New Zealand Gazette – 1894 – No. 27

Page 533

✨ Railway Traffic and Costs



April 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 533

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1893, to 3rd March, 1894.

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.

1894 S. 118,526 R. 603,354 S. 595,337 R. 2,286,282 3,603,499 16,171 415,899 10,961 758 23,366 450,984 771 32,148 3,909 1,146,161 34,324 1,217,313
1893 114,255 606,772 564,744 2,177,456 3,463,227 15,611 388,910 11,903 867 24,499 426,179 729 27,380 3,617 1,143,932 35,328 1,210,986
Inc. 4,271 .. 30,593 108,826 140,272 560 26,989 .. .. 24,805 42 4,768 292 2,229 .. 6,327
Dec. .. 3,418 .. .. .. .. .. 942 109 1,133 .. .. .. .. 1,004 ..

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. | Tons c. qr.

1894 .. 35,838 0 0 95,792 16 0 76,776 0 0 168,742 6 0 272,209 17 0 350,296 1 0 794,998 8 0 1,894,653 8 0
1893 .. 31,812 0 0 89,392 12 0 81,436 0 0 155,905 12 0 468,936 16 0 362,372 17 0 815,501 17 0 2,005,357 14 0
Increase .. 4,026 0 0 6,400 4 0 .. 12,836 14 0 .. .. .. .. 110,704 6 0
Decrease.. .. .. 4,660 0 0 .. 96,726 19 0 12,076 16 0 20,503 9 0 ..

ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION, ALL LINES, to 31st March, 1893, as furnished by Public Works Department, including Public Works Loan Expenditure on Harbour-works forming Part of the Railway System.

Section. | Cost of Opened Lines. | Cost of Unopened Lines.
| £ s. d. | £ s. d.

Kawakawa .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 90,337 0 0 .. ..
Whangarei-Kamo .. .. .. .. .. .. 70,145 0 0 15,080 0 0
Kaihu .. .. .. .. .. .. 49,622 0 0 ..
Marton-Te Awamutu (north end) .. .. .. .. 184,584 0 0 71,287 0 0
Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,727,703 0 0 252,940 0 0
Napier .. .. .. .. .. .. 860,318 0 0 ..
Marton-Te Awamutu (south end) .. .. .. .. 103,587 0 0 49,776 0 0
Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,427,489 0 0 ..
Wellington-Foxton (private line) .. .. .. .. .. .. 42,117 0 0
Wellington .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,067,812 0 0 25,383 0 0
Surveys .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27,502 0 0
Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,328,213 0 0 5,169 0 0
Hurunui-Bluff .. .. .. .. .. .. 200,283 0 0 72,906 0 0
Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,959 0 0
Greymouth Harbour Works .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 127,234 0 0
Greymouth-Hokitika .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 153,327 0 0
Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. 227,496 0 0 ..
Westport Harbour Works .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14,111 0 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 165,609 0 0 12,500 0 0
Picton .. .. .. .. .. .. 204,917 0 0 56,341 0 0
Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48,968 0 0
Stock in suspense .. .. .. .. .. .. 25,000 0 0 ..
Surveys .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 37,644 0 0
Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,168 0 0
Total .. .. .. .. .. 14,733,120 0 0 1,033,412 0 0

Railway Department, 3rd April, 1894.

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



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🚂 Comparative Statement of Traffic on All Sections (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
3 April 1894
Railways, Traffic, Passengers, Parcels, Livestock, 1893-1894

🚂 Estimated Cost of Construction, All Lines (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
3 April 1894
Railways, Construction, Costs, Public Works, 1893
  • A. C. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways