✨ Railway Statistics and Construction Costs




Mar. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 857

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1906, to 2nd February, 1907.

All Sections. Passengers. Season Tickets. Number. Number.
First Class. Second Class. Total. Total.
1907 S. 339,691 R. 923,998 S. 1,851,488 R. 4,725,334
1906 308,491 853,346 1,760,507 4,477,178
Inc. 31,200 70,652 90,981 248,156
Dec. .. .. .. ..

Tons.

All Sections. Chaff, Lime, &c. Wool. Firewood. Timber. Grain. Merchandise. Minerals. Total.
1907 Tons c. qr. 136,006 0 0 Tons c. qr. 107,822 8 0 Tons c. qr. 94,944 0 0 Tons c. qr. 475,788 2 0 Tons c. qr. 616,198 16 0 Tons c. qr. 589,668 11 0 Tons c. qr. 1,806,934 16 0 Tons c. qr. 3,827,362 13 0
1906 .. 123,688 0 0 94,844 0 0 90,270 0 0 438,501 4 0 659,808 6 0 513,271 5 0 1,622,282 17 0 3,542,665 12 0
Increase 12,318 0 0 12,978 8 0 4,674 0 0 37,286 18 0 .. 76,397 6 0 184,651 19 0 284,697 1 0
Decrease .. .. .. .. 43,609 10 0 .. .. ..

ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION, ALL LINES, to 31st March, 1906, as furnished by Public Works Department and by Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards respectively.

Section. Cost of Opened Lines. Cost of Unopened Lines.
Β£ s. d. Β£ s. d.
Kawakawa .. .. .. .. .. .. 92,765 0 0 46,611 0 0
Whangarei .. .. .. .. .. .. 177,761 0 0 25,226 0 0
Kaihu .. .. .. .. .. .. 69,644 0 0 ..
Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,340,932 0 0 328,603 0 0
Gisborne-Karaka .. .. .. .. 127,948 0 0 8,273 0 0
Marton-Te Awamutu (Central) .. .. 18,085 0 0
Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth 5,298,916 0 0 258,021 0 0
Wellington-Foxton (private line) .. 42,116 0 0
Surveys, North Island .. .. .. .. 24,660 0 0
Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,169 0 0
Hurunui-Bluff .. .. .. .. .. 10,945,230 0 0 549,195 0 0
Westland .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,804,772 0 0 124,844 0 0
Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. 470,569 0 0 7,279 0 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 269,370 0 0 71,105 0 0
Picton .. .. .. .. .. .. 353,960 0 0 5,867 0 0
Lake Wakatipu steamer service .. 16,436 0 0 ..
Stock, Permanent-way .. .. .. .. 73,337 0 0
Stock, A.O.L. Stores .. .. .. 5,669 0 0 ..
Surveys, Middle Island .. .. .. .. 5,554 0 0
Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,168 0 0
Stock in suspense .. .. .. .. 35,000 0 0 ..
Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 22,498,972 0 0 1,593,113 0 0

H. DAVIDSON,
Accountant, New Zealand Railways,

Railway Department, 5th March, 1907.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

πŸš‚ Railway Working Account, showing revenue and expenditure to 2nd February 1907 (continued from previous page)

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
5 March 1907
Railway finances, Revenue, Expenditure, Statistics, North Island, Middle Island, Financial year 1906-07
  • H. Davidson, Accountant, New Zealand Railways

πŸš‚ Comparative Traffic Statement for All Sections

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Railway traffic, Passenger statistics, Parcel statistics, Livestock transport, Goods transport, Comparative data

πŸš‚ Tonnage Statistics for Goods Transported

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Railway tonnage, Freight statistics, Chaff transport, Wool transport, Timber transport, Mineral transport

πŸ—οΈ Estimated Construction Costs of Railway Lines

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
Railway construction, Cost estimates, Public Works Department, Harbour Boards, Kawakawa, Whangarei, Auckland, Gisborne, Marton, Wellington, Hurunui, Westland, Westport, Nelson, Picton