New Zealand Gazette – 1885 – No. 63

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✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Costs

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 63

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS, from 1st April, 1885, to 10th October, 1885.

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.	Total.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1885	165,149	175,898	608,221	613,572	1,562,840	6,349	162,820	4,696	308	13,323	181,147	372	18,328	1,313	370,208	26,606	416,827
1884	174,307	163,820	624,725	552,520	1,515,372	5,159	166,025	5,210	412	13,937	185,584	399	14,504	1,239	317,074	17,833	351,049
Inc.	..	12,078	..	61,052	47,468	1,190	..	..	..	..	..	..	3,824	74	53,134	8,773	65,778
Dec.	9,158	..	16,504	..	..	..	3,205	514	104	614	4,437	27	..	..	..	..	..

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 ..	9,340 0 0	8,367 12 0	48,550 0 0	108,676 18 0	275,953 1 2	194,783 15 0	369,537 1 0	1,015,208 7 2
1884 ..	10,810 0 0	9,572 12 0	51,030 0 0	94,909 4 0	312,290 7 1	183,915 11 0	348,676 9 1	1,011,204 3 2
Increase	..	..	..	13,767 14 0	..	10,868 4 0	20,860 11 3	4,004 4 0
Decrease	1,470 0 0	1,205 0 0	2,480 0 0	..	36,337 5 3	..	..	..

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

Section.	Gross Cost of Opened and Unopened Lines.	Cost of Opened Lines.
	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Kawakawa .. .. .. .. ..	86,283 0 0	86,283 0 0
Whangarei-Kamo .. .. .. ..	64,032 0 0	64,032 0 0
Auckland .. .. .. .. ..	1,349,672 0 0	1,319,672 0 0
Waikato-Thames .. .. .. ..	74,000 0 0	..
Main Trunk Line, North Island .. ..	2,441 0 0	..
Napier .. .. .. .. ..	551,218 0 0	551,218 0 0
Wellington .. .. .. .. ..	849,714 0 0	799,714 0 0
Wanganui .. .. .. .. ..	1,334,573 0 0	1,334,573 0 0
Wellington-Manawatu .. .. ..	41,404 0 0	..
Surveys, North Island .. .. ..	16,612 0 0	..
Miscellaneous .. .. .. ..	5,168 0 0	..
Hurunui-Bluff .. .. .. ..	7,201,507 0 0	6,890,118 0 0
Greymouth .. .. .. .. ..	192,975 0 0	176,975 0 0
Greymouth-Hokitika .. .. ..	30,200 0 0	..
Grey Harbour Works .. .. ..	127,018 0 0	..
Westport .. .. .. .. ..	210,886 0 0	210,886 0 0
Westport Harbour Works .. .. ..	13,593 0 0	..
Nelson .. .. .. .. ..	171,990 0 0	164,490 0 0
Picton .. .. .. .. ..	228,233 0 0	212,233 0 0
Surveys, Middle Island .. .. ..	36,117 0 0	..
Miscellaneous .. .. .. ..	5,168 0 0	..
Stock .. .. .. .. ..	263,823 0 0	..
Total .. .. .. .. ..	12,856,627 0 0	11,810,194 0 0

Railway Department, 11th November, 1885.

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

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