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PASSENGER TRAFFIC.
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| Year. | First Class. | Second Class. | Third Class. | Total. |
| 1871 | £758.665 | £903.627 | £990,051 | £2,652,343 |
| 1888 | 550,535 | 366,552 | 2,487,532 | 3,404,619 |
| Increase | … | … | 1,497,481 | 752,276 |
| Decrease | 208,130 | 537,075 | … | … |
So that the first class receipts decreased 27 per cent., and the second class 59 per cent., while the third class increased by 151 per cent., the total increase from all classes being 28 per cent., while within the same period the capital invested in the undertaking increased to the extent of about 46 per cent.
The passenger miles (not to be confounded with passenger train miles) calculated in the manner above described by assuming the average fares to have been:—
| First Class. D |
Second Class. D |
Third Class. D | |
| In 1871 … | 1·80 | 1·35 | ·90 |
| In 1888 … | 1·50 | 1·25 | ·90 |
give the following results:—
| Year. | First Class. | Second Class. | Third Class. | Total. |
| 1871 | 101,155.333 | 160,644,800 | 264,013,600 | 525,813.733 |
| 1888 | 88,085,600 | 70,377,984 | 663,341,867 | 821,805,451 |
| Increase | … | … | 399,328,267 | 295,991,718 |
| Decrease | 13.069,733 | 90,266,816 | … | … |
| 12-9% | 56-2% | 151-3% | 56-3% |
