New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 71

Page 2087

✨ Railway Statistics and Costs



Aug. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2087

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1904, to 23rd July, 1904.

All Sections. Passengers. Season Tickets. Number. Number.
First Class. Second Class. Total. Total.
S. R. S. R.
1904* 107,304 292,378 609,837 1,419,740
1903† 96,026 260,374 569,602 1,338,142
Inc. 11,278 32,004 40,235 81,598
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* 48,788 0 0 12,870 8 0 39,142 0 0 157,081 16 0 285,999 17 0 201,179 14 0 614,370 12 0 1,359,432 7 0
1903† 45,846 0 0 16,198 4 0 32,462 0 0 144,896 7 0 324,443 0 0 208,964 5 0 549,336 16 0 1,322,146 12 0
Increase .. 2,942 0 0 .. 6,680 0 0 12,185 9 0 .. .. 65,033 16 0 37,285 15 0
Decrease .. .. 3,327 16 0 .. .. 38,443 3 0 7,784 11 0 .. ..
  • 114 days. † 109 days.

ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION, ALL LINES, to 31st March, 1904, as furnished by Public Works Department and by Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards respectively.

Section. Cost of Opened Lines. Cost of Unopened Lines.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Kawakawa .. .. .. .. .. .. 94,204 0 0 40,334 0 0
Whangarei .. .. .. .. .. .. 176,322 0 0 12,236 0 0
Kaihu.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 69,644 0 0 ..
Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,060,491 0 0 209,295 0 0
Gisborne-Karaka .. .. .. .. 76,062 0 0 18,745 0 0
Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth .. .. 4,733,038 0 0 358,873 0 0
Wellington-Foxton (private line) .. .. .. 42,116 0 0
Surveys, North Island .. .. .. .. .. 23,914 0 0
Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,169 0 0
Hurunui-Bluff .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,190,793 0 0 598,952 0 0
Westland .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,160,284 0 0 74,136 0 0
Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. 452,959 0 0 ..
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 266,843 0 0 42,263 0 0
Picton .. .. .. .. .. .. 348,571 0 0 ..
Lake Wakatipu steamer service .. .. 15,612 0 0 ..
Stock, Permanent-way .. .. .. .. .. 42,376 0 0
Stock, A.O.L. Stores .. .. .. .. 23,088 0 0 ..
Surveys, Middle Island .. .. .. .. .. 6,682 0 0
Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,168 0 0
Stock in suspense .. .. .. .. .. .. 35,000 0 0 ..
Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 20,692,911 0 0 1,480,309 0 0

H. DAVIDSON,
Accountant, New Zealand Railways.

Railway Department, 23rd August, 1904.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for four weeks ending 23 July 1904 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
23 August 1904
Railways, Traffic Returns, Passengers, Freight, Parcels, Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Tons, Merchandise, Minerals, Financial Statistics
  • H. Davidson, Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🏗️ Estimated Cost of Railway Construction to 31 March 1904

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
23 August 1904
Railway Construction, Estimated Costs, Opened Lines, Unopened Lines, Public Works Department, Harbour Boards, North Island, Middle Island
  • H. Davidson, Accountant, New Zealand Railways