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STATEMENT No. 20. Comparative Statement of the Mileage opened, Capital expended, Earnings, Expenses, etc., of Railways in the following States (taken from Latest Official Records).

I <D I ' I i 05 ® a a a a ' I, a I Expenses. ® i a Area I ® I S Cost m !l &S Sal |l , f| &>g ® ®" ° 1,3 a§ 1 Ig If i Q 2 ° Gauge Total g as niUes Gross Working- g.S - '! SS ~S ?S Passengers Tonnage |>g ag 5® a So I s ■".* Year Square | J «• Cost. * || run.* F «gs. | expenses. . || Working J|| J ||g |* carried.! of Goods. |j |g |l ||| || |||| 5 || jj enCliCg 5 r f |& 2|5 | i v r ii hi f mi i i i 1 H I I [ ) J H ft° Z Ft. in. £ £ £ s. d. £ d. £ d. I £ d. £ s. d. £ £ £ £ d. Victoria .. .. 87,884 1,754,000 4,697 72,606,590 15,458 390 41 10 0 17,694,928 12,-821,059 173-89 10,025,829 135-98 2,795,230 37-91 3-84 78-20 7 6 3 164,574,870 S,117,961- 2,751 2,151 600 453 54-46 24-70 5-73 663 1,983 20,958 30 June, 1928. New South Wales .. 309,432 2,429,138 5,867 4 8£ 117,984,374 20,110 414 48 11 5 26,896,580 19,029,512 169-80 14,756,327 131-67 4,273,185 38-13 3-70 77-54 7 16 8 148,046,881 15,433,083 3,266 2,533 733 442 63-87 20-38 6-02 1,434 2,101 24;i85 Queensland .. 670,500 911,737 6,345 58,998,267 9,299 144 64 14 2 11,655,122 7,381,532 152-00 6,106,140 125-74 1,275,392 26-26 2-16 82-72 8 111 24,800,934 4,670,447 1,164 963 201 251 54-73 23-16 2-03 775 1,186 19,065 South Australia .. j 380,070 578,000 2,527 gj- 26,582,516 10,516 228 45 19 10 6,503,474 3,999,583 147-60 3,727,759 137-57 271,824 10-03 1.08 93-20 |b 18 5 20,880,751 3,418,092. 1,583 1,475 108 231 73-89 24-38 4-15 464 755 9,378 Western Australia.. 1975,920 392,184 3,977 3 6 22,130,077 5,565 99 56 8 7 5,900,883 3,858,051 156-91 2,910,811 118-39 947,240 38-52 4-28 75-45 9 16 9 16,032,536 3,697,648 972 733 239 184 53-14 j 20-06 2-56 399 396 10 925 Tasmania .. 26,215 210,456 658 <ff 6,483,281 9,853 320 30 16 1 1,429,416 554,743 93 14 573,885 96-35 19,142 3-21 ..103-45 2 12 9 2,322,410 715,387 843 872 29 214 39-23 22-50 13-40 95 162 2,045 * (loss) (loss) (loss) New Zealand .. j 103,861 933,111 2,391 3 6 22,498,972 9,410 391 24 2 3 6,413,573 2,349,704 87-75 1,621,239 60-47 728,465 27-28 3-24 69-00 2 10 4 8,826,382 4,241,422 980 676 304 229 21-99 18-86 3-01 395 906 14,127 31 Mar., 1906. .. I 103,861 961,604 2,427 3 6 23,504,272 9,570 396 24 8 10 6,755,454 2,624,600 93-00 1,812,482 64-21 812,118 128-79 3-45 69-06 2 14 7 9,600,786 4,592,099 1,078 j 744 334 253 23-37 18-90 2-80 398 966 14,605 J „ 1907. .. 