No. Tons. ££££££ No. No. Tons. Tariki .. .. 82 2,476 2,558 161 102 4,142 .. 990 196 86 10 870 2 1,164 109 2,196 788 3,701 Midhirst .. .. 40 4,100 4,140 242 5,534 444 .. 2,687 242 101 15 2,414 3 2,775 92 738 834 6,079 Stratford .. .. 1,376 44,005 45,381 278 16,522 46,051 280 11,150 10,748 204 980 8,529 74 20,535 4,071 14,507 11,607 20,348 TeWera .. .. 8 848 856 28 931 9,871 3 5,501 117 7 17 2,251 .. 2,392 1,095 6,352 424 4,402 Whangamomona .. 56 2,959 3,015 12 2,134 38,876 3,912 3,873 572 11 82 6,428 1 7,094 1,119 4,546 550 2,214 Ohura .. .. 133 8,205 8,338 21 4,232 36,498 26,780 1,566 1,860 27 206 12,017 13 14,123 1,257 10,973 967 10,650 Eltham .. .. 332 23,320 23,652 402 39,298 46,190 275 13,256 3,697 254 316 14,896 33 19,196 8,926 36,142 12,793 23,918 Normanby .. .. 5 4,574 4,579 49 19,436 26,241 84 10,992 349 38 50 10,642 2 11,081 2,167 8,957 6,085 25,543 Hawera .. .. 1,469 42,747 44,216 234 13,212 77,082 544 18,249 10,708 189 952 16,551 44 28,444 6,022 66,996 13,048 34,509 Patea.. .. .. 321 12,765 13,086 149 1,775 22,254 27 17,666 2,739 126 323 30,967 455 34,610 48,145 161,194 4,844 39,604 Waverley .. .. 161 9,565 9,726 71 8,824 61,964 .. 11,420 1,644 56 180 10,210 21 12,111 5,821 33,502 3,000 11,857 Aramoho .. .. 748 20,556 21,304 11 5,295 34,582 1 60,639 4,092 10 374 28,306 23 32,805 2,083 15,133 3,667 50,116 Wanganui .. .. 2,674 57,823 60,497 202 3,343 19,444 1,566 14,866 14,833 246 1,901 13,351 1,708 32,039 24,147 195,546 30,210 45,623 (Wharf) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,379 54,024 .. .. .. 14,300 7,567 21,867 .. .. 69 4,689 Fordell .. .. 158 5,237 5,395 47 2,861 37,684 56 491 738 43 118 3,066 4 3,969 1,315 15,163 13,893 13,894 Turakina .. .. 35 6,042 6,077 74 2,806 19,558 .. 990 591 32 116 2,321 15 3,075 571 21,357 441 10,840 Greatford .. .. 317 2,541 2,858 34 3,166 38,491 31 25,770 406 20 50 10,854 1 11,331 286 16,490 1,401 5,421 Halcombe .. .. 72 6,869 6,941 193 609 16,846 .. 1,248 540 116 38 2,509 1 3,204 291 8,699 533 4,370 Feilding .. .. 1,503 18,325 19,828 19 18,122 267,369 122 15,122 6,503 15 668 30,543 79 37,808 23,735 117,582 11,031 40,323 Palmerston North .. 11,025 165,753 176,778 216 1,858 32,298 2,566 49,986 44,983 312 4,437 73,758 870 124,360 11,112 118,732 62,267 92,839 Ashhurst .. .. 59 7,463 7,522 6 1,154 20,476 .. 1,008 636 5 54 3,337 3 4,035 4,843 16,714 305 3,939 Longburn .. .. 287 12,132 12,419 63 6,625 47,043 .. 23,538 424 22 65 27,486 4 28,001 17,269 118,283 515 5,468 Foxton .. .. .. 500 500 .. 117 1,299 1,690 5,518 19 .. 61 3,365 367 3,812 1,472 8,891 8,144 17,001 Shannon .. .. 163 32,800 32,963 419 10,369 69,978 12 3,427 2,824 335 173 6,806 6 10,144 1,377 24,502 2,506 6,403 Levin.. .. .. 1,166 43,984 45,150 216 12,880 58,975 351 4,031 7,739 226 458 6,682 69 15,174 5,364 37,860 10,019 11,896 Otaki.. .. .. 744 33,023 33,767 167 3,508 27,965 389 1,933 4,736 108 4,608 3,525 23 13,000 1,134 8,562 2,945 5,338 Paekakariki .. .. 1,472 68,357 69,829 14,197 1,178 26,633 1,765 1,482 5,254 4,247 3,267 2,547 76 15,391 705 3,611 5,071 30,538 Johnsonville .. .. 72 30,640 30,712 25,981 371 10,271 34 17 1,018 4,967 37 558 10 6,590 10,816 63,860 1,708 1.499 Wellington— Booking .. .. 45,733 698,988 744,721182,135 .. .. .. .. 156,826 38,021 29,623 .. 981 225,451 Goods .. .. .. .. .. .. 424 2,496 49,052 237,534 .. .. .. 319,646 5,037 324,683 752 3,663 72,492 190,200 Wharf .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,567 .. .. .. 764 .. 764 .. ... .. 47,449 Courtenay Place .. 1,802 21,378 23,180 1,647 .. .. .. .. 15,088 1,406 6,818 .. 20 23,332 Ngahauranga .. .. 4 2,142 2,146 1,112 368 990 22 11,855 47 190 4 699 1 941 12,975 664,227 364 3,423 Petone .. .. 3,595 169,134 172,729115,699 85 3,071 981 42,557 5,651 22,230 393 81,216 202 109,692 9,788 565,951 43,121 28,653 Lower Hutt .. .. 1,369 42,561 43,930 34,097 64 .. [ .. 21,359 2,810 7,079 592 9,533 104 20,118 271 1,543 23,420 2,785 Upper Hutt .. .. 666 73,639 74,305 34,753 1,044 4,Hi; .. 464 3,880 9,888 438 1,990 41 16,237 1,220 3,728 1,530 5,572 Featherston .. .. 506 27,603 28,109 166 6,551 155,727| 263 7,978 3,688 126 389 14,850 27 19,080 645 3,963 3,383 12,742 Carterton .. .. 272 9,969 10,241 87 2,439 92,428 60 20,478 2,491 77 324 29,836 21 32,749 8,800 119,657 7,120 11,007 Masterton .. .. 1,330 .32,650 33,980 41 7,836 133,732 1,099 7,956 8,976 67 909 15.115 120 25,187 2,718 9,753 12,536 26,727 Mauriceville .. .. 16 2,458 2,474 46 563 6,766 .. 16,038 291 36 24 8,064 1 8,416 152 269 41 1,559 Eketahuna .. .. 152 5,700 5,852 51 7,132 44,021 154 2,888 1,404 49 118 6,808 6 8,385 894 2,296 1,216 5,802 Hukanui .. .. 5 1,374 1,379 9 1,539 8,643 .. 557 204 16 23 1,222 4 1,469 102 849 150 3,028 Pahiatua .. .. 357 5,455 5,812 14 9,299 99,867 21 3,457 1,637 4 224 9,848 9 11,722 373 1,860 4,763 7,707 Mangatainoka .. .. 16 1,371 1,387 3 1,430 31,897 .. 4,213 318 2 55 5,541 5 5,921 272 1,179 216 4,010 Woodville .. .. 634 24,552 25,186 40 17,104 221,183 91 6,176 3,494 29 194 21,743 243 25,703 4,544 12,973 2,091 6,424 Dannevirke .. .. 1,177 24,382 25,559 193 11,246 108,878 1,254 4,642 6,334 159 849 12,288 81 19,711 1,761 9,212 7,687 27,200 Ormondville .. .. 119 9,951 10,070 17 2,864 76,533 1 2,329 1,069 14 127 7,777 12 8,999 556 2,115 1,995 6,848 Takapau .. .. 230 5,040 5,270 56 4,866 71,979 .. 10,995 1,031 56 117 10,448 3 11,655 1,341 4,609 391 5,263 Waipukurau .. .. 893 14,473 15,366 33 10,406 155,013 375 5,339 4,283 35 410 12,566 31 17,325 2,502 7,841 3,383 14,381 Waipawa .. .. 314 10.734 11,048 67 2,894 45,000 I 7,270 2.036 21 264 7,493 17 9,831 1,185 3,161 753 8,448 Otane .. .. 127 7,171 7,298 118 12,260 51,415 .. 1,217 966 97 99 8,423 3 9,588 4,592 31,134 59 2,896 Hastings .. .. 2,517 34,610 37,127 224 916 16,721 1,174 37,637 17,480 114 1,521 56,124 233 75,472 3,761 52,572 8,318 45,696 Clive.. .. .. 5 412 417 163 2,110 .. 36.331 68 26 18.338 5 18,437 23,134 365,172 520 8,986 Napier .. .. 3,206 42,548 45,754 335 798 13,257 788 4,179 20,631 208 1,733 4,475 76 27,123 767 10,826 4,978 20,662 ,, (Bus Office) .. .. .. PortAhuriri .. .. .. .. .. .. 92 95 2,704 30,019 .. .. 20 16,851 776 17,647 16 20 2,283 53,119 Putorino .. .. .. 802 802 2,772 51,356 1,301 164 70 6 2,873 .. 2,949 241 3,972 113 949 Wairoa .. .. .. 503 503 6,853 80,883 19 1,695 255 .. 48 10,731 28 11,062 1,095 32,077 1,578 6,434 Chief Accountant .. 54,910 178,870 233,780 8,358 .. .. .. .. 222.109 29,132 74,747 173,938 45,785 545,711 Overseas traffic .. .. .. .. .. 458 693 363 6,913 .. .. .. 42,889 .. 42,889 458 693 363 7,448 Totals .. .. 211,3584,421,018 4,632,376 614,7391,039,046 5,297,619 1,250,676 3,039,8581,027,080 168,561 230,962 3,370,009 97,461 4,894,073 1,039,046 5,297,619 1,250,676 3,039,858 Kaihtt Section— Dargaville .. .. 203 13,263 13,466 72 4 12,497 1,168 2,454 58 1,055 1,504 20 5,091 4 .. 12,497 1,168 District Office .. .. .. 494 494 .. .. .. .. 1,793 230 57 11 1,495 Oversea's traffic .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. _ _ 398 _. 398 Totals .. .. 203 13,757 13,960 72 4 12,497 1,168 661 288 1,112 1,913 20 3,994 4 .. 12,497 1,168 Gisborhe Section— Gisborne .. .. 448 5,971 6,419 48 1,350 13,728 626 3,887 1,591 45 217 2,496 129 4,478 702 87,503 48,240 57,433 Motuhora .. .. 813 6,973 7,786 .. 702 87,503 48,240 57,433 765 .. 800 25,143 2 26,710 1,350 13,728 626 3.887 District Office .. .. .. 1,240 1,240 .. .. .. .. .. 1,194 562 89 232 62 249 Overseas traffic .... .. .. .. 3 .. .. 313 .. .. II 11 3 .. 313 T °tals .. .. 1,261 14,184 15,445 48 2,055 101,231 48,866 61,633 1,162 607 1,106 27,882 193 30,950 2,055 101,231 48,866 61,633 ■ [_ L ___

