New Zealand Gazette – 1884 – No. 130

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✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Costs

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 130

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS, from 1st April, 1884, to 8th November, 1884.

All Sections.	PASSENGERS.				SEASON TICKETS.	NUMBER.					NUMBER.
	First Class.		Second Class.		Total.	Total.	Parcels.	Horses.	Car-riages.	Dogs.	Total.	Drays, &c.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1884 ..	197,614	185,804	709,813	634,220	1,727,451	5,674	188,733	5,988	468	15,465	210,654	467	17,386	1,438	363,900	20,803
1883 ..	218,384	181,200	763,105	665,156	1,827,845	6,074	194,721	5,700	523	15,946	216,890	495	15,937	1,763	333,652	21,536
Increase	..	4,604	..	..	..	..	..	288	..	..	..	..	1,449	..	30,248	..
Decrease	20,770	..	53,292	30,936	100,394	400	5,988	..	55	481	6,236	28	..	325	..	733

TONNAGE.

All Sections.	Chaff, &c.	Wool.	Firewood.	Timber.	Grain.	Merchandise.	Minerals.	Total.
	Tons c. qr.	Tons c. qr.	Tons c. qr.	Tons c. qr.	Tons c. qr.	Tons c. qr.	Tons c. qr.	Tons c. qr.
1884 ..	12,040 0 0	11,767 12 0	57,655 0 0	109,367 5 0	331,248 17 1	210,729 17 2	396,116 4 3	1,128,924 16 2
1883 ..	11,160 0 0	10,052 8 0	52,665 0 0	112,002 15 0	343,044 2 3	204,485 4 3	339,515 18 1	1,072,925 8 3
Increase	880 0 0	1,715 4 0	4,990 0 0	..	..	6,244 12 3	56,600 6 2	55,999 7 3
Decrease	..	..	..	2,635 10 0	11,795 5 2	..	..	..

COST of CONSTRUCTION of ALL LINES to 31st March, 1884, including Expenditure on Harbour Works forming part of the Railway System.

Section.	Division.	Miles Open.	Unopened.	Opened.	Total.
			£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Kawakawa ..	..	Main Line ..	8	47,371 19 8	26,603 6 1
Whangarei-Kamo	..	" ..	7	..	61,557 14 11
Auckland ..	..	" ..	139	106,209 1 1	1,179,937 0 0
Napier ..	..	Waikato-Thames ..	..	..	..
	..	Main Line ..	70	22,200 0 0	469,583 16 6
Wellington ..	..	" ..	69	7,963 4 0	781,416 16 0
Wanganui ..	..	" ..	132	..	855,252 18 6
New Plymouth ..	..	" ..	51	10,875 18 5	366,314 7 2
Private Line ..	..	Wellington-Foxton ..	..	41,191 15 8	..
Stock ..	..	North Island	..	163,361 13 7	..
Surveys ..	..	"	..	7,534 18 3	..
Miscellaneous ..	..	"	..	5,168 9 11	..
Hurunui-Bluff ..	..	Main Line and Branch	861	325,003 11 2	6,615,631 6 1
Greymouth ..	..	Main Line ..	8	16,000 0 0	166,268 17 0
	..	Greymouth-Hokitika	..	29,094 17 7	..
	..	Harbour Works	..	..	164,665 6 0
Westport ..	..	Main Line ..	18	..	206,944 17 1
	..	Harbour Works	..	..	8,467 9 11
Nelson ..	..	Main Line ..	23	5,700 0 0	156,682 7 0
Picton ..	..	" ..	18	14,567 3 0	192,307 3 3
Stock ..	..	Middle Island	..	139,742 2 1	..
Surveys ..	..	"	..	27,343 7 4	..
Miscellaneous ..	..	"	..	5,168 10 0	..
			1,404	974,496 11 9	11,251,633 5 6

Railway Department, 10th December, 1884.

J. P. MAXWELL,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

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