New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 4

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✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1898, to 10th December, 1898.

All Sections.	Passengers.	Season Tickets.	Number.	Number.
	First Class.	Second Class.	Total.	Total.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1898	76,785	444,114	397,262	2,025,196
1897	75,776	436,444	384,408	1,978,100
Inc.	1,009	7,670	12,854	47,096
Dec.	..	..	..	..

Tons.

All Sections.	Chaff, Lime, &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.
1898	66,154 0 0	38,143 0 0	66,370 0 0	222,526 2 0	294,785 11 0	317,204 14 0	815,971 14 0	1,821,155 1 0
1897	58,012 0 0	44,537 16 0	59,356 0 0	217,630 6 0	309,469 19 0	304,440 4 0	738,442 3 0	1,731,888 8 0
Increase ..	8,142 0 0	..	7,014 0 0	4,895 16 0	..	12,764 10 0	77,529 11 0	89,266 13 0
Decrease..	..	6,394 16 0	..	..	14,684 8 0	..	..	..

ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION, ALL LINES, to 31st March, 1898, 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	91,681 0 0	..
Whangarei	144,105 0 0	6,696 0 0
Kaihu..	70,544 0 0	..
Auckland	2,214,903 0 0	217,156 0 0
Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth	3,796,473 0 0	140,048 0 0
Wellington-Foxton (private line)	..	42,116 0 0
Surveys, North Island	..	30,182 0 0
Miscellaneous	..	5,169 0 0
Hurunui-Bluff..	8,666,899 0 0	83,097 0 0
Greymouth-Brunner	196,972 0 0	15,959 0 0
Greymouth Harbour Works	..	127,284 0 0
Greymouth-Hokitika	195,127 0 0	..
Westport	220,772 0 0	..
Westport Harbour Works	..	14,111 0 0
Nelson	165,192 0 0	12,587 0 0
Picton	206,235 0 0	58,711 0 0
Stock, Permanent-way	..	49,169 0 0
Stock, A.O.L. Stores	..	31,964 0 0
Surveys, Middle Island	..	38,825 0 0
Miscellaneous	..	5,168 0 0
Stock in suspense	25,000 0 0	..
Total	15,993,903 0 0	873,142 0 0

Railway Department, 10th January, 1899.

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

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1899, No 4

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🚂 Comparative Statement of Railway Traffic from April 1898 to December 1898

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated10 January 1899
KeywordsRailways, Traffic Statistics, Passengers, Freight, Tons, 1898, 1897, Comparative Data
👩‍💼 Officials

A. C. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🚂 Estimated Cost of Railway Construction to March 1898

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated10 January 1899
KeywordsRailway Construction, Costs, Opened Lines, Unopened Lines, Public Works, Harbour Works, 1898
👩‍💼 Officials

A. C. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways

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