APRIL 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 971
N.Z.R.-FINANCIAL YEAR 1917-18.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1917, to 2nd March, 1918.
| All Sections. | First-class Passengers. | Second-class Passengers. | Total. | Season Tickets. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| S. | R. | S. | R. | |
| 1918 | 595,886 | 801,154 | 3,330,049 | 5,772,844 | 10,499,933 | 298,004 |
| 1917 | 428,907 | 1,315,562 | 2,526,269 | 8,854,248 | 13,124,986 | 329,576 |
| Increase | 166,979 | - | 803,780 | - | - | - |
| Decrease | - | 514,408 | - | 3,081,404 | 2,625,053 | 31,572 |

All Sections.
Cattle. Calves. Sheep. Pigs. Total. Timber. Minerals. Other Goods. Total.
No. No. No. No. No. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons.
1918 .. 293,885 33,954 5,113,665 128,521 5,570,025 481,688 2,372,810 2,061,719 4,916,217
1917 .. 326,897 37,913 5,790,431 142,110 6,297,351 532,728 2,568,932 2,216,105 5,317,765
Increase .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Decrease .. 33,012 3,959 676,766 13,589 727,326 51,040 196,122 154,386 401,548
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending
2nd March, 1918.
Section.
Revenue.
Expenditure.
For a Twelve-monthly Period,
Average to Date.
Four-weekly. Total to Date. Four-weekly. Total to Date. Per Cent Revenue per Mile Expenditure per Mile
of Railway. of Railway.
NORTH ISLAND,-
Whangarei .. 74 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kaihu .. 20 4,396 6 7 47,346 15 11 3,499 19 4 34,094 11 11 72·01 693 2 10 499 2 8
Gisborne .. 49 578 1 4 6,543 0 5 672 16 5 7,612 11 2 116·35 354 8 3 412 6 11
North Island Main 1,126 2,884 15 5 25,877 7 3 1,721 1 6 19,612 13 2 75·79 616 13 10 467 7 11
Lines and Branches
Total .. 1,269 252,913 13 7 2,495,887 3 5 145,112 16 9 1,504,883 1 4 60·29
SOUTH ISLAND,-
South Island Main 1,404 140,494 16 2 1,436,167 13 1 96,973 3 10 1,045,901 6 6 72·83 1,108 2 1 807 0 5
Lines and Branches
Westland .. 157 13,353 7 6 142,386 5 6 9,664 10 7 99,832 12 5 70·11 982 9 11 688 17 4
Westport .. 36 9,337 8 5 99,010 3 6 4,976 16 7 49,210 8 5 49·70 2,979 9 5 1,480 17 5
Nelson .. 61 3,140 8 4 30,543 19 10 3,384 9 6 27,049 18 7 88·56 542 8 11 480 7 11
Picton .. 56 3,125 10 5 28,160 2 2 2,843 11 0 25,621 17 7 90·99 544 15 3 495 13 3
Lake Wakatipu .. 635 10 2 6,157 8 5 497 7 6 7,121 4 9 115·65
Steamers
Total .. 1,714 170,587 1 0 1,742,425 12 6 118,339 19 0 1,254,737 8 3 72·01
Grand total .. 2,983 423,500 14 7 4,238,312 15 11 263,452 15 9 2,759,620 9 7 65·11
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
NORTH ISLAND,-
Whangarei .. 74 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kaihu .. 20 4,443 5 4 50,471 4 7 2,947 12 7 31,947 9 2 63·30 738 17 7 467 14 0
Gisborne .. 44 2,420 16 8 25,563 19 1 1,166 10 5 15,268 2 4 59·73 629 8 4 375 18 5
North Island Main 1,108 229,131 15 3 2,449,498 18 11 125,567 1 1 1,394,047 11 0 56·91 2,394 19 4 1,363 0 3
Lines and Branches
Total .. 1,246 236,318 3 10 2,531,361 14 8 180,546 5 11 1,448,185 10 0 57·21
SOUTH ISLAND,-
South Island Main 1,404 136,054 18 5 1,529,555 12 0 90,243 3 0 1,012,497 14 2 66·20 1,180 4 3 781 5 0
Lines and Branches
Weetland .. 157 11,774 10 5 150,419 4 8 8,130 3 5 92,210 15 11 61·30 1,037 18 6 636 5 6
Westport .. 36 8,310 0 9 104,187 0 4 3,813 18 4 46,866 14 11 44·98 3,135 5 2 1,410 6 10
Nelson .. 61 2,841 3 0 30,782 14 2 2,259 10 2 23,934 6 0 77·75 546 13 9 425 1 3
Picton .. 56 3,203 2 5 26,558 3 3 1,616 15 0 19,747 9 11 74·36 513 15 6 382 0 5
Lake Wakatipu .. 600 0 3 6,473 0 9 466 11 5 6,070 8 5 93·78
Steamers
Total .. 1,714 162,783 15 3 1,847,975 15 2 106,530 1 4 1,201,827 9 4 65·01
Grand total .. 2,960 399,101 19 1 4,379,337 9 10 287,076 7 3 2,649,512 19 4 60·50