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gaily dressed, and at night brilliantly illuminated; and on October 11th, the anniversary of "Armistice Day", at 11 a.m. all traffic on the line stopped, and in the Workshops and elsewhere all motion was suspended for 2 minutes.
20. The amount provided in the Estimates under Special Expenditure was $67,330.00 and during the year at various times other sums were voted making a total of $77,834.37. Of this, however, only $20,816.55 was expended and the details are shown in the Table of Expenditure herein.
21. The Revenue Statements of Earnings and Expenditure follow the line previously adopted. The actual Expenditure amounted to $417,032.14 against an estimate of $412,635.00 which shows an excess of $4,397.14.
22. There is a saving under Personal Emoluments of $8,276.36. Under Other Charges the Estimates proved inadequate. The Locomotives, Carriages and Wagons Expenses are mainly responsible for this. The Vote for Coal was exceeded by $12,522.97 owing to an increase in consumption necessitated by an additional train to the service, and during the year unforeseen repairs to Carriages and Wagons had to be undertaken for which purpose a sum of $4,050 was granted. However, small sums lapsed under other sub-heads and the total excess under Other Charges was reduced to $12,673.50.
23. The Local Traffic has improved under all heads when compared with the previous year. The advance in passenger and goods earnings is due to increased traffic. The Sundry receipts are somewhat larger owing to the inclusion of Storage Charges on Rails and Fastenings on account of the Imperial Government.
24. Through and Joint Sectional Traffic Receipts amounted to $302,327.74 or $36,632.96 in excess of 1918.
25. The Gross Receipts for the year were $490,092.77 as against $433,274.43 for 1918 an increase of $56,818.34. The balance after paying working expenses stands at $73,060.63.
26. The results of the past five years are as follows:-
Gross Receipts. Working Expenses. Net Receipts. 1915... $343,769.08 $297,265.97 $46,503.11 1916...... 366,215.67 296,691.63 69,524.04 1917..... 428,246.46 337,431.48 90,814.98 1918...... 433,274.43 356,221.07 77,053.36 1919...... 490,092.77 417,032.14 73,060.63