103,861 985,318 2,469 3 6 24,365,647 9,861 399 24 14 7 7,051,274 2,761,938 1 93-75 1,949,759 66-18 812,179 27-57 3-33 70-59 J 16 1 9,756,716 4,834,534 1,114 I 786 328 258 24-96 19-40 2-76 410 1,002 15,475 „ 1908. .. 103,861 1,016,044 2,556 3 6 27,762,592 10,351 398 27 6 6 7,458,236 2,929,526 94-00 2,114,815 67-89 814,711 26-11 3-13 72-19 f 17 8 10,457,144 4,871,874 1,148 828 320 258 25-56 20-73 3-16 452 1,116 16,476 „ 1909. .. 1103,861 1,035,211 2,704 3 6 28,513,476 10,494 383 27 10 10 7,889,166 3,249,790 98-75 2,169,474 6-5-84 1,080,316 32-91 1 3-80 66-76 1 2 9 11,141,142 5,223,414 1,203 803 400 230 25-35 18-96 2-96 465 1,140 17,220 „ 1910. .. 103,861 1,055,640 2,742 3 6 29,606,546 10,723 1 385 28 1 0 8,141,075 3,494,182 102-75 2,303,272 67-75 1,190,910 35-00 4-06 65-92 3 6 2 11,200,613 5,555,292 1,275 840 435 254 25-81 18-10 2-81 478 1,166 18,036 „ 1911. .. If J,861 1,081,344 2,801 3 6 30,506,089 10,864 386 28 4 2 8,371,687 3,676,509 105-25 2,465,896 70-52 1,210,613 34-73 3-98 67-07 '3 8 0 ! 20,336,577 I 5,599,756 1,314 881 433 263 27-30 18-27 2-76 493 1,212 18,521 „ 1912. .. 103,861 1,111,592 2,840 3 6 31,611,220 ; 11,053 391 28 8 9:9,016,224 3,971,002 105-50 2,705,609 71-84 1,265,393 33-66 4-04 68-13 3 11 5 j 22,310,867 5,957,005 1,400 954 | 446 271 28-20 19-40 2-64 513 1,282 19,515 „ 1913. .. 103,861 1,139,669 2,861 3 6 32,355,087 11,309 398 28 7 9 9,319,268 4,043,328 104-00 2,880,323 74-00 1,163,005 30-00 3-61 71-24 3 10 11 23,173,472 5,661,340 1,416 . 1,008 408 268 29-72 20-73 2-91 534 1,363 20,251 „ 1914. .. 103,861 1,150,430 2,917 3 6 34,133,825 11,702 394 29 13 5 9,383,420 4,105,457 104-75 2,920,455 74 54 1,185,002 30-21 3-53 71-14 B 11 4 23,542,903 6,075,282 1,410 1,002 1 408 254 30-26 21-20 2-98 557 1,397 21,226 „ 1915. .. 103,861 1,152,048 2,959 3 6 34,857,882 11,780 389 30 5 2 9,356,522 4,548,356 116-50 2,910,883 74-50 1,637,473 42-00:4-72 64-00 3 19 0 24,600,693 5,960,562 1,540 985 555 251 29-77 19-60 2-50 585 1,452 21,994 „ 1916. .. 103,861 1,150,605 2,970 3 6 35,378,664 11,912 387 30 15 0 9,146,331 4,800,810 125-75 2,926,864 76-63 1,873,946 49-12 j 5-30 60-97 4 3 5 24,782,602 5,826,265 1,619 987 632 244 30-88 18-87 2-47 607 1,480 22,380 „ 1917. .. 103,861 1,154,559 2,977 3 6 36,001,432 12,029 389 32 0 11 7,468,646 4,687,700 150-50 3,042,907 97-54 1,644,793 52-96 4-60 64-91 4 1 3 21,438,325 5,373,136 j 1,578 1,023 555 240 ; 40-02 20-38 2-67 624 1,488 22,517 „ 1918. .. 103,861 1,175,325 2,993 3 6 36,167,681 12,084 393 30 15 6 7,477,583 4,988,632 160-00 3,308,575 105-97 1,680,057 54-03 4-65 66-32 4 4 11 22,030,327 5,611,738 ! 1,670 1,107 . 563 252 ' 44-35 | .20*73 2-70 620 1,489 22,658 „ 1919. .. 