New Zealand Gazette – 1910 – No. 79

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✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Costs



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 79

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1910, to 23rd July, 1910.

Passengers.

First Class. Second Class. Total. Total.
S. R. S. R.
1910 132,064 351,898 748,885
1909 130,108 387,524 735,189
Inc. 1,956 . . . 13,696
Dec. . . . 35,626 . . .
Season Tickets. Number. Number.
Parcels. Horses. Carriages.
3,018,425 69,484 323,907
3,212,027 64,559 310,512
. . . 4,925 13,395
193,602 . . . . . .

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.
1910 73,196 0 0 19,664 4 0 38,106 0 0 183,948
1909 65,532 0 0 20,662 4 0 37,048 0 0 154,394
Increase 7,664 0 0 . . . 1,058 0 0 29,554 3 0
Decrease . . . 998 0 0 . . . . . . 93,805 17 0

ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, &c., to 31st March, 1910, 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.

Kawakawa 92,773 0 0 82,477 0 0
Whangarei 178,136 0 0 122,290 0 0
Kaihu 67,918 0 0 . . .
Gisborne 191,759 0 0 108,809 0 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches 12,546,672 0 0 264,220 0 0
South Island Main Lines and Branches 12,540,331 0 0 452,160 0 0
Westland 1,540,879 0 0 422,025 0 0
Westport 512,886 0 0 57,420 0 0
Nelson 395,356 0 0 61,327 0 0
Picton 376,264 0 0 124,410 0 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service 16,436 0 0 . . .
In Suspense--Surveys, North Island . . . 32,416 0 0
Miscellaneous, North Island . . . 5,169 0 0
Surveys, South Island . . . 7,959 0 0
Miscellaneous, South Island . . . 5,168 0 0
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way . . . 61,865 0 0
W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. Stores 29,066 0 0 . . .
W.R.D. Deposit Account for Permanent-way Material 25,000 0 0 . . .
Totals £28,513,476 0 0 £1,807,715 0 0

H. DAVIDSON,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.

Railway Department, 23rd August, 1910.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 New Zealand Railways Comparative Traffic Statement

🚂 Transport & Communications
23 August 1910
Railways, Traffic, Passengers, Parcels, Livestock, Goods, Tonnage, Comparison 1909-1910
  • H. Davidson, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🚂 Estimated Cost of Railway Construction and Rolling-Stock

🚂 Transport & Communications
23 August 1910
Railways, Construction costs, Rolling-stock, Public Works Department, Harbour Boards, North Island, South Island
  • H. Davidson, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways