New Zealand Gazette – 1888 – No. 32

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✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Costs

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS, from 1st April, 1888, to 28th April, 1888 (28 days 1888, against 30 days 1887).

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.
1888	17,812	39,008	70,661	122,270	249,751	1,875	29,047	773	52	1,865	31,737	39	2,181	168	69,826	5,784	77,998
1887	20,644	55,910	80,159	192,636	349,349	1,628	31,380	1,136	77	2,341	34,934	69	3,351	393	72,148	5,530	81,491
Inc.	..	..	..	..	..	247	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	254	..
Dec.	2,832	16,902	9,498	70,366	99,598	..	2,333	363	25	476	3,197	30	1,170	225	2,322	..	3,493

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.
1888 ..	1,690 0 0	2,117 8 0	6,105 0 0	13,297 16 0	63,605 0 0	29,027 2 0	59,243 14 0	175,086 0 0
1887 ..	2,170 0 0	4,156 0 0	6,570 0 0	14,770 19 0	72,001 7 3	29,377 1 0	60,598 18 2	189,644 6 1
Increase	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Decrease	480 0 0	2,038 12 0	465 0 0	1,473 3 0	8,396 7 3	349 19 0	1,355 4 2	14,558 6 1

APPROXIMATE Cost of CONSTRUCTION of ALL LINES to 31st March, 1888, 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 .. .. .. ..	90,069 0 0	90,069 0 0
Whangarei-Kamo .. ..	69,721 0 0	69,721 0 0
Auckland .. .. .. ..	1,920,471 0 0	1,807,971 0 0
Main Trunk Line, North Island ..	135,501 0 0	..
Napier .. .. .. ..	688,052 0 0	659,892 0 0
Wellington .. .. ..	1,015,730 0 0	966,386 0 0
Wanganui .. .. ..	1,403,041 0 0	1,403,041 0 0
Wellington-Manawatu .. ..	41,798 0 0	..
Surveys, North Island .. ..	20,229 0 0	..
Miscellaneous .. .. ..	5,169 0 0	..
Hurunui-Bluff .. .. ..	8,014,655 0 0	7,574,218 0 0
Greymouth .. .. ..	211,073 0 0	195,114 0 0
Greymouth-Hokitika .. ..	69,389 0 0	..
Grey Harbour Works .. ..	127,234 0 0	..
Westport .. .. ..	222,894 0 0	222,894 0 0
Westport Harbour Works .. ..	14,111 0 0	..
Nelson .. .. .. ..	177,678 0 0	165,178 0 0
Picton .. .. .. ..	228,959 0 0	198,494 0 0
Surveys, Middle Island .. ..	37,094 0 0	..
Miscellaneous .. .. ..	5,169 0 0	..
Stock .. .. .. ..	105,072 0 0	..
Total .. .. .. ..	14,603,109 0 0	13,352,978 0 0

Railway Department, 28th May, 1888.

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

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