New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 102

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✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Returns

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 102

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1918-19.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1918, to 22nd June, 1918.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1918	167,859	177,486	958,472	1,409,266	2,713,083	85,355
1917	127,953	247,484	732,895	1,620,274	2,728,606	76,216
Increase	39,906	..	225,577	..	..	9,139
Decrease	..	69,998	..	211,008	15,523	..

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1918	91,900	11,606	2,202,798	42,061	2,348,365	114,466	612,432	639,827	1,366,725
1917	84,674	12,232	1,623,900	43,696	1,764,502	118,172	506,000	536,085	1,160,257
Increase	7,226	..	578,898	..	583,863	..	106,432	103,742	206,468
Decrease	..	626	..	1,635	..	3,706	..	..	..

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 22nd June, 1918.

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. 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	4,390 6 11	13,780 13 10	3,180 1 3	9,805 10 7	71·15	806 19 7	574 4 0
Kaihu	20	435 12 4	1,496 10 3	560 5 10	1,807 6 9	120·77	324 4 10	391 11 10
Gisborne ..	49	2,037 17 10	6,003 1 9	2,561 15 9	6,689 1 5	111·43	530 17 9	591 11 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	216,213 10 3	669,700 10 3	129,657 7 6	379,090 6 3	56·61	2,577 5 11	1,458 18 0
Total ..	1,269	223,077 7 4	690,980 16 1	135,909 10 4	397,392 5 0	57·51
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	135,758 13 2	437,309 5 0	92,479 6 11	273,781 15 4	62·61	1,349 14 5	845 0 1
Westland ..	157	19,086 1 4	36,604 2 9	8,864 18 11	25,332 12 7	69·21	1,010 6 1	699 4 1
Westport ..	36	10,045 10 7	27,519 2 4	4,333 15 3	13,482 2 2	48·99	3,312 9 9	1,622 17 1
Nelson ..	61	2,163 6 2	7,812 14 7	2,601 7 4	7,901 12 2	101·14	555 0 0	561 6 4
Picton ..	56	2,036 19 6	7,541 17 10	3,099 4 6	7,043 13 7	93·39	583 12 0	545 0 11
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	408 9 3	1,639 15 5	573 13 1	1,636 17 1	99·82	..	..
Total ..	1,714	163,499 0 0	518,426 17 11	111,952 6 0	329,178 12 11	63·50
Grand total	2,983	386,576 7 4	1,209,407 14 0	247,861 16 4	726,570 17 11	50·08

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	3,329 0 3	10,886 9 6	2,438 2 6	7,271 10 0	66·79	637 9 11	425 16 2
Kaihu ..	20	472 17 10	1,396 18 5	558 8 8	1,659 2 4	118·77	302 13 4	359 9 6
Gisborne ..	44	1,586 2 9	5,560 1 3	1,245 2 2	3,756 0 2	67·55	547 11 8	369 18 2
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	182,085 11 7	569,051 13 7	111,719 1 7	328,893 14 10	57·80	2,225 10 8	1,286 5 9
Total ..	1,246	187,473 12 5	586,895 2 9	115,960 14 11	341,580 7 4	58·20
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	107,073 14 6	366,292 9 11	82,626 15 10	239,557 7 1	65·40	1,130 10 8	739 7 6
Westland ..	157	11,281 9 8	31,205 8 4	7,466 13 6	20,796 0 4	66·64	861 5 11	573 19 9
Westport ..	36	9,134 10 8	19,878 9 0	3,658 7 4	10,510 13 9	52·87	2,392 15 5	1,265 3 6
Nelson ..	61	2,120 9 8	7,458 18 6	1,836 3 2	5,606 11 6	75·17	529 17 5	398 5 7
Picton ..	56	2,035 9 7	7,081 5 0	2,787 16 1	5,839 19 2	82·47	547 19 1	451 18 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	447 14 0	1,578 1 1	1,105 7 2	2,175 12 3	137·87	..	..
Total ..	1,714	132,093 8 1	433,494 11 10	99,481 3 1	284,486 4 1	65·63
Grand total	2,960	319,567 0 6	1,020,389 14 7	215,441 18 0	626,066 11 5	61·36