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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