New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 160

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✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3951

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1917–18.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1917, to 15th September, 1917.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1917	263,966	423,274	1,500,786	2,867,840	5,055,866	148,394
1916	205,301	615,683	1,256,539	4,100,004	6,177,527	166,168
Increase	58,665	..	244,247	..	..	..
Decrease	..	192,409	..	1,232,164	1,121,661	17,774

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1917	148,629	18,304	2,243,712	55,968	2,471,613	241,553	1,184,650	1,005,523	2,431,726
1916	165,175	17,519	2,533,131	61,322	2,777,147	282,207	1,369,831	1,141,039	2,793,077
Increase	..	785	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Decrease	16,546	..	284,419	5,354	305,534	40,654	185,181	135,516	361,351

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 15th September, 1917.

Section.	Miles open for Traffic.	Revenue.		Expenditure.		Per Cent. of Revenue.	For a Twelve-monthly Period, Average to Date.
		Four-weekly.	Total to Date.	Four-weekly.	Total to Date.		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	3,915 16 5	21,331 2 8	2,694 19 9	15,506 1 1	72·69	624 11 2	454 0 2
Kaihu	20	531 14 8	2,874 0 3	734 9 3	3,684 8 8	128·20	311 7 0	399 2 11
Gisborne	44	1,978 0 11	11,282 12 9	2,072 19 7	9,094 7 5	80·60	555 11 8	447 16 7
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	175,304 16 0	1,090,708 13	2111,068 0 5	669,128 2 10	61·35	2,132 17 11	1,308 9 3
Total	1,246	181,730 8 0	1,126,196 8 10	116,590 9 0	697,413 0 0	61·93
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	103,601 14 11	674,268 3 5	78,350 6 9	483,325 10 2	71·68	1,040 10 9	745 18 6
Westland	157	12,099 8 6	67,893 12 2	10,486 13 6	46,479 11 9	68·46	936 19 2	641 8 9
Westport	36	9,411 18 0	47,033 12 6	4,004 15 1	22,319 1 1	47·45	2,830 14 7	1,343 5 6
Nelson	61	2,105 17 0	14,103 6 7	2,084 5 4	12,055 8 7	85·48	500 18 9	428 4 0
Picton	56	2,137 13 4	13,361 0 5	1,705 1 2	11,174 16 6	83·64	516 19 0	432 7 2
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	354 4 11	2,726 5 1	541 3 8	3,653 14 4	134·02	..	..
Total	1,714	129,710 16 8	819,386 0 2	97,172 5 6	579,008 2 5	70·66
Grand total	2,960	311,441 4 8	1,945,582 9 0	213,762 14 6	1,276,421 2 5	65·76

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

Section.	Miles open for Traffic.	Revenue.		Expenditure.		Per Cent. of Revenue.	For a Twelve-monthly Period, Average to Date.
		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
NORTH ISLAND,—
Whangarei	74	4,867 13 1	24,863 10 0	2,547 6 2	15,737 3 5	63·29	727 19 8	460 15 6
Kaihu	20	438 10 10	2,757 1 0	564 9 1	3,604 14 9	130·75	298 13 7	390 10 3
Gisborne	44	1,985 6 6	12,089 5 1	1,380 2 5	7,717 12 8	63·84	595 6 1	380 0 8
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	179,693 7 9	1,163,237 16 4	120,935 9 10	697,899 16 8	60·00	2,274 13 8	1,364 14 6
Total	1,246	186,984 18 2	1,202,947 12 5	125,427 7 6	724,959 7 6	60·27
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	108,142 10 1	768,692 4 5	86,763 13 5	512,192 4 4	66·63	1,186 5 1	790 8 5
Westland	157	11,292 7 1	77,607 5 3	7,161 5 9	45,446 1 7	58·56	1,071 0 3	627 3 6
Westport	36	9,025 18 0	52,934 13 11	3,842 11 8	24,657 12 3	46·58	3,185 17 8	1,484 0 6
Nelson	61	1,996 3 1	14,928 15 1	1,943 15 2	11,051 7 3	74·03	530 5 1	392 10 8
Picton	56	1,997 16 10	12,487 13 10	1,921 6 0	9,959 8 6	79·75	483 3 1	385 6 9
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	382 9 5	2,884 0 6	484 11 11	2,848 4 4	98·76	..	..
Total	1,714	132,837 4 6	929,534 13 0	102,117 3 11	606,154 18 3	65·21
Grand total	2,960	319,822 2 8	2,132,482 5 5	227,544 11 5	1,331,114 5 9	62·42