New Zealand Gazette – 1889 – No. 70

Page 1335

✨ Railway Traffic Statistics

DEC. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1335

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS, from 1st April, 1889, to 9th November, 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.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1889	124,274	234,308	532,294	..	910,280	1,801,146	7,338,223,552	5,153	374	12,977	242,056	370	17,255	1,219	476,795	38,026 \| 533,665
1888	122,914	232,598	514,035	..	855,243	1,724,790	7,681,221,285	4,700	351	12,819	239,155	274	18,203	1,294	463,773	33,869 \| 517,413
Inc.	1,360	1,710	18,249	..	55,037	76,356	..	2,267	453	23	158	2,901	96	..	..	13,022 \| 4,157 \| 16,252
Dec.	..	..	..	..	..	343	..	..	..	..	..	948	75	..	..	.. \| ..

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.
1889	26,720	0 0	13,798	0 0	47,402	0 0	107,929	6 0 \| 346,590 \| 10 0 \| 224,834 \| 19 0 \| 493,780 \| 9 0 \| 1,261,005 \| 4 0
1888	15,525	0 0	11,402	12 0	42,325	0 0	99,828	18 0 \| 320,195 \| 7 0 \| 200,202 \| 2 0 \| 505,823 \| 17 0 \| 1,195,312 \| 16 0
Increase	11,195	0 0	2,395	8 0	5,067	0 0	8,100	8 0 \| 26,395 \| 3 0 \| 24,632 \| 17 0 \| .. \| .. \| 65,692 \| 8 0
Decrease	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| 12,093 \| 8 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	..	.. \| .. \| ..
Whangarei—Kamo	..	.. \| 89,993 \| 0 0
Auckland	..	.. \| 69,722 \| 0 0
Main Trunk Line, North Island	..	.. \| 1,850,157 \| 0 0 \| 1,688,971 \| 0 0
Napier	..	.. \| 320,619 \| 0 0 \| 207,996 \| 0 0
Wellington	..	.. \| 727,540 \| 0 0 \| 662,832 \| 0 0
Wellington—Manawatu	..	.. \| 1,050,975 \| 0 0 \| 976,465 \| 0 0
Wellington—Bluff	..	.. \| 1,400,674 \| 0 0 \| 1,400,674 \| 0 0
Miscellaneous	..	.. \| 41,895 \| 0 0 \| .. \| ..
Surveys, North Island	..	.. \| 26,163 \| 0 0 \| .. \| ..
Greymouth	..	.. \| 5,169 \| 0 0 \| .. \| ..
Greymouth—Hokitika	..	.. \| 8,083,740 \| 0 0 \| 7,580,494 \| 0 0
Grey Harbour Works	..	.. \| 215,080 \| 0 0 \| 199,121 \| 0 0
Westport	..	.. \| 92,274 \| 0 0 \| .. \| ..
Westport Harbour Works	..	.. \| 127,234 \| 0 0 \| .. \| ..
Nelson	..	.. \| 232,934 \| 0 0 \| 232,934 \| 0 0
Picton	..	.. \| 14,111 \| 0 0 \| .. \| ..
Surveys, Middle Island	..	.. \| 177,587 \| 0 0 \| 165,087 \| 0 0
Miscellaneous	..	.. \| 230,990 \| 0 0 \| 198,548 \| 0 0
Stock	..	.. \| 37,572 \| 0 0 \| .. \| ..
	..	.. \| 5,168 \| 0 0 \| .. \| ..
	..	.. \| 75,590 \| 0 0 \| .. \| ..
Total	..	.. \| 14,875,187 \| 0 0 \| 13,472,637 \| 0 0

Railway Department, 10th December, 1889.

A. C. FIFE,
Accountant, New Zealand Railways.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1889, No 70

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

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated10 December 1889
KeywordsRailway statistics, Traffic comparison, Construction costs, Tonnage, Passenger numbers
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A. C. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways

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