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STATEMENT No. 18—continued. Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1939—continued.

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OUTWARD. j INWARD. TEAWIC - Revenue. traffic. Stations. " —- _ _____ , . Number of Passenger Journeys. Season °^ e Sheep Hundreds'of Other 0r SjSf ry Season Luggage, ,, . Miscel- Cattle Sheep f ntv , »» | —. T """-« -ssr —> -s~ «—■ Jf ast „r... nt, Assess «s class. class. ' *eet». , I I I I • | | | South Island Main Line and Branches— No. No. No. Tons. £ £ £ £ £ £ No No Tons Lyttelton .. .. 25,027 105,519 130,546 39,075 309 31,762 45,435 376,470 6,010 6,693 7,956 172,503 22,184 215 346 1008 14 010 10 108 9T7 7S7 (Wharf) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,327 .. .. .. 2,225 .. 2,225 ' ' ' ¥7Qfil Heathcote .. .. 648 38,496 39,144 8,793 .. .. .. 5,799 551 1,346 77 3,801 1 5,776 " "457 io'907 Woolston .. .. 466 24,641 25,107 10,972 56 .. .. 3,848 587 1,633 156 1,873 2 4,251 89 " 318 13623 Opawa .. .. 266 19,289 19,555 6,342 .. .. .. .. 398 979 25 13 1,415 .. " 13,623 Christchurch .. .. 45,519 458,834 504,353 41,575 .. .. .. .. 75,199 7,355 18,549 .. 486 101,589 Goods .. .. . . .. .. .. 383 5 3,581 101,878 .. .. .. 95,452 2,622 98 074 859 25 67 74.1 Q79 Central Booking Office 11,515 50,431 61,946 117 .. .. .. 36,852 1,219 654 .. 29 38 754 ' 351,972 Bus Office .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ' 53 53 Addington .. .. 723 23,318 24,041 1,039 4,245 188,289 5,015 39,202 1,551 "l97 232 25,600 "259 27,839 21!728 359 777 133 321 71 455 Riccarton .. .. 113 2,425 2,538 411 .. .. 909 3,887 268 90 49 1,318 1 1,726 6 49,270 15,' 388 Papanui .. .. 168 6,415 6,583 961 27 .. 666 6,024 572 213 111 4,239 6 5,141 102 120 27 500 8 265 Belfast .. .. 7 6,355 6,362 296 200 8,196 120 27,768 298 156 47 16,020 5 16 526 12 026 866 137 5 570 10 412 Kaiapoi .. .. 81 9,565 9,646 1,205 216 5,264 261 16,710 819 429 149 8,440 24 9,861 217 264'740 4'707 lo'823 Rangiora .. .. 206 18,135 18,341 7,128 1,851 23,144 6,043 10,039 1,638 1,830 426 7,200 119 11,213 745 7,'si5 10J67 East Oxford .. .. .. 581 581 332 43,748 .. 2,238 45 25 2,607 2 2,679 186 11 144 1 004 5 588 ■ •• 22 3 ,700 3,722 123 121 4,229 .. 4,283 295 80 189 2,300 4 2 868 57 3 613 429 f'292 Amberley .. .. 49 2,353 2,402 110 453 61,359 7 2,768 332 89 65 3,189 25 3,700 177 19'283 1 867 2 430 Waipara .. .. 147 2,712 2,859 43 1,517 143,632 1,064 4,317 354 35 244 8 229 46 8 908 57 6 397 1 408 1 '$? Mina 49 1.109 1,158 31 830 66,309 5,744 3,167 359 24 328 6! 2.13 5 565 <M72 2,481 X Parnassus .. .. 108 4,331 4,439 .. 2,832 84,636 9 3,017 861 .. 98 8,430 91 9 480 2l6 3 816 7 488 Q 687 Waikari .. .. 41 2,332 2,373 15 251 30,963 .. U ',m 331 13 72 6 714 15 7 145 99 4 205 MS I'ttl Hawarden .. .. 9 1,763 1,772 1 894 107,755 64 3,317 219 1 240 5,777 4 6 241 147 lo'436 l' W I'tll Culverden .. .. 43 1,290 1,333 .. 1,648 83,423 17 4,594 363 .. 144 6 692 10 7'209 333 3 442 awn b'Su •• 11 586 597 .. 592 62,363 .. 220 .. 86 12 4,Z 298 2,'262 ' 753 t'fsi Kaikoura . . .. 520 153 673 .. .. .. .. .. 511 . 27 538 Hornby .. .. 58 6,946 7,004 125 1,229 1,351 .. 60,280 657 "79 63 22,191 " 2 22 992 1 244 '3 351 4 821 7* i«9 Lincoln .. .. 8 5,601 5,609 137 1,608 54,198 76 12 543 297 90 5 055 5 5 479 ™ siaJ rn- 7 3,162 Leeston .. .. 59 3,880 3,939 75 1,399 29,374 .. 5,113 40 9 87 70 9 Z,5ll 241 25|300 1,432 I'flt Southbridge .. .. 10 4,792 4,802 12 177 33,801 .. 9,876 501 14 247 5,508 1 6 271 73 9977 7Q4 o Little River .. .. 1 6,133 6,134 119 6,903 138,443 788 1,882 916 124 821 6,814 20 8 695 1 702 21 013 2 340 4TW Islington .. .. 25 5,331 5,356 405 21 2,025 256 17,411 376 85 104 7 767 9 8 341 7 499 369 772 I'w Rolleston .. ... 150 9,811 9,961 34 519 38,473 .. 5 602 942 28 72 3 614 6 4 662 301 4 869 '83 9'?^ Kirwee .. .. 5 1,001 1,006 29 90 11,467 .. 91 26 83 ijiS 1 2! 050 39 US 70 Darfield .. .. 95 2,193 2,288 58 265 61,854 92 7,420 333 52 60 4,487 6 4,938 175 4 755 2 179 9 016 Colgate .. .. 2 633 635 .. 440 67,276 43 11,530 72 . . 42 8 527 4 8 645 114 5 219 f'286 Sheffield .. .. 40 1,844 1,884 46 o23 36,o92 540 3,028 381 44 288 3,119 6 3'838 99 6 529 '226 <>'109 Springfield .. .. 591 9,257 9,848 31 325 16,438 215 1,957 1,275 31 185 3 438 59 4,988 117 2 III 2 183 I's86 Arthurs Pass .. 89 2,407 2,496 .. 4 .. 70 180 452 .. 51 250 1 754 41 fit 1,111 f.'jjjjjj Otira .. .. 503 18,522 19,025 3 1,089 7,338 83,951 1,535 2,344 2 258 25,414 40 28 058 978 195 1 899 o jna Moana •• •• 40 4,285 4,325 46 977 1,466 47,234 915 718 31 274 12 227 o 7q'o?o Tai , ™ ' 82 ? 3 ' 409 Stillwater .. .. 277 12,657 12,934 55 64 92 18,533 91,541 1,827 36 108 37!169 1 39 161 390 1 279 801 Ngahere .. .. 93 7,597 7,690 39 1,315 8,632 102,996 3,490 648 34 110 21 056 5 21 853 265 J 955 *69 1 636 Blackball •• 24 5,414 5,438 189 .. .. 1 49,551 638 155 30 3o!l43 6 30,972 2 3,'l95 Ikamatua .. .. 127 5,235 5,362 27 321 5,074 32,144 6,679 1,276 21 114 13,987 52 15 450 116 3 732 424 « 07q ? eeft ™ 427 12,089 12,516 35 1,291 4,700 5,127 43,777 2,945 29 215 38 953 402 42' 544 705 1 434 1 004 Inangahua .. .. 12 862 874 .. 2,365 3,693 4,759 3,124 305 .. 89 8 426 41 8 861 515 287 'u Greymouth .. 3,348 129,767 133,115 3,590 898 1,393 18,588 21,631 22,465 1,129 2,537 16,648 7,864 so',943 2 653 9 201 6 083 32'436 (Wilart) '• •• •• 0 •• 8 ' 047 5 .690 6,585 .. 6,585 .. 191^220 Runanga .. .. 13 54,165 54,178 1,977 16 172 26 90,236 1,370 567 50 49,165 98 51 250 91 252 1 690 = iu 5 ewanul ' ' 2 5 > 79 ° 5 > 797 9 ' 500 16 .. 5 117,634 218 1,811 4 62,952 229 65 214 19 I'm 3'otn Kumara .. .. 150 6,425 6,575 37 1,562 2,404 101,999 1 626 681 29 57 15 096 8 15's71 oifi 7 -in -tHokitika .. .. 944 32,407 33,351 73 2,665 7,558 99,149 2,752 7,517 54 718 554 33'781 683 3'863 13 681 lt'vll R '™ 35 18,713 18,748 12 2,857 19,230 135,490 4,349 1,304 12 96 321121 M U',572 60 735 939 t',ul Dunsandel .. . . 58 8,111 8,169 44 316 49,917 .. 6,725 866 52 316 4,889 3 6 126 374 17 075 527 S Iftfi Rakaia .. .. 388 16,919 17,307 236 1,443 172,346 7,431 18,988 2,088 208 199 18 680 91 21266 221 23939 469 «'?2? Methven .. .. 11 5,861 5,872 7 1,042 66,339 1,530 9,681 887 7 61 11 745 32 12 732 075 23 139 , Chertsey .. 9 4,704 4,713 41 2,429 63,769 .. 13,102 337 32 59 17 831 11 18 270 631 38 158 34 "'600 Ashburton .. .. 1,923 66,452 68,375 141 823 5,894 201 21,684 11,806 132 1,006 460 30!352 1,262 38 17,290 353 Tinwald .. .. 2 2,677 2,679 56 1,287 114,381 1,011 8,624 213 6 24 10,429 2 10 674 111 36 352 360 10Q " S0merS « 41 64i - 715 13 ' 972 •• 5,8 2 8 63 .. 17 4,157 37 4,'294 Z I'S 502 S H ind s .. .. 18 5,494 5,512 129 894 66,644 17 5,536 538 94 75 6,951 4 7 662 774 7 810 2 9 48 7040 Rangitata .. .. 7 4,630 4,637 o5 186 29,o71 186 3,386 459 47 47 3,111 3'664 91 3'723 l'558 1 805 ° ran •- ■ 308 10,512 10,820 77 535 70,094 326 3,153 2,029 73 159 4 638 3 6 909 J', llH o'oal • • 45 4,040 4,085 85 231 2,924 .. '420 64 39 6 fl7 .. t',Z 70 Hit HI 2J22 .. .. 432 29,133 29,565 84 2,673 57,631 28 4 913 4 3<n 70 Til t 00 in 97* coo « ook o 010 n mc fwashdyke .. .. 19 3,076 3,095 20 941 28,594 41 U,072 164 16 7 7'759 10 S'2?5 If* Pleasant Point.. .. 13 3,202 3,215 35 475 97,220 24 13,095 376 30 44 s',168 4 s'622 7<J 9'217 ?909 e'378 lb "y •• 3 1,111 1,114 22 362 42,392 5 1,682 185 17 25 2 222 3 2 452 214 1 724 I'm Fallhe •• • 30 6 ' 664 6 ' 694 32 641 7i ' 431 •• 2 > 917 1,021 32 100 4 579 I'Mt 1,689 t',734 Tunaru .. .. 4,359 97,052 101,411 173 164 7,854 2,961 69,361 24,063 141 2,226 21,319 4,700 52,449 202 380,579 23,811 149 522 ,, vv nan j .. .. .. .. .. .. ,, 23 594 St. Andrew's .. .. 33 5,808 5,841 45 785 34,019 !13'679 '*407 '*39 "36 6 876 " 9 ' k'iti ni v, ft 'i Makikihi •• ■ 7 I' 592 1,599 62 353 41! 15.3 .. 27,9 146 81 16 'm 1 ''378 9« "J'SS U S'SJ Studholme .. .. 212 5,499 5,711 84 670 30,226 79 9,653 1,053 138 75 5.'145 4 6,'«5 578 10 fit III 2J03 Waimate .. .. 203 13,598 13,801 15 326 28,042 .. 4,081 2,239 34 368 4 471 3 7 115 903 1 817 3 021 19 019 SSi " •• g I'SS S'o3 » & S-SS 31 J'S S" » » .. a:«S *8 feS m 1:511 " " 2 1*578 f'lSO 69 232 2,j3 38 40 3 ,996 .. 4,337 90 4,833 179 2,286 Duntroon " " 14 1431 q III !' " 1J'! 72 79 39 44 11,530 3 11,695 430 165,009 200 4,237 Duntroon .. .. 14 1,431 1,445 18 263 56,396 .. 1,394 191 17 37 3,218 2 3,465 86 4,063 224 2,623 Kurow •• •• 18 5 > 742 5, 7 60 27 362 31,814 .. 2 360 782 15 88 1 * sorq o,« 1 KO n °T rU (Breakwater) :: W ™ , 9 ' 461 872 2 2'^ 213 ' 317 1,i: » I.I 74 1,384 22*470 709 11'S 49!058 Waiareka .. .. 1 946 " 947 ! '503 39,930 " 14,'292 "52 "12 s'lI3 "95 g'202 '511 28 065 " 73 ''007 X « apara • • 7 92 99 •• 74 1 ' 44 ® •• 16 .. II 5;SSS 1 3 ;622 ill 122 5,405 Maheno • •' 7 6 ' 967 6 > 974 97 816 25,163 .. 4,785 479 55 501 i ,s B s * 170 97* ,n n«7 e Hampden .. .. 143 4,511 4,654 54 411 23,099 .. 3 399 536 33 196 3'368 1 1'vu. 11* 9'2?s q'^o Mak m a e rc S ao n " " 63 ' 79 ° 5 3 ' 540 74 4 «« 59 673 Ifll 1,195 8! 697 Waik0Uaiti • ■ 66 5 ' 362 ' s ' 428 'l 88 1'0 47 30,403 :: 1 ,'277 -627 " 13 1 "" 98 " 1 1,062 4,959 6H 4 III S :: :: a S:2? i.K £ i;IH - 56 S5 *•*£ Z t % I \>% lit % t'Z Port Chalmers, Upper .. 112 4,248 4,360 598 136 4,670 .. 32 3 8 8 99 107 148 T 74'i 9Q yi ' 25 Sawyer'sBay.. .. 26 15,078 15,104 6,302 23 219 .. % 1,174 lo 2 1,515 30 277 1,198

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STATEMENT No. 18—continued. Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1939 —continued.

OUTWARD. ! INWAKD. Traffic. Revenue. Traffic. Stations. „ _ j Number of Passenger Journeys. Timber, Parcels, r„ttiP Timber, Season C " e »"®P Hundreds'of Other 0r f 1 a n 8 ary Season Luggage, Good6 , Miscel- Totel . ™ S £°£P Hundreds of Other : -Tickets.' p°gl Su P® r £ oial Goods - sengers. laneous. Calves pigs Superflom 1 Goods. First- Second- Total mans. , CUBl - class. class. S No. No. No. I Tons. £ £ £ £ £ £ j No. No. Tons. PortSha™ . .. 1,703 37,704 39,407 19,5X7 4 .. 253 46,800 1,413 4,163 118 17,635 2,453 25,782 7 .. 3,426 49,590 o t Tsonard's • 157 6,109 6,266 4,605 14 .. 3 178 780 6 5 1 970 38 54 42 Ravensbourne .. .. 834 30,102 30,936 5,957 .. .. .. 48,030 498 1,192 16 22,554 4 24,264 .. .. 169 6,o20 Tinnedin ■ 18,118 386,653 404,771 33,658 .. .. .. .. 81,512 7,146 11,968 .. 4o9 101,085 (Goods) '1 . .. .. 891 265 18,429 146,285 170,173 1,710 171,883 966 2,267 88,651 205,427 Office) . 53 171 224 .. .. .. .. 34 .. • • • • 34 Caversham .. 307 20,801 21,108 1,737 .. .. 3 665 1,288 220 132 733 4 2,377 .. .. 6,597 5,757 "R.imsirtp .. 377 13,753 14,130 4,775 2,680 15,361 6 69,735 341 684 103 65,335 48 66,511 20,644 459,141 4,260 120,128 Green Island ! 804 22,476 23,280 10,719 .. .. .. 5,332 761 1,661 54 2,879 43 5,398 .. .. 513 15,117 4bbotsford .. 119 17 933 18,052 10,601 .. .. .. 1,298 449 1,699 24 1,238 20 3,430 .. .. 37 707 WWatui ' . 62 11,925 11,987 3,578 1,038 24,582 20 1,724 609 703 74 4,667 4 6,057 813 770 588 1,555 Midcllemarch .. 66 2,555 2 >21 !. 985 72,033 9 1,657 509 .. 416 6,693 6 7,624 311 6,356 425 3,609 Wniniata .. 116 1,913 2,029 .. 603 47,469 26 794 598 .. 98 4,243 2 4,941 361 4,791 1,085 5,117 TWnrlv " 171 3 247 3,418 2 348 51,102 26 1,266 1,151 1 206 5,196 7 6,561 97 3,175 1,599 3,813 (WfVina " . 23 1,121 1,144 .. 590 68,735 1 1,490 375 .. 190 7,605 .. 8,170 89 4,175 455 1,801 Omakau " •• 101 2,035 2,136 .. 775 69,128 2 1,121 767 .. 343 7,319 2 8,431 160 6,594 1,680 4,015 Alexandra •• 126 2,344 2,470 5 274 13,761 54 3,490 1,307 24 300 6,771 12 8,414 109 4,052 2,324 5,876 .. 38 1,521 1,559 99 50 3,358 12 1,553 469 52 183 3,439 1 4,144 2 142 1,591 1,757 rvnmwell •• 201 4,913 5,114 2 920 50,799 4 5,100 2,279 1 389 11,689 46 14,404 186 4,084 4,509 10,936 Mossiel • •• 1,543 44,873 46,416 19,216 431 4,156 61 2,447 2,769 4,174 274 1,679 11 8,907 329 5,323 2,926 3,469 Outran! . •• 17 3,903 3,920 234 100 3,288 .. 743 242 98 31 526 5 902 109 406 589 6,461 AuSon " 463 8,081 8,544 389 963 21,409 12 1,760 567 115 57 2,019 3 2,761 1,183 15,071 297 3,063 ivnihnrn . •• 6 1,216 1,222 12 69 5,234 .. 87,128 113 16 18 27,828 362 28,337 71 1,558 321 8,899 Milton •• 587' 23,198 23,785 71 1,002 21,715 38 7,458 3,877 69 891 4,846 96 9,779 534 9,792 757 9,937 Tawrence •• 9 1 307 1,316 .. 374 16,006 35 653 172 .. 123 1,561 5 1,861 249 3,625 340 6,773 MmerVFlat !! .. Ill HI .. 183 21,754 22 1,823 28 .. 66 4,056 4 4,154 160 2,770 672 3,019 R nvbnrffh . •• 10 245 255 .. 80 10,142 .. | 4,526 119 .. 70 8,264 3 8,456 23 617 1,524 4,537 Lovell's Flat .. •• 148 2,307 2,455 28 138 12,712 .. 3,125 179 25 21 2,484 3 2,712 17 933 770 4,816 qt.irlintr 97 12,532 12,629 141 4,973 7,738 .. 127,490 1,430 113 109 69,768 1,899 73,319 974 3,084 1,057 4,120 BaMutha •• 1,199 34,003 35,202 62 2,013 50,016 193 15,962 6,893 97 855 19,680 98 27,623 2,804 129,747 3,966 17,305 Owaka •• •• 36 5,251 5,287 12 1,760 24,487 37,093 5,488 1,099 10 197 12,811 8 14,125 359 11,921 o97 7,615 Tahakopa •• 6,918 6,918 1 139 2,692 22,593 345 921 1 81 5,487 2 6,492 137 2,629 .. 3,552 Waiwera .. •• 27 2,747 2,774 .. 237 7,479 535 887 342 .. 317 1,407 .. 2,066 38 909 227 6,171 Hinton •• 308 15,539 15,847 123 602 39,034 9,006 617 2,205 122 95 4,518 19 6,959 47 2,980 657 6,878 Wainahi 1! •• H3 7,143 7,256 1 1,546 43,377 88 1,415 1,486 .. 135 3,785 4 5,410 509 2,724 1,460 11,557 Tapanui •• •• 29 I, 927 I, 956 •• 395 32,768 1,309 1,818 646 .. 27 5,355 .. 6,028 68 1,622 494 7,580 xt - nt . .. .. 148 148 .. 519 68,553 6 1,082 59 72 5,389 7 5,527 301 2,731 507 11,576 p n _. .. 1,608 54,448 56,056 201 2,380 161,298 633 16,546 12,905 135 1,173 19,925 161 34,299 1,564 12,480 4,682 48,879 Riversdale •• 23 3,979 4,002 151 1,294 103,108 .. 13,599 410 134 131 11,257 8 11,940 309 5,775 411 22 >452 Matniira .. •• 313 30,214 30,527 572 925 25,218 691 17,894 3,344 365 137 23,475 100 27,421 358 80,264 764 26,075 Edendale •• •• 245 16,527 16,772 202 1,257 40,471 23 4,915 2,996 163 191 6,580 69 9,999 828 28,049 169 18,096 Wvndham .. •• 19 652 671 .. 636 6,165 1,080 2,547 160 .. 40 3,099 .. 3,299 110 1,782 166 13,493 Woodlands . •• 76 9,307 9,383 58 905 25,208 97 2,873 1,086 48 108 2,857 10 4,109 213 26,283 311 14,343 Invercarsill ■ •• 5,745 199,477 205,222 5,438 .. .. •• 44,363 2,222 2,823 .. 158 49,566 .. .. .. .. (Goods) •• . 5 878 45,032 9,977 63,871 .. .. .. 39,704 401 40,105 3,179 27,055 12,159 150,927 Waimahaka .. 5 11,855 11,860 42 45,005 3,664 2,071 740 33 145 5,341 3 6,262 941 11,419 293 21,629 R1ll « .. .. 701 51,826 52,527 2,386 45 317 8,506 104,637 2,809 935 184 53,596 8,758 66,282 332 239,315 41,099 89,893 /Wharf) . .. .. .. 142 6,850 .. •• •• 872 .. 872 .. .. .. 33,228 MakarVwa ■- 15 6,009 6,024 350 1,612 27,479 20 19,418 311 204 66 11,313 3 11,897 3,622 145,783 40 14,738 Thornburv •• 5 2,487 2,492 147 615 16,642 1,082 1,597 139 93 45 1,941 2 2,220 347 8,874 38 14,576 River-ton .. 335 5,911 6,246 131 373 10,772 If,,224 2,894 830 95 169 7,085 8 8,187 243 1,638 86 5,801 rwrmki .. 5 4,348 4,353 73 428 20,183 16 1,400 535 59 66 2,100 1 2,761 206 3,854 306 3,170 Tnatanere •• 16 11,387 11,403 37 1,051 18,546 46,715 15,586 1,132 38 244 21,503 3 22,920 461 3,270 49 4,013 Otantau •• 6 2,602 2,608 158 376 37,152 4,945 2,293 254 137 81 3,669 22 4,163 289 8,537 42 10,957 Wnirio " .. 4 3,400 3,404 61 911 6,432 .. 176,078 472 49 40 123,800 2,673 127,034 368 1,800 291 11,153 Winton •• I 92 10,900 11,092 160 1,232 50,021 8,964 85,911 1,094 139 370 32,618 27 34,248 447 29,344 1,949 16,784 Tumsden •• 190 14,973 15,163 72 1,390 69,285 694 19,039 2,290 60 230 12,251 44 14,875 466 13,351 1,887 26,995 Kingston •• 53 687 740 .. 147 1,994 1 273 176 •• 13 559 4 752 55 1,531 173 5,284 Through traffic (Lake 5 10,682 . 1,417 .. .. .. 2,826 .. 2,826 115 612 1,569 3,698 Whakatipu) Chief Accountant .. 12,116 81,450 93,566 213 .. .. .. .. 52,864 15,528 29,753 49,701 21,134 168,980 Overseas traffic . . • • •• •• 2,607 455 141 16,943 .. .. -• 101,/b0 .. 101,760 2,60/ 4oo 141 16,943 Totals .. •• 154,365 2,869,151 3,023,516 272,252120,810 4,510,670 937,319 2,811,925 502,562 74,524 99,009 2,174,636 83,275 2,934,006 120,810 4,510,670 937 ; 319 2,811,925 W^=t SECTI0N •• 200 16,974 17,174 2091 98 .. 225 4,353 2,583 143 225 5,493 4,393 12,837 50 .. 764 4 36jhk Waimanearoa •• •• 12,297 12,297 140 11 .. 843 179,901 487 117 68 29,387 16 30,075 a .. 1,224 ' Oranitv" •• 16 24,092 24,108 332 40 .. 1,900 257,748 1,645 253 127 49,994 33 52,052 96 .. 981 1,780 District Office •• 884 884 .. .. 1,839 Or. 340 247 14 109 1,129 Cr. . Overseas traffic 6 126 196 1,280 393__ 393 6 126 1 9 6 1,280 Totals .. •• 216 54,247 54,463 681 155 126 3,164 443,282 2,876 853 667 85,281 4,551 94,228 155 126 3,164 443,282 Nelson Section — 000 _- A Port Nolson •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 2,798 .. .. .. 223 .. --23 .. .. .. <o0 Nelson 2 45 17,084 17,329 478 8 15 169 5,838 2,115 422 24 2,159 92 4,812 2,335 24,656 168 10,534 Wakefield . ■■ 3 5,664 5,667 62 1,130 12,375 .. 7,291 360 14 58 3,765 1 4,198 41 583 50 4,168 Glenhope . •• 1 377 378 1,392 15,216 183 1,571 64 32 1,809 1 1,906 154 2,367 134 2,046 District Office 1,316 1,316 .. .. 1,222 Cr. 593 96 350 .. 183 Or... .. .. Overseas traffic .... .. .. .. 3 205 315 H Totals .. •• 249 24,441 24,690 540 2,533 27,811 352 17,813 1,317 1,029 210 8,493 94 11,143 2,533 27,811 352 17,813 Pl picton SECTI011 • • •• 1> 22 1 16,372 17,593 218 278 15,665 797 21,654 1,292 170 335 14,072 2,924 18,793 643 148,990 3,730 17,988 Blenheim .. •• 1,327 28,919 30,246 294 643 148,990 3,730 17,988 2,945 214 286 11,260 385 15,090 278 15,665 797 21,654 District Office .. .. 1 1,146 1,147 .. .. 1,012 Cr. 518 483 268 1,403 1,660 .. .. Overseas traffic .... .. .. .. 36 233 292 .. 36 233 292 Totals .. .. 2,549 46,437 48,986 512 957 164,888 4,527 39,934 3,225 902 1,104 26,722 4,712 36,665 957 164,888 4,527 39,934 16,077 16,077 .. 191 12,366 1,661 5,524 2,621 34 493 3,990 12 7,150 191 12,366 1,661 5,524

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

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Year ended 31st March, 1939. Year ended 31st March, 1938. Revenue. Revenue. Commodity. Tons i Tons Tonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average Tonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average 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 .. .. .. 185,203 2-44 10,626 57 100,559 1-74 0 11 0 2-27 238,196 3-17 13,039 55 120,521 2-19 0 10 1 2-22 Meals .. .. .. 114,595 1-52 7,315 64 69,841 1-21 0 12 2 2-29 116,465 1-55 7,100 61 68,167 1-24 0 11 9 2-30 Fruit and vegetables .. 56,737 0-75 11,728 207 93.751 1-62 1 13 0 1-92 50,808 0-68 9,111 179 75,131 1-37 1 9 7 1-98 Root crops and fodder .. 137,500 1-82 10,594 77 87,024 1-50 0 12 8 1-97 145,839 1-94 12,558 86 86,834 1-58 0 11 11 1-66 Flax, green and pressed .. 6,249 0-08 521 83 5,845 0-10 0 18 9 2-69 12,679 0 17 1,053 83 10,781 0-20 0 17 0 2-46 Seeds .. .. .. 16,346 0-22 1,212 74 14,149 0-24 0 17 4 2-80 21,194 0-28 1,456 69 14,602 0-27 0 13 9 2-41 516,630 6-83 41,996 81 371,169 6-41 0 14 4 2-12 585,181 7-79 44,317 76 376,036 6-85 0 12 10 2-04 Animals and other Products. Cattle, calves, horses .. 211,058 2-80 18,509 88 236,662 4-08 1 2 5 3-07 216,666 2-88 18,783 87 237,488 4-32 1 1 11 3-03 Sheep and pigs .. .. 410,695 5-44 31,821 77 441,479 7-61 1 1 6 3-33 451,409 6-00 35,974 80 454,333 8-26 1 0 2 3-03 Meat .. .. .. 262,954 3-48 9,501 36 239,332 4 13 0 18 2 6-05 250,242 3-33 8,683 35 214,856 3-90 0 17 2 5-94 Butter .. .. .. 138,845 1-84 10,134 73 155,936 2-69 1 2 6 3-69 155,822 2-07 11,3-52 73 168,127 3-05 1 1 7 3-55 Cheese .. .. .. 71,794 0-95 3,684 51 69,331 1-20 0 19 4 4-52 74,310 1-00 3,852 52 68,318 1-24 0 18 4 4-26 Wool .. .. .. 172,197 2-28 9,660 56 178,799 3-09 1 0 9 4-44 159,442 2-12 9,483 59 156,807 2-8-5 0 19 8 3-97 Dairy by-products.. .. 20,220 0-27 1,724 85 20,891 0-36 1 0 8 2-91 25,718 0-34 2,094 81 24,075 0-44 0 18 9 2-76 Fat, hides, and skins .. 45,300 0-60 2,188 48 47,449 0-82 1 1 0 5-20 43,260 0-58 2,230 52 44,510 0-81 1 0 7 4-79 Fish .. .. .. 10,171 0-13 1,901 187 16,828 0-29 1 13 1 2-11 10,127 0 13 1,888 187 15,911 0-29 1 11 10 2-02 1,343,234 17-79 89,122 66 1,406,707 24-27 1 1 0 3-79 1,386,996 18-45 94,339 68 1,384,425 25-16 10 0 3-52 Products of Mines. Agricultural lime .. .. 379,504 5-04 23,033 61 132,518 2-29 0 7 0 1-38 376,741 5-02 23,230 62 132,175 2-40 0 7 0 1-37 Coal, imported .. .. 36,055 0-48 1,760 49 18,705 0-32 0 10 4 2-56 30,574 0-41 732 24 11,560 0-23 0 7 7 3-79 Coal, New Zealand hard .. 830,683 11-02 36,886 44 277,098 4-79 0 6 8 1-80 822,135 10-93 36,032 44 266,209 4-84 0 6 6 1-77 Coal, New Zealand brown .. 897,602 11-90 108,183 121 593,634 10-25 0 13 3 1-32 833,933 11-09 105,337 126 555,341 10-09 0 13 4 1-27 Road-metal .. .. 169,938 2-26 5,816 34 48,374 0-83 0 5 8 2-00 129,056 1-72 4,54-5 3-5 37,047 0-67 0 5 9 1-96 Limeandcoke .. .. 40,936 0-54 3,328 81 24,556 0-42 0 12 0 1-77 38,612 0-51 3,135 81 24,388 0-44 0 12 7 1-87 2,354,718 31-24 179,006 76 1,094,885 18-90 0 9 3 1-47 2,231,051 29-68 173,011 78 1,026,720 18-67 0 9 2 1-42 Products of Forests. Timber, imported .. .. 25,458 0-34 1,993 78 30,688 0-53 1 4 1 3-70 20,520 0-27 1,368 67 19,843 0-36 0 19 4 3-48 Timber, New Zealand .. 476,187 6-32 57,618 121 475,129 8-20 1 0 0 1-98 469,687 6-2-5 54,582 116 446,860 8-14 0 19 0 1-96 Firewood, posts, &c. .. 76,565 1-02 6,978 91 39,076 0-67 0 10 2 1-34 89,009 1-19 7,769 87 42,969 0-78 0 9 8 1-33 578,210 7-68 66,589 115 544,893 9-40 0 18 10 1-96 579,216 7-71 63,719 110 509,672 9-28 0 17 7 1-92 Manufactures, &c. Benzine, gasolene, kerosene.. 188,492 2-50 17,401 92 311,496 5-37 1 13 0 4-30 174,860 2-34 16,227 93 286,420 5-21 1 12 9 4-24 Cement .. .. .. 87,044 1-16 10,324 119 94,485 1-63 1 1 9 2-20 68,386 0-91 7,843 115 69,591 1-26 1 0 4 2-13 Manure .. .. .. 874,679 11-62 65,356 75 475,090 8-20 0 10 11 1-74 991,119 13-18 68,434 69 499,763 9-08 0 10 1 1-75 1,150,215 15-28 93,081 81 881,071 15-20 0 15 4 2-27 1,234,365 16-43 92,504 75 855,774 15-55 0 13 11 2-22 Miscellaneous .. .. 1,596,005 21-18 104,691 66 1,495,963 25-82 0 18 9 3-43 1,499,240 19-94 93,231 63 1,347 ,949 \ 24-49 0 18 0 3-47 Totals 7,539,012 100-00 574,485 76 5,794,688 100-0 j 0 15 4 2-43 7,516,049 100-00 561,121 75 5,500,576 100-00 , (J 14 8 2-35

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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, 1939. MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.

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Year. Miles. Capital Cost. Ttain-mileage. j j Caching Timber. No. ! £ No. No. £ £ No. No. Tons. 1925-1926 .. 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 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 11,868,083 21,235,428 1,611,305 305,526 1,130,722 10,325,490 452,375 1937-1938 .. 3,323 54,205,496 12,777,852 22,441,212 1,698,021 j 318,457 1,243,615 11,101,056 490,207 1938-1939 3,319 56,413,304 13,072,615 23,265,768 1,785,646 I 334,170 1,165,560 10,102,345 501,644 Miscellaneous Year. Goods. Total. Goods Revenue. Revenue, Labour, Total Revenue. Demurrage, &c. Train-mile. l_ I _■ 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 1937-1938.. .. 6,357,767 6,847,974 5,411,297 164,050 7,591,825 142-59 1938-1939 . ■ 6,415,613 Ml 7,257 ' 5,694,936 190,308 8,005,059 146-96

Maintenance of Wav and Works Maintenance of Signals and Maintenance of Locomotives, Maintenance or way ana worus. Electrical Appliances. Carriages, and Wagons. I Per Cent. Per Mile Per Cent. Per Mile Per Cent. Per Amount. | of of Amount. of of Amount. of TrainRevenue. Railway. Revenue. Railway. Revenue. mile. £ £ £ £ £ d. 1925-1926 .. .. 1,144,386 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 1036-1937 .. .. 1,171,963 16-98 353-00 154,108 2-23 46-42 1,565,083 22-67 31-65 1937-1938 .. .. 1,278,980 16-85 384-89 178,892 2-36 53-83 1,792,562 23-61 33-67 1938-1939 .. .. 1,375,829 17-19 414-53 186,546 2-33 56-21 1,832,615 22-89 33-64 Locomotive Transportation. Traffic Transportation. General Charges. Expend!- Expendl- " Total ture ture YCar " C P C £ Per Per Per Expenditure. C mt. ot Amount. of Train- Amount. of Train- Amount. <3 Train- mile. Revenue. Revenue. miIe ' Revenue. 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 37-01 264,389 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 1937-1938 .. 1,703,110 22-43 31-99 2,090,471 27-54 39-26 247,770 3-26 4-65 7,291,785 136-95 96-05 1938-1939 .. 1,812,857 22-65 33-28 2,208,310 27-59 40-54 247,475 3-09 4-54 7,663,632 140-70 95-73

STATEMENT No. 21. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for Years 1938-39 and 1937-38.

