New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 112

Page 3041

✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

Aug. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3041

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1918-19.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1918, to 20th July, 1918.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1918	214,737	232,868	1,238,976	1,844,164
1917	172,221	308,492	995,963	2,043,356
Increase	42,516	..	243,013	..
Decrease	..	75,624	..	199,192

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1918	113,769	14,499	2,492,384	45,973	2,666,625	151,338	821,542	782,412	1,755,292
1917	105,345	13,762	1,907,987	47,683	2,074,777	158,641	735,108	687,478	1,581,227
Increase	8,424	737	584,397	..	591,848	..	86,434	94,934	174,065
Decrease	..	..	..	1,710	..	7,303	..	..	..

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 20th July, 1918.

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	4,168 12 4	17,949 6 2	3,210 7 2
Kaihu	20	466 9 7	1,962 19 10	580 5 3
Gisborne ..	49	2,171 18 8	8,175 0 5	2,330 12 5
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	201,183 11 4	870,884 1 7	134,522 2 5
Total	1,269	207,990 11 11	898,971 8 0	140,643 7 3
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	107,444 6 1	544,753 11 1	93,800 0 3
Westland ..	157	12,405 13 9	49,009 16 6	9,065 6 3
Westport ..	36	8,915 14 2	36,434 16 6	4,738 0 3
Nelson	61	2,427 3 8	10,239 18 3	2,424 0 9
Picton	56	2,006 9 10	9,548 7 8	2,087 0 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	311 8 11	1,951 4 4	153 17 5
Total	1,714	133,510 16 5	651,937 14 4	112,268 4 11
Grand total	2,983	341,501 8 4	1,550,909 2 4	252,911 12 2

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	3,606 14 7	14,493 4 1	2,818 11 4	10,090 1 4	69·62	636 10 6	443 2 11
Kaihu	20	510 7 10	1,907 6 3	644 19 9	2,304 2 1	120·80	309 18 9	374 8 5
Gisborne ..	44	1,913 10 0	7,473 11 3	1,533 10 0	5,289 10 2	70·78	552 0 6	390 14 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	178,367 0 3	747,418 13 10	113,881 2 1	442,774 16 11	59·24	2,192 6 9	1,298 15 1
Total	1,246	184,397 12 8	771,292 15 5	118,878 3 2	460,458 10 6	59·70
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	102,752 10 7	469,045 0 6	84,869 2 2	324,426 9 3	69·17	1,085 15 0	750 19
Westland ..	157	11,964 18 5	43,170 6 9	7,876 16 3	28,672 16 7	66·42	893 13 1	593 10 11
Westport ..	36	8,229 5 8	28,107 14 8	3,688 7 3	14,199 1 0	50·52	2,537 10 1	1,281 17 2
Nelson	61	2,235 12 0	9,694 10 6	2,282 15 5	7,889 6 11	81·38	516 10 3	420 6 8
Picton	56	2,285 16 6	9,367 1 6	1,387 3 5	7,227 2 7	77·15	543 12 6	419 8
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	414 1 8	1,992 2 9	269 12 11	2,445 5 2	122·74	..	..
Total	1,714	127,882 4 10	561,376 16 8	100,373 17 5	384,860 1 6	68·56
Grand total	2,960	312,279 17 6	1,332,669 12 1	219,252 0 7	845,318 12 0	63·43