New Zealand Gazette – 1905 – No. 30

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✨ Railway Financial and Traffic Data



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1904, to 4th March, 1905.

All Sections. Passengers. Season Tickets. Number. Number.
First Class. Second Class. Total. Total.
S. R. S. R.
1905* 834,329 952,122 1,837,454 4,761,832
1904† 819,145 893,604 1,772,065 4,556,382
Inc. 15,184 58,518 65,389 205,450
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.
1905* .. 121,886 0 0 102,147 4 0 100,644 0 0 455,485 2 0 673,342 4 0 578,401 15 0 1,667,240 19
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
Increase .. 1,870 0 0 8,002 16 0 3,276 0 0 .. .. .. 93,490 7 0
Decrease .. .. .. .. 5,192 17 0 55,482 15 0 5,936 9 0 ..
  • 338 days.
    † 333 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 40,384 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 .. .. .. .. 25,000 0 0 ..
Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 20,692,911 0 0 1,480,309 0 0

H. DAVIDSON,
Accountant, New Zealand Railways.

Railway Department, 4th April, 1905.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Railway Working Account, showing revenue and expenditure to 4 March 1905 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
4 April 1905
Railways, Traffic Statistics, Passengers, Freight, Tons, Parcels, Livestock, Financial Report, North Island, Middle Island
  • H. Davidson, Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🏗️ Estimated cost of railway construction to 31 March 1904

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
4 April 1905
Railway Construction, Estimated Cost, Opened Lines, Unopened Lines, Public Works Department, Greymouth Harbour Board, Westport Harbour Board
  • H. Davidson, Accountant, New Zealand Railways