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II. Railways. Mile* open Miles open Mlletop»n Mile* open
1907 . 30,010 j 1914-15 35,285 I 1916-17 36,286 I 1918-19 36,616
1913-14. 34,656 j 1915-16 35,833 | 1917-18 36,333 | 1919-20 36,735
The railways open on March 31, 1920, were as follows : —
Mu«t
State lines worked by the State .... . 7,369
State lines worked by companies . . . 19,019 Branch line Companies' railways under Guarantee and Rebate
terms 2,134
Companies' lines subsidised by the Central or Local Goyernments 2,306
Unassisted Companies' lines
District Board lines .... . 237
Companies' lines subsidised by District Beards , . . 308
Indian State lines worked by Indian States ... 2,595
Indian State lines worked by the Main Line .... 1,823
Companies' lines guaranteed by Indian States .... 760 Lines in Foreign territory worked by British Indian Railway
Companies 74
Total . . 36,735
The gauges of the Indian railways are : (1) The Standard, or 5ft. 6in. (17,990 miles in 1919 . he Metre, or 8ft. 3|in. (15,181 miles); and
(3) The Special gauges of 2ft. 6in. and 2ft. (3,564 miles).
The total capital expenditure on Railways to the end of 1919-20, in- cluding lines under construction and survey, &c, was as follows : —
Ra.
State lines worked by the State 1,56.13,02,000
State lines worked by companies 3.46,54,33,000
Branch line Companies' railways under Guarantee and
Rebate terms 16,49,69,000
Companies' lines subsidised by the Central or Local
'Governments ...... 17,70,18,000
Unassisted Companies' lines ...... 35,86,000
District Board Lines 1,30,04,000
Companies' lines subsidise! by District Boaids . . 1,47,90,000 Indian State lines worked by Indian States . . . 11.12,82,000 Indian State lines worked by the Main line . . . 10,87,76,000 Companies' lines guaranteed by Iudian States . . 8,86.07,000 Lints in Foreign territory worked by British Indian- Railway Companies 2,07,34,000
Unclassified expenditure, including collieries, 4c. . . 1,13,01,000
Total .... 5.74,08,92,000
Passengers carried in 1919-20, 520,027,400; 1918-19, 459.732,400. Aggregate tonnage of goods and live stock in 1919-20, 87,630,000 tons ; 1918-19, 91,161,000 tons. Gross earnings ou railways during 1919-20, 59.435,000/., against 57,240,000/. during 1918-19. Working expenses in 1919-20, 33,771,000/., or 56 82 per cent, of the gross earnings : as compared with 27,868,000/., or 4845 per cent, in 1918-19. Net earnings, 25,664,000/. in 1919-20, against 29,656,000/. in 1918-19 ; average return on the capital expenditure 6 - 80 per cent., against 8 09 per cent, in 1918—19. The net profit to th<- State, after meeting all charges for interest, kc, was 6,963,817/.
