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The traffic both in passengers and goods has been gradually increasing
ever since 1922 as the following figures show.
No. of gross kilometre tons in millions.
1922
1923
1924
19925
—
7.014
8.835
9.697
11.446
No. of net kilometre tons.
1922 ....
1923 ....
1924
1925
No. of
passenger kilometres.
1922 ..
1923 ..
1924
1925
No. of net
1922 ...
(023 .....
1924 ...... .......
19925
kilometre tons passenger and goods traffic.
1.704
2.199
2.240
2.510
1.447
1.517
1.460
1.724
1.848
2.351
2.386
2.632
These figures show the traffic in passengers and goods to have increased from
1922 to 1925 by 459.
The following are the figures of railway income in million dinars.
The
1922 .....00 en
1923 ......
1924 ..........
1925
increase therefore in this period was 949.
Expenditure in the same period was
1922 ............
1923 .......
1924 .........cce.
1995
“reese
1.127
1.764
2.070
2.195
1.075
1.601
2.418
2.619
Here the increase in these three years was 1409.
The unfavourable relation between income and expenditure from 1924 is
due to the fact that the railway finances are burdened with expenditure not con-
nected with the exploitation of the lines, as for instance, the annuities for the
purchase of lines ; expenditure on the construction of new railways, and subsidies