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ing heat of American .summeis nor the Uightiiig cold of tlieir 

 Avinters luive to he encountered, will he a weighty considci'ation 

 with those who are changing their lionie;<. 



It i.s also a matter of certainty that a constantly inu-reasiug 

 influx of touri.sts, sportsmen and travellers, w ill tind their way 

 to Newfoundland during the summer months now that its nolde 

 scenery ami attractions for the sportsman are made known and 

 rendered accessihle. The island is really the Norway of tlu^ 

 New Worhl, and comi)ares favouralily with Ireland or Scotland 

 as regards scenery and natural resources ; and were facilities for 

 travel matching those in Norway, provided, hosts of visitors 

 would every year he seeking its shores. All those developments 

 will come in due time now that the grand essential, a trunk rail- 

 way has heen constructed. 



NEWFOUNDLAND RAILAVAY C031PANV. 



Under the careful and skilful management of the Receiver, 

 the Newfoundland Eailway, from St. .lohn's to Harhour Grace,- 

 (83i^ miles) has made most satisfactory ])rogress in the develop- 

 ment of passenger and goods trattic-. The road-hed, track and 

 rolling stock are maintained in excellent condition, and the mad 

 is efHciently and continuously o}»erated. The trains run with 

 remarkahle regularity, winter and summer ; and \\\> to tlie pre- 

 sent time, there have been no serious accidents and very I'ew 

 injuries to jiassengers or employees. 



In order to show the advance which has heen ma<le, we shall 

 take for comjiarison the year 1886, when the line was tirst ope- 

 rated under the present an-angement, and 1893. 



1880. 



In 1880 the gross earnings of the railway were .§'40,772. There 

 were carried over the line during that year 37,649 passengeis, 

 the average distance travelled hy each being 30 1-5 miles, at an 

 average I'ate of fare, including all classes, of two tive hundred 

 and twenty-two-one thousand cents per mile. The total jiassen- 

 ger earnings amounteil to ^29,01U. 



During the same year there were carried over the line 4,996' 

 tons of freight, being an average haul per ton of 51 8-10 miles, at 



