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✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Statistics

1992
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of TRAFFIC on ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1913, to 31st March, 1914.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1914 .. ..	485,291	1,553,666	2,755,884	8,561,052	13,855,898	287,037
1913 .. ..	496,464	1,537,332	2,714,581	8,375,502	13,123,879	265,259
Increase .. ..	..	16,334	41,303	185,550	232,014	21,778
Decrease .. ..	11,173	..	..	..	..	..

All Sections.	Parcels.	Horses.	Car-riages.	Dogs.	Total.	Drays, &c.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
1914 .. ..	1,392,814	21,778	2,755	54,383	1,471,730	3,090	225,116	29,175	6,860,495	145,773	7,263,649
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
Increase .. ..	71,941	..	..	..	68,594	..	29,399	3,297	1,471,690	9,643	1,513,930
Decrease .. ..	..	193	149	3,005	..	99	..	..	..	..	..

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 .. ..	235,980 0	155,708 16	117,038 0	676,858 0	1,050,394 11	873,746 3	2,551,614 5	5,661,389 15
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
Increase .. ..	22,658 0	7,973 8	4,966 0	..	..	27,812 7	..	..
Decrease .. ..	..	..	..	18,202 7	131,504 4	..	209,368 18	295,665 14

ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1913, 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 .. .. .. ..	572,438 0 0	116,397 0 0
Kaihu .. .. .. ..	68,281 0 0	20,289 0 0
Gisborne .. .. .. ..	332,268 0 0	223,666 0 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches .. ..	13,641,054 0 0	533,547 0 0
South Island Main Lines and Branches .. ..	13,511,641 0 0	418,777 0 0
Westland .. .. .. ..	1,715,702 0 0	627,508 0 0
Westport .. .. .. ..	586,239 0 0	60,019 0 0
Nelson .. .. .. ..	531,117 0 0	22,801 0 0
Picton .. .. .. ..	574,424 0 0	48,104 0 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service .. ..	40,254 0 0	..
In Suspense—
Surveys, North Island .. .. .. ..	..	32,802 0 0
Miscellaneous, North Island .. .. .. ..	..	5,169 0 0
Surveys, South Island .. .. .. ..	..	5,636 0 0
Miscellaneous, South Island .. .. .. ..	..	5,168 0 0
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way .. .. .. ..	..	100,680 0 0
W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. Stores .. .. .. ..	37,802 0 0	..
Totals .. .. .. ..	£31,611,220 0 0	£2,220,563 0 0