RAILWAYS STATEMENT (BY THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, HON. D. G. SULLIVAN).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1936 Session I, D-02

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1936. NEW ZEALAND.

RAILWAYS STATEMENT (BY THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, HON. D. G. SULLIVAN).

Mr. Speaker,— In submitting my first annual Railways Statement I desire to state that the financial results for the year ended the 31st March, 1936, give a clear indication of the improvement in the prosperity of the Dominion. The gross revenue exceeded the gross expenditure by £1,051,477, after taking into account the additional cost involved (£161,555) in meeting the 7|-per-cent. increase in salaries and wages from the Ist August, 1935, and in providing a steadily improving standard of service to the people. Following upon the restricted trading and commercial activities from which New Zealand is emerging, and in view of the adverse reactions upon railway traffic from this cause, the country has every reason to feel gratified that financial results of so satisfactory a nature have been obtained from our principal Department of State. While the substantial financial improvement shown by the Department undoubtedly has an important significance, it cannot be regarded as the only yardstick by which the efficiency of the Department, from the national aspect, should be measured. There are, indeed, many other considerations that should be taken into account in judging the value of the service rendered to the community by a State-owned railway when compared with the community service rendered by a privately-owned railway. I am convinced that so long as the policy of administering the railways conforms to the principle of " the best possible service at the lowest possible cost" it will be along the right lines and in the best interests of the people. The development of the railways of New Zealand has always been related to the social needs of the country, and this aspect of their operation must continue to play an increasingly important part in future. The trends of the times generally are towards the control of industry as an integral part of national planning, and a State-owned enterprise such as the railways, with ramifications affecting closely the social and industrial life of the people in every direction, must therefore be used to a far greater extent than previously as a general public utility if it is to function efficiently and successfully in this capacity. As an example of the far-reaching influence of railway transport, it may be mentioned that the railway tariff affects even the prices the public pay for the food they eat, the clothes they wear, and the fuel that warms them. On this point I may say that the railway tariff is to be critically reviewed in terms of the Government's general policy, with a view to simplifying the classification and rates in line with present-day requirements.

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I hold the view that social service and commercial efficiency are not in any way incompatible so far as the successful operation of the national transport system is concerned. In the first place the more the railways are used the lower is the unit cost of the services that they render, and, approached from this angle, there are many new possibilities of traffic developments both in passengers and goods from which a good commercial return may be obtained. In the second place, provided sound administration and modern accountancy practices are applied, the railways can be maintained at a high pitch of efficiency and at the same time render a maximum of social service to the State. I anticipate that in the not-distant future the travel facilities of the railways will be expanded in a way that will enable the great mass of the people to enjoy them, and that a much increased goods tonnage in the products of primary and secondary industries will be secured by a liberal tariff and generally improved transport facilities. CHANGE OF CONTROL. In order to carry out the Government's policy regarding railway administration and development it became necessary, soon after my acceptance of the portfolio of Railways, for certain portions of the Government Railways Act and its amendments to be repealed. The Government Railways Amendment Act, 1936, was accordingly passed. This Act abolished the Government Railways Board and placed responsibility for the administration of the Railways with the Government through the Minister of Railways and the General Manager as from the Ist April, 1936. THE MAMAKU SAWMILL. Early in the present year the question of reopening the Railway Department's sawmill at Mamaku, a mill which had been closed two years previously by the Railways Board, came up for consideration, and, after a very careful investigation of the whole matter and in accordance with the recommendation of the General Manager, the mill was reopened on 15th June. The reopening of this sawmill has given employment to a total of fifty-five employees, who, with their wives and families, are now settled in the vicinity. The mill is giving a very satisfactory output of timber from the Department's own land, one of the best rimu-forest areas in the Dominion. It is estimated that the output from the mill will reach 4,000,000 ft. per annum, all of which is needed in meeting the Department's own timber requirements. The price at which the timber is being produced compares very favourably with that ruling infthe privately-owned mills of the Dominion. STAFF ORGANIZATIONS. Representatives of the various staff organizations of the Department took an early opportunity of meeting me after I assumed office, and gave assurances of their good will towards the Government and of co-operation in the initiation of any efforts to aid in the advancement of the Service. I need hardly say that I appreciate the friendly attitude of these organizations. It will be helpful in enabling the Government to carry out its policy so far as the operations and activities of the railways are concerned. Instead of looking upon the railways as a system of transport which has outlived its usefulness, I hold strongly to the view that there is great scope for their further development. In the railways there are still vast untapped resources of service to the people. It will be my aim to help in liberating these resources, and in this work the attitude adopted by the members of the Service is very important. CONCESSIONS TO WORKERS. The inauguration of the forty-hour week brings into prominence the apparent anomaly of differential rates in suburban areas as between those whose work commences at 8 a.m. or earlier and those workers whose employment commences later than 8 a.m.

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With, a universal forty-hour week the objective of the Government, I can see no reason for differentiating fares charged as.between, say,fthe 8 a.m. and the 9 a.m. worker. Actually, the effect of the Government's legislation in this matter may be expected to make the hours of office workers and others synchronize to a greater extent than has been the case in the past. lam consequently investigating a scheme that will give all workers travelling regularly to employment the benefit of the lowest fares applicable to the suburban area concerned. RAILWAYS CONSTRUCTION POLICY. Trie Government's policy in regard to the completion of new lines (upon which work was stopped by the previous Government, following recommendations of the late Railways Board) is one which will make the railway system, within a brief period, much more homogeneous than it is at present. The Westport-Inangahua and the Dargaville-Tangowahine lines are cases in point where rail-heads were left "in the air " within a few miles of their objectives. Other lines, such as the NapierGisborne and the Parnassus-Picton, will open up rich productive areas for development, and will give access to markets never previously available to producers. The working railways must therefore prepare for the changes which the completion of these lines will bring about. BRIGHTER RAILWAY PROSPECTS. The railways are in a better condition to give service and their prospects are brighter than has been the case for many years. The increase in revenue of over £240,000 since the end of the financial year to which this report refers is satisfactory evidence of the increased business now coming to the Department. The Government desires to have the railways fulfil their proper function as the principal transport agency of the people, and, after accepting the portfolio of Railways, I took the earliest available opportunity to see for myself the lines under my control and to gain an understanding of the many ramifications of this great State business. Already, by making use of the rail-car " Maahunui," just recently built in the Hutt Valley Workshops, I have been able to travel over the whole of the railways of the North Island (with the exception of three small branches) in less than a fortnight and to examine the route of certain unfinished lines. I hope to make a similar comprehensive tour of the South Island lines at an early date. The tour put me in touch with the principal problems facing the railway system at the present time, as well as with the many local requirements, and I had valuable opportunities to meet the users of the railways in their own territory and to see the staff at work, as well as to gain first-hand knowledge of the public outlook upon transport generally and upon the service they receive and desire from the national transport system. RAIL-CARS TO ELIMINATE MIXED TRAINS. The disadvantage of " mixed" trains from the viewpoint of the travelling public has always been realized, but nothing very effective has yet been done to improve the position. I am, however, satisfied that their elimination is a matter of urgent necessity before the system can be modernized, and as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made " mixed " trains will cease to be a feature of railway transport in New Zealand. Orders have already been placed with the Railway Workshops injthe Hutt Valley for supplies of rail-cars which will be put into operation as soon as possible in suitable localities, and when this is done appropriate passenger time-tables will be inaugurated providing for frequent passenger services. The separation of goods traffic from passenger traffic will be of benefit to both ; prolonged stops at stations, inevitable under the fluctuations of goods traffic requirements, will be avoided, and goods trains will be operated more expeditiously and with greater economy. This reform will assist in a very real way to make the railways serve the transport requirements of the people, particularly in country districts, to a much greater

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extent and in a much more efficient way than has ever previously been feasible ; and I look for a very marked increase in our passenger traffic as a result of these changes, which should be well under way before the next Annual Statement is presented. TRANSPORT CO-ORDINATION. In the southern portion of the South Island, as well as in certain other areas, I have been able to bring about a comprehensive co-ordination of road and rail and lake services under single ownership through the Government's decision to purchase the services and licenses of a number of passenger-carrying road operators in that area. This has given the Railways Department complete control of all passenger business along principal routes south of Timaru, and also between Christchurch and Akaroa ; the co-ordination, through eliminating some expensive duplication of services, is enabling considerable saving to be made in costs, while at the same time maintaining the quality of service rendered. Indeed, it has been possible to improve considerably upon the service previously given, as a better class of vehicle has been introduced to replace some of the more obsolete types in use. At the same time, maintenance costs have been reduced through the use of the Department's efficient road-vehicle repair depot at Dunedin for all major maintenance and repair work, while the train services have also been arranged on a co-ordinated instead of a competitive basis, so that the most suitable means of conveyance is provided in each case to meet the particular requirements of the localities served. The public have been satisfied with the results of these efforts in co-ordination. A pleasing feature of the negotiations has been the absence of any friction, and the General Manager and his officers deserve the highest commendation for the efficient and mutually satisfactory manner in which all matters in connection with the purchase of the services referred to have been carried out. The same applies to the Wellington suburban road services between Wellington-Ngaio-Khandallah-Johnsonville, which have also been acquired by the Department to complete its co-ordination under single ownership of all suburban transport along railway routes in the Wellington suburban area. MAJOR WORKS. Many works of major importance are now under way. The Wellington new station is the centre of principal activity, with its related yard reorganization, office centralization, electrification of the Johnsonville and Paekakariki lines, and its new power-unit housing facilities. When completed next year these new works will give to the capital city a comprehensive range of terminal facilities of exceptional convenience which, on account of their central position and ease of access to port and city, will do much to improve the transport not only of the people of the Wellington District but also visitors from other parts of the Dominion. FINANCE. Railway capital costs and charges in a comparatively new country cannot be correctly assessed on normal accountancy procedure, and a prominent citizen, discussing transport with me a short time ago, said : — "No undertaking that has operated or is operating in the Dominion has rendered a greater contribution to the development of New Zealand than its railways, and the capital cost can only be correctly compared with interest charges and net return when the invisible and non-calculable benefits are as far as possible taken into account." With an invested capital of £54,253,059 normal interest charges have an appreciable effect on the net return, but it should be affirmed that the payment of £1,051,477 to the Consolidated Fund is a substantial contribution to the country's finances. It is very desirable to remove the impression that the railways are a financial burden on the community. They are, in fact, one of the country's principal assets ; they perform, at low cost to the users, a most important part of the transport work of the Dominion ; they pay for all the services required in the

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maintenance of their tracks ; they purchase nearly £2,000,000 worth of stores annually (the greater part from New Zealand suppliers) ; ancl, in addition to this, they returned, for the year just ended, an operating-profit amounting to 2 per cent, on the total capital invested in them. A REVIEW OF TRAFFIC. Passenger journeys by train totalled over 20,000,000 for the year, an actual increase of 704,057 on the previous year's figures, and there were also satisfactory increases in the numbers carried by the Department's various road services. The tonnage carried, 6,188,805 tons, was the highest since 1931. When plans which the Government has in hand for increasing employment and developing primary and secondary industries take effect, I anticipate a further very considerable increase in the traffic recorded above. There are also many commercial developments to be brought about by the railways themselves, through the facilities they will make available to the people. These developments are designed to enable New-Zealanders to travel more for sightseeing, health, and pleasure purposes. A greatly increased passenger traffic on the railways may be anticipated; and the Government will also see that the Railways Department is given a fair field in the endeavours of the Management to win increased traffic of other kinds. THE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS WORKSHOPS. In the Railways Workshops of the Dominion the Government has an asset of very great value. These workshops are modern in every respect, and the best workshops practice is applied to their operations. Their capacity is such that, besides all the principal manufacturing work required by the Department, they are able to undertake any kind of wood-, iron-, and steel-manufacturing work for other Government Departments as required. The Government has approved of the principle of Government Departments making as much use of each other's special facilities as can be done to advantage, and this policy will ensure much additional work for these large national workshops. The high standard of efficiency in a Department such as the Railways is proof (if such were needed) that the element of private profit is not necessary to the attainment of the best in workmanship and service ; indeed private businesses might learn much regarding the principles and practice of economical operation, coupled with skill and efficiency, and capacity for handling emergencies of all kinds, from a study of the Railways Department's workshops activities. CONCLUSION. In conclusion, I wish to express my sincere thanks to the General Manager, Mr. G. H. Mackley, and his staff for the very great help they have given me in effecting the change-over from Board to Ministerial control, and in the subsequent efforts to bring about the general reorganization of the Department. To the staff as a whole I would convey my appreciation of the good work done in all branches of the service.

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RESULTS OF WORKING. The following is a statement of the results of working for the past five years : —

For the current year it is anticipated that the revenue will reach £7,695,700, and the expenditure £6,520,001.

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Year ended 31st March, Particulars. 1 — 1936. 1935. 1934. 1933. 1932. Total miles open for traffic .. .. 3,320 3,320 3,320 3,315 3,315 Average miles open for year.. .. 3,320 3,320 3,304 3,315 3.315 Capital cost of opened and unopened lines £59,611,834 £59,477,143 £59,337,9.17 £59,228,894 £59,055,701 Capital cost of open lines .. .. £54,253,059 £54,089,190 £53,909,347 £51,480,949 £51,424,883 Capital cost per mile of open lines .. £16,341 £16,292 £16,238 £15,530 £15,513 Gross earnings .. .. .. £7,004,316 £6,627,928 £6,332,711 £6,034,403 £6,508,948 Working-expenses .. .. .. £5,952,839 £5,540,437 £5,247,153 £5,183,859 £5,670,955 NET EARNINGS .. .. £1,051,477 £1,087,491 £1,085,558 £850,544 £837,993 Interest charges .. .. .. £2,300,051 £2,330,886 £2,282,365 £2,230,655 £2,221,465 PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL WORKINGEXPENSES TO GROSS EARNINGS 84-99 83 59 82-86 85-91 87-13 PERCENTAGE OF NET EARNINGS TO CAPITAL INVESTED .. .. 1-94 2*01 2-05 1'65 1-64 Railway operating earnings .. .. £6,243,519 £5,908,064 £5,628,835 £5,339,075 £5,788,965 Railway operating expenses .. .. £5,523,193 £5,138,588 £4,877,146 £4,833,754 £5,301,653 NET RAILWAY OPERATING EARNINGS £720,326 £769,476 £751,689 £505,321 £487,312 PERCENTAGE OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENSES TO EARNINGS .. 88-46 86*98 86-65 90-54 91-58 Operating earnings per average mile open £1,881 £1,780 £1,704 £1,610 £1,746 Operating expenses per average mile open £1,664 £1,548 £1,476 £1,458 £1,599 NET OPERATING EARNINGS PER AVERAGE MILE OPEN .. .. £217 £232 £228 £152 £147 d. d. d. d. d. Operating earnings per train-mile .. 135-60 133-44 132-92 130-37 136-63 Operating expenses per train-mile .. 119-96 116-06 115-17 118-03 125-13 NET OPERATING EARNINGS PER TRAIN-MILE .. .. .. 15-64 17-38 17-75 12-34 11-50 Passengers, ordinary .. .. 7,963,824 7,809,035 7,511,346 6,870,570 6,503,566 Season tickets .. .. .. 482,146 457,546 442,742 437,775 459,063 Total passenger journeys .. .. 20,358,524 19,654,467 19,047,186 18,366,654 19,151,480 Goods tonnage .. .. .. 5,618,477 5,444,977 5,093,396 4,945,592 5,272,253 Live-stock tonnage .. .. .. 570,328 578,983 548,803 545,094 552,558 Train-mileage .. .. .. 11,050,376 10,626,400 10,163,474 9,828,853 10,168,720 Engine-mileage .. .. .. 14,923,175 14,277,710 13,591,390 13,265,878 13,845,966

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. The Hon. the Minister of Railways. New Zealand Government Railways, Head Office, Wellington, 22nd August, 1936. Sir, — I have the honour to report 011 the working of the railways for the financial year 1935-36. The accounts for the year again show an increase in gross revenue in comparison with the previous year. The total revenue actually exceeded the estimate made in the report for the previous year by £258,032. The revenue for the year was £7,004,316, as compared with £6,627,928 in the previous year, an increase of £376,388 (5-68 per cent.). The net revenue was £1,051,477, as compared with £1,087,491 for the previous year, a decrease of £36,014. During the year an increase of 7£ per cent, in salaries and wages was granted to the staff, and this involved an additional expenditure of £161,555. When allowance is made for this expenditure it will be seen that the results of the year's operations are very satisfactory. Further comments on the finances of the Department will be made later in this report under appropriate headings. /j / «_ & irfr Br ■ FINANCIAL V On the 31st March, 1936, the capital invested in the' Tines open for traffic, including the steamers and plant on Lake Wakatipu and other subsidiary services, was £54,253,059, as compared with £54,089,190 on the 31st March, 1935, an-increase of £163,869. The principal additions to capital during the year were on account of the following major works : Wellington new station and yard, £226,523 ; Wellington-Tawa Flat deviation, £39,994 ; WellingtonPaekakariki Electrification, £34,409. On the other hand, land transferred to the Post and Telegraph Department resulted in a credit to Railway Capital Account of £134,485. The financial results of the operations for the year ended 31st March, 1936, were as follow : — Year ended Year ended in» 31st March, 31st March, Variation. 1936. 1935. £ £ £ Gross revenue .. .. .. .. •• 7,004,316 6,627,928 +376,388 Gross expenditure .. .. .. •• 5,952,839 5,540,437 +412,402 Net revenue .. .. .. ■■ 1,051,477 1,087,491 — 36,014 Interest charges .. .. .. .. •• 2,300,051 2,3-30,886 — 30,835 Excess of interest charges (at 4£ per cent.) over net revenue 1,248,574 1,243,395 + 5,179 y The gross earnings for the year were £7,004,316, an increase of £376,388 (5-68 per cent.) conn pared with the previous year. The gross expenditure totalled £5,952,839, an increase of £412,402 (7-44 per cent.). Interest charges totalled £2,300,051, a decrease of £30,835 compared with the previous year. Up to the 31st March, 1935, capital nfffheys provided out of the Railways Improvement Authorization Account were kept separate from the remainder of the capital. A variable rate of interest was charged on the former, whereas the rate on the latter has for some time past remained unaltered at 4| per cent. As from Ist April, 1935, the R.I.A. capital (approximately one-fifth of the total) was merged into the General Capital Fund, and as the rate on the former was £4- 13s. 3d. per cent, in 1935 the consequent reduction to £4 ss. per cent, resulted in a slight fall in the total interest charge. Renewals, Depreciation, and Equalization Reserve Accounts. During the year the sum of £204,730 was charged against revenue for renewals, and the amount expended from this account for track renewals was £188,396. The credit balance at 31st March, 1936, was £748,010. The sum of £589,288 was charged against revenue on account of depreciation.

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The position with regard to the Equalization Accounts is as under : —

REVENUE DETAILS. The operating revenue under the main headings, and the percentage of the total under each heading, compared with the previous two years, are as follow : —

The revenue under all heads showed a satisfactory increase over the previous year, the increases being—Passenger, 7-15 per cent. ; parcels, 2-69 per cent. ; goods, 5-35 per cent. The operating earnings per average mile open and per train-mile were as follow : — Per Average Per Mile open. Train-mile. 1936 1,881 135-60 1935 .. .. .. •• 1,780 133-44 1934 .. .. .. .. 1,704 132-92 The railway operating receipts for the last three years (exclusive of subsidiary services) from the North and South Island Main Lines and Branches are as follow : —

The operating earnings for the last three years for the North and South Island Main Lines and Branches per average mile open and per train-mile are as follow : —

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Credit Balance n ± -t. a' I' ... Credit Balance Account. broughtforwardi at st arc ' 1 ' from 1935. I ' ' 1936. £ £ £ £ Slips, Floods, and Accidents .. .. 96,172 19,782 13,201 102,753 Workers'Compensation .. .. .. 36,869 38,144 29,797 45,216 Insurance .. .. .. .. 82,888 15,028 4,718 93,198 215,929 I 72,954 47,716 241,167 I

Per Cent, of I Per Cent, of Per Cent, of 1936. Operating 1935. Operating 1934. Operating Revenue. I Revenue. Revenue. £ £ £ Passengers, ordinary .. 1,286,059 20-60 1,193,372 20-20 1,164:,731 20-69 Season tickets .. .. 180,558 2-89 175,316 2-97 171,603 3-05 Parcels, luggage, and mails 299,964 4-80 292,096 4-94 281,889 5-00 Goods .. .. .. 4,359,750 69-83 4,138,434 70-05 3,911,245 69-49 Labour, demurrage, &c. .. 117,188 1-88 108,846 1-84 99,367 1-77 6,243,519 100-00 5,908,064 100-00 , 5,628,835 100-00

North Island Main Line and Branches. South Island Main Line and Branches. : 1936. 1935. 1934. 1936. 1935. 1934. i_ ££££££ Passengers, ordinary .. 827,138 762,974 741,020 448,601 419,648 412,078 Season tickets .. 121,985 117,316 115,454 55,243 54,731 53,009 Parcels, luggage, and mails 201,190 194,761 187,010 93,893 92,584 89,711 Goods .. .. 2,476,862 2,299,881 2,188,126 1,775,795 1,733,950 1,625,376 Labour, demurrage, &c. 62,053 57,754 54,302 48,993 46,410 40,651 3,689,228 3,432,686 3,285,912 2,422,525 2,347,323 j 2,220,825 I I

North Island Main Line and Branches. South Island Main Line and Branches. Per Average Mile I Per Train . mile . Per Average Mile Per Train . m ile. open. i open. £ d. £ d. 1936 . .. 2,483 130-25 1,520 143-57 1935 2,310 126-87 1,473 143-27 1934 .. .. .. 2,235 126-61 1,393 142-49

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EXPENDITURE DETAILS. 1935-36. 1934-35. 1933-34. £ £ £ Expenditure on train operation .. 5,523,193 5,138,588 4,877,146 Subsidiary services .. . ■ ■ • 429,646 401,849 370,007 £5,952,839 £5,540,437 £5,247,153

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Maintenance of Way and Works. This item of expenditure shows an increase of £22,260 (2-12 per cent.). The expenditure under the various heads kept to normal level during the year, but the 7|-per-cent. restoration of salaries and wages involved an additional expenditure of £31,329. Taking 1926 as the standard, and fixing the index figure for that year at 100 for the expenditure on maintenance of way and works and the average mileage of line maintained, the undermentioned summary shows the position over the past five years : 1926. 1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936. Total expenditure .. •• ..100 84 81 87 92 94 Average mileage of line .. • ■ 100 103 103 104 104 104 Maintenance of Signals and Electrical Appliances. The expenditure amounted to £147,442, an increase of £9,965 (7-25 per cent.). The principal increase is in signals and interlocking, £9,997. There were also small increases under certain other heads, while others showed decreases. The 7|-per-cent. increase in salaries and wages amounted to £3,791. Maintenance of Rolling-stock. Expenditure under this head totalled £1,406,685, an increase of £170,361 (13 78 per cent.). Hie 7|--per-cent. increase in salaries and wages accounted for £29,900 of this additional expenditure. The following is a review of the expenditure under the various heads shown : Locomotive Repairs.—Expenditure under this head was £585,491, an increase of £83,385 (16-61 per cent) This increase is made up as follows : Workshops repairs (£63,944) ; depot repairs, including work done in work-shops for depots (£2,598) ; conversions and alterations (£14,976) ; repairs due to accidents (£1,207), and depreciation (£660). . ~ During the year 394 locomotives passed through the workshops for repairs as against 417 lor tiie previous year. Of these, 204 received heavy repairs, as against the previous year's total of 194. Maintenance of Carriages, Vans, and Wagons. —The total cost of painting and repairing carriages and vans was £274,760, an increase of £30,307 (12-4 per cent.) on last year. Carriages for heavy repairs totalled 1,254, as against 1,382 last year, while 328 carriages received light repairs, as against 320 for the previous year. Three hundred and seventy-five vans received heavy repairs, as against 359 last year. The principal increases in expenditure were: Carriage repairs (£20,896), conversions and alterations (£2,629), and depreciation (£3,773). The expenditure on the maintenance of wagons totalled £530,210, showing an increase over the previous year of £58,033 (12-29 per cent.). The number of wagons repaired in the workshops was 15 448 for heavy repairs and 5,195 for light repairs, as against 15,741 and 5,236 respectively for the previous year. The total of 20,643 wagons passed through the Workshops this year, compared with 20,977 for the previous year. _ . , ~ The principal increases in expenditure were—Wagon repairs (£38,736), conversions and alterations (£13,386), and tarpaulins (£3,286).

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1 Per Cent, of Per Cent, of Per Cent, of 1935-36. j Operating 1934-35. Operating 1933-34. Operating j Revenue. . Revenue. Revenue. £ £ £ Maintenance —Way and works 1,070,085 17-14 1,047,825 17-74 Maintenance —Signals .. 147,442 2-36 137,477 J*-33 Hn'?no oi'rv Maintenance —Rolling-stock.. 1,406,685 22-53 1,236,324 20-92 1,220,102 Examination, lubrication, and 57,599 0-92 54,098 0-92 52,376 lighting of vehicles _ Transportation—Locomotive.. 1,144,037 18-32 1,073,062 18-1 ® ol'L Transportation—Traffic .. 1,465,052 23-46 1,360,928 23-03 1,253,833 22-27 General charges .. 63,664 1-02 57,014 0-97 > Superannuation subsidy .. 168,629 2-71 171,860 2-91 175,935 35,523,193 88-46 I 5,138,588 86-98 4,877,146 86-65

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Examination, Lubrication, and Lighting of Rolling-stock. The expenditure on examination and lubrication of rolling-stock was £29,160, an increase of £2,232 (8-29 per cent.) compared with the previous year. The increase was due to the 7§-per-cent. increase in wages and additional train services. The expenditure on the lighting of coaching vehicles was £28,439, an increase of £1,269 (4-67 per cent.), the main causes being the fitting of electric-lighting systems to a greater number of cars and to the running of additional train services. Locomotive Transportation. The expenditure under this head was £1,144,037, an increase of £70,975 (6-61 per cent.) over the previous year. The increase was due to* the 7|-per-cent. increase in wages (£27,746) and to the running of additional train services. The quantity of coal used was 420,251 tons, an increase of 22,941 tons. This was due to an increase of 645,465 engine-miles (4-51 per cent.) and to the increased use of soft coal. The ratio of hard to soft coal used during the year was 41 to 59, compared with 42 to 58 in the previous vear and 49 to 51 in the year 1933-34. The average consumption of coal and cost of same per engine-mile, per engine-hour, and per 1,000 gross ton-miles is shown in the following table :—

The following table furnishes statistics of locomotive operation for the last five years 1936. 1935. 1934. 1933. 1932. n , . d. d. d. d. d. Cost per engine-mile .. .. .. 18-40 18-04 17-88 19-25 20-73 Cost per train-mile .. .. .. 24-51 23-91 23-68 25-66 27-92 Cost per engine-hour .. .. .. 193-42 190-78 189-87 201-61 213-29 Cost per 1,000 gross ton-miles .. .. 117-09 116-59 118-66 133-81 144-16 Engine-miles per engine-hour .. .. 10-51 10-58 10-62 10-4-9 10-29 Gross ton-miles per engine-hour .. .. 1,652 1,636 1,600 1,507 1,480 The cost per engine-mile increased over the previous year by 0-36 d. (2 per cent.), due to the 7|-per-cent. increase in wages. An improvement is again shown in the quantity of work performed per engine-hour, the increase compared with the previous year being 0-97 per cent., while compared with 1932 it is 11-62 per cent. Traffic Transportation. The expenditure under this head was £1,465,052, an increase of £104,124 (7-65 per cent.). The 7|-per-cent. increase in salaries and wages amounted to £59,507, while staff promotions, the payment of scale increments, and the employment of additional staff accounted for a further sum of £44,958. Taking the year 1926 as the standard, and fixing the index figure for that year at 100, the following shows the position in respect of traffic-transportation expenditure over a period of five years. 1926. 1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936. Total expenditure .. 100 82 72 72 78 84 General Charges. The expenditure under this head totalled £232,293, as compared with £228,874, an increase of £3,419 (1-49 per cent.). The 7|-per-cent. increase in salaries and wages accounts for this additional expenditure. SUBSIDIARY SERVICES. Subsidiary Service Revenue.—The revenue from subsidiary services amounted to £760,798, as compared with £719,864 for the previous year, and an analysis of the figures is as follows :— 1935-36. 1934-35. 1933-34. £ £ £ Lake Wakatipu steamers.. .. .. 10,598 10,647 9,617 Refreshment service .. .. .. 89,132 79,817 73,657 Bookstall service .. .. .. 45,798 36,846 20^786 Advertising service .. .. .. 31,774 30,030 32,707 Departmental dwellings .. .. ..129,255 105,338 137,238 Leases of bookstalls, &c. .. .. 17,909 17,346 15,749 Road motor services .. .. .. 103,280 90,278 79J84 Miscellaneous .. .. .. ..333,052 349,562 334,938 £760,798 £719,864 £703,876

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Consumption. Cost. 1936. 1935. 1936. 1935. ; I lb- lb. d. d. Per engine-mile .. .. .. .. .. 64-07 63-31 7-77 7-77 Per engine-hour .. .. .. .. 673-78 669-76 81-72 82-16 Per thousand gross ton-miles .. .. .. 405-90 407-58 49-23 50-00

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Subsidiary Service Expenditure.—The particulars of the expenditure in connection with subsidiary services are as follow :— 1935-36. 1934-35. 1933-34. £ £ £ Lake Wakatipu steamers .. .. 9,399 10,269 9,610 Refreshment service .. .. .. 84,976 77,685 72,872 Bookstall service .. .. .. 43,042 34,564 19,102 Advertising service .. .. .. 29,391 27,942 30,159 Departmental dwellings .. .. .. 156,692 155,302 150,781 Leases of bookstalls, &c. .. .. 11,464 11,481 10,667 Road motor services .. .. .. 94,682 84,606 76,816 £429,646 £401,849 £370,007 The variations shown above are analysed under their separate heads later in this report. PASSENGER TRAFFIC, An analysis of the passenger traffic is as follows : —

Compared with the year 1934-35, the variations in passenger traffic, other than season tickets, are as follow : —•

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I 1936. 1935. Variation. Passenger journeys— Number. Number. Number. Per Cent. Ordinary.. .. .. .. 7,963,824 7,809,035 +154,789 1-98 Season .. .. .. .. 12,394,700 11,845,432 +549,268 4-64 Total .. .. .. 20,358,524 19,654,467 +704,057 3-58 Revenue— £ £ £ Ordinary.. .. .. .. 1,286,059 1,193,372 + 92,687 7-77 Season .. .. .. .. 180,558 175,316 + 5,242 2-99 Total .. .. .. 1,466,617 1,368,688 + 97,929 7-15 Passenger train-miles .. .. 4,747,525 4,653,708 + 93,817 2-02 Revenue— Per mile of line .. .. .. £449 £419 +£30 7-15 I r ,

Journeys. Description. Variation. 1936. 1935. Number. Number. Number. Per Cent. Standard fare .. .. .. 3,285,197 3,280,370 + 4,827 0-15 Suburban .. .. .. .. 2,298,021 2,221,420 + 76,601 3-45 Day and special excursion and other re- 2,380,606 j 2,307,245 + 73,361 3-18 duced fares 7,963,824 7,809,035 +154,789 1-98 Revenue. Description. — ■ — Variation. 1936. 1935. £ £ £ Per Cent. Standard fare .. .. .. 1,001,588 929,848 + 71,740 7-72 Suburban .. .. .. .. 75,118 73,945 + 1,173 1-59 Day and special excursion and otter re- 209,353 189,579 + 19,774 10-43 duced fares 1,286,059 1,193,372 + 92,687 7-77

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The variations in ordinary passenger traffic were distributed between first class and second class as follow : —

It is pleasing to note that the year's operations in passenger traffic resulted in an increase under all heads, the total increase for the year being 704,057 passenger journeys and £97,929 revenue. The improvement in passenger traffic can be ascribed in a large measure to the attractive fares now in force for ordinary travel and to the higher standard of service which is given in such matters as improved passenger-accommodation and faster train services. No opportunity has been lost not only to meet the anticipated public demand for passenger transport in connection with special events, but also to provide services and fares calculated to create a public demand. Special attention has been devoted to the organization of day and week-end excursions from the more populous areas to popular resorts and from city to city, and it is pleasing to record that these " outings " are being regarded with increased favour by rail-users. In this connection it is of interest to know that the revenue from this special excursion traffic during 1935-36 is over four times that received during 1925-26. Standard-fare revenue showed a small but well maintained improvement throughout the year. The average standard fare for the whole year was 73-17 d., showing an increase of 4-86 d., or 7-14 per cent, over 1934-35. This indicates that the Department is still losing short-distance passengers, but is gaining passengers in the longer-distance field. Suburban traffic kept up during the year, the returns showing a slight improvement over those for the previous year. Reference has already been made to the popularity of the day and week-end excursions arranged by the Department. Revenue from this source along with that from other reduced fares showed an increase of £19,774, or 10-43 per cent. The actual revenue from day and special excursions exceeded that of last year by £10,264, or 22-21 per cent. The revenue from season tickets this year was £180,558, compared with £175,316 for the previous year, an increase of £5,242. The principal increases were workers' weekly tickets, £2,827 ; apprentice tickets, £1,211 ; and weekly twelve-trip tickets, £1,058. The increase in revenue in respect of workers' weekly, weekly twelve-trip, and apprentice tickets is no doubt a reflection of the improvement in economic conditions consequent upon the easing of the unemployment position. PARCELS, LUGGAGE. AND MAILS. The revenue from this source amounted to £299,964, an increase of £7,868 (2-69 per cent.). An analysis of the revenue is as follows :— 1936. 1935. Variation. ■P -P £P P r fVnf Parcels .. .. .. .. .. 167,194 166,500 + 694 0-42 Excess luggage .. .. .. .. 7,369 7,610 — 241 3-17 Left luggage, luggage-checks, bicycles, dogs, 43,369 38,554 + 4,815 12-49 newspapers, &c. Mails .. .. .. .. ... 82,032 79,432 + 2,600 3-27 Total .. .. .. .. £299,964 £292,096 +£7,868 2-69 The fluctuations in parcels traffic during the year have been very slight. Revenue was adversely affected by a falling off in milk and cream traffic on account of a comparatively late season, and by competition from road services. The major portion of the increase of £4,815 shown in the miscellaneous - luggage group was received from newspaper traffic, which increased to the extent of 16-69 per cent, during the year. The following table shows the variations under the heading of " Mails " : — 1936. 1935. Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent. Mails in guards' vans at half parcels rates 48,382 45,355 +2,973 6-55 Railway travelling post-office service .. 27,596 27,596 Mails carried in wagons .. .. .. 6,108 6,481 — 373 5-76 Total .. .. .. 82,032 79,432 +2,600 3-27 The travelling post-office service is paid for on a mileage basis.

