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Auckland.—Revenue, £1,790,473; increase, £72,349. Passengers decreased 440,785. Season tickets increased 12,272. Parcels, luggage, and mails increased £4,669. Cattle increased 18,408, and sheep 118,200. Timber increased 2,968 tons, and all other goods 100,286 tons. Ohakune. —Revenue, £519,935; increase, £12,605. Passengers decreased 46,058, and season tickets 380. Parcels, luggage, and mails decreased £558. Cattle increased 2,999, and sheep 219,700. Timber decreased 9,407 tons ; all other goods increased 16,390 tons. Wanganui.- Revenue, £633,515 ; decrease-, £11,009, Passengers decreased 115,400, and season tickets 685. Parcels, luggage, and mails increased £577. Cattle increased 3,536, and sheep 76,900. Timber decreased 546 tons, and all other goods 11,445 tons. Wellington.—Revenue! £1,213,588; increase, £24,423. Passengers decreased 331,003. Season tickets increased 7,583. Parcels, luggage, and mails increased £2,668. Cattle decreased 2,271 ; sheep increased 86,361. Timber increased 2,008 tons, and all other goods 22,305 tons. Picton Section. Revenue, £34,123 ; decrease, £3,275. Passengers decreased 7,338. Season tickets increased 63. Cattle decreased 284 ; sheep increased 24,700. Timber increased 466 tons ; all other goods decreased 10,844 tons. Nelson Section. Revenue, £24,737 ; decrease, £36. Passengers decreased 9,458, and season tickets 160. Parcels, luggage, and mails decreased £29. Cattle increased 142, and sheep 1,359. Timber increased 167 tons ; all other goods decreased 4,403 tons. Westport Section. Revenue, £130,366; increase, £14,723. Passengers decreased 7,024, and season, tickets 537. Parcels, luggage, and mails decreased £123. Timber decreased 793 tons ; all other goods increased 115,869 tons. Westland Section. Revenue, £312,490 ; increase, £86,947. Passengers decreased 39,394, and season tickets 226. Parcels, luggage, and mails increased £687. Cattle increased 649, and sheep 9,200. Timber increased 20,426 tons, and all other goods 9,786 tons. South Island Main Line and Branches. Revenue, £2,297,750; decrease, £76,839. The principal items of traffic were: Passengers 4,164,194; decrease, 382,607'. Season tickets, 122,918; decrease, 5,602. Parcels, &c., revenue, £145,947; increase, £1,944. Live stock, 3,874,715; decrease, 151,639. Timber, 144,814 tons; increase, 1,584 tons. All other goods, 2,160,807 tons; decrease, 181,494 tons. - The revenue per mile of railway (including Westland) decreased from £1,638 4s. 9d. to £1,636 16s. 7d., and from 15s. 5d., per train-mile to 15s. 2d. The variations of traffic in the individual districts were approximately as under : — Christchurch. —Revenue, £965,056 ; decrease, £84,047. Passengers decreased 15,528, and. season tickets 4,176. Parcels, luggage, &c., increased £1,911. Cattle increased 919; sheep decreased 156,700. Timber decreased. 12,899 tons ; all other goods decreased 132,780 tons. Dunedin.—Revenue, £780,856 ; decrease, £6,977. Passengers decreased 292,693. Season tickets increased 1,156. Parcels, luggage, &c., increased £56. Cattle decreased 512, and sheep 68,800. Timber increased 4,736 tons; all other goods decreased 31,771 tons. Invercargill.—Revenue, £551,838 ; increase, £14,186. Passengers decreased 74,386, and season tickets 2,592. Parcels, luggage, &c., decreased £23. Cattle increased 5,844, and sheep 67,570. Timber increased 9,748 tons. All other goods decreased 16,94.3 tons. Lake Wakatipu Steamers. Revenue, £10,096; increase, £1,224. Passengers increased 8,000. Parcels, &c., increased £153. Cattle decreased 31, and sheep increased 1,120. Timber increased 24 tons, and all other goods 916 tons. Tkain-services. The following table shows the average late arrivals of the suburban, mixed, and express trains for the year :—

Average Late Arrival of Trains, Year ended 31st March, 1925.

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