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RETURN No. 16. Return showing the Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure of the New Zealand Government Railways from 1883 to 31st March, 1914. MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.

EXPENDITURE.

Year. Miles. Capital Cost. SESg*. Passengers. No. J Revenue Season Tickets. Coachini -J. Cattle. Sheep. Pigs. Lime, ,,- , Chaff. Wo01 - o o Timber. Grain. 3 d s <D a Minerals. Total. Goods Revenue. GO 3 u Is §1 a ■si 11 Total "Revenue. Revenue per Trainmile. No. Revenue. Parcels. Horses. d 5P Dogs. Kevenue. Oβ 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 .. 1899-1900.. 1900-1901.. 1901-1902.. 1902-1903.. 1903-1904.. 1904-1905.. 1905-1906.. 1906-1907.. 1907-1908.. 1908-1909.. 1909-1910.. 1910-1911.. 1911-1912.. 1912-1913.. 1913-1914.. 1,358 1,396 1,477 1,613 1,727 1,758 1,777 1,809 1,842 1,869 1,886 1,948 1,993 2,014 2,018 2,055 2,090 2,104 2,212 2,235 2,291 2,328 2,374 2,406 2,456 2,471 2,682 2,717 2,761 2,808 2,860 2,863 £ 10,478,998 11,078,500 11,810,194 12,472,814 13,017,567 13,352,978 13,472,837 13,899,955 14,278,586 14,656,691 14,733,120 15,137,036 15,352,613 15,425,532 15,577.392 15,993,903 16,404,076 16,703,887 17,207,328 18,170,722 19,081,735 20,692,911 21,701,572 22,498,972 23,504,272 24,365,647 27,762,592 28,513,476 29,606,546 30,506,089 31,611,220 32,355,087 2,785,685 2,841,745 2,882,422 3,020,550 3,008,949 2,944,786 2,796,007 2,868,203 2,894,776 3,010,489 3,002,174 3,113,231 3,221,020 3,307,226 3,409,218 3,666,483 3,968,708 4,187,893 4,620,971 5,066,360 5,443,333 5,685,399 6,107,079 6,413,573 6,755,454 7,051,274 7,458,236 7,889,166 8,141,075 8,371,687 9,016,224 9,319,268 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 6,243,593 7,356,136 7,575,390 8,306,383 8,514,112 8,826,382 9,600,786 9,756,716 10,457,144 11,141,142 11,200,613 11,891,134 13,123,879 13,355,893 £ 362,106 321,615 348,628 346,895 339,255 334,926 305,632 347,844 333,122 342,563 367,594 378,480 360,243 359,822 378,684 399,262 438,367 474,793 503,051 575,697 576,529 652,080 680,905 723,867 823,067 835,473 921,411 1,070,791 1,104,295 1,185,825 1,314,340 1,299,929 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 82,921 100,778 118,431 129,919 140,453 147,989 165,504 185,174 192,547 199,371 222,104 236,957 265,259 287,037 £ 14,763 16,406 16,482 16,998 17.S00 17,816 21,504 20,471 22,054 23,025 23,540 24,906 29,412 31,476 34,168 37,186 40,228 41,925 45,322 49,169 52,580 57,252 63,006 68,986 77,505 90,248 100,249 119,117 133,289 147,533 150,550 No. 308,620 325,675 313,047 317,242 341,634 368,680 370,707 375,271 380,319 393,407 420,610 448,770 444,981 455,511 489,825 530,993 589,372 624,115 633,770 677,804 731,762 798,800 825,468 892,037 929,929 937,565 961,293 1,047,806 1,118,361 1,190,907 1.320,873 1,392,814 No. 9,850 9,555 10,358 9,518 9,165 9,301 8,378 9,358 9,790 11,370 12,993 12,350 11,185 11,115 11,347 9,936 10,348 11,474 11,421 11,926 12,737 14,629 15,651 17,008 17,770 18,423 19,124 20,571 20,137 20,510 21,971 21,778 No. 975 906 793 653 689 619 650 708 757 819 921 793 750 716 778 862 998 1159 1336 1506 1646 2056 2228 2376 2440 2829 2550 2532 2751 2801 2904 2755 No. 22,716 24,666 24,020 22,668 21,598 21,128 19,971 21,209 22,965 25,439 26,780 25,667 23,517 22,551 22,891 