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STATEMENT No. 20. Statement showing Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Operating Revenue, and Operating Expenditure of New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1925, to 31st March, 1935. MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.

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Year. Miles. Capital Cost. Train-mileage. fiefs' EevSf ; aiidWrn Timber - £ No. £ £ No. No. Tons. 1925-1926 .. 3,138 45,794,199 10,319,407 27,653,414 2,537,047 409,207 391,649 8,209,965 770,654 1926-1927 .. 3,164 47,195,948 10,723,864 26,002,137 2,304,180 377,367 391,062 8,902,511 663,442 1927-1928 .. 3,180 49,014,832 10,838,594 25,379,665 2,145,296 379,933 459,742 9,299,715 570,558 1928-1929 .. 3,287 54,210,139 11,113,482 25,574,843 2,124,746 378,141 634,394 9,685,374 568,026 1929-1930 .. 3,287 55,347,541 12,022,043 25,413,621 1,995,927 386,792 695,060 10,271,544 574,080 1930-1931 .. 3.322 58,076,236 11,281,898 22,813,708 1,778,725 359,276 729,567 10,279,407 403,095 1931-1932 .. 3;315 49,661,930 10,168,720 19,151,480 1,339,589 316,245 685,649 10.685,464 253,534 1932-1933 .. 3,315 49,744,744 9,828,853 18,366,654 1,207,296 283,822 687,027 10,550,860 253,633 1933-1934 .. 3,320 52,173,142 10,163,474 19,047,186 1,336,334 281,889 918,111 10,240,258 301,222 1934-1935 .. 3,320 52,352,985 10,626,400 19,654,467 1,368,688 292,096 821,015 10,909,065 368,417 Miscellaneous Revenue tier Year. Goods. TotaL Goods Revenue. Revenue, Labour, Total Revenue. Train-mile Demurrage, &c. I Tons. Tons. £ £ £ d. 1925-1926.. .. 6,028,959 6,799,613 4,499,160 143,861 7,589,274 176-51 1926-1927.. .. 6,161,706 6,825,148 4,596,166 145,759 7,423,472 166-14 1927-1928.. .. 6,276,525 6,847,083 4,680,135 138,481 7,343,845 162-62 1928-1929.. .. 6,509,978 7,078,004 4,846,125 175,852 7,524,864 162-50 1929-1930.. .. 6,649,114 7,223,194 4,904,324 186,949 7,473,993 149-21 1930-1931.. .. 5,998,562 6,401,657 4,487,357 156,029 6,781,388 144-26 1931-1932.. .. 5,018,719 5,272,253 4,019,600 113,531 5,788,965 136-63 1932-1933.. .. 4,691,959 4,945,592 3,745,777 102,180 5,339,075 130-37 1933-1934.. .. 4,792,174 5,093,396 3,911,245 99,367 5,628,835 132-92 1934-1935 . .. 5,076,560 5,444,977 4,138,434 108,846 5,908,064 133-44

, , . _ Maintenance of Signals and Maintenance of Locomotives, Maintenance of Way and Works. Electrical Appliances. Carriages, and Wagons. Year " j Per Cent. Per Mile Per Cent. Per Mile Per Cent. Per Amount. of of Amount. of of Amount. of TrainRevenue. Railway. Revenue. Railway. Revenue. mile. £ £ £ £ £ 1925-1926 .. .. 1,144,385 15-08 368-80 105,064 1-38 33-86 1,311,317 17-28 30-50 1926-1927 .. .. 1,074,334 14-47 340-30 100,861 1-36 31-95 1,303,444 17-56 2917 1927-1928 .. .. 1,147,067 15-62 360-94 102,871 1-40 32-37 1,380,727 18-80 30-57 1928-1929 .. .. 1,111,229 14-77 341-50 112,206 1-49 34-48 1,424,165 18-93 30-76 1929-1930 .. .. 1,146,014 15-33 352-19 117,577 1-57 36-13 1,680,919 22-49 33-55 1930-1931 .. .. 1,150,329 16-97 348-27 104,464 1-54 31-63 1,502,698 22-16 31-97 1931-1932 .. 997,629 17-23 300-94 107,584 1-86 32-45 1,270,585 21-94 29-99 1932-1933 .. .. 931,273 17-44 280-93 105,586 1-98 31-85 1,188,474 22-26 29-02 1933-1934 .. .. 993,207 17-65 299-16 110,298 1-96 33-22 1,220,102 21-67 28-81 .. .. 1,047,825 17-74 315-61 137,477 2-33 41-41 1,236,324 20-93 27-92 Locomotive Transportation. Traffic Transportation. General Charges, Expendi- Expendi- — ±ota , toe tare Year ' £5 Per Cent Per Expenditure. Qf Amount. * Train- Amount. 3 Train- Amount. Train- mile. Revenue. Revenue. 6 - Revenue. mile - Revenue. ™ le - £ d. £ d. j £ d. £ d. 1925-1926 .. 1,636,620 21-56 38-06 1,743,641 22-98 40-55 i 223,543 2-94 5-20 6,164,570 143-37 81-23 1926-1927 .. 1,669,352 22-49 37-36 1,752,998 23-61 39-23 ; 257,294 3-47 5-76 6,158,283 137-82 82-96 1927-1928 .. 1,662,074 22-63 36-80 1,760,459 23-97 38-98 : 248,921 3-39 5-51 6,302,119 139-55 85-81 1928-1929 .. 1,650,793 21-94 35-65 1,825,965 24-26 39-43 250,221 3-32 5-40 6,374,579 137-66 84-71 1929-1930 .. 1,755,208 23-49 35-03 1,883,918 25-21 37-61 ; 264,389 3-54 5-28 6,848,026 136-71 91-62 1930-1931 .. 1,594,672 23-53 33-92 1,798,490 26-52 38-26 : 255,490 3-76 5-43 6,406,143 136-28 94-47 1931-1932 .. ],254,770 21-67 29-61 1,424,520 24-60 33-62 ; 246,565 4-26 5-82 5,301,653 125-13 91-56 1932-1933 .. 1,114,801 20-88 27-22 1,255,280 23-51 30-65 ; 238,340 4-47 5-82 4,833,754 118-03 90-54 1933-1934 .. 1,064,827 18-92 25-14 1,253,833 22-28 29-61 234,879 4-17 5-55 4,877,146 115-17 86-65 1934-1935 .. 1,127,160 19-08 25-46 1,360,928 23-04 30-74 | 228,874 3-87 5-17 5,138,588 116-06 86-99