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 Table No. 7

Number of stations Tonnage Volume of traffic (tons) Actual Percentage of total Percentage of total (Figures in brackets are cumulative) Less than 500 tons 2,526 50 310 I 500-2,499 + 1,175 24 (74) 1,413 S (6) 2,500-9,999 762 15 (89) 3,887 15 (21) 10,000-49,999 453 9 (98) 9,354 35 (56) 50,000 tons and over 115 2 (100) 11,726 44 (100) TOTAL LJ 5,031 100 26,690 100
 * 000 tons

Table No. 8.

Number of stations Volume of traffic (tons) wwww

Tonnage Number of wagons Actual Percentage of total 7000 tons Percentage of total 1000 Percentage wagons of total (Figures in brackets are cumulative) Nil DI 1,172 1-999 tons 1,007 23 20 (43) 0 0 395 39 1,000-2,499 783 16 (59) 1,326 S (6) 123 5 (7) 2,500-4,999 653 13 (72) 2,364 '8 (14) 211 9 (16) 5,000-24,999 1.181 24 (96) 12,619 45 (59) 1,121 45 (61) 25,000-49,999 171 3 (99) 5,840 21 (80) 510 21 (82) 50,000 tons and over .. 64 1 (100) 5,513 20 (100) 459 18 (100) TOTAL 13 5,031 100 28,057 100 2,463 100

A feature is that, although the tonnage of coal received by the smaller stations is small, it is greater than the combined forwarded and received tonnage of minerals and merchandise.

The table which follows shows the position when the forwarded and received traffic is aggregated.