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STATEMENT No. 20. Statement showing Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Operating Revenue, and Expenditure, of New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1926, to 31st March, 1932. MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.

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Total Passenger Journeys. _ Cattle gheep and Year. Miles. | Capital Cost. Train-mileage. and Calves. Pigs. fTnnq )' I Number. Bevenue. ( : I ! £ £ £ 1926-1927 .. 3,164 47,195,948 10,723,864 26,002,137 2,304,180 377,367 391,062 8,902,511 663,442 1927-1928 .. 3,180 49,014,832 10,838,594 25,379,665 2,145,296 379,933 459,742 9,299,715 570,558 1928-1929 .. 3,287 54,210,139 11,113,482 25,574,843 2,124,746 378,141 634,394 9,685,374 568,026 1929-1930 .. 3,287 55,347,541 12,022,043 25,413,621 1,995,927 386,792 695,060 10,271,544 574,080 1930-1931 .. 3.322 58,076,236 11,281,898 22,813,708 1,778,725 359,276 729,567 10,279,407 403,095 1931-1932 .. 3,315 49,681,930 10,168,720 19,155,600 1,339,589 316,245 685,649 10,685,464 253,534 . Miscellaneous Revenue per Year. Goods. Total. Goods Revenue. i Revenue, Labour, Total Revenue. Train-mile j Demurrage, &c. Tons. Tons. £ £ £ d. 1926-1927.. .. 6,161,706 6,825,148 4,596,166 145,759 7,423,472 166-14 1927-1928.. .. 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 1929-1930.. .. 6,649,114 7,223,194 4,904,324 186,949 7,473,993 149-21 1930-1931.. .. 5,998,562 6,401,657 4,487,357 156,029 6,781,388 144-26 1931-1932.. .. 5,018,719 5,272,253 4,019,600 113,531 5,788,965 136-63

,, . , , , Tr j tit i Maintenance of Signals and Maintenance of Locomotives, Maintenance of Way and Works. Electrical Appliances. Carriages, and Wagons. Year. Per Cent. Per Mile Per Cent. Per Mile Per Cent. Per Amount. of of Amount. of of Amount. of TrainRevenue. Railway. Revenue. Railway. Revenue. mile. £ £ £ £ £ d. 1926-1927 .. .. 1,074,334 14-47 340-30 100,861 1-36 31-95 1,303,444 17-56 29-17 1927-1928 .. .. 1,147,067 15-62 360-94 102,871 1-40 32-37 1,380,727 18-80 30-57 1928-1929 .. .. 1,111,229 14-77 341-50 112,206 1-49 34-48 1,424,165 18-93 30-76 1929-1930 .. .. 1,146,014 15-33 352-19 117,577 1-57 36-13 1,680,919 22-49 33-55 1930-1931 .. .. 1,150,329 16-97 348-27 104,464 1-54 31-63 1,502,698 22-16 31-97 1931-1932 .. .. 997,629 17-23 300-90 107,584 1-86 32-50 1,270,585 21-94 30-00 Locomotive Transportation. Traffic Transportation. General Charges. Expendi- Expenditlire ture YeaI ' Per Per Per Expenditure. T £. C £ī. of Amount. r? ' Train- Amount. "i Train- Amount. r, ' Train- mile. Revenue. Revenue. inile " Revenue. ml ' lc " Revenue. mi ' e - £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. 1926-1927 .. 1,669,352 22-49 37-36 1,752,998 23-61 39-23 257,294 3-47 5-76 6,158,283 137-82 82-96 1927-1928 .. 1.662,074 22-63 36-80 1,760,459 23-97 38-98 248,921 3-39 5-51 6,302,119 139-55 85-81 1928-1929 .. 1,650,793 21-94 35-65 1,825,965 24-26 39-43 250,221 3-32 5-40 6,374,579 137-66 84-71 1929-1930 .. 1,755,208 23-49 35-03 1,883,918 25-21 37-61 264,389 3-54 5-28 6,848,026 136-71 91-62 1930-1931 .. 1,594,672 23-53 33-92 1,798,490 26-52 38-26 255,490 3-76 5-43 6,406,143 136-28 94-47 1931-1932 .. 1,254,770 21-67 29-70 1,424,520 24-60 33-60 246,565 4-26 5-80 5,301,653 125-13 91-56