New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 17

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✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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N.Z.R.--FINANCIAL YEAR 1917–18.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1917, to 5th January, 1918.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
S.	R.	S.	R.
1918	473,128	679,620	2,661,699	4,820,984
1917	345,053	1,087,928	2,059,573	7,272,962
Increase	128,075	-	602,126	-
Decrease	-	408,308	-	2,451,978

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1918	243,013	24,825	3,150,241	92,615	3,510,694	404,107	1,967,778	1,683,861	4,055,746
1917	269,243	26,532	3,497,042	104,317	3,897,134	459,566	2,171,355	1,834,394	4,465,315
Increase	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Decrease	26,230	1,707	346,801	11,702	386,440	55,459	203,577	150,533	409,569

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 5th January, 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. of Revenue.
NORTH ISLAND,--		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	4,038 14 8	38,584 14 2	3,212 11 7
Kaihu	20	723 3 9	5,424 8 1	687 14 7
Gisborne	49	2,614 19 9	20,338 11 1	1,891 14 9
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,122	245,726 2 2	1,920,195 14 10	125,532 6 7
Total	1,265	253,103 0 4	1,984,543 8 2	131,324 7 6
SOUTH ISLAND,--
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	141,835 9 6	1,146,752 1 2	93,320 15 7
Westland	157	12,587 7 0	116,621 11 0	9,030 1 5
Westport	36	5,862 17 1	80,150 11 9	4,538 11 0
Nelson	61	2,908 7 9	24,404 7 0	2,171 2 2
Picton	56	2,218 19 1	22,357 1 6	2,676 1 7
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	-	724 12 10	4,719 1 6	587 4 6
Total	1,714	166,137 13 3	1,395,004 13 11	112,323 16 3
Grand total	2,979	419,240 13 7	3,379,548 2 1	243,648 3 9

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,--		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	3,795 6 0	41,737 3 3	2,428 6 0	26,140 9 3	62·63	733 4 5
Kaihu	20	576 19 7	5,043 14 9	431 11 0	5,535 3 11	109·74	327 16 10
Gisborne	44	2,238 4 6	20,524 15 4	1,325 0 8	13,039 8 2	63·53	606 8 3
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	249,889 7 4	1,988,531 9 7	112,431 0 5	1,155,871 5 10	58·13	2,333 2 3
Total	1,246	256,449 17 5	2,055,837 2 11	116,615 18 1	1,200,586 7 2	58·40
SOUTH ISLAND,--
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	153,098 18 6	1,260,342 18 4	80,744 12 8	839,730 12 11	66·63	1,166 19 8
Westland	157	11,786 10 6	128,024 4 6	7,144 18 11	76,383 0 9	59·66	1,060 1 5
Westport	36	6,231 14 2	87,473 5 2	3,253 7 8	39,630 19 7	45·31	3,158 15 2
Nelson	61	2,989 13 3	25,177 17 11	1,984 9 6	19,463 19 9	77·31	536 11 7
Picton	56	2,200 17 10	20,718 16 11	1,303 2 6	16,266 9 3	78·51	480 19 6
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	-	940 6 2	5,037 0 5	526 13 6	5,089 7 1	111·04	-
Total	1,714	177,248 0 5	1,526,774 3 3	94,957 4 9	996,564 9 4	65·27
Grand total	2,960	433,697 17 10	3,582,611 6 2	211,573 2 10	2,197,150 16 6	61·33