New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 42

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✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Costs

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1908, to 25th April, 1908.

All Sections.	Passengers.	Season Tickets.	Number.	Number.
	First Class.	Second Class.	Total.	Total.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
*1908	33,958	101,172	171,276	543,216
†1907	37,633	97,764	195,028	502,796
Inc.	..	3,408	..	40,420
Dec.	3,675	..	23,752	..

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 s. qr.	Tons c. qr.
1908 (25 days) ..	18,282 0 0	4,669 16 0	8,526 0 0	44,223 1 0	77,397 4 0	53,014 15 0	161,692 2 0	367,804 18 0
1907 (27 days) ..	16,592 0 0	4,790 4 0	8,096 0 0	47,267 3 0	67,177 2 0	58,278 19 0	171,425 1 0	373,626 9 0
Increase ..	1,690 0 0	..	430 0 0	..	10,220 2 0	..	..	..
Decrease ..	..	120 8 0	..	3,044 2 0	..	5,264 4 0	9,732 19 0	5,821 11 0

25 days. † 27 days.

ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION, ALL LINES, to 31st March, 1907, 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 ..	92,765 0 0	52,903 0 0
Whangarei ..	177,996 0 0	31,969 0 0
Kaihu ..	69,644 0 0	..
Auckland ..	3,445,889 0 0	518,774 0 0
Gisborne-Karaka ..	129,059 0 0	29,301 0 0
Wellington-Napier-New Plymouth ..	5,372,827 0 0	607,850 0 0
Wellington-Foxton (private line) ..	..	42,116 0 0
Surveys, North Island ..	..	35,257 0 0
Miscellaneous ..	..	5,169 0 0
Hurunui-Bluff ..	11,630,170 0 0	299,278 0 0
Westland ..	1,368,377 0 0	159,973 0 0
Westport ..	488,457 0 0	15,854 0 0
Nelson ..	332,020 0 0	26,909 0 0
Picton ..	357,196 0 0	21,806 0 0
Lake Wakatipu steamer service ..	16,436 0 0	..
Stock, Permanent-way ..	..	85,513 0 0
Stock, A.O.L. Stores ..	8,436 0 0	..
Surveys, Middle Island ..	..	6,956 0 0
Miscellaneous ..	..	5,168 0 0
Stock in suspense ..	25,000 0 0	..
Total ..	23,504,272 0 0	1,934,296 0 0

H. DAVIDSON,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.

Railway Department, 26th May, 1908.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1908, No 42

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🚂 New Zealand Railways Comparative Traffic Statement

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated26 May 1908
KeywordsRailway Traffic, Passengers, Goods, Tonnage, Comparison, 1907, 1908
👩‍💼 Officials

H. Davidson, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🚂 New Zealand Railways Estimated Cost of Construction

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated26 May 1908
KeywordsRailway Construction, Costs, Opened Lines, Unopened Lines, Public Works Department, Harbour Boards, North Island, Middle Island
👩‍💼 Officials

H. Davidson, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways

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