D.—2.

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RETURN No. 8. Comparison of Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure for the last Twenty Financial Years.

A. C. Fife, Eailway Accountant.

RETURN No. 9. Statement of Season Tickets issued for the Year ended 31st March, 1900.

A. C. Fife, Eailway Accountant.

Year. Expenditure Miles. Revenue. Expenditure per Cent, of Tonnage. Revenue. I : Parcels, Cattle, ~ Horses, and Sheep, and Passengers. r?. eason Dogs. Pigs. Tickets. 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-00 1,277 1,319 1,358 1,396 i,477 1,613 1,727 i,758 i,777 1,809 1,842 1,869 1,886 1,948 i>993 2,014 2,018 2,055 2,ogo 2,104 £ 836,454 892,026 953,347 961,304 1,045,712 1,047,419 998,768 994,843 997,6i5 1,095,570 1,121,701 i,"5,432 1,181,522 1,172,793 1,150,851 1,183,041 1,286,158 1,376,008 1,469,665 1,623,891 £ 521,957 523,099 592,821 655,990 690,026 690,340 699,072 687,328 647,04s 682,787 700,703 706,517 732,142 735,359 732,160 751,368 789,054 857,191 929,737 1,052,358 62*40 58-6 4 62-i8 68-24 6S-99 65-91 69-99 69*09 ■ 64-86 62-32 62*47 63-34 61-97 62-70 63-62 63-51 6i-3S 62-30 63-26 64-80 1,377,783 1,437,714 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,o66,7gi 2>'93.33o 2,060,645 2,048,3gi 2,o87,7g8 2,368,927 2,518,367 2,624,059 3,127,874 No. 286,865 316,611 341,186 359,896 347,425 349,428 372,397 399,109 399,056 405,838 413,074 430,216 460,383 486,787 479,683 489,177 524,063 563,998 624,683 662,655 No. 300,704 343,751 477,075 686,287 729,528 858,662 942,017 940,209 919,392 1,068,575 1,348,364 i,iS3.Soi 1,393-457 1,433.679 1,604,103 1,932,709 2,052,346 2,444,314 2,608,623 2,624,899 No. 2,849,561 2,911,477 3,283,378 3,272,644 3,232,886 3,362,266 3,426,403 3,451,850 3,132,803 3,376,459 3,433,629 3,555.764 3,759,044 3,972,701 3,905,578 4,162,426 4,439,387 4,672,264 4,955,553 5,468,284 No. 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 17,226 28,623 36,233 43,069 48,660 55,027 63,335

Description. No. Amount. Travellers' tickets, all lines... Travellers' tickets, North Island Travellers' tickets, Middle Island Eeporters' tickets, North Island Eeporters' tickets, Middle Island Tourists' tickets, North Island Tourists' tickets, Middle Island Fifty-trip commutation ordinary tickets Fifty-trip commutation family tickets School tickets Teachers' Saturday tickets... Twenty-trip commutation tickets Twelve-trip workmen's tickets All other season tickets 8 89 115 36 35 140 174 2,633 1,498 8,720 276 360 42,862 6,389 £ a. 492 0 3,240 0 5,927 10 361 2 350 6 926 10 1,280 10 1,762 10 2,274 7 4,778 2 316 10 240 4 6,917 13 11,360 10 d. 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 8 2 0 6 7 3 Totals ... 63,335 40,227 16 11