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J First Class. Second Class. Total. L : Number. Per Cent. Number. Per Cent. Number. Per Cent. Journeys .. .. -31,328 6-91 +186,117 2-53 +154,789 1-98 £ £ £ Revenue .. .. + 3,858 1-59 + 88,829 9-34 + 92,687 7-77

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GOODS AND LIVE-STOCK. The revenue and tonnage of goods and live-stock for 1936 compare with the previous year as follows :— 1936. 1935. Increase. Per Cent. Revenue .. £4,359,750 £4,138,434 £221,316 5'35 Tonnage .. 6,188,805 6,023,960 164,845 2-74 A comparison of tonnage and revenue from 1930 to 1936 is afforded in the following table

A comparison with 1935 of the tonnage of commodities, under six main headings is as follows : —

A further comparison on the same basis of the composition of the revenue from goods traffic, as shown immediately above, for the last five years is as under: —

Traffic in agricultural products decreased by 137,851 tons. The main decrease occurred in the South Island, where the grain traffic decreased to the extent of 116,705 tons (42-79 per cent.) and £46,347 (37-86 per cent.) in revenue. Owing to the exceptionally hot weather last year, the season was very early and the yield particularly light. The current season was later than that of last year, and it was also adversely affected by heavy floods in the Canterbury District. The revenue from fruit traffic also showed the substantial decrease of £18,342 (25 per cent.), this being brought about by seasonal fluctuations particularly in the North Island, where both the 1935 and the current seasons' crops were relatively poor as a result of the extraordinary weather conditions that prevailed. Animals and their products showed a slight increase in tonnage. The number of cattle forwarded increased from 336,840 to 407,148, an increase of 20-87 per cent. This traffic has increased in each of the last three years, but the rate of increase this year exceeds that of the previous years. The substantially increased demand for cattle following the inception of the chilled-beef trade on a comparatively large scale has been responsible to a considerable degree for the very satisfactory increase in this traffic. The removal of the export restriction on veal was responsible for a big increase in the number of calves carried, the total number carried this year being 717,192, compared with 484,175 the previous year, an increase of 48-13 per cent.

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Variation as compared with Previous Year in each Case. Year. Tons. Revenue. — Tons. Per Cent. Revenue. Per Cent. £ £ 1930 . .. 7,788,973 4,904,324 + 175,324 2-31 + 58,199 1-20 1931 . .. 6,957,709 4,487,357 - 831,264 10-67 -416,967 8-50 1932 .. 5,824,811 4,019,600 -1,132,898 16-28 -467,757 10-42 1933 . .. 5,490,686 3,745,777 - 334,125 5-74 -273,823 6-81 1934 .. 5,642,199 3,911,245 + 151,513 2-76 +165,468 4-42 1935 .. 6,023,960 4,138,434 + 381,761 ! 6-77 +227,189 5-81 1936 .. .. 6,188,805 4,359,750 + 164,845 | 2-74 +221,316 5-35

Variation. 1936. 1935. Tons. Tons. Tons. Per Cent. Agricultural products .. .. 477,928 615,779 -137,851 22-39 Animals and their products .. .. 1,249.003 1,227,490 + 21,513 1-75 Products of mines .. .. .. 1,894,891 1,842,462 + 52,429 2-85 Products of forests .. .. .. 493,342 449,766 + 43,576 9-69 Benzine, cement, and manures .. .. 844,494 791,372 + 53,122 6-71 Miscellaneous 1,229,147 1,097,091 +132,056 12-04 Totals .. .. .. 6,188,805 6,023,960 +164,845 2-74 I

— p - 1936. 1935. j 1934. j 1933. 1932. I I I 1 I Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Agricultural products .. .. .. 6-95 8-78 8-64 9-17 8-79 Animals and. their products .. .. 27-36 27-98 30-50 29-73 26-99 Products of mines .. .. .. 20-23 20-16 20-51 20-49 23-14 Products of forests .. .. .. 9-62 8-69 7-52 6-67 6-55 Benzine, cement, and manures .. 13-46 13-12 12-61 13-42 14-21 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 22-38 21-27 20-22 20-52 20-32 Totals .. .. .. 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00

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Sheep decreased from 10,295,953 to 9,131,321 (11-31 per cent.), this being accounted for by a later stock season this year. Pig traffic showed a substantial increase for the year's operations, 670,035 being carried this year, compared with 613,112 last year, an increase of 9-28 per cent. The export of frozen pork showed an increase of 26-05 per cent, over last year. Butter traffic was adversely afiected in 1934-35 on account of the dry season causing a fall in production. This year's production shows an increase of 9-37 per cent, over 1934-35, and the quantity forwarded by rail increased by 15,175 tons (11-76 per cent.). Cheese traffic showed a decline of 7,302 tons (9-31 per cent.), and £12,069 in revenue (15-44 per cent.), the fall being due to an 8-68-per-cent. decline in production. The last three years has seen a steady fall in cheese traffic, on account of some dairy factories changing over from the manufacture of cheese to the manufacture of butter and casein. A very substantial improvement was manifest in wool traffic this year. Owing to the low prices offered last year a considerable quantity of wool was withheld from sale. The increase this year was 35,363 tons (27-91 per cent.), and £35,106 (29-33 per cent.) in revenue. A later season this year was responsible for a decrease of 11,534 tons (4-95 per cent.), and £7,197 (3-84 per cent.) in revenue in frozen-meat traffic. In products of mines the principal variation was an increase of 46,949 tons of coal (3-24 per cent.), the increase in revenue being £40,271 (5-59 per cent.). The increase is attributed to a further demand for coal in connection with dairy-factory and factory production generally. The receipt per ton-mile this year was l-44d., the same as last year, but with an average haul of 85 miles as against 83 miles; the return per ton was 10s. 2d., an increase of 2d. on last year. New Zealand hard coal comprised 43-7 per cent, of the traffic and New Zealand soft coal 53-7 per cent. The following table illustrates the decline in coal traffic in recent years. The average for the three years 1928-30 is represented by 100, and index numbers have been calculated accordingly.

While receipts from soft coal have shown improvement during the last three years, hard coal, although showing an improvement in revenue on the very low level established during the years 1934 and 1935, is still well below the 1933 figure. The products of forests increased by 43,576 tons. The timber carried was 420,799 tons, compared with 368,417 tons carried last year, an increase of 52,382 tons (14-22 per cent.). The total revenue derived from this traffic during the year was £391,613, compared with £331,193 in 1935, an increase of £60,420, or 18-24 per cent, lhe increase was general in both the North and South Islands, and can be ascribed to the impetus given to the building trade by Government subsidies and to the gradual improvement in trade conditions now manifest. The timber traffic carried on the system has actually increased by 66 per cent, since 1933. Only a very small portion of the increase of 14-22 per cent, from the current year s operations can be apportioned to timber for export, as the Dominion increase m the timber exported is represented by the small figure of 1-82 per cent. The quantities of native and imported timber carried during the year were as follow: —

In tie benzine, cement, and manures " group the quantity of benzine carried in tank wagons showed the substantial increase in revenue of £20,049 (11-32 per cent.). This increase is no doubt due to the continued growth of motor traffic. With regard to cement, the recovery of the building trade was reflected in the quantity of cement carried. This was particularly noticeable in the North Island, where the traffic increased by f' 60 - 1 tons (30-54 per cent.) and £10,911 in revenue (57-41 per cent.). In the case of the South Island the traffic was normal, any advantage gained by increased building activity having been offset by the loss oi traffic consequent upon the completion of the Waitaki hydro-electric works. Ihe revenue from manure traffic shows an increase of £13,105, this being due to heavier importar? ri Q2 V ma "te r ials as well as increased sales of the manufactured product. Seventy-five per cent. ° ioo i ° W ? S k anc^ * n North Island. The average receipt per ton-mile for the whole system was l-83d., and the average haul 63 miles. xi. ° n wlleels show an increase of £9,178 (44-77 per cent.), of which £8,266 was earned in the North Island. i m ™Haneous goods, which comprises commodities not dealt with above, amounted to 1,229,147 tons, as compared with 1,097,091 tons for the previous year, an increase of 132,056 tons. Ihe revenue increased m the North Island by £44,876 and in the South Island by £37,368.

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Tonnage. Revenue. Description. Average for | Average for, : ' p'* T^noc\ 6 A rS ' 1933 ' 1934 ' I 1935> 1936 ' ThreeYeara > 1933. 1934. 1935. : 1936. 1928-30. 1928-30. Har <i • • ■ • 100 61 56 57 57 100 77 71 70 73 Soft .. .. 100 68 75 76 80 100 77 84 85 91 Imported .. 100 61 68 65 70 100 57 60 55 60 Total .. 100 64 65 66 68 100 76 79 80 84

1936. 1935. Variation. r7 , Tons. Tons. Tons. Per Cent. New Zealand.. .. .. 407,323 355,400 +51,923 14-61 Imported .. .. .. 13,476 13,017 + 459 3-53

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Goods Statistics. The principal statistical figures dealing with the operation of goods traffic are shown below : — 1936. 1935 Variation. Per Cent. Goods-train mileage .. .. 6,302,851 5,972,692 +330,159 5-53 Goods earnings .. .. .. £4,359,750 £4,138,434 +£221,316 5-35 Revenue goods tonnage .. .. 6,188,805 6,023,960 +164,845 2-74-Average haul (miles) .. .. 72 70 +2 2*86 Average revenue per ton-mile .. 2-39 d. 2-42 d. —0-03 d. 1*24 Average revenue per ton .. .. 14s. 4d. 14s. Id. +3d. I*7B Train-miles and earnings increased in practically the same ratio. The slight fall in the average revenue per ton-mile is the natural result of the lengthened haul. 1936. 1935. Variation. Per Cent. Total gross ton-miles revenue freight .. 1,499,094,74-1 1,405,743,924 +93,350,817 6-64 Goods-vehicle miles (loaded) .. 122,293,680 115,084,491 +7,209,189 6-26 Goods-vehicle miles (empty) .. 58,215,380 55,065,882 +3,149,498 5-72 Total goods-vehicle miles .. .. 180,509,060 170,150,373 +10,358,687 6*09 The increases are in keeping with the general increase in goods traffic for the year. The ratio of empty to loaded vehicle-miles shows an improvement on the previous year. Averages : Revenue, Freight Traffic. Per Mile of Line: — 1936. 1935. Variation. Per Cent Goods revenue .. .. .. £1,334 £1,267 +£67 5-35 Total tonnage .. .. 1,894 1,844 +50 2-74 Net ton-miles .. .. .. 135,797 128,453 +7,344 5-72 Gross ton-miles .. .. .. 458,860 430,286 +28,574 6*64 Per Train: — Gross load (tons) .. .. .. 237-84 235-36 +2-48 1-05 Net load (tons) .. .. .. 70-38 70-26 +0-12 0-17 Number of vehicles (loaded) .. .. 19-40 19-27 +0-13 0-67 Number of vehicles (empty) .. .. 9-24 9-22 +0-02 0-22 Per 1,000 Gross Ton-miles: — Revenue .. .. .. .. £2,908 £2,944 —£36 1*22 Net ton-miles .. .. .. 296 298 —2 0-67 Per Train-mile: — Revenue .. .. .. .. 166-01 d. 166-29 d. —0-28 d. o*l7 Wagon User: — Revenue per ordinary goods vehicle .. £157 £145 +£12 8-28 Revenue per live-stock vehicle .. .. £156 £148 +£8 5-41 Average wagon-load (tons) .. .. 3-63 3-65 —0-02 0-55 Average miles per wagon per day .. 22-24 20-54 +1-70 8-28 Average net ton-miles per wagon per annum (ordinary goods) .. .. .. 16,492 15,377 +1,115 7-25 Average net ton-miles per wagon per annum (live-stock) .. .. .. 12,092 10,970 +1,122 10-23 The decrease shown in revenue per 1,000 gross ton-miles is due to the fall in the receipt per tonmile, coupled with the fall in the average wagon load.

ADVERTISING SERVICE.

1936. 1935. Variation. An analysis of the revenue is as under: — £ £ £ Outdoor advertising .. .. .. 24,971 25,253 — 282 Publications .. .. .. .. 4,326 2,915 -j- 1,411 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 2,276 1,720 + 556 Advertising in buses .. .. .. 201 142 + 59 £31,774 £30,030 +£1,744

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1936. 1935. Variation. Per Cent. £ £ £ Revenue .. .. .. 31,774 30,030 +1,744 5-81 Expenditure .. .. .. 29,391 27,942 +1,449 5-19 Net revenue .. .. £2,383 £2,088 £295 14-13

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New business written up during the last five years is as under : — 1936. 1935. 1934. 1933. 1932. £ £ £ £ £ Outdoor advertising .. 37,515 -30,539 17,235 24,069 26,415 Publications .. .. 4,827 3,144 2,915 1,295 1,859 Miscellaneous.. .. •• 613 621 767 Buses .. .. 973 47 13 127 749 £43,315 £33,730 £20,776 £26,112 £29,790 The continued decline in the revenue during the depression years has been due to a very heavy falling-ofi in the amount of new business written up. This decline has now been arrested, and with the general healthier tone in outside business circles, revenue should in the future show a steady increase. The total return to the Department in respect of operations of the Advertising Branch during the past five years was as follows : — 1936. 1935. 1934. 1933. 1932. £ £ £ £ £ Rent, land, and buildings 800 797 800 1,000 1,000 Rent, advertising-sites 8,325 7,259 7,890 7,593 8,741 Commission .. .. 728 737 786 780 960 Interest .. •• 890 1,017 1,261 1,413 1,697 Railage .. . ■ 373 357 390 265 293 Profit .. .. 2,383 2,088 2,548 3,676 2,898 £13,499 £12,255 £13,675 £14,727 £15,589

REFRESHMENT SERVICE.

An analysis of the Refreshment Branch receipts is as follows : —

The number of meals served in the dining-rooms totalled 88,256, an increase of 10,494 (13-50 per cent.) over the previous year. From and including sth January, 1936, the charge for meals in the dining-rooms was reduced from 2s. 6d. to 2s. per meal. The expenditure for the year increased by £7,291 (9-39 per cent.), the mam increases being salaries and wages, £1,700 ; and stores and provisions, £4,444. The increase in salaries and wages was due to the 7|-per-cent. restoration and increased turnover, while the increase in stores and provisions was due to the increased business at the various rooms.

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I 1936. j 1935. Variation. Per Cent. £ £ £ Revenue •• »9 >132 79,817 +9,315 11-67 Expenditure ! 84,976 77,685 + 7,291 9-39 Net revenue .. •• £4,156 £2,132 +£2,024 94-93

_ 1936. 1935. I Variation. £ £ £ Per Cent Dining-rooms .. .. 10,315 9,720 + 595 6-12 Counter-rooms .. .. •• 76,071 67,446 + 8,62o Miscellaneous .. .. •• 2,746 2,651 + 95 Totals .. •• I £89,132 j £79,817 +£9,315 11-67

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The total return to the Department in respect of the operations of the Refreshment Branch for the past five years is as under : —

BOOKSTALL SERVICE.

The total return to the Department in respect of the operation of bookstalls over the last three years is as follows : —

The Department controls, through the Refreshment Branch, eighteen railway bookstalls. The increased revenue and expenditure for 1935-36 is accounted for in part by the fact that ten of the bookstalls were taken over in June, 1934, and consequently for the year ended 31st March, 1935, the eighteen bookstalls were not operated for the full twelve months. The increase in passenger traffic that has taken place during the year also resulted in increased patronage of the bookstalls. The following figures showing the return to the Department from the operation of some of the bookstalls under private control, contrasted with Departmental control, show that the action of the Department in taking over and controlling the bookstalls as an integral part of railway operation has been fully justified by results : —

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1936. 1935. 1934. j 1933. 1932. £ £ £ £ £ Rent .. .. .. .. 9,230 9,230 9,230 9,100 9,100 Commission . . .. .. .. 742 667 620 584 715 Rail fares 1,066 1,066 1,066 1,066 1,066 Rail freights 1,790 1,825 1,818 1,851 2,349 Interest .. .. .. . . 1,108 1,1.02 1,124 1,129 1,291 Net profit .. .. .. .. 4,156 2,132 786 2,928 1,681 £18,092 £16,022 £14,644 £16,658 £16,202

1936. 1935. Variation. Per Cent. £ £ £ Revenue 45,798 36,846 +8,952 24-30 Expenditure 43,042 34,564 +8,478 24-53 Net revenue .. .. .. £2,756 £2,282 + £474 20-77

I 1936. 1935. 1934. £ £ £ Net profit .. .. .. .. 2,756 2,282 1,684 Rent| .. .. .. .. 4,580 3,685 2,079 Railages 167 157 40 Commission .. • • • • • • 320 257 145 £7,823 £6,381 £3,948

Return per annum Return per Annum Location of Bookstall. under private under Departmental Increase. control. Control. £ £ £ Auckland 1,353 1,453 100 Frankton Junction . . . . . . 325 499 174 Palmerston North . . . . . . 172 562 390 Tkorndon .. .. .. .. 577 1,244 667 Christchurch . . .. . . .. 595 1,462 867 Greymouth .. .. .. .. 130 308 178 Ashburton .. . . . . . . 234 528 294 Dunedin 580 1,028 448 Invercargill .. . . . . . . 104 520 416

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ROAD MOTOR SERVICES. The year's operations resulted in a profit of £8,598, as compared with £5,672 for the previous year, an improvement of £2,926. A comparison of the revenue and expenditure is afforded below : — 1936. 1935. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. 103,280 90,278 +13,002 14-40 Expenditure .. .. 94,682 84,606 +10,076 11 -91 Net revenue .. £8,598 £5,672 +£2,926 51-59 In the expenditure provision has been made for interest on capital, depreciation on vehicles and plant, and the establishment of necessary reserve funds. A comparison of the results obtained on the various services is as follows : —■ Profit, Profit, tt . 1936. 1935. anation. / £ £ £ Napier-Hastings .. .. .. .. 1,419 1,158 + 261 Wellington - Hutt Valley .. .. .. 5,983 3,760 + 2,223 Wellington-Wanganui* . . . . .. 400 90 + 310 Oamaru-Tokarahi . . .. .. 10 25 — 15 Dunedin - Port Chalmers .. . . .. 692 588 + 104 Waipahi-Edievale .. .. .. 94 51 + 43 Total .. .. .. .. £8,598 £5,672 +£2,926 * The Wellington-Wanganui service was commenced on Ist September, 1934. A satisfactory feature of the year's operations is that a profit has again been made on each of the services, the Department's road services in common with other business concerns having benefited by the general improvement in economic conditions. The Department now operates fifty-six omnibuses and ten service cars, the latter being used to maintain the Wellington-Wanganui service. Seven of the omnibuses are de luxe vehicles, the design and upholstery of which have occasioned favourable comment. These vehicles are often used for *' contract work," and since their introduction there has been a substantial increase in revenue, particularly in long-distance traffic. The results of operating the various services are shown below Napier-Hastings. 1936. 1935. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. 17.986 16,559 + 1,427 8-62 Expenditure .. .. 16,567 15,401 + 1,166 7-57 Net revenue .. £1,419 £1,158 + £261 22-54 Passenger journeys .. 512,292 481,691 +30,601 6-35 All classes of traffic showed steady increases during the year, the revenue from special trips undertaken for tourist, picnic, and sporting parties showing an appreciable increase. Hutt Valley. 1936. 1935. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. 65,180 59.489 +5,691 9-57 Expenditure .. .. 59,197 55,729 + 3,468 6-22 Net revenue .. £5,983 £3,760 + £2,223 59-12 Passenger journeys .. 2,437,868 2,264,257 +173,611 7-67 The returns from this service for the year's operations are very satisfactory, revenue increasing by 9-57 per cent, and expenditure by 6-22 per cent. All classes of traffic show increases, and the revenue per passenger journey ncreased from 6-31 d. to 6-42 d., this being due to a greater proportionate increase in the number of longer-distance trips. Wellington-Wanganui. 1936. 1935. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. 10,448 5,438 + 5,010 92-13 Expenditure .. .. 10,048 5,348 + 4,700 87-88 Net revenue .. £400 £90 + £310 Passenger journeys .. 10,707 6,229 + 4,478 71-89 This service, which now consists of ten vehicles, was taken over from the S.O.S. Motors, Ltd., and commenced running as a departmental service on Ist September, 1934. Revenue per passenger journey increased by 24-67 d., and expenditure by 19-17 d. Ordinary passenger revenue showed a distinct improvement during the year, as also did the revenue from special trips. It is anticipated that the latter class of traffic will show an even better return during the next tourist season.

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Oamaru-Tokarahi. 1936. 1935. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. 1,835 1,823 +12 0-66 Expenditure .. ..1,825 1,798 + 27 1-50 Net revenue .. £10 £25 —£15 60-0 Passenger journeys .. 47,662 42,297 +5,365 12-68 The greater proportionate increase in journeys as compared witli revenue is due to a big increase in the number of school-children carried. There was a slight falling-off in ordinary passenger traffic. Dunedin - Port Chalmers. 1936. 1935. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. 6,635 5,762 +873 15-15 Expenditure .. .. 5,943 5,174 + 769 14-86 Net revenue .. £692 £588 +£104 17 •69 Passenger journeys .. 224,869 207,650 +17,219 8-29 Both revenue and expenditure show substantial increases due to an expansion in operation. This service, which numbers five vehicles, maintains the run between Dunedin and Port-Chalmers and also the seasonal tourist service between Dunedin and Eglinton Valley. The latter service was taken over from the Dunedin City Corporation, the first trip being run on 9th February, 1935. W AIPAHI--E DIE VALE. 1936. 1935. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. 1,196 1,207 -11 0-91 Expenditure 1,102 1,156 —54 4 • 67 Net revenue .. £94 £51 +£43 84 ■ 31 Passengers journeys .. 9,071 9,063 + 8 0-09 Although revenue shows a slight decrease, this has been more than compensated for by the decrease in expenditure. Through the operation of this service a substantial saving is being effected by the discontinuance of the running of mixed trains, the passenger portion of which the bus service was inaugurated to supplant. LAKE WAKATIPU STEAMERS. 1936. 1935. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. 10,598 10,647 — 49 0-46 Expenditure .. .. 9,399 10,269 — 870 8-47 Net revenue .. .. £1,199 £378 + £821 217-20 The revenue showed little variation during the year. Passenger traffic showed an increase of £264, but this was more than offset by a decrease of £319 in goods traffic. With regard to expenditure, the main decrease occurred under the head of repairs, £1,002. Last year special propellors were fitted to the s.s. " Earnslaw," while boiler alterations were made to the " Ben Lomond." There was no expenditure for similar items in the accounts for this year. DEPARTMENTAL DWELLINGS. 1936. 1935. Variation. Per £ £ £ Cent. Revenue .. .. 129,255 105,338 +23,917 22-71 Expenditure .. 156,692 155,302 + 1,390 0-90 Loss .. .. £27,437 49,964 -£22,527 45-09 During the year ended 31st March, 1935, a total refund of £24,304 was made to the staff consequent upon an agreement reached between the Department and its tenants in the matter of a claim for reductions in rent under the provisions of the National Expenditure Adjustment Act, 1932. In order to establish a true comparison with 1935-36, the amount of £24,304 granted in refunds must be added to the figures for 1934-35, the position then being as follows : — 1935-36. 1934-35. Variation. £ £ £ Revenue .. .. .. .. ..129,255 129,642 -387 The slight rise in expenditure was due to an increase in the charge for depreciation.

