New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 130

Page 3327

✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

Sept. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3327

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1918-19.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1918, to 17th August, 1918.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1918	259,603	285,118	1,498,194	2,264,346	4,307,261	138,591
1917	215,773	365,424	1,241,513	2,445,710	4,268,420	126,895
Increase	43,830	..	256,681	..	38,841	11,696
Decrease	..	80,306	..	181,364	..	..

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1918	130,991	17,053	2,661,033	49,492	2,858,569	185,172	1,026,583	919,808	2,131,563
1917	124,631	15,637	2,100,380	51,584	2,292,232	193,026	956,992	840,519	1,995,537
Increase	6,360	1,416	560,653	..	566,337	..	69,591	79,289	136,026
Decrease	..	..	..	2,092	..	12,854	..	..	..

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 17th August, 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
		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
NORTH ISLAND,—
Whangarei	74	4,453 12 9	22,402 18 11	3,249 12 2	16,265 9 11	72·60
Kaihu	20	456 16 1	2,419 15 11	635 17 1	3,023 9 1	124·94
Gisborne	49	2,040 2 4	10,215 2 9	2,593 10 8	11,613 4 6	113·69
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	187,849 5 7	1,058,733 7 2	128,718 2 7	642,330 11 3	60·67
Total	1,269	194,799 16 9	1,093,771 4 9	135,197 2 6	673,232 14 9	61·55
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	102,636 14 10	647,390 5 11	93,346 3 2	460,927 18 9	71·20
Westland	157	11,600 19 9	60,610 16 3	8,430 4 6	42,828 3 4	70·66
Westport	36	7,958 17 8	44,393 14 2	4,529 12 11	22,749 15 4	51·25
Nelson	61	2,350 15 5	12,590 13 8	2,444 6 9	12,769 19 8	101·42
Picton	56	2,069 3 9	11,617 16 5	2,100 2 3	11,230 15 10	96·67
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	248 12 9	2,199 17 1	514 5 4	2,304 19 10	104·78
Total	1,714	126,865 9 2	778,803 3 6	111,364 14 11	552,811 12 9	70·98
Grand total	2,983	321,665 5 11	1,872,574 8 3	246,561 17 5	1,226,044 7 6	65·47

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	2,922 2 2	17,415 6 3	2,721 0 0	12,811 1 4	73·56	611 17 10	450 2 4
Kaihu	20	434 19 4	2,342 5 7	645 17 4	2,949 19 5	125·94	304 9 11	383 9 11
Gisborne	44	1,831 0 7	9,304 11 10	1,731 17 8	7,021 7 10	75·46	549 16 4	414 18 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	167,985 3 4	915,403 17 2	115,265 5 6	558,040 2 5	60·96	2,148 1 2	1,309 9 7
Total	1,246	173,173 5 5	944,466 0 10	120,364 0 6	580,822 11 0	61·50
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	101,621 8 0	570,666 8 6	80,548 14 2	404,975 3 5	70·97	1,056 15 10	749 19 1
Westland	157	12,623 16 11	55,794 3 8	7,320 1 8	35,992 18 3	64·51	928 19 7	596 1 3
Westport	36	9,513 19 10	37,621 14 6	4,115 5 0	18,314 6 0	48·68	2,717 2 6	1,322 14 0
Nelson	61	2,302 19 1	11,997 9 7	2,081 16 4	9,971 3 3	83·11	511 7 4	425 0 0
Picton	56	1,856 5 7	11,223 7 1	2,242 12 9	9,469 15 4	84·38	521 1 8	439 13 4
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	379 17 5	2,372 0 2	667 5 6	3,112 10 8	131·22	..	..
Total	1,714	128,298 6 10	689,675 3 6	96,975 15 5	481,835 16 11	69·86
Grand total	2,960	301,471 12 3	1,634,141 4 4	217,339 15 11	1,062,658 7 11	65·03