New Zealand Gazette – 1890 – No. 6

Page 173

✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Costs

Feb. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 173

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS, from 1st April, 1889, to 4th January, 1890.


All Sections	Passengers				Season Tickets	Number						Number
	First Class		Second Class				Parcels	Horses	Carriages	Dogs	Total	Drays	Cattle	Calves	Sheep	Pigs	Total
	S.	R.	S.	R.	Total	Total
1890	155,193	342,448	668,812	1,329,340	2,495,793	8,493	284,607	7,000	509	15,898	308,014	463	22,067	1,401	615,332	43,510	682,773
1889	153,975	326,926	642,720	1,242,715	2,366,336	8,495	281,310	6,252	490	15,334	303,386	365	21,975	1,443	577,014	38,595	639,392
Inc.	1,218	15,522	26,092	86,625	129,457	..	3,297	748	19	564	4,628	98	92	..	38,318	4,915	43,381
Dec.	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	42	..	..	..

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	30,960 0 0	48,539 0 0	58,694 0 0	133,017 17 0	383,639 5 0	286,513 10 0	595,746 5 0	1,537,109 17 0
1889	19,730 0 0	42,151 4 0	51,245 0 0	121,086 14 0	364,941 11 0	260,580 16 0	616,872 2 0	1,476,607 7 0
Increase	11,230 0 0	6,387 16 0	7,449 0 0	11,931 3 0	18,697 14 0	25,932 14 0	..	60,502 10 0
Decrease	..	..	..	..	..	..	21,125 17 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, 4th February, 1890.

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

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1890, No 6

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

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🚂 Railway Working Account (continued from previous page)

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated4 February 1890
KeywordsRailway, Traffic, Passengers, Freight, Construction Costs
👩‍💼 Officials

A. C. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways

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