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RETURN No. 9. Statement of Season Tickets issued for the Year ended 31st March, 1924.

L. Hamann, Chief Accountant.

RETURN No. 10. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for Years 1923-24 and 1922-23.

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Description of Tickets. Number. Amount. £ s. d. Travellers'annual, all lines ... ... ... ... 28 2,575 0 0 Travellers'annual, North Island ... ... ... ... 114 7,646 18 4 Travellers'annual, South Island ... ... ... ... 27 1,698 7 4 Reporters'annual ... ... ... ... ... 100 1,253 6 0 Sectional annual, North Island ... ... ... ... 526 21,810 2 0 Sectional annual, South Island ... ... ... 298 12,054 7 4 Tourist, all lines ... .. ... ... ... 331 5,360 17 6 Tourist, North Island ... ... ... . . ... 1,019 10,946 5 0 Tourist, South Island ... ... . . ... ... 84 909 15 0 School ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 37,008 27,170 8 2 Twelve-trip weekly ... ... ... ... ... 133,002 24,330 8 0 Weekly workmen's ... ... ... ... ... 313,111 38,223 11 0 All other season ... ... ... ... ... ... 40,096 58,621 14 2 Totals ... ... ... .. ... 525,744 212,600 19 10

Department. 03 cS M . S 5 9 I M Q fl c o to 3 Id 23 a 121 3 ■gal a rHrn 9 •S 3m HJ.H HH a rH-a 13 a 1 UI 01 9 8, a " o 9 I 55 a o q S ui ? O 53 a £ Ba %a A° a> 2 w fl w fl s_ u A u w ■sm gw § « -3 EH 1923-24. General Traffic Maintenance Locomotive 6 1 53 6 181 18 56 6 3 23 37 25 479 2,6,13 2,048 3,146 124 2,119 1,451 2,397 28 173 274 211 4 j 4 76 22 38 | 39 109 j 22 3 29 56 23 160 '231 104 1,147 5,124 4,087 5,995 Totals 246 26 88 8,296 6,091 686 i 227 | 87 in 160 231 104 10,353 1922-23. General Traffio Maintenance Locomotive 5 1 46 6 102 12 49 5 3 23 37 25 470 2,594 1,871 3,089 8,024 123 2,088 1,378 2,364 27 153 279 169 4 4 77 ! 23 37 . 38 109 I 22 3 29 42 23 153 197 48 1,038 5,039 3,796 5,855 Totals 202 24 88 5,953 628 227 i 87 97 153 197 48 15,728 I