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ir o^A^^'-i ^°*^o^ 1?'^? open December 31, 1911, Eii,crland and Wale.s had 16,200 miles, Scotland 3,815 miles, Ireland 3,402 miles. Of the whole eiigth of line 10,311 miles Avere single, 11,642 double, 291 triple, and 1,173 quadruple or more ; 2,868 miles had a gauge of 5ft Sin 19 854
. 1^? f??^^ ^ ^^^' ^^"'" ^^'^^ ^^' ^^'^ remainder varying from'4ft. 6in. to lit. ll^m. °
Further statistics for the United Kinjfdom :
cS '-I 2 g OJ eS
M O
1900^ I'JOol 1909^ 1910; 1911:
Miles
21,855 22,847 23,280 23,3Sr 23,417
g<OX5
a"^
Million
£ 1,170 1,272-6 1,314-4 1,318-5 1,324-0
Millions 1,142-3 1,199-0 1, •2(55-1 1,30(5-7 1,326-3
o g-c to 01 ?^
Gross Receipts
Million tons 424-9 4611 499 9 514-4 5-23-6
Thous.
£ 45,384 48,720 51,205 52,758 53,955
o5fi I d"
oH
Thous. j Thous. Thous.
£ 53,471 56,412 59,477 61,479 63, -285
£
104,802 113,531 120,174 123,926
127,200
o ^
£ 64,744 70,065 75,038 76,570 78,618
Thous.
£ 40,058 43,466 4.5,136 47,35(5 48,582
1 he number ot holders of season and periodical lickf^t:. in 1911, stated in temis^of the eciuivalent number of holders of annual tickets, was 779,173.
1 OQ/o^f^o."; a'"?!:'^! ^^ ^^ "^'^ °^' 1911 t^e English railways had l,093,2D3,b94^., Scottish 185,778,249^., and Irish 44,986,418/. Of the
iT/if«no/' ^V'r f"^!^"^^ ^^^ ^^^«« ^««k 109,189,731/., Scotland 13,498,609/., and Ireland 4,511,227/. The percentage of working expendi- ture to gross^ receipts was 61-8 in 1911, the same as in 1910. The per-
3'59'fu 1910 '*'^' ^"^ '^^ ^^^^ ^""'"^"P ""^P'^^^ ' ^'^^ '" ^^^^' ^^^'"-'^ At the end of 1911, the length of railway line (in e(,ui»^alenfc of single
track) worked solely by electricity was 206^ miles, and the length partly
worked by electricity was 258 miles. ^ i j
On March 31, 1912, there were in the United Kingdom 2,642 miles
ot tramway and light railway open; gross receipts 1911-12, 14,726,068/. ;
working expenses, 8,924,420/.; total paid up capital, 76,062,966/. Total
passengers during the year, 3,127,318,732
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II.— CaxVal.s and Navigatkjns.
statistics for 1905
—
1 Length
Traffic
Revenue
1 Expenditure
Canals : —
Not belonging to rail- ways : —
England and Wales Scotland Ireland .
Miles
2,457 100 753
3,310 1
i
Tons conveyed
28,019,089 149,724 776,704
£
1,905,697
15,494
115,996
£
1,304,876 14,507 88,848
United Kingdom '
1
28,945,517
2,037,187
1,408,231