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

A. C. Fife, Railway Accountant.

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

A C. Fife, Eailway Accountant.

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Year. Miles. Expenditure Revenue. 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 1888-89 1889-90 1,172 1,277 I.3I9 1,358 1=396 1.477 1,613 1,727 1,758 1,777 1,809 £ 762,573 836,454 892,026 953.347 961,304 1,045,712 1,047,419 998,768 994,843 997,6i5 1,095,570 £ 580,010 521,957 523,099 592,821 655.990 690,026 690,340 699,072 687,328 647,045 682,787 76'o6 62 '40 58-64 62-18 68-24 65-99 65-91 69-99 69-09 64-86 62-32 1,108,108 1.377,783 1,437,714 1,564,793 1,700,040 1,749,856 1,823,767 1,747,754 1,735,762 1,920,431 2,073,955 Wo. 180,331 286,865 316,611 341,186 359.896 347>42S 349,428 372,397 399,109 399,056 405,838 Mb, 285,209 300,704 343,7Si 477.075 686,287 729,528 858,662 942,017 940,209 9'9.392 1,068,575 No. 2,967,090 2,849,561 2,9",477 3.283.378 3.272,644 3,232,886 3,362,266 3,426,403 3,451,850 3,132,803 3,376,459 No. 5,077 6,499 7,207 8,621 9,036 8,999 10,717 11,821 11,518 11,817 12,311

Section, Ton-Mileage. -si 0 H gig. Ton-Mileage. I TonMileage. m 1S84-SJ. 1883-S6. : 886-8' I. Auckland ... ... 7,085,574 2-43 Napier ... ... 2,983,237 2'I3 Wellington ... ... 3,388,925 3'i8 Wanganui ... ... 2,536,332 3-38 Huranui-Bluff ... ... 42,877,369 2'47 Totals ... ... 58,871,437 2'53 1885-S8. Auckland ... ... 8,276,481 2-55 Napier ... ... 4,094,397 2-30 Wellington ... ... 4,028,006 2'8i Wanganui ... ... 3,676,963 4'15 Ihirunui-Bluff ... ... 39,781,108 2^47 S,539,210 3,880,550 3,992,644 3,497,669 41,097,413 61,007,486 2'24 2-15 278 3 -8i 2-48 2-52 2'24 2-15 278 3-8i 2-48 i88g-g< 8,158,758 4,266,747 4,167,454 3,465,445 39,068,490 59,126,894 2"6o 2*06 2-87 4'33 2'59 2-68 18SS-S9. t. 7.950,854 4,182,146 4,012,443 3,487,911 39,557,567 2'19 1-95 2-84 391 2'37 8,177,770 4,963,864 4,5 J 6,965 4,553,668 46,789,728 2-l6 i-6 5 2-42 3-08 2'07 Totals ... ... 59,856,955 2'6° 2'6o 59,190,921 2-44 69,001,995 2-14