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THE RAILWAY INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE OF INDIA 189,
to 1927 ,first, in regard to the "working expenses" in percentage
of gross earnings, and secondly, in regard to "net
earmn.gs " in percentage of capital at charge, as follows:
Lines Working Expenses in Net Earnings
p.c. of Gross Earnings in p.c. of Capital
1921 1927 1921 1927
A.B.R. 93·75 53'67 0·31 4·11
B.N.W.R. 44·18 38'66 8·90 11·12
B.N.R. 71'45 57·76 3·67 5·12
B.B.C.I.R. 75·96 62·84 4·70 6·12
Burma R. 69·76 61·25 4·72 6'08
E.B.R. 85·06 (>5'32 [1'58 5·25
E.I.R. 62·81 61·14 5·52 5·65
G.I.P.R. 91'02 70·40 -1-31 3-99
Jodhpur R. 70·56 64-08 6-24 7'24
M.S.M.R. 69·98 54-90 4·63 6·67
Nizam R. 46·73 36·68 8·67 9·11
N.W.R. 92·29 69·73 0·97 4·02
R.K.R. 55·85 49·31 7-19 7·88
S.LR. 72·27 54·17 5·16 8·13
Fourteen Rlys.76·36 61-88 3·38 5'47
The table says that on all the fourteen railways combined
the expenses in percentage of gross earnings have
gone 'do~~ from 76·36'p.c. to 61·88 p.c., and that the net
earnings also have increased during the same period from
3.38 p.c.of total capital to 5'47 p.c. For 1927-28 this
last'figure is 5:58 p.c. as we"'have noted previously. The
trend in the increase of net earnings is to be' observed~
If we take the individual railways ~e fi~d that t~is ~ene~,
ral trend is repeated _in each. Everyone of the