New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 27

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✨ Railway Statistics and Costs



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 27

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1903, to 27th February, 1904.

All Sections. Passengers. Season Tickets. Number. Number.
First Class. Second Class. Total. Total.
S. R. S. R.
1904 319,145 893,604 1,772,065 4,556,382
1903 291,991 822,318 1,601,253 4,157,082
Inc. 27,154 71,286 170,812 399,300
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.
1904 120,016 0 0 94,144 8 0 97,368 0 0 460,677 19 0 728,824 19 0 584,338 4 0 1,573,750 12 0 3,659,120 2 0
1903 110,888 0 0 107,153 12 0 92,380 0 0 394,081 19 0 650,510 17 0 571,745 0 0 1,463,563 0 0 3,390,322 8 0
Increase .. 9,128 0 0 .. 4,988 0 0 66,596 0 0 78,314 2 0 12,593 4 0 110,187 12 0 268,797 14 0
Decrease .. .. 13,009 4 0 .. .. .. .. .. ..

ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION, ALL LINES, to 31st March, 1903, 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 .. .. .. .. .. .. 94,106 0 0 29,594 0 0
Whangarei .. .. .. .. .. .. 175,932 0 0 10,022 0 0
Kaihu .. .. .. .. .. .. 69,634 0 0 ..
Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,677,615 0 0 388,660 0 0
Gisborne-Karaka .. .. .. .. 75,110 0 0 3,412 0 0
Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth .. .. 4,649,346 0 0 248,813 0 0
Wellington-Foxton (private line) .. .. .. 42,116 0 0
Surveys, North Island .. .. .. .. .. 24,760 0 0
Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,169 0 0
Hurunui-Bluff .. .. .. .. .. .. 9,986,178 0 0 253,882 0 0
Greymouth Harbour Works .. .. .. .. 127,234 0 0 ..
Westland .. .. .. .. .. .. 413,166 0 0 23,559 0 0
Ngahere-Blackball .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,090 0 0
Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. 220,773 0 0 ..
Westport Harbour Works .. .. .. .. 14,111 0 0 ..
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 170,737 0 0 12,537 0 0
Picton .. .. .. .. .. .. 345,679 0 0 ..
Stock, Permanent-way .. .. .. .. .. 45,193 0 0
Stock, A.O.L. Stores .. .. .. .. 37,114 0 0 ..
Surveys, Middle Island .. .. .. .. .. 39,225 0 0
Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,168 0 0
Stock in suspense .. .. .. .. .. .. 25,000 0 0 ..
Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 19,081,735 0 0 1,133,200 0 0

H. DAVIDSON,
Accountant, New Zealand Railways.

Railway Department, 29th March, 1904.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Railway Working Account, showing revenue and expenditure to the termination of the four-weekly period ending 27th February 1904 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
29 March 1904
Railways, Working Account, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Statistics, Traffic Returns, North Island, Middle Island
  • H. Davidson, Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🚂 Comparative Statement of Railway Traffic from 1st April 1903 to 27th February 1904

🚂 Transport & Communications
29 March 1904
Railways, Traffic Statistics, Passengers, Freight, Parcels, Livestock, Tons, North Island, Middle Island
  • H. Davidson, Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🏗️ Estimated Cost of Railway Construction to 31st March 1903, including Public Works Loan Expenditure

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
29 March 1904
Railway Construction, Estimated Cost, Opened Lines, Unopened Lines, Public Works Department, Harbour Works, North Island, Middle Island
  • H. Davidson, Accountant, New Zealand Railways