New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 105

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✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Statistics

JUNE 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2535

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1917-18.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1917, to 26th May, 1917.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1917	82,076	187,084	461,028	1,190,278	1,920,466	51,635
1916	73,631	220,052	444,669	1,560,958	2,299,310	55,809
Increase	8,445	..	16,359	..	..	..
Decrease	..	32,968	..	370,680	378,844	4,174

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1917	60,866	9,405	1,250,982	35,571	1,356,824	75,989	293,438	379,077	748,504
1916	70,156	6,963	1,428,645	39,957	1,545,721	94,707	437,614	424,925	957,246
Increase	..	2,442	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Decrease	9,290	..	177,663	4,386	188,897	18,718	144,176	45,848	208,742

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 26th May, 1917.

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. Revenue.	Revenue per Mile of Railway.	Expenditure per Mile of Railway.
		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
NORTH ISLAND,—
Whangarei	74	3,176 13 10	7,557 9 3	2,511 10 0	4,833 7 6	68·96	663 16 8	424 11 1
Kaihu	20	374 10 3	924 0 7	641 13 7	1,100 13 8	119·12	300 6 8	357 14 5
Gisborne ..	44	1,942 0 4	3,973 18 6	1,295 15 7	2,510 18 0	63·18	587 1 2	370 18 5
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	172,772 12 9	386,966 2 0	111,654 7 0	217,174 13 3	56·12	2,270 2 2	1,274 0 10
Total	1,246	178,265 17 2	399,421 10 4	116,103 6 2	225,619 12 5	56·49
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	117,928 15 2	259,218 15 5	81,199 14 3	156,930 11 3	60·54	1,200 1 9	726 10 7
Westland .	157	10,984 9 6	19,928 18 8	7,079 17 2	13,329 6 10	66·90	824 17 6	551 15 0
Westport .	36	7,952 17 8	10,743 18 4	3,943 0 11	6,852 6 5	63·78	1,939 17 5	1,237 4 6
Nelson ..	61	2,729 5 9	5,338 8 10	1,998 19 0	3,770 8 4	70·63	568 17 0	401 15 7
Picton ..	56	2,266 7 8	5,045 15 5	1,720 13 9	3,052 3 1	60·49	585 15 5	354 5 5
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	466 0 1	1,130 7 1	565 13 9	1,070 5 1	94·68	..	..
Total	1,714	142,327 15 10	301,401 3 9	96,507 18 10	185,005 1 0	61·38
Grand total	2,960	320,593 13 0	700,822 14 1	212,611 5 0	410,624 13 5	58·59

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	4,340 14 3	8,679 19 3	2,412 19 7	4,839 7 5	55·75	762 8 7	425 1 7
Kaihu	20	514 1 2	1,036 16 2	571 4 3	1,281 5 3	123·58	336 19 3	416 8 2
Gisborne ..	44	2,044 12 5	4,386 10 0	1,260 18 2	2,237 14 1	51·01	648 0 1	330 11 5
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	195,417 13 4	424,568 10 1	120,478 6 4	228,417 9 10	53·80	2,490 14 0	1,339 19 10
Total	1,246	202,317 1 2	438,671 15 6	124,723 8 4	236,775 16 7	53·98
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	142,166 16 10	302,649 1 9	86,768 4 0	166,736 11 5	55·09	1,401 3 1	771 18 7
Westland ..	157	13,964 6 11	26,169 0 10	7,964 9 0	14,181 15 0	54·19	1,083 8 7	587 2 10
Westport ..	36	9,060 19 9	16,763 14 2	3,838 9 4	7,448 8 9	44·43	3,026 15 7	1,344 17 0
Nelson ..	61	3,021 5 5	5,929 13 4	1,725 0 5	3,361 5 9	56·69	631 17 0	358 3 5
Picton ..	56	2,136 11 1	4,457 3 8	1,506 7 5	2,837 3 8	63·65	517 7 0	329 6 4
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	541 7 3	1,227 14 0	493 17 5	943 2 4	76·82	..	..
Total	1,714	170,891 7 3	357,196 7 9	102,296 7 7	195,508 6 11	54·73
Grand total	2,960	373,208 8 5	795,868 3 3	227,019 15 11	432,284 3 6	54·32