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STATEMENT No. 15— continued. Comparative Statement of Operating Traffic and Revenue for the Year ended 31st March, 1926— continued. (2) OPERATING REVENUE.

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Revenue. Mileage. Section. 1 : : — ' j— —: Passengers. Season Tickets - Total Coachln «' Goods - Demmage,' Ac. Total Goods ' ! Total B**enue. Train. Shunting, Ac. j Total. 1925-26. £ s. d. £ s. d. I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Number. Number. Number. Kaihu .. .. 2,337 2 11 297 3 4 994 12 6 3,628 18 9 4,696 2 9 85 19 8 4,782 2 5 8,411 1 2 17,749 5,031 22,780 Gisborne .. .. 10,941 1 10 1,024 8 8 2,563 18 10 14,529 9 4 24,735 1 9 300 9 10 25,035 11 7 39,565 0 11 j 78,631 16,778 95,409 North Island Main Lines 1,464,357 1 8 175,322 4 0 251,402 14 9 1,891,082 0 5 2,568,212 13 9 75,651 4 0 2,643,863 17 9 4,534,945 18 2 6,168,991 2,539,517; 8,708,508 and Branches South Island Main Lines 771,459 13 6 85,079 3 10 149,255 16 11 1,005,794 14 3 1,748,634 15 11 54,021 14 10 1,802,656 10 9 2,808,451 5 0 3,854,181 1,651,417 5,505,598 and Branches Westport .. .. 6,093 1 5 1,079 19 2 1,295 12 5 8,468 13 0 109,819 11 9 8,979 10 3 118,799 2 0 127,267 15 0 90,680 73,872 164,552 Nelson .. .. 8,113 16 5 1,571 11 4 1,619 8 7 11,304 16 4 14,744 13 0 2,232 1 9 16,976 14 9 28,281 11 1 59,112 19,223 78,335 Pieton .. .. 8,195 14 10 1,174 13 10 2,074 9 9 11,444 18 5 28,317 1 10 2,589 10 11 30,906 12 9 42,351 11 2 50,063 31,794 81,857 2,271,497 12 7 265,549 4 2 409,206 13 9 2,946,253 10 6 4,499,160 0 9 143,860 11 3 4,643,020 12 0 7,589,274 2 6! .. .. i Lake Wakatipu steamers 4,129 10 6 187 12 10 1,065 12 11 5,382 16 3 5,149 0 1 93 3 8 5,242 3 9 10,625 0 0 .. j Totals.. .. 2,275,627 3 1 265,736 17 0 410,272 6 8 2,951,636 6 9 4,504,309 0 10 1 143,953 14 11 4,648,262 15 9 7,599,899 2 6 10,319,407 ' 4,337,632 14,657,039 Revenue. Mileage. Section. Passengers Season Tickets. Par^f d ' IfeiteT' Total Coaching. Goods. Miscellaneous. commission. Total Goods. Avenue" Train " Shunting, Ac. Total. i 1924-25. £ s. d. £ e. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Number. Number. Number. 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 1,349,714 14 11 148,171 19 2 250,033 5 4 1,747,919 19 5 2,348,137 2 2 70.597 18 8 89,235 0 0 2,507,970 0 10 4,255,890 0 3 5,372,957 2,212,805 7,585,762 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 Note. —The figures for 1924-25 include net revenue of subsidiary services and miscellaneous non-operating receipts, while those for 1925-26 represent operating revenue only.