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RETURN No. 15. Comparative Statement of the Mileage opened, Capital expended, Earnings, Expenses, etc., of Railways in the following States (taken from Latest Official Records).

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Area in Square Miles. a o 31 & O ft a" © ft o (E CD 3 01 QC s -* Q > Gauge. Total Cost. 00 i h cs ft O O CD I 2 * a^ O eg Sh dm 9° ft O ft Cost per Head of Population. Trainmiles run. Gross Earnings. 00 a '3 H 0 a a h a] ffi H 3 3 « » Working- |.S P ™ flt || expenses. &g Wor £ ing . S.3 Is 2b ■it & i & 3$ CO fD *J CD H, 'S 1-1 to Z ft O G „; *? i CD « &D oO ocfta CO - 33 X "2 |S -5 9 g a tm g .= H S-S S-So i- S ft O*" : ® U > a o © oi CO o So 0»H Hi ID te Passengers Tonnage carried.* of Goods, a" « CD Q ftcD ! §9 ! sa 3 CD > ftg h © ft ft® 5 *•" CD r-J ql=i x<i a sc 3 8 "git rt 3 £ O 05.0000 a a ° Is 1 ffgSg £.5 a . I s ao I so o « | j sags • Expenses. cc CD "o o © O c Sh at ■Q s a CD a i ® «!| j °5 CD 00 a a CO gg tscH oi oi CB ° eg h£ *2 as D o3 a; Year ending rictoria .. 87,884 1,563,688 4,317 Ft. in. 5 3 £ 6i,961,395 £ 14,585 362 £ s. d. 40. 5 4 15,856,815 £ 10,791,082 d. 163-33 £ 8,026,665 d. 121-49 £ 2,764,417 d. 41-84 4-39 74-38 £ s. d. 6 18 0 142,456,924 £ 2,522 £ 1,876 £ 646 £ 399 d. 47-85 30 June, 1922. | 7,491,031 24-44 2-36 799 1,782 20,615 <ew South Wales .. 309,460 2,137,135 5,116 4 81 85,552,871 16,722 418 40 0 8 21,887,065 15,213,019 166-82 11,116,302 121-89 4,096,717 44-93 4-88 73-07 7 2 5 121,298,861 14,532,811 2,996 2,189 807 382 60-03 19-68 4-65 1,321 1,771 23,742 »-* »» Jueensland 670,500 785,449 5,799 3 6 44,752,921 7,717 135 56 19 7 I 9,834,532 5,154,530 128-25 4,810,362 119-75 344,168 8-50 0-77 93-32 6 11 3 27,155,606 3,732,413 891 832 59 201 53-95 26-92 1-84 680 884 15,089 » »» South Australia 380,070 505,069 2,344 {3 6) (5 3, 20 122,643 8,580 215 39 16 10 5,629,957 3,297,347 140-56 2,537,110 108-15 760,237 32-41 3-79 76-94 6 10 7 23,316,141 2,827,681 1,406 1,082 324 171 60-42 20-02 1-79 496 663 9,613 « •■ rVestern Australia.. 975,920 335,927 3,539 3 6 18,935,603 5,351 95 56 7 4 4,564,631 2,827,856 148-68 2,328,843 122-45 499,013 26-23 2-64 82-35 8 8 4 17,895,509 2,960,431 799 658 141 157 56-49 21-96 2-70 423 426 10,135 » It fasmania 26,215 213,400 635 {IS! 5,753,381 9,035 336 26 19 3 j 1,433,099 588,297 98-52 538,066 90-10 50,231 8-42 0-87 91-46 2 15 2 2,757,702 621,751 927 848 79 240 40-05 21-26 3-68 86 140 1,812 '» >» Jew Zealand 103,861 833,137 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 17-78 303 362 701 12,444 31 Mar., 1902. 103,861 857,985 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 68-05 2 6 0 7,575,390 3,730,394 873 594 279 204 21-36 18-24 319 372 751 12,992 1903. 103,861 882,097 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 4,072,576 943 622 321 213 22-21 17-22 314 377 809 13,433 1904. ,, • • 103,861 908,114 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 3-30 67-58 2 8 8 8,514,112 4,011,511 938 634 304 217 21-05 18-28 3-10 389 864 13,885 1905. »? - - 103,861 933,111 2,391 3 6 22,498,972 9,410 391 24 2 3 6,413,573! 2,349,704 87-75 1,621,239 60-47 728,465 27-28 3-24 69-00 2 10 4 8,826,382 4,241,422 980 676 304 229 21-99 18-86 301 395 906 14,127 1906. i> '' 103,861 961,604 2,427 3 6 23,504,272 9,570 396 24 8 10 6,755,454 2,624,600 93-00 1,812,482 64-21 812,118 28-79 3-45 69-06 2 14 7 9,600,786 4,592,099 1,078 744 334 253 23-37 18-90 2-80 398 966 14,605 1907. >t 103,861 985,318 2,469 3 6 24,365,647 9,861 399 24 14 7 7,051,274 2,761,938 93-75 1,949,759 66-18 812,179 27-57 3-33 70-59 2 16 1 9,756,716 4,834,534 1,114 786 328 258 24-96 19-40 2-76 410 1,002 15,475 1908. ,i '' 103,861 1,016,044 2,556 3 6 27,762,592 10,351 398 27 6 6 7,458,236 2,929,526 94-00 2,114,815 67-89 814,711 26-11 313 72-19 2 17 8 10,457,144 4,871,874j 1,148 828 320 258 25-56 20-73 316 452 1,116 16,476 1909. T» 103,861 1,035,211 2,704 3 6 28,513,476 10,494 383 27 10 10 7,889,166 3,249,790 98-75 2,169,474 65-84 1,080,316 32-91 3-80 66-76 3 2 9 11,141,142 5,223,414] 1,203 803 400 230 25-35 18-96 2-96 465 1,140 17,220 1910. ,1 ' ' 103,861 1,055,640 2,742 3 6 29,606,546 10,723 385 28 1 0 8,141,075 3,494,182 102-75 2,303,272 67-75 1,190,910 3500 4-06 65-92 3 6 2 11,200,613 5,555,292 1,275 840 435 254 25-81 18-10 2-81 478 1,166 18,036 „ 1911. It ' * 103,861 1,081,344 2,801 3 6 30,506,089 10,864 386 28 4 2 8,371,687 3,676,509 105-25 2,465,896 70-52 1,210,613 34-73 3-98 67-07 3 8 0 20,336,577 5,599,756 1,314 881 433 263 27-30 18-27 2-76 493 1,212 18,521 1912. 103,861 1,111,592 2,840 3 6 31,611,220 11,053 391 28 8 9 9,016,224 3,971,002 105-50 2,705,609 71-84 1,265,393 33-66 4-04 6813 3 11 5 22,310,867 5,957,005 1,400 954 446 271 28-20 19-40 2-64 513 1,282 19,515 1913. 103,861 1,139,669 2,861 3 6 32,355,087 11,309 398 28 7 9 9,319,268 4,043,328 104-00 2,880,323 74-00 1,163,005 30-00 3-61 71-24 3 10 11 23,173,472 5,661,340 1,416 1,008 408 268 29-72 20-73 2-91 534 1,363 20,251 1914. >, 103,861 1,150,430 2,917 3 6 34,133,825 11,702 394 29 13 5 9,383,420 4,105,457 104-75 2,920,455 74-54 1,185,002 30-21 3-53 71-14 3 11 4 23,542,903 6,075,282 1,410 1,002 408 254 30-26 21-20 2-98 557 1,397 21,226 1915. t, 103,861 1,152,048 2,959 3 6 34,857,882 11,780 389 30 5 2 9,356,522 4,548,356 116-50 2,910,883 74-50 1,637,473 42-00 4-72 64-00 3 19 0 24,600,693 5,960,562 1,540 985 555 251 29-77 19-60 2-50 585 1,452 21,994 1916. Ti103,861 1,150,605 2,970 3 6 35,378,664 11,912 387 30 15 0 9,146,331 4,800,810 125-75 2,926,864 76-63 1,873,946 49-12 5-30 60-97 4 3 5 24,782,602 5,826,26c 1,619 987 632 244 30-88 18-87 2-47 607 1,480 22,380 1917. ll 103,861 1,154,559 2,977 3 6 36,001,432 12,029 389 32 0 11 7,468,646 4,687,700 150-50 3,042,907 97-54 1,644,793 52-96 4-60 64-91 4 1 3 21,438,325 5,373,13( 1,578 1,023 555 240 40-02 20-38 2-67 624 1,488 22,517 1918. It 103,861 1,175,325 2,993 3 6 36,167,681 12,084 393 30 15 6 7,477,583 4,988,632 160-00 3,308,575 105-97 1,680,057 54-03 4-65 66-32 4 4 11 22,030,327 5,611,735 1,670 1,107 563 252 44-35 20-73 2-70 620 1,489 22,658 1919. It 103,861 1,223,915 3,006 3 6 36,390,115 12,106 407 29 14 8 7,408,608 5,752,487 186-00 4,105,067 132-72 1,647,420 53-28 4-53 71-36 4 14 0 24,582,186 6,000,27lj 1,923 1,372 551 281 57-84 22-66 2-99 616 1,492 22,937 1920. ti 103,861 1,268,046 3,018 3 6 37,235,254 12,338 420 29 7 3 9,303,392 6,908,531 178-00 5,636,601 145-14 1,271,930 32-86 3-42 81-59 5 9 0 28,821,783 6,487,279 l 2,293 1,870 423 350 68-54 24-82 2-95 608 1,492 23,119 „ 1921. It 103,861 1,300,967 3,030 3 6 39,309,097 12,973 429 30 4 4 8,717,265 6,643,591 182-69 6,237,727 171-37 405,864 11-32 1-07 93-89 5 2 0 28,121,763 6,321,35: 2,199 2,063 136 393 86-29 25-66 3-06 637 1,496 23,974 1922. I, 103,861 1,325,310 3,037 3 6 40,275,161 13,261 436 30 7 9 8,346,731 6,727,802 193-18 5,502,497 157-81 1,225,305 35-37 3-04 81-79 5 1 6 28,221,362 6,618,58! 2,219 1,813 406 366 76-40 22-73 2-91 639 1,498 26,106 1923. * The figures for passi ;nger traffic i: New iealand prior to 1912 are exi ilusive if season tic! :ets.