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SICK BENEFITfFUND. The New Zealand Government Railways Employees' Sick Benefit Fund shows a surplus of £5,440, compared with £2,451 for the previous year, an increase of £2,989. The receipts totalled £27,439, which includes the departmental subsidy of £8,000, as compared with £26,221 for the previous year, an increase of £1,218 (4-65 per cent.), while the expenditure decreased from £2-3,770 to £21,999, a decline of £1,771 (7-45 per cent.). On account of a severe epidemic of influenza throughout the winter and spring of 1934 the payments during the year ended 31st March, 1935, were much heavier than those made during the current year. The accumulated funds now stand at £34,410, of which £34,090 is represented by investments. SUGGESTIONS AND INVENTIONS COMMITTEE. During the year a total of 514 suggestions and inventions were dealt with by the Suggestions and Inventions Committee, compared with 563 for the previous year. Fifty-six suggestions and inventions were recommended for adoption in whole or in part, 152 were preferred to heads of branches, were already in operation or related to matters of policy, 258 were not recommended for while 48 were under trial or investigation at the end of the financial year. The suggestions recommended for adoption included 9 in connection with rolling-stock, 8 connected with workshop practice, 6 connected, with way and works, 7 connected with signal and electrical work, 11 connected with traffic working, and 15 connected with railway working generally. STORES BRANCH. An analysis of the amount expended in connection with the purchases of stores during the year is as under :— £ s. d. To merchants, manufacturers, and others in New Zealand .. 461,288 15 1 Through Trade Commissioner in Australia .. .. .. 116,156 5 9 Through High Commissioner in London .. . . .. 446,055 1 5 Material manufactured in Railway Workshops .. .. 214,806 8 9 Coal and coke .. .. .. .. .. 471,779 6 11 Manufactured and used material recovered from other branches, &c. 86,687 6 3 Timber from railway sawmill and stores used .. .. 10,817 3 6 £1,807,590 7 8 The net increase in this year's expenditure compared with the previous year was £161,082 2s. sd. The principal increases were —To merchants, manufacturers, and others in New Zealand, £36,478 Is. ; through Trade Commissioner in Australia, £15,269 12s. Bd. ; through High Commissioner in London, £93,011 18s. 9d. ; and material manufactured in railway workshops, £30,032 6s. Bd. There was a decrease of £19,965 lis. 2d. under the head " Timber from railway sawmill and stores used." The increases enumerated above are chiefly due to the purchase of materials for building programmes and extra stocks of native and hardwood timber and imported material. The total issues of stores to all branches for the year amounted to £1,900,970 2s. 9d., compared with £1,615,488 lis. 4d. for the previous year, an increase of £285,481 lis. sd. A summary for six years showing the value of purchases and issues of stores (exclusive of coal), together with the value of stocks on hand (stores and coal), at the close of each year, is as under : —|

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Stocks on Hand. Year. Purchases. Issues. — ] — Stores. Coal. Total. £ £ £ £ £ 1931 .. .. .. 1,716,452 1,743,416 647.627 110,602 758,229 1932 .. .. .. 852,044 1,018,616 481.056 181,073 662,129 1933 .. .. .. 755,100 875,285 360,871 165,576 526,447 1934 .. .. .. 1,059.879 969,067 451,683 157,637 609,320 1935 .. .. .. 1,269,171 1,136,243 584,611 160,177 744,788 1936 . .. .. 1,436,696 1,400,858 622,899 144,888 767,787

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Coal-supplies. The average consumption of coal per week during the year ended 31st March, 1936, was 8,515 tons, which was an increase of 483 tons per week compared with the previous year. A comparison of the purchases of New Zealand and imported fuel for eight years ended 31st March, 1936, is as follows : — New Zealand. Per Cent. Imported. Per Cent. Total. ' * ear - Tons. of Total. Tons. of Total. Tons. 1928-29 .. .. 356,724 84-25 66,675 15-75 423,399 1929-30 .. .. 355,214 74-59 121,037 25-41 476,251 1930-31 .. .. 367,686 90-00 40,827 10-00 408,513 1931-32 .. .. 373,335 89-72 42,756 10-28 416,091 1932-33 .. .. 388,005 100-00 .. .. 388,005 1933-34 .. .. 381,596 100-00 .. .. 381,596 1934-35 .. .. 422,334 100-00 .. .. 422,334 1935-36 .. .. 437,959 100-00 .. .. 437,959 It will be noted that the purchases during the year were all in New Zealand coal. Of these purchases 175,661 tons were hard coal and 262,298 tons soft coal. TIMBER AREAS. As mentioned in last year's report, a survey was made of the Department's waste lands with a view to deciding which lands would be most suitable both from a general-utility and aesthetic point of view for afforestation purposes. The area of Crown land at Athenree (near Katikati) also mentioned in the report referred to has since been transferred to the Railway Department. A further area of 230 acres 22 perches of land at Athenree was purchased by the Department for a nominal sum, making a total area of approximately 2,962 acres of land available for afforestation purposes in this locality. The Athenree area jhas been surveyed topographically and a small amount of planting of eucalypts has been carried out. Two nurseries were established during) the year, one at Lower Hutt and the other at Athenree, and a very satisfactory type of planting-stock will be available from these nurseries this season. STAFF. The total number of stag employed at the 31st March, 1936, including those on works chargeable to capital, was 17,908, as compared with 16,189 for the previous year. The average number actually at work throughout the year was 17,073, as compared with 16,048 the previous year. Of the average number of staff at work during the year 11,954 were permanent and 5,119 were casual employees. The average number of men engaged on works chargeable to capital was 1,348, as compared with 930 during the previous year. During the year 121 members of the permanent staff resigned, 81 retired on superannuation, 38 died, and 24 were dismissed or paid off. Three hundred and eighty three employees were engaged. Thirty-five members of the Second Division were promoted to the First Division. During the year a total of £29,797 was paid under the Workers' Compensation Act to members of the Second Division who suffered injury in the course of their employment. WORKSHOPS. Five class K locomotives were completed in the workshops during the year, making a total of twenty-three locomotives of this class now in service. A further seven of these locomotives were under construction in the workshops at the end of the year. Twenty locomotives were scrapped during the year, making a total of 207 obsolete locomotives scrapped since 1926. Five new boilers were built for replacement purposes, while live were under construction at the end of the year. Three hundred and ninety-four engines passed through the workshops during the year, and of these 204 received a major overhaul. During the year one class Wab engine was fitted with new trailing bogies, while 130 engines were fitted with the new type of " Waikato " spark-arrester. Seventeen engines were fitted with electric headlights. As at 31st March, 1936, there were 578 locomotives in service—s62 steam, lljelectric, and 5 electricbattery shunting engines. The tractive effort of the locomotives in service during the year compared with the two previous years is as follows : — 1936. 1935. 1934. Number of locomotives in service .. 578 593 605 Total tractive power, in pounds .. 10,594,084 10,685,229 10,823,029 Average tractive power per locomotive, in pounds .. .. .. 18,234 18,172 17,889

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Carriages. The number of carriages built during the year was 19, while the number in service at 31st March, 1936, was 1,485. There were 37 carriages under construction in the workshops at 31st March, 1936. Nine of the new carriages were fitted with roller-bearing bogies, making a total of 78 carriages in service fitted with these bearings. Ninety-four carriages had their lavatories improved (water-sealed hoppers being fitted), thirteen had new lavatories added, sixty-one were fitted with steam-heating equipment, while thirty-five had centre partitions and doors added. The centre partitions and doors were removed from, four carriages. One hundred and thirty-five carriages had the seating rearranged, chair seats being installed in all oases. These changes eliminated longitudinal seats in fifty-one carriages. The number of carriages that passed through the workshops was 1,582, 1,254 of these receiving heavy repairs. Rail-oars. There were two rail-cars in service as at 31st March, 1936, oil which date ten other rail-cars were under construction. It is proposed in the first place to use these units between Wellington and Palmerston North, via the Wairarapa route. There will be six purely passenger vehicles each with seating-capacity for forty-nine passengers and space for approximately 1 ton of small parcels and luggage. They will be fitted with 130-horse-power petrol-engines and torque converters, and will be capable of adequate speed on flat country and of negotiating the stiff grade of 1 in 15 on the Rimutaka Incline, when fully loaded, at a speed of from fifteen to seventeen miles per hour. The total loaded weight of each car will be approximately 16 tons. A dual-purpose passenger-goods Diesel unit will also be provided for the transport of school-children and milk and cream traffic. A night service between Wellington and New Plymouth, leaving the respective terminal points daily from Sunday to Friday of each week, will also be provided. The results attained by these experimental services will largely determine the Department's policy in the extension of such services. It is confidently anticipated that they will prove attractive and efficient units for the comfortable and expeditious transport of passengers, while at the same time effecting considerable economies by replacing certain types of steam services. Brake-vans. There were 482 brake-vans in service at 31st March, 1936, on which date nine others were under construction. Wagons. During the year 201 wagons were constructed in the workshops. The number of wagons in service at the end of the financial year was 26,832. TRANSPORTATION. The train-mileage for the year (exclusive of shunting and departmental mileage) was 11,050,376, compared with 10,626,400 for the previous year, ail increase of 423,976 train-miles. The passengermiles run were 4,747,525, compared with 4,653,708, an increase of 93,817 ; the goods-miles were 6,302,851, compared with 5,972,692 for the previous year, an increase of 330,159. Particulars of the revenue train-mileage run in the various sections are as under : —

TRAIN SERVICES. During tlie year a review of the goods and mixed train services throughout the North Island was undertaken with a view to providing more expeditious transport for goods generally, more particularly long-distance traffic. On the 9th February, 1936, a reorganized goods service was brought into operation in the Frankton Junction-Palmerston North, Stratford - Okahukura, and Marton-New Plymouth areas. In framing the schedules for the altered timing of the trains the best possible use was made of the " K" class engines, runs being arranged over longer distances, thereby reducing the frequency of engine changes en route. The through goods services previously in operation have been retained, and the other trains in the Main Trunk area, which were more or less local trains, have been rescheduled to provide through connections and eliminate delays to goods at sub-terminal stations. The new services provide that continuity of movement necessary to facilitate the transport of goods traffic and also the prompt turnover of the wagon stock. As a result a substantial saving of time in the transport of goods has been effected between stations on the Main Trunk line and also to and from stations 011 the connecting lines.

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Section. 1935-36. 1934-35. Variation. ; I ; Kaihu .. .. .. .. 13,446 13,488 — 42 Gisborne .. .. .. ... .. 42,614 43,288 — 674 North Island Main Line and Branches .. .. 6,797,905 6,493,591 +304,314 South Island Main Line and Branches .. .. 4,049,706 3,932,213 +117,493 Westport .. .. .. .. .. 63,305 61,879 + 1,426 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 40,394 39,512 + 882 Picton .. .. .. .. .. 43,006 42,429 + 577 11,050,376 10,626,400 +423,976

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The following table shows the average late arrivals of the express, mixed, and suburban trains for the year : —

Average Late Arrival of Trains, Year ended 31st March, 1936.

These figures include delays arising from all causes, including slips, floods, washouts, engine and other mechanical failures, and traffic delays at stations. The average late-running of trains for the year is slightly higher than last year. Slips, floods, washouts and other lme interruptions were responsible for the increase in the average delays. These interruptions were' of unusual magnitude, and were the result of the unusually severe weather conditions which were experienced during the months of May, June, and July, 1935, and February and March, 1936. A resume of the more important alterations to the train services is as follows From the sth May, 1935, the Monday mixed train leaving Greymouth at 7.40 a.m. and arriving Christchurch at 4.50 p.m. was accelerated to arrive Christchurch at'4.lo p.m. As from the 3rd May, 1936, the Monday mixed trains between Christchurch and Greymouth and vice versa were cancelled and replaced by the mail trains. The mail trains now run between Christchurch and Greymouth four days per week—viz., Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The suburban services in the Dunedin - Port Chalmers and Dunedin-Mosgiel areas were reviewed and, as from 6th May, 1935, a number of the trains were accelerated. From the 17th August, 1935, the 11.10 a.m. goods train with car attached from Ashburton to Christchurch was replaced on Saturdays by a fast mixed train timed to leave Ashburton at 12.15 p m and arrive Christchurch at 2.40 p.m.—four minutes earlier than previously. Operating from Sunday, Ist December, 1935, an additional Sunday train was provided in the evening between Auckland and Otahuhu, and the 7.30 p.m. Auckland-Papakura train was rescheduled to leave Auckland at 9.0 p.m. This alteration provided an improved service for residents in the Auckland-Papakura area. As from the 13th December, 1935, the Friday morning train from Towai to Whangarei was extended to run from Moerewa, thus providing settlers in the area between Towai and Moerewa with a train service which allows them more time to transact business at Whangarei on market days. As from 21st January, 1936, additional trains were provided between Ross and Hokitika on Tuesdays. The train leaving Ross at 1.55 p.m. provides an improved service for stock consigned to Addington for the Wednesday's sale, and the return train leaving Hokitika at 6.35 p.m. provides a connection with the mail train from Christchurch on Tuesdays in addition to the Thursday and Saturday connection. To enable the carriages which are attached to the night goods trains between Christchurch and Greymouth to be steam-heated, arrangements have been made to run the cars next the engine. The provision of steam-heating on these trains is much appreciated by passengers. As a result of increased traffic, it has been necessary to review the train service on the Otago Central Branch during the year, and a new time-table has been arranged to operate on and after the 3rd May, 1936. The mixed tiain which left Dunedin at 7.52 a.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays and arrived Cromwell at 5.40 p.m., also the 7.30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mixed train from Cromwell to Dunedin, have been cancelled. The 7.52 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday DunedinCromwell and the 9 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Cromwell—Dunedin fast mixed trains have been converted to passenger trains to run daily. A night goods, train has been provided to leave Dunedin at 9 p.m. Sundays to Fridays inclusive, Cromwell arrive 8.30 a.m. A goods train in the opposite direction has also been provided, this train to leave Cromwell at 3 a.m. daily and arrive at Dunedin 3.30 p.m. The Monday, Wednesday, Friday passenger trains between Gore and Kingston have been run daily since the 18th December, 1935. These trains now connect at Kingston with the road motor service to and from Queenstown. The policy of giving the best possible despatch to goods by trains running during the night, in order, as far as possible, to give delivery at the time of commencement of business the following morning has been continued throughout the year. The costs for night working are more expensive, but the Department, realizing the desirability of giving the best possible despatch and delivery, incurs

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Period ended . Average Year ended ; ; j — for April, j May. June. July. August. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. ! Feb. Feb. March. Mtaute. Express and Mail Trains. 1936 •• II 7-32 6-39 I 4-47 2-91 I 2-15 I 3-80 | 2-32 2-61 I 2-20 I 7-99 I 0-84 116-90 1 8-00 I 5-68 1935 .. .. I 4-87 ! 5-31 | 3-96 ! 3-84 | 2-11 j 3-20 1-56 1-13 | 1-59 | 9-50 j 5-22 ! 7-02 ! 5-88 j 4-25 Long-distance Mixed Trains. 1938 •• .. j 8-43 j 7-08 , 6-33 3-74 1 3-29 i 5-69 | 4-35 I 4-35 I 6-56 ! 6-38 1 5-33 112-76 112-66 i 6-68 1935 .. .. | 7-32 | 5-62 | 4-64 5-09 | 3-38 j 4-33 | 2-48 | 3-39 I 4-15 | 8-13 | 5-42 1 7-62 ! 7-33 I 5-30 Suburban Trains. 1936 .. .. 0-82 I 0-88 I 0-74 0-38 , 0-34 I 0-47 0-46 0-31 I 0-35 I 0-63 I 0-54 ! 0-85 1 06 0-65 1935 .. .. 0-67 I 0-74 I 0-68 | 0-50 ! 0-30 j 0-39 0-21 0-35 | 0-28 | 0-94 J 0-42 j 0-61 j 0-50 j 0-51

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these costs in the normal course of its undertaking. The following are examples only, and will serve to illustrate the service performed by the Department in respect of goods received at goods-sheds up to the closing time (5.0 p.m.) or later : —

The transport outlined above is in respect of goods loaded in trucks only. In addition, there are generally two or three trains daily by which smaller consignments are conveyed so that day transport as well as night transport is provided for. On the busy lines, such as the Auckland - Frankton Junction and Wellington - Palmerston North areas, there are up to seven additional trains by which urgent consignments may be conveyed. General. An exceptionally heavy snowfall occurred on the Midland line between Inchbonnie and Springfield on the night of 20th May, 1935, and continued until about 3 p.m. next day. Points in station-yards were frozen, and breakages in overhead wires cut communications and dislocated the automaticsignalling system. All trains between Grey mouth and Christchurch were subjected to considerable delays until the afternoon of 22nd May, when normal running was resumed. On 9th and 10th June, 1935, a heavy snowfall was experienced in the Canterbury District. All communication was lost south of Sockburn and north of Belfast, and the automatic-signalling system between Rolleston and Arthur's Pass was dislocated until the 14th June. All services suffered delay, and it was necessary to cancel several services to facilitate working. Practically normal running was resumed by the afternoon on 11th June, but the train-control system between Christchurch and Arthur's Pass and between Christchurch and Oamaru was not re-established until the afternoon of 15th June. On 18th and 19th June, 1935, floods in the Otago District caused interruption of traffic on the Otago Central, Catlins River, Outram, and Roxburgh Branches, and on the south main line. Normal services were resumed on the afternoon on 20th idem. On 22nd and 23rd July, 1935, through traffic from. Auckland to north of Kaipara Flats was suspended owing to blockage of line by floods and slips. Transhipment of passengers was conducted on the afternoon of 24th July, and the flood water had subsided sufficiently to allow trains to run through at about noon on 25th July. An exceptionally severe southerly storm swept the North Island on Ist and 2nd February, 1936, causing extensive damage to the tracks throughout. Two cars and the guard s van of No. 1503 (8.50 a.m. Palmerston North - Wellington passenger) train on 2nd February were blown off the line

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„ .... Time of Arrival at Destination fetation. Mileage. Destination. Auckland to— Hikurangi .. .. . • 141 9-35 a.m. Whangarei .. .. . . 130 8.0 a.m. Hamilton .. .. .. 86 6.30 a.m. Waihi .. .. .. 142 7.9 a.m. Tauranga .. .. .. 179 10.0 a.m. Thames . . .. .. 146 8.28 a.m. Te Kuiti .. .. .. 126 5.15 a.m. Taumarunui .. • • ■ • 174 6.52 a.m. Ohakune Junction .. .. 224 11.22 a.m. Wellington to — Wanganui . . .. . ■ 150 4.50 a.m. Hawera .. . • • • 203 8.5 a.m. New Plymouth .. .. 251 12.6 p.m. Napier .. .. .. 199 7.25 a.m. Tailiape .. .. . • 161 6.25 a.m. Ohakune Junction .. .. 202 9.30 a.m. Christchurch to — Greymouth .. .. .. 145 4.5 a.m. Hokitika .. .. . . 169 9.11 a.m. Ashburton .. .. .. 53 4.10 a.m. Timaru .. .. .. 100 6.40 a.m. Oamaru .. . . . • 152 5.28 a.m. Dunedin .. .. .. 230 10.26 a.m. Dunedin to — Palmerston. .. .. .. 41 2.45 a.m. Oamaru .. .. . ■ 78 5.15 a.m. Timaru .. .. . ■ 131 4.50 a.m. Ashburton .. .. .. 178 7.4 a.m. Christchurcli . . .. . . 230 9.20 a.m. Banfurly . . . . .. 85 2.20 a.m. Cromwell . . . • • • 155 8.30 a.m. GtOtg . . • • • • 100 2.23 a.m. Invercargill . . .. .. 139 5.0 a.m.

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near Makerua, and several passengers suffered minor injuries. Traffic generally on 3rd February suffered delays. It was necessary to work all traffic between Auckland and Taranaki via Marton until 6 p.m. on 11th. February, when the Stratford-Okahukura line was reopened. In the North Auckland area restricted train services operated between the 2nd and 14th February, normal running being restored on 15th February. On 20th, 21st, and 22nd February, 1936, train services in the Canterbury and Otago Provinces were interrupted owing to numerous washouts and slips, the Main North and South lines from Christ-church, also the Cheviot, Oxford, Southbridge, and Methven Branches, and Midland line being affected for a few days. BRANCH LINES. The operating-revenue from branch lines totalled £321,690, a decrease of £841 (0-26 per cent.) compared with the previous year. The parcels and miscellaneous heads show small increases, but these increases are more than offset by a decrease of £1,251 in the goods revenue. The operating expenditure was £434,445, an increase of £17,607 (4-22 per cent.) compared with the previous year. The increase in salaries and wages would of course account for a portion of the increase shown. The operating loss was £112,755 and interest charges amounted to £387,476, making a total loss of £500,231, as against a total loss for the previous year of £482,812, an increase of £17,419 (3-61 per cent.). The decrease in revenue for the year's operations was entirely in the South Island, the total decrease there being £8,158, an increase of £7,317 being earned in the North Island. The increase of £7,317 for the North Island branch lines was principally due to an advance in practically all classes of traffic on the Paeroa-Taneatua Branch. The increase on this section was £6,638, or 90-7 per cent, of the total North Island increase. The Kaikohe Branch showed an increase of £461, or 11-3 per cent., over last year, while the remaining branches showed slight variations only. The decrease of £8,158 in the South Island branch-line revenue occurred as follows : Thirteen branches showed a total decline of £20,266, while the remaining eleven branches showed a total increase in earnings of £12,108. The greatest increase in earnings in the South Island was on the Otago Central Branch, where the revenue increased by £10,391 (11-3 per cent.) over that of last year. This increase was confined entirely to goods traffic. The only other South Island branch line to show a fairly substantial revenue increase was the Milton-Roxburgh Branch, where an increase of £724 (5-36 per cent.) over last year was recorded. The branch lines on which the main revenue decreases took place were —

On account of excessive rain this year the grain and stock seasons in the South Island were very much delayed, whereas in 1935 the season was early. The accounts for 1936 are therefore at a great disadvantage from a comparative point of view. ISOLATED SECTIONS. The results of operations of isolated sections were as follow : — Kaihu.—Revenue amounted to £3,824, a decrease of £1,553 (28-88 per cent.). The decreased revenue was largely due to a fall in road metal and timber traffic. Train-miles decreased by 42, or 0-31 per cent., while shunting-miles decreased by 235, the total engine-miles showing a decrease of 277, or 1-68 per cent. Expenditure amounted to £6,463, an increase of £188 on the previous year. The total operating loss for the year was £2,639, compared with £898 for the previous year. Gisborne. —Revenue amounted to £19,171, a decrease of £123 (0-64 per cent.). Expenditure amounted to £23,438, an increase of £3,292 (16-34 per cent.), such increase being due to additional work being carried out on the permanent-way and to the transfer of a locomotive to the section. Two engines located on the section were also subjected to heavy repairs. The operating loss on the section was £4,267, as compared with £852 for the previous year. The loss for the year 1932-33 was £4,519. Nelson. —Revenue amounted to £11,930, an increase of £453. Expenditure was £17,804, an increase of £794. The operating loss was £5,874, compared with £5,533 for the previous year, an increase of £341. Traffic on this section showed little variation. There was a falling-off in the passenger revenue, but this was more than offset by an increase in the goods revenue. The increase in expenditure was principally due to increased track maintenance,

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Branch. Decrease. Percentage Decrease. £ Rangiora - Oxford West .. .. \ 29-62 Kaiapoi-Bennetts .. .. .. J ' Waipara-Parnassus .. .. .. 2,573 16-91 Lincoln - Little River .. .. .. 524 8 • 08 Hornby-Southbridge .. .. .. 4,723 25-58 Rakaia-Metliven .. .. .. 2,486 24-15 Waslidyke-Eversley .. .. .. 1,764 12-76 Pukeuri-Kurow .. .. .. 4,169 31-74 Waiareka-Ngapara .. .. .. 666 13-20 Balclutha-Tahakopa .. .. .. 907 6-23

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Picton. —Revenue amounted to £28,762, an increase if £2,676 (10-26 per cent.). Expenditure was £29,547, an increase of £3,262. The total operating loss for the year was £785, compared with £199 for last year. The revenue on this section increased under all heads except passenger, which decreased by £165. The largest increase was made in goods traffic, and amounted to £2,470. The main reasons for the increase in expenditure were —Maintenance of track and work on bridges, heavy repairs to locomotives, and heavier traffic and transportation charges due to increased traffic. Westport.—Revenue amounted to £68,079, as against £65,821 for the previous year, an increase of £2,258 (3-43 per cent.). Expenditure increased from £55,808 to £57,749, an increase of £1,941 (3-48 per cent.). The operating profit on this section was £10,330, an increase of £317 (3-17 per cent.). Revenue showed increases in all classes, particularly under goods and miscellaneous, which increased by £937 and £1,118 respectively. The tonnage this year is the highest carried since 1932, but is less than half that carried in 1930. The increase in expenditure was due to additional traffic and locomotive transportation costs. Train-miles increased by 1,263, or 2-02 per cent., shunting-miles by 1,434, or 3-57 per cent., and engine-miles by 2,613, or 2-53 per cent. The increased transportation expenses are due to the increases in mileage shown above, to increased wharf staff, and to additional wages costs consequent upon the 7f-per-cent.' increase in wages and salaries. RAILWAY PUBLICITY. The Publicity Branch, which was regarded as an experimental enterprise when it was established in 1927, has definitely proved itself a very helpful unit of the railways organization. Year by year the activities have increased to the advantage of both the Department and the public generally. The past year has seen a strong maintenance of the campaigns for selling the regular and special services that the railways have at their disposal. In the " public relations " side of its work the Branch has kept in close personal touch with the press, which has shown a ready willingness to accept a fair presentation of the railways case when statements criticizing the Department have called for replies. Successful action was taken during the year to extend the range of co-operative publicity with local bodies and private interests, and occasionally with the Tourist Department, on behalf of the " See New Zealand First" movement. In all these cases the planning of the campaigns has been performed by the Publicity Branch, which also undertook the preparation and placing of newspaper advertisements, booklets, posters, and news matter. While it is, as a general rule, a difficult matter to ascertain the actual results of a publicity campaign, in a number of cases the increase in tourist traffic traceable to these special efforts has been as high as 60 per cent. The New Zealand Railways Magazine.—The year has seen a further improvement in the New Zealand Railways Magazine, which is now well established as a national monthly. The size of the magazine has been increased to sixty-four pages, and it now has a minimum issue of 20,000 copies. The value of the magazine as an advertising medium is being recognized by many business people, the revenue from this source having shown a marked increase during the year. The return from sales to the public also showed a substantial increase, the additional revenue from this source being £368 higher than that of last year. COMMERCIAL BRANCH. Dealing with the activities of the Department on the commercial side, experience during the year has shown that there has been no amelioration of the competitive conditions which have steadily developed in intensity during recent years, and the activities of the Commercial Branch have on that account been largely devoted to safeguarding existing business and taking every opportunity to foster the development of new traffic to the railway. It can be stated as beyond doubt that the close personal contact which has been maintained by the personnel of the Branch with the business and farming communities, both individually and through the medium of their respective organizations, has assisted to develop the atmosphere of good will which has become a marked feature of the Department's relationship with the public. On the other hand, however, there is evidence that the existence of an alternative form of land transport, providing as it does within a strictly limited field an alternative service to the railway, has tended to restrict interest and concern in the prosperity of the railways to the limits defined by individual requirements. For instance, the farmer's interest in railway transport lies largely in the direction of the retention of the cheap and regular service which it gives for his fertilizers, lime, implements, fencing materials, &c., but in far too many instances he fails to display the same interest towards the railway in the case of his higher-rated products when he is able to obtain a more favourable freight rate for the time being by other means of transport. Similarly, those engaged in the secondary industries are mainly concerned with the rail transport of raw materials such as coal, iron, cement, &c., all of which are carried at cheap rates, rather than with the conveyance of the manufactured goods which, due to their ability to bear a higher freight rate, fall within the class of business most keenly sought after by the road operators. A regrettable feature of this tendency to restrict patronage of the railway to the lower-grade commodities is that the fixed overhead costs have to be borne by a restricted and less remunerative volume of traffic, and on that account the railway and the community as a whole have been deprived of the benefits of the increased returns which would accrue from a fuller use of the railway services. In this connection it is necessary to bear in mind that the total volume of the Dominion's landtransportation business, both passenger and goods, in the areas served by the railway, is well within the capacity of the railway to handle with a relatively small increase in expenditureBased as it is on a recognition of the principles of community welfare and the requirements of essential industries, the Department's existing goods-rating system facilitates the unrestricted movement of all classes of goods, and its retention is therefore a matter of vital importance in the national interests. It is, however, obvious that to the extent the railway is deprived of the more remunerative traffics so is its capacity to maintain the cheap rates for the lower-grade commodities diminished.

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Any departure from the fundamental principles on which the rating-system is based to meet the present trend would therefore require to be in the direction of reducing the margin between the high and the low rates. Action along such lines, however, would produce repercussions difficult to forecast, inasmuch as many of the commodities essential to production would cease to move or would be transported in restricted quantities if the freight rates were increased. A disquieting result of the unecessary duplication of transport services is that a rapidly increasing proportion of the income derived from national production is required to meet the growing cost of transportation. Under existing conditions it must be anticipated that the tendency will be for this margin to expand rather than contract, and the provision of a more effective form of control than has hitherto existed which will enable progress to be made towards the rationalization of the transport industry has therefore become more than ever a matter of vital importance. It is only by such means that the operations of the various forms of transport can be delimited in such a way that each can provide the kind and quality of service for which it is best adapted and so bring about a division of function between the different services based on sound economic principles. Through Booking of Goods and Parcels Traffic. Two important additions have been made to our system of through booking of parcels and goods for combined journeys by rail and connecting road services, the areas affected being (1) Auckland and adjacent stations to Taupo and intermediate points, and (2) all stations to Gisborne via Taneatua. Under the arrangements which have been finalized consignments are accepted for conveyance between the points mentioned in a similar manner to that for a journey between two rail-connected stations. Through Booking of Passengers. A reciprocal arrangement has been entered into with the operators of the Napier-Gisborne air service for the through booking of passengers travelling by the combined rail and air route to and from Gisborne, also for the checking of their surplus luggage by rail and road for the through journey. Truck Rates. The special provision which has been made during recent years for the conveyance of general merchandise in truck loads at a flat rate per truck has been extended to the Wellington-Hastings-Napier area. This has resulted in a co-ordination of the service of the principal road operator with the railway under conditions mutually agreed to by both parties. During the first eight months of the arrangement the tonnage of rail-borne traffic substantially increased, with a resultant benefit to all concerned. The system has also been extended to the areas Christchurch to Culverden, Balmoral and Pahau, and Christchurch to Waikari and Hawarden, with mutually satisfactory results. Household Removals. Evidence that the facility provided by the special service of house to house removals of furniture and household effects is gaining in popularity lies in the fact that the number of transactions dealt with showed an increase of 35 per cent, over the previous year's figures. Travel " Savings " Stamps. With a view to assisting those who desire to set aside small amounts towards the purchase price of rail tickets, provision has been made for travel " savings " stamps to be available for sale at railway booking offices. The stamps, which are printed in denominations of Is., 25., 2s. 6d., and ss. may be purchased at times convenient to the buyers and held in special folders supplied by the Department until such time as they are handed in as part or full payment for the required ticket. Wharf Booking and Luggage Offices. The establishment of a wharf railway booking and luggage office to cater for the requirements of overseas passengers disembarking at the port of Wellington has been attended by such a complete measure of success as to encourage the provision of similar facilities at the Auckland wharves. The service given is such that intending travellers may finalize all details of their rail journeys and place their luggage in the charge of the Department immediately the necessary Customs formalities have been observed. WAY AND WORKS BRANCH. The following are the principal features connected with the operations of the Way and Works Branch during the year : — Permanent-way.—The relaying carried out during the year was as follows : — M. oh. Main line and branches, 53 lb., 56 lb., and 70 lb. rails, relaid with new 70 lb. rails .. 32 70 Main line and branches relaid with second-hand 55 lb., 56 lb., and 70 lb. rails .. 5 46 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 36 The main south line is being deviated so as to obviate the use of the Puketeraki Tunnel, and this work is nearing completion. A start has been made on deviating the main line between Greatford and Kakariki. Sleepers and Ballast. —During the year 320,136 new sleepers and 179,551 cubic yards of ballast were laid. Bridges. —A large number of bridges have been either renewed or strengthened. The principal works in hand are the renewal of the Rangitata, Ashburton, Whakatu, and Waitangi Bridges. The foundations of the first two bridges have been completed by the contractors, while the remaining two bridges have their foundations under construction.

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Roads and Level Crossings.—A number of level crossings and approach roads to stations were tar-sealed during the year. Several rail-joints on roadways at level crossings were welded. Fences and Cattle-stops.—ln pursuance of the Government's policy that the Department should undertake the maintenance of all boundary fences in order to relieve adjoining owners of expense in this connection, arrangements were made to put fencing-repair work in hand in all districts. Buildings.-—All buildings have been maintained in satisfactory condition. A dwelling at Woodhill, one at Wiri, one at Morrinsville, and one at Oio were destroyed by fire during the year. A tworoomed car-cleaning storeroom at Thorndon was also burnt down. The station building at Lumsden was destroyed by fire, and arrangements were made to transfer the station building from Dunback to Lumsden to replace the building destroyed. The following structures were damaged by fire during the year : Station building at Melling, workshop at Invercarglll, engine-sheds at Fairlie and Waipara, drivers' room at Elmer Lane, and dwellings at Okaihau, Patea, Greatford, Paremata, and Edievale. Wellington New Station and Yard. —The contractors are up to schedule with the contract for the erection of the new station building at Wellington. The construction of platform fronts and the erection of the verandahs over same is well advanced. The new signal cabin has been erected. A building to accommodate shunters and the yard staff was completed during the year. A new locomotive depot, together with offices and conveniences for the locomotive stafi, are now in course of erection. Mileage.—The total mileage of track open for traffic on the 31st March, 1936, was 3,278 miles 45 chains. Unemployed Relief. —During the year an average of 213 men were employed on new works at Wellington (exclusive of contract for erection of station building) and an average of forty-four men were engaged on the Puketeraki deviation. The wages for these men were subsidized by the Unemployment Board. An average of twenty sedentary relief workers have been employed assisting in offices. An average of 505 relief workers have been employed over a period of seven months on earthworks for grade easements, deviations, carrying out improvements to the track, cutting noxious weeds, repairing fences, &c. SIGNAL AND ELECTRICAL. All installations and apparatus have been maintained in good order and condition. The following is a summary of the principal activities of the Signal and Electrical Branch during the year : — Signalling. Wellington New Station and Yard.—The interlocking-machine has been installed in the main signal-box. This machine is of the all-electric type, and the first section of thirty-one levers has been brought into use. The machine has a total of 127 levers, and the entire installation will be completed in 1937. Automatic Signalling. —Automatic signalling has been completed between Heathcote and Christchurch on the double line a distance of 4 miles 24 chains. Work on the Dunedin-Mosgiel Section is being proceeded with. Porirua.—A complete relay interlocking-system with motor-operated points was installed at this station during the year. This system was designed by the Department's own stafi, and the operatingequipment for it was manufactured in the Railway Workshops. Huntly and Morrinsville.—Work in connection with the installation of power interlocking at these stations was commenced during the year. General. —Colour light distant signals were installed at Taumarunui, and alterations were made in connection with the provision of an outer home signal in order to provide improved working of levelcrossing signals in the locality. Alterations and additions to existing signalling and interlocking were carried out at Helensville, Kopiutaroa, Heathcote, and Christchurch. Home and distant signals and Woods looks have been installed at Te Hana, Morton Mains, and Crichton, and dismantled at Porirua. Tablet locks interlocking siding-points with the tablet system have been installed at eight service sidings and stations, and similar equipment was removed from eight service sidings and stations during the year. Frame levers with facing point locks were installed at thirty stations. The total number of signalling-installations is as follows Miles of single-line automatic signalling .. .. .. .. 190 m. 41 ch. Miles of double-line automatic signalling .. .. .. .. 68 m. 65 ch. Automatic crossing-loops .. .. .. .. 33 Automatic switch-locked sidings .. .. .. .. 35 Power interlockings .. .. .. .. .. 29 Mechanical interlockings .. .. .. .. .. .. 96 Interlocked tramway crossings .. .. .. .. .. 7 Mechanical fixed-signal and Woods locked stations .. .. .. 306 Tablet locked sidings .. .. .. .. .. .. 270 Block-working.—During the year Te Hana was opened as a tablet station, and Crichton and Durham Road as " switch-out " tablet stations. Maxwell, Topuni, Linton, and Koputaroa Stations were converted to " switch-out " working. The Maxwell installation is a special arrangement, the block being extended over three ordinary sections. The lock-and-block working between Christchurch and Heathcote has been superseded by automatic signalling.

