New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 19

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✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1912, to 1st February, 1913.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1913 .. .. ..	408,131	1,269,544	2,245,173	6,816,476	10,739,324	215,983
1912 .. .. ..	394,756	1,183,888	2,106,027	6,225,318	9,909,989	195,420
Increase .. .. ..	13,375	85,656	139,146	591,158	829,335	20,563
Decrease .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..

All Sections.	Parcels	Horses.	Car-riages.	Dogs.	Total.	Drays, &c.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
1913 .. ..	1,081,555	18,083	2,435	47,800	1,149,873	2,605	168,385	18,715	3,961,617	103,060	4,254,382
1912 .. ..	969,962	17,359	2,302	46,819	1,036,442	2,314	158,463	18,050	3,656,743	111,834	3,947,404
Increase .. ..	111,593	724	133	981	113,431	291	9,922	665	304,874	..	306,978
Decrease .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8,774	..

All Sections.	Chaff, Lime, &c.	Wool.	Firewood.	Timber.	Grain.	Merchandise.	Minerals.	Total.
	Tons c.	Tons c.	Tons c.	Tons c.	Tons c.	Tons c.	Tons c.	Tons c.
1913 .. ..	177,472 0	120,929 8	93,308 0	581,453 8	996,758 1	692,054 12	2,344,977 4	5,006,952 13
1912 .. ..	161,127 0	108,992 4	95,064 0	602,821 18	781,035 2	661,051 7	2,245,349 14	4,655,441 5
Increase .. ..	16,345 0	11,937 4	..	..	215,722 19	31,003 5	99,627 10	351,511 8
Decrease .. ..	..	..	1,756 0	21,368 10	..	..	..	..

ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, &c., to 31st March, 1912, 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.
Whangarei--Kawakawa .. .. .. .. ..	564,745 0 0	71,373 0 0
Kaihu .. .. .. .. .. ..	67,918 0 0	8,534 0 0
Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. ..	203,596 0 0	265,280 0 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches .. ..	13,116,727 0 0	531,495 0 0
South Island Main Lines and Branches .. ..	13,277,297 0 0	369,930 0 0
Westland .. .. .. .. .. ..	1,709,057 0 0	541,304 0 0
Westport .. .. .. .. .. ..	525,251 0 0	99,092 0 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. ..	408,382 0 0	119,391 0 0
Picton .. .. .. .. .. ..	557,817 0 0	26,969 0 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service .. ..	33,032 0 0	..
In Suspense—
Surveys, North Island .. .. .. ..	..	30,009 0 0
Miscellaneous, North Island .. .. ..	..	5,169 0 0
Surveys, South Island .. .. .. ..	..	6,526 0 0
Miscellaneous, South Island .. .. ..	..	5,168 0 0
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way .. ..	..	102,850 0 0
W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. Stores .. ..	17,267 0 0	..
W.R.D. Deposit Account for Permanent-way Material ..	25,000 0 0	..
Totals .. .. .. .. .. ..	£30,506,089 0 0	£2,183,090 0 0