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STATEMENT No. 16. Statement of Season Tickets issued for the Years ended 31st March, 1934 to 1937.

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! I ( 1936-37. 1935-36. ; 1934-35. 1933-34. Description of Tickets. — ; ; Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. [ Amount. Number. Amount. i I . . £ £ £ £ Annual, all lines .. .. .. 10 1,019 9 1,078 13 1,172 9 785 Annual, North Island .. .. 55 4,629 49 4,223 49 4,200 52 4,416 Annual, South Island .... 4 279 4 274 5 390 6 423 Sectional annual, North Island .. 191 11,240 199 11,752 208 11,401 227 12,232 Sectional annual, South Island .. 84 4,075 98 4,745 101 4,910 101 4,700 Reporters' annual .. . . .. 16 679 16 677 15 639 18 768 Tourist, all lines .. .. .. 50 809 76 1,185 101 1,557 97 1,504 Tourist, North Island .. .. 206 1,995 247 2,397 251 2,488 256 2,551 Tourist, South Island . . .. 32 299 45 396 21 203 16 187 School .. .. .. . - 25,693 21,865 26,148 22,218 25,568 22,034 25,206 21,926 Bearer twelve-trip .. .. .. 72,920 15,741 72,607 16,339 73,047 16,174 76,071 17,015 Bearer six-trip .. .. .. 10,673 1,658 Weekly twelve-trip .. . . ., 110,844 21,252 109,418 20,882 103,981 19,824 99,863 19,055 Weekly workmen's .. .. .. 257,843 43,364 243,120 40,508 226,877 37,681 214,819 35,571 All other season .. .. 34,442 60,768 30,110 53,884 27,309 52,644 26,001 50,470 Totals .. .. .. 513,063 189,672 482,146 180,558 457,546 175,317 442,742 171,603 Total passenger journeys .. 12,950,472 .. 12,394,700 .. 11,845,432 .. 11,535,840 I