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Durham Road has been closed as a tablet station. The present position with regard to blockworking is as follows : — Total mileage equipped with tablet instruments.. .. .. .. 1,577 Number of tablet instruments in use .. .. .. .. .. 869 Number of tablet stations .. .. .. .. .. .. 357 Number of tablet exchangers .. .. .. .. .. 314 Mileage of double line worked by lock and block .. .. .. 10 Number of stations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 Number of instruments .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 Telegraph and Telephone Facilities. During the past year 32 miles of pole-line were rebuilt, 64 miles of copper conductor replaced iron conductors on these sections, and 109 miles of copper wire were erected in new circuits. The Putaruru-Rotorua Section of line was rebuilt. The work of extending and improving telephone communication between all stations has been continued, and, although there are still sections of main line and many branches with either old wire or no communication-lines at all, the extent of the communication network is now such that direct control of all phases of railway work can be given from the main centres. Plans and specifications have been prepared for increased facilities at Auckland, and work at the Wellington new station is well advanced, a large proportion of the telephone-cable reticulation being already in use. A new carrier telephone system was installed between Wanganui and Ohakune Junction, and all circuits between Wanganui and Frankton Junction reorganized to give the district offices at Wanganui increased lines of communication over the main trunk area. The statistics of communication facilities are as follows :— Morse instruments .. .. .. .. .. .. 177 Telephones .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,055 Miles of wire .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,320 Miles of poles .. .. .. .. .. ... .. 3,086 Railway exchanges — Automatic .. .. . . .. .. .. ... 5 Manual . . . . .. .. .. .. .. 13 Public exchange connections . . .. .. .. .. 587 Level-crossing Alarms. Flashing-light signals have been installed at Portage Road, New Lynn. The total number of level crossings now fitted with automatic devices is 124. In addition, there is also a number of crossings protected by manually controlled bells. Major Works in Wellington and Vicinity. Wellingtowr-Paekakariki.—During the year the erection of the 33,000-volt transmission-line to Paekakariki for the purpose of supplying electrical energy to the traction substations was completed. The length of 33,000-volt armoured cable to complete this line through some of the tunnels south of Paekakariki has now been jointed and connected to the transmission-line. With the exception of the yard in Wellington, the erection of supports for the catenary and contact wire system has been practically completed. A number of substation buildings has been completed, together with the outdoor steel-work for the support of the electrical equipment. All the electrification work, exclusive of that at Wellington, will be completed shortly. Wellington-Johnsonville Electrification. —A start has been made with this electrification, and surveys have been made for pole and substation positions. All the electrical equipment required has been ordered. Wellington New Yard and Station Building.—The main substation to feed the station building and yard with electrical energy has been built, and all switchgear, transformers, standby plant, &c., have been erected. Switchgear and transformers for the various locations, both in the station and yard, have been installed. The interconnecting network and ring mains in the yard have been partly installed, and a supply of energy will be available during 1936. Electrical Reticulation. During the year electric-lighting was installed in the station buildings and yards at Wiri, Mahia, Okahukura, National Park, and Waikari. Two hundred and thirty-nine dwellings were also reticulated for electric-lighting. Various electrical installations were carried out at the workshops. At the close of the year a total of 2,494 dwellings and 348 railway-stations were electrically lighted, while thirteen station-yards were equipped with flood-lighting. Track, Plant, and Rolling-stock. The track, bridges, structures, signalling-appliances, rolling-stock, and other plant are in good order, and efficient for the work required of them. General Manager.

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Front View of New Station in course of Construction at Wellington.

Rear View of New Station at Wellington, showing Platforms and Concourse (Lambton Old Station in Foreground to be demolished).

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New Signal Cabin at Wellington.

Two of New Petrol Rail-cars specially designed for Working over Rimutaka Incline (Three Miles of 1 in 14 Grade).

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New Petrol Rail-car on Rimutaka Incline showing Centre Rail.

Interior View of New Petrol Rail-car.

BALANCE-SHEETS, STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS, AND STATISTICAL RETURNS, 1936.

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INDEX OF STATEMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS, 1935-36. No. 1. Capital Account. General Balance-sheet. No. 2. Income and Expenditure of the Whole Undertaking. Net Revenue Account. No. 3. Income and Expenditure in respect of Railway Operation. Abstract A—-Maintenance of Way and Works. Abstract B—Maintenance of Signals and Electrical Appliances. Abstract C—Maintenance of Rolling-stock. Abstract D—Examination, Lubrication, and Lighting of Vehicles. Abstract E—Locomotive Transportation. Abstract F—Traffic Transportation. Abstract G —General Charges. Summary of Expenditure Abstracts. No. 4. Income and Expenditure in respect of Lake Wakatipu Steamers. No. 5. Income and Expenditure in respect of Refreshment Service. No. sa. Income and Expenditure in respect of Bookstall Service. No. 6. Income and Expenditure in respect of Advertising Service. No. 7. Income and Expenditure in respect of Departmental Dwellings. No. 8. Income and Expenditure in respect of Buildings occupied by Refreshment Service, Bookstall Proprietors, Sc No. 9. Income and Expenditure in respect of Road Services. No. 10. Income and Expenditure in respect of Railway Employees' Sick Benefit Society. Balance-sheet. No. 11. Statement of Losses on Developmental Branch Lines and Isolated Sections. No. 12. Statement of Cash Receipts and Payments—Working Railways Account. Reconciliation Statement. No. 13. Renewals, Depreciation, and Equalization Reserve Accounts. General Reserve Account. Insurance Reserve Account. Workers' Compensation Reserve Account. Slips, Floods, and Accidents Equalization Reserve Account. Betterments Reserve Account. Renewals Reserve Account. Depreciation Reserve Account. No. 14. Expenditure on Construction of Railways, Rolling-stock, &c. Net Revenue, and Rate of Interest earned on Capital expended on Opened Lines. No. 15. Expenditure out of Working Railways Account (Depreciation Fund) and Public Works Fund. No. 16. Statement of Season Tickets issued. No. 17. Statement of Operating Traffic and Revenue. (1) Operating Traffic. (2) Operating Revenue. No. 18. Traffic and Revenue for each Station. No. 19. Classification of Goods and Live-stock Tra3sc and Earnings by Commodities. No. 20. Comparative Statement of Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Operating Revenue, and Operating Expenditure. No. 21. Number of Employees. No. 22. Accidents. No. 23. Carriage and Wagon Stock and Tarpaulins. No. 24. Locomotive Stock. No. 25. Locomotive-running Costs.

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STATEMENT No. 1. Capital Account as at 31st March, 1936.

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Total to 31st March, Year ended Total to 31st March, ! Total to 31st March, Yeax ended Total to 31st March, ! 1935. 31st March, 1936. 1936. j 1935. 31st March, 193 6. ] 1936. Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Receipts. £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Permanent- way —Works, buildings, m o.- 49,693,473 0 3 322,018 10 0 50,015,491 10 3 Capital included in public debt . . o5,435, 716 2 8 153,069 5 3 55,588,785 / 11 chinery, plant, and dwellings ' Other capital .. .. .. 9,033,902 6 6 .. 9,033,902 6 6 Rolling-stock, lake steamers, and road 10,897,567 16 5 187,585 0 11 | 11.085,152 17 4 - motors j 64,469,618 9 2 153,069 5 3 64,622,687 14 5 Lines closed for traffic .. .. 290,461 0 9 520 17 1 290,981 17 10 Deduct accrued depreciation and 10,400,000 0 0 .. 10,400,000 0 0 !■ other losses of capital written off 60,881,501 17 5 510,124 8 0 ; 61,391,626 5 5 in accordance with subsection (2), Deduct accrued depreciation on exist- j 7,320,719 11 7 257,792 2 3 j 7,578,511 13 10 section 23, of the Government ing assets i Railways Amendment Act, 1931 53,560,782 5 10 252,332 5 9 53,813,114 11 7 " Add unexpended balances — 54,069,618 9 2 153,069 5 3 54,222,687 14 5 Depreciation Fund .. .. 509,353 8 0 Cr.69,409 2 4 I 439,944 5 8 Outstanding liabilities .. 19,571 9 9 10,799 13 1 30.371 2 10 Assets Realization .. .. 19,054 5 1 Or. 19,054 5 J £54,089,189 18 11 £163,868 18 4 '£54,253.058 17 3 £54,089,189 18 11 |£163,868 18 4 £54,253,058 17 3 Note. Unopened lines are under the control of the Public Works Department, and all expenditure out of the Public Works Fund in connection therewith is included in the accounts of that Department.

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STATEMENT No 1— continued. • General Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1936. Liabilities. A-ssets. Sundry creditors — £ s. d. £ s. d. Sawmills, bush areas, and stocks £ s. d. £ s. d. General creditors (including of timber .. .. .. .. 186,476 11 8 unpaid wages) and credit Stores and material on hand — balances .. .. 566,161 11 3 Stores Branch .. .. 767,787 18 1 Government Departments.. 14,327 0 0 Subsidiary services .. .. 13,934 3 3 580,488 11 3 781 ..722 1 4 Collections for refund to — Sundry assets — Harbour Boards, shipping Advertising Branch .. 22,089 3 7 companies, and other Refreshment Branch .. 31,129 15 11 carriers .. .. 20,991 12 6 Housing improvements .. 12,472 1 7 Government Departments 434 13 10 65,691 1 1 21,426 6 4 Sundry debtors — Items to be written off on Advances to capital .. 27,280 16 4 receipt of parliamentary Government Departments .. 7,988 1 6 authority .. .. .. .. 5,601 8 1 Advances: Housing scheme General reserve .. .. 1,144,552 17 8 under Government RailDepreciation reserve .. 439,944 5 8 ways Amendment Act, Renewals reserve .. .. 748,009 13 11 1927— Insurance reserves — Section 15 (5), Railway emFire .. .. .. 93,197 10 5 ployees .. .. 1,561 6 4 Workers' Compensation .. 45,216 8 1 Work in progress, sundry Slips, Moods, and Accidents 102,753 311 debtors, and debit balances 95,659 2 8 2,573,673 19 8 132,489 6 10 Unemployment Fund— Unemployment Fund — SubsiSubsidy on works .. .. .. 98,315 8 6 dized works .. .. .. .. 98,315 8 6 Betterment reserve— Accrued interest on investments .. 8,679 15 6 Refreshment Branch .. .. .. 3,452 8 1 Outstanding at stations — Sick Benefit Fund .. .. .. .. 34,407 19 1 Cash in hand .. .. 11,635 410 Freights, &c., owing by Government Departments .. 74,733 18 2 Freights, &c., owing by sundry debtors.. .. .. 160,828 14 9 247,197 17 9 Working Railways Investments .. 615,940 0 0 Sick Benefit Fund Investments .. 34,090 9 9 Cash in Working Railways Account .. 1,146,763 8 7 £3,317,366 1 0 £3,317,366 1 0 W. Bishop, A.R.A.N.Z., Chief Accountant. I hereby certify that-the Balance-sheet and accompanying accounts have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly set out the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the above departmental note, and to the exception that the cost of exchange in respect of interest and other payments made in London during the year for the purposes of this account has not been charged to the account but has been borne by the Consolidated Fund. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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STATEMENT No. 2. Income and Expenditure of the Whole Undertaking for the Year ended 31st March, 1936.

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Year 1935-86. i| Year 1934-35. Statement : I! ; So. j Gross Revenue. Expenditure. Net .Revenue. Gross Revenue. Expenditure. Vet Revenue. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Railway operation .. .. .. .. 3 6,243,518 17 9 5,523,192 18 11 720,325 18 10 5,908,063 16 4 ; 5,138,588 0 6 769,475 14 10 Lake Wakatipu steamers .. .. .. 4 10,597 14 7 9,398 11 9 1,199 2 10 10,646 10 6 10,268 19 9 377 10 9 Refreshment service .. .. .. 5 89,132 2 3 84,976 11 2 4,155 11 1 79,817 3 8 77,684 19 4 2,132 4 4 Book-stall service .. .. .. .. 5a 45,797 12 5 43,041 11 0 2,756 1 5 36,846 0 2 34,564 11 0 2,281 9 2 Advertising service . . .. .. .. 6 31,774 4 2 29,391 2 10 2,383 1 4 30,029 12 7 27,941 18 9 2,087 13 10 Dwellings .. .. .. .. .. 7 129,254 13 .7 156,692 3 2 Dr. 27,437 9 7 105,338 6 3 155,302 4 4 Dr. 49,963 18 1 Buildings occupied by refreshment service, book- 8 17,909 0 3 11,463 14 10 6,445 5 5 17,346 1 10 11,480 14 7 5,865 7 3 stall proprietors, &c. Road motor services.. .. .. .. 9 103,279 13 0 ! 94,682 8 7 8,597 4 5 90,278 4 7 84,605 11 3 5,672 13 4 Miscellaneous revenue .. .. .. .. 333,052 3 7 j .. 333,052 3 7 349,562 3 4 .. 349,562 3 4 7,004,316 1 7 5,952,839 2 3 6,627,927 18 3 5,540,436 19 6 Total net revenue to Net Revenue Account.. .. .. | .. j 1,051,476 19 4 .. .. 1,087,490 18 9

Dr. 1935-36. 1934-35. I Cr. 1935-36. i 1934-35. £ s. d. I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Interest charges .. .. .. .. j 2,300,050 15 10 | 2,330,883 11 7 By Net earnings before charging interest on capital.. 1,051,476 19 4 1,087,490 18 9 Reduction on account of interest charges, vide 1,248,573 16 6 1,243,394 12 10 Section 14, Finance Act, 1930 (No. 2) 2,300,050 15 10 i 2,330,885 11 7 2,300,050 15 10 : 2,330,885 11 7

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STATEMENT NO. 3. Income and Expenditure in respect of Railway Operation for the Year ended 31st March, 1936.

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1 Per Cent, of ■§ i -Per Cent, oi £ Operating Revenue. | „ 2 . | Operating Revenue. EXPENDITURE. $ 1935-36. 1934-35. _|| REVENUE. j j 1935-36. j 1934-35. ® 1935-36. 1934-35. I . 1935-36. 1934-35. co J i| I ! I I . _ £ s. d. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. £ -s. d. Maintenance of way and works .. .. A 1,070,085 4 1 1,047,824 16 5 17-14 17-74 I Passengers, ordinary .. .. 17 1,286,059 1 4 1,193,372 5 5 20-60 20-20 Maintenance of signals and electrical ap- B 147,442 2 10 137,477 2 6 2-36 2-33 j Passengers, season tickets .. 17 180,557 13 0 175,316 1 7 2-89 2-97 pliances j Parcels, luggage, and mails .. 17 299,964 1 3 292,096 7 10 4-80 4-94 Maintenance of rolling-stock .. .. C 1,406,685 6 5 1,236,323 12 9 22-53 20-92 | Goods .. .. .. .. 17 4,359,750 1 0 4,138,436 12 2 69-83 70-05 Examination, lubrication, and lighting of D 57,599 2 11 54,098 12 2 0-92 0-92 j Labour, demurrage, &c. .. . 17 117,188 1 2 108,845 8 4 1-88 1-84 vehicles Locomotive transportation .. .. E 1,144,036 13 11 1,073,061 12 2 18-32 18-16 Traffic transportation .. .. .. F 1,465,051 15 3 1,360,928 2 8 23-46 23-03 General charges .. .. .. G 63,663 13 11 57,014 8 2 1-02 0-97 £ s. d. Superannuation subsidy .. 184,101 0 8 Less amount allocated to subsidiary services, &c. .. .. 15,472 1 1 G 168,628 19 7 171,859 13 8 2-71 2-91 Total operating expenses .. .. 5,523,192 18 11 5,138,588 0 6 88-46 86-98 Net operating revenue .. .. . • 720,325 18 10 769,475 14 10 11-54 13-02 ! 1 j ! 6,243,518 17 9 5,908,063 15 4 100-00 100-00 .. 6,243,518 17 9 5,908,063 15 4 100-00 100-00

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North Island South Island Kaihu. Gisborne. Main Line and Main Line and Westport. Nelson. Picton. Total. Branches. Branches. Item. I Per Per Per Per I Per j Per Per Per Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile : Mile Mile Mile TotalJ of Total. of Total. of Total. of Total. | of Total. I of Total. of Total. of Rail- Rail- Rail- Rail- ! Rail- j Rail- Rail- Railj way. way. way. way. way. j way. way, way. Abstract A. —Maintenance of Way and Works. General expenses — £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £j£ ££ ££ £ £ Branch .. .. 5 0-2 27 0-4 5,256 3-5 3,434 2-2 97j 2-7 17 0-3 42 0-8 8,878 2-7 District .. .. 89 3-7 279 4-6 17,304 11-6 15,094 9-5 340 9-4 283 4-4 320 5-7 33,709 10-1 Road-bed .. .. 595 24-8 2,134 35-6 84,262 56-7 78,817 49-4 2,238 62-2 2,589 40-4 3,041 54-3 173,676 52-3 Track renewals .. 913 38-1 1,985 33-1258,014173-6224,912 141 ■ 1 5,257146-0 2,726 42-6 2,431 43-4 496,238149-5 Ballasting .. .. 285 11-9 30 0-5 31,905 21-5 5,764 3-6 37 1-0 24 0-4 9 0-2 38,054 11-4 Slips and floods . . 234 9-8 921 15-3 38,496 25-9 18,447 11-6 391 10-9 49 0-8 196 3-5 58,734 17-7 Fences, gates, cattle- 46 1-9 232 3-9 10,172 6-9 7,684 4-8 99 2-8 114 1-8 119 2-1 18,466 5-6 Roads, level - crossings, 6 0-2 43 0-7 3,211 2-2 2,476 1-6 51 1-4 26 0-4 39 0-7 5,852 1-8 Q T)T)rOQ p HPS Bridges, viaducts, cul- 451 18-8 1,546 25-8 61,097 41-1 49,789 31-2 1,042 28-9 722 11-2 618 11-0 115,265 34-7 verts, &c. Water-services, cranes, 20 0-8 106 1-8 7,714 5-2 5,957 3-7 1,644 45-7 63 1-0 86 1-5 15,590 4-7 weigh-bridges, &c. Wharves .. 288 0-2 Or. 6 .. 1,034 28-7 .. .. 156 2-8 1,472 0-4 Cattle - yards, loading- 1 .. 30 0-5 7,552 5-1 5,371 3-4 28 0-8 58 0-9 152 2-7 13,192 4-0 banks, platforms, Operating S buildings .. 698 29-1 469 7-8 52,124 35-1 36,004 22-6 603 16-8 223 3-5 838 15-0 90,959 27-4 3,343 139 • 3 7,802 130 • 0 577,395 388 • 6 453,743 • 7 12,861 357 ■ 3 6,894| 107 • 7 8,047 143 • 7 1,070,085 322 • 3 Per cent, of operating 87*42 40 '70 15-65 18-73 18-89 57-79 27-98 17-14 revenue Per cent, of operating 51-73 33-29 18-08 20*67 22-28 38-72 27*23 19*38 expenditure Per train-mile (pence).. 59*67 43*94 20*38 26*89 48*76 40*96 44*91 23*24 Abstract B. —Maintenance of Signals and Electrical Appliances. £ £ £ £ ' £ £ £ £ £ £ £ , £ £ £ J £ £ General expenses .. 4 0*2' 18 0*3 3,495 2*4 2,2981 1*4 65 1*8 11 0*2 27 0*5i 5,918 1*8 Signals and interlocking .. .. 15 0*3 18,218 12*3 11,036| 6-9 220 6-1 27 0*4 17 0'3 29,533 8*9 Automatic and power .. .. .. .. 16,727 11*3 11,198! 7*1 .. .. .. j .. .. .. 27,925 8*4 signalling Level-crossing signals. . .. .. | •• •• 1,821 1*2 965 0*6 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,786 0*8 Instruments, block- .. .. 9 0*1 13,133 8*8 6,750 4*2 111 3*1 12 0*2 19 0*3 20,034 6*0 working, tablets, &c. Overhead lines, block- 27 1*1 2 .. 17,107 11*5 14,019 8*8 44 1-2 47 0-7 39 0*7 31,285 9*4 working, tablets, &c. Overhead lines, auto- .. .. •. •• 2,796 1*9 3,594 2*3 .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,390 1*9 matic signalling Electric lighting used .. .. 24 0*4 5,814 3*9 4,240 2*7 124 3*4 15 0*2 45 0*8 10,262 3*1 in operation Overhead electrification .. .. .. .. 965 0*6 6,889 4-3 .. .. .. .. •• .. 7,854 2*4 and bonding Electric-power ap- .. . . •• •• 1,366 0*9 739 0*5 93 2*6 6 0-1 6 0*1 2,210 0*7 pliances Buildings .. 2,255 1-5 989 0*6 1 0*1 3,245 1-0 31 1-3 68 1-1 83,697 56-3 62,717 39*4 658 18*3 118, 1*8 153 2*7 147,442 44*4 Per cent, of operating 0*81 0*35 2-27 2-59 0-97 0*99 0*53 2*36 revenue Per cent, of operating 0 • 48 0*29 2 • 62 2 * 86 1*14 0 • 66 0 • 52 2 • 67 expenditure Per train-mile (pence).. 0*55 0*38 2*95 3*72 2*49 0*70 0*85 3*20

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North Island South Island Kaihu. Gisborne. Main Line and Main Line and Westport. Nelson. Picton, Total. Branches. Branches. [tem. j —j j -j j j Per ! Per Per i Per Per Per Per Per Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train-j Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. I Train-! Total. Trainj mile. mile. mile. mile. ] mile. mile. i mile, j mile. I i I I 1 , i I I Abstbact C. —Maintenance of Rolling-stock. General expenses— £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ , d. £ d. £ d. £ d. Branch .. .. 9 0-2 32 0-2 6,421: 0-2 4,199 0-2 121 0-5 19 0-1 50 0-3 10,851 0-2 District .. .. 2,812 0-1 2,561! 0-2 .. 5,373 0-1 Locomotives.. .. 79 1-4 3,439 19-4359,798 12-7213,763 12-8 4,422: 16-8 996 5-9 2,994 16-8 585,491 12-8 Cars .. .. 8 0-1 258 1-5147,378 5-2 88,482: 5-2 557 2-1 532 3-2 464 2-6 237,679 5-2 Vans and postal vans.. 4 0-1 146 0-8 20,9501 0-7 15,549 0-9 200 0-8 138 0-8 94 0-5 37,081 0-8 Wagons .. .. 214 3-8 1,811 10-2297,5581 10-5 173,543 10-3 9,739 36-8 753 4-5 1,619 9-0 485,237 10-5 Service vehicles 7,876 0-3 5,317' 0-3 46 0-2 .. .. 7 0-0 13,246 0-3 Tarpaulins, ropes, and 4 0-1 22 0-1 15,589 0-6 15,798 0-9 223 0-8 33 0-2 58 0-3 31,727 0-7 318 5-7 5,708 32-2858,382) 30-3 519,212 30-815,308 58-0 2,471 14-7 5,286 29-51,406,685 30-6 Per cent, of operating 8-32 29-77 23-27 21-43 22-49 20-71 18-38 22-53 revenue Per cent, of operating 4-92 24-35 26-88 23-65 26-52 13-88 17-89 25-48 expenditure Per mile of railway £ 13 95 578 326 425 39 94 424 Abstract D. —Examination, Lubrication, and Lighting op Vehicles. £ d. £ d. £ | d. £ , d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. Examination and lubri- 26 0-5 63 0-4 14,554 0-5 13,629 0-8 641 2-4 ; 143 0-9 104 0-6 29,160 0-6 cation of cars, vans, and wagons Gas lighting of vehicles 2 .. 38 0-2 7,960 0-3 3,422 0-2 151 0-6 55 0-3 51 0-3 11,679 0-3 Electric lighting of .. 8,917 0-3 3,914 0-3 .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,831 0-3 vehicles Depot expenses .. 2 . . 1 .. 2,028j 0-1 1,897 0-1 1 .. .. 3,929 0-1 30 0-sl 102 0-6 33,459 1-2 22,862 1-4 793 3-0 198 ]-2 155 0-9 57,599 1-3 Per cent, of operating 0-78 0-53 0-91 0-94 1 -16 1-66 0-54 0-92 revenue Per cent, of operating 0-46 0-44 1-05 1-04 1-37 : 1-11 0-52 1-04 expenditure Per mile of railway £ 1-2 1-7 22-5 14-3 22-0 3-1 2-8 17-3 Abstract E. —Locomotive Transportation. General expenses — j £ | d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. Branch .. .. 3 0-1 17 0-1 3,309 0-1 2,163 0-1 63 0-2 11 0-1 25 0-1 5,591 0-1 District .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,740 0-1 2,986 0-2 .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,726 0-1 Depot supervision .. .. .. 3 .. 20,540 0-7 13,699 0-8 205 0-8 5 .. 36 0-2] 34,488 0-7 Wages, allowances, and 565] 10-0 1.766 9-9263,515 9-4 167,389 9-9 4,106 15-5 1,517 9-0 2,294 12-8] 441,152 9-6 expenses Fuel .. .. 487 8-7 3,072 17-4334,907 11-9172,969 10-4 2,682 10-2 1,817 10-8 2,501 14-]i 518,435 11-4 Water .. .. 16: 0-3 76 0-4 13,869 0-5 5,167 0-3 121 0-5 50 0-3 58 0-3 19,357 0-4 Stores .. .. 9 0-2 71 0-4 9,844 0-3 5,797 0-3 126 0-5 47 0-3 62 0-3 15,956 0-3 Shed-expenses .. 245, 4-4 221 1-2 60,739 2-1 39,175 2-3 1,208 4-6 172 1-0 572 3-2 102,332 2-2 1, 32ōj 23-7 5,226 29-4710,463 25-1409,345 24-3 8,511 32-3 3,619 21-5 5,548 31-01,144,037 24-8 Per cent, of operating 34-65 27-26 19-26 16-90 12-50 30-34 19-29 18-32 revenue Per cent, of operating 20-50 22-30 22-25 18-65 14-75 20-33 18-78 20-71 expenditure Per mile of railway £ 55 87 478 257 236 57 99 345

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North Island South Island Kaihu. Gisborne. Main Line and Main Line and Westport. Nelson. Picton. Total. Branches. Branches. Item. | Per Per Per Per Per Per Per I Per Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Train- Total. Trainmile. mile. mile. mile. mile. mile. mile. | mile. ! I ; 1 , Abstract F. —Traffic Transportation. General expenses — £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. Branch .. .. 22 0*4 111 0-6 21,538 0-8 14,125 0-8 402 1-5 70 0-4 167 0-9 36,435 0-« District .. .. 10 0-2 947 5-4 59,619 2-1 43,669 2-6 911 3-5 940 5-6 1,296 7-2 107,392 2-3 Station expenses — Supervision and office 694 12-5 1,063 6*0217,273 7-6182,989 10-9 2,910 11-0 1,534 9*1 2,539 14-3 409,002 9-0 Platform .. .. 42 0-7 96 0-5 68,432 2-4 36,461 2-2 524 2-0 62 0-4 211 1-2 105,828 2-3 Signalling 226 1-3 87,319 3 1 51,477 3-1 999 3-8 2 .. 25 0-1 140,048 3-0 Shunting and mar- 41 0-7 149 0-8 93,987 3-3 74,863 4-4 2,558 9-7 284 1-7 472 2-6 172,354 3-7 shalling yards ! Goods-sheds and J 38 0-7 96 0-5 78,005 2*8 81,759 4-8 383 1-5 238 1-4 865 4-8 161,384 3-5 goods-yards Wharves .. .. 19 0-3 .. .. 17,448 0-6 63,742 3-8 6,857 26-0 .. .. 2,510 14-0 90,576 2-0 Fuel, water, sta- 64 1*1 339 1*9 13,118 0*5 8,908 0*5 156 0-6 197 1*2 127 0*7 22,909 0*5 tionery, and other station expenses Train expenses— Running .. .. 324 5-8 716 4-1 88,739 3-1 57,188 3-4 1,222 4-6 582 3-5 702 3-9 149,473 3-2 Cleaning and heating 22 0-4 72 0-4 36,037 1-3 19,965 1-2 111 0-4 151 0-9 221 1-2 56,579 1-2 vehicles Sleeping-cars .. .. .. .. .. 7,097 0-3 448 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,545 0-2 Miscellaneous .. •. •• 1 •• 3,556 0*1 1,768 0*1 22 0-1 7 .. 173 1-0 5,527 0*1 1,276 22-8 3,816 21-5792,168 28*0637,362i 37-817,055 64-7 4,067 24-2 9,308 51-91,465,052 31-8 Per cent, of operating 33*37 19-91 21*47 26*31 25*05 34*09 32*36 23*46 revenue Per cent, of operating 19*74 16*28 24*81 29*03 29*54 22*84 31*50 26*52 expenditure Per mile of railway £ j 53 64 533 400 474 64 166 441 Abstract Gr. —General Charges. £ d. £ : d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. Head Office.. .. 23 0*4 117 0*7 22,541 0*8 14,802 0*9 416 1*6 73 0-4 176 1-0 38,148 0-8 Departmental buildings 3 0-1 13 0-1 2,559 0-1 1,680 0*1 47 0-2 8 0*1 20j 0*1 4,330 0*1 Appeal Board . . . . . . 1 .. 124 . . 81 2 1 1 210 Chief Accountant .. 12 0-2 61 0*3 11,659 0*4 7,656 0*5 215 0-8 38 0*2 91 0*5 19,732 0-4 Training School .. 1 4| 734 .. 483 .. 14 2 6 1,244 0*1 39 0*7 196' 1-1 37,617 1-3 24,702 1-5 694 2-6 122 0-7 294 1-6| 63,664 1*4 Per cent, of operating 1-02 1-02 1-02 1 • 02 1 • 02 1 • 02 1 • 02 1-02 revenue Per cent, of operating 0*60 0*84 1*18 1*13 1*20 0*69 1*00 1*15 expenditure Per mile of railway £ 1*6 3*3 25*3 15*5 19*3 1*9 5*2 19*2 £ d. £ d. £ i d. £ d. £ ! d. £ d. £ d. ! £ d. Superannuation subsidy 101 1*8 520 2*9 99,739| 3*5 65,329 3*9 l,869j 7-0 315 1-9 756 4-3 168,629 3-7 Summary of Expenditure Abstracts. North _ South Abstract, and Item. ! Kaihu. Gisborne. IS L™e£ n Ita? Westport. Nelson. Picton. Total. j Branches. Branches. ££££££££ A.—Maintenance of Way and Works .. 3,343 7,802 577,395 453,743 12,861 6,894 8,047 1,070,085 B. —Maintenance of Signal and Electrical 31 68 83,697 62,717 658 118 153 147,442 Appliances C.—Maintenance of Rolling-stock .. 318 5,708 858,382 519,212 15,308 2,471 5,286 1,406,685 D. —Examination, Lubrication, and 30 102 33,459 22,862 793 198 155 57,599 Lighting of Vehicles E. —Locomotive Transportation .. 1,325 5,226 710,463 409,345 8,511 3,619 5,548 1,144,037 F.—Traffic Transportation .. .. 1,276 3,816 792,168 637,362 17,055 4,067 9,308 1,465,052 G.—General charges .. •• 39 196 37,617 24,702 694 122 294 63,664 Superannuation Subsidy .. .. 101 520 99,739 65,329 1,869 315 756 168,629 6,463 23,438 3,192,920 2,195,272 57,749 17,804 j 29,547 5,523,193 Per cent, of operating revenue 169*01 122*26 86*54 90*62 84*83 149*24 I 102*73 88*46 Per mile of railway .. •• £ 269 391 2,149 1,377 1,603 278 528 1,664 Per train-mile (pence) ... .. 115*39 131*99 j 112*72 130*10 218*82 105*82! 165*01 119*96

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STATEMENT No. 4. Income and Expenditure in respect of Lake Wakatipu Steamers.

STATEMENT No. 5. Income and Expenditure in respect of Refreshment Service.

STATEMENT No. 5a. Income and Expenditure in respect of Book-stall Service.

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Per Cent, of Per Cent, of Revenue. Revenue. EXPENDITURE, 1935-36. 1934-35. REVENUE. 1935-36. 1934-35. ; — 1935-36. 1934-35. 1935-36., 1934-35. _ I I £ £ £ £ Salaries and wages, shore staff .. 992 880 9-36 8-26 Ordinary passengers .. 4,442 4,179 41-91 39-25 Salaries and wages, steamer staff 4,119 3,847 38*86 36-14 Season tickets .. .. 47 45 0-44 0-42 Goal and stores .. .. 1,566 1,738 14-77 16-32 Parcels, luggage, and mails .. 859 855 8-10 8-03 Repairs, steamers .. .. 941 1,943 8-88 18-24 Goods .. .. .. 5,215 5,534 49-22 51-98 Repairs, wharves, &c... .. 292 375 2-76 3-52 Miscellaneous .. .. 35 34 0-33 0-32 Insurance, depreciation, &c. .. 786 762 7 42 7-17 8,696 9,545 82-05 89-65 Operating profit .. .. 1,902 1,102 17-95 10-35 10,598 10,647 100-00 100-00 10,598 10,647 100-00 100-00 Payments to railway revenue — Interest on capital .. .. 703 724 6-63 6-80 Operating profit .. .. 1,902 1,102 17-95 10-35 Net profit .. .. .. 1,199 378 11-32 «3-53 1,902 1,102 17-95 10-35 1,902 1,102 17-95 10-35

Per Cent, of Revenue. EXPENDITURE. 1935-36. 1934-35. • j REVENUE. 1935-36. 1934-35. 1935-36, ! 1934-35.; I I £ £ £ £ Salaries and wages .. .. 26,418 '24,718 29-64 30-97 Receipts from refreshment-rooms.. .. 89,132 79,817 Provisions consumed .. .. 37,349 32,903 41-90 41-22 Light, fuel, and water .. 1,761 1,737 1-98 2-18 Renewals and depreciation .. 2,642 2,152 2-96 2-69 Insurance and miscellaneous .. 3,613 2,950 4-06 3-70 71,783 64,462 80-54 80-76 Operating profit .. .. 17,349 15,355 19-46 19-24 89,132 79,817 100-00 100-00 89,132 79,817 Payments to railway revenue — interest on capital .. .. 1,108 1,102 1-24 1-38 Operating profit .. .. .. 17,349 15,355 Rent .. .. .. 9,230 9,230 10-35 11-56 Freights and fares .. .. 2,855 2,891 3-21 3-63 Net profit .. .. .. 4,156 2,132 4-66 2-67 17,349 15,355 19-46 19-24 17,349 15,355

Per Cent, of Revenue. EXPENDITURE. 1935-36. 1934-35. ; REVENUE. 1935-36. 1934-35. 1935-36.| 1934-35. £ £ £ £ Waces .. .. .. 4,363 3,987 9-53 10-82 Receipts .. .. .. .. 45,798 36,846 Stores .. .. .. 33,164 26,137 72-41 70-93 Miscellaneous .. .. 768 599 1*68 1-63 38,295 30,723 83-62 83-38 Operating profit .. .. 7,503 6,123 16-38 16-62 45,798 36,846 100-00 100-00 45,798 36,846 Payments to railway revenue — Rents .. .. .. 4,580 3,685 10-00 10-00 Operating profit .. .. .. 7,503 6,123 Rail freights .. .. 167 157 0-36 0-43 Net profit .. .. .. 2,756 2,281 6-02 6-19 7,503 6,123 16-38 16-62 ' 7,503 6,123

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STATEMENT No. 6. Income and Expenditure in respect of Advertising Service.

STATEMENT No. 7. Income and Expenditure in respect of Departmental Dwellings.

STATEMENT No. 8. Income and Expenditure in respect of Buildings occupied by Refreshment Service, Book-stall Proprietors, etc.

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Per Cent, of Revenue. EXPENDITURE. 1935-36. 1934-35. REVENUE. 1935-36. 1934-35 1935-36. 1934-35. j £ £ £ £ Salaries, wages, and allowances 7,018 6,069 22-09 20-20 Advertising-signs, publications, &c. .. 31,774 30,030 Stores and materials .. .. 1,525 1,135 4-80 3-78 Office and general expenses .. 2,636 2,690 8• 30 8 ■ 96 Insurance and depreciation .. 7,096 7,863 22-33 26-19 18,275 17,757 57-52 59-13 Operating profit .. .. 13,499 12,273 42-48 40-87 31,774 30,030 100-00 100-00 31,774 30,030 Payments to railway revenue — Interest on capital .. .. 890 1,017 2-80 3-39 Operating profit .. .. .. 13,499 12,273 Rent of premises and sites .. 9,125 8,074 28-72 26-89 Commission .. .. 728 737 2-29 2-45 Freights .. .. .. 373 357 1-17 1-19 Net profit .. .. .. 2,383 2,088 7-50 6-95 13,499 12,273 42-48 40-87 13,499 12,273

Per Cent, of Revenue. EXPENDITURE. 1935-36. 1934-35. REVENUE. 1935-36. 1934-35 1935-36. 1934-35. £ £ £ £ Wages and charges .. .. 38,444 38,595 29-75 36-64 Rentals .. .. .. .. 129,255 105,338 Materials .. .. .. 14,716 14,388 11-39 13-66 Insurance .. .. .. 3,519 3,54!) 2-72 3-37 Depreciation .. .. 34,211 31.737 26-46 30-13 90,890 88,269 70-32 83-80 Operating profit .. .. 38,365 17,069 29-68 16-20 129,255105,338100-00 100-00 129,255 105,338 Payments to railway revenue — Operating profit .. .. .. 38,365 17,069 Interest .. .. .. 65,802 67,033 50-91 63-63 Net loss .. .. .. .. 27,437 49,964 65,802 67,033 50-91 63-63 65,802 J 67,033

Per Cent, of Revenue. EXPENDITURE. 1935-86.1934-35. REVENUE. 1935-36. 1934-35. 1935-36. 1934-35. £ £ £ £ Wages and charges .. .. 1,502 1,980 8-39 11-41 Rentals .. .. .. .. 17,909 17,346 Materials .. .. .. 320 60S 1-79 3 ■ 51 Insurance and depreciation .. 3,513 3,211 19-61 18-52 5,335 5,800 29-79 33-44 Operating profit .. .. 12,574 11,546 70-21 66-56 17,909 17,346 100-00 100-00 17,909 17,346 Payments to railway revenue — Interest .. .. .. 6,129 5,681 34-22 32-75 Operating profit .. .. .. 12,574 11 546 Net profit .. .. .. 6,445 5,865 35-99 33-81 12,574 11,546 70-21 66-56 12,574 11,546

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STATEMENT No. 9. Income and Expenditure in respect of Road Services.

STATEMENT No. 10. Railway Employees' Sick Benefit Society.

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Per Cent, of Per Cent, of Revenue. Revenue. EXPENDITURE. 1935-30. 1934-35. j REVENUE. 1935-36. 1934-35. j 1935-36.1 1934-35. 1985-86. 1934-35. £ £ £ £ Superintendence — Salaries and 8,493 7,439 8-22 8-24 Passengers 99,718 «7,633 96-54 97-07 office expenses Parcels, mails, and newspapers 3,462 2,582 3-36 j-86 Maintenance charges .. .. 17,38116,241 16-83 17-99 Miscellaneous .. .. 100 63 0-10 0-07 Running-expenses .. .. 45,850 42,036 44-39 46-56 License fees .. .. 3,512 3,096 3-40 3-43 Insurance and depreciation .. 18,14414,428 17-57 15-98 93,380 83,240 90-41 92-20 Operating profit .. .. 9,900 7,038 9-59 7-80 103,280 90,278 100-00 100-00 103,280 90,278 100-00 100-00 Payments to railway revenue— on Interest on capital .. .. 1,303 1,365 1-26 1-51 Operating profit .. .. 9,900 7,038 9-59 7-80 Net profit 8,597 5,673 8-33 6-29 . 9,900 7,038 9-59 7-80

Income and Expenditure. Expenditure. 1935-36. 1934-35. Income. 1935-36. 1934-35 & £ £ £ To Sick pay paid to members .. •• 21,999 23,171 By Contributions .. .. .. •• 18,189 17,120 Balance carried down, being excess of income 5,440 2,450 Entrance fees .. .. •. j 205 160 over expenditure Interest on investments .. .. 1,045 941 Subsidy as per section 5, subsection (1), of 8,000 8,000 Government Railways Amendment Act, 1928, charged to Working Railways Account 27,439 26,221 27,439 26,221 To Balance accumulated funds as at 31st March 34,410 28,970 By Accumulated funds brought forward on 28,970 26,520 1st April Balance brought down .. .. .. 5,440 2,450 34,410 28,970 34,410 28,970 Balance-sheet. Liabilities. £ £ Assets. £ £ Accumulated funds .. .. . . 34,410 28,970 Investments .. .. .. 34 ,091 28,046 Sick pay due not paid .. .. .. 2 11 Cash in Working Railways Account .. .. 317 933 Contributions outstanding at 31st March .. 4 2 34,412 28,981 34,412 28,981

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STATEMENT No. 11. Statement of Losses on Developmental Branch Lines from 3rd March, 1935, to 29th February, 1936, and Isolated Sections from 1st April, 1935, to 31st March, 1936.

STATEMENT No. 12, Statement op Cash Receipts and Payments.—Working Railways Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. To Balance brought forward .. .. 1,224,394 12 3 By Investments, Siok Benefit Fund .. 5,000 0 0 Revenue receipts .. .. .. 6,964,752 14 11 Wages and vouchers .. .. .. 6,099,622 7 6 " Credits-in-aid " (Working Railways ex- Refunds to Harbour Boards, shipping compenditure) .. .. .. .. 395,280 7 1 panies, and other carriers .. .. 294,571 8 3 Contributions to Sick Benefit Fund .. 26,407 18 4 Interest on capital .. .. .. 1,051,476 19 4 Interest on investments .. .. 34,943 1 7 Payments from Sick Benefit Fund .. 20,344 10 6 Investments realized .. .. .. 849,000 0 0 Investments .. .. .. .. 877,000 0 0 Balance as per general balance-sheet .. 1,146,763 8 7 £9,494,778 14 2 £9,494,778 14 2 Reconciliation Statement. £ s. d. Credit balance in Working Railways Account as per Treasury figures .. .. 1,039,356 19 0 Add— Imprests outstanding .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 107,268 14 1 Cash in transit .. .. .. .. .. .. 137 15 6 Credit balance as per above statement .. .. .. .. .. .. £1,146,763 8 7

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Average per Mile of Line operated. Branches showina Toss Mileage Loss on Feeder Total Wet # g „§ |f§ » Branches showing Loss. operated. Working. Value. Loss. Tn /preS c§ «3 1 g 3 § £ 1« interest. g . g £» * « „ -g g •wrt hi> tsg a H,J| £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Kaikohe .. .. .. .. 25 8,205 2,987 5,218 19,658 182 119 301 510 578 786 Kirikopuni.. .. .. .. 14 4,796 2,150 2,646 47,208 216 154 370 559 3,183 3 372 Waiuku .. .. .. .. 13 2,007 2,066 59* 8,356 418 159 577 572 647 643 Taneatua .. .. .. .. Ill 17,418 13,992 3,426 116,453 626 126 752 783 1,018 1,049 Opunake .. .. .. .. 23 6,965 2,649 4,316 22,362 215 115 330 518 785 '972 Greytown .. .. .. .. 3 1,785 573 1,212 1,650 90 191 281 685 146 550 North Island totals .. .. 189 41,176 24,417 16,759 215,687 464 129 593 682 1,053 1,142 Eyreton-Oxford .. .. .. 43 3,854 835 3,019 6,973 93 19 112 182 92 162 Cheviot .. .. .. .. 44 10,244 2,142 8,102 22,698 287 49 336 520 332 516 Little River .. .. .. 23 4,901 431 4,470 9,053 259 19 278 472 199 393 Southbridge .. .. .. 26 583 1,377 794* 2,888 529 53 582 551 142 111 Whitecliffs.. .. .. .. 12 1,511 1,154 357 1,007 184 96 280 310 54 84 Methven .. .. .. .. 23 3,437 2,607 830 4,351 340 113 453 489 153 189 Springburn.. .. .. .. 28 1,778 976 802 3,252 133 35 168 197 87 116 Fairlie .. .. .. .. 36 2,541 1,978 563 6,371 335 55 390 406 161 177 Waimate .. .. .. .. 13 3,675 2,558 1,117 3,097 210 197 407 493 152 238 Kurow .. .. .. .. 37 4,212 1,958 2,254 6,158 242 53 295 356 105 166 Ngapara .. .. .. .. 15 1,07S 866 212 3,679 292 58 350 364 231 245 Waihemo .. .. .. .. 9 934 1,312 378* 921 190 146 336 294 144 102 Otago Central .. .. .. 147 5,557 4,223 1,334 63,959 692 29 721 730 426 435 Outram .. .. .. .. 9 1,943 518 1,425 2,960 160 58 218 376 171 329 Roxburgh .. .. •• 61 7,144 2,348 4,796 34,765 233 38 271 350 491 570 Catlins River .. .. .. 43 8,137 4,675 3,462 22,926 318 109 427 507 453 533 Tapanui .. .. .. .. ' 27 2,710 2,627 83 5,030 235 97 332 335 183 186 Waikaka .. .. .. .. 13 908 1,260 352* 2,442 148 97 245 218 215 188 Switzers .. .. .. .. 14 1,003 906 97 3,174 92 65 157 164 220 227 Wyndham .. .. .. .. 4 1,354 1,243 111 715 210 311 521 549 151 179 Seaward Bush .. .. .. 34 1,595 1,275 320 7,603 255 37 292 302 214 224 Orawia .. .. .. .. 9 299 751 452* 3,990 94 84 178 127 494 443 Forest Hill .. .. .. 13 334 1,295 961* 64* 158 100 258 184 69 5* Mararoa .. .. .. .. 12 1,847 914 933 1,950 91 76 167 245 85 163 South Island totals .. .. 695 71,579 40,229 31,350 219,898 337 58 395 440 271 316 Total, both Islands .. .. .. 884 112,755 64,646 48,109 435,585 364 73 437 492 438 493 Isolated Sections. Kaihu .. .. .. .. 24 2,775 .. 2,775 9,647 .. .. 176 292 286 402 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 60 4,046 .. 4,046 37,065 .. .. 351 419 550 618 Nelson .. .. .. .. 64 5,232 .. 5,232 27,009 .. .. 202 284 340 422 Pieton .. .. .. .. 56 456* .. 456* 24,218 .. .. 543 534 441 432 Total .. .. .. 204 11,597 .. 11,597 97,939 .. .. 337 394 423 480 Grand total .. .. 1,088 124,352 64,646 59,706 533,524 ~ * Indicates profit.

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STATEMENT No. 13RENEWALS, DEPRECIATION, AND EQUALIZATION RESERVE ACCOUNTS. General Reserve Account. £ s. d. By Balance £1,144,552 17 8 Insurance Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Losses .. .. .. .. .. 3,112 14 9 By Balance from previous year .. .. 82,887 18 1 Upkeep railway fire brigades and fire appli- Premiums debited to working-expenses .. 15,027 18 0 anees .. .. .. .. .. 1,605 10 11 Balance .. .. .. .. .. 93,197 10 5 £97,915 16 1 £97,915 16 1 By Balance .. .. .. .. .. £93,197 10 5 Workers' Compensation Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income,. £ s. d. To Accident payments .. .. .. 29,796 8 11 By Balance from previous year .. 36,868 13 4 Balance .. .. .. .. .. 45,216 8 1 Premiums debited to working-expenses 38,144 3 8 £75,012 17 0 £75,012 17~0 By Balance.. .. .. .. .. £45,216 8 1 Slips, Floods, and Accidents Equalization Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Repairs to bridges, slips, and washouts .. 13,200 6 7 By Balance from previous year .. .. 96,171 10 6 Balance .. .. .. .. 102,753 311 Contributions debited to working-expenses .. 19,256 0 0 Interest .. . . .. .. .. 526 0 0 £115,953 10 6 £115,953 10 6 By Balance .. .. .. .. £102,753 3 11 Betterments Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Refreshment Branch .. .. .. 266 7 7 By Balance from previous year .. .. .. 3,718 15 8 Balance .. .. .. .. .. 3,452 8 1 £3,718 15 8 £3,718 15 8 By Balance .. .. .. .. .. £3,452 8 1 Renewals Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Relaying of track .. .. .. 188,396 5 4 By Balance from previous year .. .. 729,004 10 2 Refreshment Branch property .. .. 132 10 11 Contributions debited to working-expenses .. 204,730 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 748,009 13 11 Interest .. .. .. .. 2,804 0 0 £936,538 10 2 £936,538 10 2 By Balance.. .. .. .. .. £748,009 13 11 Depreciation Reserve Account. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. To Way and works .. .. .. .. 37,928 10 2 By Balance from previous year .. .. 509,353 8 0 Bridges .. .. .. .. 100,271 17 0 ContributionsOperating buildings .. .. .. 8,510 11 2 Way and works .. .. .. 10,739 18 5 Signalling and interlocking .. .. 49,784 15 10 Bridges .. .. .. .. 70,227 1] 7 Rolling-stock .. .. .. .. 393,477 1 9 Operating buildings .. .. .. 39,90893 Locomotive running and car and wagon depots Signals, interlocking, and electric traction.. 52,244 10 10 plant.. .. .. .. .. 1,520 16 6 Rolling-stock .. .. .. .. 319,018 14 4 Dwellings .. .. .. .. 2,718 3 6 Locomotive running and car and wagon Refreshment, advertising, and road motor depots plant.. .. .. .. 3 671175 buildings .. .. .. .. 847 18 4 Dwellings .. .. .. .. 34'600 0 0 Stores and workshops buildings and plant .. 37,987 15 9 Head office buildings and plant .. .. 2,256 0 0 Road motor services .. .. .. 24,737 13 11 Refreshment, advertising, bookstalls, and Portable plant .. .. .. .. 912 6 6 road motor buildings .. .. .. 3,184 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 439,944 5 8 Stores, buildings, and plant .. .. 2,931 0 0 Workshops buildings and plant .. .. 35,966 0 0 Lake Wakatipu service .. .. .. 504 0 0 Road motor services .. .. .. 10,487 211 Wharves .. .. .. .. 793 3 4 Portable plant .. .. .. .. 2,756 0 0 £1,098,641 16 1 £1,098,641 16 1 By Balance.. . .. .. .. £439,944 5 8

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STATEMENT No. 14. Expenditure on Construction of Railways, Rolling-stock, etc., to 31st March, 1936; Net Revenue and Rate of Interest earned on Capital expended on Opened Lines for Year ended same Date.

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Opened Lines. Section of Railway. ~~ 6 * 1 Revenue Merest Lines and Rolling- Unes - ! KeTenue - earned. Works. stock. l0Ial - , ; I ! £ £ £ £ £ £ Kaihu .. .. .. 159,654 406 160,060 .. -2,639 Gisborne '' .! !! " 18,491 764,676 .. -4,267 1,314,991 North Island Main Line and Branches .. 28,062,947 3,817,388 31,880,335 .. 496,308 1 11 2 2,562,692 South Island Main Line and Branches .. 15,833,413 2,383,446 18,216,859 .. 227,253 1 4 11 295,524 Westport " .. .. 309,718 44,977 354,695 .. 10,330 2 18 3 ..... .. .. 570,306 Nelson . .. .. .. .. 497,235 10,219 507,454 .. -5,874 252,592 Picton .. .. .. .. .. 562,555 15,953 578,508 .. -785 311,792 46,171,707 6,290,880 52,462,587 .. 720,326 1 7 6 5,307,897 Lake Wakatipu steamer service .. .. 17,645 .. 17,645 .. 1,199 Subsidiary services, &c. .. .. .. 1,762,931 .. 1,762,931 .. 329,952 In suspense — Surveys, North Island .. .. .. .. •• 31,236 Surveys, South Island .. .. .. •• •• 5,763 General .. .. .. . - 9,896 .. 9,896 10,337 P.W.D. stock of permanent-way .. .. •• •• 3,542 47,962,179 6,290,880 54,253,059 .. 1,051,477 1 18 10 5,358,775 . * Y Total cost of opened and unopened lines at .. .. 59,611,834 31st March, 1936 Nora.—The amount stated in this return as the cost of construction of opened lines includes the Provincial and General Government expenditure on railways. It also includes the Midland Railway and expenditure by the Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards on railways and wharves under the provisions of section 7 of the Railways Authorization Act, 1885, the information regarding the last-mentioned being furnished by the respective Boards. The rate of interest earned has been computed on the average capital.

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STATEMENT No. 15. Expenditure out of Working Railways Account (Depreciation Fund) and Public Works Fund for the Year ended 31st March, 1936.

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Working Railways PllbIi „ WnTks Way and Works Branch: Particulars of Works. Depreciation Total. Fund. J!una - £ £ £ Land .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 822 Or. 2,029 0.1,207 Grading and formation .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,203 23,051 34,254 Tunnels .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 1,438 Or. 1,438 Bridges (structures only) .. .. .. .. .. 100,272 797 101,069 Culverts, subways .. .. . . .. . . . . 3,414 57 3,471 Fences, gates, and cattlestops . . .. . . . . .. 389 177 566 Permanent-way .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 19,550 45,123 64,673 Station buildings and platforms .. .. .. .. .. 3,757 128,701 132,458 Cattleyards, loading-banks .. .. .. .. . . 1,429 .. 1,429 Engine-sheds, car and wagon depots, and other operating buildings .. 4,753 26,261 31,014 Dwellings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,718 Or. 190 2,528 Water-services .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 127 3 130 Stores buildings .. .. .. . . . . .. .. Cr. 429 .. Or. 429 Locomotive workshops buildings .. . . .. .. .. 16,348 .. 16,348 Locomotive depot plant .. .. . . . . .. .. 10 40 50 Road-motor buildings .. .. .. .. .. .. 848 .. 848 Cranes, weighbridges, capstans, and turntables Maintenance, movable plant .. .. .. .. .. 912 62 974 Miscellaneous (roads, sewerage, drainage, fire-fighting appliances, &e.) .. 994 1,015 2,009 Signalling and interlocking .. .. .. .. .. 3,342 371 3,713 Tablet-installation .. . . .. . . .. . . 637 .. 637 Automatic and power signalling .. .. .. .. .. 11,626 32,469 44,095 Electric lightmg .. .. .. . . .. . . 556 1,682 2,238 Communication lines and apparatus .. .. .. .. 30,705 3,080 33,785 Level-crossing warning-signals .. .. .. .. . . 169 .. 169 Electric traction and power appliances .. .. .. .. .. 40,443 40,443 Overhead wires for automatic and power signalling .. .. 2,743 2,194 4,937 Signal-cabins .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 1,165 1,173 Head Office buildings and plant 216,903 303,034 519,937 Expenditure by Public Works Department—Tawa Flat Deviation .. .. Cr. 330 Or. 330 Expenditure by Public Works Department—Turakina-Fordell-Aromoho .. 1,005 1,005 grade easement Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. 216,903 303,709 520,612

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STATEMENT No. 15 —continued. Expenditure out of Working Railways Account (Depreciation Fund) for the Year ended 31st March, 1936 —continued. Locomotive Branch: Particulars of Rolling-stock.

Particulars of Workshop and Depot Machinery and Motor-buses. £ Workshop equipment .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22,069 Machinery and equipment for locomotive running and car and wagon depots .. .. 1,511 Motor-buses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24,738 Reconciliation Statement, Public Wokks Fund. Expenditure charged by f s. d. £ s. d. Expenditure— £ s. d. Treasury .. .. 335,213 7 9 Way and Works Branch .. 303,709 3 0 Vouchers outstanding previous year .. .. .. 19,571 9 9 315,641 18 0 Less recoveries .. .. .. .. 42,303 17 10 273,338 0 2 Vouchers outstanding at 31st March, 1936 .. 30,371 210 £303,709 3 0 £303,709 3 0

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Number | Number Number Incomplete Complete Incomplete Expenditure, Description of Stock ordered. on i on on Year ended 31st March, ! 31st March, 31st March, 31st March, 1936. 1935. | 1936. 1936. £ Locomotives, Class K .. .. .. .. 12 5 7 102,903 Convert three Garratt locomotives to six Q- locomotives .. .. .. 694 Electric head and tail lights for locomotives .. .. .. .. .. 3,048 Fitting exhaust steam injectors to locomotives .. .. .. .. 725 Fitting thermic syphons to ten X locomotives.. .. .. .. .. 25 Fitting superheaters to locomotives .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,024 Spare boilers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 985 Supply and fit new boilers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 240 Build three A boilers ,. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.562 Build two Wi boilers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 553 Boiler for crane No. 99 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 193 Electric locomotives .. .. .. . . .. .. .. 6 Bogies and alterations thirty Wab and Ws locomotives.. .. .. .. 153 Rail motors .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 9,459 Carriages, Class A .. .. .. .. .. 4 19 22 82,211 Carriages, Class AA .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 44 Fitting new and improving existing lavatories in existing .. .. 10,330 carriages Fitting steam heat to carriages .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,499 Improve seating in carriages .. .. .. .. .. .. 25,963 Boiler-bearing bogies for new carriages .. .. .. .. .. 23,796 Four S.K.F. roller-bearing bogies for carriages.. .. .. .. .. 1,528 Brake-vans, Class F .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 1,569 Bogies for sixteen brake-vans .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,296 Fitting electric light to five brake-vans .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 6 Wagons, Class H .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 4 Wagons, Class J .. .. .. .. .. .. 80 190 29,716 Five J wagon bodies for Picton .. .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 35 Bodies for J wagons .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 Wagons, Class Q .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 2,109 Rebuilding Class Q coal-hopper bodies .. .. .. .. .. 8 Wagons, Class S .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 908 Wagons, Class T .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 1,287 Wagons, Class TJ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 15 Wagons, Class Ua .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 14 5,597 Wagons, Class Yb .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 25 46,911 Wagons, Class W .. .. .. .. .. .. 70 30 29,292 Wagons, Class Xa .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 45 2,102 Wagons, Class Xb .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 Wagons, Class Yb .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 8 Wagons, Class Z .. .. .. .. .. 8 8 12 1,738 Credit for tarpaulin stolen at Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 5 24 225 495 393,477 Stjmmaby. Locomotives .. .. .. .. .. 12 5 7 Rail motors .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 Carriages .. .. .. .. .. 4 19 37 Brake-vans .. j.' ' .. .. .. .. .. 9 Wagons, bogie .. . . .. .. . . 8 51 87 Wagons, four-wheeled .. .. ., . . .. 150 345 24 225 495

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STATEMENT No. 16. Statement of Season Tickets issued for the Years ended 31st March, 1933 to 1936.

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1935-36. 1934-35; 1933-34. 1932-33, Description of Tickets. | r — Number. ! Amount. ! Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. I | I i I ____j ! £ £ £ £ Annual, all lines .. .. .. 9 1,078 13 1,172 9 785 10 1,074 Annual, North Island .. .. 49 4,223 49 4,200 52 4,416 51 4,174 Annual, South Island .. .. 4 274 5 390 6 ■ 423 , 6 413 Sectional annual, North Island.. .. 199 11,752 208 11,401 227 12,232 241 12,601 Sectional annual, South Island .. 98 4,745 101 4,910 101 4,700 108 5,139 Reporters' annual .. .. .. 16 677 15 639 18 768 17 675 Tourist, all lines .. .. .. 76 1,185 101 1,557 97 1,504 107 1,678 Tourist, North Island .. .. 247 2,397 251 2,488 256 2,551 275 2,761 Tourist, South Island .. .. 45 396 21 203 16 187 16 165 School .. .. .. .. 26,148 22,218 25,568 \ 22,034 25,206 21,926 25,470 22,342 Bearer twelve-trip .. .. .. 72,607 16,339 73,047 16,174 76,071 17,015 77,772 17,673 Bearer fiftj^-trip Weekly twelve-trip .. .. .. 109,418 20,882 103,981 19,824 99,863 19,055 98,163 19,014 Weekly workmen's .. .. .. 243,120 40,508 226,877 37,681 214,819 35,571 210,269 34,708 All other season .. .. .. 30,110 53,884 27,309 52,644 26,001 50,470 25,270 53,776 Totals .. .. .. 482,146 180,558 457,546 175,317 442,742 171,603 437,775 176,193 Total passenger journeys .. 12,394,700 .. 11,845,432 .. 11,535,840 .. 11,496,084

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(2) OPERATING REVENUE.

