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RETURN No. 7. Comparison of Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure for the last Six Financial Years.

RETURN No. 8. Traffic Ton-Mileage, and Rate of Working, for Five Chief Sections.

A. C. Fife, Eailway Accountant.

Year. Expenditure Miles. Revenue. Expenditure, per cent, of Revenue. Tonnage. Parcels, Cattle, . Horses, and Sheep, and Passengers. 4.. e, s"n Dogs. Pigs. lionets. 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 18S4-85 1885-86 1,277 1.319 1.358 1.396 1.477 !,6i3 £ 836,454 892,026 953.347 961,304 1,045,712 1,047,419 S2i,9S7 523,099 592,821 655,990 | 690,026 690,340 62-40 58-64 62-18 68-24 65'99 65'9T i»377.783 i,437.7H i,504,793 1,700,040 1,749,856 1,823,767 No. 286,865 316,611 341,186 359,896 347.425 349,428 No. 300,704 343,751 477,075 686,287 729,528 858,662 No. 2,849,561 2,911,477 3,283,378 3,272,644 3,232,886 3,362,266 No. 6,499 7,207 8,621 9,036 8,999 10,717 A. C. Fife, Bail ay Accou; .taut.

1881-8: 1882-i 1883-84.* 1884-8J.* I88J-86.* Section. Ton-Mileage. 6 g.ill Ton-Mileage. o.So Ton-Mileage. Jsf p- 2 Ton-Mileage. <- « c H *i in i|f& Ton-Mileage. Auckland Napier Wellington ... Wanganui Hurunui-B luff 4,467,896 1,984,211 2,182,966 2,859,978 37,305,649 48,800,700 2-65 2'2O 3'44 2'40 2'34 5,239,016 2,144,707 2,623,227 2,322,819 39.697.746 2-47 2-47 3'25 3Si 2-47 6,372,609 2,370,420 3,100,324 2,591.3c 1 44,627,125 59,061,779 2-25 2'I0 3'°4 3'47 2*36 7,oSs,574 2-43 2,983,237 2-13 3,388,92s 1 3-18 2,536-332; 3'3^ 42,877,369 2-47 58,871,437 2-53 8,539.210 3,880,550 3,992,644 3,497,669 41,097,413 2-24 2-15 2- 7 8 3-81 2-48 Totals 2-42 52,027,515 2'SS 2-42 61,007,486 2-52 * These statements are for twelve months ending the 5th January; that for 1SS3-81 overlaps the previous year.