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Wanganui District. —Revenue, £461,407; decrease, £30,175. Passengers decreased 38,061, and season tickets 30. Parcels and luggage decreased £119. Cattle increased 1,781, and sheep 116,236. Timber increased 838 tons, and all other goods decreased 34,267 tons. Wellington District. —Revenue, £1,300,766; decrease, £3,722. Passengers decreased 43,089, but season tickets increased 11,110. Parcels and luggage increased £2,993. Cattle increased 2,392, and sheep 86,356. Timber decreased 313 tons, but all other goods increased 10,667 tons. Picton. —Revenue, £38,740 ; increase, £1,224. Passengers increased 2,461, and season tickets increased 117. Cattle increased 155, and sheep decreased 41,784. Timber increased 293 tons, and all other goods 3,487 tons. Nelson. —Revenue, £26,383 ; increase, £1,630. Passengers decreased 4,728, and season tickets decreased 93. Cattle decreased 230, and sheep 4,146. Timber decreased 486 tons, and all other goods 632 tons. Labour, demurrage, &c, increased £1,730 (engine-hire). Westport. —Revenue, £138,052; increase, £3,306. passengers decreased 17,008, and season tickets increased 44. Parcels, luggage, &c, decreased. £189. Cattle decreased 41, and sheep 67. Timber decreased 654 tons, and all other goods increased 22,339 tons. South Island Main Line and Branches. —Revenue, £2,920,308 ; increase, £58,203. The principal items of traffic were : Passengers, 3,761,341 ; decrease, 183,012. Season tickets, 176,975 ; increase, 3,325. Parcels luggage and mails revenue, £128,359; decrease, £127. Live-stock, 4,997,736; increase, 363,515. Timber, 278,208 tons ; increase, 17,239 tons. All other goods, 3,065,381 tons ; increase, 185,431 tons. The revenue per mile of railway increased from £1,760 to £1,795, and decreased from 167-72 d. per train-mile to 154-23 d. The variations of traffic in the individual districts were approximately as follows : — Christchurch District. —Revenue, £1,296,816; increase, £24,915. Passengers decreased 23,772, but season tickets increased 3,756. Parcels, luggage, &c, increased £1,229. Cattle decreased 381, but sheep increased 127,518. Timber increased 8,578 tons, and all other goods 110,057 tons. Dunedin District. —Revenue, £994,313 ; increase, £3,008. Passengers decreased 83,132, and season tickets 1,456. Parcels, luggage, &c, decreased £922. Cattle increased 575, and sheep 47,217. Timber decreased 457 tons. All other goods increased 31,021 tons. , Invercargill District. —Revenue, £629,179; increase, £30,280. Passengers decreased 76,108, but season tickets increased 1,025. Parcels, luggage, &c, decreased £434. Cattle increased 6,423, and sheep 182,163. Timber increased 9,118 tons, and all other goods 44,353 tons. Lake Wakatipu. —Revenue, £11,447, increase £507. Passengers increased 677. Sheep increased 3,050. Timber increased 231 tons. All other goods increased 1,194 tons.

Comparative Statement, Year ended 31st March, 1930.

' Wnmhprnf Number of j Passengers r Season Parcels, &e. Cattle. j Sheep. Timber. Other Goods. | Eevenue. i * Tickets. £ Number. Number. Tons. Tons. £ Kaihu—1929-30 .. 22,683 24 1,258 53 1,486 2,724 3,477 6,268 1928-29 .. 24,046 32 1,218 68 1,616 1,811 4,381 7,158 Increase .. .. .. 40 .. .. 913 Decrease .. 1,363 8 15 130 .. 904 890 Gisborne—1929-30 .. 42,045 158 2,325 1,516 86,953 9,701 54,743 32,044 1928-29 .. 61,188 223 2,440 1,384 101,853 9,690 51,416 36,601 Increase .. .. .. .. 132 .. 11 3,327 Decrease .. 19,143 65 115 .. 14,905 .. .. 4,557 Pieton—1929-30 .. 62,709 603 1,814 1,662 164,207 816 50,986 38,740 1928-29 .. 60,248 486 1,784 1,507 205,991 523 47,499 37,516 Increase .. 2,461 117 30 155 .. 293 3,487 1,224 Decrease .. .. .. .. .. 41,784 Nelson—1929-30 .. 58,614 708 1,963 1,056 23,222 1,579 28,263 26,383 1928-29 .. 63,342 801 1,898 1,286 27,368 2,065 28,895 24,753 Increase .. .. .. 65 .. .. .. .. 1,630 Decrease .. 4,728 93 .. 230 4,146 486 632 Westporfc—1929-30 .. 49,238 586 1,118 171 1,120 3,578 653,160 138,052 1928-29 .. 66,246 542 1,307 212 1,187 4,232 630,821 134,746 Increase .. .. 44 .. .. .. .. 22,339 3,306 Decrease .. 17,008 .. 189 41 67 654 Lake Wakatipu—1929-30 29,403 13 936 251 13,605 1,289 8,812 11,447 1928-29 28,726 14 995 290 10,555 1,058 7,618 10,940 Increase .. 677 .. .. .. 3,050 231 1,194 507 Decrease .. .. 1 59 39 Auckland—1929-30 .. 1,948,702 228,689 124,061 290,521 1,148,189 77,594 1,607,394 2,051,066 1928-29 .. 2,189,070 231,549 117,364 247,523 1,107,317 94,416 1,682,199 2,125,834 Increase .. .. .. 6,697 42,998 40,872 Decrease .. 240,368. 2,860 .. .. .. 16,822 74,805 74,768 Ohakune—1929-30 .. 359,004 2,155 21,645 53,057 854,595 168,715 181,842 498 959 1928-29 .. 391,922 2,431 22,270 46,180 807,755 163,680 157,349 500,082 Increase .. .. .. .. 6,877 46,840 5,035 24,493 Decrease .. 32,918 276 6,251 .. .. .. .. 1,123