23,069 24,963 27,066 30,658 30,404 34,202 36,816 38,592 40,097 42,081 47,766 50,798 51,235 52,762 56,156 57,388 54,383 £ 34,658 35,143 35,592 33,271 33,749 34,727 34,101 37,097 38,997 41,795 44,801 45,206 43,270 54,736 58,084 60,872 66,418 68,488 72,712 79,561 87,273 110,151 115,051 142,642 151,913 176,876 187,040 192,585 193,789 203,334 215,209 236,762 No. 928939 756 660 597 592 547 678 582 653 796 I 831 • 705 693 841 926 1106 1345 1566 1564 1921 2340 2307 2350 2496 2530 2427 2490 2441 2904 3189 3090 No. 27,605 29,675 32,738 36,634 37,435 32,766 29,426 31,700 35,209 36,248 33,597 39,223 40,890 39,651 35,909 44,935 55,878 65,063 72,868 83,458 102,461 107,435 110,924 119,311 133,031 150,751 159,884 176,412 210,848 207,546 221,595 254,291 No. ■ 421,671 627,090 666,522 781,470 856,431 857,397 842,840 985,336 1,258,471 1,067,614 1,321,046 1,356,434 1,519,921 1,839,712 1,964,110 2,356,595 2,518,233 2,523,787 2,412,191 2,724,860 3,821,333 3,756,378 3,412,984 3,348.685 4,661,001 4,593,100 5,211,489 5,126,762 5,911,291 5,454,443 5,388,805 6,860,495 No. 27,799 29,522 30,268 40,558 48,151 50,046 47,126 51,539 54,684 49,639 38,814 38,022 43,292 53,346 52,327 42,784 34,512 36,049 51,059 55,159 61,844 70,268 77,768 I 92,702 1115,222 125,987 1117,626 126,930 160,379 147,268 136,130 |145,773 Tons. 11,810 16,470 17,030 14,985 22,110 22,190 24,335 37,900 29,800 26,605 34,314 38,610 36,972 53,260 60,542 77,226 83,084 77,292 78,844 86,378 121,092 132,562 131,714 144,884 168,316 169,767 182,666 179,902 198,546 191,794 213,322 235,980 Tons. 51,703 62,067 I 68,523 74,778 82,963 84,147 78,203 91,214 87,701 85,888 96,841 101,340 103,328 99,363 98,958 103,055 i. 97,396 104,621 96,519 • 101,878 j 116,309 101,316 107,625 116 ,086 128,161 120,593 137,916 151,051 143,247 141,607 ' 147,735 155,709 Tons. 75,740 81,255 86,670 80,280 73,040 65,860 67,045 77,454 73,650 87,834 88,186 84,658 85,102 78,804 80,014 83,656 87,038 92,126 92,830 100,236 100,498 106,066 109,174 106,510 109,236 110,154 102,620 98,360 109,400 110,436 112,072 117,038 Tons. 197,231 183,449 178,909 202,573 175,581 158,024 160,399 172,814 153,078 170,520 168,910 183,192 198,578 213,132 257,825 313,073 310,266 334,677 380,803 427,153 436,008 509,712 493,327 534,533 567,835 616,892 582,860 523,845 627,107 718,414 695,060 676,858 Tons. 367,428 432,223 414,590 413,847 345,254 358,022 447,027 498,198 528,683 442,277 523,637 411,191 388,556 ! 374,699 423,888 427,448 420,071 764,033 772,571 813,345 718,376 820,453 732,479 772 ,258 770,706 739,568 793,793 il,044,468 |l,013,298 949,556 1,181,899 1,050,395 Tons. 350,823 350,263 365,623 368,225 329,227 347,379 356,732 399,258 385,020 379,768 397,411 377,116 377,938 389,881 415,448 465,041 478,851 536,428 551,879 556,395 633,685 658,144 630,832 628,603 712,399 757,647 729,971 739,667 808,444 811,166845,934 873,746 Tons. 510,088 574,313 618,511 669,081 719,579 700,140 T86.690 797,117 828,079 873,899 884,031 864,538 857,917 878,659 1,032,252 1,048,868 1,147,353 1,218,698 1,366,241 1,443,792 1,604,426 1,744,323 1,806,360 1,938,548 2,135,446 2,319,913 2,342,048 2,486,121 2,655,250 2,676,783 2,760,983 2,551,614 Tons. 1,564,823 1,700,040 1,749,856 1,823,767 1,747,754 1,735,762 ],920,431 2,073,955 2,086,011 2,066,791 2,193,330 2,060,645 2,048,391 2,087,798 2,368,927 2,518,367 