New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 2

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✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Statistics

JAN. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 39

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS, from 1st April, 1884, to 6th December, 1884.

All Sections.	PASSENGERS.				SEASON TICKETS.	NUMBER.					NUMBER.
	First Class.		Second Class.		Total.	Total.	Parcels.	Horses.	Carriages.	Dogs.	Total.	Drays, &c.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1884 ..	221,188	223,794	790,987	763,970	1,999,939	6,076	211,833	6,942	534	16,907	236,216	529	20,016	1,741	413,616	22,633
1883 ..	243,385	207,344	850,957	751,806	2,053,492	6,535	220,737	6,528	601	17,459	245,325	580	18,104	1,998	370,667	22,396
Increase	..	16,450	..	12,164	..	..	..	414	..	..	..	..	1,912	..	42,949	237
Decrease	22,197	..	59,970	..	53,553	459	8,904	..	67	552	9,109	51	..	257	..	..

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.
1884 ..	13,265 0 0	20,032 8 0	63,605 0 0	122,969 10 0	347,250 13 2	239,806 9 1	439,738 2 0	1,246,667 2 3
1883 ..	12,245 0 0	17,552 8 0	58,390 0 0	125,952 17 0	359,136 12 1	233,286 15 3	381,214 18 2	1,187,778 11 2
Increase	1,020 0 0	2,480 0 0	5,215 0 0	..	..	6,519 13 2	58,523 3 2	58,888 11 1
Decrease	..	..	..	2,983 7 0	11,885 18 3	..	..	..

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, 7th January, 1885. J. P. MAXWELL,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

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Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated7 January 1885
KeywordsRailway, Traffic, Statistics, Passengers, Freight, Construction, Costs
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