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SUBSIDIARY SERVICES. Subsidiary Service Revenue.—The revenue from subsidiary services amounted to £887,047, as compared with £760,798 for the previous year, the figures for the past three years being as follow: — 1936-37. 1935-36. 1934-35. £ £ £ Lake Wakatipu steamers.. .. .. 7,112 10,598 10,647 Refreshment service .. .. .. 103,351 89,132 79,817 Bookstall service .. .. .. 54,417 45,798 36,846 Advertising service .. .. .. 34,535 31,774 30,030 Departmental dwellings .. .. .. 131,187 129,255 105,338 Leases of bookstalls, &c. .. .. 19,020 17,909 17,346 Road motor services .. .. .. 198,751 103,280 90,278 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 338,674 333,052 349,562 £887,047 £760,798 £719,864 # " ————— Subsidiary Service Expenditure.—The particulars of the expenditure in connection with subsidiary services over a period of three years are as follow :— 1936-37. 1935-36. 1934-3.5. £ £ £ Lake Wakatipu steamers .. .. 10,855 9,399 10,269 Refreshment service .. .. .. 101,125 84,976 77,685 Bookstall service .. .. .. 51,245 43,042 34,564 Advertising service .. .. .. 31,151 29,391 27,942 Departmental dwellings .. .. .. 164,746 156,692 155,302 Leases of bookstalls, &c. .. .. 12,233 11,464 11,481 Road motor services .. .. .. 177,053 94,682 84'606 £548,408 £429,646 £401,849 The variations shown above are analysed under their separate heads later in this report. PASSENGER TRAFFIC. An analysis of the passenger traffic is as follows :—

Compared with the year 1935-36, the variations in passenger traffic, other than season tickets, are as follow :—

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1937. 1936. j Variation. Passenger journeys— : Number. Number. Number. Per Cent. Ordinary.. .. .. .. [ 8,284,956 7,963,824 +321,132 4-03 Season .. .. .. .. j 12,950,472 12,394,700 +555,772 4-48 Total .. .. .. 21,235,428 20,358,524 +876,904 4-31 Revenue — £ £ £ Ordinary.. .. .. .. 1,421,633 1,286,059 +135,574 10-54 Season .. .. .. .. 189,672 180,558 + 9,114 5-05 Total .. .. .. 1,611,305 1,466,617 +144,688 9-87 i ; Passenger train-miles .. .. 5,066,860 4,747,525 +319,335 6-73 Revenue— Per mile of line .. .. .. £485' £449 + £36 8-02

Journeys. Description. — Variation. .1937. 1936. Number. Number. Number. Per Gent. Standard fare .. .. .. 3,480,655 3,285,197 +195,458 5-95 Suburban .. .. .. .. 2,360,962 2,298,021 + 62,941 2-74 Day and special excursion and otter re- 2,443,339 2,380,606 + 62,733 2-64 duced fares 8,284,956 7,963,824 +321,132 4-03