✨ Railway Traffic Returns and Account
1866
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
CHRISTCHURCH-DUNEDIN SECTION—continued.
1878. 1877.
GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... ... 1,021 0 0 1,235 0 0
Timber ... ... 7,661 0 0 6,145 0 0
Grain ... ... 9,983 0 0 4,676 0 0
Merchandise ... 18,133 0 0 11,511 0 0
Minerals ... ... 12,408 0 0 13,286 0 0
Firewood ... ... 2,104 0 0 0
Total... ... 51,310 0 0 36,853 0 0
LIVE STOCK,—
No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... 1,335 697
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 12,788 7,646
Total ... 14,123 8,343
RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. 19,158 11 5 14,178 9 11
Goods and Live Stock 18,778 3 10 12,676 1 11
Total Revenue £37,936 15 3 £26,854 11 10
INVERCARGILL SECTION—continued.
1878. 1877.
Goods, Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... ... 100 0 0 100 0 0
Timber ... ... 2,339 0 0 1,311 0 0
Grain ... ... 469 0 0 445 0 0
Merchandise ... 1,996 0 0 1,512 0 0
Minerals ... ... 1,054 0 0 1,123 0 0
Firewood ... ... 468 0 0 0
Total... ... 6,416 0 0 4,491 0 0
LIVE STOCK,—
No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... 86 26
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 1,511 474
Total... 1,597 500
RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 2,199 3 4 1,397 6 9
Goods and Live Stock 2,241 15 10 1,641 2 5
Total Revenue £4,440 19 2 £3,038 9 2
INVERCARGILL SECTION.
PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class ... ... 2,369 1,132
2nd Class ... ... 10,652 6,143
Total... ... *13,021 7,275
R. WHITAKER,
Accountant, Working Railways.
- Return and Saturday tickets counted as two, year 1878.
RAILWAYS WORKING ACCOUNT.
SHOWING the Total Receipts and Expenditure during the Financial Year 1878-79, to the termination
of the Four-weekly Period ending 16th November, 1878.
| Section. | Length open for Traffic. | Four-Weekly Receipts. | Total Receipts to Date. | Total Expenditure to Date. | Percentage of Expenditure to Receipts. | FOR A TWELVE-MONTHLY PERIOD, AVERAGE TO DATE. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | Receipts per Mile of Railway. | |||
| £ s. d. | ||||||
| Kaipara | 16 | 341 2 1 | 1,723 1 1 | 1,835 18 5 | 106.55 | 279 19 9 |
| Auckland | 97 | 3,897 16 0 | 17,695 2 1 | 15,907 11 2 | 89-90 | 474 6 0 |
| Napier | 65 | 2,262 2 5 | 9,834 8 2 | 7,099 11 1 | 72-19 | 389 7 5 |
| Wellington... | 45 | 2,531 17 7 | 8,528 13 6 | 5,899 2 6 | 69-17 | 706 3 10 |
| Wanganui, | 86 | 2,652 3 2 | 10,977 8 5 | 7,613 4 7 | 69-35 | 331 17 6 |
| New Plymouth | 21 | 398 8 11 | 2,016 19 3 | 2,023 3 1 | 100-30 | 249 14 4 |
| Greymouth... | 8 | 555 3 2 | 3,171 11 8 | 1,805 18 7 | 56-94 | 1,030 15 2 |
| Westport | 19 | 153 7 6 | 968 5 0 | 1,236 10 4 | 127-70 | 132 9 9 |
| Nelson | 20 | 558 11 4 | 2,455 1 3 | 2,208 12 10 | 89-96 | 319 15 0 |
| Picton | 18 | 371 17 10 | 1,929 13 6 | 1,865 10 5 | 96-67 | 278 14 7 |
| Christchurch-Dunedin... | 532 | 37,936 15 3 | 158,140 15 10 | 115,317 4 10 | 72-92 | 778 16 0 |
| Invercargill | 167 | 4,440 19 2 | 18,695 12 4 | 17,463 15 10 | 93-41 | 291 1 4 |
| Totals | ... | 56,100 4 5 | 236,136 12 1 | 180,276 3 8 | 76.34 | ... |
Railway Department,
23rd December, 1878.
R. WHITAKER,
Accountant, Working Railways.
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- R. Whitaker, Accountant, Working Railways