New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 60

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✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 60

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1916-17.

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

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1917	428,907	1,315,562	2,526,269	8,854,248
1916	428,996	1,309,952	2,668,311	8,844,804
Increase	..	5,610	..	9,444
Decrease	..	89	..	142,042

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1917	326,897	37,913	5,790,431	142,110	6,297,351	532,728	2,568,932	2,216,105	5,317,765
1916	306,609	33,504	6,158,138	157,629	6,655,880	575,984	2,619,413	2,304,392	5,499,789
Increase	20,283	4,409	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Decrease	..	..	367,707	15,519	358,529	43,256	50,481	88,287	182,024

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 3rd March, 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	4,443 5 4	50,471 4 7	2,947 12 7
Kaihu	20	322 6 7	5,827 12 1	865 1 10
Gisborne	44	2,420 16 8	25,563 19 1	1,166 10 5
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	229,131 15 3	2,449,498 18 11	125,567 1 1
Total	1,246	236,318 3 10	2,531,361 14 8	130,546 5 11
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	136,054 18 5	1,529,555 12 0	90,243 3 0
Westland	157	11,774 10 5	150,419 4 8	8,130 3 5
Westport	36	8,310 0 9	104,187 0 4	3,813 18 4
Nelson	61	2,841 3 0	30,782 14 2	2,259 10 2
Picton	56	3,203 2 5	26,558 3 3	1,616 15 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	600 0 3	6,473 0 9	466 11 5
Total	1,714	162,783 15 3	1,847,975 15 2	106,580 1 4
Grand total	2,960	399,101 19 1	4,379,337 9 10	237,076 7 3

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	4,983 9 0	46,695 15 8	2,444 13 1	29,803 4 7	63·82	688 12 2	436 6 2
Kaihu	20	588 0 1	5,320 16 8	470 16 3	4,979 12 10	93·59	288 4 3	269 14 7
Gisborne	44	2,852 19 7	26,302 1 8	1,201 9 7	16,916 15 4	64·32	647 11 9	416 10 3
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	231,388 12 1	2,291,142 4 0	124,139 14 1	1,409,310 18 11	61·52	2,251 2 0	1,384 13 9
Total	1,246	239,813 0 9	2,369,460 18 0	128,256 13 0	1,461,010 11 8	61·66
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	137,549 15 9	1,488,453 19 4	89,110 8 3	1,037,783 8 9	69·72	1,148 10 0	800 15 2
Westland	157	13,531 11 4	150,026 3 8	7,886 13 9	90,990 4 6	60·61	1,035 4 3	627 8 9
Westport	36	8,786 17 7	100,198 19 0	3,950 6 4	48,678 3 8	48·58	3,015 4 11	1,464 16 4
Nelson	61	3,077 11 4	31,021 1 11	2,245 15 5	22,442 17 7	72·35	550 18 5	398 11 6
Picton	56	3,472 0 2	25,678 9 5	1,470 16 11	21,053 15 1	81·99	554 10 5	454 13 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	739 10 4	6,611 12 2	456 1 4	5,876 7 8	88·88	..	..
Total	1,714	167,157 6 6	1,801,990 5 6	104,620 2 0	1,226,764 16 10	68·08
Grand total	2,960	406,970 7 3	4,171,451 3 6	232,876 15 0	2,687,775 8 6	64·43