New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 34

Page 711

✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Costs

MAY 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 711

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS, from 1st April, 1885, to 25th April, 1885.

All Sections.	Passengers.	Season Tickets.	Number.	Number.
	First Class.	Second Class.	Total.	Total.
1885*	S. 23,223	R. 43,722	S. 85,061	R. 131,618
1884†	25,531	43,058	93,873	118,914
Inc.	..	664	..	12,704
Dec.	2,308	..	8,812	..

Tons.

All Sections.	Chaff, &c.	Wool.	Firewood.	Timber.	Grain.	Merchandise.	Minerals.	Total.
1885* ..	Tons c. qr. 995 0 0	Tons c. qr. 3,116 0 0	Tons c. qr. 6,030 0 0	Tons c. qr. 13,394 11 0	Tons c. qr. 55,679 17 2	Tons c. qr. 29,371 8 3	Tons c. qr. 48,625 13 0	Tons c. qr. 157,212 10 1
1884† ..	1,120 0 0	2,922 12 0	6,885 0 0	13,804 11 0	58,566 8 3	23,298 7 1	48,000 18 3	154,597 17 3
Increase	..	193 8 0	..	..	..	6,073 1 2	624 14 1	2,614 12 2
Decrease	125 0 0	..	855 0 0	410 0 0	2,886 11 1	..	..	..

*For twenty-five days. †For twenty-six days.

APPROXIMATE COST of CONSTRUCTION of ALL RAILWAYS to 31st March, 1885, including Expenditure on Harbour Works forming part of the Railway System.

£	£
Kawakawa .. .. .. .. 80,900	Greymouth .. .. .. .. 388,900
Whangarei-Kamo .. .. .. .. 62,300	Westport .. .. .. .. 220,900
Auckland .. .. .. .. 1,380,200	Nelson .. .. .. .. 170,500
Main Trunk Line, North Island .. .. 2,400	Picton .. .. .. .. 210,800
Napier .. .. .. .. 528,600	Surveys, Middle Island .. .. .. 36,200
Wellington .. .. .. .. 840,900	Stock, Permanent-way, and Rolling-stock to be allocated to lines .. .. .. 499,000
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 1,301,600
Private Line (Wellington-Foxton) .. .. 41,400
Surveys, North Island .. .. .. .. 16,600
Hurunui-Bluff .. .. .. .. 7,108,100	£12,889,300

Railway Department, 27th May, 1885. J. P. MAXWELL, General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1885, No 34

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

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🚂 Comparative Statement of Railway Traffic (continued from previous page)

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated27 May 1885
KeywordsRailway, Traffic, Passengers, Freight, Comparison, 1884, 1885

🏗️ Approximate Cost of Railway Construction

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated27 May 1885
KeywordsRailways, Construction, Costs, North Island, Middle Island, Lines, Surveys
👩‍💼 Officials

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

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