New Zealand Gazette – 1896 – No. 8

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✨ Railway Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 8.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1895, to 4th January, 1896.

All Sections. Passengers. Season Tickets. Number. Number.
First Class. Second Class. Total. Total. Parcels. Horses. Car-riages. Dogs. Total. Drays, &c. Cattle. Calves. Sheep. Pigs. Total.
S. R. S. R.
1896 86,625 490,490 432,932 2,051,068 3,061,115 26,076 340,205 8,057 511 17,097 365,870 478 28,560 3,003 1,073,458 38,528 1,144,027
1895 90,249 474,596 462,451 1,827,046 2,854,342 20,367 338,829 8,442 584 18,531 366,386 549 28,425 3,552 854,386 32,033 918,945
Inc. .. 15,894 .. 224,022 206,773 5,709 1,376 .. .. .. .. .. 135 .. 219,072 6,495 225,082
Dec. 3,624 .. 29,519 .. .. .. .. 385 73 1,434 516 71 .. 549 .. .. ..

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.
1896 42,244 0 0 59,290 8 0 61,102 0 0 155,566 9 0 280,503 13 0 283,941 12 0 680,181 12 0 1,562,829 19 0
1895 28,842 0 0 67,283 12 0 66,614 0 0 151,079 3 0 288,034 0 0 278,821 12 0 658,300 4 0 1,538,974 11 0
Increase .. 13,402 0 0 .. .. 4,487 6 0 .. 5,120 0 0 21,881 8 0 23,855 8 0
Decrease.. .. 7,993 4 0 5,512 0 0 .. 7,530 2 0 .. .. ..

ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION, ALL LINES, to 31st March, 1895, 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 .. .. .. .. .. .. 115,834 0 0 3,046 0 0
Kaihu .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 51,138 0 0 .. .. ..
Marton-Te Awamutu (north end) .. .. .. .. .. .. 184,584 0 0 94,064 0 0
Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,922,810 0 0 128,690 0 0
Napier .. .. .. .. .. .. 862,737 0 0 .. .. ..
Marton-Te Awamutu (south end) .. .. .. .. .. .. 143,527 0 0 62,178 0 0
Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,432,849 0 0 .. .. ..
Wellington-Foxton (private line) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 42,117 0 0
Wellington .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,073,440 0 0 69,082 0 0
Surveys .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27,502 0 0
Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,169 0 0
Hurunui-Bluff .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,465,620 0 0 61,813 0 0
Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. .. 200,288 0 0 15,959 0 0
Greymouth Harbour Works .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 127,234 0 0
Greymouth-Hokitika .. .. .. .. .. .. 186,083 0 0 .. .. ..
Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. 227,494 0 0 .. .. ..
Westport Harbour Works .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14,111 0 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 165,641 0 0 12,537 0 0
Picton .. .. .. .. .. .. 205,231 0 0 58,347 0 0
Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25,359 0 0
Stock in suspense .. .. .. .. .. .. 25,000 0 0 .. .. ..
Surveys .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 37,678 0 0
Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,168 0 0
Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,352,613 0 0 790,054 0 0

A. O. FIFE,
Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
H. J. H. BLOW,
Under-Secretary, Railways,

Railway Department, 4th February, 1896,



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🚂 Railway Traffic Returns for four weeks ending 4 January 1896 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
4 February 1896
Railways, Traffic returns, Revenue, Expenditure, Statistics, North Island, Middle Island, Construction costs
  • A. O. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways
  • H. J. H. Blow, Under-Secretary, Railways