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RETURN No.7. Comparison of Traffic Revenue and Expenditure for the last Fourteen Financial Years.

A. C. Eipe, Eailway Accountant.

RETURN No.8. Traffic Ton-Mileage, and Rate of Working, for Five Chief Sections.

A. C. Fife, Railway Accountant.

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Year. Expenditure Miles. Revenue. Expenditure. per cent, ot" Tonnage. Revenue. Parcels, Cattle, ~ Horses, and Sheep, and Passengers. .p. 61 ?' 8 " 11 Dogs. Pigs. lionets. 1879-80 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 188S-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1,172 1,277 1,319 1,358 1,396 : ,477 1,613 1,727 i,758 1,777 1,809 1,842 1,869 1,886 £ 762,573 836,454 892,026 953,347 961,304 1,045,712 1,047,419 998,768 994.843 997.615 1,095,570 1,121,701 1,115,432 1,181,522 £ 580,010 521,957 523,099 592,821 655,990 690,026 690,340 699,072 687,328 647,045 682,787 700,703 706,517 732,142 76'o6 62-40 58-64 62-18 68-24 65'99 65 '9 1 69-99 69-09 64-86 62-32 62-47 63'34 61-97 i,io8,io8 1,377,783 i,437,7H 1,564.793 1,700,040 1,749,856 1,823,767 1,747,754 1,735,762 1,920,431 2,073,955 2,086,011 2,066,791 2,193.330 No. 180,331 286,865 316,611 341,186 359.896 347.425 349.428 372,397 399,109 399,056 405,838 413,074 430,216 460,383 No. 285,209 300,704 343,751 477,075 686,287 729,528 858,662 942,017 940,209 9!?,392 1,068,575 1,348,364 1,153.501 i,393,457 No. 2,967,090 2,849,561 2,911,477 3,283,378 3,272,644 3,232,886 3,362,266 3,426,403 3,45i,8so 3,'32,803 3>37 6 ,459 3,433.629 3,555.764 3,759.044 No. 5,077 6,499 7,207 8,621 9,036 8,999 10,717 11,821 11,518 11,817 12,311 13,881 16,341 16,504

Ton-Mileage. Ton-Mileage. TonMileage. MS* |SJa <~ C ° Section. 1884-85 1885-86. 1886-8' Auckland Napier Wellington Wanganui Hurunui-Bluff ... 7,085,574 2,983> 2 37 3,388,925 2,536,332 42,877,369 58,871,437 2'43 2-13 3-iS 3-38 2-47 8,539,210 3,880,550 3,992,644 3,497,669 41,097,413 61,007,486 2'24 2-15 278 3-81 2-48 8,158,758 4,266,747 4.167,454 3.465,445 39,068,490 2'6o 2'o6 2-87 4'33 2'59 Totals. 2'53 2'52 59,126,894 . 2-68 1887-88. 1888-S9. 1889-gc Auckland Napier ... ■ Wellington Wunganui Hurunui-Bluff ... 8,276,481 4,094,397 4,028,006 3,676,963 39,781,108 2-SS 2-30 2-81 4-15 2-47 7.950,854 4,182,146 4,012,443 3.487,9" 39.557,567 2'ip i -95 2-84 391 2-37 8,177,770 4,963,864 4,516,965 4,553,668 46,789,728 2'l6 i-6 S 2'42 3-08 2-07 Totals ... : 59.856,955 2'6o 59,190,921 2-44 69,001,995 2-14 1890-91 1891-92, 1892-9; Auckland Ntipier-Xaranaki... Wellington Hurunui-BlulF 9,228,869 10,093,156 5,063,457 53,350,677 1-85 2-51 2'35 1'93 9,899,396 11,710,544 5,632,828 50,106,636 I 7 6 2-15 2'II 2'OO 10,146,797 13,205,014 5,816,437 51.699,231 i-8o 2-15 2'2I 2 - O4 Totals ... ; 77.736,159 2'02 77,349,404 80,867,479 2'04 2'O0