New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 124

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✨ Railway Traffic Returns

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[DEC. 11

GREYMOUTH SECTION—continued.
RECEIPTS,–
1879. | 1878.
£ s. d. | £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. | 131 13 3 | 130 15 2
Goods and Live Stock | 820 17 2 | 527 16 7
Total... | £952 10 5 | £658 11 9

WESTPORT SECTION.
PASSENGERS,— No. | No.
1st Class | 14 | 29
2nd Class | 1,641 | 1,046
Total | 1,655* | 1,075

GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. | Tons cwt. qr.
Timber | 112 0 0 | 14 0 0
Merchandise | 93 0 0 | 161 0 0
Minerals | 171 0 0 | 209 0 0
Total... | 376 0 0 | 384 0 0

LIVE STOCK,— No. | No.
Parcels and Dogs | 156 | ...
Horses and Cattle | 2 | 1
Total... | 158 | 1

RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. | £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... | 64 4 7 | 56 14 0
Goods and Live Stock | 196 11 10 | 147 5 3
Total... | £260 16 5 | £203 19 3

NELSON SECTION.
PASSENGERS,— No. | No.
1st Class | 708 | 683
2nd Class | 4,156 | 4,167
Total... | 4,864* | 4,850

GOODS, — Tons cwt. qr. | Tons cwt. qr.
Wool | 5 0 0 | 7 0 0
Timber | 233 0 0 | 268 0 0
Grain | 28 0 0 | 65 0 0
Merchandise | 125 0 0 | 114 0 0
Minerals | 10 0 0 | 10 0 0
Firewood | 335 0 0 | 220 0 0
Total... | 736 0 0 | 684 0 0

Return and Saturday tickets counted as two passengers.

NELSON SECTION—continued.
LIVE STOCK,— No. | No.
Parcels and Dogs | 157 | ...
Horses and Cattle | 1 | 3
Sheep, Pigs, &c. | 130 | 5
Total... | 288 | 8

RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. | £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. | 342 18 3 | 328 3 5
Goods and Live Stock | 162 18 1 | 156 10 5
Total... | £505 16 4 | £484 13 10

PICTON SECTION.
PASSENGERS, No. | No.
1st Class | 436 | 470
2nd Class | 1,386 | 1,965
Total... | 1,822* | 2,435

GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. | Tons cwt. qr.
Wool | 532 0 0 | 588 0 0
Timber | 43 0 0 | 68 0 0
Grain | 72 0 0 | 60 0 0
Merchandise | 44 0 0 | 27 0 0
Minerals | ... | ...
Firewood | 345 0 0 | 264 0 0
Total... | 1,036 0 0 | 1,008 0 0

LIVE STOCK,— No. | No.
Parcels and Dogs | 133 | 6
Horses and Cattle | 5 | 6
Sheep, Pigs, &c. | 137 | 228
Total... | 275 | 234

RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. | £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... | 133 18 6 | 171 1 4
Goods and Live Stock | 224 18 1 | 231 10 6
Total... | £358 16 7 | £402 11 10

R. WHITAKER,
Chief Accountant, Railway Department.
3rd December, 1879.

RAILWAYS WORKING ACCOUNT.
SHOWING the Total Receipts and Expenditure during the Financial Year 1879-80 to the termination
of the Four-weekly Period ending 18th October, 1879.

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.
	Miles.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		Receipts per Mile of Railway.
Kaipara	16	356 15 3	1,482 0 2	1,615 13 2	109-02	301 0 7
Auckland	97	4,633 7 0	17,726 16 4	12,750 17 2	71-93	593 18 9
Napier	65	2,101 0 8	7,259 15 7	5,352 4 5	73-72	362 19 9
Wellington	45	2,083 16 8	8,031 18 2	7,259 11 7	90-38	580 1 7
Wanganui	95	2,657 1 2	10,216 13 8	7,973 10 0	78-04	349 10 4
New Plymouth	21	450 17 7	1,802 18 5	1,768 1 4	98-07	279 0 4
Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill	*739	37,665 6 1	150,741 2 0	141,874 8 11	94-12	664 19 2
Greymouth...	8	952 10 5	2,765 14 7	1,460 15 8	52-82	1,123 11 7
Westport	19	260 16 5	988 6 8	815 7 10	82-50	169 1 2
Nelson	20	505 16 4	1,823 19 8	1,750 5 8	95-96	296 8 0
Picton	18	358 16 7	1,405 1 8	1,426 3 6	101-50	253 14 0
Totals	1,143	52,026 4 2	204,244 6 11	184,046 19 3	90-11	...

Railway Department,
3rd December, 1879.
R. WHITAKER,
Chief Accountant, Railway Department.

Three miles opened since last return, and eleven miles deducted for mileage of private company's improperly included.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1879, No 124

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🚂 Continuation of Greymouth Section Railway Traffic Receipts (continued from previous page)

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🚂 Railway Traffic Returns for Westport, Nelson, and Picton Sections for October 1879

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🚂 Railways Working Account showing Total Receipts and Expenditure to 18th October 1879

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