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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 33]

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1893, to 31st March, 1894.

| All Sections. | Passengers. | | | | Season Tickets. | Number. | | | | | Number. | | | | | |
| | First Class. | Second Class. | | | | Parcels. | Horses. | Carriages. | Dogs. | Total. | Drays, &c. | Cattle. | Calves. | Sheep. | Pigs. | Total. |
| | S. | R. | S. | R. | Total. | Total. | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1894 | 130,216 | 667,700 | 651,451 | 2,523,334 | 3,972,701 | 17,226 | 448,770 | 12,350 | 793 | 25,667 | 487,580 | 831 | 34,974 | 4,249 | 1,356,434 | 38,022 | 1,434,510 |
| 1893 | 124,891 | 660,636 | 613,863 | 2,359,654 | 3,759,044 | 16,504 | 420,610 | 12,993 | 921 | 26,780 | 461,304 | 796 | 29,761 | 3,836 | 1,321,046 | 38,814 | 1,394,253 |
| Inc. | 5,325 | 7,064 | 37,588 | 163,680 | 213,657 | 722 | 28,160 | .. | .. | .. | 26,276 | 35 | 5,213 | 413 | 35,388 | .. | 40,257 |
| Dec. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 643 | 128 | 1,113 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 792 | .. |

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. |
| 1894 | 38,610 0 0 | 101,340 8 0 | 84,658 0 0 | 183,191 14 0 | 411,191 4 0 | 377,115 11 0 | 864,538 7 0 | 2,060,645 4 0 |
| 1893 | 34,314 0 0 | 96,841 12 0 | 88,186 0 0 | 168,910 4 0 | 523,636 15 0 | 397,410 16 0 | 884,031 1 0 | 2,193,330 8 0 |
| Increase .. | 4,296 0 0 | 4,498 16 0 | .. | 14,281 10 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Decrease.. | .. | .. | 3,528 0 0 | .. | 112,445 11 0 | 20,295 5 0 | 19,492 14 0 | 132,685 4 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 .. | .. | .. | .. | 5,169 | 0 | 0 |
| Hurunui-Bluff .. | 8,328,213 | 0 | 0 | 72,906 | 0 | 0 |
| Greymouth .. | 200,283 | 0 | 0 | 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, 1st May, 1894.

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