New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 8

Page 467

✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Costs

Feb. 6. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 467

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1912, to 4th January, 1913.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1913	363,158	1,144,394	2,007,306	6,125,724	9,640,582	196,137
1912	348,038	1,058,848	1,870,373	5,554,167	8,831,426	176,679
Increase	15,120	85,546	136,933	571,557	809,156	19,458
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	965,513	16,413	2,198	43,573	1,027,697	2,337	155,600	15,625	3,291,523	88,518	3,553,603
1912	865,658	15,790	2,074	42,654	926,176	2,065	146,858	15,823	2,962,684	95,724	3,223,154
Increase	99,855	623	124	919	101,521	272	8,742	..	328,839	..	330,449
Decrease	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	198	..	7,206	..

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	165,114 0	83,836 8	84,146 0	535,366 4	924,495 14	616,925 11	2,149,867 18	4,559,751 15
1912	148,739 0	75,691 0	88,208 0	548,022 17	722,500 19	589,049 10	2,050,154 3	4,222,365 9
Increase	16,375 0	8,145 8	..	..	201,994 15	27,876 1	99,713 15	337,386 6
Decrease	..	..	4,062 0	12,656 13	..	..	..	..

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