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H. Valentine, Acting Chief Accountant.

RETURN No. 5—continued. Comparative Statement of Passenger and Goods Traffic for the Year ended 31st March, 1925—continued.

fie venue. Mileage. Section. I 1 Passengers. Season Tickets. Par ° )Jgj® age ' Total Coaching. Goods. Miscellaneous. Commistfon. Total Goods. Revenue Train ' Shunting, Ac. Total. J '■ I _ J I 1924-25. f £ s. d. £ a d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Number. Number. Number. Whangarei .. .. ' 25,695 7 7 1,254 12 1 4,364 18 10 31,314 18 6 59,518 11 4 3,990 16 3 3,554 15 11 67,064 3 6 98,379 2 0 134,858 123,501 258,359 Kaihu .. .. 2.539 13 7 129 12 5 1,140 9 5 3,809 15 5 4,830 0 7 88 2 8 343 15 7 5,261 18 10 9,071 14 3 17,232 4,149 21,381 Gisborne .. .. 9,626 6 1 354 4 6 2,834 8 7 12,814 19 2 23,447 0 0 393 14 1 1,345 4 7 25,185 18 8 38,000 17 10 65,609 14,533 80,142 North Island Main Lines 1,324,019 7 4 146,917 7 1 245,668 6 6 1,716,605 Oil 2,288,618 10 10 66,607 2 5 85,680 4 1 2,440,905 17 4 4,157,510 18 3 5,238,099 2,089,304 7,327,403 and Branches South Island Main Lines 692,880 1 3 59,863 15 8 157,021 17 0 909,765 13 11 1,591,972 3 3 55,529 2 11 52,973 3 4 1,700,474 9 6 2,610,240 3 5 3,438,695 1,419,667 4,858,362 and Branches Westport .. .. 6,965 5 2 884 2 0 1,509 16 8 9,359 3 10 111,744 13 0 8,168 6 6 1,093 12 1 121,006 11 7 130,365 15 5 87,640 75,492 163,132 Nelson .. .. 5,527 9 6 809 12 3 1,645 9 1 7,982 10 10 15,635 4 8 228 9 1 890 12 7 16,754 6 4 24,736 17 2 56,469 17,720 74,189 Picton .. .. 6,202 13 2 528 5 0 2,037 17 9 8,768 15 11 21,979 15 11 2,094 6 6 1,279 16 9 25,353 19 2 34,122 15 1 45,021 26,298 71,319 Lake Wakatipu steamers 4,168 16 11 204 7 6 1,327 2 5 5,700 6 10 4,270 16 3 49 2 11 75 16 4 4,395 15 6 10,096 2 4 Totals.. .. 2,077,625 0 7 210,945 18 6 417,550 6 3 2,706,121 5 4 4,122,016 15 10 137,149 3 4 147,237 1 3 4,406,403 0 5 7,112,524 5 9 9,083,623 3,770,664 12,854,287 i i 1923-24 £ s. d £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Number. Number. Number. Whangarei .. .. 23 144 13 0 1,272 12 6 3,761 18 7 28,179 4 1 55,886 4 0 4,074 1 0 1,999 0 11 61,959 5 11 90,138 10 0 127,740 82,853 210,593 Kaihu .. 2 928 12 6 80 4 1 1,128 6 7 4,137 3 2 4,387 17 4 102 10 2 315 2 3 4,805 9 9 8,942 12 11 18,132 4,814 22,946 Gisborne .. .. 11,092 5 7 354 0 2 2,705 14 6 14,152 0 3 ' 23,256 17 10 443 15 9 1,316 5 2 25,016 18 9 39,168 19 0 63,570 15,363 78,933 North Island Main'Lines 1,348,351 4 2 146,313 8 1 238,311 13 7 1,732,976 5 10 12,182,513 15 10 65,440 2 3 78,212 7 11 2,326,166 6 0 4,059,142 11 10 5,268,111 1,687,153 6,955,264 and Branches South Island Main Lines 727,781 9 2 62,052 14 2 154,291 0 8 944,225 4 0 1,544.848 12 1 63,707 14 4 47,350 8 11 1,655,906 15 4 2,600,131 19 4 3,364,342 1,293,894 4,658,236 and Branches Westport .. .. 7,798 19 7 1,032 7 4 1,633 9 8 10,464 16 7 98,728 16 5 5,228 7 8 1,220 10 11 105,177 15 0 115,642 11 7 79,482 64,387 143,869 Nelson 5'529 6 1 I 854 11 9 1,674 8 8 8,058 6 6 15,544 6 3 222 4 7 948 8 4 | 16,714 19 2 24,773 5 8 58,400 17,207 75,607 Picton .. .. 15 0 j 420 4 3 2,050 19 1 9,112 18 4 24,420 8 1 2,727 0 6 1,137 9 7; 28,284 18 2 37,397 16 6 44,726 28,733 73,459 Lake Wakatipu steamers 3,730 3 9 220 17 6 1,174 8 6 ' 5,125 9 9 3,626 5 0 22 2 5 98 7 10 3,746 15 3 8,872 5 0 Totals .. .. 2,136,998 8 10 j 212.600 19 10 406,831 19 10 12,756,431 8 6 3,953,213 2 10 141,967 18 8 132,598 1 10 4,227,779 3 4 6,984,210 11 10 9,024,503 3,194,404 12,218,907