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Statement V.

Coaching Revenue.

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Passenger

Year.

Revenue.

Parcels.

Rs.

1921

2,685,826

Ra. 161,271

Total.

Ra. 2,847,097

Sugar Crop.

Tons.

1922

2,741,810

154,767

2,895,577

C. 93945/32 [No. 15].

No. 78.

The Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Officer Administering the Government, Mauritius.

DOWNING STREET,

1923-24

2,985,545

163,055

3,148,600

201,550

28th November, 1932.

1924-25

2,065,346

161,618

2,826,964

224,710

1925-26

1,864,053

130,683

1,994,716

239,100

1926-27

1,663,323

122,625

1,786,948

190,712

1927-28

1,459;143

109,723

1,569,866

214,627

SIR,

1928-29

1,116,655

117,991

1,234,646

250,094

1929-30

781,749

98,084

880,833

234,015

1930-31

606,669

73,393

880,062

220,096

1931-32

435,437

63,552

498,989

164,010

Estimated 1932-33

370,000

52,800

422,800

Average

220,000

215,892

Goods Revenue,

Year.

Sugar. Rs.

1921

1922

1923-24

1924-25

1925-26

1926-27

1927-28

1928-29

Canes. Rs. 142,854 891,757 719,691 172,755 800,761 737,860 223,907 727,209 898,563 1,849,679 256,879 883,661 822,196 1,942,736 218,155 919,929 875,846 2,113,930 189,383 619,454 485,132 1,293,989 157,959 820,854 556,017 155,366 922,169 389,577 1,467,112

General Goods. Ra.

Total. Ra.

Miscellaneous. Rs.

1,564,302

62,228

(Confidential.)

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Sir Wilfred Jackson's confidential despatch of the 26th of July, 1932,* on the subject of the Mauritius Government Railways.

2. In his report dated 5th November, 1931, copy of which accom- panied Sir Wilfred Jackson's confidential despatch of 4th of November, 1931,† the General Manager of the Railway submitted estimates of the reduction in revenue and expenditure which might be anticipated under each of four successive schemes of reorganiza. tion. The annual deficits anticipated were as follows:-

Deficit. Rs.

1,711,376

64,277

129,161

162,656 139,970

189,472

1,534,830

141,868

146,454

1929-30

1930-31

1931-32*

1932-33 ...

103,048 857,666 352,863 70,540 821,314 251,875 46,818 563,648 209,052 64,600 820,000 180,600

1,313,577

141,228

Under Scheme (A). The introduction of im- mediate economies involving the dismissal of employees surplus to railway require- ments Under Scheme (B). passenger service

699,786

Restriction of existing

236,337

1,143,720

113,727

Under Scheme (C).

Retention of Port Louis-

819,518 1,065,200

(a) 128,925 (a) 122,000

Average

785,702

Curepipe passenger service only Under Scheme (D). Total elimination of

passenger services

275,896

214,713

*Not Final.

(a) Includes Levy on salaries.

The above deficits were calculated after provision had been made for pension and compensation allowances, but not provision for depreciation and renewals.

3. Scheme (A) was, I understand, introduced on 1st February last and the General Manager now recommends that Scheme (B) should be put into immediate execution. Apart from the question of closing sections of the line, to which I shall refer later, the fundamental difference between the recommendation of the Finan- cial Commissioners and that of the General Manager is, that the Financial Commissioners recommend that the railway should be

† No. 39.

* No. 77.

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