New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 68

Page 1803

✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Statistics

MAY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1803

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1917–18.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1917, to 31st March, 1918.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
	S. R.	S. R.
1918	656,863 856,802	3,656,619 6,237,872	11,408,156	322,487
1917	468,115 1,414,044	2,742,744 9,548,212	14,173,115	355,832
Increase	188,748 ..	913,875 ..	..	..
Decrease	.. 557,242	.. 3,310,340	2,764,959	33,345

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1918	323,446	38,688	6,356,361	145,729	6,864,224	523,784	2,572,576	2,276,776	5,373,136
1917	359,955	42,814	7,106,174	163,370	7,672,313	579,428	2,787,523	2,459,314	5,826,265
Increase	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Decrease	36,509	4,126	749,813	17,641	808,089	55,644	214,947	182,538	453,129

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 31st March, 1918

Section.	Miles open for Traffic.	Revenue.	Expenditure.	For a Twelve-monthly Period, Average to Date.
		Four-weekly.	Total to Date.	Four-weekly.
		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
NORTH ISLAND,—
Whangarei	74	5,493 12 3	52,840 8 2	3,257 15 9
Kaihu	20	628 2 5	7,171 2 10	740 6 6
Gisborne	49	2,329 6 10	28,206 14 1	2,783 2 6
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	253,244 16 10	2,669,364 16 8	147,405 5 8
Total	1,269	261,695 18 4	2,757,583 1 9	154,186 10 5
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	160,962 5 10	1,597,129 18 11	109,788 1 11
Westland	157	11,628 10 7	154,014 16 1	8,143 4 7
Westport	36	8,300 10 10	107,810 14 4	4,154 8 1
Nelson	61	2,524 2 10	33,068 2 8	3,697 8 9
Picton	56	3,122 12 7	31,282 14 9	2,773 10 3
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	652 19 3	6,810 7 8	542 16 3
Total	1,714	187,691 1 11	1,930,116 14 5	129,099 9 10
Grand total	2,983	449,387 0 3	4,687,699 16 2	283,286 0 3

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	3,494 4 6	53,965 9 1	2,973 0 3	34,920 9 5	64·71	729 5 3	471 18 0
Kaihu	20	650 1 2	6,477 13 3	899 4 1	7,821 11 7	120·75	323 17 8	391 1 7
Gisborne	44	2,406 14 0	27,970 13 1	1,993 16 11	17,261 19 3	61·71	635 13 11	392 6 4
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	233,581 9 0	2,683,080 7 11	145,742 18 7	1,539,790 9 7	57·39	2,421 11 0	1,389 14 0
Total	1,246	240,132 8 8	2,771,494 3 4	151,608 19 10	1,599,794 9 10	57·72
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	153,082 15 8	1,682,638 7 8	110,013 7 2	1,122,511 1 4	66·71	1,198 9 2	799 10 2
Westland	157	12,109 9 4	162,528 14 0	6,977 9 5	99,188 5 4	61·03	1,036 4 4	631 15 5
Westport	36	8,914 3 4	113,101 3 8	3,513 13 1	50,380 8 0	44·54	3,141 14 0	1,399 9 1
Nelson	61	3,236 5 10	34,019 0 0	2,297 6 3	26,231 12 3	77·11	557 13 9	430 0 6
Picton	56	3,285 17 4	29,844 0 7	2,409 2 9	22,156 12 8	74·24	532 18 7	395 13 1
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	711 3 7	7,184 4 4	531 1 10	6,601 10 3	91·89	..	..
Total	1,714	181,339 15 1	2,029,315 10 3	125,742 0 6	1,327,069 9 10	65·39
Grand total	2,960	421,472 3 9	4,800,809 13 7	277,351 0 4	2,926,863 19 8	60·97