New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 132

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✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 132

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1917-18.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1917, to 21st July, 1917.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1917 .. .. ..	172,221	308,492	995,963	2,043,356	3,520,032	98,857
1916 .. .. ..	138,497	434,498	857,183	2,881,402	4,311,580	114,279
Increase .. .. ..	33,724	..	138,780	..	..	..
Decrease .. .. ..	..	126,006	..	838,046	791,548	15,422

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1917 ..	105,345	13,762	1,907,987	47,683	2,074,777	158,641	735,108	687,478	1,581,227
1916 ..	122,530	12,606	2,200,137	52,978	2,388,301	191,632	907,426	809,979	1,909,037
Increase ..	..	1,156	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Decrease ..	17,235	..	292,150	5,295	313,524	32,991	172,318	122,501	327,810

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 21st July, 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. of 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	3,606 14 7	14,493 4 1	2,818 11 4	10,090 1 4	69·62	636 10 6	443 2 11
Kaihu ..	20	510 7 10	1,907 6 3	644 19 9	2,304 2 1	120·80	309 18 9	374 8 5
Gisborne ..	44	1,913 10 0	7,473 11 3	1,533 10 0	5,289 10 2	70·78	552 0 6	390 14 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	178,367 0 3	747,418 13 10	113,881 2 1	442,774 16 11	59·24	2,192 6 9	1,298 15 1
Total ..	1,246	184,397 12 8	771,292 15 5	118,878 3 2	460,458 10 6	59·70
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	102,752 10 7	469,045 0 6	84,869 2 2	324,426 9 3	69·17	1,085 15 0	750 19 9
Westland ..	157	11,964 18 5	43,170 6 9	7,876 16 3	28,672 16 7	66·42	893 13 1	593 10 11
Westport .	36	8,229 5 8	28,107 14 8	3,688 7 3	14,199 1 0	50·52	2,537 10 11	1,281 17 2
Nelson ..	61	2,235 12 0	9,694 10 6	2,282 15 5	7,889 6 11	81·38	516 10 3	420 6 8
Picton ..	56	2,285 16 6	9,367 1 6	1,387 3 5	7,227 2 7	77·15	543 12 6	419 8 8
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	414 1 8	1,992 2 9	269 12 11	2,445 5 2	122·74	..	..
Total ..	1,714	127,882 4 10	561,376 16 8	100,373 17 5	384,860 1 6	68·56
Grand total ..	2,960	312,279 17 6	1,332,669 12 1	219,252 0 7	845,318 12 0	63·43

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei ..	74	3,768 5 10	16,690 13 0	2,760 4 11	10,436 18 5	62·53	733 0 9
Kaihu ..	20	434 8 2	1,929 7 1	464 17 8	2,465 19 11	127·81	313 10 5
Gisborne ..	44	1,993 14 6	8,415 11 6	1,614 17 8	5,101 5 6	60·62	621 12 4
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	185,196 15 8	809,962 18 11	116,087 4 9	461,142 6 10	56·93	2,375 16 0
Total ..	1,246	191,393 4 2	836,998 10 6	120,927 5 0	479,146 10 8	57·25
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	122,136 2 3	554,713 7 10	85,044 5 11	338,488 5 6	61·02	1,284 1 8
Westland ..	157	13,757 4 2	52,844 1 6	8,590 11 3	30,604 10 2	57·91	1,093 18 1
Westport ..	36	8,935 3 3	34,197 15 3	4,595 7 0	16,460 1 5	48·13	3,087 6 0
Nelson ..	61	2,492 6 11	10,789 1 10	1,684 12 2	7,137 0 7	66·15	574 16 7
Picton ..	56	1,899 4 10	8,505 10 10	1,610 15 4	6,484 18 10	76·24	493 12 6
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	398 1 10	2,120 8 2	186 2 5	1,571 3 5	74·10	..
Total ..	1,714	149,618 3 3	663,170 5 5	101,711 14 1	400,745 19 11	60·43
Grand total ..	2,960	341,011 7 5	1,500,168 15 11	222,638 19 1	879,892 10 7	58·65