New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 4

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✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

Jan. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 53

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1916-17.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1916, to 9th December, 1916.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1916	308,546	929,136	1,832,536	6,086,446
1915	312,510	945,130	1,951,043	5,986,406
Increase	..	..	..	100,040
Decrease	3,964	15,994	118,507	..

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1916	246,860	22,400	3,004,710	91,639	3,365,609	425,892	2,044,103	1,673,815	4,143,810
1915	224,508	21,829	3,436,595	99,994	3,782,926	451,340	2,017,526	1,716,594	4,185,460
Increase	22,352	571	..	..	..	..	26,577	..	..
Decrease	..	..	431,885	8,355	417,317	25,448	..	42,779	41,650

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 9th December, 1916

Section.	Miles open for Traffic.	Revenue.	Expenditure.	Per Cent. Revenue.	For a Twelve-monthly Period, Average to Date.
		Four-weekly.	Total to Date.	Four-weekly.	Total to Date.
NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	4,708 1 8	37,941 17 3	2,677 1 6	23,712 3 3
Kaihu	20	613 2 6	4,466 15 2	475 19 6	5,103 12 11
Gisborne	44	2,022 13 3	18,286 10 10	1,093 2 5	11,714 7 6
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	201,746 19 11	1,738,692 2 3	114,631 15 9	1,043,440 5 5
Total	1,246	209,090 17 4	1,799,387 5 6	118,877 19 2	1,083,970 9 1
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	114,582 4 10	1,107,243 19 10	84,772 10 8	758,986 0 3
Westland	157	12,103 15 6	116,237 14 0	9,256 3 7	69,238 1 10
Westport	36	9,860 5 1	81,241 11 0	3,685 18 6	36,377 11 11
Nelson	61	2,593 5 8	22,188 4 8	2,004 0 1	17,479 10 3
Picton	56	2,070 8 7	18,517 19 1	2,146 7 3	14,963 6 9
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	416 5 1	4,096 14 3	490 8 5	4,562 13 7
Total	1,714	141,626 4 9	1,349,526 2 10	102,355 8 6	901,607 4 7
Grand total	2,960	350,717 2 1	3,148,913 8 4	221,233 7 8	1,985,577 13 8

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	4,611 5 2	33,623 13 8	2,954 11 10	22,863 15 4	68·00	656 6 4	446 5 10
Kaihu	20	564 6 6	3,746 5 10	428 19 10	3,704 18 2	98·90	270 11 4	267 11 6
Gisborne	44	2,339 7 4	17,449 11 5	1,491 8 6	12,954 10 11	74·24	572 16 10	425 5 6
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,101	195,613 1 10	1,582,399 6 6	115,139 2 1	1,059,062 17 11	66·93	2,076 0 2	1,389 8 6
Total	1,239	203,128 0 10	1,637,218 17 5	120,014 2 3	1,098,586 2 4	67·11
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	112,705 13 6	1,062,920 14 6	80,717 13 9	782,192 14 6	73·59	1,093 10 10	804 14 6
Westland	157	11,914 15 2	111,077 10 5	6,952 15 11	68,394 13 6	61·57	1,021 18 11	629 5 0
Westport	36	7,979 18 11	76,243 0 7	4,058 19 7	37,240 15 6	48·84	3,059 2 8	1,494 4 7
Nelson	61	2,673 2 11	22,000 12 9	1,784 14 11	16,781 0 2	76·28	520 19 3	397 7 4
Picton	56	2,436 15 6	17,044 3 1	1,925 5 9	16,186 5 6	94·67	510 10 10	484 16 10
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	471 2 10	4,127 5 4	489 13 11	4,468 9 4	108·27	..	..
Total	1,714	138,181 8 10	1,293,413 6 8	95,929 3 10	925,263 18 6	71·54
Grand total	2,953	341,309 9 8	2,930,632 4 1	215,943 6 1	2,023,850 0 10	69·06