P.—2.

RETURN No. 9. Statement of Season Tickets issued for the Year ended 31st March, 1925.

RETURN No. 10. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for Years 1924-25 and 1923-24.

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Description of Tickets. Number. Amount. £ s. d. Travellers'annual, all lines ... ... ... ... 26 2,378 8 9 Travellers'annual, North Island ... .. ... ... 117 7,869 11 4 Travellers' annual, South Island ... ... ... ... 28 1,820 11 0 Reporters'annual ... ... ... ... ... 104 1,301 9 10 Sectional annual, North Island ... ... ... ... 519 21,868 14 3 Sectional annual, South Island ... ... ... ... 284 11,520 12 5 Tourist, all lines ... .. ... ... ... 310 4,893 15 0 Tourist, North Island ... ... ... . . ... 892 9,507 10 0 Tourist, South Island ... ... . . ... ... 76 852 10 0 School ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 25,983 19,921 2 3 Twelve-trip weekly ... ... ... ... ... 136,563 25,720 1 8 Weekly workmen's ... ... ... ... ... 331,861 40,784 1 3 All other season ... ... ... ... ... ... 40,791 62,507 10 9 Totals ... 537,554 210,945 18 6 H. Valentine, Acting Chief Accountant.

13 10 rpj « •S . |1| * § . | . Department. | 9 1 S d • . I| 1| 2? rj £ -3 '3 # -3 -r< $ ,2 a g a oo w fl -JSfl S 2 S "S^ sq "S csW S 4? o o ® ©ca*sc6 2 *3 CO GQ CD 43 J* Vl ffl U «| g . "3 .2 &a ST a S. £ ® .8 3 ~ n 8« o ts W O 0 cs ® «i £ £ £ Hi 00 K <! H 1924-25. General .. ..12 1 3 537 150 4 4 3 327 264 190 1,495 Traffic .. .. 57 6 23 2,639 2,360 .. 79 21 27 5,212 Maintenance .. 210 15 38 2,149 1,651 .. 45 41 45 .. .. .. 4,194 Locomotive .. 59 5 23 3,362 2,738 .. 114 21 23 .. .. .. 6,345 Totals .. 338 27 87 8,687 6,899 .. 242 87 98 327 264 190 17,246 1923—24 General .. .. 6 1 3 479 124 28 4 4 3 160 231 104 1,147 Traffic .. .. 53 6 23 2,623 2,119 173 76 22 29 5,124 Maintenance .. 131 13 37 2,048 1,451 274 38 39 56 4,087 Looomotive .. 56 6 25 3,146 2,397 211 109 | 22 23 5,995 Totals .. 246 26 88 8,296 6,091 686 227 , 87 111 160 231 104 16,353 * Westiand section now included in South Island Main Line and Branches.