New Zealand Gazette – 1915 – No. 121

Page 3565

✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Statistics

Oct. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3565

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS rom 1st April, 1915, to 18th September, 1915.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
*1915 .. .. ..	213,907	649,918	1,326,562	4,069,752	6,260,139	148,034
†1914 .. .. ..	213,299	643,740	1,253,456	3,566,490	5,676,985	136,209
Increase .. .. ..	608	6,178	73,106	503,262	583,154	11,825
Decrease .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..

All Sections.	Parcels, &c.	Drays.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
*1915 .. .. ..	579,676	1,562	151,271	17,174	2,920,763	61,239	3,152,009
†1914 .. .. ..	591,147	1,504	115,014	18,425	2,442,451	57,512	2,634,906
Increase .. .. ..	..	58	36,257	..	478,312	3,727	517,103
Decrease .. .. ..	11,471	..	..	1,251	..	..	..

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.
*1915 .. .. ..	177,806 0	29,508 12	55,218 0	296,765 18	513,668 10	411,548 12	1,378,741 10	2,863,257 2
†1914 .. .. ..	115,662 0	26,508 16	60,088 0	814,116 6	545,819 12	397,306 7	1,437,830 14	2,897,331 15
Increase .. .. ..	62,144 0	2,999 16	..	..	..	14,242 5	..	..
Decrease .. .. ..	..	..	4,870 0	17,350 8	32,151 2	..	59,089 4	34,074 13

171 days. † 165 days.

ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., TO 31st March, 1915, 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 .. .. .. .. ..	754,565 0 0	35,799 0 0
Kaihu .. .. .. .. ..	103,913 0 0	99 0 0
Tauranga .. .. .. .. ..	..	194,459 0 0
Gisborne .. .. .. .. ..	573,189 0 0	175,538 0 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches .. ..	14,554,271 0 0	676,960 0 0
South Island Main Lines and Branches .. ..	14,321,252 0 0	60,738 0 0
Westland .. .. .. .. ..	2,052,264 0 0	514,115 0 0
Westport .. .. .. .. ..	591,045 0 0	86,638 0 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. ..	538,615 0 0	26,807 0 0
Picton .. .. .. .. ..	587,361 0 0	79,128 0 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service .. ..	43,661 0 0	..
In Suspense—
Surveys, North Island .. .. ..	..	34,368 0 0
Miscellaneous, North Island .. ..	..	5,169 0 0
Surveys, South Island .. .. ..	..	5,752 0 0
Miscellaneous, South Island .. ..	..	5,168 0 0
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way .. ..	..	98,592 0 0
W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. Stores .. ..	13,689 0 0	..
Totals .. .. .. .. ..	£34,133,825 0 0	£1,999,330 0 0