New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 42

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1916-17.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1916, to 3rd February, 1917.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1917	387,817	1,214,842	2,304,180	8,080,504	11,987,343	295,344
1916	389,740	1,213,554	2,442,580	8,076,028	12,121,902	271,033
Increase	..	1,288	..	4,476	..	24,311
Decrease	1,923	..	138,400	..	134,559	..

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1917	299,311	32,533	4,513,716	122,862	4,968,422	494,083	2,366,516	2,024,716	4,885,315
1916	274,881	27,857	4,995,821	135,732	5,434,291	525,443	2,392,918	2,099,750	5,018,111
Increase	24,430	4,676	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Decrease	..	..	482,105	12,870	465,869	31,360	26,402	75,034	132,796

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 3rd February, 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.
NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	4,290 9 0	46,027 12 3	2,859 7 4	28,999 16 7	63·01	735 1 9	463 2 10
Kaihu	20	461 10 9	5,505 5 6	522 1 9	6,057 5 8	110·15	325 6 3	358 6 10
Gisborne	44	2,618 7 1	23,143 2 5	1,062 3 9	14,101 11 11	60·93	621 12 3	378 15 8
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	231,835 14 1	2,220,367 3 8	112,609 4 11	1,268,480 9 11	57·13	2,368 6 0	1,352 19 10
Total	1,246	239,206 0 11	2,295,043 3 10	117,052 16 11	1,317,639 4 1	57·41
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	133,157 15 3	1,393,500 13 7	82,523 18 3	922,254 11 2	66·18	1,172 19 10	776 6 2
Westland	157	10,620 9 9	138,644 14 3	7,697 11 9	84,080 12 6	60·64	1,043 13 0	632 18 4
Westport	36	8,403 14 5	95,876 19 7	3,421 17 0	43,052 16 7	44·90	3,147 9 6	1,413 7 0
Nelson	61	2,763 13 3	27,941 11 2	2,210 16 1	21,674 15 10	77·57	541 6 10	419 18 7
Picton	56	2,636 3 11	23,355 0 10	1,864 5 8	18,130 14 11	77·63	492 17 8	382 12 7
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	836 0 1	5,873 0 6	514 9 11	5,603 17 0	95·42	..	..
Total	1,714	158,417 16 8	1,685,191 19 11	98,232 18 8	1,094,797 8 0	64·97
Grand total	2,960	397,623 17 7	3,980,235 3 9	215,285 15 7	2,412,436 12 1	60·61

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	4,135 5 2	41,712 6 8	2,617 10 10	27,358 11 6	65·59	666 3 4	436 18 7
Kaihu	20	561 3 1	4,732 16 7	440 3 4	4,508 16 7	95·27	279 13 4	266 8 7
Gisborne	44	3,058 9 6	23,449 2 1	1,245 10 9	15,715 5 9	67·02	629 16 7	422 2 1
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	226,019 17 0	2,059,753 11 11	117,166 6 10	1,285,171 4 10	62·39	2,208 14 3	1,378 2 3
Total	1,246	233,774 14 9	2,129,647 17 3	121,469 11 9	1,332,753 18 8	62·58
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	136,398 1 1	1,350,904 3 7	87,989 17 9	948,673 0 6	70·23	1,137 2 6	798 10 10
Westland	157	12,560 7 4	136,494 12 4	7,907 10 5	83,543 10 9	61·21	1,027 9 3	628 17 6
Westport	36	8,495 1 0	91,412 1 5	4,034 6 11	44,727 16 11	48·93	3,000 18 0	1,468 6 10
Nelson	61	2,838 10 6	27,943 10 7	1,702 11 1	20,197 2 2	72·28	541 7 7	391 6 0
Picton	56	2,881 8 0	22,206 9 3	1,627 5 3	19,582 18 2	88·19	528 14 6	466 5 2
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	847 5 11	5,872 1 10	462 0 0	5,420 6 4	92·31	..	..
Total	1,714	164,020 13 10	1,634,832 19 0	103,723 11 5	1,122,144 14 10	68·64
Grand total	2,960	397,795 8 7	3,764,480 16 3	225,198 3 2	2,454,898 13 6	65·21