Railway Traffic and Costs




Sept. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1465

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1894, to 18th August, 1894.

All Sections.

Passengers.

Year First Class Second Class Total
1894 S. 43,714 S. 223,949 1,281,841
R. 212,162 R. 802,016
1893 S. 44,810 S. 229,293 1,368,175
R. 225,182 R. 868,890
Inc. .. .. ..
Dec. 1,096 5,344 86,334

Season Tickets.

Total
9,801
7,157
2,644
..

Number.

Parcels Horses Carriages Dogs Total
164,053 3,676 262 10,270 178,261
168,724 4,092 322 10,924 184,062
.. .. .. .. ..
4,671 416 60 654 5,801

Number.

Drays, &c. Cattle Calves Sheep Pigs Total
231 13,680 1,679 495,197 19,630 530,417
279 13,139 1,647 478,324 19,545 512,934
.. 541 32 16,873 85 17,483
48 .. .. .. .. ..

Tons.

All Sections.

Year Chaff, &c. Wool Firewood Timber Grain Merchandise Minerals Total
1894 16,572 0 0 10,647 4 0 39,166 0 0 74,235 5 0 190,710 6 0 146,490 18 0 356,256 0 0 834,077 13 0
1893 18,456 0 0 9,734 16 0 36,064 0 0 68,468 17 0 229,213 16 0 141,802 5 0 364,787 18 0 868,527 12 0
Increase .. 912 8 0 3,102 0 0 5,766 8 0 .. 4,688 13 0 .. ..
Decrease 1,884 0 0 .. .. .. 38,503 10 0 .. 8,531 18 0 34,449 19 0

ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION, ALL LINES, to 31st March, 1894, as furnished by Public Works Department, including Public Works Loan Expenditure on Harbour-works forming Part of the Railway System.

Section.

Section Cost of Opened Lines Cost of Unopened Lines
Kawakawa £90,337 0 0 £24,306 0 0
Whangarei-Kamo £70,145 0 0 ..
Kaihu £49,942 0 0 ..
Marton-Te Awamutu (north end) £184,584 0 0 £85,690 0 0
Auckland £1,882,058 0 0 £122,865 0 0
Napier £861,739 0 0 ..
Marton-Te Awamutu (south end) £139,933 0 0 £39,522 0 0
Wanganui £1,429,178 0 0 ..
Wellington-Foxton (private line) .. £42,117 0 0
Wellington £1,072,596 0 0 £42,927 0 0
Surveys .. £27,502 0 0
Miscellaneous £8,362,183 0 0 £5,169 0 0
Hurunui-Bluff £200,288 0 0 £100,303 0 0
Greymouth .. £15,959 0 0
Greymouth Harbour Works £171,032 0 0 £127,234 0 0
Greymouth-Hokitika £227,495 0 0 ..
Westport .. £14,111 0 0
Westport Harbour Works £165,609 0 0 £12,537 0 0
Nelson £204,917 0 0 £57,591 0 0
Picton .. £44,431 0 0
Stock £25,000 0 0 ..
Stock in suspense .. £37,665 0 0
Surveys .. £5,168 0 0
Miscellaneous .. ..
Total £15,137,036 0 0 £805,097 0 0

Railway Department, 18th September, 1894.

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



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Railway Working Account for Four-weekly Period (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
18 September 1894
Railways, Financial Year, Revenue, Expenditure, Sections, 1894
  • A. O. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🚂 Comparative Statement of Traffic on All Sections

🚂 Transport & Communications
18 September 1894
Railways, Traffic, Passengers, Parcels, Animals, Tons, 1894
  • A. O. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🏗️ Estimated Cost of Construction, All Lines

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
18 September 1894
Railways, Construction, Costs, Lines, Public Works, 1894
  • A. O. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways