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RETURN No. 11. STATEMENT showing Number of Passenger Tickets issued at Cheap Excursion Rates for Year ending 31st March, 1908.

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I Schools, Factories, and Friendly Societies. Holiday Excursions. Gross Total —School and Holiday Excursions. Seotions. Schools, Factories, and Friendly Soc's. Children not exceeding 15 Years of •■ . I Age. Schools only. Senior Scholars over 15 but not exceeding 23 Years of Age, and Teachers. Schools, Factories, and Friendly Societies. Total. Revenue. 1st Class. 2nd Class. Total. Revenue. Nu ruber of Tickets. Revenue. Adults. Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Auckland Gisborne .... Wanganui Wellington-Napier Picton Nelson Westport Westland Christehurch ... Dunedin , Jnvercargill No. 27 240 426 3,018 569 4,738 6,760 1,963 1,289 378 3,814 12,964 8,255 6,590 No. 1 22 398 50 1,068 1,356 267 379 11 528 2,238 869 976 No. 183 233 165 3,239 103 3,384 4,104 910 411 634 3,472 17,806 13,063 6,179 No. 210 474 613 6,655 722 9,190 12,220 3,140 2,079 1,023 7,814 33,008 22,187 13,745 £ s. d. 7 6 3 19 1 5 27 2 2 422 9 4 22 6 9 639 0 8 651 19 8 79 18 7 103 10 4 55 8 4 426 0 11 2,616 14 0 1,341 10 11 1,192 1 0 No. 48 40 5,358 154 10,670 34,253 3,190 1,180 30 1,652 30,793 21,113 5,136 No. 656 526 633 110,609 4,615 75,327 98,987 15,933 6,576 4,235 21,633 146,426 83,469 48,893 No. 656 574 673 115,967 4,769 85,997 133,24019,123 7,756 4,265 23,285 177,219 104,582 54,029 £ s. d. 42 9 7 60 10 6 69 12 0 20,232 17 9 509 16 6 19,728 18 3 23,590 6 3 1,266 11 5 840 17 8 410 14 10 2,795 8: 2 34,367 19 2 23,760 5 2 13,843 9 8 1 866 J,048 1,286 122,622 5,491 95,187 145,460 22,263 9,835 5,288 31,099 210,227 126,769 67,774 £ s. d. 49 15 10 79 11 11 96 14 2 20,655 7 1 532 3 3 20,367 18 11 24,242 5 11 1,346 10 0 944 8 0 466 3 2 3,221 9 1 36,984 13 2 25,101 16 1 15,035 10 8 »— iiSS ::: 51,031 48,044 8,163 7,837 53,886 39,783 113,080 95,664 7,604 10 6,514 18 4 4 113,617 125,280 618,518 731,132 732,135 856,412 141,519 16 11 194.185 2 9 845,215 952,076 149,124 200,700 7 3 1. 1 u, . Increase Decrease i ■. 2,987 326 14,103 17,416 1,089 12 0 11,663 112,614 124,277 52,665 5 10 106,, 861 51,575 13 10 Total, year ending — 31st March, 1896 ... 31st March, 1897 ... 31st March, 1898 ... 31st March, 1899 ... 31st March, 1900 ... 31st March, 1901 ... 31st March, 1902 . 31st March, 1903 . . 31st March, 1904 .. 31st March, 1905 . 31st March, 1906 31st March, 1907 ... 31st March, 1908 ... 63,598 44,610 39,963 45,748 37,839 38,864 42,506 41,540 50,364 52,742 55,478 48,044 51,031 5,949 5,993 5,398 6,192 5,616 5,602 5,736 6,048 6,975 7,359 7,715 7,837 8,163 38,467 33,925 35,064 39,955 31,164 34,550 37,708 41,555 54,344 53,558 57,027 39,783 53,886 108,014 84,528 80,425 91,895 74,619 79,016 85,950 89,143 111,683 113,659 120,220 95,664 113,080 7,246 5 9 5,616 2 8 5,569 18 1 6,215 11 8 4,752 3 10 5,234 16 8 5,466 16 9 6,050 11 3 7,424 19 7 7,490 16 0 7,882 16 1 6,514 18 4 7,604 10 4 50,511 58,464 66,012 70,531 81,528 I 87,544 95,628 : 84,448 \ 100,417 J 100,968 110,823 l 125,280 ! 113,617 239,164 313,724 383,569 411,747 I 501,176 j 541,624 : 588,813' \ 517,566 I 594,967 592,485 1 626,852 ! 731,132 618,518 289,675 372,188 449,581 482,278 582,704 629,168 j 684,441 602,014 695,384 693,453 737,675 856,412 J 732,135 ! 50,232 12 11 63,439 0.0 80,822 8 1 84,794 15 6 96,154 7 5 102,932 10 9 136,813 0 1 103,279 8 6 125,624 4 0 130,068 16 9 140,939 16 3 !l94,185 2 9 1141,519 16 11 397,689 456,716 530,006 574,173 657,323 708., 184 770,391 691,157 807,067 807,112 857,895 952,076 845,215 57,478 18 8 69,055 2 8 86,392 6 2 91,010 7 2 100,906 11 3 108,167 7 5 142,279 16 10 109,329 19 9 133,049 3 7 137,559 12 9 ■148,822 12 4 200,700 1 1 149,124 7 3