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RETURN No. 15. Comparative Statement of the Mileage opened, Capital expended, Earnings, Expenses, &c., of Railways in the following Colonies (taken from latest Official Records) :—

Colony. Area in Square Miles. O P, a CD 3 g Gauge. Total Cost. II Sα JS o Cost per Head of I Population. S Gross ™? Earnings. a CO a 1 Workingexpenses. la o p, Profit on Working. S.S 55 55 ft ■So S to o a d S o a ggpS o B Passengers carried. Tonnage of Goods. a ft<D sill .2 2 •2? 0.6 mS a« Kg p> Sara § .a pi Experts* O r °.Sa"« on > o a 55 If a o I "33 S5 Year ending 'iotoria few South Wales 87,884: 310,700 1,206,098 1,441,441 3,371 3,224 Pt. in. 5 3 4 8J £ 41,216,703 42,288,517 £ 12,191 12,890 358 447 £ s. d. 34 3 6 29 6 10 9,172,644 10,400,503 £ 3,438,141 3,436,413 d. 89-96 79-30 1,921,867 i 2,258,940 i 4,522,390 1 ! d. 50-29: 52-13: £ 1,516,274: 1,177,473 d. 39-67 27-17 3-68, 2-78i 55-90 65-74 £ s. d. 2 17 0i 2 7 8: 54,282,003 1 33,792,689 1 3,439,203: 6,656,759 : £ 1,020 1,066 £ 570 701 £ 450: 365: £ 162: 163: d. 19-44 : 24-33: 16-81 17-51 1-63 2-44 550 620J 1,200 682 10,465 13,005: 1904. 30 June. 1903. 31 Dec. 1904. 30 June. 'ape of Good Hopo 221,311 580,380 2,417 3 6 24,945,974 10,229 240 42 19 8 12,701,077 5,329,868 100-71 85-46 807,278 15-25 3-24 84-90 9 3 8 22,295,680! 2,464,276! 2,205 1,871 334. 407: 37-90: 1950 5-78 648 829 10,761 Jueensland 668,224 515,530 2,828 3 6 20,887,585 7,134 176 40 10 4 4,646,987 1,305,552 67-43 I 811,951 i 141-94 493,601 I 25-49 2-36 6219 2 10 8 4,144,314 1,572,226 462 288 174 98 |16-50: 15-07 1-49 347 453 7,369 louth Australia . 903,690 369,045 1,882 (3 61 3 6 14,698,311 7,810 196 39 16 7 3,770,633 1,177,645 74-96 688,614J. 1,531,2101 [43-83 489,031 31-13 3-33 58-47 3 3 10 9,751,065 1,521,830 626 366 260 91 22-09: 13-08 1-40 10-23 345 309 439 362 6,474 3,414 1904. 31 Deo. 1904. 30 June. 1903. 31 Dec. 1899. 31 Mar. 1900. 31 Mar. 1901. 31 Mar. 1902. 31 Mar. 1903. 31 Mar. 1904. 31 Mar. 1905. 31 Mar. Tatal .. 20,461 73,095 744J 11,170,487 15,004 98 152 16 5 4,292,028 1,933,934 108-14 85-62 402,724 22-52 3-61 7918 26 9 2 2,717,595 1,771,978 I ! 2,597 2,056 541 2391 [43-12 i 19-89 Vestern Australia 975,876 238,010 1,535 3 6 8,955,929[ 5,834 i 155 37 12 7 4,594,234 1,588,084 82-96 1,179,624 i 61-62 408,460 21-34 4-56 74-28 6 13 5 10,225,976 2,281,764 1.034 768 266 154 30-39 19-33 3-46 329 269 5,759 Tasmania 26,215 180,200 462 (3 6) 3,883,729j 8,411 390 21 11 1 931,716 247,683 63-80 166,355 42-85 81,328 20-95 2-09 67-16 17 6 814,483 418,701 536 3601 176 111 1606 17-56 3-43 75 179 1,523 ?ew Zealand 104,471 746,673 12,090 3 6 16,404,076 7,849 357 21 19 5 3,968,708 1,469,665 89-00 929,737 56-22 539,928 32-78 3-29 63-26 1 19 4 4,955,553| 12,624,059 712 450 262 173 18-46 16-67 3-00 293 550 9,792 104,471 758,616 2,099 3 6 16,703,887 7,958 361 22 0 5 4,187,893 1,623,891 93-00 1,052,358! 160-31 571,533 32-69 3-42 64-80 2 2 10 5,468,284 3,127,824 774 501 273 188 21-32 1617 2-93 304 577 10,295 H • • 104,471 815,349 2,174 3 6 17,207,328 7,915 375 21 2 1 4,620,971 1,727,236 89-75 1,127,848 58-58 599,388 31-17 3-47 65-30 2 2 4 6,243,593 3,339,687 794 519 275 196 19-99 17-15J 209 306 603 10,868 » 104,471 833,137 2,227 3 6 18,170,722 8,159 374 21 16 2 5,066,360 1,874,586 88-75 1,252,237 59-32 622,349 29-43 3-43 66-80 2 5 0 " 7,356,136 •3,529,177 842 562 280 196 21-35 17-78 3-03 362 701 12,444 m • • 104,471 857,985 2,262 3 6 19,081,735 8,436 379 22 4 10 5,443,333 1,974,038 87-00 1,343,415 59-23 630,623 27-77 3-30 6805 2 6 0 7,575,3901 13,730,394 873 594 279 204 21-36 18-24 3-19 372 751 12.992J 104,471 882,097 2,305 3 6 20,692,911 8,977 383 23 9 2 5,685,399 2,180,641 91-75 1,438,724 60-48 741,917 31-27 3-58 65-98 2 9 5 8,306,383 14,072,576 i 943 622 321 213 122-21 17-22 3-14 377 809 13,433 m 104,471 908,114 2,347 3 6 21,701,572 9,141 387 23 17 11 6,107,079 2,209,231 86-50 1,492,900 58-46 716,331 28-04 330 67-58 2 8 8 8,514,112 14,011,511 938 6341 304 217 21-05 1 18-28 3-10 389 864 13,885