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RETURN No. 15. Comparative Statement of the Mileage opened, Capital expended, Earnings, Expenses, &c., of Railways in the following Colonies (taken from latest Official Records) :—

Colony. Area in Square Miles. a rt ft c ft a © o © © © > < Gauge. Total Cost. "3 - O co s ° O rt J2=4I ft r> Cost per Head of Population. Train Miles run. Gross Earnings. © 'rH r* © ft a Workingexpenses. CD B a ?*3 ?4 CD O ft Profit on Working. © as © fc ft OO © 0 -*j ro fl OC © fl 8 a © U rU «3 ED CD CD g CC rt M-rr IS a o CD c3 a ft 3° © H Passengers carried. Tonnage of Goods. © © o 3 CD rt g i> A © ft*H ?© izi rJ fl£ fl © as 47 ® a . rOO la 8 a u rj :pensi 44 o CD c g 8. to i © © 2a s« ssil cd > o a o © c o CD a 3 © © hi? 4, rt CD CD a 3 CD fl 3 rt 15 Year ending Victoria .. 87,884 1,169,434 J3,123J Ft. in. 5 3 £ 38,602,304 £ 12,404 374 £ s. d. 33 0 2 9,239,657 £ 2,608,896 d. 67-77 £ 1,646,054 d. 42-76 £ 962,842 d. 25*01 £ s. d. 2 4 8 £ 835 £ 527 £ 308 £ 131 d. 14-84 5*33 1898. 30 June. 2-49 163*09 43,090,749 2,408,665 20-20 517 1,061 9,171 New South Wales 310,700 1,335,800 2,659 i 8J 37,719,402 14,015 502 28 4 9 8,340,338 3,026,748 87*10 1,614,605 46-46 1,412,143 40-64 3-75 153*34 2 5 4 23,233,206 4,630,564 1,138 607 531 133 21-19 15*05 2*26 494 1,050 10,470 Cape of Good Hope 221,311 440,000 1,894 3 6 19,323,155 10,165 231 43 18 4 8,873,288 3,070,897 83-10 1,898,316 51-30 1,159,606 31*80 6-13 61-80 6 19 7 9,223,677 1,340,414 1,621 1,002 619 197 23*00 17-00 5-0 422 522 7,752 1897. 31 Dee. 1898. 30 June. Queensland 668,224 484,700 2,586 3 6 18,056,285 6,851 184 37 5 1 5,007,370 1,215,811 58-27 686,066 32-88 529,745 25*39 2-93 56*43 2 10 2 2,742,108 1,323,782 470 265 205 101 10*78 14-19 2*21 310 ,344 4,850 South Australia .. 903,690 360,000 1,868 (!!} 13,919,258 7,451 193 38 13 4 3,745,753 998,352 63-97 623,742 39-97 374,610 24-00 2-69 62-48 2 15 4 6,053,315 1,191,773 534 334 200 89 18-58: 15*24 1*52 338 372 6,137 1897. 31 Dec. Natal 20,461 59,596 420 3 .6 6,588,507 15,687 142 110 11 1 2,424,152 1,051,359 104-08 583,088 57*72 468,271 46-36 7-10 55-46: 1712 10 1,030,171 686,030 2,503 1,388 1,115 222 22-71: 12-58 12*19 117 268 1,822 Tasmania 26,215 177,341 425 (S3 3,526,322 8,302 417 19 17 8 764,938 166,833 52-34 128,544, 40-33 38,289 12-01 1-071 77-041 0 18 10 ' 603,530 229,620 386 297 89 12-76: 19-77 3-78 64 156 1,077 Western Australia 975,876] 171,021 974 5,047,261 5,088 176 29 11 10 3,613,874 1,019,677 67-72 786,318: 52-22 233,359 15-50 4-62' 77*11 i 5 19 3 5,669,444 114 1898. 30 June. 3 6 1,203,9111 11,047 807 240: 181 20-92! 26-10 ,2-78 186 289 4,478 * New Zealand 104,471 104,471 717,649 731,713 2,016 2,043 3 6 3 6 15,577,392 15,993,903 7,719 7,783 356 356 21 14 2 21 17 2 3,409,218 3,666,483 1,286,158 1,376,008 90*5 90*0 789,054 857,191 55-55 56-11 497,104 518,817 34-95 33-89 3*19 3-24 61*35 62-30 1 15 10 1 17 7 4,439,387 4,672,264 2,368,927 2,518,367 638 673 391 420 247 254 150 161 18-05 17-97 16*63 16*91 4-76 4-37 269 273 529 543 8,611 8,975 1897. 31 Mar. 1898. 31 Mar. 1899. 31 Mar. 104,471 746,673 2,090 3 6 16,404,076 7,849 357 21 19 5 3,968,708 1,469,665 89-0 929,737 56-22 539,928 32-78 3*29 63*26 1 19 4 4,955,553 2,624,059 712 450 262 173 18*46 16*67 3-02 293 550 9,792