Coaching £1,137,687
Goods and Minerals 859,797
Miscellaneous[62] 90,270
----------
2,087,754
the working expenses to 1,137,595
or 54·49 per cent. ----------
and the net receipts to £950,159
The gross receipts yielded an average of--
Per mile. Per train mile.
Coaching £744 3s. 0¼d.
Goods and Minerals 562 6s. 4¾d.
[62] It is assumed that some receipts for cattle traffic are
included in this item.
The foregoing figures are summarised for convenience of comparison
in the following tabular form:
----------------+-----------------------------+--------------+--------
| GROSS RECEIPTS. | |
+--------------+--------------+ PER CENTAGE |
COUNTRIES. | | per train | OF GROSS | % of
| per mile. | mile. | RECEIPTS.[63]|Expense
+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+ on
| [64]| | [65] | | [66] | |Receipts
|Coach-| Goods,|Coach- |Goods,|Coach- |Goods,|
| ing. | &c. | ing. | &c. | ing. | &c. |
----------------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+--------
| £ | £ | | | | |
United Kingdom | 1,592| 1,997 | 4/2 |5/11 | 42·58 | 53·42| 52·77
England & Wales | 1,918| 2,397 | 4/2½ |6/0 | 42·57 | 53·20| 52·80
France | 889| 1,356 | 3/10 |9/8½ | 38·68 | 59·03| 56·45
Germany | 575| 1,486 | 3/4¼ |9/10¾ | 26·79 | 67·29| 54·31
Belgium (State) | 840| 1,600 | 3/1¾ |5/11½ | 33·71 | 64·23| 59·72
Holland. State, |} | | | | | |
Dutch Rhenish, |} | | | | | |
Holland, Dutch |} 744| 562 | 3/0 ¼ |6/4¾ | 54·49 | 41·18| 54·49
Central and |} | | | | | |
Brabant |} | | | | | |
Railways. |} | | | | | |
----------------+------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+--------
[63] In calculating these per centages, the “Miscellaneous” receipts
have been included in the gross receipts.
[64] Coaching receipts embrace receipts from passenger and such
other traffic as is carried by passenger trains, as nearly as can be
classified.
[65] Coaching receipts embrace receipts from passenger and such
other traffic as is carried by passenger trains, as nearly as can be
classified.
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