Passenger Traffic.

The general trend of passenger traffic since 1911 has been definitely downward, and the greatest efforts have been put forth in an endeavour to check this tendency. Better rolling-stock, improved timetables, more attention to passengers, extended excursions, personal cavassing, and specialised publicity are among the methods that have been applied to popularise rail travel, and we are now able to record an increase in passenger journeys during the four weeks to 2nd March of 336,000. This is equivalent to an increase of 12% on the number carried during the corresponding period last year. While the principal increase was in season tickets, the improvement in ordinary passengers was substantial.