New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 3

Page 113

✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Statistics

Jan. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 113

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1912, to 7th December, 1912.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1912	326,104	949,046	1,802,777	4,940,568
1911	311,073	876,880	1,673,765	4,464,956
Increase	15,031	72,166	129,012	475,612
Decrease	..	..	..	..

All Sections.	Parcels.	Horses.	Carriages.	Dogs.	Total.	Drays, &c.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
1912	841,297	14,262	1,961	39,376	896,916	2,120	144,080	14,681	2,918,923	80,525	3,155,329
1911	761,315	13,692	1,797	38,540	815,844	1,885	136,226	14,960	2,580,547	83,732	2,817,350
Increase	79,982	590	164	836	81,572	235	7,854	..	338,376	..	337,979
Decrease	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	279	..	3,207	..

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.
1912	153,654 0	47,452 4	77,734 0	491,690 16	865,744 7	560,832 0	1,995,671 0	4,192,778 7
1911	140,685 0	47,403 16	82,698 0	503,036 15	674,216 1	535,298 15	1,897,161 3	3,880,499 10
Increase	12,969 0	48 8	..	..	191,528 6	25,533 5	98,509 17	312,278 17
Decrease	..	..	4,964 0	11,345 19	..	..	..	..

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	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	..	30,009 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