New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 143

Page 3647

✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

SEPT. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3647

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1917–18.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1917, to 18th August, 1917.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1917 .. ..	215,773	365,424	1,241,513	2,445,710	4,268,420	126,895
1916 .. ..	170,175	524,070	1,051,908	3,477,540	5,223,693	141,169
Increase .. ..	45,598	..	189,605	..	..	..
Decrease .. ..	..	158,646	..	1,031,830	955,273	14,274

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1917 ..	124,631	15,637	2,100,330	51,584	2,292,232	198,026	956,992	840,519	1,995,537
1916 ..	143,700	15,511	2,378,792	56,554	2,594,557	235,988	1,144,031	966,585	2,346,604
Increase ..	..	126	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Decrease ..	19,069	..	278,412	4,970	302,325	37,962	187,039	126,066	351,067

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 18th August, 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	2,922 2 2	17,415 6 3	2,721 0 0	12,811 1 4	73·56	611 17 10	450 2 4
Kaihu ..	20	434 19 4	2,342 5 7	645 17 4	2,949 19 5	125·94	304 9 11	383 9 11
Gisborne ..	44	1,831 0 7	9,304 11 10	1,731 17 8	7,021 7 10	75·46	549 16 4	414 18 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	167,985 3 4	915,403 17 2	115,265 5 6	558,040 2 5	60·96	2,148 1 2	1,309 9 7
Total ..	1,246	173,173 5 5	944,466 0 10	120,364 0 6	580,822 11 0	61·50
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	101,621 8 0	570,666 8 6	80,548 14 2	404,975 3 5	70·97	1,056 15 10	749 19 1
Westland ..	157	12,623 16 11	55,794 3 8	7,320 1 8	35,992 18 3	48·68	923 19 7	596 1 3
Westport ..	36	9,513 19 10	37,621 14 6	4,115 5 0	18,314 6 0	83·11	2,717 2 6	1,322 14 0
Nelson ..	61	2,302 19 1	11,997 9 7	2,081 16 4	9,971 3 3		511 7 4	425 0 0
Picton ..	56	1,856 5 7	11,223 7 1	2,242 12 9	9,469 15 4	84·38	521 1 8	439 13 4
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	379 17 5	2,372 0 2	667 5 6	3,112 10 8	131·22	..	..
Total ..	1,714	128,298 6 10	689,675 3 6	96,975 15 5	481,835 16 11	69·86
Grand total ..	2,960	301,471 12 3	1,634,141 4 4	217,339 15 11	1,062,658 7 11	65·03

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei ..	74	3,305 3 11	19,995 16 11	2,752 18 10	13,189 17 3	65·96	702 11 2	463 8 6
Kaihu ..	20	389 3 1	2,318 10 2	574 5 9	3,040 5 8	131·13	301 8 2	395 4 9
Gisborne ..	44	1,688 7 1	10,103 18 7	1,236 4 9	6,337 10 3	62·72	597 1 1	374 9 9
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	173,581 9 8	983,544 8 7	115,822 0 0	576,964 6 10	58·66	2,307 19 2	1,353 19 9
Total	1,246	178,964 3 9	1,015,962 14 3	120,385 9 4	599,532 0 0	59·01
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	105,836 6 6	660,549 14 4	86,940 5 5	425,428 10 11	64·41	1,223 4 10	787 16 7
Westland ..	157	13,470 16 8	66,314 18 2	7,680 5 8	38,284 15 10	57·73	1,098 4 2	634 0 4
Westport ..	36	9,711 0 8	43,908 15 11	4,354 19 2	20,815 0 7	47·41	3,171 3 10	1,503 7 4
Nelson ..	61	2,143 10 2	12,932 12 0	1,970 11 6	9,107 12 1	70·42	551 4 6	388 3 10
Picton ..	56	1,984 6 2	10,489 17 0	1,553 3 8	8,038 2 6	76·63	487 0 7	373 4 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	381 2 11	2,501 11 1	792 9 0	2,363 12 5	94·49	..	..
Total ..	1,714	133,527 3 1	796,697 8 6	103,291 14 5	504,037 14 4	63·27
Grand total ..	2,960	312,491 6 10	1,812,660 2 9	223,677 3 9	1,103,569 14 4	60·88