New Zealand Gazette – 1919 – No. 124

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✨ Railway Construction Costs and Export Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 124

ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1919, as furnished by Public Works Department and by Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards respectively.

Section.	Cost of Opened Lines.	Cost of Unopened Lines.
	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	767,510 0 0	324,852 0 0
Kaihu	99,962 0 0	18,065 0 0
Tauranga	..	398,376 0 0
Gisborne	682,157 0 0	193,510 0 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches	16,006,227 0 0	959,507 0 0
South Island Main Lines and Branches	14,616,816 0 0	222,340 0 0
Westland	2,099,420 0 0	725,766 0 0
Westport	606,225 0 0	96,071 0 0
Nelson	542,534 0 0	36,736 0 0
Picton	683,633 0 0	19,117 0 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service	43,708 0 0	..
In Suspense—
Surveys, North Island	..	35,900 0 0
Miscellaneous, North Island	..	5,169 0 0
Surveys, South Island	..	5,752 0 0
Miscellaneous, South Island	..	5,168 0 0
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way	..	46,872 0 0
W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. Stores	19,439 0 0
Totals	£36,167,681 0 0	£3,093,201 0 0

Railways Department, 13th October, 1919.
H. WILLIAMS,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.

Exports.—Weekly.

RETURN of PRINCIPAL EXPORTS of NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE from the Dominion during the Week ended Tuesday, 14th October, 1919.

NOTE.—These figures are subject to alteration. They represent the entries from the ports received at Head Office, Wellington, up to 5 p.m. on Tuesday. * Goods exported are credited as far as possible to each district of production (as per list appended to return for week ended 31st August, 1915, New Zealand Gazette No. 103, page 3117), whether exported through the port for such district or not.

Districts.*	Butter.	Cheese.	Frozen Meats.			Gold.
	£	£	Lamb.	Mutton.	Other.	£
Auckland	256	35	..	196	16	..
Kaipara ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tauranga	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gisborne	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Plymouth	..	..	..	..	..	..
Waitara ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Patea ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Wanganui	..	3,729	10,588	18,127	310	..
Wellington	..	15,874	18,740	76,750	35,986	..
Napier ..	..	1,316	..	..	..	..
Wairau (including Picton)..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nelson ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Westport	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greymouth	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hokitika	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lyttelton	..	12,086	78,311	27,679	7,153	..
Timaru ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Oamaru ..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dunedin..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Invercargill	..	79,744	..	..	..	..
Totals	256	112,784	107,639	122,752	43,465	..

Districts.*	Grain and Pulse.	Hides and Skins.	Kauri-gum.	Phormium (including Tow).	Tallow.	Timber.	Wool.
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Auckland	71	..	..	..	..	83	..
Kaipara ..	..	..	..	..	..	7,649	..
Tauranga	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gisborne	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Plymouth	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Waitara ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Patea ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Wanganui	..	..	..	26,301	6,633	..	11,707
Wellington	768	..	..	..	87,484	..	110,205
Napier ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Wairau (including Picton)..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Nelson ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Westport	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greymouth	..	271	..	..	..	4,840	..
Hokitika	..	..	..	230	27,186	..	172,596
Lyttelton	16,815	9,891	..	..	..	..	..
Timaru ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Oamaru ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dunedin	..	278	..	7,319	554	56	..
Invercargill	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals	17,654	10,440	..	33,850	121,857	12,628	294,508