New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 28

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✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Statistics

APRIL 3. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1033

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1912, to 1st March, 1913.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1913	453,276	1,391,872	2,479,675	7,515,166	11,839,989	242,457
1912	440,376	1,300,404	2,331,173	6,874,824	10,946,777	218,577
Increase	12,900	91,468	148,502	640,342	893,212	23,880
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	1,202,345	19,927	2,678	51,898	1,276,848	2,943	181,739	22,688	4,514,062	120,041	4,841,473
1912	1,080,786	19,041	2,538	51,424	1,153,789	2,604	170,465	20,097	4,518,117	129,332	4,840,615
Increase	121,559	886	140	474	123,059	339	11,274	2,591	..	..	858
Decrease	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4,055	9,291	..

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.	Tcns c.
1913	194,400 0	139,213 12	102,900 (	689,602 13	1,078,162 6	766,459 12	2,559,861 2	5,480,599 5
1912	174,231 (	131,842 16	103,094 (	662,724 8	847,891 17	735,199 11	2,460,084 10	5,115,068 2
Increase	20,169 0	7,370 16	..	..	230,270 9	31,260 1	99,776 12	365,531 3
Decrease	..	..	194 0	23,121 15	..	..	..	..

ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., 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	£7,918 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	..	30,109 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