New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 13

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✨ Railway Traffic Statistics



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 147

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.-Traffic Returns
for the Four Weeks ending 14th December,
1878 :-

KAIPARA SECTION.

1878. Corresponding Four Weeks 1877.
PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class 287 214
2nd Class 791 535
Total... *1,078 749
Goods, - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 0 0
Timber 255 19
Grain 0 0
Merchandise 255 19
Minerals 0 0
Firewood 4 0
Total 692 4
LIVE STOCK, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... 3
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 0
Total... ... 3
RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 154 6 8 90 15 1
Goods and Live Stock 184 13 8 240 15 5
Total... £338 19 4 £331 16 6
Wharf Dues... 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Revenue £375 19 0 £331 12 1

AUCKLAND SECTION.

PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class 2,847 1,071
2nd Class 12,743 6,245
Total... *15,590 7,316
Goods, - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 162 0
Timber 703 4
Grain 134 3
Merchandise 1,318 12
Minerals 1,684 2
Firewood 6 5
Total... 4,208 6
LIVE STOCK, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... 715
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 2,162
Total... ... 2,877
RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 1,683 11 11 1,255 18 5
Goods and Live Stock 1,939 19 2 1,620 0 7
Total... £3,623 11 1 £2,875 19 0
Wharf Dues... 106 13 1 106 19 7
Total Revenue £3,730 4 2 £2,982 18 7

NAPIER SECTION—continued.

LIVE STOCK, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... 39
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 58
Total... ... 97
RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 1,084 18 1 871 12 7
Goods and Live Stock 1,354 2 0 1,289 3 9
Total Revenue ...£2,439 0 1 £2,160 16 4

WELLINGTON SECTION.

PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class ... 2,811
2nd Class ... 8,338
Total... ...*11,149 9,023
Goods, - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 310 16
Timber 1,060 7
Grain 1,210 9
Merchandise 164 0
Minerals 15 0
Firewood 41 15
Total... 2,787 8
LIVE STOCK, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... 41
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 686
Total... ... 727
RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 1,236 15 4 727 7 4
Goods and Live Stock 1,114 1 2 807 6 0
Total... ...£2,451 4 1 £727 7 4
Wharf Dues... 89 12 5 97 5 10
Total Revenue ...£2,540 16 6 £824 13 2

WANGANUI SECTION.

PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class ... 2,216
2nd Class ... 7,061
Total... ...*9,277 1,649
Goods, - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 134 8
Timber 987 13
Grain 134 3
Merchandise 786 8
Minerals 42 12
Firewood 47 5
Total... 2,132 10
LIVE STOCK, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... 109
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 44
Total... ... 153
RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 1,255 18 5 522 18 5
Goods and Live Stock 1,194 8 9 449 2 4
Total... ...£2,451 4 1 £727 7 4
Wharf Dues... 89 12 5 97 5 10
Total Revenue ...£2,540 16 6 £824 13 2

NAPIER SECTION.

PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class ... 2,232
2nd Class ... 5,451
Total... ...*7,683 4,702
Goods, - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 833 10
Timber 437 16
Grain 30 15
Merchandise 513 14
Minerals 128 0
Firewood 25 0
Total... 1,968 15

*Return and Saturday tickets counted as two Passengers.

NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION.

PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class ... 337
2nd Class ... 4,186
Total... ...*4,523 2,314

RAILWAYS WORKING ACCOUNT.

SHOWING the Total Receipts and Expenditure during the Financial Year 1878-79, to the termination
of the Four-weekly Period ending 14th December, 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.
Kaipara ... ... 375 19 0 2,099 0 1 2,234 17 11 106:47 284 4 10
Auckland ... ... 3,730 4 2 21,425 6 3 19,263 16 10 89:91 478 11 5
Wellington ... ... 2,439 0 10 11,065 14 4 7,701 19 5 69:51 409 2 3
Napier ... ... 1,968 15 0 8,532 1 6 717 2 1 69:60 495 13 4
Wanganui ... ... 2,540 16 6 13,518 4 11 9,467 7 11 70:03 340 11 11
New Plymouth ... ... 430 15 4 2,447 14 7 2,438 19 8 99:64 252 5 2
Greymouth ... ... 659 10 6 3,831 2 2 2,164 7 7 56:49 1,037 11 9
Westport ... ... 829 10 0 1,176 12 0 1,549 0 6 131:65 134 3 6
... ... 2,880 5 9 2,628 4 6 312 0 7 284 14 11


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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for Four Weeks ending December 1878

🚂 Transport & Communications
14 December 1878
Railways, Traffic Returns, Passengers, Goods, Livestock, Receipts, Kaipara, Auckland, Wellington, Wanganui, Napier, New Plymouth

🚂 Railways Working Account Summary for Financial Year 1878-79

🚂 Transport & Communications
14 December 1878
Railways, Financial Account, Expenditure, Receipts, Mileage Statistics, Greymouth, Westport