✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Costs
Sept. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1015
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS, from 1st April, 1890, to 16th August, 1890.
| All Sections. | Passengers. | Season Tickets. | Number. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Class. | Second Class. | Total. | Total. | Parcels. | Horses. | Car- | Dogs. | Total. | Drays, | Cattle. | Calves. | Sheep. | Pigs. | Total. | |||||||||||||||||
| S. | R. | S. | R. | riages. | &c. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1890 | 65,462 | 163,396 | 292,961 | 638,014 | 1,159,833 | 5,511 | 141,685 | 2,890 | 263 | 9,679 | 154,517 | 205 | 13,365 | 931 | 479,640 | 31,442 | 525,583 | ||||||||||||||
| 1889 | 77,952 | 148,266 | 331,103 | 572,974 | 1,130,295 | 4,748 | 141,841 | 3,110 | 235 | 8,949 | 154,135 | 225 | 9,460 | 647 | 293,808 | 28,705 | 332,845 | ||||||||||||||
| Inc. | .. | 15,130 | .. | 65,040 | 29,538 | 763 | .. | .. | 28 | 730 | 382 | .. | 3,905 | 284 | 185,832 | 2,737 | 192,738 | ||||||||||||||
| Dec. | 12,490 | .. | 38,142 | .. | .. | .. | 156 | 220 | .. | .. | .. | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
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. | |
| 1890 | 12,795 0 0 | 9,886 16 0 | 34,758 0 0 | 60,014 16 0 | 296,148 4 0 | 149,554 18 0 | 330,778 5 0 | 893,935 19 0 |
| 1889 | 18,975 0 0 | 7,467 0 0 | 29,100 0 0 | 63,808 0 0 | 257,321 8 0 | 138,189 5 0 | 305,899 4 0 | 820,759 17 0 |
| Increase | .. | 2,419 16 0 | 5,658 0 0 | .. | 38,826 16 0 | 11,365 13 0 | 24,879 1 0 | 73,176 2 0 |
| Decrease | 6,180 0 0 | .. | .. | 3,793 4 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF ALL LINES TO 31st MARCH, 1890, including Public Works Loan Expenditure
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 .. | 90,235 0 0 | 90,235 0 0 |
| Whangarei-Kamo .. | 70,095 0 0 | 70,095 0 0 |
| Auckland .. | 1,855,001 0 0 | 1,722,971 0 0 |
| Main Trunk Line, North Island .. | 332,083 0 0 | 287,583 0 0 |
| Napier .. | 789,554 0 0 | 656,164 0 0 |
| Wellington .. | 1,065,554 0 0 | 1,051,054 0 0 |
| Wanganui .. | 1,408,900 0 0 | 1,408,900 0 0 |
| Wellington-Manawatu .. | 41,398 0 0 | .. |
| Surveys, North Island .. | 27,206 0 0 | .. |
| Miscellaneous .. | 5,169 0 0 | .. |
| Hurunui-Bluff .. | 8,236,601 0 0 | 7,947,618 0 0 |
| Greymouth .. | 216,178 0 0 | 200,219 0 0 |
| Greymouth-Hokitika .. | 99,784 0 0 | .. |
| Grey Harbour Works .. | 127,234 0 0 | .. |
| Westport .. | 226,415 0 0 | 226,415 0 0 |
| Westport Harbour Works .. | 14,111 0 0 | .. |
| Nelson .. | 177,948 0 0 | 165,448 0 0 |
| Picton .. | 231,601 0 0 | 199,033 0 0 |
| Surveys, Middle Island .. | 37,600 0 0 | .. |
| Miscellaneous .. | 5,168 0 0 | .. |
| Stock .. | 106,423 0 0 | 25,000 0 0 |
| Total .. | 15,164,758 0 0 | 14,050,735 0 0 |
Railway Department, 16th Sept., 1890.
A. C. FIFE,
Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
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