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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, 1947, to 31st March, 1948 MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE

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Year. Average Miles open. Capital Cost. Train-mileage (Revenue). Passenger Journeys. Passenger Revenue. Other Coaching Revenue. Cattle and Calves. Sheep and Pigs. Live-stock Tonnage. Timber. . 1946-1947 1947-1948 No. 3.528 3.529 £ 72,099,790 73,838,317 No. 13,169,233 13,712,103 No. 28,869,135 25,887,189 £ 3,253,748 2,687,767 £ 440,731 553,366 No. 1,449,613 1,502,266 No. 11,964,985 11,285,571 Tons. 780,862 757,750 Tons. 588,245 678,127 Year. Other Goods. Total. Goods Revenue. Miscellaneous Revenue, Labour, Demurrage, Ac. Total Revenue. Revenue per Revenue Train-mile. 1946-1947 1947-1948 Tons. 7,960,226 8,088,166 Tons. 9,329,333 9,524,043 £ 8,903,762 10,486,744 £ 225,543 236,403 £ 12,823,784 13,964,280 d. 233-70 244-41

Year. Maintenance of Way and Works. Maintenance of Signals and Electrical Appliances. Maintenance of Locomotives, Carriages, and Wagons 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. 1946-1947 .. 1947-1948 .. £ 2,466,020 2,528,407 19-23 18-11 £ 698-99 716-47 £ 376,458 426,841 2-94 3-06 £ 106-71 120-95 £ 3,241,139 3,298,700 25-28 23-62 d. 59-07 57-74 Year. Locomotive Transportation. Traffic Transportation. General Charges. Total Expenditure. Expenditure per Revenue Trainmile. Expenditure per Cent, of Revenue. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Trainmile. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Trainmile. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Trainmile. 1946-1947 .. 1947-1948 .. £■ 2,996,016 3,786,756 23-36 27-12 d. 54-60 66-28 £ 4,138,817 4,550,376 32-27 32-58 d. 75-43 79-64 £ 426,329 499,011 3-32 3-57 d. 7-77 8-74 £ 13,644,779 15,090,091 d. 248-67 264-12 106-40 108-06