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from 23,000 on the Uleåborg line, and 25,000 on the
Hangö line, to 66,000 on the Åbo line, and 173,000
on the Helsingfors-Tavastehus line. As always, the
larger volume of traffic is nearest the towns.
The goods traffic varies in the same manner, being
as much as 313,000 kilometre-tons near St. Petersburg,
307,000 near Helsingfors, and only 10,000 to
14,000 on the lines Björneborg and Uleåborg, 31,000
in Savolaks, 32,000 in Carelia. 35,000 in Vasa, 57,000
on the Hangö line, and, finally, 103,000 on the Åbo
line, and 170,000 on the whole Helsingfors-Tavastehus-St. Petersburg
line. Most of the goods traffic goes to
the ports, since Finland, as we have said, is exporting
much heavier goods than it imports. On the Hangö
line butter forms about half of the whole of the goods
traffic; and throughout the whole country lumber
represents half of the total.
Interesting experiences have followed decreases in
the fares. A lowering of the tariff of 1886 at once
produced a good result, and it was therefore continued.
The third-class passenger fares have been decreased by
20 per cent., the second-class by 17, the first by 10
per cent. At the same time a rebate of 5 per cent,
per 100 kilometres is given for longer journeys, and
circular and return tickets have been introduced, with
the result that a third-class return ticket for 1000
kilometres, for instance, is reduced by 46 per cent.
Also the goods tariff has been decreased. The result
has been, as in Hungary when the zone tariff was
introduced, a considerable increase in the use of the
railroads, and also a largely increased gross revenue.
The passenger traffic increased during the period
1896-8 from 7,194,000 marks to 8,977,000; the goods
traffic from 10,483,000 to 12,776,000 marks. The
increase was so considerable that there was not sufficient
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