New Zealand Gazette – 1911 – No. 68

Page 2617

✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Costs



Aug. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2617

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS FROM 1st April, 1911, to 22nd July, 1911.

All Sections.

Passengers.

First Class. Second Class. Total. Season Tickets. Total.

Number.

Parcels. Horses. Carriages. Dogs. Total. Drays, &c. Cattle. Calves. Sheep. Pigs. Total.

1911 S. R. S. R. 134,479 405,216 742,068 2,105,450 3,387,213 75,188 336,142 5,487 741 20,439 362,809 840 53,933 7,640 1,846,926 47,266 1,956,605

1910 132,064 351,898 748,885 1,785,578 3,018,425 69,484 323,907 4,899 727 18,402 347,935 641 60,693 6,129 2,048,806 54,905 2,171,174

Inc. 2,415 53,318 .. 319,872 368,788 5,704 12,235 588 14 2,037 14,874 199 .. 1,511 .. .. ..

Dec. .. .. 6,817 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,760 .. 201,880 7,639 214,569

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 .. 72,504 0 0 19,860 4 0 39,344 0 0 221,284 5 0 329,325 6 0 259,896 11 0 833,396 18 0 1,775,611 4 0

1910 .. 73,196 0 0 19,664 4 0 38,106 0 0 183,948 6 0 343,127 1 0 268,584 8 0 888,612 16 0 1,815,238 15 0

Increase .. .. 196 0 0 1,238 0 0 37,335 19 0 .. .. .. .. ..

Decrease .. 692 0 0 .. .. .. 13,801 15 0 8,687 17 0 55,215 18 0 39,627 11 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 .. .. .. .. .. 93,290 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 .. .. .. .. .. .. 77,998 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, 22nd August, 1911.



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🚂 Comparative Statement of Railway Traffic

🚂 Transport & Communications
22 August 1911
Railways, Traffic, Passengers, Parcels, Livestock, Goods, Tonnage, Comparative statistics
  • H. Davidson, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🚂 Estimated Cost of Railway Construction and Rolling-Stock

🚂 Transport & Communications
22 August 1911
Railways, Construction costs, Rolling-stock, Public Works Department, Harbour Boards, North Island, South Island
  • H. Davidson, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways