mile 6,801
Operating expenses 731,887,893
Operating expenses per mile 4,538
Net income from operation 364,873,502
Net income per mile 2,263
Of gross income 67.17 per cent. was earned on freight.
Of gross income 25.64 per cent. was earned on passengers.
Received for carrying mails $ 24,870,015
Received rentals from express companies 21,594,349
Received from investments 133,911,126
No. of passengers carried 531,183,988
No. of tons freight carried 675,608,323
Average journey per passenger 24.18 miles
Average haul per ton of freight 120 miles
Average number passengers per train 42
Average number tons freight per train 181.67
Average revenue per passenger per mile 2.142 cents
Average revenue per ton per mile of freight .895 cents
Average revenue per train mile, passenger $1.06
Average revenue per train mile, freight 1.64

TABLE No. 2.

STATISTICS OF THE RAILWAYS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DEC. 31, 1891.

From the English Reform Almanac for 1893 and from the Report of
Commissioners R. Giffen and Courtenay Boyle to the Board of Trade.

Mileage 20,191 miles
Double, triple or quadruple 10,853 miles
Capital per mile L45,536
Gross income per mile 3,873
Net income per mile 1,818
Income from passenger traffic 35,130,916
Income from goods traffic 43,230,717
Income from miscellaneous 3,498,974
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Income, total L81,860,607
Operating expenses, 55 per cent L45,144,778
Rates and taxes 2,246,430
Government duty 321,260
Paid for persons injured 165,219
Paid for damage and loss of goods 257,804
Number of fi