2,624,059 3,127,874 3,339,687 3,529,177 3,730,394 4,072,576 4,011,511 4,241,422 4,592,099 4,834,534 4,871,874 5,223,414 5,555,292 5,599,756 5,957,005 5,661,340 £ 518,330 548,918 611,504 622,810 581,350 579,359 610,488 655,007 690,779 671,469 707,786 686,469 683,726 698,115 774,163 837,590 882,077 985,723 1,051,695 1,110,575 1,189,101 1,293,169 1,277,976 1,346,038 1,498,686 1,582,328 1,630,704 1,772,546 1,961,078 2,032,785 2,157,686 2,209,397 £ 29,496 31,644 23,160 16,732 14,893 14,611 15,663 18,091 20,718 19,388 18,830 18,563 17,265 18,466 20,225 19,631 20,328 25,135 28,601 30,303 29,960 33,074 40,067 38,518 44,692 50,143 57,147 57,132 56,777 57,754 ( 67,100 73,751 £ 8,757 9,221 10,422 11,229 12,523 13,420 13,915 16,027 17,615 18,163 19,486 20,535 21,441 j 22,490 j 23,526 24,485 25,289 29,524 29,253 33,129 42,006 39,587 37,980 35,633 37,256 39,613 42,976 56,487 59,126 63,522 69,134 72,939 £ 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 1,172,793 1,150,851 1,183,041 1,286,158 1,376,008 1,469,665 1,623,891 1,727,236 1,874,586 1,974,038 2,180,641 2,209,231 2,349,704 2,624,600 2,761,938 2,929,526 3,249,790 3,494,182 3,676,509 3,971,002 4,043,328 a. 82-00 8100 87-00 83-00 79-50 81-00 85-50 91-£0 93-00 88-75 94-50 90-25 85-75 85-75 90-50 90-00 89-00 93-00 89-75 88-75 87-00 91-75 86-50 87-75 93-00 93-75 94-00 I 98-75 102-75 105-25 ' 105-50 ; 104-00

Year. Sg,a 111 3 <2 H ° Maintenance of Way. Locomotive Power. Carriages and Wagons. Traffic. Head and • epartmental Offices. General Chi irges and Sundries. Less Credit "Recoveries.* Per Cent. Per Amount. of TrainHeveuue. mile. o c Per Cent. Per Mile Amount. of of Revenue. Railway. Per Trainmile. [ Per Cent. Per Amount. of TrainRevenue, mile. Per Cent.: Per Per Cent. Amount. of Train- Amount. j of Revenue. mile. Revenue. Per Trainmile. Amount. Per CentJ p e r of TrainRevenue, mile. Amount. Per Cent. Per of Trai aRevenue mile. d. 51-07 55-40 57-45 54-85 55-76 56-02 55-54 57-13 58-09 56-32 58-53 56-69 54-54 54-53 55-55 56-11 56-22 60-31 5858 59-32 59-23 £ 62-18 68-24 65-99 65-91 i 69-99 69-09 64-86 62-32 62 : 47 j 63-34 61-97 62-70 63-62 63-51 61-35 62-30 63-26. 64-80 65 30 66-80 68-05 £ 209,823 233,936 254,329 247,566 252,530 246,340 232,915 242,075 241,330 245,163 262,600 268,451 272,718 282,593 301,981 327,987 357,189 394,619 426,405 436,847 460,398 £ 2201 24-34 24-32 23-64 25-28 24-76 23-35 22-10 21-51 21-98 22-23 22-89 23-70 23-89 23-48 23-84 24 30 24-30 24-69 23-30 23-32 £ 155-54 169-29 176-87 160-32 149-85 14135 131-31 134-70 132-27 131-41 140-18 140-35 138-57 141-45 149-77 160-53 172-92 187-99 196-14 196-17 203-55 a. 1808 19-76 21-18 19-67 20-14 20-08 19-99 20-26 20-01 19-54 20-99 20-70 20-32 20-51 21-26 21-47 21-60 22-61 22-15 20-69 20-30 20-72 19-99 20-46 21-81 21-73 21-11 18-86 20-44 21-08 20-38 19-66 £ 153,607 162,558 166,576 162,860 166,407 159,757 153,807 159,180 172,064 177,156 183,774 177,833 175,758 185,669 190,543 209,289 231,532 295,542 293,383 351,172 378,575 £ 16-11 16-91 15-93 15-55 1666 16-06 15-42 14-53 15-34 15-88 15-55 15-16 1527 15-69 14-82 15-21 15-75 18-20 16-98 18-73 19-18 d. 13-23 13-73 13-87 12-94 13-27 1302 13-20 13-32 14-26 14-12 14-69 13-71 13-09 13-47 13-41 13-70 14-00 16-93 15-24 16-64 16-69 £ 38,887 51,304 56,245 55,303 59,107 65,018 55,422 67,211 66,228 57,723 