New Zealand Gazette – 1915 – No. 15

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✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Statistics

FEB. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 517

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1914, to 2nd January, 1915.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1915 .. .. ..	342,241	1,137,634	2,051,482	6,603,618
1914 .. .. ..	351,569	1,170,052	2,039,634	6,381,090
Increase .. .. ..	..	..	11,848	222,528
Decrease .. .. ..	9,328	32,418	..	..

All Sections.	Parcels, &c.	Drays.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
1915 .. .. ..	1,066,177	2,358	197,912	25,450	3,473,474	102,251	3,801,445
1914 .. .. ..	1,056,613	2,329	178,867	18,493	3,695,990	91,804	3,987,483
Increase .. .. ..	9,564	29	19,045	6,957	..	10,447	..
Decrease .. .. ..	..	..	..	..	222,516	..	186,038

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 .. .. ..	170,884 0	90,720 4	94,049 0	489,269 11	840,004 1	641,721 9	2,299,005 5	4,625,653 10
1914 .. .. ..	185,331 0	67,026 8	91,667 0	499,297 14	794,651 5	621,856 11	1,892,559 12	4,152,389 10
Increase .. .. ..	..	23,693 16	2,382 0	..	45,352 16	19,864 18	406,445 13	473,264 0
Decrease .. .. ..	14,447 0	..	..	10,028 3	..	..	..	..

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 .. .. .. .. ..	1,913,809 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