New Zealand Gazette – 1915 – No. 45

Page 1039

✨ Railway Traffic and Construction Statistics

APRIL 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1039

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1914, to 27th February, 1915.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1915	424,766	1,388,606	2,524,626	8,064,364	12,402,362	274,740
1914	439,521	1,435,856	2,510,120	7,865,768	12 251,265	259,748
Increase	..	..	14,506	198,596	151,097	14,992
Decrease	..	14,755	47,250	..	..	..

All Sections.	Parcels, &c.	Drays.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.
1915	1,337,625	2,806	246,632	35,141	5,795,994	139,255	6,219,828
1914	1,328,782	2,817	208,132	24,647	5,630,859	124,232	5,990,687
Increase	8,843	..	38,500	10,494	165,135	15,023	229,141
Decrease	..	11	..	..	..	..	..

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	197,896 0	151,326 12	109,768 0	565,257 7	976,833 13	786,739 11	2,732,984 17	5,520,806 0
1914	214,002 0	139,335 8	107,116 0	608,471 2	933,067 6	786,171 9	2,303,003 16	5,091,167 1
Increase	..	11,991 4	2,652 0	..	43,766 7	568 2	429,981 1	429,638 19
Decrease	16,106 0	..	..	43,213 15	..	..	..	..

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	..	5,163 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