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RETURN No. 16. Return showing Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure of New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1915, to 31st March, 1923. MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.

Oi Year. Passengers. Season Tickets. Coaching. Miles. Capital Cost. Ti Cattle. Sheep and Pigs. Timber. ' I Number. Revenue Number. Revenue. Revenue. 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 1918-1919 1919-1920 1920-1921 1921-1922 192-2-1923 2,970 2,970 2,993 2,993 3,006 3,018 3,030 3,037 £ 34,857,882 35,378,664 36,001,432 36,167,681 36,390,115 37,235,254 39,309.097 40,275,161 9,356,522 9,146,331 7,468,646 7,477,583 7,408,608 9,303,392 8,717,265 &, 346, 731 14,201,506 14,173,115 11,408,156 11,374,521 12,760,814 15,315,640 14,262,440 14,256,610 £ 1,566,380 1,717,847 1,663,922 1,799,381 2,138,391 2,459,362 2,212,633 2,216,514 330,622 355,832 322,487 351,124 400.621 464,691 472,865 485,681 £ 156,322 155,201 138,675 150,901 165,596 198,717 205,594 204,106 £ 236,705 243,832 254,110 258,524 290,453 335, 754 339,482 393,322 Number. 371,529 402, 769 362,134 346,544 357,976 376,745 279,904 293,930 Number. 7,387,269 7,269,544 6,502 ,090 6,691,760 7,316,556 7,129,222 7,635,515 7,367,763 Tons. 625,866 579,428 523,784 487.729 611,171 717,701 708,212 663, 213 Year. I.oods Total. Goods Revenue. Miscellaneous Revenue. Rents and Commission. I Total Revenue. Revenue per Train-mile. 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 1918-1919 1919-1920 1920-1921 1921-1922 1922-1923 :: Tons 5,336,398 5,246,837 4,849,352 4,750,728 4,986,061 5,367,659 5,222,900 5,571,594 Tons. 5,962,264 5,826,265 5,373,136 5,238,457 5,597,232 6,085,360 5,931,112 6,234,807 £ 2,423,493 2,498,862 2,465,241 2,608,336 2,956,237 3,676,665 3,646,594 3.671,008 £ 81,391 98,473 73,761 78,828 105,072 136,505 124,106 119,933 £ 84,065 86,595 86,991 92,662 96,738 101,528 115,182 122,919 £ 4,548,356 4,800,810 4,687,700 4,988,632 5,752,487 6,908,531 6,643,591 6,727,802 d. 116-50 125-75 150-50 160-00 186-00 178-00 182-69 193-18 EXPENDITURE. Year. Expenditure Expenditure per per Cent. Train-mile. of Kevenue. & Amount. Maintenance of Way and Signals. Mai Per Cent, of Revenue. Loci •motive Power. Per Cent, of Per Revenue. Train-mile. Amount. Carriages and Wagons. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Mile of Railway. Per Train-mile. Amount. Per Train-mile. 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 1918- 1919 1919-1920 1920-1921 1921-1922 1922-1923 d. 71-50 7663 97-54 105-97 132-72 145-14 171-37 157-81 64-00 60-97 64-91 66-32 71-36 81-59 93-89 81-79 £ 740,349 720,840 710,655 752,558 837,910 1,053,0-19 1,184,226 1,108,317 £ 16-30 1504 15-18 15-10 14-59 15-26 17-85 16-50 £ 251-00 243-52 239-54 252-28 280-54 349-97 392-42 366-03 d. 18-99 18-92 22-84 24-16 27-14 27-17 32-60 31-87 £ 934,737 937,780 962,222 1,075,439 1,397,993 2,124,877 2,567,383 2,121,532 £ 20-58 19-56 20 56 21-59 24-34 30-80 38-69 31-58 d. 23-98 21-61 3092 34-52 45-29 54-82 70-68 61-00 225,968 238,868 283.248 306,308 387,498 531,935 566,782 535,621 I £ 4-98 4-9S 6-05 6-15 6-74 7-71 8-54 7-97 d. 5-79 6-27 9-10 9-83 12-55 13-72 15-61 15-40 Traffic. Head and lepartmental Offices. Lake Wakatipu Steamers. Year. Amount. Per Cent, of Per Kevenue. Train-mile. Amount. Per Cent, of Per Revenue. Train-mile. Total Expenditure. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 1918-1919 1919-1920 1920-1921 1921-1922 1922-1923 "! £ 839,991 904,318 954,142 1,032,609 1,301,935 1,712,375 1,703,049 1,527,033 £ 19-60 18-87 20-38 20-73 22-66 24-82 25-66 22-73 d. 22 83 23-73 30-66 33-14 42-17 44-17 46-89 43'91 £ 113,461 118,456 124.976 134,626 171,767 203,906 202,948 195,894 £ 250 2-47 2-67 2-70 2-99 2-95 3-06 2-91 d. 2-91 310 4-02 4-32 557 5-26 5-59 5-63 £ 6,377 6,602 7,664 6,985 7,964 10.458 13,339 14,100 88-04 91-89 112-53 104-53 101-09 116-34 166-34 150-79 -0 2,910,883 2,926,864 3,042,907 3,308,575 4,105,067 5,636,601 6,237,727 5.502,497