New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 30

Page 605

✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Costs

MAY 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 605

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS, from 1st April, 1884, to 31st March, 1885.

All Sections	Passengers	Season Tickets	Number	Number
	First Class	Second Class	Total	Total
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1885	337,469	402,412	1,185,975	1,307,030
1884	364,345	367,026	1,265,953	1,274,820
Inc.	..	35,386	..	32,210
Dec.	27,376	..	79,978	..

Parcels	Horses	Carriages	Dogs	Total	Drays, &c.	Cattle	Calves	Sheep	Pigs	Total
313,047	10358	793	24,020	348,218	756	29,963	2,775	666,522	30,268	730,284
325,675	9,555	906	24,666	360,802	939	26,393	3,282	627,090	29,522	687,226
..	803	..	..	..	..	3,570	..	39,432	746	43,058
12,623	..	113	646	12,584	183	..	507	..	..	..

Tons.

All Sections	Chaff, &c.	Wool.	Firewood.	Timber.	Grain.	Merchandise.	Minerals.	Total.
1885	17,030 0 0	68,522 12 0	86,670 0 0	178,908 15 0	414,589 13 0	365,623 9 2	618,511 11 0	1,749,856 0 2
1884	16,470 0 0	62,066 12 0	81,255 0 0	183,449 7 0	432,223 11 2	360,262 12 0	574,312 17 0	1,700,039 19 2
Increase	560 0 0	6,456 0 0	5,415 0 0	..	..	15,360 17 2	44,198 14 0	49,816 1 0
Decrease	..	..	..	4,540 12 0	17,633 18 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
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	Waitakato-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	Wellington-Foxton	51	10,875 18 5	366,314 7 2	377,190 5 7
Private Line	North Island	..	41,191 15 8	..	41,191 15 8
Stock	"	..	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	361	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	..
	Greymouth-Hokitika	..	29,094 17 7	..	376,029 0 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	£ 11,251,638 5 6	£ 12,226,129 17 3

Railway Department, 6th May, 1885.

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

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