New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 93

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✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 93

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1918–19.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1918, to 25th May, 1918.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1918	112,751	118,682	632,256	931,644
1917	82,076	187,084	461,028	1,190,278
Increase	30,675	..	171,228	..
Decrease	..	68,402	..	258,634

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1918	64,806	8,483	1,684,958	33,229	1,791,476	74,521	392,342	455,664	922,527
1917	60,866	9,405	1,250,982	35,571	1,356,824	75,989	293,438	379,077	748,504
Increase	3,940	..	433,976	..	434,652	..	98,904	76,587	174,023
Decrease	..	922	..	2,342	..	1,468	..	..	..

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 25th May, 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	4,779 19 2	9,390 6 11	3,100 16 1
Kaihu	20	487 10 7	1,060 17 11	589 16 10
Gisborne	49	1,908 16 4	3,965 3 11	2,342 17 1
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	221,852 2 0	453,487 0 0	130,154 6 7
Total ..	1,269	229,028 8 1	467,903 8 9	136,187 16 7
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	148,039 13 5	301,550 11 10	95,790 13 2
Westland	157	12,076 5 3	23,518 1 5	8,652 2 5
Westport	36	8,947 4 5	17,473 11 9	4,534 14 0
Nelson	61	2,938 15 8	5,649 8 5	2,726 9 2
Picton	56	2,541 19 5	5,504 18 4	2,345 12 7
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	585 0 4	1,231 6 2	462 5 10
Total ..	1,714	175,128 18 6	354,927 17 11	114,511 17 2
Grand total	2,983	404,157 6 7	822,831 6 8	250,699 13 9

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	3,176 13 10	7,557 9 3	2,511 10 0	4,833 7 6	63·96	663 16 8	424 11 1
Kaihu	20	374 10 3	924 0 7	641 13 7	1,100 13 8	119·12	300 6 8	357 14 5
Gisborne	44	1,942 0 4	3,973 18 6	1,295 15 7	2,510 18 0	63·18	587 1 2	370 18 5
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,108	172,772 12 9	386,966 2 0	111,654 7 0	217,174 13 3	56·12	2,270 2 2	1,274 0 10
Total ..	1,246	178,265 17 2	399,421 10 4	116,103 6 2	225,619 12 5	56·49
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	117,928 15 2	259,218 15 5	81,199 14 3	156,930 11 3	60·54	1,200 1 9	726 10 7
Westland	157	10,984 9 6	19,923 18 8	7,079 17 2	13,329 6 10	66·90	824 17 6	551 15 0
Westport	36	7,952 17 8	10,743 18 4	3,943 0 11	6,852 6 5	63·78	1,939 17 5	1,237 4 6
Nelson	61	2,729 5 9	5,338 8 10	1,998 19 0	3,770 8 4	70·63	568 17 0	401 15 7
Picton	56	2,266 7 8	5,045 15 5	1,720 13 9	3,052 3 1	60·49	585 15 5	354 5 5
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	466 0 1	1,130 7 1	565 13 9	1,070 5 1	94·68	..	..
Total ..	1,714	142,327 15 10	301,401 3 9	96,507 18 10	185,005 1 0	61·38
Grand total	2,960	320,593 13 0	700,822 14 1	212,611 5 0	410,624 13 5	58·59