New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 35

Page 785

✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

Mar. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 785

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1917–18.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1917, to 2nd February, 1918.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1918	537,106	744,398	3,024,429	5,310,390
1917	387,817	1,214,842	2,304,180	8,080,504
Increase	149,289	..	720,249	..
Decrease	..	470,444	..	2,770,114

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1918	267,359	27,572	3,939,628	111,852	4,346,411	442,063	2,158,493	1,872,807	4,473,363
1917	299,311	32,533	4,513,716	122,862	4,968,422	494,083	2,366,516	2,024,716	4,885,315
Increase	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Decrease	31,952	4,961	574,088	11,010	622,011	52,020	208,023	151,909	411,952

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 2nd February, 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	4,365 15 2	42,950 9 4	3,114 7 5
Kaihu	20	540 11 0	5,964 19 1	698 14 1
Gisborne ..	49	2,654 0 9	22,992 11 10	1,952 1 7
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	250,869 14 9	2,171,065 9 7	140,125 6 0
Total ..	1,269	258,430 1 8	2,242,973 9 10	145,890 9 1
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	148,920 15 9	1,295,672 16 11	100,676 10 0
Westland ..	157	12,411 7 0	129,032 18 0	9,523 14 6
Westport .	36	9,022 3 4	89,172 15 1	4,373 2 8
Nelson ..	61	2,999 4 6	27,403 11 6	2,173 8 3
Picton ..	56	2,677 10 3	25,034 11 9	3,066 0 1
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	802 16 9	5,521 18 3	548 13 7
Total ..	1,714	176,833 17 7	1,571,838 11 6	120,361 9 1
Grand total	2,983	435,263 19 3	3,814,812 1 4	266,251 18 2

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	4,290 9 0	46,027 12 3	2,859 7 4	28,999 16 7	63·01	735 1 9	463 2 10
Kaihu	20	461 10 9	5,505 5 6	522 1 9	6,057 5 8	110·15	325 6 3	358 6 10
Gisborne ..	44	2,618 7 1	23,143 2 5	1,062 3 9	14,101 11 11	60·93	621 12 3	378 15 3
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	231,835 14 1	2,220,367 3 8	112,609 4 1	1,268,480 9 11	57·13	2,368 6 0	1,352 19 10
Total ..	1,246	239,206 0 11	2,295,043 3 10	117,052 16 11	1,317,639 4 1	57·41
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	133,157 15 3	1,393,500 13 7	82,523 18 3	922,254 11 2	66·18	1,172 19 10	776 6 2
Westland ..	157	10,620 9 9	138,644 14 3	7,697 11 9	84,080 12 6	60·64	1,043 13 0	632 18 4
Westport ..	36	8,403 14 5	95,876 19 7	3,421 17 0	43,052 16 7	44·90	3,147 9 6	1,413 7 0
Nelson	61	2,763 13 3	27,941 11 2	2,210 16 1	21,674 15 10	77·57	541 6 10	419 18 7
Picton	56	2,636 3 11	23,355 0 10	1,864 5 8	18,130 14 11	77·63	492 17 8	382 12 7
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	836 0 1	5,873 0 6	514 9 11	5,603 17 0	95·42	..	..
Total ..	1,714	158,417 16 8	1,685,191 19 11	98,232 18 8	1,094,797 8 0	64·97
Grand total	2,960	397,623 17 7	3,980,235 3 9	215,285 15 7	2,412,436 12 1	60·61