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STATEMENT No. 19. Statement showing Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure of New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1921, to 31st March, 1929, MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.*

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Passengers. Season Tickets. Coaching. Year. Miles. Capital Cost. Train-mileage. = (Number.) Number. Revenue, Number. Revenue. Revenue. £ ! £ £ £ 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 1927-1928 .. 3,180 49,014,832 10,838,594 9,272,547 1,886,833 632,741 258,463 379,933 459,742 9,299,715 570,558 1928-1929 .. 3,287 54,210,139 11,113,482 ! 9,046,267 1,868,047 656,155 256,699 378,141 634,394 9,685,374 568,026 Year. Goods. Total. Goods Revenue. Commission. Total Revenue. per Trlta-mile. Tons. Tons. £ £ £ £ d. 1921-1922 .. i 5,222,900 5,931,112 3,646,594 124,106 115,182 6,643,591 182-69 1922-1923 .. ! 5,571,594 6,234,307 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 .. 7,423,472 166-14 19-27-1928 .. 6,276,525 6,847,083 4,680,135 138,481 .. 7,343,845 162-62 1928-1929 .. 6,509,978 7,078,004 4,846,125 175,852 .. 7,524,864 162-50 .1 EXPENDITURE. * Maintenance of Way and Works. Maintenance of Signals. Maintenance Carriages, Expenditure Expenditure ana wagons. Year. per per Cent. Train-mile. of Revenue. Per Cent, of i Per Mile of Per Per Cent, of Per Mile of Per Per Cent, of Per Amount. Revenue. Railway. Train-mile. Revenue. Railway. Train-mile. Revenue. Train-mile. d. £ £ d. £ £ d. £ d. 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 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 1924-1925 .. 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 1927-1928 .. 139*55 85*81 1,147,067 15*62 360*94 25*40 102,871 1*40 32*37 2*28 1,380,727 18*80 30-57 1928-1929 .. 137*66 84*71 1,111,229 14-77 341*50 24*00 112,206 1-49 34-48 2*42 1,424,165 18*93 30*76 Locomotive Transportation. Traffic Transportation. Head Office and General Charges. Lake Wakatipu Steamers. Year. [" : Total Per Cent, of Per Per Cent, of Per Per Cent, of Per , mm _, PerCent.of Expenditure. A ount. Revenue. Train-mile, j Amount. Revenue. Train-mile. Amount. Revenue. Train-mile. Amount. Revenue. £ d. £ d. £ d. £ £ 1921-1922 .. .. 2,020,994 30*42 55*64 1,703,049 25*66 46*89 I 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 37-1L | 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 I 1,752,998 23-61 39-23 257,294 3-47 5-76 .. .. 6,158,283 1927-1928 .. .. 1,662,074 22-63 36*80 1,760,459 23*97 38*98 248,921 3*39 5*51 .. .. 6,302,119 1928-1929 .. .. 1,650,793 21*94 35*65 1,825,965 24*26 39*43 250,221 3*32 5*40 .. .. 6,374,579 * Figures from 1925-26 are for train operation only, and do not include subsidiary services as in previous years.