STATEMENT No. 17. Statement of Operating Traffic and Revenue for the Year ended 31st March, 1936. (1) OPERATING TRAFFIC.

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T „„ t v, Passengers. Live-stock. j Goods. - Gross Section. u f P™ : I ! j j "" "" f " Total Traffic. First Class. Second Class. Total. Tickets. Cattle. | Calves. Sheep. Pigs. Total. tonnage 4 Timber - Goods. Total. Tonnage. _ : . Miles. Number. Number. Number. Number. Number Number.: Number. Number. Number. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Kaihu .. .. .. .. 24 138 16,422 16,560 42 8 .. 344 .. 352 16 1,068 3,774 4,842 4,858 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 60 636 16,171 16,807 41 1,033 2,152 ; 86,202 649 90,036 3,931 9,153 30,928 40,081 44,012 North Island Main Line and Branches .. 1,486 255.479 4,142,641 4,398,120 350.076 323,348 702,061 4,336.134 622,846 5,984,389 347,473 205,039 2.438,114 2,643,153 2,990,626 South Island Main Line and Branches .. 1,594 160,050 3,236,416 3,396,466 130,199 80,783 11,658 4,543,430 44,451 4,680,322 211,470 203,201 2,355,852 2,559,053 2,770,523 Westport .. .. .. .. 36 163 56,577 56,740 742 110 15 133 .. 258 43 1,758 308,713 310,471 310,514 Nelson .. .. .. .. 64 302 27,719 28,021 579 1,056 1,254 \ 34,578 1,976 38,864 1,897 428 17,995 18,423 20,320 Picton .. .. .. .. 56 5,096 46,0.14 51,110 467 810 52 j 130,500 113 131,475 5,498 152 42,302 42,454 47,952 Total railway operation .. .. 3,320 421,864 7,541,960 7,963,824 482,146 407,148 717,192 9,131 ,321 670,035 |l0,925,696 570,328 420,799 5,197,678 5,618,477 6,188,805 Lake Wakatipu steamers .. .. .. .. 27,824 27,824 3 152 .. 14,785 .. j 14,937 642 974 6,267 7,241 7,883

Revenue. Mileage. . - . - - Length Per dei-tinn °P en Parrpk Mile of for Ordinu-V Season Lnaaaep Total Labour, Total Railway Per Shuntine Traffic. Passeneers Tickets 1 and ' Coaching Goods - Demurrage, Total Goods. Operating per Train Train. " g ' Total, i-assengers. iicsets. and uoacnmg. &( __ Revenue. Annum Mile. ®°- maus - (Average). Miles. £ £ £ £ £ ££ ££d. Number. Number. Number. Kaihu .. .. .. .. 24 861 220 1,198 2,279 1,524 21 1,545 3,824 159 68-26 13,446 2,758 16,204 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 60 1,355 452 1,450 3,257 15,839 75 15,914 19,171 320 107-97 42,614 9,526 52,140 North Island Main Line and Branches .. 1,486 827,138 121,985 201,190 1,150,313 2,476,862 62,053 2,538,915 3,689,228 2,483 130-25 6,797,905 2,232,932 9,030.837 South Island Main Line and Branches .. 1,594 448,601 55,243 93,893 597,737 1,775,795 48,993 1,824,788 2,422,525 ! 1,520 143-57 4,049,706 1,550,819 5,600,525 Westport .. .. .. .. 36 2,932 810 911 4,653 59,525 3,901 63,426 68,079 : 1,891 258-10 63,305 42,488 105,793 Nelson .. .. .. .. 64 1,737 1,010 296 3,043 8,834 53 8,887 11,930 ! 186 70-88 40,394 10,301 50,695 Pieton .. .. .. .. 56 3,435 838 1,026 5,299 21,371 2,092 23,463 28,762 j 514 160-51 43,006 23,975 66,981 Total railway operation .. 3,320 j 1,286,059 180,558 299,964 1,766,581 4,359,750 117,188 4,476,938 6,243,519 j 1,881 135-60 11,050,376 3,872,799 14,923,175 Lake Wakatipu steamers .. .. .. 4,442 47 | 859 5,348 5,215 24 : 5,239 10,587 j .. .. |

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STATEMENT No. 18. Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1936.

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OUTWARD. ' INWARD. Number of Passenger Journeys. ! Stations. Number Cattle Sheep HuTidreds of Other 0r pj.g ary Season Luggage, Total Miscel- C^" le S^®| P Hundreds of Other First- Second- Tota , pigs. sengers. | '«<**«>• m&Ub. a Warded. CaWes. Pigs. Gooda - class. class. , . _ _ . • j I North Island Main Line and Bbanches — Auckland— Number. Number. Tons £ 2 £ £ £ £ I Number. Number Tons. Coaching .. .. 21,312 446,159 467,471 21,067 .. .. .. 101,702 7,287 49,587 .. 1,167 159,743 Goods .. .. .. .. .. .. 162 113 29,393 329,158 307,191 9,938 317,129 439 848 53,839 232,800 Newmarket .. .. 1,433 74,583 76,016 7,918 33 .. 2,213 4 369 4,584 1,344 874 6,304 110 13,216 60 .. 58,390 17,205 Mount Eden .. .. 530 39,600 40,130 2,949 21 .. 539 8 340 3,134 548 509 4,562 132 8,885 358 .. 35,289 45,385 ATondale .. .. 393 70,158 70,551 21,088 321 .. 18 4/282 5.622 3.520 295 4,427 16 10,880 551 162 53,129 7,660 Henderson .. .. 599 92,343 92,942 8,776 10,254 20,995 134 7*139 3.199 777 7,J16 23 13,642 1,221 5,629 2,977 7,866 Helensville .. .. 556 41,923 42,479 376 20,871 49,513 3,037 9'<026 3,949 246 1,468 11,366 108 17,137 2,547 15,126 3,544 31,775 Weilsford .. .. 242 7,679 7,921 59 13,183 35,822 944 7 273 1,753 48 1 1,223 8,171 86 11,281 1,278 7,206 3,750 13,450 Maungaturoto .. .. 273 13,264 13,537 .. 15,396 36,255 2 l'e88 2,555 • 118 5,735 12 8,420 1,825 5,362 1,638 7,333 Paparoa .. .. 115 3,252 3,367 .. 9,950 16,314 692 2,224 847 •• 102 3,317 7 4,273 461 2,119 1,233 2,192 Waiotira .. .. 53 7,004 7,057 26 26,297 75,556 841 19 368 860 20 410 30,476 300 32,066 867 4,794; 896 76,597 Whangarei .. .. 1,938 44,446 46,384 294 28,030 45,896 1,081 25'942 10,917 * 258 1,215 13,210 551 26,151 1,492 4,388 7,615 21,879 v Hikurangi .. .. 136 6,702 6,838 100 2,799 8,948 4,735 63 234 1,310 81 295 18,906 32 20,624 688 4,495 1,025 5,768 Otiria Junction .. 469 7,979 8,448 49 5,182 7,976 2,861 2,705 3,246 38 683 5,722 7 9,696 640 980 863 5,308 Kawakawa .. .. 316 8,013 8,329 .. 60 39 40 6 872 841 176 2,984 5 4,006 54,434 61,454 1,142 8,784 Opua .. .. 403 16,861 17,264 101 209 302 r 839 '532 2,500 43 219 371 128 3,261 209 271 128 7,049 Kaikohe .. .. 316 13,342 13,658 64 4,001 16,628 4,970 1,946 3,324 52 694 6,991 9 11,070 1,017 1,329 429 8,450 Remuera .. .. 186 5,618 5,804 2,749 899 85 54 40 148 390 37 618 • 4 1,197 990 773 18,335 1,162 GreenLane .. .. 229 27,136 27,365 5,590 1 2 109 511 900 47 261 2 1,721 5 .. 795 2,129 Ellerslie .. .. 138 42,552 42,690 8,339 432 .. 57 844 1,378 89 1,414 6 3,731 409 .. 1,059 986 Penrose .. .. 82 33,065 33,147 4,056 360 3,500 250 89 023 551 616 153 39,794 34 41,148 325,392 790,150 10,530 38.513 OnehungaTown .. 41 5,441 5,482 3,577 2 .. 13,453 2,067 476 711 219 2,664 95 4,165 5 .. 11,220 40,538 Otahuhu .. .. 647 112,709 113,356 14,235 673 19,368 833 124 363 3,191 3,607 259 60,252 84 67,393 61,537 146,677 10,896 117,868 Papatoetoe .. .. 335 64,607 64,942 11,827 809 1,830 294 737 2,278 2,572 157 707 8 5,722 4,202 13,736 21,442 6,286 Papakura .. .. 2,004 108,697 110,701 11,436 12,653 2,380 29 8 833 5,165 ?730 310 2,770 16 10,991 3,591 14,106 2,545 8,346 Drury .. .. 122 8,377 8,499 205 5,413 10,618 .. 7436 570 168 55 6,480 ' 2 7,275 490 4,238 514 6,862 Waiuku .. .. 42 12,216 12,258 6 18,400 13,677 .. 209 1,106 4 87 1,399 5 2,601 764 8,606 8,076 25,004 Pukekohe .. .. 1,872 50,768 52,640 259 18,681 19,743 61 11,597 5,971 137 664 14.651 48 21,471 2,142 8,221 6,813 20,688 Tuakau .. .. 821 20,922 21,743 313 11,334 51,179 42 5,362 2,062 239 244 5,858 7 8,410 2,495 18,556' 3,535 12,424 Pokeno .. .. 12 7,168 7,180 74 11,194 18,375 40 271 458 59 348 1,165 5 2,035 654 2,890 1,542 5,287 Mercer 398 17,632 18,030 124 1,242 12,859 147 22,023 1,212 95 141 9,472 39 10,959 335 1,262 540 3,568 TeKauwhata .. .. 56 6,243 6,299 23 21,783 49,480 407 7,435 913 19 1,661 8,549 3 11,145 2,698 12,614 3,080 7,977 I Huntly .. .. 778 63,828 64,606 11,825 4,668 9,202 241 218 609 5,752 2.710 354 162,945 228 171.989 1,198 2,973 7,233 13,314 GlenAfton .. .. 21 11,498 11.519 31 916 19,575 632 192,354 763 23 72 130,073 214 131,145 1,158 7,415 1,273 13,202 Taupiri .. .. 41 7,370 7,411 144 5,833 13,760 .. 4 958 877 88 177 4,543 66 5,751 477 2,419 1,326 9.477 Ngaruawahia .. .. 344 13,583 13,927 156 1.282 5,195 13 65 695 2,039 138 210 59,821 1,372 63,580 153,031 103,826 2,795 20,729 Frankton Junction .. 5,502 96,901 102,403 57 20,710 117,847 604 27,415 25,566 100 1,357 32,928 379 60,330 6,702 76,297 76,739 52,433 Hamilton .. .. 3,596 65,281 68,877 638 21,833 19,064 2,245 13,216 16,283 769 3,553 19,340 154 40,099 888 6,783 35,839 29,726 Cambridge .. .. 112 4,931 5,043 90 21,558 44,555 67 1 237 906 78 271 4,598 12 5,865 2,735 10,382 4,629 39,746 Morrinsville .. .. 854 26,439 27,293 373 52,674 157,075 211 19,«41 4,373 223 1,202 37.019 20 . 42,837 14,983 141,562 12,063 30,799 Matamata .. .. 503 20,598 21,101 122 41,999 91,195 3,116 6.220 4,319 106 531 16,034 22 21,012 2,127 26,339 2,635 34,626 Putaruru .. .. 449 18,359 18,808 315 11,184 37,595 52,396 3,683 307 319 17,780 76 22,165 2,327 38,720 3,725 27,786 Mamaku .. .. 74 8,122 8,196 91 2,831 23,166 87,799 5,242 786 109 219 27,112 2 28,228 145 1,785 24 3,322 Rotorua . .. .. 2,520 32,321 34,841 224 7,356 18,458 21,235 8,213 12,048 233 2,498' 12,648 194 27,621 3,019 8,720 1,802 33,719 Waitoa .. .. 114 4,478 4,592 45 21,065 25,593 11 10,469 659 35 167 15,188 3 16,052 1,578 3,042 1,297 24,136 TeAroha .. .. 633 17,434 18,067 73 13,409 11,118 49 1,691 3,582 38 448 3,041 21 7,130 1,131 3,883 4,323 14,191 Paeroa .. .. 750 40,242 40,992 262 36,370 32,496 484 21,723 4,654 124 1,891 15,259 41 21,969 1,391 6,167 4,047 14,885 Thames .. .. 400 11,780 12,180 319 499 1,010 129 6,315 2,431 208 571 7.870 12 11,092 961 3,654 2,876 10,721 Waihi .. .. 686 13,164 13,850 98 4,689 7,654 21 315 2,865 69 302 1,233 5 4,474 1,432 4,451 7,699 15,352 Katikati .. .. 46 3,850 3,896 240 14,843 16,504 289 1,169 655 183 159 3,937 2 4,936 1,011 8,139 1,243 4,974 Tauranga .. .. 989 18,153 19,142 14 1,614 54,256 290 4,993 5,482 15 2,292 8,472 69 16,330 817 3,113 989 11,043 TePuke .. .. 175 11,268 11,443 24 24,821 39,986 1,260 5,281 1,750 19 404 14,647 8 16,828 1,082 2,986 636 7,824 Edgecombe .. .. 39 2,015 2,054 .. 30.703 63,441 20,283 2,534 786 .. 229 18,195 4 19,214 1,642 1,115 223 12.884 Taneatua .. .. 199 23,385 23,584 .. 17,643 76,833 260 1,254 4,422 . 302 6,932 6 11,662 1,119 279 353 11,238 Ohaupo .. .. 22 2,554 2,576 113 7,243 9,602 .. 156 240 65 43 1,195 1 1,544 1,180 10,188 1,384 14,278 TeAwamutu .. 882 28,747 29,629 226 37,707 128,081 360 15,575 6,840 *303 1,431 20,466 86 29,026 3,868 75,765 12,081 41,811 Otorohanga .. .. 449 17,255 17,704 25 18,760 56,524 4,216 38,718 3,188 16 1,187 20,480 45 24,916 2,253 22,462 8,800 19,050 TeKuiti .. .. 1,877 54,789 56,666 390 13,587 91,064 133,878 51,418 10,327 J91 1,306 64,709 388 77,021 2,876 36,723 4,269 19,392 Ongarue .. .. 127 15,839 15,966 173 1,306 28,791 122,064 5,258 1,830 140 183 35,969! 251 38,373 549 4,149 1,813 5,337 \ j Okahukura .. .. 56 6,519 6,575 129 1,103 13,248 8,593 1,071 261 71 151 4,635 17 5,135 69 1,341 .. 790 Taumarunui .. .. 2,505 69,018 71,523 464 7,067 71,245 105,660 9.731 12,393 262 2,243 44,097 180 59,175 1,919 16,269 6,477 12,597 National Park .. .. 554 18,463 19,017 2 1,359 23,344 162,199 7,619 2,989 2 478 53,745 43 57,257 1,280 3,667 9,250 8,946 Ohakune Junction .. 1,477 36,559 38,036 121 484 12,419 35,422 10,137 5,850 171 526 76 24,589 371 1,136 178 2,868 Raetihi .. .. | 36 3,167 3,203 .. 1,129 79,588 26 2,172 625 .. 89 7,398 5 8,117 955 18,733 296 2,674 Rangataua .. .. 75 17,905 17,9801 94 520 20,082 18,638' 2,951 922 40 73 7,835 19 8,889 351 3,086 1,040 2,407 Mataroa .. .. : 95 7,412 7,507 ! 9 2,441 96.127 20,436 2.848 408 1 7 145 14,938 10 15,508 690 5,752 577 2,429 Taihape .. .. 1,512 28,132 29,644 45 2,294 129,325 825 5,599 6,489 51 818 11,167 80 18,605 799 7,510 2,038 8,340 Mangaweka .. .. 155; 4,735 4,890 7 5,691 122,820 853 3,998 742 5 122 12,09] 6 12,966 510 4,928 968 3,092 Hunterville .. .. 326 12,440 12,766; 32 6,480 147,058 9,229 2,418 1,999 45 287 11,328 6 13,665 2,817 15,937 2,082 8,424 ' Marton .. .. 2,465 26,344 28,809 122 4,754 135,733 102 8,399 7,670 92 769 13,298 295 22,124 1,481 50,864 12,321 12,703 New Plymouth .. 2,784 47,168 49,962! 192 740 865 4,245 97,615 17,304 ;46 1,414 30,411 4,741 54,316 1,696 10,470 34,344 99,417 (Breakwater) .. j .. .. .. .. .. 2,497 37,672 .. . .. 9,962 .. 9,962 .. .. 2,102 32,232 Waitara .. .. 389 21,394 21,783 359 4,308 15,684 .. 17,999 2,134 543 217 12,509 181 15,284 66,144 161,479 3,965 18,496 Inglewood .. .. 298, 13,279 13,577 282 25,379 36,867 138 24,871 2,079 182 194 14,005 15 16,475 955 11,642 3,447 34,411 it I I _

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OUTWARD. INWARD. I Number of Passenger Journeys. Stations. Number cu Pfil1 "imber, rwH™™ Parcels. Total Oattlp Timber, of and and Hundreds of Other ° > Season Luggage, Total Miscei- value and and Hundreds of Other First- Second- Total Season 0alv6£ . pigs S ®«« cial Goods. se ™ r8 . Tickets. Goods. laneous. fol . wardea . Calves . pig * Goods, class. class. : __ - - 1 ! 1 North Island Main Line and Branches—contd. Number. Number. Tons. £ £ £ £ £ £ Number. Number. Tons. Tariki ,. .. 9 2,403 2,412 123 102 3,039 .. 1,404 204 57 16 1,043 2 1,322 48 2,570 176 2,423 Midhurst . . .. 81 5,923 6,004 195 3,355 1,818 89 2,783 285 90 16 2,109 2 2,502 66 296 564 5,429 Stratford .. .. 1,758 42,306 44,064 366 22,519 45,799 66 4,881 9,264 258 783 6,257 71 16,633 2,609 13,016 7,147 16,244 TeWera .. .. 36 904 940 2 1,011 8,663 16 404 94 2 41 962 2 1,101 654 4,749! 288 3,035 Whangamomona .. 59 8,193 8,252 10 3,270 55,571 5,173 10,191 1,040 6 147 11,424 2 12,619 671 5,647 580 1,636 Ohura .. .. 77 8,998 9,075 43 4,172 42,866 1,435 5,165 1,627' 23 703 8,073 3 10,429 1,490 6,785: 798 3,780 FJtham .. .. 148 21,221 21,669 290 33,833 42,558 354 13,534 3,175! 221 302 13,534 20 17,252 11,666 30,913 8,757 19,919 Normanby .. •• 26 3,838 3,864 149 1,4,361 13,498 99 10,403 319 75 32 8,816 3 9,245 1,829 14,316 2,948 20,276 Ha-,vera .. .. 1,592 49,737 51,329 362 24,685 50,248 211 16,692 9,758 301 767 ,13,759 45 24,630 5,588 67.717| 16,074 30,695 Patea.. .. .. 361 12,189 12,550 113 2,034 15,811 46 13,477 2,449 89 244 '22,266 269 25,317 35,625 141,463 4,117 36,789 W&verley .. .. 211 9,988 10,199 82 11,225 65,071 18 3,342 1,480 60 175 6,951 32 8,698 2,791 45,560 3,942 7,017 Aiamoho .. .. 736 19,441 20,177 57 7,052 42,062 90 45,076 3,726 37 461 22,283 18 26,525 1,594 10,424 4,566 45,290 Wanganui .. .. 3,451 50,335 53,786 268 2,001 25,088 485 13,729 13,524 275 1,773 10,056 1,706 27,334 50,338 247,263 24,447 33,536 Wharf .. .. .. .. .. •• 1,368 487 43,749 .. .. .. 10,175 5,795 15,970 2 10 9,268 2,784 '■ Pordell ' .. .. 200 3,402 3,602 36 2,036 44,178 34 289 451 25 86 2,438 8i 3,008 845 17,342 1,216 2,227 Turakina .. .. 100 6,674 6,774 17 1,034 21,409' .. 958 529 9 84 2,146 9 2,777 164 . 18.361! 248 2,681 Greatford .. .. 97 2,215 2,312 21 3,426 40,410; .. 7,659 330 18 45 5,430 2 5,825 245 - 21,468! 1,042 3,555 Hal combe .. .. 48 7.247 7,295 58 525 24,823, .. 2,073 509 54 30 3,160 11 3,764 187 10,830' 393 3,032 Feilding .. 1,532 19,675j 21,207 78 24,083 195,368; 107 15,796 5,818 78 543 26,097 29 32,565 34,717 187,677j 15,090 26,017 Palmerston North .. ! 11,339 139,548' 150,887 242 7,058 25.367' 697 37,792 36,749 388 3,608 51,994 497 93,236 11,942 78,506 56,928 69,155 Ashhurst .. •• 138 7,042 7,180 39 1,411 24,525; .. 856 583 34 56 2,935 2 3,610 2,420 18,236 428 2,848 Xxmgburn .. .. 300 13,268 13.568 34 8,230 36,948 1 8,504 621 20 79 15,029 12 15,761 8,748 116,697 137 4,117 Foxton .. -. j .. •• -• 1,219 3,252 1 10,063 Or. 1 .. 36 5,943 472 6,450 388 7,332 6,536 7,556 Shannon .. •• 233 34,379 34,612 373 8,835 61,989 75 4,068 2,583 301 212 6,782 9 9,887 1,087 19,914 1,695 4,339 Levin.. .. .. 1,207 39,092 40,299 323 11,633 40,291 265 3,949 6,319 263 583 5,070 48 12,283 1,929 23,182 5,235 8,537 Otaki .. .. 635 27,643 28,278 303 2,064 30,895 640 2,113 ' 3,643 215 2,095 3.533 32 9,518 769 12,061 1,283 5.059 Paekakariki .. .. 1,552 57,302 57,854 461 734 31,139 3,040 2,943 4,736 208 1,453 2,920 38 9,355 452 5,389 3.778 5,273 Johnsonville .. .. 864 46,245 47,109 8,727 392 18,581 2 218 2,404 '2,045 98 833 8 5,388 14,050 70,288 1,556 3,479 Thorndon (Coaching) .. 19,121 232,249 251,370 16,185 .. .. ' .. 61,876 4,234 17,257 . ■• . 1,062 84,429 Lambton (Coaching) .. 60,434 204,996 265,430 32,572 .. .. .. .. 18,870 12,767 3,472 .. 394 35,503 Wellington— Goods .. .... .. .. .. 415 1,700 12,274 171,043 .. .. .. 172.438 3,544 175,982 560 1,403 50,180 183,840 Wharf .. •• .. .. .. •• •• •• ■■ 3,326 .. .. .. 293 293 .. .. 46,205 Courteriay Place Book- 2,110 16,707 18,817 1,500 .. .. .. .. 12,278 1,947 8,563 .. 122 22,910 ing-office Ngahaurangfj .. .. 18 3,279 3,297 1,239 .. 150 .. 11,727 86 219 5 748 2 1,060 11,169 571,317 .. 3,023 Petone .. 5,665 156,648 162,313 87,097 28 8,027 1,705 31,303 4,494 17,142 374 59,540 99 81,649 6,627 500,490 13,459 27,230 Lower Hutt .. .. 2,074 62,414 64,488 29,791 132 .. .. 16,529 2,479 6,794 415 3,603 34 13,325 292 2,115 14,894 3,273 Upper Hutt .. .. . 1,392 86,859 88,251 17,004 631 7,858 104 585 4,685 5,370 282 1,832 26 12,195 1,419 5,291 180 3,270 Featherston .. .. 1,829 18,169: 19,998 104 4,179 126,573 .. 7,796 2,301 74 918 11,539 27 14,859 804 6,037 2,464 8,372 Carterton .. .. 663 8,598 9,261 37 2,106 72,318 22 19,197 1,845 37 643 27,294 23 29,842 11,969 69,567 5,964 8,585 Masterton .. . . 3,324 35,311 38,635 29 2,861 116,136 2,215 8,713 7,432 56 797 13,972 55 22,312 1,941 17,842 15,089 19,718 Mauriceville .. .. 42 2,028 2,070 36 217 5,386 79 8,756 310 29 33 5,164 2 5,538 80 447 475 1,165 Eketahuna .. 397 4,785 5,182 46 6,977 56,768 1,564 3,508 995 39 156 7,224 9 8,423 228 1,835 1,017 4,439 Hukanui .. .. 20 1,743 1,763 25 2,419 10,071 .. 516 213 23 127 1,259 2 1,624 122 684 120 3,307 Pahiatua .. .. 428 5.303 5,731 5 9,158 80,753 6 2,732 1,170 5 262 7,174 5 8,616; 554 4,415 4,628 5,486 Mangatainoka .. 59 1.605 1,664 .. 2,660 46,819 .. 1,368 307 .. 82 4,521 2 4,912; 221 1,823 615 2,355 Woodville .. .. 684 15,422 16,106 69 12,918 166,127 23 6,148 2,226 66 147 16,691 25 19,155; 2,159 16,255 1,292 4,880 Dannevirke .. .. 1,334 26,205 28,539 213 11,563 69,436 264 4,451 6,093 217 693 9,197 77 16,277 1,909 8,847 7.480 16,846 Ormondville .. .. 117 10,445 10,562 11 4,227 68,775 .. 2,209 1,073 14 102 5,794 2 6,985 554 4,262 977 4,004 Takapau .. .. 194 4,823 5,017 59 2,655 71,458 60 9,146 1,042 52 124 7,901 3 9,122 546 8,376 530 3,504 Waipukurau .. .. 953 15,162 16,115 18 6,042 214,867 400 5,301 4,004 8 374 10.981 23 15,390 1,142 7,557 1,839 9,839 Waipawa .. . 378 11,578 11,956 28 2,055 77,240 1 7,190 2,012 9 227 6,553 44 8,845 170 958 269 4,941 Otane .. 150 7,401 7,551 72 8,752 95,710 5 3,520 876 59 105 8,760 2 9,802 103 1,237 80 1,445 Hastings .. .. 2,274 31,596 33,870 93 811 22,012 250 21,280 14,239 190 1,679 27,198 232 43,538 1,131 16,856 6,974 39,533 Clive.. .. .. 7 272 279 216 1,744 .. 33,822 51 42 13,168 2 13,263 22,566' 435,712 1,347 5.745 Napier .. .. 3,131 31,617 34,748 193 162 2 550 2,719 16,662 146 1,682 4,531 62 23,083 300 3,861 3,969 15,513 PortAhnriri . . .. .. .. .. 30 4,523 636 26,567 .. .. 17 13,223 774 14,014 18 242 1,467* 48,929 i * Chief Accountant .. 50,613 145,040 195,653 7,272 .. •• •• 185,230! 30,092 55,824 120,504 23,908 415,558 ! Overseas Traffic .. .. .. .. .. 398 396 120 2,979 .. .. 23,020 .. 23,020 398 396 120 2,979 : , . 1 ______ Totals .. .. 255,4794,142,641 4,398,120 350,0761025409 4,958,980 922,676 2,438,114 827,138 121,985 201,190 2,476,862 62,053 3,689,228 1025409 4,958,980 922,676 2,438,114 Kaihtj Section— Dargavffle .. .. 138 15,930 16,068 42 8 344 4,808 3,774 2,208 15 1,133 1,252 20 4,628 8 344 4,808 3,774 District Office .. .. .. 492 492 .. .. .. .. Or. 1,346 205 65 9 Or. 1,067 Overseas Traffic .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. •. .. .. .. 263 .. 263 Totals .. .. 138 16,422 16,560 42 8 344 4,808 3,774 862 220 1,198 1,524 20 3,824 8 344 4,808 3,774 | ■ -t~ ! — Gisborne Section — Gisborne .. .. 281 6,712 6,993 41 540 8,101 507 2,595 1,355 37 223 1,785 67 3,467 2,645 78,750 40,682 28,319 Motuhora .. .. 355 8,227 8,582 .. 2,645 78,750 40,682 28,319 810; .. 1,123 13,926 8 15,867 540 8,101 507 2,595 District Office ... .. .. 1,232 1,232 .. .. .. .. Or, 810 415 104 127 Or. 164 .. .. .. Overseas Traffic .. .. .. .. . r .. .. .. 14 • .. .. 1 1 .. .. 14 Totals .. .. 636 16,171 16,807; 41 3,185 86,8>1 41,189 30,928 1,355 452 1,450 15,839 75 19,17lj 3,185 86,851 41,189 30,928 - ' I I ■

