New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 40

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✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Statistics

MAY 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1569

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1912, to 31st March, 1913.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1913 .. .. ..	496,464	1,537,332	2,714,581	8,375,502	13,123,879	265,259
1912 .. .. ..	484,077	1,403,444	2,550,081	7,453,532	11,891,134	236,957
Increase .. .. ..	12,387	133,888	164,500	921,970	1,232,745	28,302
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.
1913 .. ..	1,320,873	21,971	2,904	57,388	1,403,136	3,189	195,717	25,878	5,388,805	136,130	5,749,719
1912 .. ..	1,190,907	20,510	2,801	56,156	1,270,374	2,904	184,427	23,119	5,454,443	147,268	5,812,161
Increase .. ..	129,966	1,461	103	1,232	132,762	285	11,290	2,759	..	..	..
Decrease .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	65,638	11,138	62,442

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 .. ..	213,322 0	147,735 8	112,072 0	695,060 7	1,181,898 15	845,933 16	2,760,983 3	5,957,005 9
1912 .. ..	191,794 0	141,607 4	110,436 0	718,413 10	949,555 12	811,166 9	2,676,783 6	5,599,756 1
Increase .. ..	21,528 0	6,128 4	1,636 0	..	232,343 3	34,767 7	84,199 17	357,249 8
Decrease .. ..	..	..	..	23,353 3	..	..	..	..

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 .. .. .. .. ..	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