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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, 1945, to 31st March, 1946 MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE

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Year. Average Miles, open. Capital Cost. Train-mileage. (Revenue). Passenger Journeys. Passenger Revenue. Other Coaching Revenue. Cattle and Calves. 1 Sheep and Pigs. Timber. 1944-1945 .. 1945-1946 .. No. 3,504 3,511 £ 68,623,125 71,514,380 No. 12,802,536 13,454,508 No. 32,994,529 32,417,675 £ 3,504,453 3,912,509 £ 411,021 426,619 No. 1,328,540 1,414,366 No. 12,463,238 13,001,365 Tons. 603,130 582,065 Year. Goods. Total. Goods Revenue. Miscellaneous Revenue, Labour, Demurrage, &c. Total Revenue. Revenue per Revenue Train- mile. 1944-1945 1945-1946 Tons. 7,574,421 7,806,126 Tons. 8,177,551 8,388,191 £ 8,261,087 8,515,673 £ 271,746 249,786 £ 12,448,307 13,104,587 d. 233-36 233-76 EXPENDITURE Year. Maintenance of Way and Works; Maintenance of Signals and Electrical Appliances. Maintenance of Locomotives, Carriages, and Wagons Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Mile of Railway. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Mile of Railway. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Train-mile. 1944-1945 .. 1945-1946 .. £ 2,250,736 2,524,485 18-08 19-26 £ 642-33 718-97 £ 332,015 375,499 2-67 2-87 £ 94-75 106-94 £ 2,839,591 3,055,303 22-81 23-31 d. 53-23 54-50 Year. Locomotive Transportation. Traffic Transportation. General Charges. Total Expenditure. Expenditure per Revenue Trainmile. Expenditure per Cent, of Revenue. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Trainmile. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Trainmile. Amount. Per Cent. of . Revenue. Per Trainmile. 1944-1945 .. 1945-1946 .. £ 2,473,581 2,627,868 19-87 20-06 d. 46-37 46-88 £ 3,460,705 3,618,584 27-80 27-61 (1. 64-88 64-55 £ 340,267 347,985 2-73 2-66 d. 6-38 6-21 £ 11,696,895 12,549,724 d. 219-27 223-86 93-96 95-77