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STATEMENT No. 22. Statement of Accidents for the Year ended 31st March, 1939.

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Train Accidents. Accidents on Line (other than Train Shunting Accidents. Employees ALuueuL-sy. proceeding Persons to or from killed or Tr , , Duty within injured at ' Passengers. Employees. Passengers. Employees. Persons. Passengers. Employees. pSJljJs y Crossings. 'd . "d 'd . ■O j . | "O • ! i • T3 ! -o T3 T5 © T3 © 'dig T3 "*3 I g "O 2 'dig 'C © t3 i © rrt © 2 S | .3 I J} s £ ; 5 jj J3 £ | 5 | g © £ S g 3 3 5 3 ! 5 3 5 ; 5 3 3 5 3 " 3 | 3 3 S3 m Sis' Kaihu .. .. .. .. .. ... | Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. 1 . . . . .. 1 North Island Main Line and Branches 1 20 3 1 3 8 2 21 3 3 .. 1 58 2 2 .. 10 54 25 167 South Island Main Line and Branches .... 3 .. .. 2 9 .. 1 1 1 .. 4 .. 62 1 3 1 .. 9 17 14 100 Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Nelson Picton .. .. .. ■■ .. .. •• •• •• •• •• - • •• .. .. 2 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 3 Totals .. .. 1 23 3 1 5 17 2 22 4 4 4 1 125 1 j 6 3 1 19 71 39 274 I Note. —This return includes only casualties in connection with train-working and the movement of rolling-stock.

iil ill . 1 i! A ? oo a as j S r* c® .HS r Branch. a 2 s o • ■ © _• £ g, a a m « -S m 3 8 -£3 n ssffi fgogg® « -3 3 5 I a i ! ■s S 2 8 £ it W S5 P-, 03P5 <! (S EH 1938-39. General.. .. .. 1 4 792 183 4 3 4 579 529 45 441 2,585 Traffic .. .. .. 4 19 3,790 2,865 57 12 35 6,782 Maintenance .. .. 24 29 2,974 1,672 43 21 54 4,817 Locomotive .. .. 4 15 6,090 3,954 63* 10 22 10,158 Totals .. .. 33 67 13,646 8,674 167 46 115 579 529 45 441 24,342 1937-38. General.. .. .. 1 2 730 167 3 3 4 486 478 40 346 2,260 Traffic .. .. .. 4 12 3,391 2,797 58 12 34 6,308 Maintenance .. .. 9 24 2,797 1,510 -38 21 27 .. .. .. .. 4,426 Locomotive .. .. 4 12 5,372 3,480 57* 11 24 8,960 Totals .. .. 18 50 12,290 7,954 156 47 89 486 478 40 346 21,954 * Workshops staff only. Westport locomotive-running staff are included in South Island Main Line and Branches.

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STATEMENT No. 23. Statement of Carriage, Rail-Car, Multiple Unit, Brake-van and Wagon Stock, and Tarpaulins, for the Year ended 31st March, 1939.

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'd'S Is • . I®J . I"s Description. . 6 gill | |faf | g d 1 | |.afi ■§ |.gg % J 1 3 3 M Is s| £ £ E s Carriages— First class .. .. .. 126 .. 107 .. 3 236 Seoond class .. .. .... 2 522 353 10 7 4 898 Composite .. .. .. 191 6 115 7 5 324 Sleeping . . .. .. 13 .. .. .. .. .. 13 Combination day-sleeping .. .... .. 13 .. 5 .. .. 18 Totals .. .. .... 2 865 6 580 10 14 12 1,489 RAIL-oaks .. .. .. .... .. 13 .. 2 .. .. 15 Multiple Units— Power units.. .. .. .. .. .. 6 .. .. . . .. .. 6 Trailers .. .. .. .... .. 6 .. .. .. .. .. 6 Totals .. .. 12 .. .. .. .. .. 12 Vans—■ Postal vans .. .. .... .. 7 .. 4 .. .. 11 Brake-vans .. .. .. .... 2 260 4 193 7 3 4 473 Totals .. .. .... 2 267 4 197 7 3 4 484 Wagons— Special-purpose wagons .. .. E .. 825 .. 269 .. .. .. 1,094 Horse-boxes .. .. G .. 71 1 73 1 1 4 151 Cattle .. .. .. H .. 421 4 196 4 4 8 637 Sheep .. .. .. .. J .. 1,383 38 1,174 .. 11 43 2,649 Covered goods .. .. K 1 263 2 155 5 6 3 435 Sleeping-vans .. .. K .. 14 .. 15 1 1 .. 31 High sides .. .. .. L 4 3,237 32 3,589 12 83 137 7,094 High sides .. .. .. ..La .. 4,326 .. 3,416 .. .. .. 7,742 High sides .. .. .. .. Lb .. 271 14 518 5 20 37 865 Low sides .. .. .. M 12 494 31 851 24 14 37 1,463 Work-train hopper .. .. .. M .. .. .. 33 .. .. 33 Low sides, steel .. .. Ma 129 12 .. .! .. ! 1 141 Low sides .. .. ., Mb 7 12 17 .. 1 37 Timber .. .. .. N 39 101 126 32 8 12 318 Iron hopper .. .. ..O .. 9 .. .. .. .. .. 9 Iron hopper, for ballast .. Ob .. 9 .. .. .. .. .. 9 Platform, coal .. ,. .. p .. 196 ., ., .. ,. ,. 196 Petrol inspection .. .. .. Pw .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 Moveable hopper .. .. .. Q .. .. .. 486 723 .. .. 1,209 Frozen meat .. .. .. W .. 224 .. 56 .. .. .. 280 Frozen meat .. .. Wa 233 3 34 18 .. 288 Covered goods .. .. .. X .. 133 .. 16 .. .. 149 Cool, ventilated .. .. .. Xa 3 349 439 1 7 799 Cool, ventilated .. .. Xb 59 .. 33 .. .. 92 Work-train .. .. .. Y .. 64 .. 17 .. 10 91 Work-train .. .. .. Yb 259 .. 138 .. 9 406 Special-purpose wagons, bogie.. E 2 47 1 27 1 78 High sides, bogie .. .. R 2 199 .. 81 .. .. 282 High sides, bogie .. .. .. Rb .. 69 .. 26 .. .. 95 High sides, bogie .. .. .. Rd .. 3 .. .. .. .. .. 3 High sides, bogie .. .. .. Rn .. 19 .. .. .. .. .. 19 Sheep, bogie .. .. .. S .. 35 .. 37 72 Cattle, bogie .. .. T .. 33 .. 20 .. .. 53 Platform, bogie .. .. .. U .. 201 39 108 4 4 10 366 Gas-storeholder, bogie .. .. Ua .. 10 .. 4 .. .. 14 Platform, bogie .. .. .. Ub .. 157 .. 257 .. .. 414 Fuel oil, bogie .. .. .. Uo .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 Horse-boxes, bogie .. .. Uo 54 !! 55 . .. 109 Frozen meat, bogie .. .. y .. 52 .. 66 .. .. 118 Chilled beef, bogie .. .. ..V .. 6 .. .. .. .. .. 6 Frozen meat, bogie .. .. .. y B .. 137 .. 85 .. .. .. 222 Chilled beef, bogie .. .. .. Vb .. 67 .. .. .. .. .. 67 Covered goods, bogie.. .. .. Z .. 69 .. 44 .. .. 113 Covered goods, bogie.. .. .. Zp .. 76 .. 74 .. .. 150 Totals .. .. .. .. 63 14,311 189 12,537 812 170 319 28,401 Tarpaulins .. .. .. .. .. 2 8 12,168 113 11,345 52 145 287 24,138

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STATEMENT No. 24. Locomotive Stock for Year ended 31st March, 1939.

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•a IS0 H t •S I . I" 31 I l| |1 Ea ■ga I T ™ e - gf .1 IS «s |2 e h P i si ! p & § § ~ s I s 1! I 3 § I | I | a w jzig a g| £ S g A Tender (4-cyl. balanced compound) .. 57 10 .. 18 .. 39 .. .. .. 57 A Tender (No. 409, simple) .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 Aa Tender .. .. .. 10 .. .. 10 10 Ab Tender .. .. .. .. 141 2 .. 87 .. 54 141 B Tender .. .. .. .. 8 1 .. .. .. 8 .. .. .. 8 Ba Tender .. .. .. .. 10 1 .. .. .. 10 .. .. .. 10 Bb Tender .. .. .. .. 30 .. .. 30 .. .. .. .. .. 30 C Tender (shunting) .. .. 24 .. .. 12 .. 12 .. .. .. 24 Eb Eleotric (battery, shunting, workshops) .. .. .. 2 .. 3 .. .. .. 5 Ec Electric .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 .. .. ., 6 Ed Electric .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 Eo Electric .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 .. .. .. 5 E Tank .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. 19 .. .. .. 21 Fa Tank .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 2 .. .. 3 G Tender .. .. .. .. 6 .. .. .. .. 6 .. .. .. 6 H Tank (Fell) .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 .. .. .. .. .. 6 K Tender .. .. .. .. 30 .. .. 30 .. .. .. .. .. 30 L Tank .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 Q Tender .. .. . . .. 13 1 .. .. .. 13 .. .. .. 13 U Tender .. .. .. .. 9 9 9 Ub Tender .. .. .. .. 7 .. .. .. .. 7 .. .. .. 7 Uo Tender .. .. .. .. 7 .. .. .. .. 7 .. .. .. 7 W Tank .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 Wa Tank .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 3 .. .. .. 8 Wab Tank .. .. .. .. 30 .. .. 20 .. 10 30 Wb Tank .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 .. .. 4 We Tank .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 Wf Tank .. .. .. ..16 .. .. 11 .. 17 .. 4 5 37 Wa Tank .. .. .. .. 8 .. .. 18 2 20 Ww Tank .. .. .. 50 .. .. 47 .. .. 3 .. .. 50 X Tender (4-cyl. balanced compound) .. 17 10 .. 18 .. .. .. .. .. 18 Totals .. .. .. 476 25 2 311 7 234 9 4 5 572

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STATEMENT No. 25. ALL SECTIONS. Locomotive Running Costs, Year ended 31st March, 1939.