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OUTWAKD. INWARD. Number of Passenger Journeys. Stations. Number, Cattl sh Timber, in Orrlint.rv Parcels, T . i r , ,,, Timber, in c of and and Hundreds of Other ° r S 1 a n _!' ry Season ; Luggage, Total Miscel- Total , Cattle Sheep Hundrefls 0 ; otber First- Second- Tota] gj«o»J Calves. Pigs. Goods. Tickets. Goods. laneous. for ™° d V C^B . Goods, class. class. i * ! ] ! 1 I I I i 1 South Island Main Lines i AND BRANCHES — Number. Number. Tons. £ £ £ £ £ £ 'Number. Number. Tons Lyttelton .. .. 23,825 205,494 229,319 10,931 266 32,231 33,100 306,279 8,819 3,221 7,050 119,236 11,150 149,476 826 6,508 5,834 214,837 (Wharf) .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,375 .. .. , .. 2,022 .. 2,022 .. .. .. 44,710 Heathcote .. .. 453 52,815 ' 53,268 3,256 .. .. 45 3,863 898 792 86 2,947 1 4,724 .. .. 1771 5,762 Woolston .. .. 574 35,058 35,632 8,166 5 .. .. 3,697 808; 1,305 95 1,756 2 3,966 12 10 828 12,463 Opawa .. .. 332 24,057 24,389 4,380 .. .. .. 519; 669 42 2 1 1,233 .. .. .. 1 ; Christchurch — Coaching .. .. 44,118 468,122 612,240.12,367 .. .. .. .. 62„ ! ;24 4,196 16,797 .. 340 83,657 Goods .. .. .. .. .. .. 562 .. 2,639 81,620 .. .. .. 70,244 652 70,896 491 503 68,498 301,140 Central Booking-office 12,622 45,526 58,148 194 .. .. .. .. 30,898 1,369 925 .. 19 33,211 Addington .. .. 304 13,176 13,480 802 3,513 201,135 3,011 30,461 1,303 131 202 18,224 213 20,073 20,726 392,852 82,587 53,909 Riccarton .. .. 313 3,081 3,394 198 .. .. 1,211 4,377 316 85 31 1,553 1 1,986 2 .. 53,576 13,815 - Papanui .. .. 263 7,703 7,966 1,053 50 .. 223 4,838 683] 358 105 3,686 3 4,835 77 93 23,322 7,159 Belfast .. .. 73 7,3571 7,430 190 157 5,605 124 23,048 325 170 31 13,237 16 13,779 442 694,640 4,814; 9,511 Kaiapoi .. .. 177 18,178 18,355 323 1701 10,299 153 15,505 1,213 237 172 7,718 39 9,379 104 179,058 3,166 8,833 Rangiora .. .. 355 42,934 43,289 358 1,149 33,524 1,123 11,620 3,411 332 422 7.169 78 11,412 427 11,034 8,150 9,637 . | East Oxford .. .. .. 1,649 1,649 430 ; 40,315 7 1,571 127! .. 22 2,193 .. 2,342 173 11,342 1,079 3,956 Sefton .. .. 29 3,679 3,708 118 151 7,385 .. 4,088 £66j 72 27 2,114 1 2,480 76 5,283 194 2,640 Amberley .. 65 3,098 3,163 67 293 44,829 724 1,844 S73 61 136 2,464 3 3,037 82 21,855 569 1,948 Waipara .. .. 152 3,304 3,456 28 1,232 115.560 1,074 3,854 400 26 222 6,781 7 7,436 212; 10,731 766 1,149 Mina.. .. .. 78 1,750 1,828 31 939, 60,564 2 2,119 458 23 252 4,062 6 4,801 460 9,397 1,823 3,747 Parnassus .. .. 1,452 1,514 2,966 .. 1,446 87,100 678 2,285 122 .. 249 6,979 18 7,968 368 2,639 826 3,450Waikari .. .. 88 3,085 3,173 31 99 23,708 .. 8,998 445 26 76 4,755 2 5,304 59 4,204 714 2,123 Hawarden .. .. 12 2,027 2,039 3 797 73,797 364 4,376 321 8 199 5,504 7 6,039 101 13,682 1,865 2,092 Culverden .. .. 59 2,283 2,342 .. 1,527 65,773 21 4,483 818 .. 143 5,848 4 359 7,974| 1,277 4,132 Waiau .. .. 39 1,074 1,113 .. 422; 61,623 .. 1,072 296| .. 101 3,990 3 4,390 295 3,298; 863 1,794 Hornby .. .. 120 9,618 9,738 86 1,146 2,157 :. 47,494 881 66 41 18,075 3 19,066 1,475 9,778 2,030 47,461 Lincoln .. .. 4 5,565 5,569 143 952 50,144 3 11,218 340 96 29 4,569 7 5,041 108 5,524 800 2,710 Leeston .. .. 15 3,228 3,243 ! 27 281 19,743 .. 3,526 283 32 104 1,998 3 2,420 194 16,671 1,090 5,168 South bridge .. .. 2 9,335 9,337 3 405 27,751 .. 6,078 637 2 314 3,677 8 4,688 66 8,546 576 2,163 Little River .. .. 25 6,229 6,254 32 5,759 104,966 .. 1,441 I £78 32 514 4.734 29 6,287! 555 27,509 1,116 2,368 Islington .. .. 21 5,850 5,871 52 29 3,473 44 14,104 47 65 6.594 .. 7,054 6,322 252,519 5,082 9,545 Rolleston .. .. 82 6,612 6,694 25 280 30,322 .. 4,887 539 21 59 2,794 2 3,415 213 10,435 642 1,768 Kirwee .. .. 10 1,464 1,474 39 148 16,040 .. 2,706 134 38 25 1,678 2 1,877 74 19,692 21 1,968 Oarfield .. .. 88 2,678 2,766 72 171 50,512 .. 4,294 314 62 76 2,949 7 3,408 130 7,595 1,627 1,247 Coalgate .. .. .. 397 397 .. 369 55,492 161 11,823 26 .. 90 7,446 7 7,569 87 6,931 1,972 3,166 Sheffield .. .. 55 2,049 2,104 31 363 29,222 14 2,243 293 23 89 2,229 3 2,637 66 8,498 235 1,317 Springfield .. .. 661 9,882 10,543 32 359 16,911 .. 2,647 1,602 29 180 4,381 27 6,119 45 6,796 710 2,757 Arthur's Pass .. .. 65 3,076 3,141 .. 78 12 188 340 42 213 2 597 8 849 285 854 Otira.. .. .. 643 16,692 17,335 .. 618 9,335 74,878 2,127 2,148 .. 262 24,301 23 26,734 116 251 351 4,301 Moana .. .. 27 3,389 3,416 53 580 1,085 47,014 1,888 £29 48 181 11,534 14 12,300 407 1,429 300 1,748 Stillwater .. .. 291 13,981 14,272 120 84 155 33,773 56,682 1,565 85 97 26,503 12 28,262 150 191 569 1,737 Ngahere .. .. 62 ! 7,088 7,150 43 974 12,148 102,195 1,515 642 36 110 17,901 2 18,691 322 2,254 368 1,409 Blackball .. .. 14j 4,886 4,900 224 .. .. .. 42,392 671 182 28 20,100 3 20,884 .. .. 131 1,111 Ilcamatua .. .. 126j 4,290 4,416 30 302 6,030 45,003 5,978 «44 23' 114 12,529 16 13,526 204 1,615 683 5,356 Reefton .. .. 675; 12,998 13,673 56 449 5,111 13,017 43,920 3,266 42 204 38,742 546 42,800 321 1,383 1,548 3,195 Inangahua .. .. 22 690 712 .. : 303 6,281 6,526 1,755 147 .. 76 2.907 10 3,140 283 108 391 1,416 Greymouth .. .. 3,990; 115,838 119,828 1,400 569 1,053 12,703 17,222 18,150 '758 2,100 13,658; 6,207 40,873 2,269 7,225 8,335 23,072 (Wharf) .. .. .. .. .. 16 .. 1,856 3,088 .. .. • .. 5,792 .. 5,792 .. 315,390 161,415 Runanga .. .. 15j 51,776 51,791 1,923 12 160 1,657 81,778 1,291, 523 54 40,455 42 42,365 202 415' 1,075 3,692 Rewanui .. .. 8; 5,172 5,180 9,006 14 .. .. 111,977 173 1,579 2 58,480 450 60,684 21 66 3,977 2,681 Kumara .. .. 209 5,517 5,726 39 1,487 3,056 83,842 1,753 507 26 70 13,482 8 14,093 153 336 566 5,728 Hokitika .. .. 1,202 29,416 30,618 141 1,074, 6,519 103,049 2,995 5,673 82 703 25,277 456 32,191 335 2,805 12,053 13,816 Ross .. .. .. 57; 15,967 16,024 14! 760 18,904 131,700 3,794 1,125 11 141 28,765 27 30,069 89 316 295 4,142 Dunsandel .. .. Ill 9,602 9,713 43 337 40,061 .. 5,702 ( J32 38 61 4,277 2 5,310 214 23,150 351 2,323 Rakaia .. .. 466 14,590 15,056 254 647 137,360 8,191 19,617 1,670 214 258 16,760 20 18,922 206 23,162 737 4,133 Methven .. .. 19 5,985 8,004 15 840 59,893 8,550 4,751 886 19 117 7,191 13 8,226 260 33,607 2,947 7,240 Chertsey .. .. 2 4,211 4,213 57 1 1,585 64.382 .. 12,444 331 41 45 14,800 1 15,218 463 81,278 298 1,739 Ashburton .. 2,548 59,307 61,855 220; 822 4,469 2,759 20,135 9,982 172 1,178 16,182 283 27,797 993 56,894 19,014 25,131 Tinwftlu .. .. 77 3,549 3,626 70 996 100,096 <H0 8,710 230 11 54 10,015 2 10,312 472 85,307 380 2,670 Mount Somers ' .. .. 523 523j .. 147 18,039 »0| 6,627 47 .. 158 4,009 47 4,261 375 3,430 310 3,069 Hinds .. .. 34 5,504 5,538; 133 429! 60,784 126 6,168 653 98 52 6,534 1 7,238 109 11,895 715 3,500 ■Po T »rrfc»>'* 11T A oQ/f 4.411' 5* 4T' 78-5SSz 8- - OOO' 'Si 30 29 1 t 0 .5G ] 2,2£ w '- 3-i 6,GOT 305 1,212 Oran .. .. .. 323 10,248 10,571 139 695 46,186 9 1,724 1,690 109 133 2,701 3 4 *«36 247 5,440 1,568 3,397 Winchester .. .. 122 3,802 3,924 109 227 3,621 .. 6,215 386 86 28 2,578 1 3,059 81 1,416 84 1,609 Temuka .. .. 505 24,992 25,497 77 1,864 44,051 36; 5,360 3,375 63 1,274 4,365 12 9,089 405 10,740 3,080 6,936 Washdyke .. .. 7 3,631 3,638 53 1,090! 21,989 26 11,678 -34 41 9 7,110 1 7,395 1,227 117,963 432 4,766 Pleasant Point .. 10 4,236 4,246 69 42l| 69,302 .. 7,434 347 61 51 4,531 5 4,995 421 15,713 862 4,685 Albury .. .. 4 1,478 1,482 27 258 1 37,644 .. 1,387 'M 17 29 1,947 ... 2,217 85 702 781 2,561 Fairlie .. .. 41 8,059 8,100 28 262; 62,375 3 2,350i 1,173 25 237 4,065 4 5,504 246 2,780 2,299 5,942 Timaru .. .. 4,741 91,471 96,212 342 160; 6,570 3,010 74,277 21,044 225 1,900 22,418 3,078 48,665 363 294,084 19,968 128,358 „ (Wharf) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 31,390 .. ; .. .. 4,762 .. 4,762 .. .. .. 49,813 St. Andrews .. .. 55 7,248 7,303 163 292 12,870 34 13,737 GD9j 115 35 5,628 4 6,291 141 114,873 1,244 5,251 Ma.kikihi .. .. 7 1,529 1,536 74 101 39,547 .. 3,156 150 60 18 2.189 .. 2,417 23 6,791 150 2,464 Studholme .. .. 192 5,588 5,780 136 596 25,154 .. 6,981 1,070 52 67 3,958 3 5,150 215 19,298 57 1,533 Waimate .. .. 213 17,209 17,422 .. 393 , 52,026 .. 3,448 2,4)0 .. 382 4,518 3 7,363 177 1,289 3,332 10,103: Morven .. .. 28 4,155 4,183 75 62 26,326 10 3,815 .'83 59 29 2,793 1 3,215 31 3,274 212 1,727 Glenavy .. .. 26 2,666 2,692! 51 54 27,805 55 6,544 t'57 40! 59 3,196 1 3,553 27; 5,832 483 2,759 Pukeuri .. .. 6 - 1,567 1,573! 23 276 1 36,665 .. 11,389 DO 17 52 9,797 3 9,959 314 185,022 216 1,647 Duntroon .. .. 26 1,804 l,83o! 25 189 42,165 .. 1,217 222 23; 40 2,685 .. 2,970 48 6,179 401 1,922 Kurow .. .. 56 6,543 6,599 12 262 44,882 244 2,723 1,017 14 116 6.421 41 7,609 122 2,056 1,038 5,185 Oamaru .. .. 2,006 47,218 49,224 212 721 21,211 609 21,319 12,(88 182 1,692! 9,548 1,030 24,490 556 6,735 10,681 34,056 (Breakwater) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 5,720 .. .. j 1,615 .. "■ 1,615 .. | 30j .. 20,363 Waiareka Junction .. 4 818 822 .. 383 30,256 2 7 9,113 52 .. 38] 5,346 27 5,443 347 36,451 48 1,580 Ngapara .. .. 2 177 179 .. 47 1,484 .. 5,510 24 15] 3,163 .. 3,202 103] 7,466 490 4,803 Maheno .. .. 3 6,874 6,877 106 1,142 24,817 .. 5,602 486 82 497 4,300 11 5,376 195 12,067 412 4,602 Hampden .. .. 40 4,516 4,556 35 < 363] 20,352 8 2,478 ,92 32 201 2,744 10 3,479 150 7,274 618 5,562 Palmerston .. .. 396 27,796 28,192 99 851 66,046 22 5,282 3,226 59 521 6,120 50 9,976 483 5,501 1,708 5,166 Makaraeo .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20,797 .. .. .. 6,442 ... 6,442 .. .. 19 613 Waikouaiti .. .. 48 5,754 5,802 385 764 22,804 32 660 1.52 153 167 1,870 2 2,844 559 3,387 836 3,362 Seacliff .. .. 367 13,918 14,285 278 202 2,453 5 285 1,104 97 103 398 6 1,708 139 1,672 662 5,234 Waitati .. .. 436 14,721 15,157 114 162 2,315 .. 319 f,S8| 87 102 288 2 1,167 170 1.498 107 962 Port Chalmers Upper .. 113 6,780 6,893 315 146 2,533 .. 377 43 1 84 83 149 1 770 16! 425 6 Sawyer's Bay .. .. 429 21,241 21,670 3,654 43 303 .. 25; U» 861 16 37 2\ 1,465 37| 267 177 2,049

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STATEMENT No. 18—continued. Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1936 —continued.

OUTWABD. INWABD. Number op Passenger Journeys. Stations. Number qv, aot » Timber, in _ Parcels, m . , „ , 4 , Timber in of and and Hundreds of Other 0r p 1Dary Season Luggage, Total Miscel- Value and and P Hundreds of Other flass" S ci e a°ss a ' Total - ticket". CalreB ' Pi S s ' Ieet G °° d8 - 0 * 6 ' 8 ' Ma°fs. G °° dB ' forwarded. Cafyes. Kgs. Goo<i6 I I I I I* j I 1 r South Island M a is Links and Branches —contd. Number. Number. Tons £ £ £ £ £ £ Number.' Number. Tons Port Chalmers .. .. 1,916 70,680 72,596 10,210 9 .. .. 43,939 2,580 2,976 138 15,461 1,657 22,812 10 135 2,857 52,749 St. Leonard's .. .. 320 12,380 12,700 2,482 18 .. 7 335 654 8 4 1 1,002 8 49 ; 19 Ravensbourne .. .. 1,053 35,003 36,056 4,275 .. .. .. 38,401 492 1,028 13 18,216 5 19,754 .. .. 199 4 696 Dunedin (Coaching) .. 22,066 463,066 485,132 14,833 .. .. .. . 78,329 5,566 11,363 .. 354 95,612 (Goods) .. .. 860 473 11,875 119,971 .. .. .. 133,188 1,207 134,395 963 957 88,738: 190,858 Caversham .. •• 405 25,972 26,377 2,119 3 135 431 1,485 273| 138 557 5 2,458j 3 .. 8,988 5,289 Burnside .. .. 432 22,449 22,881 4,109 1,791 16,165 86 48,752 505 639 116 39,148 41 40,449 19,790 546,882 2,987 74,823 Green Island .. .. 944 45,437 46,381 5,834 .. .. .. 5,674 1,212 1,302' 47 2,261 46 4,868 1 40 544 8 983 Abbotsford .. 184 42,003 42,187 5,269 .. .. 9 631 966 1,110 24 429: 7 2,536 .. .. 460* 155 Wingatui .. •• 177 24,804 24,981 1,127 1,074 28,836 12 2,670 1,071 326 74 4,959j 6 6,436 556 2,176 100 1,699 Middlemarch .. . • 127 2,408 2,535 .. 1,193 70,873 40 1,885 458 .. 487 6,315! 3 7,263 348 7,581 l,276l 4,400 . Waipiata .. • ■ 71, 2,095 2,166 .. 488 51,768 32 741 630 .. Ill 4,352' 1 5,094 231 3,310 1,0231 4, «26 Ranfurly .. •• 230; 3.205 3,435 2 351 -50,912; 27 1,212 1,059 1 214 4,884; 6 6,164 78 2,597 1,411 3.843 Oturehua .. ■ • 38; 1,221 1,259 6 687 78,254 .. 1,795 4781 5 251 7,925| 1 8,660 34 5,114 506: 2.641 Omakau .. •• 79: 2,646 2,725 1 755 58,895, .. 942 1,019; 1 383' 6,014 1 7,418 287 7,606 2,441 : 4,442 Alexandra .. •• 169 2,318 2,487 21 62 14,549 18 2,927 1,056: 34 280, 5,995 10 7,381 129 2,338 3,609 6,887 C'ivrle .. 26; 1,665 1,691 59 27 4,426 129 1,331 5051 44 159 2,750 3 3,461 9 634| 1,077 2,250 Cromwell .. •• 186! 4,251 4,437 27 393 50,671 17 4,603 1,913 6 475 10,715 21 13,130 130 1,947: 3,012 6,624 Mosgiel .. •• 1,646 79,369 81,015 6,773 237 : 7,451 .. 2,201 4,197 ; 2,196 250 1.344j 8 7,995 468 5,680 : 860 1,927 Outram .. •• 9. 5,190 5,199 173 181 7,787 22 1,282 325 : 63 26 880! 1 1,295 103 1,4681 1,241 5,636 Allanton .. •• 245, 9,333 9,578 46 667, 18,396 .. 2,520 572; 25 136 1,985 .. 2,718 738 12,101 579 2,955 Milburn .. 24 1,421 1,445 15 128 10,941 .. 65,698 117 18 24 21,733 273 22,165 117 2,602 320 19.809 Mill on .. •• 514 19,283 19,797 52 1,470 41,747 55 4,757 3,150 56 733 4,564 72 8,575 507 13,473 ; 1,437 10,489 Lawrence .. 91 4,180 4,271 .. 307 22,636 437 1,663 507 .. j 192 2,989 6 3,694 173 2,808 944 6,108 Miller's Flat .. •• 10 399 409 147 38,019 2 2,602 97 .. ' 63 5,943 4 6,107 140 269 l,018j 2,787 Roxburgh .. •• 7 339; 346 .. 35 11,8391 „, 3,556 154 .. 65 6,592 4 6,815 23 1,331 1,523 2,796 Lovell's Flat .. •• 79 2,189| 2,268 28 167 20,070 .. 12,026 174 13 37 6,557 136 6,917: 59 2,724 670 3,726 Stirling •• 1841 9,883: 10,067 3081 6,17«> 10,408 16 98,024 1,136 232 165 51,942 1,252 54,727 377 2,475 1,315 4,192 Balclutha .. 928 30,058 30,986 81 1,709 70,145 1,773 16,220 5,840 132 795 21,513 67 28.347 4,308 169,146 3,554' 15,934 Owaka .. •• 38 5,511 5,549 241 636 40,448: 26,766; 5,492 1,057 24 275, 10,267! 6 11.629 296 7,541 9o6 7,848 \ Tahakopa .. .. .. 10,343 10,343 3 ) 135 3,l69j 14,504, 770 1,247 4 144j 3,785 7 5,187 70; 2,735 115 1,925 Waiwera .. •• 5 2,383 2,388 .. / 74 13,876; 322 : 1,280 29e! .. 395 1,696! ... 2,387, 60 1 862 787 7,578 Clinton .. • • 208' 13,728 13,936 36 396 41,282; 8,727 1,543 1,881; 47 97 4,969j 11 7,005! 116 1,982 200 4,860 Waipahi .. .. 117 7,385 7,502 13 2,459 61,477 46 1,956 1,333| 11 224 4,959 3 6,530 461 3,196 407 6,767 Tapanui .. .. 41 1,671 1,712 .. 502 37,993j .. 1,951 502 .. 38| 4,841 12 6,393 91 500; 820 5,539 j ■ l! fleriot .. .. 14 206 220 .. 571 80,150 9 1,497 86 .. 107 6,684 1 6,878 222 3,109 1,269 9,617 Gore .. .. •• 1,870 48,042 49,912 288 2,026 174,188 780 16,514 10,850, 192 1,228 21,038 77 38.:!8S|| 1,242 9,315 2,454 44,348 Riversdale .. •• 24; 4,544 4,568 113 969 125,400 .. 5,109 510; 97 147 10,512 4 11,270 217 7,076 947 16,985 Mataura .. •• 189; 25,136 25,325 271 593 36,841 132 15,811 2,650: 202 126 21,119 9 24,10« 310 120,493 288: 16,032 Eden dale .. •• 287 17,220 17,507 214 2,196 43,148 .. 5,056 2,832! 156 163' 6,873 61 10,085 375 15,122 506 14,436 ; ! ! Wyndham .. ., 4! 980 984 .. 336 17,000 .. 2,359 133: .. 49 ! 3,413 .. 3,595 99 959 164: 10,885 Woodlands .. .. 56; 8,836 8,892 67 1,082 28,903 55 1,958 898 1 52 71: 2,159 2 3,182 115 12,442 20 8,376 Invercargill (Coach ii .. 5,726; 215,772 221,498 4,327 .. .. .. .. 37,326 1,970 2,828 .. 132 42,256 (Goods) .. .. .. .. .. 4,454 47,094 13,312 60,112 .. .. .. 38,650 515 39,165; 2,767 20,381 18,202 120,216 Waimahaka .. ..I 1 7,247 7,248 41 2,751 50,516 3,083 2,225 500 32 147 5,3651 7 6,051 251 7,378j 598 13,357 Bluff .. 541 53,124 53,665 1,602 45 73 4,822 89,631 2,563' 763 193 41,481 5,211 50,211 1,320 373,797' 46,942 81,298 „ (Wharf) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. j .. 4,469 .. .. .. 622; .. 622 .. .. .. 32,805 Makarewa .. .. 16 5,534 5,550 616 1,033 74,352 1,128 16,622 304 262 116 11,906 1 12,579 2,567 154,527 2,246 11,703 Thornbur? .. .. 9 2,376 2,385 184 311 36,344 4,225 1,554 161 129 26 2,904! 16 3,236 122 8,848 47 9,468 Riverton .. .. 403 6,120 6,523 128 342 8,506 20,461 3,118 877 99 200 6,526 6 7,708 253 1,642 208 4,459 Orepuki .. .. 12 4,488 4,500 85 312 17,686 1,970 1,376 521 63 107 2,044 4 2,739 135 4,947 82 2,166 Tuatapere .. .. 12 13,942 13,954 32 567 36,002 56,650 13,182 1,230 27 265 22,712 .. 24,234 300 2,831 79 3,345 Otautau .. .. 19 2,840 2,859 188 383 56,857 3,119 . 1,896 343: 155 86 3,599! 19 « 2U "61 9,624 99 8,249 Wairio .. .. 6 3,873 3,879 127 311 14,871 ' .. 150,385 505' 102 47 108,825 2,374 ul|853 fci , 880 289 7,016 Winton .. .. 211 12,700 12,911 112 928 131,986 11,385 57,036 1,163 85 437 27,688 <\ 29,382 413 29,847 136 13,596 Lumsden .. .. 296 19,507 19,803 180 1,038 76,042 5 13,881 2,696 110 265 10,00 - 24 13,102 398 1,790 18,309 Kingston .. .. 1,103 4,382 5,485 .. 74 2,095 ... 357! 1,340 .. 39 4 1.969 85 1,812 684 3,738 Through Traffic (Lake .. .. .. .. 8 8,540 1,669 1,522 .. .. .. .,,163 .. 3,163 93 1,067 1.106 3,686 Wakatipu) Chief Accountant .. 9,230; 61,028 70,258 183 .. .. . .. 36,296! 13,780 30,320 38,280 10,127 124,803 Overseas Traffic .. EBB •• 392 294 W 9,751; .'. | .. .. 46,355; 46.355 392 294 18 9,~V51 Totals .. .. 160,0503,236,416 3,396,466130,199 92,441 4,587,881 !'.4,405 2,355,852 448,601 55~243 93,893 1,775,795 48,993 2,422,525, 92,441 4,587,881 914,400 2,35:.,sM| Westpoet Section — Westport .. .. 159 16,615 16,774 166 98 76 252 3,490 1,809 125 178 3,815 3,791 9,718 24 57 6,143 303,5® Waimangaroa .. .. .. 12,173 12,173 123 461 134,299 478 92 216 21,580 17 22,383 2 40 1 211 2 4® Granity .. .. 4 26,903 26,907 453 25 57 7,103 170,406 1,631 295 319 33,831 10 36,086 97 36 *462, 2jfl District Office .. .. .. 886 886 .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 986 298 198 11 83 Cr. 396 Overseas Traffic 2 93 518 .. 288 288 2 93 5H Totals .. .. 163 56,577 56,740 742 125 133 7,909 308,713 2,932 810 911 59,525 3,901 68,0791 125 133 _ 7,909: 308/7« Nelson Section — Port Nelson .. .. 17 2,597 185 185 Nelson .. . 296 17,847 18,143 527 14 83 183 6,260 2,376 482 69 2,567 48 5,542 1,952 29,008 1,427 9 7/fl Wakefield .. .. 6 8,056 8,062 62 872 18,049 1,492 5,959 493 27 44 3,008 3 3,575 31 1,094 137 4,'6:fl Glenhope .. .. .. 508 508 .. 1,423 18,135 233 2,624 93 501 29 2,307 2 2,932 326 6,165 361 District Office .. 1,308 1,308 .. .. .. |.. .. Or. 1,225 .. 154 250 Cr. 821 .. .. H Overseas Traffic 1 287 .. 555 .. .. 517 .. 517 1 287 : ! : i I Totals .. .. 302 27,719 28,021 579 2,310 36,554 1,925 17,995 1,737 1,010 296 8,834 53 11,939, 2,310 36,554 1,925 ;—. —j 1 j Picton Section— Picton .. .. 1,906 15,721 17,627 159 357 25,460 - 140 20,697 1,210 136 485 11,083 2,020 14,934 504 105,153 542 21,27® Blenheim .. 3,187 29,149 32,336 308 504 105,153 542 21,279 3,064 244 228 9,849 72 13,457 357 25,460 140 20,69® District Office .. .. 3 1,144 1,147 .. .. .. .. .. Or. 839 458 313 263 .. 195 .. .. ' Overseas Traffic .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 326 .. .. .. 176 .. 176 1 .. 32I Totals .. .. 5,096 46,014 51,110 467 . 862 130,613 682 42,302 3,435 838 1,026 21,371 2,092 28,762 862 130,613 682 42^30® Lake Wakatipu Steamebs— \ ' Totals .. .. .. j 27,824 27,824 3 152 14,785 1,608 6,267 4,442 47 859 5,215 35 10,598 152 14,785 1,608 6,26®

STATEMENT No. 19. Classification of Goods and Live-stock Traffic and Earnings by Commodities.

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Year ended 31st March, 1936. Year ended 31st March, 1935. Revenue. Revenue. Commodity. Tons — 1 — j Tonnage Per Cent. Tons One Mile Average Tonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average ! | carried. of Gross. (000 omitted). Haul. Per Per carried. of Gross. I (000 Haul. *■' eT Total. Cent. Per Ton. Ton omitted). Total. Cent, I'erTon. Ton of Gross. Mile. of Gross. i Mile. [ ' ]_ Products of Agriculture. Miles. £ £ s. d. d. Miles. £ s - d. d. Grain .. .. .. .. 185,754 3-00 9,027 52 93,404 2-11 0 10 1 2-32 304,936 5-06 14.041 46 139,771 3-30 9 2 2-38 Meals .. .. .. .. 113,992 1-84 7,566 66 68,479 1-55 0 12 0 2-17 118,666 1-97 7,620 64 69,002 1-63 11 8 2-17 Fruit .. .. .. .. 36,978 0-60 6,700 181 54,973 1-24 1 9 9 1-96 47,997 0-80 9,144 191 73,313 1-73 30 7 1-92 Root crops and fodder .. .. 114,614 1-85 8,658 76 70,221 1-58 0 12 3 1-94 111,718 1-85 8,250 74 66,932 1-58 12 0 1-94 Flax, treen and pressed .. .. 10,315 0-17 752 73 8,335 0-19 0 16 2 2-65 10,695 0-18 746 70 6,906 0-16 12 11 2-22 Seeds .. .. .. .. 16,275 0-26 927 57 12,221 0-28 0 15 0 3-16 21,767 0-36 1,195 55 16,107 0-38 14 10 3-23 477,928 7-72 34,230 72 307,633 6-95 0 12 11 2-15 615,779 10-22 40,996 67 372,033 8-78 12 1 2-17 nvin. Yn&iv Cattle, calves, horses .. .. 171,576 2-77 14,171 83 184.967 4-18 1 1 7 3-13 136,490 2-27 11,163 82 160,896 3-80 23 7 3-45 Sheep and pigs .. .. .. 398,752 6-44 29,786 75 381,574 8-61 0 19 1 3-07 442.493 7-35 31.018 70 409,613 9-67 18 6 3-16 Meat .. .. .. .. 227,993 3-68 7.291 32 192,005 4-33 0 16 10 6-32 238,404 3-96 6,700 28 195,042 4-61 ■ 16 4 6-98 Butter.. .. .. .. 146.765 2-37 10,938 75 157,465 3-55 1 1 5 3-45 131,590 2-18 10,015 76 145,180 3-43 22 1 3-47 Cheese.. .. .. .. 71,095 1-15 3,781 53 66,094 1-49 0 18 7 4-19 78,397 1-30 4.467 57 78,163 1-85 19 11 4-19 Wool .. .. .. •• 162,045 2-62 9.492 59 154,882 3-50 0 19 1 3-91 126.682 2-10 7.195 57 119,676 2-83 18 11 3-99 Dairv by-products .. .. 25,308 0-41 2,238 8.8 24,291 0-55 0 19 2 2-60 20,784 0-35 1,720 83 19,366 0-46 18 8 2-70 Fat, hides, skins .. .. 37,035 0-60 1,821 49 37,554 0-85 1 0 3 4-94 44,792 0-74 1,991 44 44,803 1-06 20 0 5-39 Fish .. .. .. .. 8,434 0-14 1,454 172 13,151 0-30 1 11 2 2-17 7,858 0-13 1,342 170 11,598 0-27 29 6 2-07 1,249,003 20-18 80,972 65 1,211,983 27-36 0 19 5 3-59 1,227 .490 20-38 75,611 62 1,184,337 27-98 19 4 3-7-5 JPTOcLuC/tS of !WXTI-&S Agricultural lime .. .. 246.716 3-99 15,949 . 65 88,475 2-00 0 7 2 1-33 244.896 4-07 16,127 66 89,616 2-12 7 4 1-33 Coal, imported .. .. .. 32,676 0-53 640 20 11,792 0-27 0 7 2 4-41 30.531 0-51 557 18 10,846 0-26 7 1 4-67 Coal, New Zealand hard .. .. 652.637 10-54 29,194 45 219,397 4-95 0 6 9 1-80 654,170 10-86 27,523 42 211,703 5-00 6 6 1-84 Coal, New Zealand brown .. 802,541 12-97 96,604 120 524,690 11-85 0 13 1 1-30 756.123 12-55 91,472 121 493,631 11-66 13 1 1-39 Road metal .. .. .. 132.096 2-13 4,454 34 34,584 0-78 0 5 3 1-86 128,540 2-13 3,496 27 31,425 0-74 4 11 2-15 Lime and coke .. .. 28,225 0-46 2,373 84 16,914 0-38 0 12 0 1-71 28,202 0-47 2,215 79 16,031 0-38 11 4 1-73 1,894,891 30-62 149,214 79 895,852 20-23 0 9 5 1-44 1,842,462 30-59 141,390 77 853,252 20-16 9 3 1-44 Products of Forests. Timber, imported .. .. 13,476 0-22 679 50 11,834 0-27 0 17 9 4-18 13,017 0-22 685 53 10,292 0-24 15 10 3-60 Timber, New Zealand .. ., 407,323 6-58 46,797 115 379,779 8-57 0 18 8 1-94 355,400 5-90 38,705 109 320,901 7-58 18 1 1-98 Firewood, posts, &c. .. .. 72,543 1-17 6,314 87 34,353 0-78 0 9 6 1-30 81,349 1-35 6,700 82 36,650 0-87 9 0 1-31 493,342 7-97 53,790 109 425,966 9-62 0 17 3 1-90 449,766 7-47 16,090 102 367,843 8-69 16 4 1-91 Manufactures, &c. Benzine, gasolene, kerosene .. 131,510 2-13 11,851 90 225,106 5-08 1 14 3 4-55 119,739 1-99 10,813 90 208,055 4-91 34 9 4-61 Cement " .. .. .. 49,799 0-80 6,677 134 53.964 1-22 1 1 8 1-93 44,916 0-75 4,819 107 43,997 1-04 19 7 2-19 Manures .. .. . . 663,185 10-72 41,591 63 317,332 7-16 0 9 7 1-83 626,717 10-40 42,210 67 303,583 7-17 9 8 1-72 844,494 13-65 60,119 71 596,402 13-46 0 14 1 2-38 791,372 13-14 57,842 73 555,63-5 13-12 14 0 2-30 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 1,229,147 19-86 65,323 53 991,464 22-38 0 16 1 3-64 1,097,091 18-20 j 57,726 • 53 900,236 21-27 16 5 3-74 Totals .. .. .. 6,188,805 100-00 443,647 72 4,429,300 100-00 0 14 4 2-39 6,023,960 100-00 419,655 70 4,233,336 100-00 14 1 2-42

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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, 1936. MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.

