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STATEMENT No. 19. Statement showing Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure of New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1919, to 31st March, 1927. MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.*

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Passengers. Season Tickets. Coaching. Year. Miles. Capital Cost. Train-mileage, j— j i — —— Cattle. Sheep and Pigs. Timber. Number. Revenue Number. Revenue. Revenue. I I I ! ■ ~ I [_ I I I I £ £ £ £ Number. Number. Tons. 1919-1920 .. 3,006 36,390,115 7,408,608 12,760,814 2,138,391 400,621 165,596 290,453 357,976 7,316,556 611,171 1920-1921 .. 3,018 37,235,254 9,303,392 15,315,640 2,459,362 464,691 198,717 335,754 376,745 7,129,222 717,701 1921-1922 .. 3,030 39,309.097 8,717,265 14,262,440 2,212,633 472,865 205,594 339,482 279,904 7,635,515 708,212 1922-1923 .. 3,037 40,275,161 8,346,731 14,256,610 2,216,514 485,681 204,106 393,322 293,930 7,367,763 663 213 1923-1924 .. 3,053 41,399,427 9,024,503 13,836,311 2,136,999 525,744 212,601 406,832 320,434 7,723,971 724,116 1924-1925 .. 3,085 44,570,746 9,083,623 12,424,012 2,077,625 537,554 210,946 417,550 351,873 8,105,597 754,634 1925-1926 .. 3,138 45,794,199 10,319,407 11,787,273 2,271,498 600,272 265,549 409,207 391,649 8,209,965 770,654 1926-1927 3,164 47,195,948 10,723,864 10,274,878 2,045,348 585,078 258,832 377,367 391,062 8,902,511 663,442 Miscellaneous Bontc (1 , ., Year. Goods. Total. j Goods Revenue. Commission. Total Revenue. per TraiS mile. Tons. Tons. £ £ £ £ d. 1919-1920 .. 4,986,061 5,597,232 2,956,237 105,072 96,738 5,752,487 186-00 1920-1921 .. 5,367,659 6,085,360 3,676,665 136,505 101,528 6,908,531 i 17800 1921-1922 .. 5,222,900 5,931,112 3,646,594 124,106 115,182 6,643,591 182 69 1922-1923 .. 5,571,594 6,234,807 3,671,008 119,933 122,919 6,727,802 193-18 1923-1924 .. 5,795,341 6,519,457 3,953,213 141,968 132,598 6,984,211 185-50 1924-1925 .. 5,847,973 6,602,607 4,122,017 137,149 147,237 7,112,524 187 65 1925-1926 .. 6,028,959 6,799,613 4,499,160 143,861 .. 7,589,274 176-51 1926-1927 .. 6,161,706 6,825,148 4,596,166 145,759 1 .. 7,423,472 166-14 EXPENDITURE.* Maintenance of Way aDd Works. Maintenance of Signals. Maintenance of Locomotives, Carriages, Expenditure Expenditure i _ and Wagons. Year. per percent. ! Train-mile. of Revenue. , Per Cent, of Per Mile of Per Amn.mt Per Cent, of Per Mile of Per a Per Cent, ot Per Amount. Revenue. Railway. Train-mile. Amount. Revenue. Railway. Train-mile. Amount. Revenue. Train-mile. d. £ £ a. £ & d. I £ d. 1919-1920 .. 132-72 71-36 783,033 1361 262-17 25-37 54,877 0-98 18-37 1-77 724,473 12-59 23-47 1920-1921 .. 145-14 81-59 983,940 14-24 3'27"00 25 38 69,109 1-02 22-97 1-79 984,244 14-25 25 39 1921-1922 .. 171 37 93 89 1,111,883 16-76 368-45 30-61 72,343 1-09 23*97 1-99 1,113,170 16-76 30-65 1922-1923 .. 157-81 81-79 i 1,040,892 15*49 343 76 29 93 67,425 1-01 22-27 1-94 1,043,590 15-51 30-00 1923-1924 .. 143-43 77-37 1,143,281 16-39 375-57 30-40 70,912 1 02 23 29 1-88 1,048,567 15-01 27-89 19-24-1925 .. 146-19 77-97 1,113,048 15 67 362-95 29 40 81,201 1*14 26 48 2-14 1,083,788 15*24 28-63 1925-1926 .. 143*37 81*23 1,144,385 15*08 368*80 26*62 105,064 1-38 33*86 2*43 1,311,317 17*28 30*50 1926-1927 .. 137-82 82-96 1,074.334 14*47 340*30 24*04 100,861 1*36 31*95 2*26 1,303,444 17*56 29*17 Locomotive Transportation. Traffic Transportation. Head Office and General Charges. Lake Wakatipu Steamers. Year j j | i ! | j Total . Per Cent, of Per ■ Per Cent, of Per Per Cent.of Per PerCent.of Expenditure. Amount. Revenue. Train-mile. Amount. Revenue. Train-mile. Amount. Revenue. Train-mile. Amount. Revenue. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ £ 1919-1920 .. .. 1,061,018 18*44 34*37 1,301,935 22*66 42*17 171,767 2-99 5-57 7,964 101*09 4,105,067 1920-1921 .. .. 1,672,567 24-21 43 15 1,712,375 24-82 44-17 203,906 2-95 5 26 10,458 116-34 5,636,601 1921-1922 .. .. 2,020,994 30-42 55*64 1,703,049 25*66 46*89 202,948 3*06 5*59 13,339 166*34 6,237,727 1922-1923 .. .. 1,613,564 23*98 46*40 1,527,033 22 73 43 91 195,894 2*91 5 63 14.100 150*79 5,502,497 1923-1924 .. .. 1,395,491 19-98 37*11 1,530,652 21 94 40 71 204,407 2*93 5 44 10,456 117 85 5,403,766 1924-1925 .. .. 1,408,927 19*81 37*23 1,599,668 22 52 42*27 246,504 3*47 6*51 12,279 121*62 5,545,415 1925-1926 .. .. 1,636,620 21*56 38*06 1,743,641 22*98 40*55 223,543 2*94 5-20 .. .. 6,164,570 1926-1927 .. .. 1,669,352 22'49 _ 37'36 1.752,998 23 61 39 23 257,294 3 47 5*76 .. .. 6.158,283 * Figures for 1025-26 and 1926-27 are for train operation only, and do not include subsidiary services as in previous years.