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Locomotive-mileage. Quantity of Stores. Cost. Number Details. Running. Repairs. Running. Secti ° n - Locomo-j Shunting, i t ! Sectton - tives - | Train. Total. j Locomotive. Coal. Oil. M^£ a1 ' Stores. Fuel. Wages. Miscellaneous. I Overhead. [ | Cwt. Quarts, i £ £ i £ £ £ N.I.M.L. and branches .. 308 8,143,907 2,504,835 i 10,648,742 34,574 6,517,447 452,664 350,754 20,985 1532,879 404,419 1,309,037 N.I.M.L. and branches. S.I.M.L. and branches .. 220 4,266,648 1,725,621 5,992,269 27,238 3,020,533 255,493 j 219,720 12,459 191,026 233 904 657,109 S.I.M.L. and branches. Kaihu .. .. .. 2 13,488 2,534 16,022 8,011 6,026 541 ! 287 25 ! 731 877 1,920 Kaihu. Gisborne .. .. ! 6 59,775 11,956 71,731 11,955 41,627 3,921 1,973 157 5,731 2,773 10,634 Gisborne. Westport .. .. 9 70,124 50,037 120,161 13,351 57,377 5,090 4,581 297 3,219 5,845 13,942 Westport. Nelson .. .. .. ! 5 39,218 10,502 49,720 9,944 18,735 1,854 1,275 79 2,158 1,865 5,377 Nelson. Picton .. .. .. | 6 50,803 28,167 78,970 13,162 26,711 3,373 2,715 145 3,242 3,479 9,581 Picton. Total steam .. 556 12,643,963 4,333,652 16,977,615 30,535 9,688,456 722,936 581,305 34,147 738,986 653,162 2,007,600 Units. Electric locos., Eo. 2-6 .. 5 49,146 61,654 110,800 22,160 1,998,670 4,120 13,253 153 16,592 2,289 32,287 Electric locos., Eo. 2-6. Electric locos., Ec. 7-12 .. 6 117,618 24,041 141,659 23,610 2,297,170 2,233 3,859 198 4,799 3,063 11,919 Electriclocos.,Ec.7-12. Electric locos., E.D. 101 ..1 388 208 596 596 3,428 1 311 9 51 371 Electriclocos.,E.D.101 Multiple units, D.M. 1-6 .. 6 184,029 14,170 198,199 33,033 764,287 45 3,674 6 3,565 4,474 11,719 Multiple units, D.M. Gallons. 1-6. Petrol rail-cars .. ■ 7 207,786 7,530 215,316 30,759 35,771 3,332 4,596 257 2,083 2,785 9,721 Petrol rail-cars. Diesel rail cars .. .. 8 169,055 4,559 173,614 21,702 11,462 3,303 2,041 235 374 1,977 4,627 Diesel rail-cars. Grand total .. 589 13,371,985 4,445,814 17,817,799 30,251 735,970 609,039 34,996 766,408 667,801 j 2,078,244 Cost per Locomotive-mile. Cost per Locomotive-mile. g ° £ — j g < j ; — — 3 | g Repairs. Running. 73 a • Si d a . S g . a * • WasesT j | ! I| | f Jj If 1 Cost! If &*£ *—• n. 3^ 1 - j Total. | ts •§ 2 1 S is 2 8? ®~! an d Stores. Fuel. [ Wages. P g fj g. £ gj £ g g.| Over- ' ! g S « §•* $ £0^ head. | | I o O a o H d] j dl <E dl dl £ £ £ £ d] (L d] d! £ d. ] N.I.M.L. and branches .. .. 7-90 i 0-47 12-02 9-11 29-50 74,358 17,700 16,339 144,394 1-67 0-40 0-37 3-26 1,561,828 35-20 81,185 264 5T.I.M.L. and branches S.I.M.L. and branches .. .. 8-80 0-50 7-65 9-37 26-32 44,103 6,743 9,983 84,977 1-77 0-27 0-40 3-40 802,915 32-16 52,344 238 S.I.M.L. and branches. Kaihu.. .. .. 4-30 0-37 10-95 13-14 28-76 34 61 .. 174 0-51 0-91 .. 2-61 2,189 32-79 300 150 Kaihu. Gisborne .. .. .. 6-60 0-53 19-17 9-28 35-58 279 142 .. 910 0-93 0-48 .. 3-04 11,965 40-03 744 124 Gisborne. Westport .. .. .. 9-15 0-59 6-43 11-68 27-85 499 101 .. 2,246 1-00 0-20 .. 4-48 16,788 33-53 1,785 198 Westport. Nelson.. .. .. .. 6-15 0-38 10-42 9-00 25-95 227 50 .. 341 1-10 0-24 .. 1-65 5,995 28-94 512 102 Nelson. Picton.. .. .. .. 8-25 0-44 9-85 10-58 29-12 569 69 .. 983 1-73 0-21 .. 2-98 11,202 34-04 955 159 Picton. Total steam .. .. 8-22 0-48 10-45 9-23 28-38 120,069 24,866 26,322 234,025 1-70 0-35 0-37 3-31 2,412,882 34-11 137,825 248 Electric locos., Eo. 2-6 .. .. 28-71 0-33 35-94 4-96 69-94 2,288 .. .. 978 4-95 .. .. 2-12 35,553 77-01 1,310 262 Electric locos., Eo. 2-6. Electric locos., Eo. 7-12 .. .. 6-54 0-34 8-12 5-19 20-19 1,845 .. .. 684 3-13 .. .. 1-16 14,448 24-48 1,304 217 Electric locos., Eo. 7-12. Electric locos., E.D. 101 .. .. 125-24 .. 3-62 20-54 149-40 .. .. 371 149-40 22 22 Electric locos., E.D. 101. Multiple units .. -- •• 4-44 0-01 4-32 5-42 14-19 2,359 .. .. 1,821 2-85 .. .. 2-21 15,899 19-25 1,308 218 Multiple units, D.M. 1-6. Petrol rail-ears .. -. •• 5 13 0-29 2-32 3-10 10-84 5,859 .. .. 471 6-53 .. .. 0-52 16,051 17-89 1,697 242 Petrol rail-cars. Diesel rail-cars .. .. •• 2-82 0-32 0-52 2-73 6-39 1,733 .. .. .. 2-40 .. .. .. 6,360 8-79 653 .. Diesel rail-cars. Steam rail-cars .. .. • • - • • • .. .. .. 567 .. .. .. .. I .. .. 567 .. .. .. Steam rail-car. t 1 C. t ■ t-t

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§ Locomotive-mileage. Quantity of Stores. Cost. Cost per Locomotive-mile. ° g, 0 M - 8 * .2 s i- 3 Details. Mileage Running. Repairs. Running. Repairs. Running. q Q J ©• Type* o per ' ; . J T yp«» B . SSffi' 1 Wages, Total. Wages, Total. » g ■§1 Train. Light,' Total Coal. Oil. Stores - ; Fuel - Wages. 8 '' St0res - Fuel - Wages. « g&g ET? and Mia. «uu ana >1 oQj 1 cellaneous. Overhead. Overhead. « > NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES. Cwt. Quarts. £ - £ £ £ £ d. d. d. d. d. A .. .. 18 487,713 119,772 607,485 33,749 328,091 28,246 11,690 1,306 29,931 21,926 64,853 4-62 0-52 11-82 8-66 25-62 4,797 267 A. AA .. .. 10 296,191 68,169 364,360 36,436 266,097 16,534 11,195 745 15,481 14,245 41,666 7-37 0-49 10-20 9-38 27-44 2,647 265 AA. AB .. .. 87 3,665,611 558,684 4,224.295 48,555 2,278,623 157,553 114,971 7,479 183,505 129,026 434,981 6-53 0-42 10-43 7-33 24-71 24,790 285 AB. BB .. .. 30 328,732 395,214 723,946 24,132 475,032 37,206 23,460 1,649 31,798 41,577 98,484 7-78 0-55 10-54 13-78 32-65 8,021 267 BB. C .. .. 12 2,631 220,561 223,192 18,599 170,688 8,042 13,583 399 14,239 16,018 44,239 14-61 0-43 15-31 17-22 47-57 2,938 245 C. H .. 6 12,477 27,956 40,433 6,739 47,126 5,320 9,548 222 5,411 4,852 20,033 56-67 1-32 32-12 28-80 118-91 1,242 207 H. K. .. 30 1,478,150 102,874 1,581,024 52,701 1,182,096 58,631 56,500 2,774 109,161 45,622 214,057 8-58 0-42 16-56 6-93 32-49 8,505 284 K.. L .. 1 8,639 5,416 14,055 14,055 3,591 148 .. 12 412 555 979 .. 0-20 7-04 9-48 16-72 298 298 L. Wab .. 20 588,543 131,308 719,851 35,993 462,115 29,743 24,520 1,386 31,894 26,062 83,862 8-18 0-46 10-63 8-69 27-96 5,568 278 Wab. Wr .. .. 11 29,204 123,337 152,541 13,867 84,179 7,377 6,592 371 7,858 9,664 24,485 10-37 0-58 12-36 15-21 38-52 2,073 188 We. Wo .. .. 18 79,474 275,738 355,212 19,734 218,092 16,718 13,775 767 16,116 22,416 53,074 9-31 0-52 10-89 15-14 35-86 4,455 248 Wo. Ww .. .. 47 666,719 415,249 1,081,968 23,021 600,420 47,752 47,549 2,214 51,910 51,215 152,888 10-55 0-49 11-51 11-36 33-91 11,913 253 Ww. X .. .. 18 499,823 60,557 560,380 31,132 401,297 39,394 17,371 1,661 35,163 21,241 75,436 7-44 0-71 15-06 9-10 32-31 3,938 219 X. Total steam .. 308 8,143,907 2,504,835 10,648,742 34,574 6,517,447 452,664 350,754 20,985 532,879 404,419 1,309,037 7-90 0-47 12-02 9-11 29-50 81,185 264 Total steam.

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I | i (H o j Locomotive-mileage. Quantity of Stores. Cost. Cost per Locomotive-mile. ° o | ! j gg o Average • ss k! Details. Mileage Running. Repairs. Running. Repairs. Running. g S S oj" ® eg P02 > „ Type. <g I ; T P er j i i ; i i S I 2 ! a? Type- « . ; Shiuitlng, ttve°~ ! Wages, ! [ Total. Wages, j | Total. ® o" S f | Train. LighT, 8 ' Total. ' Coal. j Oil. Ma n^ ial - Stores, j Fuel, j Wages. Ma^ a1 ' Stores. ! Fuel, j Wages. £ . |&| s® Mi 8 " ; Overhead. ! : Overhead. ! 5 — Y, \ cellaneous. j j I j — < SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES. Cwt. Quarts. £ £ £ £ £ d. d. d. d. d. A .. 40 908,822 159,108 1,067,930 26,698 527,707 50,507 59,530 2,409 32,998 36,181 131,118 13-38 0-54 7-42 8-13 29-47 8,726 218 A. AB .. .. 54 1,980,958 385,286 2,366,244 43,819 1,170,244 93,485 66,227 4,540 74,851 70,690 216,308 6-72 0-46 7-59 7-17 21-94 14,782 274 AB. B .. 8 86,309 62,936 149,245 18,656 75,372 6,527 7,789 326 4,899 7,547 20,561 12-52 0-52 7-88 12-14 33-06 1,882 235 B. BA .. .. 10 61,070 152,863 213,933 21,393 131,702 10,800 12,052 502 7,993 13,281 33,828 13-52 0-56 8-97 14-90 37-95 2,431 243 BA. C ..12 50,987 217,202 268,189 22,349 126,434 9,894 3,699 504 8,949 18,084 31,236 3-31 0-45 8-01 16-18 27-95 3,369 281 C. F ..19 13,479 234,581 248,060 13,056 77,228 8,213 8,580 468 4.846 16,202 30,096 8-30 0-45 4-69 15-68 29-12 3,928 207 F. FA .. .. 1 16 6,799 6,815 6,815 2,493 258 1,250 14 156 519 1,939 44-02 0-49 5-49 18-28 68-28 162 162 FA. G .. 6 176,825 20,817 197,642 32,940 110,044 7,778 2,166 383 7,292 6,336 16,177 2-63 0-47 8-85 7-69 19-64 1,191 199 G. Q .. 13 185,463 64,735 250,198 19,246 142,567 13,064 6,857 598 8,818 10,817 27,090 6-58 0-57 8-46 10-38 25-99 2,714 209 Q. U .. .. 9 148,588 38,378 186,966 20,774 106,973 7,770 5,628 394 6,154 7,281 19,457 7-22 0-51 7-90 9-35 24-98 2,001 222 U. UB .. .. 7 58,904 53,826 112,730 16,104 50,369 4,757 3,852 236 3,324 5,917 13,329 8-20 0-50 7-08 12-60 28-38 1,525 218 Ub. Uc .. .. 7 148,705 31,643 180,348 25,764 87,236 5,764 4,542 315 5,507 6,492 16,856 6-04 0-42 7-33 8-64 22-43 1,821 260 Uc. W .. .. 2 14,746 21,632 36,378 18,189 17,355 1,254 587 74 1,096 2,076 3,833 3-87 0-49 7-23 13-70 25-29 451 226 W. WA .. .. 3 15,200 29,684 44,884 14,961 21,303 1,575 1,155 91 1,347 2,670 5,263 6-18 0-49 7-20 14-27 28-14 587 196 WA. Wab .. 10 340,288 44,677 384,965 38,497 203,604 19,834 18,996 900 12,603 11,984 44,483 11-84 0-56 7-86 7-47 27-73 2,739 274 WAB. WE .. .. 2 23,272 10,432 33,704 16,852 22,636 1,566 1,710 73 1,428 1,923 5,134 12-18 0-52 10-17 13-69 36-56 514 257 WE. Wf .. .. 17 53,016 191,022 244,038 14,355 147,266 12,447 15,100 632 8,765 15,904 40,401 14-85 0-62 8-62 15-64 39-73 3,521 207 Wr. Total ateam .. 220 4,266,648 1,725,621 5,992,269 27,238 3,020,533 255,493 219,720 12,459 191,026 233,904 657,109 8-80 0-50 7-65 9-37 26-32 52,344 238 Total steam.

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| Locomotive-mileage. Quantity of Stores. Cost. ' Cost per Locomotive-mile. ° ? | : : J gg Details. MUeafe Running. | Repairs. Running. Repairs. Running. g S J ® Type. "5 —— ; ' per ' j j | . — J Type. L0 Uv°e m °- W ?g es Tota.. Wages Total. - § ■gg Train. Light, Total. Coal. Oil. Stores. Fuel. Wages. i?? ' Stores. Fuel. Wages. » g 5*s and Mis- ana and >> ©Qij S cellaneous. Overhead. . Overhead. g > Kaihti Section. I Owt. 'j Quarts. : £ £ | £ ! £ £ I d. d. d. d. j d. [ I" .. I 2 | 13,488 2,534 16,022 8,011 6,026 541 287 25 731; 877 1,920! 4-30 0-37 10-95 13• 14 j 28-76 300 150 F. Gisborne Section. Wa .. .. 4 j 29,835 5,786 | 35,621 8,905 , 17,436 | 1,805 | 1,487 [ 73 2,399 ! 1,323 | 5,282 I 10-02 0-49 16-16 8-92 35-59 I 381 95 Wa. Wo .. .. 2 29,940 6,170 36,110 ! 18,055 I 24,191 2,116! 486! 84 3,332 1,450 J 5,352! 3-23 0-56 22-14 9-64 35-57 363 182 j Wo. Total .. 6 59,775 11,956 i 71,731 11,955 41,627 3,921 1,973 157 5,731 2,773; 10,634! 6-60 I 0-53 i 19-17 9-28 35-58 744 124 Total. ] I ! ! Westpobt Section. Fa .. .. 2 310 14,420 14,730 7,365 6,018 722 197; 41! 338 : 1,106 I 1,682 3-21 0-67 5-51 18-02 27-41; 328 164 FA. Wb .. .. 4 23,899 27,311 51,210 12,803 25,114 2,074 1,862! 125 1,410 2,771! 6,168 j 8-73 0-59 6-61 12-98 28-91 793 198 Wb. Ww .. .. 3 45,915 8,306 54,221 1 18,074 26,245 2,294 2,522 131 1,471 1,968 6,092 11-17 0-58 j 6-51 8-71 26-97 664 221 Ww. Total .. 9 70,124 50,037 120,161 13,351 j 57,377 5,090 4,581 297 3,219! 5,845 13,942 9-15 0-59 6-43 11-68 27-85 1,785 198 Total. Nelson Section. Fa .. .. i 1 278 166 444 444 | 115 25 26 1 14 23 64 14-05 0-54 7-57 12-43 34-59 10 10 Fa. We .. .. 4 38,940 10,336 49,276 12,319! 18,620 1,829 1,249 78 2,144 1,842 5,313 6-08 0-38 10-44 8-98 25-88 502 126 WE. Total .. 5 39,218 10,502 49,720 9,944! 18,735 1,854 1,275 79 2,158 1,865 5,377 6-15 0-38 10-42 9-00 25-95 512 102 Total. Picton Section. Fa .. .. 1 385; 43 428! 428 [ 117; 13 [ 194 1 14 20 229 108-79 0-56 7-85 | 11-21 128-41 7 7 , Fa. WE .. .. 5 50,418! 28,124 78,542 15,708 26,594; 3,360 1 2,521 144 3,228, 3,459 9,352 7-70 0-44 9-86 10-58 28-58 948 190 Wp. Total .. 6 j 50,803 j 28,167 78,970 13,162 f 26,711 3,373 2,715 145 | 3,242 3,479 9,581 j 8-25 j 0-44 9-85 ! 10-58 29-12 955 159 I Total. I j 1 I ! I I i ! ! | | i I

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