New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 14

Page 315

✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Statistics

Mar. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 315

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS, from 1st April, 1884, to 31st January, 1885.

All Sections.	Passengers.				Season Tickets.	Number.						Number.
	First Class.		Second Class.		Total.	Total.	Parcels.	Horses.	Carriages.	Dogs.	Total.	Drays, &c.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1885	277,045	323,598	974,446	1,107,008	2,682,097	7,206	261,598	8,693	668	20,235	291,194	624	24,943	2,145	532,021	25,960	585,693
1884	303,592	310,466	1,049,969	1,090,189	2,754,216	7,788	272,635	8,032	751	20,835	302,253	724	22,143	2,386	461,103	24,551	510,907
Inc.	..	13,132	..	16,819	..	..	..	661	..	..	..	..	2,800	..	70,918	1,409	74,786
Dec.	26,547	..	75,523	..	72,119	582	11,037	..	83	600	11,059	100	..	241	..	..	..

Tons.

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.
1885 ..	15,205 0 0	51,914 8 0	74,465 0 0	148,793 8 0	371,109 12 0	298,428 10 1	515,453 14 0	1,475,369 12 1
1884 ..	14,115 0 0	45,204 12 0	68,765 0 0	152,183 1 0	383,522 12 1	284,792 1 3	467,348 5 2	1,415,930 12 2
Increase	1,090 0 0	6,709 16 0	5,700 0 0	..	..	13,636 8 2	48,105 8 2	59,438 19 3
Decrease	..	..	..	3,389 13 0	12,413 0 1	..	..	..

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	73,975 5 9
Whangarei-Kamo .. ..	" .. ..	7	..	61,557 14 11	61,557 14 11
Auckland .. ..	Waikato-Thames .. ..	139	..	1,179,937 0 0	1,286,146 1 1
Napier .. ..	Main Line .. ..	70	106,209 1 1	469,583 16 6	491,783 16 6
Wellington .. ..	" .. ..	69	22,200 0 0	781,416 16 0	789,380 0 0
Wanganui .. ..	" .. ..	132	7,963 4 0	855,252 18 6	855,252 18 6
New Plymouth .. ..	" .. ..	51	10,875 18 5	366,314 7 2	377,190 5 7
Private Line .. ..	Wellington-Foxton .. ..	..	41,191 15 8	..	41,191 15 8
Stock .. ..	North Island .. ..	..	163,361 13 7	..	163,361 13 7
Surveys .. ..	" .. ..	..	7,534 18 3	..	7,534 18 3
Miscellaneous .. ..	" .. ..	..	5,168 9 11	..	5,168 9 11
Hurunui-Bluff .. ..	Main Line and Branch .. ..	861	325,003 11 2	6,615,631 6 1	6,940,634 17 3
Greymouth .. ..	Main Line .. ..	8	16,000 0 0	166,268 17 0	376,029 0 7
	Greymouth-Hokitika .. ..	..	29,094 17 7	..
	Harbour Works .. ..	..	..	164,665 6 0
Westport .. ..	Main Line .. ..	18	..	206,944 17 1	215,412 7 0
	Harbour Works .. ..	..	..	8,467 9 11
Nelson .. ..	Main Line .. ..	23	5,700 0 0	156,682 7 0	162,382 7 0
Picton .. ..	" .. ..	18	14,567 3 0	192,307 3 3	206,874 6 3
Stock .. ..	Middle Island .. ..	..	139,742 2 1	..	139,742 2 1
Surveys .. ..	" .. ..	..	27,343 7 4	..	27,343 7 4
Miscellaneous .. ..	" .. ..	..	5,168 10 0	..	5,168 10 0
		1,404	974,496 11 9	11,251,633 5 6	12,226,129 17 3

Railway Department, 4th March, 1885. J. P. MAXWELL, General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

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Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated4 March 1885
KeywordsRailways, Traffic, Passengers, Freight, Statistics, 1884-1885
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