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North Island South Island Kaihu. Gisborne. Main Line and Main Line and Westport. Nelson. Picton. Total Branches. Branches. [tern. — — Per Per Per Per Per Per Per Per Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total Trainmile. mile. mile. mile. mile. mile. mile. mile. Abstract C. —Maintenance op Rolling-stock. General expenses— £ d. £ d. £ j d. I £ d. I £ d. £ d. £ d £ d Branch .. .. 9 0-2 68 0-3 12,008| 0-3| 6,937 0-4| 240 0-8 23 0-1 99 0-5 19 384 0-3 District .. 3,600[ 0-lj 3,113 0-2 6' 713 q.j Locomotives .. 243 4-6 1,706 8-0 510,981; 14-2298,335 16-0 5,754 20-3 2,319 14-6 3,260 18-1 822'598 14-8 Cars •• •• 12 0-3 346 1-6 206,960, 5-7108,678 5-9 806 2-8 307 1-9 430 2-4 317'539 5-7 Vans and postal vans 8 0-1 107 0-5 29,636 0*8j 15,518) 0-8 309 1-1 179 1 1 156 0-9 45 913 0-8 Wagons •• 236 4-4 2,534 11-8 368,813 10-1242,065 13-1 11,628 41-0 736 4-6 1 970 11-0 627*982 11-3 Service vehicle 28 0-1 8-058 0-2, 8,343 0-5 108 0-4 3 .. 249 1-4 16'789 0-3 Tarpaulins, rope, and .. .. 67 0-3 25,897 0-7 13,170 0-7 192 0-7 30 0-2 92 0-5 39'448 0-7 nets ' 508 9-6 4,856 22-61,165,953 32-lj696,159| 37-619,037 67-1 3,597 22-5 6,256 34-81,896,366 34-0 Per cent, of operating 16-25 17-32 21-22 22-55 19-61 35-92 14-54 21-64 revenue Per cent, of operating 5-12 14-93 24-42 23 -42 23-27 15-30 12-76 23-87 expenditure Per mile of railway £ 21-17 99-10 752-23 436-19 528-81 59-95 111-71 562-63 Abstract D.— Examination, Lubrication, and Lighting op Vehicles. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d Examination and lubri- 39 0-7 86 0-4 26,133 0-7 19,038 1-0 924 3-2 128 0-8 148 0-8 46 496 o'-8 cation of cars, vans, and wagons Ga.s lighting of vehicles 2 0-1 44 0-2 10,308 0-3 4,338 0-2 137 0-5 46 0-3 72 0-4 14 947 0-3 Electric lighting of 14,809 0-4 6,499 0-4 21*308 0-4 vehicles Depot expenses .. 2 0-0 5 0-0 3,424 0-1 2,089 0-1 1 0-0 5,521 0-1 43 0-8 135 0-6 54,674 1-5 31,964 1-7 1,062 3-7 174 1 1 220 1-2 88,272 1-6 Per cent,, of operating 1-38 0-48 1-00 1-04 1-09 1-74 ! 0-51 ~ Mjj revenue Per cent, of operating 0-43 0-42 1-15 1-08 1-30 0-74 0-45 Ml expenditure Per mile of railway £ 1-79 2-76 35-27 20-03 29-50 2-90 3-93 26-19 Abstract E.— Locomotive Transportation. General expenses— £ I d. £ d. £ ) d. £ d. £ d. £ i d. £ d £ d Branch •• •• 4 0-1 29 0-1 5,051! 0-1 2,915 0-2 100 0-4 10 0-1 41 0-2 8 150 o'-l District .. .. .. 6,640 0-2 4,800 0-3 .. ll'440 0-2 Depot supervision .. .. j .. 9 0-0 30,549; 0-8 19,655 1-1 272 1-0 5 0-0 68 0-4 5o'558 0-9 Wages, allowances, and 749 14-1 2,608 12-2 445,274 12-4251,429 13-5 5,706 20-0 1,970 12-4 4 292 1 23-9 712'o'>8 12-8 expenses | I ' - Fuel .. .. 921 17-4 4,54.6 21-2 589,183 16-2224,068 12-1 3,125 11-0 1,872 11-7 3,993 22-2 827 708 15-0 W ater •• •• 29 0-5 124 0-6 18,721 0-5 8,191 0-4 139 0-5 52; 0-3 105 ! 0-6 27 3611 0-5 Stores .. .. 9 0-2 149 0-7 19,009 0-5 9,792 0-5 168 0-6 63! 0-4 162 0-9 29 352' 0-5 Shed expenses .. 296 5-6 485 2-3 84,387 2-3 48,487 2-6 1,785) 6-3 199) 1-2 754 1 4-2 2-4 2,008 37-9 7,950| 37-1 1,198,814 33-0569,337 30-711,295 39-8 4,171 26-1 9,415 52-41,802,990 32-4 Per cent, of operating 64-21 28-36 21-82 18-44 11-63 41-65 21-87 20-58 revenue Per cent, of operating 20-25 24-44 25-11 19-16 13-80 17-74 19-21 22-70 expenditure Per mile of railway £ 83-67 162-24 773-43 356-73 313-75 69-52 168-12 534-85