D.— 2.

RETURN No. 28. STATEMENT showing Passenger-traffic at Cheap Excursion Rates for Year ending 31st March, 1896.

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Schools, Factobies, and Friendly Societies. Holiday Excursions. Gkoss Total —School and Holiday Excursions. Section. Schools, Factories, &c. Children not exceeding 15 Years of Age. Schools only. Senior Scholars over 15 but not exceeding 23 Years of Age, and Teachers. Schools, Factories, &a. Adults. Total. Revenue. 1st Class. 2nd Class. Total. Revenue. Number of Passengers. Bevenue. Kawakawa 1NO. 83 No. 3 No. 76 No. 162 £ s. d. 6 0 6 No. No. 201 No. 201 £ s. d. 13 6 2 £ s. d. 19 6 8 363 Whangarei 168 1 94 263 6 11 7 263 6 11 7 Kaihu 282 77 194 553 29 12 4 553 29 12 4 Auckland 4,154 296 2,458 6,908 703 10 3 1,503 27,186 28,689 5,058 19 8 35,597 5,762 9 11 Napier 2,139 302 1,242 3,683 365 2 8 4,488 16,001 20,489 3,329 12 0 24,172 3,694 14 8 Wanganui 7,749 667 5,286 13,702 893 3 4 3,435 21,066 24,501 5,813 1 1 38,203 6,706 4 5 Wellington 8,862 883 3,347 13,092 852 1 11 5,895 18,654 24,549 3,004 11 11 37,641 3,856 13 10 Picton 1,267 146 304 1,717 61 6 2 644 3,128 3,772 368 15 3 5,489 430 1 5 Nelson 1,831 246 372 2,449 90 0 1 520 2,995 3,515 290 12 6 5,964 380 12 7 Westport 345 46 134 525 22 11 10 488 2,527 3,015 185 7 0 3,540 207 18 10 Greymouth 2,663 156 1,677 4,496 201 7 10 807 12,571 13,378 1,010 4 7 17,874 1,211 12 5 Christchurch . 10,902 1,109 7,027 19,038 1,543 2 4 21,044 75,634 96,678 13,797 17 7 115,716 15,340 19 11 Dunedin 18,252 1,449 13,683 33,384 1,911 9 5 7,821 31,131 38,952 10,722 7 9 72,336 12,633 17 2 Invercargill 4,901 568 2,573 8,042 560 5 6 3,866 28,070 31,936 6,637 17 5 39,978 7,198 2 11 Totals 63,598 5,949 38,467 108,014 7,246 5 9 50,511 239,164 289,675 50,232 12 11 397,689 57,478 18 8