53,962 56,470 50,942 54,692 65,825 65,344 73,680 76,555 91,532 99,522 105,976 £ 4-08 5-34 5-38 5-28 5-92 6-54 5-55 613 5-91 5-17 4-57 4-82 4-43 4-62 5-12 4-75 5-01 4-71 5-30 531 5-37 d. 3-35 4-33 4-68 4-40 4-72 5-30 4-76 5-62 5-49 4-60 432 4-35 3-79 397 464 4-27 4-46 4-39 4-75 4-71 4-67 £ 156,334 166,848 171,822 180,352 177,825 173,991 176,995 182,427 193,461 198,654 202,153 201,166 201,641 207,253 213,914 232,646 244,932 262,552 236,159 333,211 360,061 £ 16-40 17-36 16-43 17-22 17-80 17-49 17-74 16-65 17-25 i 17-81 ! 17-11 17-15 17-52 17-52 16-63 16-91 16-67 16-17 17-15 17-78 18-24 d. 13-47 1409 14-30 14-33 14-18 14-18 15-19 15-27 16-04 15-84 16-16 15-51 15-02 15-04 15-06 1523 14-81 15-05 1538 15-79 15-83 £ £ d. £ 34,170 41,345 41,055 44,259 43,203 42,222 27,906 31,894 27,622 27,822 29,653 31,440 31,095 ! £ 3-58 4-30 3-93 422 4-33 4-24 2-80 2-91 2-46 2-50 2-51 2-68 2-70 d. 2-94 3-49 3-42 3-51 3-45 3-44 2-40 2-66 2-29 2-22 2-37 2-42 2-32 £ £ d. £ 592,821 655,990 690,026 690,340 699,072 687,328 647,045 682,787 700,703 706,517 732,142 735,359 732,160 751,368 789,054 i 857,191 929,738 1,052,358 1,127,848 1,252,237 jl,343,415 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 .. .1899-1900 .. 1900-1901.. 1901-1902 .. 1902-1903 .. 37,979 39,072 41,062 44,319 47,717 51,590 56,756 62,997 321 303 2-98 3-02 2-93 2-99 3-03 3-19 2-76 2-75 2-69 2-68 2'74 2-68 2-69 2-77 16,818 22,280 19,137 21,914 24,627 31,221 25,271 24,592 1-42 1-73 1-39 1-49 1-51 1-81 1-35 1-25 1-22 1-57 1-25 1-33 1-41 1-62 1-20 1-08 1903-1904.. 1904-1905.. 1905-1906.. 1906-1907.. 1907-1908.. 1908-1909.. 1909-1910.. 1910-1911.. 1911-1912.. 1912-1913.. 1913-1914.. 60-48 58-46 60-47 64-21 66-18 67-89 65-84 67-75 70-52 71-84 74-00 65-98 67-58 69-00 69-06 70-59 72-19 66-76 65-92 67-07 68-13 71-24 490,819 508,735 546,805 613,890 638,560 656,154 620,008 693,445 735,546 765,860 763,207 22-58 23-09 23-33 23-45 23-18 22-45 19-12 19-89 2004 19-32 18-87 212-94 216-64 228-67 252-78 258-31 257-63 229-94 253-58 263-46 270-61 267 64 414,168 425,717 468,315 522,100 572,586 628,410 669,559 695,062 743,443 833,146 921.564 1905 19-32 19-98 19-94 20-78 21-50 20-65 19-93 20-26 21-02 22 79 17-48 16-73 17-52 18-55 19-49 20-22 20-37 20-50 21-31 22-18 23-73 111,988 109,918 119,437 135,793 160,818 165,850 163,833 180,221 209-039 226,146 232,745 5-15 4-99 5-10 5-19 5-84 5-67 5-05 5-17 5-70 5-71 5 76 4-73 4-32 4-47 4-82 5-47 5-34 4-98 5-31 5-99 6-02 5-99 374,347 402,715 442,064 494,942 534-634 605,940 615,033 631,380 670,631 768,936 838,222 17-22 18-28 18-86 18-90 19-40 20-73 18-96 18-10 18-27 19-40 2073 15-80 15-83 1654 17-58 18-20 19-50 18-71 18-61 19-22 20-47 21-59 68,223 68,353 70,539 73,376 76,082 92,445 95,902 98,135 101,240 104,902 117,539 3-14 310 3-01 2-80 2-76 3-16 2-96 2-81 2-76 2-64 2-91 2-88 2-68 261 2-61 2-59 2-98 2-92 2-89 2-92 2-79 3-03 Lake Wa; 6,048 5,198 5,227 5,082 5,377 5,058 5,139 5,029 5,997 6,619 7,046 :atipu Ste; 8645 88-14 87-33 82-52 81-02 78-56 75-99 75-70 8992 94-27 103-78 imers. 26,869 27,736 31,148 32,701 38,298 39,042 1-23 1-26 1-33 1-25 1-39 1-33 1-13 1-09 1-16 1-16 1-30 1-26 1,438,724 1,492,900 1,621,239 1,812,482 1,949,759 2,114,815 2,169,474 2,303,272 2,465,896 2.705,609 2^880,323 *Sin< ;e the year 1909-1910, re. ioveries hi ■ve been ci •edited to the iranch to rnich they •elate.