New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 22

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✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

Feb. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 497

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1916-17.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1916, to 6th January, 1917.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1917	345,053	1,087,928	2,059,573	7,272,962	10,765,516	267,422
1916	347,612	1,095,490	2,191,971	7,223,012	10,858,085	241,893
Increase	..	..	..	49,950	..	25,529
Decrease	2,559	7,562	132,398	..	92,569	..

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1917	269,243	26,532	3,497,042	104,317	3,897,134	459,566	2,171,355	1,834,894	4,465,315
1916	241,932	23,576	3,986,424	114,041	4,365,973	483,961	2,179,690	1,891,673	4,555,324
Increase	27,311	2,956	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Decrease	..	..	489,382	9,724	468,839	24,395	8,335	57,279	90,009

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 6th January, 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.
NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	3,795 6 0	41,737 3 3	2,428 6 0	26,140 9 3	62·63	733 4 5	459 4 6
Kaihu	20	576 19 7	5,043 14 9	431 11 0	5,535 3 11	109·74	327 16 10	359 15 9
Gisborne	44	2,238 4 6	20,524 15 4	1,325 0 8	13,039 8 2	63·53	606 8 3	385 5 2
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	249,839 7 4	1,988,531 9 7	112,431 0 5	1,155,871 5 10	58·13	2,333 2 3	1,356 3 3
Total	1,246	256,449 17 5	2,055,837 2 11	116,615 18 1	1,200,586 7 2	58·40
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	153,098 18 6	1,260,342 18 4	80,744 12 8	839,730 12 11	66·63	1,166 19 8	777 10 7
Westland	157	11,786 10 6	128,024 4 6	7,144 18 11	76,383 0 9	59·66	1,060 1 5	632 9 5
Westport	36	6,231 14 2	87,473 5 2	3,253 7 8	39,630 19 7	45·31	3,158 15 2	1,431 2 4
Nelson	61	2,989 13 3	25,177 17 11	1,984 9 6	19,463 19 9	77·31	536 11 7	414 16 2
Picton	56	2,200 17 10	20,718 16 11	1,303 2 6	16,266 9 3	78·51	480 19 6	377 12 3
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	940 6 2	5,037 0 5	526 13 6	5,089 7 1	101·04	..	..
Total	1,714	177,248 0 5	1,526,774 3 3	94,957 4 9	996,564 9 4	65·27
Grand total	2,960	433,697 17 10	3,582,611 6 6	211,573 2 10	2,197,150 16 6	61·83

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	3,953 7 10	37,577 1 6	1,877 5 4	24,741 0 8	65·84	660 2 9	434 12 10
Kaihu	20	425 7 8	4,171 13 6	363 15 1	4,068 13 3	97·53	271 3 2	264 9 2
Gisborne	44	2,941 1 2	20,390 12 7	1,515 4 1	14,469 15 0	70·96	602 9 0	427 10 4
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	251,334 8 5	1,833,733 14 11	108,942 0 1	1,168,004 18 0	63·70	2,164 2 10	1,378 9 2
Total	1,246	258,654 5 1	1,895,873 2 6	112,698 4 7	1,211,284 6 11	63·89
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	151,585 8 0	1,214,506 2 6	78,490 8 3	860,683 2 9	70·87	1,124 14 10	797 1 5
Westland	157	12,856 14 7	123,934 5 0	7,241 6 10	75,636 0 4	61·03	1,026 4 2	626 5 1
Westport	36	6,673 19 10	82,917 0 5	3,452 14 6	40,693 10 0	49·08	2,994 4 8	1,469 10 0
Nelson	61	3,104 7 4	25,105 0 1	1,713 10 11	18,494 11 1	73·67	535 0 6	394 2 11
Picton	56	2,280 18 2	19,325 1 3	1,769 7 5	17,955 12 11	92·91	512 14 1	476 7 6
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	897 10 7	5,024 15 11	489 17 0	4,958 6 4	98·68	..	..
Total	1,714	177,398 18 6	1,470,812 5 2	93,157 4 11	1,018,421 3 5	69·24
Grand total	2,960	436,053 3 7	3,366,685 7 8	205,855 9 6	2,229,705 10 4	66·23