New Zealand Gazette – 1914 – No. 121

Page 4055

✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Statistics

Nov. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4055

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1914, to 10th October, 1914.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1914 .. .. ..	245,213	745,230	1,455,759	4,123,664
1913 .. .. ..	245,987	746,020	1,412,432	3,954,156
Increase .. .. ..	..	..	43,327	169,508
Decrease .. .. ..	774	790	..	..

All Sections.	Parcels, &c.	Drays.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
1914 .. ..	692,920	1,752	136,895	19,878	2,579,268	64,447	2,802,240
1913 .. ..	684,914	1,670	125,606	14,012	3,081,355	64,317	3,286,960
Increase .. ..	8,006	82	11,289	5,866	..	130	..
Decrease .. ..	..	..	..	..	502,087	..	484,720

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.
1914 .. ..	131,752 0	28,303 0	69,986 0	360,570 18	625,080 18	468,026 6	1,675,491 8	3,859,210 10
1913 .. ..	145,343 0	28,793 0	71,100 0	376,682 2	584,065 0	465,581 11	1,581,615 4	3,253,179 17
Increase .. ..	..	..	..	..	41,015 18	2,444 15	93,876 4	106,030 13
Decrease .. ..	13,591 0	490 0	1,114 0	16,111 4	..	..	..	..

ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1914, 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 .. .. .. .. ..	582,325 0 0	153,061 0 0
Kaihu .. .. .. .. ..	68,281 0 0	28,699 0 0
Tauranga .. .. .. .. ..	..	145,904 0 0
Gisborne .. .. .. .. ..	337,339 0 0	322,092 0 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches .. ..	13,987,793 0 0	622,133 0 0
South Island Main Lines and Branches .. ..	13,677,921 0 0	498,809 0 0
Westland .. .. .. .. ..	1,313,809 0 0	567,984 0 0
Westport .. .. .. .. ..	587,258 0 0	75,350 0 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. ..	535,364 0 0	23,931 0 0
Picton .. .. .. .. ..	584,203 0 0	55,901 0 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service .. ..	42,589 0 0	..
In Suspense—
Surveys, North Island .. .. ..	..	31,558 0 0
Miscellaneous, North Island .. ..	..	5,169 0 0
Surveys, South Island .. .. ..	..	6,129 0 0
Miscellaneous, South Island .. ..	..	5,168 0 0
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way .. ..	..	83,601 0 0
W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. Stores .. ..	38,205 0 0	..
Totals .. .. .. .. ..	£32,355,087 0 0	£2,625,489 0 0