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RETURN No. 16. Return showing Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure of New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1917, to 31st March, 1925. MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.

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Passengers. Season Tickets. Coaching. Year. Miles. Capital Cost. Train-mileage. * : Cattle. I Sheep and Pigs. Timber. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Revenue. £ j £ £ £ Number. j Number. Tons. 1917-1918 .. 2,993 36,001,432 7,468,646 11,408,156 1,663,922 322,487 138,675 254,110 362,1.34 6,502,090 523,784 lyl8-19L9 .. 1 2,993 36,167,681 7,477,583 11,374,521 1,799,381 351,124 150,901 258,524 346,544 6,691,760 487,729 1919-1920 .. 3,006 36,390,115 7,408,608 12,760,814 2,138,391 400,621 165,596 290,453 357,976 7,316,556 611,171 1920-1921 .. 3,018 37,235,254 9,303,392 15,315,640 2,459,362 464,691 198,717 335,754 376,745 7,129,222 717,701 1921-1922 .. 3,030 39,309.097 8,717,265 14,262,440 2,212,633 472,865 205,594 339,482 279,904 7,635,515 708,212 1922-1923 .. 3,037 40,275,161 8,316,731 14,256,610 2,216,514 485,681 204,106 393,322 293,930 7,367,763 663,213 1923-1924 .. 3,053 41,399,427 9,024,50-3 13,836,311 2,136,999 525,744 212,601 406,832 320,434 7,723,971 724,116 1924-1925 .. 3,085 44,570,746 9,083,623 12,424,012 2,077,625 537,554 210,946 417,550 351, 873 8,105,597 754,634 t r „ , j /-. .s Miscellaneous Rents and m * i Revenue Year * boo<Js | Total * Goods Revenue. Revenue. Commission. Total Revenue. per Train-mile. Tons. Tons. £ £ £ £ d. 1917-1918 .. 4,849,352 5,373,136 2,465,241 73,761 86,991 4,687,700 150-50 1918-1919 .. 4,750,728 5,238,457 2,608,336 78,828 92,662 1 4,988,632 160-00 1919-1920 .. 4,986,061 5,597,232 2,956,237 105,072 96,738 5,752,487 186-00 1920-1921 .. 5,367,659 6,085,360 3,676,665 136,505 101,528 6,908,531 178-00 1921-1922 .. 5,222,900 5,931,112 3,646,594 124,106 115,182 6,643,591 182-69 1922-1923 .. 5,571,594 6,234,807 3,671,008 119,933 122,919 I 6,727,802 193-18 1923-1924 .. 5,795,341 6,519,457 3,953,213 141,968 132,598 6,984,211 185-50 1924-1925 .. 5,847,973 6,602,607 4,122,017 137,149 147,237 7,112,524 187-65 1 ! : 1 ' - ! fc> EXPENDITURE. Maintenance of Way. Signals. Traffic. Expenditure Expenditure ' , : ; , Year. per perCent. I I l Train-mile. ! of Kevenue. , i Per Cent, of | Per Mile of ! Per Amount Per Cent, of Per Mile of Per ., Per Cent, of Per Amount. Revenue. Railway. Train-mile. Amount. Revenue. Railway. Train-mile. .Amount. ! lievenue Train-mile. d. £ £ £ £ d. ; £ £ £ d. £ £ d. 1917-1918 .. 97 54 64-91 676,454 14-43 228-01 21*74 34,201 0-75 11-53 1-10 954,142 20-38 30-66 1918-1919 .. 105-97 66-32 715,858 14-35 239-98 22-98 ] 36,700 0-75 12-30 1-18 1,032,609 20-73 33-14 1919-1920 .. 13-2-72 71-36 783,033 13'61 262-17 25-37 ; 54,877 0-98 18-37 1-77 1,301,935 22-66 42-17 1920-1921 .. 145-14 81*59 983,940 14-24 327-00 25*38 69,109 1-02 22-97 1*79 1,712,375 24*82 44-17 1921-1922 .. 171-37 93-89 1,111,883 16-76 368-45 30*61 72,343 1-09 23-97 1-99 1,703,049 25-66 46*89 1922-1923 .. 157*81 81*79 1,040,892 15*49 343*76 29*93 j 67,425 1-01 22*27 1-94 1,527,033 22-73 43*91 1923-1924 .. 143*43 77*37 1,143,281 16*39 375-57 30-40 70,912 1-02 23*29 1*88 1,530,652 21*94 40'71 1924-1925 .. 146*19 77*97 1,113,048 15*67 362*95 29*40 81,201 1*14 26*48 2*14 1,599,668 22*52 42*27 Locomotive Power. ! Carriages and Wagons. Head and Departmental Offices. Lake Wakatipu Steamers. Year. j ~~ ~ ~ Total Per Cent, of Per Per Cent, of Per Amount PerCent.of Per PerCent.of Expenditure. Amount. Revenue. Train-mile. Amount. Kevenue. Train-mile. ' Revenue. Train-mile. Amount. Revenue. £ £ d. £ £ d. £ £ d. £ £ £ ? 1917-1918 .. .. 962,222 20*56 30*92 283,248 6*05 9*10 124,976 2*67 4*02 7,664 112*53 3,042,907 1918-1919 .. .. 1.075.4S9 21-59 34*52 306,308 6*15 9*83 134,626 2 70 4-32 6,985 104-53 3,308,575 N 1919-1920 .. .. 1,397,993 24*34 45*29 387,498 6*74 12*55 171,767 2*99 5*57 7,964 101*09 4,105,067 1920-1921 .. .. 2,124.877 30*80 54*82 531,935 7*71 13*72 203,906 2*95 5*26 10,458 116*34 5,636,601 1921-1922 .. .. 2,567,383 38*69 70*68 566,782 8*54 15*61 202,948 3*06 5*59 13,339 166*34 6,237,727 1922-1923 .. .. 2,121,532 31*58 61*00 535,621 7*97 15*40 195,894 2*91 5*63 14,100 150*79 5,502,497 1923-1924 .. .. 1,893,156 27*14 50*35 550,902 7*90 14*65 204,407 2*93 5*44 10,456 i 117*85 | 5,403,766 1924-1925 1,917,625 27*00 50*67 575,090 8*10 15*20 246,504 3*47 6*51 12,279 121*62 I 5,545,415