D.—2.

RETURN No. 5— continued. Comparative Statement of Passenger and Goods Traffic for the Year ended 31st March, 1923— continued.

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Revenue. Mileage. Section. Ordinary Passengers. Season Tickets. P «*£* Total Coaching. Goods. Miscellaneous. Rents and Commission. Total Goods. Grand Total Revenue. Train. Shunting, &c. Total. 1922-23. £ s. d. £ s. d. 'hansarei .. .. 19,515 19 8 1,293 0 2 aihu .. .. 2,781 10 9 144 12 1 isbome .. .. 10,766 4 2 301 6 4 orth Island Main Lines 1,401,475 7 0 136,722 17 5 and Branches >uth Island Main Lines 719,007 6 5 58,929 10 1 and Branches 'estland .. .. 38,481 38 4 4,200 11 3 'estport .. .. 7,371 6 9 1,122 10 2 elson .. .. 5,939 19 2 795 9 5 icton .. .. 7,042 8 10 407 2 7 ike Wakatipu steamers 4,13119 9 188 10 0 £ s. d. 1,293 0 2 144 12 1 301 6 4 136,722 17 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. 3,310 19 9 24,119 19 7 939 14 10 3,865 17 8 2,502 18 4 13,570 8 10 228,470 4 9 1,766,668 9 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. 46,150 8 3 ' 1,827 5 6 4,330 4 6 461 12 11 22,812 11 4 543 5 3 2,001,158 5 3 | 50,134 19 6 1,327,211 15 4 46,027 11 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,885 15 8 49,843 9 5 73.963 9 0 207 19 4 4,999 16 9 8,.865 14 5 1,375 2 2 24,730 18 9 38,301 7 7 70,585 4 9 2,121,878 9 6 3,888,546 18 8 39,604 12 11 1,412,843 19 5 2,334,586 3 10 Number. 115,903 15,112 65,742 4.830.569 Number. 36,206 5,032 16,970 1,600,177 Number. 152,109 20,144 82,712 6,430,746 58,929 10 1 143,805 7 11 921,742 4 5 2,912.177 1,082,883 3,995,060 4,200 11 3 1,122 10 2 795 9 5 407 2 7 188 10 0 i 8,126 18 5 50,809 8 0 1,318 12 2 ; 9,812 9 1 1,649 11 3 8,384 19 10 2,126 4 6 9,575 15 11 1,071 14 2 5,392 3 11 116,317 4 11 12,280 17 1 107,856 10 0 5,962 18 1 i 14,227 16 10 201 0 0 27,091 3 6 2,481 13 10 3,852 5 2 11 19 4 5,348 4 1 133,946 6 1 184,755 14 1 1,610 19 8 115,430 7 9 125,242 16 10 1,009 13 9 15,438 10 7 23,823 10 5 1,217 10 10 30.790 8 2 40.366 4 1 93 19 6 3.958 4 0 j 9,350 7 11 216,463 86.943 57,777 46.045 127,322 64,036 17.230 26.323 343,785 150,979 75,007 72,368 •• Totals.. .. 2,216,514 0 10 j 204,105 9 6 204,105 9 6 393.322 6 1 2,813.941 16 5 3,671,008 5 1 119,933 2 8 I 122,919 2 8 3,913,860 10 5 ■ 6,727,802 6 10 8,346,731 ! 2,976,179 11,322,910 1921-22. hangarei .. .. 19,984 15 6 1,379 17 1 aihu .. .. 2,921 9 0 124 14 2 isborne .. .. 11,680 3 5 316 12 9 orth Island Main Line? 1,411,518 19 9 137,29110 3 and Branches rath Island Main Lines 697,366 8 0 I 59,422 3 11 and Branches 'estland .. .. 40,570 18 1 4,357 16 10 'estport .. .. 7,525 3 0 1,056 14 5 elson .. .. 8,770 12 3 1,040 8 0 eton .. .. 8,717 15 2 419 11 5 ike Wakatipu steamers 3,577 2 8 184 5 0 3.173 7 5 24,538 0 0 769 8 9 3,815 11 11 2,266 15 7 14,263 11 9 198.198 2 2 1,747,008 12 2 : 121,405 3 10 878,193 15 9 42,685 4 5 5.102 8 3 27,808 15 1 2,034,285 13 11 1,272,225 0 8 1,200 5 7 787 12 7 890 10 9 49,632 7 10 49,706 13 5 j 1,776 9 1 45,661 19 1 202 o 3 6,092 6 1 1,298 1 6 29,997 7 4 66,103 II 7 2,150,021 13 4 37,897 14 11 1,359,829 9 0 j 70,199 19 1 9,907 18 0 44.260 19 1 3,897,030 5 6 2,238,023 4 9 114.597 37,374 151,971 15,006 6,555 21,561 69.139 17,653 86.792 5,091,037 ! 1.579,733 6,670,770 2,997,038 1,053,589 I 4,050,627 7,318 4 3 52,246 19 2 1,251 12 10 9.833 10 3 1,752 8 9 11,563 9 0 2,316 0 2 11,453 6 9 1,030 6 6 4,791 14 2 119.966 4 6 98,320 11 8 15,368 8 7 27,666 7 4 3,165 12 0 12,054 8 4 ! 6,381 0 0 i 363 8 7 3.106 5 1 ! Or. 16 6 9 4,882 11 4 136,903 4 2 917 16 5 105,619 8 1 899 6 4 16,631 3 6 1,125 8 0 31,898 0 5 78 0 11 3,227 12 2 189.150 3 4 115,452 18 4 28,194 12 6 43,351 7 2 8,019 6 4 231,553 142,890 374,443 83,628 ! 62,548 146,176 67,130 i 19,091 86,221 48.137 28,266 76,403 Totals .. .. 12,212,633 6 10 205,593 13 10 205,593 13 10 339,481 10 3 2,757,708 10 11 3,646,594 6 5 124,106 5 5 ! 115,181 11 4 3,885,882 3 2 6,643,590 14 1 | 8,717,265 2,947.699 11,664,964 L. Hahann, Chief Accountant.