New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 81

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✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1916-17.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1916, to 31st March, 1917.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1917 .. .. ..	468,115	1,414,044	2,742,744	9,548,212	14,173,115	355,832
1916 .. .. ..	463,532	1,395,812	2,872,006	9,470,156	14,201,506	330,622
Increase .. .. ..	4,583	18,232	..	78,056	..	25,210
Decrease .. .. ..	..	..	129,262	..	28,391	..

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1917 .. .. ..	359,955	42,314	7,106,174	163,370	7,672,313	579,428	2,787,523	2,459,314	5,826,265
1916 .. .. ..	333,929	37,600	7,204,826	182,443	7,758,798	625,866	2,831,959	2,504,439	5,962,264
Increase .. .. ..	26,026	5,214	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Decrease .. .. ..	..	..	98,652	19,073	86,485	46,438	44,436	45,125	135,999

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 31st March, 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.
NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei ..	74	3,494 4 6	53,965 9 1	2,973 0 3	34,920 9 5	64·71
Kaihu ..	20	650 1 2	6,477 13 3	899 4 1	7,821 11 7	120·75
Gisborne ..	44	2,406 14 0	27,970 13 1	1,993 16 11	17,261 19 3	61·71
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	233,581 9 0	2,683,080 7 11	145,742 18 7	1,539,790 9 7	57·39
Total	1,246	240,132 8 8	2,771,494 3 4	151,608 19 10	1,599,794 9 10	57·72
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	153,082 15 8	1,682,638 7 8	110,013 7 2	1,122,511 1 4	66·71
Westland ..	157	12,109 9 4	162,528 14 0	6,977 9 5	99,188 5 4	61·03
Westport ..	36	8,914 3 4	113,101 3 8	3,513 13 1	50,380 8 0	44·54
Nelson ..	61	3,236 5 10	34,019 0 0	2,297 6 3	26,231 12 3	77·11
Picton ..	56	3,285 17 4	29,844 0 7	2,409 2 9	22,156 12 8	74·24
Lake Wakatipu Steamers’	..	711 3 7	7,184 4 4	581 1 10	6,601.10 3	91·89
Total ..	1,714	181,339 15 1	2,029,315 10 3	125,742 0 6	1,327,069 9 10	65·39
Grand total ..	2,960	421,472 3 9	4,800,809 13 7	277,351 0 4	2,926,863 19 8	60·97

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei ..	74	4,454 1 9	51,149 17 5	2,486 18 7	32,290 3 2	63·13	691 4 3	436 7 1
Kaihu ..	20	563 5 10	5,884 2 6	590 4 11	5,569 17 9	94·66	294 4 1	278 9 11
Gisborne ..	44	2,475 15 2	28,777 16 10	1,311 7 6	18,228 2 10	63·34	654 0 10	414 5 6
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	212,074 6 4	2,503,216 10 4	119,521 17 2	1,528,832 16 1	61·07	2,269 8 5	1,386 0 11
Total ..	1,246	219,567 9 1	2,589,028 7 1	123,910 8 2	1,584,920 19 10	61·22
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	130,286 4 4	1,618,740 3 8	85,126 18 10	1,122,910 7 7	69·37	1,152 19 0	799 15 10
Westland ..	157	12,709 5 6	162,785 9 2	6,500 19 1	97,431 3 7	59·87	1,036 10 7	620 11 7
Westport ..	36	8,253 6 1	108,452 5 1	3,504 13 2	52,182 16 5	48·12	3,012 11 3	1,449 10 3
Nelson ..	61	2,911 11 6	33,982 13 5	1,925 13 7	24,368 11 2	71·81	556 5 5	399 9 8
Picton ..	56	2,545 11 11	28,224 1 4	1,638 1 5	22,691 16 6	80·40	557 12 4	448 6 4
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	631 2 7	7,242 14 9	500 7 7	6,376 15 3	88·04	..	..
Total ..	1,714	157,337 1 11	1,959,327 7 5	99,196 13 8	1,325,961 10 6	67·67
Grand total ..	2,960	376,904 11 0	4,548,355 14 6	223,107 1 10	2,910,882 10 4	64·00