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RETURN No. 11. STATEMENT showing Number of Passenger Tickets issued at Cheap Excursion Rates for Year ending 31st March, 1909.

Holiday Excursions. Gross Total —School and Holiday Excursions. Schools, Factories, and Friendly Societies. Sections. Schools, Factories, and Friendly Soc's. Children not exceeding 15 Years of Age. Schools only. Senior Scholars over 15 but not exceeding 23 Years of Age, and Teachers. Schools, Factories, and Friendly Societies. Total. Revenue. 1st Class. 2nd Class. Total. Revenue. Number of Tickets. Revenue. Adults. Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Auckland Gisborne Wanganui Wellington-Napier Picton Nelson Westport Westland Christchuroh ... Dunedin Invercargill No. 38 264 407 4,161 486 4,725 10,277 926 2,119 115 3,656 13,504 8,643 5,878 No. 21 930 15 1,141 2,080 198 454 17 443 2,047 942 978 No. 15 -1 250 182 4,676 281 3,629 4,562 852 461 87 3,898 16,334 11,463 5,752 No. 190 514 610 9,767 782 - 9,495 16,919 1,976 3,034 219 7,997 31,885 21,048 12,608 £ s. d. 6 6 8 19 18 1 26 18 9 637 16 4 29 0 0 659 2 4 828 9 0 115 7 11 124 10 11 10 1 3 568 18 7 2,286 0 6 1,149 19 0 1,178 16 6 No. 35 57 28 8,474 147 10,542 37,921 2,180 1,318 76 1,964 28,642 25,131 5,797 No. 524 1,079 994 145,369 7,268 66,839 117,780 8,659 7,451 4,837 21,380 140,155 92,036 53,496 No. 559 1,136 1,022 153,843 7,415 77,381 155,701 10,839 8,769 4,913 23,344 168,797 117,167 59,293 £ a. d. 32 14 8 118 9 0 102 8 6 32,293 9 2 572 9 7 19,769 13 8 29,460 2 1 1,187 12 10 900 17 3 471 14 0 3,071 2 2 35,574 9 11 28,564 13 3 14,351 10 2 749 1,650 1,632 163,610 8,197 86,876 172,620 12,815 11,803 5,132 31,341 200,682 138,215 71,901 £ s. d. 39 1 4 138 7 1 129 7 3 32,931 5 6 601 9 7 20,428 16 0 30,288 11 1 1,303 0 9 1,025 8 2 481 15 3 3,640 0 9 37,860 10 5 29,714 12 3 15,530 6 8 rp , , (1909 ... Totals | 1908 55,199 51,031 9,266 8,163 52,579 53,886 117,0.4 113,080 7,641 5 10 7,604 10 4 122,312 113,617 667,867 618,518 790,179 732,135 166,471 6 3 141,519 16 11 907,223 845,215 174,112 12 1 149,124 7 3 Increase Decrease 4,168 1,103 3,964 36 15 6 8,695 49,349 58,044 24,951 9 4 62,008 24,988 4 10 1,307 Total, year ending — 31st March, 1896 ... 31st March, 1897 ... 31st March, 1898 ... 31st March, 1899 ... 31st March, 1900 ... 31st March, 1901 ... 31st March, 1902 ... 31st March, 1903 ... 31st March, 1904 ... 31st March, 1905 ... 31st March, 1906 ... 3Lst March, 1907 ... 31st March, 1908 ... 31st March, 1909 ... 63,598 44,610 39,963 45,748 37,839 38,864 42,506 41,540 50,364 52,742 55,478 48,044 51,031 55,199 5,949 5,993 5,398 6,192 5,616 5,602 5,736 6,048 6,975 7,359 7,715 7,837 8,163 9,266 38,467 33,925 35,064 39,955 31,164 34,550 37,708 41,555 54,344 53,558 57,027 39,783 53,886 52,579 108,014 84,528 80,425 91,895 74,619 79,016 85,950 89,143 111,683 113,659 120,220 95,664 113,080 117,044 7,246 5 9 5,616 2 8 5,569 18 1 6,215 11 8 4,752 3 10 5,234 16 8 5,466 16 9 6,050 11 3 7,424 19 7 7,490 16 0 7,882 16 1 6,514 18 4 7,604 10 . 4 7,641 5 10 50,511 58,464 66,012 70,531 81,528 87,544 95,628 84,448 100,417 100,968 110,823 125,280 113,617 122,312 239,164 313,724 383,569 411,747 501,176 541,624 ! 588,813 517,566 594,967 592,485 626,852 731,132 618,518 667,867 289,675 372,188 449,581 482,278 582,704 629,168 684,441 602,014 695,384 693,453 737,675 856,412 732,135 790,179 50,232 12 11 63,439 0 0 80,822 8 1 84,794 15 6 96,154 7 5 102,932 10 9 136,813 0 1 103,279 8 6 125,624 4 0 130,068 16 9 140,939 16 3 194,185 2 9 141,519 16 11 166,471 6 3 397,689 456,716 530,006 574,173 657,323 708,184 770,391 691,157 807,067 807,112 857,895 952,076 845,215 907,223 57,478 18 I 69,055 2 S 86,392 6 ! 91,010 7 ! 100,906 11 , 108,167 7 i 142,279 16 II 109,329 19 ! 133,049 3 ' 137,559 12 ! 148,822 12 - 200,700 1 : 149,124 7 : 174,112 12 8 8 2 2 3 5 .0 9 7 9 4 1 3 1