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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 o ft a © o © i Gauge. Total Cost. © © m O O 2 9 . t 5 £ I Cost £<£ I per fl« ' Head of || , Population. fl° Pi O ■H Trainmiles run. Gross Earnings. ! 6 1 fl a r-t Eh m S£ 'fl a Workingexpenses. tc 5. +-» o3 -c fl" a -n '^S <c flai x & Profit- 33 • © - ! cs m-s »g Working. g-2 | a |»| HI© O-* <? 'n£ op, © © S ° r> Ph"* r> 1 3 Sh'-w »1 So AS-i K © tt o . Expenses. a j &fl u ; |l ig" U I 35* || I ° gg|g Passengers Tonnage : m2 ! p5 : -2 © I °~ a . § o> So P P ' ■ carried.* ol Goods. 3* 8™ 5 g> ' a'3 <o&2 ! O a g M « £ |S lis H> i Io &% | U nS§o <n o-a! fz gg S a hi i *j oaga r, j EH Pi° | Expenses. to © > O a o o o © A a fl © tic fl © ol J- cS © O A a a to a . o BQ -ic-fl tH 'n aZZ h'C fl fl P oS Year ending Ft. in. | £ 5 3 64,854,594 £ 14,940 ! £ s. d. £ 371 40 6 10 16,394,239 11,347,057 d. £ d. £ d. 166-11 8,181,926 119-78 3,165,131 46-33 4-88 72-11 168-39 10,649,974 117-82 4,751,359 50-57 5.22 69-97 £ s. d. 7 1 2 155,957,240 £ £ 7,517,216 2,625 1,893 13,801,310 2,929 2,049 £ £ 732 408 d. 45-02 23-46 58-06 18-44 2-43 ; 804 4-62 1,341 20,673 30 June, 1923. /"ictoria .. 87,884 1,607,586 4,341 2,189,379 ! 5,317 1,852 (ew South Wales .. 309,460 4 84 89,276,871 16,788 412 40 15 7 |21,693,861 15,221,333 6 19 6 123,714,639 880 364 1,774 23,897 Queensland 670,500 805,636 I 5,905 3 6 47,138,611 jo sH 20 ' 613 ' 825 3 6 19,160,202 {g oj j «. 199 > 725 7,982 136 j 58 10 3 :10,917,584 5,420,400 217 40 0 3 6,206,256 3,710,922 98 55 15 10 4,505,299 2,915,985 119-25 4,714,262 103-75 706,138 I 15-50 1-50 86-97 I 143-50 2,781,547 107-56 929,375 35-94 4-58 74-95 6 14 7 28,358,170 4,208,989 924 803 3,283,594 1,573 1,179 3,006,063 821 622 121 188 394 176 46-60 25-84 1.65 . 698 902 15,364 I South Australia 380,070 515,135 2,358 ■ 8,687 7 4 1 24,475,170 61-08 19-47 1-75 494 731 9,833 .Vestern Australia.. 975,920 343,430 3,555 5,390 155-34 | 2,210,348 117-75 705,637 37-59 3-68 75-80 8 9 10 17,830,292 199 145 55-55 20-32 2-10 422 430 10,208 rasmania 26,215 218,924 j 663 9,346 330 ! 28 6 4 | 1,434,816 ; 572,417 95-74 i 514,350 86-03 58,066 9-71 0-74 89-85 87-00 1,343,415 59-23 630,623 27-77 3-30 68-05 91-75 ! 1,438,724 60-48 741,917 31-27 3-58 65-98 2 12 3 2,884,210 568,346 i 863 j 775 88 : 219 38-19 20-54 4-09 96 148 1,867 I (ew Zealand 103,861 857,985 2,262 3 6 19,081,735 8,436 379 | 22 4 10 5,443,333 1,974,038 2 6 0 7,575,390 3,730,394 j 873 594 279 204 21-36 | 18-24 319 372 751 12,992 31 Mar., 1903. t» * * 103,861 882,097 i 2,305 3 6 20,692,911 8,977 383 23 9 2 5,685,399 2,180,641 2 9 5 8,306,383 4,072,576 ! 943 622 321 213 22-21 17-22 3-14 377 809 13,433 1904. »» • * 103,861 908,114 2,347 3 6 I 21,701,572 3 6 22,498,972 9,141 387 | 23 17 11 6,107,079 j 2,209,231 86-50 1,492,900 58-46 716,331 28-04 3-30 67-58 87-75 1,621,239 60-47 728,465 27-28 3-24 69-00 93-00 1,812,482 64-21 j 812,118 ! 28-79 3-45 ' 69-06 2 8 8 j 8,514,112 4,011,511 938 634 4,241,422 j 980 676 4,592,099 1,078 J 744 304 j 217 21-05 18-28 3-10 389 864 13,885 1905. tt * • 103,861 933,111 2,391 9,410 391 24 2 3 6,413,573 2,349,704 2 10 4 8,826,382 „„. I „„ 304 I 229 21-99 18-86 3-01 i 395 906 14,127 1906. i >» • • 103,861 961,604 '■ 2,427 3 6 23,504,272 9,570 396 i 24 8 10 | 6,755,454 2,624,600 2 14 7 9,600,786 334 ; 253 23-37 18-90 24-96 19-40 25-56 20-73 2-80 i 398 2-76 410 3-16 452 966 14,605 1907. it * * 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 1,002 15,475 1908. 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 3-13 72-19 2 17 8 10,457,144 4,871,874 1,148 j 828 320 258 1,116 16,476 | 1909. it * * 25-35 18-96 25-81 | 18-10 27-30 18-27 28-20 19-40 2-96 I 465 2-81 ] 478 2-76 j 493 2-64 513 It ' ' 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 j 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 1,140 17,220 1910. tt * * 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 65-92 105-25 2,465,896 70-52 1,210,613 34-73 j 3-98 67-07 3 6 2 11,200,613 5,555,292 1,275 j 840 435 254 1,166 18,036 1911. tt 103,861 1,081,344 2,801 3 6 30,506,089 10,864 386 28 4 2 8,371,687 i 3,676,509 3 8 0 20,336,577 5,599,756 1,314 | 881 5,957,005 1,400 ' 954 433 263 1,212 18,521 1912. tt * * 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 68-13 3 11 5 22,310,867 446 271 1,282 19,515 1913. :» 103,861 1,139,669 2,861 3 6 ' 32,355,087 11,309 398 28 7 9 I 9,319,268 4,043,328 104-00 2,880,323 74-00 1,163,005 j 30-00 i 3-61 71-24 3 10 11 ! 23,173,472 5,661,340 | 1,416 [ 1,008 408 I 268 29-72 20-73 2-91 ! 534 1,363 20,251 1914. it ' * 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 71-14 116-50 2,910,883 74-50 1,637,473 ' 42-00 4-72 64-00 3 11 4 23,542,903 6,075,282 1,410 j 1,002 5,960,562 . ! 1,540 ! 985 408 , 254 i 555 251 30-26 21-20 29-77 19-60 30-88 18-87 40-02 20-38 44-35 20-73 57-84 22-66 2-98 557 2-50 : 585 2-47 607 2-67 624 2-70 620 299 616 1,397 21,226 1915. it * ' 103,861 1,152,048 2,959 3 6 34,857,882 11,780 389 30 5 2 9,356,522 4,548,356 3 19 0 24,600,693 1,452 21,994 1916. tt * * tt * * tt * * » * * 103,861 103,861 103,861 103,861 103,861 1,150,605 2,970 1,154,559 2,977 1,175,325 2,993 1,223,915 3,006 1,268,046 3,018 3 6 35,378,664 3 6 36,001,432 3 6 36,167,681 3 6 36,390,115 3 6 37,235,254 3 6 39,309,097 11,912 12,029 12,084 12,106 12,338 387 30 15 0 9,146,331 4,800,810 389 32 0 11 ; 7,468,646 4,687,700 393 30 15 6 7,477,583 4,988,632 407 I 29 14 8 7,408,608 5,752,487 125-75 2,926,864 76-63 1,873,946 , 49-12 j 5-30 60-97 150-50 ; 3,042,907 97-54 j 1,644,793 j 52-96 ' 4-60 64-91 160-00 ! 3,308,575 105-97 1,680,057 j 54-03 \ 4-65 66-32 186-00 j 4,105,067 132-72 1,647,420 53-28 4-53 7136 178-00 5,636,601 145-14 1,271,930 32-86 3-42 8159 182-69 6,237,727 17137 405,864 11-32 1-07 ; 93-89 193-18 5,502,497 157-81 1,225,305 35-37 3-04 81-79 185-50 i 5,403,766 143-43 1,580,445 42"07 j 3-83 7737 4 3 5 24,782,602 4 1 3 21,438,325 4 4 11 j 22,030,327 4 14 0 24,582,186 5 9 0 28,821,783 5,826,265 ; 1,619 987 5,373,136 : 1,578 ! 1,023 5,611,738 j 1,670 1,107 6,000,279 | 1,923 6,487,279 i 2,293 1,870 632 ! 244 555 I 240 563 252 551 281 423 350 68-54 j 24-82 2-95 608 1,480 1,488 1,489 1,492 1,492 22,380 22,517 22,658 22,937 23,119 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920. 1921. *» * * 420 ' 29 7 3 9,303,392 | 6,908,531 tt * ' 103,861 1,300,967 3,030 1,325,310 3,037 12,973 429 30 4 4 8,717,265 6,643,591 436 30 7 9 8,346,731 6,727,802 5 2 0 28,121,763 6,321,351 2,199 . 2,063 6,618,588 2,219 1,813 6,925,517 2,291 1,772 136 393 86-29 ; 25-66 76-40 22-73 65-00 21-94 3-06 | 637 2-91 639 2-93 ! 655 i 1,496 23,974 1922. tt ' * 103,861 3 6 40,275,161 13,201 5 1 6 28,221,362 406 366 1,498 26,106 1923. tt * " 103,861 1,347,723 3,053 3 6 j 41,399,427 13,560 441 j 30 14 4 ; 9,024,503 j 6,984,211 5 3 8 28,436,475 519 399 1,527 26,195 1924. * The figures for passenger traffic in New Zealand prior to 1912 are exclusive if season tickets.