New Zealand Gazette – 1878 – No. 85

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✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Returns



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1237

CHRISTCHURCH SECTION—continued.

1878 1877
GOODS, Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 258 0 0 116 0 0
Timber 6,697 0 0 4,919 0 0
Grain 10,411 0 0 7,337 0 0
Merchandise 9,258 0 0 10,818 0 0
Minerals 7,137 0 0 6,623 0 0
Firewood 2,328 0 0 ...
Total... 36,089 0 0 29,813 0 0
LIVE STOCK, No. No.
Horses and Cattle 466 180
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 8,802 1,391
Total 9,268 1,571
RECEIPTS, — £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. 8,879 10 1 6,976 6 10
Goods and Live Stock 12,570 7 10 9,378 4 10
Total Revenue £21,449 17 11 £16,354 11 8

DUNEDIN SECTION.

1878 1877
PASSENGERS, — No. No.
1st Class 9,036 4,561
2nd Class 17,046 16,265
Total... 26,082 20,826
GOODS, — Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 82 0 0 101 0 0
Timber 959 0 0 204 0 0
Grain 2,108 0 0 1,661 0 0
Merchandise 2,825 0 0 3,114 0 0
Minerals 7,846 0 0 6,561 0 0
Firewood 204 0 0 ...
Total... 14,024 0 0 11,641 0 0
LIVE STOCK, — No. No.
Horses and Cattle 131 41
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 1,173 5
Total 1,304 46

DUNEDIN SECTION—continued.

1878 1877
RECEIPTS, — £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 3,814 18 2 2,926 14 6
Goods and Live Stock 3,991 2 2 3,381 11 7
Total Revenue £7,806 0 4 £6,308 6 1

INVERCARGILL SECTION.

1878 1877
PASSENGERS, — No. No.
1st Class 1,003 1,065
2nd Class 5,021 4,843
Total... 6,024 5,908
GOODS, — Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 57 0 0 15 0 0
Timber 1,370 0 0 1,569 0 0
Grain 777 0 0 276 0 0
Merchandise 1,318 0 0 1,468 0 0
Minerals 540 0 0 984 0 0
Firewood 464 0 0 ...
Total... 4,526 0 0 4,312 0 0
LIVE STOCK, — No. No.
Horses and Cattle 55 2
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 970 115
Total... 1,025 117
RECEIPTS, — £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 1,727 11 0 1,100 13 8
Goods and Live Stock 1,915 3 0 1,574 4 8
Total Revenue £3,642 14 0 £2,674 18 4

R. WHITAKER,
Accountant, Working Railways.
3rd September, 1878.

RAILWAYS WORKING ACCOUNT.

SHOWING the Total Revenue and Expenditure during the Financial Year 1878-79, to the termination
of the Four-weekly Period ending 27th July.

Section. Length open for Traffic. Four-Weekly Revenue. 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. £ s. d. Revenue per Mile of Railway open.
£ s. d.
Kaipara 16 325 15 8 325 15 8 380 18 7 116.92 264 14 0
Auckland 97 3,236 10 8 3,236 10 8 2,676 14 10 82.70 433 15 2
Napier 65 1,791 2 7 1,791 2 7 1,395 16 9 77.93 358 4 6
Wellington 28 1,330 15 11 1,330 15 11 960 18 0 72.20 617 17 4
Wanganui 86 1,940 19 0 1,940 19 0 1,424 4 6 73.37 293 8 0
New Plymouth 21 403 12 6 403 12 6 387 2 7 95.91 249 17 3
Greymouth... 8 667 14 3 667 14 3 369 19 6 55.41 1,085 0 7
Westport 19 206 1 4 206 1 4 215 17 5 104.75 140 19 10
Nelson 20 446 2 3 446 2 3 390 15 5 87.59 289 19 5
Picton 18 338 5 1 338 5 1 398 1 7 117.68 244 5 9
Christchurch 402 21,449 17 11 21,449 17 11 15,232 9 0 71.01 693 13 0
Dunedin 121 7,806 0 4 7,806 0 4 6,576 7 6 84.25 838 13 2
Invercargill 167 3,642 14 0 3,642 14 0 2,603 11 2 71.47 283 11 5
Totals 1,068 43,585 11 6 43,585 11 6 33,012 16 10 75.74

Public Works Office,
3rd September, 1878.

R. WHITAKER,
Accountant Working Railways.



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🚂 Continuation of Traffic Returns for Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill Sections (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
3 September 1878
Railway statistics, Traffic returns, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Goods, Livestock, Passengers, Revenue
  • R. Whitaker, Accountant, Working Railways

🚂 Railways Working Account showing Revenue and Expenditure to 27th July 1878

🚂 Transport & Communications
3 September 1878
Railway finance, Expenditure, Revenue, Financial year, Section statistics, Kaipara, Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Greymouth, Westport, Nelson, Picton, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill
  • R. Whitaker, Accountant Working Railways