✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Costs
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1911, to 24th June, 1911.
| All Sections. | Passengers. | Season Tickets. | Number. | Number. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Class. | Second Class. | Total. | Total. | Parcels. | Horses. | Carriages. | Dogs. | Total. | Drays, &c. | Cattle. | Calves. | Sheep. | Pigs. | Total. | |||
| S. | R. | S. | R. | ||||||||||||||
| 1911 | 102,616 | 310,808 | 555,781 | 1,662,226 | 2,631,431 | 54,837 | 260,323 | 4,471 | 571 | 16,137 | 281,502 | 632 | 39,931 | 5,490 | 1,568,167 | 42,325 | 1,656,545 |
| 1910 | 102,361 | 269,390 | 568,389 | 1,374,950 | 2,315,090 | 51,250 | 252,858 | 4,061 | 549 | 14,280 | 271,748 | 504 | 46,788 | 4,554 | 1,850,185 | 48,915 | 1,950,946 |
| Inc. | 255 | 41,418 | .. | 287,276 | 316,341 | 3,587 | 7,465 | 410 | 22 | 1,857 | 9,754 | 128 | .. | 936 | .. | .. | .. |
| Dec. | .. | .. | 12,608 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6,857 | .. | 282,018 | 6,590 | 294,401 |
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. | |||||||||
| 1911 .. | 57,588 | 0 0 | 16,702 | 8 0 | 29,060 | 0 0 | 164,192 | 6 0 | 268,884 | 13 0 | 200,497 | 14 0 | 596,803 | 16 0 | 1,333,728 | 17 0 |
| 1910 .. | 60,810 | 0 0 | 16,792 | 16 0 | 29,856 | 0 0 | 189,436 | 3 0 | 288,540 | 11 0 | 213,957 | 10 0 | 670,467 | 12 0 | 1,419,860 | 12 0 |
| Increase .. | .. | .. | .. | 24,756 | 3 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
| Decrease .. | 3,222 | 0 0 | 90 | 8 0 | 796 | 0 0 | .. | 19,655 | 18 0 | 13,459 | 16 0 | 73,663 | 16 0 | 86,186 | 15 0 |
ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, &c., to 31st March, 1911, 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 .. .. .. .. | 99,290 | 0 | 0 | 105,321 | 0 | 0 |
| Whangarei .. .. .. .. | 223,998 | 0 | 0 | 141,432 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaihu .. .. .. .. .. | 67,918 | 0 | 0 | 2,327 | 0 | 0 |
| Gisborne .. .. .. .. | 197,322 | 0 | 0 | 181,346 | 0 | 0 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches .. | 12,903,629 | 0 | 0 | 312,458 | 0 | 0 |
| South Island Main Lines and Branches .. | 13,045,004 | 0 | 0 | 276,835 | 0 | 0 |
| Westland .. .. .. .. | 1,694,783 | 0 | 0 | 440,024 | 0 | 0 |
| Westport .. .. .. .. | 518,014 | 0 | 0 | 76,758 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson .. .. .. .. | 404,030 | 0 | 0 | 87,923 | 0 | 0 |
| Picton .. .. .. .. | 390,032 | 0 | 0 | 149,819 | 0 | 0 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service .. | 16,436 | 0 | 0 | .. | ||
| In Suspense— | ||||||
| Surveys, North Island .. .. | .. | 32,424 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Miscellaneous, North Island .. | .. | 5,169 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Surveys, South Island .. .. | .. | 8,472 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Miscellaneous, South Island .. | .. | 5,168 | 0 | 0 | ||
| P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way .. | .. | 77,938 | 0 | 0 | ||
| W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. Stores .. | 27,090 | 0 | 0 | .. | ||
| W.R.D. Deposit Account for Permanent-way Material .. | 25,000 | 0 | 0 | .. | ||
| Totals .. .. .. .. | £29,606,546 | 0 | 0 | £1,903,414 | 0 | 0 |
H. DAVIDSON,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
Railway Department, 25th July, 1911.
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