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Return No. 6. Net Revenue, Cost of Construction, and Rate of Interest on all Lines.

Section. Earnings over Expenditure, as per Balance-sheet. Estimated Cost of Opened Lines. Rate of Interest. ECawakawa ... Rfhangarei Auckland Napier Wellington VVanganui New Plymouth ... ETurunui-Bluff ... Sreymouth tVestport kelson Picton £ s. d. 621 2 4 *392 16 2 22,832 8 4 15,556 19 4 10,490 14 2 15,275 18 8 3,741 19 2 287,797 17 10 5,715 16 2 2,587 3 8 2,283 2 8 2,416 12 10 £ s. d. 19,000 0 0 28,000 0 0 1,003,000 0 0 422,000 0 0 720,000 0 0 767,000 0 0 235,000 0 0 5,611,000 0 0 139,000 0 0 160,000 0 0 150,000 0 0 189,000 0 0 £ a. d. 3 5 5 2 5 6 3 13 9 19 2 1 19 10 1 11 10 5 2 7 4 2 3 1 12 4 1 10 5 15 7 ■ Total ... Postal services (Estimated) 368,926 19 0 14,700 0 0 9,443,000 0 0 3 18 2 Total including PoBtal Services 383,626 19 0 4 13 'otal expenditure on Railways, including cost of all surveys and works in progress, as yet unutilized,— Provincial ... £1,104,281 2 5 Colonial ... 9,869,669 11 3 Earnings over Expenditure, as above. Total £10,973,950 13 8 368,926 19 0 3 7 3