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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 60
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS, from 1st April, 1889, to 14th September, 1889.
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.
1889 93,174 172,370 396,749 668,142 1,330,435 5,117 167,995 3,484 277 10,122 181,878 276 11,775 1,035 371,620 31,691 416,397
1888 92,058 164,548 389,418 619,622 1,265,646 5,407 165,728 3,066 226 10,166 179,186 209 13,760 1,074 342,415 27,980 385,438
Inc. 1,116 7,822 7,331 48,520 64,789 .. 2,267 418 51 .. 2,692 67 .. .. 29,205 3,711 30,959
Dec. .. .. .. .. .. 290 .. .. .. 44 .. .. 1,985 39 .. .. ..
TONS.
All
Sections.
Chaff, &c.
Wool.
Firewood.
Timber.
Grain.
Merchandise.
Minerals.
Total.
1889 Tons c. qr. Tons c. qr. Tons c. qr. Tons c. qr. Tons c. qr. Tons c. qr. Tons c. qr. Tons c. qr.
1889 .. 22,060 0 0 .. 8,725 4 0 .. 35,550 0 0 .. 79,949 10 0 .. 285,468 5 0 .. 165,051 14 0 .. 370,201 13 0 .. 967,006 6 0
1888 .. 12,270 0 0 .. 7,058 8 0 .. 32,830 0 0 .. 72,528 6 0 .. 261,480 10 0 .. 149,452 18 0 .. 371,059 4 0 .. 906,679 6 0
Increase 9,790 0 0 .. 1,666 16 0 .. 2,720 0 0 .. 7,421 4 0 .. 23,987 15 0 .. 15,598 16 0 .. .. 60,327 0 0
Decrease .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 857 11 0 .. ..
APPROXIMATE COST OF CONSTRUCTION of ALL LINES to 31st March, 1889, including Public Works Loan 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 .. .. .. .. .. £ 89,993 0 0 £ 89,993 0 0
Whangarei-Kamo .. .. .. .. £ 69,722 0 0 £ 69,722 0 0
Auckland .. .. .. .. £ 1,850,157 0 0 £ 1,688,971 0 0
Main Trunk Line, North Island .. £ 320,619 0 0 £ 207,996 0 0
Napier .. .. .. .. £ 727,540 0 0 £ 662,832 0 0
Wellington .. .. .. .. £ 1,050,975 0 0 £ 976,465 0 0
Wanganui .. .. .. .. £ 1,400,674 0 0 £ 1,400,674 0 0
Wellington-Manawatu .. .. £ 41,895 0 0 .. ..
Surveys, North Island .. .. £ 26,163 0 0 .. ..
Miscellaneous .. .. .. £ 5,169 0 0 .. ..
Hurunui-Bluff .. .. .. £ 8,083,740 0 0 £ 7,580,494 0 0
Greymouth .. .. .. £ 215,080 0 0 £ 199,121 0 0
Greymouth-Hokitika .. .. £ 92,274 0 0 .. ..
Grey Harbour Works .. .. £ 127,234 0 0 .. ..
Westport .. .. .. £ 232,934 0 0 £ 232,934 0 0
Westport Harbour Works .. £ 14,111 0 0 .. ..
Nelson .. .. .. £ 177,587 0 0 £ 165,087 0 0
Picton .. .. .. £ 230,990 0 0 £ 198,548 0 0
Surveys, Middle Island .. £ 37,572 0 0 .. ..
Miscellaneous .. .. £ 5,168 0 0 .. ..
Stock .. .. .. £ 75,590 0 0 .. ..
Total .. .. .. £ 14,875,187 0 0 £ 13,472,837 0 0
Railway Department, 15th October, 1889.
A. C. FIFE,
Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
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Railway statistics, Traffic comparison, Construction costs, Operational data, 1889
- A. C. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways