New Zealand Gazette – 1878 – No. 92

Page 1331

✨ Railway Traffic Returns and Accounts



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1331

CHRISTCHURCH SECTION—continued.

Category 1878 (Tons cwt. qr.) 1877 (Tons cwt. qr.)
GOODS, -
Wool 179 0 0 131 0 0
Timber 7,064 0 0 5,222 0 0
Grain 9,347 0 0 6,266 0 0
Merchandise 12,112 0 0 10,992 0 0
Minerals 8,618 0 0 5,970 0 0
Firewood 1,972 0 0 0 0 0
Total... 39,291 0 0 28,581 0 0
LIVE STOCK, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle 611 349
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 6,600 2,189
Total 7,211 2,538
RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. 8,997 11 10 7,093 13 3
Goods and Live Stock 13,849 14 3 8,490 5 4
Total Revenue £22,847 6 1 £15,583 18 7

DUNEDIN SECTION—continued.

RECEIPTS, - 1878 (£ s. d.) 1877 (£ s. d.)
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 3,292 9 7 2,845 4 8
Goods and Live Stock 3,851 1 8 3,109 18 9
Total Revente £7,143 11 3 £5,955 3 5

INVERCARGILL SECTION.

PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class 1,081 918
2nd Class 5,981 4,937
Total... 7,062 5,855
GOODS, - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 26 0 0 16 0 0
Timber 1,482 0 0 1,489 0 0
Grain 541 0 0 536 0 0
Merchandise 1,499 0 0 1,336 0 0
Minerals 757 0 0 1,216 0 0
Firewood 456 0 0 0 0 0
Total... 4,761 0 0 4,593 0 0
LIVE STOCK, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle 83 13
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 1,911 257
Total... 1,994 270
RECEIPTS, - £ S. d. £ S. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 1,343 19 0 1,073 7 3
Goods and Live Stock 1,867 13 8 1,570 6 9
Total Revenue £3,21.1 12 8 £2,643 14 0

DUNEDIN SECTION.

PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class 5,958 4,595
2nd Class 19,175 16,969
Total... 25,133 21,564
GOODS, - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 115 0 0 37 0 0
Timber 826 0 0 521 0 0
Grain 1,497 0 0 1,316 0 0
Merchandise 4,723 0 0 2,871 0 0
Minerals 8,544 0 0 7,083 0 0
Firewood 184 0 0 0 0 0
Total... 15,889 0 0 11,828 0 0
LIVE STOCK, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle 114 31
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 1,167 105
Total 1,281 136

Public Works Office,
25th September, 1878.

R. WHITAKER,
Accountant, Working Railways.
25th 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 24th August.

Section. Length open for Traffic. Four-Weekly Revenue. Total Revenue to Date. Total Expenditure to Date. Percentage of Expenditure to Revenue. Revenue per Mile of Railway open. Expenditure per Mile of Railway open.
Kaipara 16 361 1 2 686 16 10 687 13 1 100.11 279 0 7 279 7 2
Auckland 97 3,352 10 10 6,589 1 6 5,649 1 1 85.73 441 10 8 378 10 9
Napier 65 1,731 15 0 3,522 17 7 2,875 11 2 81.62 352 5 9 287 11 0
Wellington 28 1,401 8 6 2,732 4 5 1,915 18 10 70.12 634 5 3 444 15 5
Wanganui 86 1,955 14 3 3,896 13 3 2,984 9 0 76.59 294 10 3 225 11 4
New Plymouth 21 441 17 11 845 10 5 796 11 0 94.20 261 14 2 246 11 0
Greymouth... 8 548 11 5 1,216 5 8 728 3 10 59.87 988 4 7 591 13 0
Westport 19 181 15 3 387 16 7 338 14 8 87.34 132 13 7 115 17 7
Nelson 20 512 7 11 958 10 2 797 12 11 83.22 311 10 2 259 4 7
Picton 18 370 2 9 708 7 10 783 3 4 110.55 255 16 2 282 16 2
Christchurch 402 22,847 6 1 44,297 4 0 30,742 16 9 69.40 716 5 0 497 1 9
Dunedin 121 7,143 11 3 14,949 11 7 12,877 16 3 86.14 803 1 7 691 15 7
Invercargill 167 3,211 12 8 6,854 6 8 6,090 9 9 88.86 266 15 8 237 1 0
Totals 1,068 44,059 15 0 87,645 6 6 67,268 1 8 76.75 ... ...


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🚂 Continuation of Railway Traffic Returns by Section (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
24 August 1878
Railway statistics, Traffic returns, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Goods, Livestock, Revenue

🚂 Railways Working Account showing Revenue and Expenditure to August 24, 1878

🚂 Transport & Communications
25 September 1878
Railway finance, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial year, Working Account, Statistics
  • R. Whitaker, Accountant, Working Railways