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No. 7. Revenue and Expenses per Train-mile.

No. 8. Return of Bush Lands some Distance from, but which will be served by, the Present Taupo Totara Timber Company's Link on its Extension to Taupo.

The above timbers are mostly matai and rimu, with a small proportion of totara, with a sprinkling of miro, kahikatea, and maire. In addition to the above there is an irregular area of bush around Mount Titiraupenga (roughly, about twelve miles west of Mokai). It is, generally speaking, thinly covered with millable timber, but there are five separate patches, aggregating about 750 acres, which carry a fair crop of timber, estimated to average 25,000 ft. (log measure) per acre —say, 19,000,000 ft. The majority of the trees are rimu, with some matai and totara.

To October, 1919 (13,800 Train-miles). To April, 1920 (10,500 Train-miles). To October, 1920 (11,800 Train-miles). Revenue. Per Train-mile. Revenue. Per Truln-inllc. Revenue. Per Train-mile. Revenue. Total goods traffic to outside users charged Timber to settlers Company goods not on servioe Timber-production, sawn and split .. £ s. d. 1,420 7 11 s. d. 2 0-70 £ a. d. 1,590 6 11 s. d. 3 0-35 £ s. d. 1,716 19 11 s. d. 2 10-92 154 12 0 127 0 0 3,834 1 6 0 2-69 0 2-21 5 6-68 62 18 9 154 0 0 3,784 1 3 0 1-43 0 3-52 7 2-50 106 1 6 300 0 0 3,950 3 2 0 2-16 0 610 6 8-34 Passenger traffic and mails.. 5,536 1 5 228 7 4 8 0-28 0 3-97 5,591 6 11 271 15 3 10 7-80 0 6-21 11 2-01 6,298 14 10 6,073 4 7 225 10 3 10 3-52 0 4-59 5,764 8 9 8 4-25 5,863 2 2 10 811 liXFENDITURK. Running-expenses— Wages, train crew and staff Coal, firewood, stores, and rent .. Locomotive repairs Rolling-stock repairs Accident insurance (running) Permanent-way maintenance Bridge repairs Rates Depreciation (plant and rolling-stock) £ s. d. 990 16 11 925 4 I 740 12 9 200 2 3 14 10 7 1,748 17 5 210 13 11 137 0 11 138 4 9 I'i'i- I'll' I'lT Expenditure. Tram ? mllo . Expenditure. Tmln : T mi[a , Expenditure. Traln . mlle . s. d. 1 5-24 1 4-08 1 0-88 0 3-48 0 0-20 2 6-42 0 4-29 0 2-38 0 7-62 £ s. d. 1,006 15 2 966 17 3 699 8 9 Kill 2 6 13 3 11 1,690 10 7 177 11 8 137 1 3 138 8 8 8. d. 1 1101 1 1010 I 3-99 o :;•«(> II 0-3(1 3 2-04 0 4-00 0 313 0 10-03 £ s. d. 1,102 12 7 1,110 11 3 :',.-,(> 6 3 505 10 ii 15 0 0 2,173 8 2 s. d. 1 10-43 1 10-71 0 7-25 0 10-28 0 0-30 3 8-21 150 18 11 438 8 8 0 "3-19 0 8-91 Total expenditure .. Old sleepers sold 5,442 3 7 102 II 8 7 10-05 5,290 5 9 10 1-06 5,864 16 4 9 11-28 , i 5,339 II II

Name of Bush (vide Appendix 11). Rough Estimate of Millable Area. Estimate of Timber per Acre (Log Measurement). Total. Opawa Tiraki Otuariki Te ELopiha Turutururoa Opepe Waikare Puketarata Tutukau Acres. 2,624 52 580 196 256 466 333 334 3,750 Feet. 28,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 26,000 30,000 36,000 29,000 29,0(M) Feet 73,472,000 1,560,000 17,400,000 5,880,000 (;.656,000 13,980,000 11,988,000 9,686,000 108.750,000 8,591 249,372,000