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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
CHRISTCHURCH SECTION.*
PASSENGERS, -
1st Class
2nd Class
Total...
GOODS, -
Wool
Timber
Grain
Merchandise
Minerals
Firewood
Total...
LIVE STOCK, -
Horses and Cattle
Sheep, Pigs, &c.
Total
RECEIPTS, -
Passengers, Parcels, &c.
Goods and Live Stock
Total Revenue
DUNEDIN SECTION—continued.
- No.
11,851
35,496
47,347
Tons cwt. qr.
1,475 0 0
5,423 0 0
15,708 0 0
11,164 0 0
6,298 0 0
820 0 0
40,888 0 0
No.
417
5,481
5,898
£ s. d.
9,352 0 0
15,142 17 6
£24,494 17 6
- No.
17,026
55,158
72,184†
Tons. cwt. qr.
1,829 0 0
3,972 0 0
10,195 0 0
10,415 0 0
4,403 0 0
0 0 0
30,814 0 0
No.
...
...
...
RECEIPTS, -
Passengers, Parcels, &c....
Goods and Live Stock
Total Revenue
INVERCARGILL SECTION.*
PASSENGERS, -
1st Class
2nd Class
Total...
GOODS, -
Wool
Timber
Grain
Merchandise
Minerals
Firewood
Total...
LIVE STOCK, -
Horses and Cattle
Sheep, Pigs, &c.
Total
RECEIPTS, -
Passengers, Parcels, &c....
Goods and Live Stock
Total Revenue
- £ s. d.
4,659 14 5
4,638 0 9
£9,297 15 2
No.
1,744
7,323
9,067
Tons cwt. qr.
529 0 0
1,807 0 0
326 0 0
1,232 0 0
1,663 0 0
360 0 0
5,917 0 0
No.
63
568
631
- £ s. d.
3,316 1 1
3,522 12 5
£6,838 13 6
No.
...
...
...
Tons cwt. qr.
1,829 0 0
...
...
...
3,116 0 0
No.
...
...
...
£ s. d.
1,967 10 2
2,368 0 4
£4,335 10 6
DUNEDIN SECTION.*
PASSENGERS, -
1st Class
2nd Class
Total...
GOODS, -
Wool
Timber
Grain
Merchandise
Minerals
Firewood
Total...
LIVE STOCK, -
Horses and Cattle
Sheep, Pigs, &c.
Total
RECEIPTS, -
Passengers, Parcels, &c....
Goods and Live Stock
Total Revenue
- No.
7,916
25,058
32,974
Tons cwt. qr.
1,231 0 0
685 0 0
1,058 0 0
5,645 0 0
6,092 0 0
48 0 0
14,759 0 0
No.
237
1,837
2,074
- No.
...
...
23,096
Tons cwt. qr.
9,840 0 0
No.
...
...
...
£ s. d.
1,325 9 6
2,325 14 3
£3,651 3 9
R. WHITAKER,
Accountant, Constructed Railways.
April, 1878.
- Average taken for four weeks, 1877.
- The apparent excess in 1877 is due to the fact that return
tickets and all Saturday tickets were counted as two passengers.
RAILWAYS WORKING ACCOUNT.
SHOWING the Total Revenue and Expenditure during the Financial Year 1877-78, to the termination
of the Four-weekly Period ending 9th March.
RAILWAYS.
| Section. | Length open for Traffic. | Total Revenue to Date. | Total Expenditure to Date. | Percentage of Expenditure to Revenue. | FOR A TWELVE-MONTHLY PERIOD, AVERAGE TO DATE. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | Revenue per Mile of Railway open. | |||
| £ s. d. | |||||
| Kaipara* | 16 | 2,251 4 10 | 3,032 2 4 | 134.68 | 203 4 9 |
| Auckland* | 87 | 23,570 6 10 | 17,709 12 7 | 75.13 | 452 18 10 |
| Napier | 65 | 16,557 17 11 | 12,313 3 0 | 74.36 | 398 12 3 |
| Wellington | 28 | 10,431 1 8 | 7,699 1 3 | 73.80 | 678 0 5 |
| Foxton* | 40 | 5,754 17 2 | 5,694 15 2 | 98.95 | 226 14 0 |
| Wanganui† | 33 | 1,961 10 4 | 3,084 16 5 | 157.26 | 124 7 8 |
| New Plymouth *. | 21 | 3,082 1 6 | 3,289 0 3 | 106.71 | 278 4 10 |
| Greymouth* | 8 | 4,221 2 5 | 3,516 18 2 | 83.31 | 762 2 11 |
| Westport*† | 19 | 826 15 1 | 920 12 7 | 111.35 | 85 6 0 |
| Nelson | 20 | 4,057 9 2 | 3,973 3 8 | 97.92 | 293 0 9 |
| Picton* | 18 | 2,877 14 11 | 3,337 3 7 | 115.96 | 230 18 7 |
| Christchurch | 387 | 172,381 17 11 | 128,107 12 11 | 74.31 | 653 1 2 |
| Dunedin | 105 | 67,724 10 8 | 49,088 12 6 | 72.48 | 1,063 6 1 |
| Invercargill | 154 | 30,802 10 8 | 22,154 18 9 | 71.92 | 322 18 6 |
| 1,001 | 346,501 1 1 | 263,921 13 2 | 76.16 | ... |
- The revenue for wharves is not included.
† These results are abnormal. Neither of these lines is yet doing its proper traffic.
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