New Zealand Gazette – 1919 – No. 131

Page 3441

✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

Nov. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3441

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1919-20.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1919, to 11th October, 1919.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.		Second-class Passengers.		Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1919	413,802	455,756	1,992,955	2,665,530	5,528,043	203,046
1918	359,704	398,546	2,036,994	3,157,988	5,953,232	191,333
Increase	54,098	57,210	..	..	..	11,713
Decrease	..	..	44,039	492,458	425,189	..

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1919	137,826	13,405	2,828,500	46,453	3,026,184	281,396	1,259,661	1,396,449	2,937,506
1918	176,031	22,110	3,035,330	58,525	3,291,996	271,405	1,450,450	1,264,537	2,986,392
Increase	..	..	..	..	..	9,991	..	131,912	..
Decrease	38,205	8,705	206,830	12,072	265,812	..	190,789	..	48,886

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 11th October, 1919.

Section.	Miles open for Traffic.	Revenue.		Expenditure.		For a Twelve-monthly Period, Average to Date.
		Four-weekly.	Total to Date.	Four-weekly.	Total to Date.	Per Cent. of Revenue.	Revenue per Mile of Railway.	Expenditure per Mile of Railway.
		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
NORTH ISLAND,—
Whangarei	74	4,398 5 8	31,905 17 0	4,068 10 11	26,849 1 6	84·15	800 14 4	673 16 4
Kaihu	20	368 15 2	3,007 6 5	689 11 5	5,309 2 11	176·54	279 5 0	492 19 10
Gisborne	49	2,925 12 7	18,733 14 1	2,675 15 11	16,035 1 10	85·59	710 0 6	607 14 10
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	215,313 12 9	1,484,945 0	167,594 4 1	1,040,576 14 11	70·08	2,449 3 2	1,716 5 1
Total	1,269	223,006 6 2	1,538,591 18 0	175,028 2 4	1,088,770 1 2	70·76
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	135,579 3 7	987,439 9 6	111,584 3 9	744,167 9 5	75·36	1,806 3 9	984 7 0
Westland	157	11,781 8 0	82,688 14 0	9,938 2 9	68,674 0 11	83·05	978 2 4	812 6 10
Westport	36	7,236 8 10	52,459 0 5	5,416 8 10	34,694 13 9	66·14	2,706 4 5	1,789 16 1
Nelson	61	2,670 14 6	18,016 14 6	3,287 10 5	20,852 4 6	115·74	544 14 10	630 9 6
Picton	56	2,847 18 0	19,905 8 2	2,556 9 7	17,809 13 1	89·47	660 2 7	590 12 9
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	358 1 4	2,963 11 9	573 15 5	4,047 17 0	136·58	..	..
Total	1,714	160,473 14 3	1,163,472 18 4	133,356 10 9	890,246 4 8	76·52
Grand total	2,983	383,480 0 5	2,702,064 16 4	308,384 13 1	1,979,016 5 10	73·24

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	4,044 4 7	30,681 4 3	3,363 3 1	22,777 13 7	74·24	769 19 10	571 12 10
Kaihu	20	457 15 9	3,307 7 11	688 1 11	4,292 15 10	129·79	307 2 4	398 12 4
Gisborne	49	2,053 5 8	14,306 1 0	2,346 6 0	16,520 15 10	115·48	542 4 3	626 3 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	208,719 18 1	1,465,679 18 9	128,851 17 11	899,956 7 0	61·40	2,417 7 9	1,484 6 5
Total	1,269	215,275 4 1	1,513,974 11 11	135,249 8 11	943,547 12 3	62·32
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	122,136 10 7	890,216 9 0	93,050 4 4	647,753 11 11	72·76	1,177 10 8	856 16 4
Westland	157	12,924 18 2	86,254 18 9	9,235 12 2	60,442 9 11	70·07	1,020 6 1	714 19 5
Westport	36	10,011 1 8	61,116 17 1	4,335 0 5	31,241 15 4	51·12	3,152 17 1	1,611 13 7
Nelson	61	2,402 9 7	17,584 12 0	2,582 18 11	17,627 16 8	100·25	535 7 3	536 13 7
Picton	56	2,134 2 0	16,175 14 6	1,943 11 11	15,478 16 8	95·69	536 8 10	513 6 7
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	374 15 1	3,027 19 11	550 8 2	3,385 8 4	111·80	..	..
Total	1,714	149,983 17 1	1,074,376 11 3	111,697 15 11	775,929 18 10	72·22
Grand total	2,983	365,259 1 2	2,588,351 3 2	246,947 4 10	1,719,477 11 1	66·43