New Zealand Gazette – 1914 – No. 133

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✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Statistics

Dec. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4289

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1914, to 7th November, 1914.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1914	277,373	861,738	1,657,405	4,783,680	7,580,196	180,156
1913	281,486	873,676	1,613,133	4,573,380	7,341,675	168,575
Increase	..	..	44,272	210,300	238,521	11,581
Decrease	4,113	11,938	..	..	..	..

All Sections.	Parcels, &c.	Drays.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
1914	807,088	1,963	157,537	21,488	2,699,733	74,824	2,955,545
1913	799,444	1,908	143,672	15,444	3,175,064	73,734	3,409,822
Increase	7,644	55	13,865	6,044	..	1,090	..
Decrease	..	..	..	..	475,331	..	454,277

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	146,918 0	36,341 16	78,956 0	405,651 8	696,953 10	527,257 5	1,909,477 19	3,801,555 18
1913	160,695 0	32,076 4	78,790 0	429,077 16	656,323 14	518,027 6	1,742,706 5	3,617,696 5
Increase	..	4,265 12	166 0	..	40,629 16	9,229 19	166,771 14	183,859 13
Decrease	13,777 0	..	..	23,426 8	..	..	..	..

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,.63 0 0
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way	..	83,6.1 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