1953-1954 — Page 11

The following incidents occurred during the year:

Trespassers killed by trains

Trespassers injured by trains

Passenger killed by train

Passengers injured by trains

Passengers injured other than by trains

Fires on goods trains

Derailment of wagons

Derailment of shunting engine

Animals killed by trains

Police car collided with train

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Points splits by engine

Railway property damaged by Military vehicle

17. Convictions. The efficiency of the Railway Police was highly satisfactory. Preventive vigilance reduced the number of convictions from 15 to 7.

ACCOUNTS

18. The complete set of accounts and statements for the year will be found at the end of this report.

19. The new coaching stock which has been on order since 1947 again failed to arrive during the year under review despite a promise given by the manufacturers that delivery would be completed during 1953; later, information was received that delivery had been put back to January 1954, and again to April 1955.

20. Capital Account. There was a slight increase, as at 31.3.54 in total investment assets which rose by $418,000 to $38,299,000. The completion of rehabilitation of the permanent way and the arrival of new workshop plant accounted mainly for this sum. At the moment there is no adequate return in revenue commensurate with this big investment, owing to the serious decline in goods traffic. It is a situation not envisaged when the new goods wagons were ordered.

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