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SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL RESULTS
OF THE PAST THREE YEARS, (Continued).
Head No.
List of heads.
1937
1938
1939
48
Percentage of goods receipts to
gross Railway receipts
13.91
34.18
4.46
49
Goods receipts per route mile
operated
$
8,398
29,464
1,891
50
Goods receipts per paying train
mile:-
(a) Local traffic
(b) Through traffic
$
(c) Total traffic
$
0.89
0.80
1.30
4.94
10.41
$
3.44
6.86
1.30
51
Tons of goods hauled
185,389
482,070
37,146
52
Average receipt per ton of goods... $
1.00
1.35
1.09
53
Nett ton mileage of goods
3,926,221
10,356,338
583,556
54
Average receipt per ton mile ...... $
0.047
0.063
0.070
55
Average length of haul of paying
goods traffic
Number of goods vehicles in stock
miles
21.17
21.48
15.71
110
130
130
57
Loaded goods vehicle mileage
489,361
750,430
190,516
58
Empty goods vehicle mileage
218,013
318,310
45,103
59
Total goods vehicle mileage
707,374
| 1,068,740
235,619
60
Percentage of empty to total goods
vehicle mileage
30.82
29.78
19.14
61
Average wagon load
..tons
7.98
13.72
2.89
62
Wagon miles per day per goods
vehicle in stock
17.6
22.5
5.0
63
Coal consumed by steam locomo-
tives per train mile
lbs.
87.05
105.30
84.66
64
Lubricating oil consumed by steam locomotives per 100 engine miles
pints
13.29
13.83
14.03
65
Lubricating oil consumed by
coaching and goods vehicles
per 1,000 vehicle miles ... pints
5.44
5.70
6.25
66
Petrol consumed per railcar train
mile:-
(a) Motor coaches
gals.
0.359
0.358
0.342
(b) Rail bus
gals.
0.128
0.130
§ Haulage receipts deducted.
Receipts from all sources.
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