103,861 1,223,915 3,006 3 6 36,390,115 12,106 407 29 14 8 7,408,608 5,752,487 186-00 4,105,067 132-72 1,647,420 53-28 4;53 71-36 4 14 0 24,582,186 6,000,279 : 1,923 1,372 j 551 281 j 57-84 | 22-66 2-99 616 1,492 22,937 „ 1920. .. 103,861 1,268,046 3,018 3 6 37,235,254 12,338 420 29 7 3 9,303,392 6,908,531 178-00 5,636,601 145-14 1,271,930 32-86 3-42 81*59 5 9 0 28,821,783 6,487,279 1 2,293 j 1,870 j 423 350 68-54 j 24-82 2-95 608 , 1,492 23,119 „ 1921. .. 103,861 1,300,967 3,030 3 6 39,309,097 12,973 429 30 4 4 8,717,265 6,643,591 182-69 6,237,727 171-37 405,864 11-32 1-07 93-89 5 2 0 28,121,763 6,321,351 2,199 2,063 136 393 86-29 25-66 3-06 637 1,496 23,974 „ 1922. .. 103,861 1,325,310 3,037 3 6 40,275,161 13,261 436 30 7 9 8,346,731 6,727,802 193-18 5,502,497 157-81 1,225,305 35-37 3-04 81-79 5 1 6 28,221,362 6,618,588 2.219 1,813 | 406 366 76-40 22-73 2-91 ! 639 1,498 26,106 „ 1923. .. 103,861 1,347,723 3,053 3 6 41,399,427 13,560 441 30 14 4 9,024,503 6,984,211 185-50 5,403,766 143-43 1,580,445 42-07 3-83 77'37 5 3 8 28,436,475 6,925,517 2,291 1,772 519 399 65-00 21-94 293 655 1,527 26,195 „ 1924. .. 103,861 1,379,487 3,085 3 6 44,570,746 14,448 447 32 6 2 9,083,623 7,112,524 187-65 5,545,416 146-19 1,567,108 41-46 3:55 77-97 5 3 1 26,106,859 7,033,459 2,316 1,804 1 512 389 6587 22-52 3-47 662 1,568 26,488 „ 1925. .. 103,861 1,407,165 3,138 3 6 45,794,199 14,593 449 32 10 3 10,319,407 7,589,274 176-51 6,164,570 143-37 1,424,704 33-14 3-24 81-23 |5 7 10 27,653,414 7,256,142 2,446 1,987 459 403 68-56 22-98 2-95 704 1,602 26,767 „ 1926.+ .. 103,861 1,437,980 3,164 3 6 47,195,948 14,917 454 32 16 5 10,723,864 7,423,472 166-14 6,158,283 137-82 1,265,189 28-32 2-70 82-96 5 3 3 26,002,137 7,308,449 2,351 1,951 ; 400 372 66-53 23-61 3-46 698 1,610 26,990 „ 19274 .. 103,861 1,453,517 3,180 3 6 49.014.832 15.418 457 .33 14 5 10,838,594 7,343,845 162-62 6,302,119 139*55 1,041,726 23*07 2*15 85*81 5 1 1 25,379,665 7,366,762 2,310 1,983 327 393 67*37 23*97 3*39 678 1,612 27,228 „ 19284 . - ! 103,861 1,470,649 J,287 3 6 4,210,139 16,492 447 38 17 3 11,113,482 7,524,864 162-50 6,374,579 137-66 1,150,235 24-84 3*4-5 84-71 J5" 2 4 25,574,843 7,622,631 2,312 1,959 353 376 66.41 24-26 3-32 667 1,603 27,303 „ 19294 * The figures for train-miles run in New Zealand prior to 1925 included mileage run by assisting engines. t The figures for passenger traffic in New Zealand prior to 19l£ are exclusive of season tickets. J New Zealand figures from 1926 are for operation only, subsidiary services not included as in previous years.