New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 179

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✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 179

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1917–18.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1917, to 10th November, 1917.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1917 .. .. ..	360,338	554,636	2,016,614	3,801,634
1916 .. .. ..	273,912	834,534	1,642,448	5,448,988
Increase .. .. ..	86,426	..	374,166	..
Decrease .. .. ..	..	279,898	..	1,647,354

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1917 ..	205,640	22,129	2,554,724	69,044	2,851,537	325,266	1,606,925	1,318,949	3,251,140
1916 ..	217,387	20,472	2,782,887	77,268	3,098,014	378,074	1,819,587	1,479,990	3,677,651
Increase ..	..	1,657	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Decrease ..	11,747	..	223,163	8,224	246,477	52,808	212,662	161,041	426,511

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 10th November, 1917.

Section.	Miles open for Traffic.	Revenue.	Expenditure.	For a Twelve-monthly Period, Average to Date.
		Four-weekly.	Total to Date.	Four-weekly.
NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei ..	74	3,971 12 2	29,489 11 10	2,900 6 11
Kaihu ..	20	592 4 8	4,069 5 4	569 1 8
Gisborne ..	44	2,225 18 11	15,308 1 0	1,930 15 7
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	188,373 13 10	1,462,973 14 1	125,770 17 7
Total ..	1,246	195,163 9 7	1,511,840 12 3	131,171 1 9
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	108,926 11 0	881,125 14 0	93,436 16 5
Westland ..	157	12,375 1 10	90,738 17 9	8,658 6 0
Westport .	36	8,922 15 4	64,471 13 10	4,328 3 8
Nelson ..	61	2,104 2 0	18,434 18 0	2,370 6 1
Picton ..	56	2,115 7 7	17,595 11 5	2,388 4 5
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	358 14 0	3,481 4 6	593 18 6
Total ..	1,714	134,802 11 9	1,075,847 19 6	111,775 15 1
Grand total	2,960	329,966 1 4	2,587,688 11 9	242,946 16 10

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei ..	74	4,475 18 5	33,233 15 7	2,694 5 10	21,035 1 9	63·29	729 15 11	461 18 5
Kaihu ..	20	565 9 2	3,853 12 8	482 1 9	4,627 13 5	120·09	313 2 2	376 0 0
Gisborne ..	44	2,194 11 9	16,263 17 7	1,511 18 6	10,621 5 1	65·31	600 13 1	392 5 3
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	186,377 2 7	1,536,945 2 4	113,674 2 6	928,808 9 8	60·43	2,254 2 0	1,362 4 0
Total ..	1,246	193,613 1 11	1,590,296 8 2	118,362 8 7	965,092 9 11	60·69
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	112,880 4 1	992,661 15 0	79,214 18 0	674,213 9 7	67·92	1,148 18 3	780 6 10
Westland ..	157	12,642 13 10	104,133 18 6	7,115 14 9	59,981 18 3	57·60	1,077 16 5	620 16 8
Westport ..	36	8,680 0 3	71,381 5 11	3,861 18 6	32,691 13 5	45·80	3,222 1 5	1,475 13 4
Nelson ..	61	2,067 4 0	19,594 19 0	1,991 9 6	15,475 10 2	78·98	521 19 11	412 5 2
Picton ..	56	1,760 6 4	16,447 10 6	1,506 7 5	12,816 19 6	77·93	477 5 5	371 18 5
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	388 16 2	3,680 9 2	641 0 9	4,072 5 2	110·65	..	..
Total ..	1,714	138,419 4 8	1,207,899 18 1	94,331 8 11	799,251 16 1	66·17
Grand total	2,960	332,032 6 7	2,798,196 6 3	212,693 17 6	1,764,344 6 0	63·05