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STATEMENT No. 20 Statement showing Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Operating Revenue, and Operating Expenditure of New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1946, to 31st March, 1947 MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE

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Year. Average Miles, open. Capital Cost. Train-mileage. (Revenue). Passenger Journevs. (Rail.) Passenger Revenue. Other Coaching Revenue. Cattle and Calves. Sheep and Pigs. Timber. 1945-1946 .. 1946-1947 .. No. 3,511 3,528 £ 71,514,380 72,099,790 No. 13,454,508 13,169,233 No. 32,417,675 28,869,135 £ 3,912,509 3,253,748 £ 426,619 440,731 No. 1,414,366 1,449,613 No. 13,001,365 11,964,985 Tons. 582,065 588,245 Year. Goods. Total. Goods Revenue. Miscellaneous Revenue, Labour, Demurrage, &o, Total Revenue. Revenue per Revenue Train-mile. 1945-1946 1946-1947 Tons. 7,806,126 7,960,226 Tons. 8,388,191 8,548,471 £ 8,515,673 8,903,762 £ 249,786 225,543 £ 13,104,587 12,823,784 d. 233-76 233-70

Maintenance of Way and Works. Maintenance of Signals and Electrical Appliances. Maintenance of Locomotives, Carriages, xnd Wagons Year. Amount. Per Cent. of Revenue. Per Mile of Railway. Amount. Per Cent. of Revenue. Per Mile of Railway. Amount. Per Cent. of Revenue. Per Train-mile. 1945-1946 .. 1946-1947 .. £ 2,524,485 2,466,020 19-26 19-23 £ 718-97 698-99 £ 375,499 376,458 2-87 2-94 £ 106-94 106-71 £ 3,055,303 3,241,139 23-31 25-28 d. 54-50 59-07 Locomotive Transportation. Traffic Transportation. General Charges. Total Expenditure. Expenditure per Revenue Trainmile. ExpendiYear. Amount. Per Cent. of Revenue. Per Trainmile. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Trainmile. Amount. Per Cent. of Revenue. Per Trainmile. per Cent, of Revenue. 1945-1946 .. 1946-1947 .. ---_ - ■■ ■-' ■ - £ 2,627,868 2,996,016 20-06 23-36 d. 46-88 54-60 £ 3,618,584 4,138,817 27-61 32-27 d. 64-55 75-43 £ 347,985 426,329 2-66 3-32 d. 6-21 7-77 £ 12,549,724 13,644,779 d. 223-86 248-67 95-77 106-40