274 ^'-^"' SOUTH WALES. 



stock. Savings have been effected in stores, and sucTi a comparison 

 as tlie following indicates the importance of the attention to details 

 recentlv bestowed : — 



87,379 49,921 



Additional references will Le necessary to the various actions of the 

 Railway Commissioners in the course of these remarks ; but it is neces- 

 sary to furnish particulars as to the statistical position, and it will be 

 convenient to take as a comparison the years 1888 and 1894-5. 



New South irales Balhcays in 1SS8 and 1894-5. 



Let it be borne in mind that in 1888 this colony was participating in 

 the boom period of Australian finance, and the lavish expenditure of the 

 people by which it was accompanied, and that in 1894-5 all unnecessary 

 expenditure is avoided by those who contribute to the railway traffic, 

 and the results indicated below will be better understood : — 



£609,196 £611,012 „ £31,816 



