New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 91

Page 2191

✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

May 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2191

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1917-18.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1917, to 28th April, 1917.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1917	38,412	133,634	232,328	818,622	1,222,996	23,498
1916	38,459	146,644	234,035	923,158	1,342,296	25,307
Increase	..	..	..	..	..	..
Decrease	47	13,010	1,707	104,536	119,300	1,809

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1917	29,943	5,588	734,878	19,102	789,511	42,092	109,966	198,643	350,701
1916	31,871	3,534	721,531	19,284	776,220	43,727	205,545	212,323	461,595
Increase	..	2,054	13,347	..	13,291	..	..	..	..
Decrease	1,928	..	..	182	..	1,635	95,579	13,680	110,894

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 28th April, 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.
		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
NORTH ISLAND,—
Whangarei	74	4,380 15 5	4,380 15 5	2,321 17 6	2,321 17 6	53·00	769 11 11	407 17 11
Kaihu	20	549 10 4	549 10 4	459 0 1	459 0 1	83·53	357 3 9	298 7 1
Gisborne ..	44	2,031 18 2	2,031 18 2	1,215 2 5	1,215 2 5	51·02	600 6 9	306 5 6
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	214,193 9 3	214,193 9 3	105,520 6 3	105,520 6 3	49·26	2,513 2 0	1,238 1 1
Total	1,246	221,155 13 2	221,155 13 2	109,516 6 3	109,516 6 3	49·52
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	141,290 0 3	141,290 0 3	75,730 17 0	75,730 17 0	53·60	1,308 4 10	701 4 3
Westland ..	157	8,939 9 2	8,939 9 2	6,249 9 8	6,249 9 8	71·03	740 4 2	525 15 1
Westport ..	36	2,791 0 8	2,791 0 8	2,909 5 6	2,909 5 6	104·24	1,007 17 5	1,050 11 5
Nelson	61	2,609 3 1	2,609 3 1	1,771 9 4	1,771 9 4	67·89	556 1 0	377 10 6
Picton	56	2,779 7 9	2,779 7 9	1,331 9 4	1,331 9 4	47·92	645 4 4	309 1 10
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	664 7 0	664 7 0	504 11 4	504 11 4	75·95	..	..
Total ..	1,714	159,073 7 11	159,073 7 11	88,497 2 2	88,497 2 2	56·26
Grand total	2,960	380,229 1 1	380,229 1 1	198,013 8 5	198,013 8 5	52·08

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	4,339 5 0	4,339 5 0	2,426 7 10	2,426 7 10	55·92	762 6 0	426 5 2
Kaihu	20	522 15 0	522 15 0	710 1 0	710 1 0	135·83	339 15 9	461 10 8
Gisborne ..	44	2,341 17 7	2,341 17 7	976 15 11	976 15 11	41·71	691 18 5	288 12 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	229,150 16 9	229,150 16 9	107,939 3 6	107,939 3 6	47·10	2,688 12 0	1,266 12 10
Total .	1,246	236,354 14 4	236,354 14 4	112,052 8 3	112,052 8 3	47·40
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	160,482 4 11	160,482 4 11	79,968 7 5	79,968 7 5	49·83	1,485 19 0	740 9 0
Westland ..	157	12,204 13 11	12,204 13 11	6,217 6 0	6,217 6 0	50·94	1,010 12 0	514 16 2
Westport ..	36	7,702 14 5	7,702 14 5	3,609 19 5	3,609 19 5	46·87	2,781 10 9	1,303 12 0
Nelson	61	2,908 7 11	2,908 7 11	1,636 5 4	1,636 5 4	56·26	619 16 2	348 14 3
Picton	56	2,320 12 7	2,320 12 7	1,330 16 3	1,330 16 3	57·35	538 14 5	308 18 9
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	686 6 9	686 6 9	449 4 11	449 4 11	65·46	..	..
Total ..	1,714	186,305 0 6	186,305 0 6	93,211 19 4	93,211 19 4	50·03
Grand total	2,960	422,659 14 10	422,659 14 10	205,264 7 7	205,264 7 7	48·56