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The 1905 '''''Annual Report of the Department of Railways and Canals for the Fiscal Year From July 1, 1903, To June 30, 1904'''''<br>
has 758 pages. This Government of Canada report was made every year.  A copy is available at: https://archive.org/details/1905v39i8p20_0265<br>
Towards the back of the report are a series of statistical tables regarding the operations and finances of the steam railways. (There are also similar tables for electric railways and for canals.)<br>
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Below are extracts from some of the tables showing information for the Dominion Atlantic Railway, the Halifax and South Western Railway, the Halifax and Yarmouth Railway, and the Midland Railway.<br>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center
!colspan="13"|Train Mileage (Table 4 part VI, pp 42-45)
|-
|Railroad<br>Name
|Route<br>Miles
|Passenger<br>Trains<br>Mileage
|Freight<br>Trains<br>Mileage
|Mixed<br>Trains<br>Mileage
|Total Trains<br>Mileage
|Engine<br>Mileage
|Total Number<br>Of Passengers<br>Carried
|Tons of Freight<br>of 2000 lbs<br>Carried
|Ave Pass train<br>Speed<br>MPH
|Ave Frgt train<br>Speed<br>MPH
|Ave Pass train<br>Weight in<br>Motion, T
|Ave Frgt train<br>Weight in<br>Motion, T
|-
|DAR 
|220.50
|222,006
|n.a.
|344,620
|566,626
|566,626
|303,716
|306,556
|30
|15
|100
|200
|-
|H&SW
|96.00
|1,174
|n.a.
|58,163
|59,337
|92,348
|62,746
|41,328
|20
|n.a.
|n.a.
|n.a.
|-
|Halifax & Yarmouth 
|50.20
|18,500
|n.a.
|29,600
|48,100
|50,315
|51,477
|9,540
|25
|17
|90
|n.a.
|-
|Midland
|57.87
|72,616
|n.a.
|35,612
|108,228
|108,228
|55,612
|33,867
|33
|20
|102
|210
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center
!colspan="14"|Description of Freight Carried  (Table 5 part VI, pp 46-55)
|-
|Railroad Name
|colspan="2"|Flour
|colspan="2"|Grain
|colspan="2"|Livestock
|colspan="2"|Lumber of All<br>Types, ft. B.M.
|colspan="2"|Coal and<br>Other Fuel
|Manufactured<br>Goods
|Other
|Total
|-
|
|Barrels
|Tons
|Bushels
|Tons
|Number
|Tons
|Feet
|Tons
|Cords
|Tons
|Tons
|Tons
|Tons
|-
|DAR
|160,275
|16,027
|n.a.
|4,072
|11,009
|2,742
|45,803,100
|68,705
|n.a.
|28,230
|45,100
|141,670
|306,556
|-
|H&SW
|18,892
|1,889
|6,733
|111
|207
|80
|8,739,000
|13,238
|n.a.
|7,891
|13,172
|4,947
|41,328
|-
|Halifax & Yarmouth
|11,299
|1,130
|27,758
|694
|115
|66
|1,548,354
|2,323
|n.a.
|1,861
|1,351
|2,115
|9,540
|-
|Midland
|6,635
|663
|44,254
|752
|511
|220
|10,733,856
|18,784
|n.a.
|7,267
|3,675
|2,506
|33,867
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center
!colspan="9"|Summary Statement of Earnings  (Table 6 part VI, pp 56-63)
|-
|Railroad Name
|Passenger
|Freight
|Mail & Express
|Other
|Total Gross<br>Earnings
|Total Net<br>Earnings
|Proportion<br>of Earnings<br>to Working<br>Expenses, p.c.
|Earnings per<br> Train Mile
|-
|DAR
|$581,960.09
|$419,126.12
|$73,558.07
|n.a.
|$1,074,644.28
|$269,557.99
|133
|$1.89
|-
|H&SW
|$26,523.59
|$11,328.33
|$1,357.10
|$675.22
|$39,884.24
|$9,530.13
|131
|$0.82
|-
|Halifax & Yarmouth
|$42,437.93
|$32,476.96
|$4,392.82
|$1,423.95
|$80.731.66
|$13,861.36
|119
|$1.36
|-
|Midland
|$33,146.79
|$31,007.71
|$530.86
|$629.56
|$65,314.92
|$15,151.73
|130
|$0.60
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center
!colspan="8"|Summary Statement of Operating Expenses  (Table 7 part VI, pp 64-69)
|-
|Railroad Name
|Mileage
|Maintenance of Way,<br>Buildings &c.
|Cost of Motive Power
|Maintenance of Cars
|General and<br>Operating  Charges
|Total
|Cost of Operating<br>per Train Mile
|-
|DAR
|220.50
|$169,650.18
|$302,710.50
|$24,552.79
|$308,172.82
|$805,086.29
|$1.42
|-
|H&SW
|96.00
|$24,830.50
|$21,640.18
|$3,835.61
|$16,564.01
|$66,870.30
|$1.14
|-
|Halifax & Yarmouth
|50.20
|$9,067.15
|$10,603.30
|$1,685.38
|$8,998.28
|$30,354.11
|$0.63
|-
|Midland
|57.87
|$12,369.58
|$19,499.03
|$2,986.44
|$15,308.14
|$50,163.19
|$0.46
|}
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