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Year. Miles. Capital Cost. Train-mileage. | | CoaX and C^ es . %P g8 and 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 .. I 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 .. i 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 1935-1936 .. I 3,320 52,462,587 11,204,241 20,358,524 1,466,617 299,964 1,124,340 9,801,356 420,799 I i " i i ~ Miscellaneous Year. Goods. Total. ! Goods Ilevenue. Revenue, I.abour, I Total Revenue. Revenue per : Demurrage, Ac. ! Tram-mile. 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 1935-1936.. .. 5,197,678 5,618,477 4,359,750 117,188 6,243,519 135-60

Maintenance of Way and Works. penance «als and Year. ] | j I Per Cent. Per Mile Per Cent. Per Mile | Per Cent. Per Amount. j of of Amount. of of Amount. I of Train- | Revenue. Railway. j Revenue. Railway. I Revenue. mile. £ £ £ £ £ d. 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 29-17 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 2S0-93 105,586 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 I 28-81 1934-1935 .. .. 1,047,825 17-74 315-61 137,477 2-33 . 41-41 1,236,324 20-93 I 27-92 1935-1936 .. .. 1,070,085 17-14 ! 322-31 147,442 2-36 44-41 1,406,685 22-53 1 30-55 Locomotive Transportation. ' Traffic Transportation. General Charges. Expendi- ExpendiV Mr i Total ture tuTe <J£ | Per c P e f t Per P® Per Expenditure. Ce P» of Amount. o( j Train- ; Amount, j o( | Train- Amount. Train- j mile. Revenue. Revenue. ,n^e " Revenue., m^e - Revenue. miie - _j _j_ _ __j I J j T ~ I £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. 1925-1926 .. 1,636,620 21-56 38-06 1,743,641 22-98 40-55 223,543 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 .. 1,254,770 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 1935-1936 .. 1,201,636 19-25 26-10 1,465,052 23-46 31-82 232,293 3-72 5-05 5,523,193 119-96 88-46

STATEMENT No. 21. Comparative Statement of the Number of Employees for Years 1934-35 and 1935-36.

STATEMENT No. 22. Statement of Accidents for the Year ended 31st March, 1936.

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Train Accidents. Accident, on Line (other than Train Shunting Accidents. » Persons i j— mtywSn injured°at Trespassers. Miscellaneous. - —— T ° taL Section. Passengers. Employees. Passengers. Employees. peraora. Passengers. : Employees. I : Cr0SSmgS - Emptors. Persons. T3 -a . tī -Ū T3 . -O T3 .13 J i Irt* i "8 I 8 I 'S £ 10 £ ■a g T3 p "o 8« S •o 8« g ; -a g <o £ "§ 8 ® So y ~ 3 \ £ s .S 3.2 s ,2 P .2 p I .s; B ® i=s c ~ .2. ~ .2, 3 s_] 3 's_ 3 5 3 m m g 3 s 3 ga g 3 I ! ' s £3 13 IB 55 as s Kaihu .. Gisborne .. j ! 4 4 North Island Main Line .. 3 .. 2 .. 3 .. 9 3 2 .. .. 1 52 .. ! .. 2 7 12 .. .. 2 606 X 248 .. .. 14 939 and Branches South Island Main Line .. 12 .. 1 .. 7 .. 3 1 4 .. .. 1 32 .. 1 .. .. 5 11 1 .. 2 386 1 167 .. .. 11 624 and Branches Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • • 8 .. .. .. .. .. 10 Nelson .. 1 5 6 Picton .. 4 4 Totals .. .. 15 .. 3 .. 10 .. 13 4 6 .. .. 2 86 .. 1 .. j 2 12 23 1 .. 4 1013 2 415 .. .. 25 1,587

02 fcs o5 'o +3 rn jfsi Is! § § g 5 . S* Branch. g «3 3 ** g | « || || g§ 4 § 3-3S g-ls a g g S lg sg ■=£ 7i '3 2 Sa'S § ār 3 $ "3 £ o iss 5s o o M CS <a ® 3 5S K Ph noffi -*) P5 &h 1935-36. General .. .. .. 1 2 572 148 3 3 3 278 315 36 127 1,488 Traffic .. .. .. 3 11 2,583 2,204 48 11 28 4,888 Maintenance .. .. 7 21 2,398 1,288 32 19 23 3,788 Locomotive .. .. 4 11 4,137 2,679 50* 10 18 6,909 Totals .. .. 15 45 9,690 | 6,319 133 43 72 278 315 36 127 17,073 1934-35. General.. .. 1 2 561 148 3 3 3 276 310 34 119 1,460 Traffic .. .. .. 3 10 2,513 2,161 48 11 26 4,772 Maintenance .. .. 6 19 2,175 1,289 34 20 22 j .. .. •• 3,565 Locomotive .. .. 4 10 3,761 2,397 50* 11 18 6,251 Totals .. .. 14 41 9,010 1 5,995 ! 135 45 J 69 276 310 34 119 16,048 * Workshop staff only. Westport locomotive-running staff are included in South Island Alain Line and Branches.

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STATEMENT No. 23. Statement of Carriage, Rail-car, Brake-van, and Wagon Stock, and Tarpaulins, for the Year ended 31st March, 1936.

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rr< r Ō 9 cô xn § c6 ,fo® ô |jo® £ Description. Class. 3 § »g | |g g a Sag -g "g g ā » S S J ā o-3« .3 j® ® ,g o M >5g 0 cog P K a, H Carriages— First class .. .. .. .. 143 .. 105 .. .. 3 251 Second class .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 472 .. 346 10 7 4 842 Composite .. .. .. .. .... 1 220 6 132 .. 7 5 371 Sleeping .. .. .. .. 13 4 17 Combination day-sleeping .. .. 4 .. 4 Totals .. .. .. .... 4 852 6 587 10 14 12 1,485 Rail-oars .. .. .. .. 1 1 2 Vans — Postal vans .. .. .. .. 7 4 11 Brake-vans .. .. .. .. .... 3 261 4 200 7 3 4 482 Totals .. .. .. .... 3 268 4 204 7 3 4 493 Wagons— Special purpose wagons.. .. .. .. E .. 36 .. 36 Horse-boxes .. .. .. .. .. G .. 80 1 78 1 4 164 Cattle .. .. .. .. H 379 4 240 4 4 8 639 Sheep .. .. .. .. .. J .. 1,231 40 1,105 .. 11 43 2,430 Covered goods .. .. .. K 1 292 2 208 5 6 3 517 Sleeping-vans .. .. .. .. K 23 45 1 1 70 High sides .. .. .. .. L 4 3,305 32 3,871 12 83 137 7,444 High sides .. .. .. .. .. La 3,159 .. 3,028 6,187 High sides .. .. .. .. .. Lb .. 1,060 15 589 5 20 37 1,726 Low sides .. .. .. .. M 12 522 29 903 24 14 18 1,522 Work-train hopper .. .. .. .. M .. .. .. 34 34 Low sides, steel .. .. .. .. Ma .. 139 12 .. 151 Work-train .. .. .. .. .. Me .. 1 .. 1 Low sides .. .. .. .. .. Mb .. 9 11 18 38 Timber .. .. .. .. .. N 40 118 .. 160 32 8 .. 358 Iron hopper .. .. .. .. .. O .. 15 .. 15 Iron hopper for ballast .. .. .. Ob .. 15 .. 15 Platform coal.. .. .. .. .. P .. 196 .. .. 196 Petrol inspection .. .. .. .. Pw .. .. .. 1 1 Movable hopper .. .. .. .. Q .. .. .. 474 723 .. .. 1,197 Frozen meat .. .. .. .. .. W .. 182 .. 46 228 Frozen meat .. .. .. .. .. Wa .. 244 3 59 .. 15 321 Covered goods .. .. .. .. X .. 152 .. 22 174 Cool, ventilated .. .. .. .. Xa 1 314 .. 418 1 7 741 Cool, ventilated .. .. .. .. Xb .. 87 32 119 Work-train .. .. .. .. .. Y .. 82 18 100 Work-train hopper .. .. .. .. Yb .. 248 .. 138 386 Special purpose wagons, bogie .. .. .. E .. 9 5 .... 1 15 High side, bogie .. .. .. .. R 2 206 .. ■ 82 290 High side, bogie .. .. .. .. Rb .. 70 38 108 High side, bogie .. .. .. .. Rd .. 12 .. 12 High side, bogie .. .. .. .. Rn .. 25 .. 25 Sheep, bogie .. .. .. .. .. S .. 21 38 59 Cattle, bogie .. .. .. .. .. T .. 27 19 46 Platform, bogie .. .. .. .. U- .. 203 40 115 4 4 10 376 Gas storeholder, bogie .. .. .. .. Ua .. 10 4 14 Platform, bogie .. .. .. .. Ub .. 138 .. 222 360 Horse-boxes, bogie .. .. .. .. Uo .. 47 49 96 Frozen meat, bogie .. .. .. .. V .. 56 66 122 Chilled beef, bogie .. .. .. .. V .. 6.. .. 6 Frozen meat, bogie .. .. .. .. Vb .. 113 85 198 Chilled beef, bogie .. .. .. .. Yb .. 30 .. 30 Covered goods, bogie .. .. .. .. Z .. 68 44 112 Sleeping-vans, bogie .. .. .. .. Z .. .. .. 1 1 Covered goods, bogie .. .. .. .. Zp .. 76 76 152 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 60 13,006 189 12,331 811 167 268 26,832 Taepatjlins .. .. .. .. .. .. 28 11,868 113 11,335 52 163 287 23,846

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STATEMENT No. 24. Locomotive Stock for Year ended 31st March, 1936.

Three "Wd" class locomotives written off in North Island not included in total, but retained for special service.

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© .2 g .3 <8 ■i ■ 1 . Si S-s j§ 3 'S 08 *3 S 11 is . Im ype ' sgSp. S'gSS'gg . • ■aal 3 flS S ■£)§ & § § -3 1 g 1 3 la a la 1 J f 1 A Tender (4-cyl. balanced compound) .. 48 9 .. 22 .. 35 .. .. .. 57 A „ (No. 409, simple) .. .. 1 •. .. . • .. 1 .. .. .. 1 AA „ .. .. .. 10 .. .. 10 10 AB „ .. .. .. ..141 2 .. 87 .. 54 141 B „ .. .. .. .. 8 1 8 8 BA „ .. .. .. 10 1 10 10 BB „ .. .. .. .. 25 .. .. 30 30 C „ (shunting) .. .. 24 .. .. 12 .. 12 .. .. .. 24 E Electric .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 .. •• .. 11 Eb „ (battery, shunting, workshops) .. .. .. 2 .. 3 .. .. .. 5 F Tank .. .. .. 2 1 .. 20 .. 1 .. 24 FA „ .. .. .. 2 2 3 .. 7 G Tender .. .. .. .. 3 .. .. 1 .. 2 .. .. .. 3 H Tank (Fell) .. .. 6 .. .' 6 K Tender .. .. .. 23 .. .. 23 23 L Tank .. .. .. 2 2 Q Tender .. .. .. .. 13 1 .. .. .. 13 .. .. .. 13 U „ 9 9 9 UA „ 1 1 1 Ub „ .. .. .. .. 7 9 9 Ua „ .. .. .. .. 6 9 9 W . Tank .. .. .. 2 2 Wa „ .. .. .. 5 3 8 AB " \ ■■ ■ • 30 .. .. 20 .. 10 30 Ws „ J WB „ .. .. .. 4 .. .. 4 WE „ .. .. .. .. 2 2 2 Wj? „ .. .. .. 13 .. .. 15 .. 19 .. 3 4 41 WG „ .. .. .. .. 8 .. .. 19 1 20 Ww „ .. .. .. 50 .. .. 47 .. .. 3 .. .. 50 X Tender (4-cyl. balanced compound) .. 10 8 .. 18 . . .. .. .. .. 18 Totals .. .. .. 442 22 2 315 6 235 9 7 4 578

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STATEMENT No. 25. ALL SECTIONS. Locomotive Running Costs, Year ended 31st March, 1936.

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Locomotive-mileage. Quantity of Stores. Cost. Number Details. Running. Repairs. Running. Sfloti ° n - Locomo- Shunting meaner j Total . SeCtion " tivcs. Tot al. Locomotive. Coal. Oil. M m" a1 ' Stores. Fuel. Wages. Miscellaneous. i Overhead. Cwt. Quarts. £ £ £ ! £ £ N.I.M.L. and branches .. 320 6,918,790 2,103,642 9,022,432 28,195 5,621,360 342,033 257,053 13,867 322,875 260,907 854,702 N.I.M.L. and branches. S.I.M.L. and branches .. 223 3,926,432 1,442,619 5,369,051 24,076 2,660,207 210,596 150,158 7,863 147,742 159,408 465,171 S.I.M.L. and branches. Kaihu .. .. .. 2 13,446 2,758 16,204 8,102 6,511 523 45 18 467 ! 680 1,210 Kaihu. Gisborne .. .. 6 43,193 8,947 52,140 8,690 25,791 2,482 3,218 82 3,010 ! 1,645 7,955 Gisborne. Westport .. .. 9 63,515 42,278 105,793 11,755 49,289 4,673 3,831 237 2,682 i 4,228 10,978 Westport. Nelson .. .. .. 7 40,394 10,301 50,695 7,242 20.463 1,736 630 55 1,816 i 1,443 3,944 Nelson. Picton .. .. .. 6 43,056 23,925 66,981 11,164 21,307 2,235 2,456 136 2,499 2,314 7,405 Picton. Total steam .. 573 11,048,826 | 3,634,470 14,683,296 25,625 8,404,928 564,278 417,391 22,258 481,091 430,625 1,351,365 Units. Electric locos., E 2-6 .. : 5 42,148 53,438 95,586 19,117 1,711,390 2,201 3,724 110 14.860 1,625 20,319 E 2-6. Electric locos., E 7-12 .. 6 112,669 22,596 135,265 22,544 2,165,600 2,098 2,614 139 4,512 2,214 9,479 E 7-12. Gals. Petrol rail-car, Km. 1 .. 1 .. 8,405 8,405 8,405 604 50 145 3 60 89 297 Em. 1. Cwt. Steam rail-car, Em. 2 .. 1 598 25 623 623 93 22 200 1 5 15 221 Em. 2. Grand total .. 586 11,204,241 . 3,718,934 14,923,175 25,466 .. 568,649 424,074 22,511 ,500,528 1434,568 1,381,681 Cost per Locomotive-mile. <8 £ .1 2 SsS § ft ti:~ § ° p. bfi S O ___ 2 : M & S rto. TOW L ji M 5 ' 3 o g £ ° ffjg g g ,g § Repairs. Eunning. » gj S» S t-33 §.313 -a'S 8 6 S.S«> n nrtln ,, a <« S - &S S2i»oiSo Total Days in Sect,on - Wages, § | oS 3 i?! §§l §! Cost. Steam. at Section. Mater- Total. ,| § ,2g ° „ |-| J g o|| g 8 g g,™ g and Stores. Fuel. Wages. g | |g | gg || | S* g| g|| g r -I 5°* 3 a Ô& gS d. d. d. d. d. £ £ £ £ d. d. d. d. £ d. N.I.M.L. and branches .. .. 6-84 0-37 8-58 6-94 22-73 72,652 13,869 31,146 99,345 1-94 0-37 0-83 2-64 1,071,714 28-51 75,253 235 N.I.M.L. and branches. S.I.M.L. and branches .. .. 6-71 0-35 6-60 7-13 20-79 36,615 5,167 16,012 64,452 1-63 0-24 0-72 2-88 587,417 26-26 47,405 213 S.I.M.L. and branches. Kaihu .. .. .. .. 0-67 0-27 6-92 10-07 17-93 34 16 .. 152 0-50 0-24 .. 2-25 1,412 20-92 305 152 Kaihu. Gisborne .. .. .. 14-81 0-38 13-86 7-57 36-62 221 76 .. 434 1-02 0-35 .. 2-00 8,686 39-99 512 85 Gisborne. Westport .. .. .. 8-69 0-54 6-08 9-59 24-90 591 121 .. 1,277 1-34 0-27 .. 2-91 12,967 29-42 1,684 187 Westport. Nelson .. .. .. .. 2-98 0-26 8-60 6-83 18-67 366 50 .. 266 1-73 0-24 .. 1-26 4,626 21-90 542 77 Nelson. Picton .. .. .. .. 8-80 0-49 8-95 8-29 26-53 538 58 .. 575 1-93 0-21 .. 2-06 8,576 30-73 826 138 Picton. Total steam .. .. 6-83 0-36 7-86:7-04 22-09 111,017 19,357 47,158 166,501 1-81 0-32 0-77 2-72 jl,695, 398 27-71 126,527 221 Electric locos., E 2-6 .. .. 9-35 0-28 37-31 4-08 51-02 2,288 .. .. 706 5-74 .. .. 1-77 23,313 58-53 1,368 274 E 2-6. Electric locos., E 7-12 .. .. 4-64 0-25 8-00 3-93 16-82 1,845 .. .. 458 3-27 .. .. 0-81 11,782 20-90 1,087 181 E 7-12. Petrol rail-car, Em. 1 .. .. 4-14 0-09 1-71 2-54 8-48 123 .. .. 29 3-51 .. .. 0-83 449 12-82 52 52 Em. 1. Steam rail-car, Em. 2 .. .. 77-04 0-39 1-93 5-78 85-14 455 .. .. I 3 175-28 .. .. 1-16 679 261-57 8 8 Em. 2. Electric rail-motor, Em. 6 .. .... I .. .. 843 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. §43 .. . ■ 1 Em. 6.

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STATEMENT No. 25—continued. Performances of Locomotives for the Year ended 31st March, 1936— continued.

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2 Locomotive-mileage. Quantity of Stores. Cost. Cost per Locomotive-mile. ° p, 9 *-< c O » —— : ; 05 g OA • Details. M?eafe Running. Repairs. Running. Repairs. Running. g I® ®* Type. <g : — per ' ; . ;.;> , 4 3 ='S Type - Shunting, TotaL looomo- ! Wages, Total. Wages, Total. ® | If Train. Light/' ' Coal. Oil. Stores. Fuel. Wages. 1 ' stores - Fuel - Wages. Z S|'o £* celi™™u"s. i Overhead. j Overhead. g NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES. Cwt. Qts. £ £ £ £ I £ d. d. d. d. d. A .. 22 527,762 121,090 648,852 29,493 368,491 27,566 36.915 1,038 20,853 18,264 77,070 13-66 0-38 7-71 6-76 28-51 5,943 270 A. Aa .. .. 10 257,201 68,953 326,154 32,615 232,199 11,389 7,914 435 10,634 9,770 28,753 5-82 0-32 7-82 7-19 21-15 2,595 260 AA. AB .. .. 87 3,192,352 459,741 3,652,093 41,978 2,134,986 118,516 64,139 4,674 111,330 83,571 263,714 4-21 0-31 7-31 5-49 17-32 23,965 275 AB. Bb .. .. 30 265,054 327,406 592,460 19,749 394,736 26,035 20,000 1,031 21,678 25,330 68,039 8-10 0-42 8-78 10*26 27-56 6,815 227 BB. C ..12 5,851 196,146 201,997 16,833 155,463 6,916 6,250 282 7,983 11,438 25,953 7-43 0-34 9-48 13-59 30-84 2,678 223 C. F .. 1 .. 5,847 5,847 5,847 1,573 155 197 7 70 296 570 8-09 0-29 2-87 12-15 23-40 162 162 P. G .. 3 20,673 1,410 22,083 7,361 31,836 3,449 398 99 2,867 697 4,061 4-33 1-08 ; 31-15 7-58 44-14 214 71 G. H ..6 13,068 23,195 36,263 6,044 46,610 3,512 4,138 128 4,841 3,231 12,338 27-39 0-85 | 32-03 21-38 81-65 1,134 189 H. K .. 23 947,286 45,411 992,697 43,161 712,204 33,638 23,499 2,009 46,813 20,028 92,349 5-68 0-49 : 11-31 4-84 22-32 5,180 230 K. L .. 2 5,549 3,664 9,213 4,607 2,089 139 281 8 220 256 765 7-32 0-21 5-73 6-67 19-93 327 164 L. Q .... .. .. .. .. .. .. 367 .. .. .. 367 .. .. .. .. • • • ■ • ■ QWa .. .. 2 .. 7,950 7,950 3,975 2,827 68 635 5 272 367 1,279 19-17 0-15 8-21 11-08 38-61 201 101 WA. Wab and Ws .. 20 526,428 119,417 645,845 32,292 422,350 23,597 18,818 906 20,201 17,964 57,889 6-99 0-34; 7-50 6-68 21-51 5,061 253 "VVab& vVs. Wd .. .. 3 869 27,587 28,456 9,486 18,314 837 338 39 838 1,576 2,791 2-85 0-33 I 7-06 13-29 23-53 465 155 WB. WI .. .. 15 43,114 153,906 197,020 13,135 109,921 7,192 11,168 292 5,561 9,608 26,629 13-60 0-36 6-77 11-70 32-43 2,935 196 WF. Wo .. .. 19 65,461 186,346 251,807 13,253 155,884 10,399 11,574 415 8,874 12,400 33,263 11-03 0-40 8-45 11-82 31-70 3,298 174 Wo. Ww .. .. 47 677,921 293,973 971,894 20,679 503,535 38,337 32,644 1,507 36,134 32,922 103,207 8-06 0-37 8-92 8-13 25-48 10,637 226 Ww. X ... .. 18 370,201 61,600 431,801 23,989 328,342 30,288 17,778 992 23,706 13,189 55,665 9-88 0-55 13-17 7-33 30-93 3,643 202 X. Total .. 320 6,918,790 2,103,642 j9,022, 432 28,195 5,621,360 342,033 257,053 13,867 322,875 260,907 854,702 6-84 0-37 8-58 6-94 22-73 75,253 235

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0 Locomotive-mileage. Quantity of Stores. Cost. Cost per Locomotive-mile. ° | | 8| 1 Details. MiS? Banning. Repairs. Running. Repairs. Running. g S£ g - Type. *g ] T P er " I i § Type. Shunting, Total. Lowmo- Wages, ! Total. Wages, Total. a «J || Train. Coal. Oil. M ! Stores. j Fuel. Wages. 1 ' stOTes - Fuel - Wages. « g^g Is and Mia- Overhead. i ' Overhead. S jS & cellaneous. ! " j SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES. Cwt. Qts. £ £ £ £ £ d. d. d. d. d. A ..36 539,223 87,034 626,257 17,396 331,526 31,279 14,020 1,109 17,724 17,691 50,544 5-37 0-43 6-79 6-78 19-37 5,997 167 A. AE '' .. 54 1,966,565 290,409 2,256,974 41,796 1,092,606 81,013 59,795 2,996 60,847 50,106 173,744 6-36 0-32 6-47 5-33 18-48 14,050 260 AB. TJ " 8 103 339 58,078 161,417 20,177 86,438 7,281 4,598 273 4,961 5,862 15,694 6-84 0-41 7-37 8-72 23-34 1,783 223 B. Ba " " 10 73'716 78 556 152,272 15,227 89,019 7,205 12,674 267 4,875 6,335 24,151 19-98 0-42 7-68 9-99 38-07 1,605 161 BA. C !! .. 12 85|375 165'811 251,186 20,932 109,161 7,962 7,084 315 6,433 11,721 25,553 6-77 0-30 6-14 11-21 24-42 3,089 257 C. w " .. 20 1,397 236,178 237,575 11,879 86,513 8,588 9,504 361 4,820 13,244 27,929 9-60 0-36 4-86 13-39 28-21 4,083 204 P. Fa " 2 828 21 837 22,665 11,332 7,827 687 150 29 431 1,236 1,846 1-59 0-31 4-56 13-09 19-55 508 254 Fa. j " ;; 3 260 20,933 21,193 764 7,747 745 186 34 467 1,155 1,842 2-11 0-39: 5-28 13-08 20-86 297 99 J. O 13 264,569 70,735 335,304 25,793 175,684 13,123 10,066 478 9,790 9,652 29,986 7-20 0-34 7-00 6-92 21-46 2,719 209 Q. r " I! 1 2 661 4.059 6,720 6,720 2,512 234 62 9 148 250 469 2-21 0-32: 5-28 8-94 16-75 122 122 R. TJ ..9 132'254 21,652 153,906 17,101 86,611 5,241 3,655 212 4,207 4,353 12,427 5-70 0-33 6-56 6-79 19-38 1,540 171 U. tj. " ! 19 448 5,749 25,197 25,197 11,063 991 142 40 640 838 1,660 1-35 0-38 6-09 7-99 15-81 305 305 UA. TJB .. 9 142! 413 30,861 173,274 19,253 86,633 7,145 3,110 260 5,089 4,504 12,963 4-31 0-36 7-04 6-24 17-95 1,478 164 UB. TTo " 9 146 720 28,767 175,487 19,499 86,204 6,177 2,474 242 5,087 4,627 12,430 3-38 0-33 ] 6-95 6-34 17-00 1,719 191 Uc. w " 2 23,753 15,646 39,399 19,699 19,511 1,416 1,550 61 1,151 1,560 4,322 9-44 0-37 ! 7-01 9-51 26-33 460 230 W. w. 3 11,259 48,357 59,616 19,872 25,526 2,023 716 88 1,507 2,793 5,104 2-88 0-35 i 6-07 11-25 20-55 784 261 Wa. Was and Ws 10 318,837 37.401 356,238 35,623 180,749 15,149 9,077 526 10,392 8,280 28,275 6-12 0-35 7-00 5-58 19-05 2,564 256 WABandWs. W E 2 18,646 7,757 26,403 13,201 17,302 1,318 2.659 47 1,018 1,168 4,892 24-17 0-43 ; 9-25 10-62 44-47 435 217 WE. Wf " __ 19 75,169 212,799 287,968 15,156 157,575 13,019 8,636 516 8,155 14,033 31,340 7-20 0-43 6-79 11-70 26-12 3,867 204 Wr. Total .. 223 j3,926, 432 1,442,619 5,369,051 24,076 2,660,207 1210,596 150,158 7,863 147,742 159,408 465,171 6-71 0-35 6-60 7-13 20-79 47,405 213

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I Locomotive-inileage. Quantity of Stores. Cost. Cost per Locomotive-mile. ° | ; || 3 Details. Running. Repairs. Running. Repairs. Running. g ô lvuiedge ►> Type. per • : ' £ & '-g Type. B, i S£§, Total. I— w a Total. Wage, Tota,. « f -| •9 £ Train. Light, Coal. Oil. Stores. Fuel. Wages. Stores. Fuel. Wages. m 38 o I s j oi I i fl " Kaihtj Section Cwt. Qts. £ £ I £ £ £ d. d. d. 1 d. d. F ..2 13,446 2,758 16,204 8,102 6,511 523 45 18 j 467 680 1,210 0-67 0-27 6-92 ! 10-07 17-93 305 152 j F. Gisbokne Section. Wa .. : 5 38,904 I 8,070 46,974 9,395 i 23,247 2,246 ] 2,790 75 2,713 i 1,486 7,064 14-25 0-38 13-87 7-59 36-09 464 93 j Wa. Wg .. .. 1 4,289 : 877 5,166 5,166 2,544 236 428 7 297 159 891 19-88 0-33 13-79 7-39 41-39 48 48 , Wo. Total .. j 6 43,193 8,947 52,140 j 8,690 25,791 2,482 j 3,218 1 82 3,010 ! 1,645 j 7,955 14-81 0-38 13-86 7-57 j 36-62 512 85 j Westport Section. Fa .. .. ! 2 I 2,046 14,272 I 16,318 8,159 I 6,798 749 347 37 370 953 1,707 [ 5-10 0-54 5-44 14-02 25-10 370 185 FA. Wb .. .. 4 19,560 20,160 39,720 9,930 19,167 1,750 1,592 90 1,055 1,732 4,469 : 9-62 0-54 6-37 10-47 27-00 638 159 WB. Ww .. .. I 3 1 41,909 7,846 49,755 16,585 | 23,324 2,174 1,892 110 1,257 1,543 4,802 ; 9-13 0-53 6-06 7-44 23-16 676 225 Ww. Total .. 9 63,515 42,278 | 105,793 11,755 I 49,289 4,673 3,831 237 2,682 4,228 10,978 I 8-69 0-54 6-08 9-59 j 24-90 1,684 187 : 1 'I Kelson Section. F ..II .. 41 41 ! 41 15 1 2 1 1 4 11-71 .. 5-85 5-85 23-41 1 1 I F. Fa .. .. 3 614 298 912 j 304 356 38 96 1 32 35 164 25-26 0-26 8-42 9-22 43-16 21 7 Fa. Wf .. .. 3 39,780 9,962 49,742 ; 16,581 20,092 1,697 532 54 1,783 1,407 3,776 2-57 0-26: 8-60 6-79 18-22 520 173 , WF. ■ Total .. 7 40,394 10,301 50,695 7,242 20,463 1,736 630 55 1,816 1,443 3,944 2-98 0-26 8-60 6-83 18-67 542 77 - - t — ~— — —— — t ' "| I ' i i Picton Section. Fa .. .. ! 2 355 ' 2,726 3,081 1,540 | 1,001 147 72 8 117 ! 164 361 5-61 0-62 | 9-11 12-78 28-12 88 44 FA. Wf .. .. | 4 j 42,701 21,199 63,900 15,975! 20,306 2,088 2,384 128 j 2,382] 2,150, 7,044 8-95 0-48; 8-95 8-08 26-46 738 184 Wf. Total .. j 6 43,056 | 23,925 66,981 11,164 ] 21,307 2,235 2,456 136 I 2,499 | 2,314 7,405 8-80 0-49 8-95 8-29 26-53 826 138

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