Railway Traffic and Financial Statistics




JULY 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2213

LAKE WAKATIPU STEAMERS.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. .. .. 114 228 342 125 172 297
2nd Class .. .. .. .. 243 260 503 272 218 490
— — — — — —
Total .. .. .. .. 357 488 845 397 390 787
— — — — — —
Season Tickets .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Goods,—
1915. 1914. 1915. 1914.
No. No. No. No.
Drays .. .. 2 .. Parcels, etc. .. .. 436 538
Cattle .. .. 43 20 — —
Calves .. .. 32 ..
Sheep .. .. 1,962 3,394
Pigs .. .. .. ..
— — — —
Total .. .. 2,039 3,414
— — — —

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c. .. .. .. ..
Wool .. .. .. 31
Firewood .. .. 12 6
Timber .. .. 24 23
Grain .. .. 295 300
Merchandise .. .. 128 125
Minerals .. .. 167 186
— — — —
Total .. .. 626 671

Railway Department, 28th June, 1915.

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 115 17 6 112 13 6
Parcels, Luggage, and
Mails .. .. 63 17 9 66 0 0
Goods .. .. 272 16 11 284 18 0
Miscellaneous .. Cr. 0 7 3 Cr. 1 12 3
Rents and Commission 10 6 7 3 10 0
— — — — — —
Total .. .. £462 11 6 £468 13 9

H. DAVIDSON,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1915-16.
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 29th May, 1915.

Section. Miles open for Traffic. Revenue. Expenditure. For a Twelve-monthly Period Average to Date.
Four-weekly. Total to Date. Four-weekly. Total to Date. Per Cent. of Revenue.
NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Whangarei .. 74 3,680 0 6 7,345 11 7 2,615 0 6 5,091 11 1 69·31
Kaihu .. 20 504 17 7 1,048 13 7 432 9 6 829 4 5 79·07
Gisborne .. 44 2,073 18 7 4,469 14 5 1,219 14 7 2,729 16 4 61·07
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,101 165,286 9 9 370,353 16 11 117,225 12 1 242,541 8 11 65·49
Total .. 1,239 171,545 6 5 383,217 16 6 121,492 16 8 251,192 0 9 65·55
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,404 121,315 10 4 273,624 18 5 88,997 12 11 184,629 15 4 67·48
Westland .. 157 11,995 19 0 25,407 18 9 7,563 14 3 14,759 17 1 58·09
Westport .. 36 7,626 18 1 17,521 15 3 4,790 11 4 9,359 3 4 53·41
Nelson .. 61 2,978 16 1 5,907 12 5 2,382 0 6 4,177 10 3 70·71
Picton .. 48 1,757 15 8 3,983 6 6 1,789 4 6 3,309 12 8 83·09
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 462 11 6 1,216 15 8 468 9 6 1,015 7 0 83·45
Total .. 1,706 146,137 10 8 327,662 7 0 105,991 13 0 217,251 5 8 66·30
Grand total 2,945 317,682 17 1 710,880 3 6 227,484 9 8 468,443 6 5 65·90

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Whangarei .. 74 3,708 5 4 7,398 18 9 2,452 3 5 4,445 19 1 60·09 751 9 0 451 10 10
Kaihu .. 17 388 4 2 919 4 11 349 3 7 780 9 6 84·90 351 9 6 298 8 6
Gisborne .. 32 957 9 2 2,322 18 3 801 3 1 1,762 1 9 75·86 471 16 10 357 18 6
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,092 160,647 18 2 336,411 13 6 119,368 10 8 226,148 6 9 67·22 2,002 9 0 1,346 2 5
Total .. 1,215 165,701 16 10 347,052 15 5 122,971 0 9 233,136 17 1 67·18
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,366 131,252 10 9 270,434 13 6 90,310 7 7 161,272 7 4 59·63 1,286 16 10 767 8 0
Westland .. 144 12,426 7 2 23,538 16 0 7,747 17 8 13,212 6 2 56·13 1,062 10 5 596 7 10
Westport .. 36 9,052 10 8 16,307 9 6 4,524 6 5 8,198 6 7 50·27 2,944 9 5 1,480 5 0
Nelson .. 61 2,692 19 4 5,249 17 1 1,867 4 2 3,645 5 5 69·44 559 8 2 388 8 7
Picton .. 48 2,667 8 0 5,389 11 0 2,097 7 8 3,603 16 6 66·87 729 16 9 487 0 4
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 468 13 9 1,189 8 9 440 0 11 895 13 0 75·30 .. ..
Total .. 1,655 158,560 9 8 322,109 15 10 106,987 4 5 190,827 15 0 59·24
Grand total 2,870 324,262 6 6 669,162 11 3 229,958 5 2 423,964 12 1 63·36

Railway Department, 28th June, 1915. H. DAVIDSON,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for the period ending 29th May, 1915 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
28 June 1915
Railways, Traffic, Passengers, Goods, Revenue, Statistics
  • H. Davidson, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🚂 Railway Working Account for the Financial Year 1915-16

🚂 Transport & Communications
28 June 1915
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Statistics
  • H. Davidson, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways