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RETURN No. 7. [Comparison of Traffic, Revenue, and Expend iture for the last Nine Financial Years.

A. C. Fife, Eailway Accountant.

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

A C. Fife, Eailway Accountant.

t Year. Miles. Revenue. Expenditure. Expenditure per cent, of Revenue. Tonnage. Parcels, Horses, and Dogs. Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs. Passengers. Season Tickets. 1879-80 1880-81 1881-82 1882-83 1883-84 1884-85 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88. 1,172 1,277 !>3i9 I.3S8 1,396 M77 !.6i3 1,727 1,758 £ 762,573 836,454 892,026 953,347 961,304 1,045,712 1,047,419 998,768 994,843 £ 580,030 521,957 523,099 592,821 655,990 690,026 690,340 699,072 687,328 76-06 62 '40 58-64 62-18 68-24 65'99 65-91 69-99 69-09 1,108,108 i>377.783 i,437>7i4 1,564,793 1,700,040 1,749,856 1,823,767 1,747,754 i,735,7 62 No. 180,331 286,865 316,611 341,186 359,896 347,425 349,428 372,397 399, 109 No. 285,209 300,704 343,751 477,075 686,287 729,528 858,662 942,017 940,209 No. 2,967,090 2,849,561 2,911,477 3,283,378 3,272,644 3,232,886 3,362,266 3,426,403 3,45^850 No. S>°77 6,499 7,207 8,621 9,036 8,999 10,717 11,821 11,518

1884-85 IS8J-86. 1886-8' 1887-! i8. Section. Ten-Mileage. o B~ Ton-Mileage. 111 TonMileage. ji Si lei - c.° c.-H Ton-Mileage. |fs. .uckland fapier Wellington Vanganui luruirai-Bluff 7.°85.574 2,983,237 3,388,925 2,536>332 42,877,369 58,871,437 2'43 2T3 3-18 3-38 2-47 8,539,210 3,880,550 3,992,644 3,497,669 41,097,413 2*24 2-15 278 3-81 2-48 8,158,758 4,266,747 4,167,454 3,465,445 39,068,490 2'6o 2'o6 2-87 4'33 2'59 8,276,481 4,094.397 4,028,006 3,676,963 39,781,108 2'55 2'3O 2-81 4-15 2-47 Totals 2-S3 61,007,486 59,126,894 2 '68 59,856,955 2'6o 2-52