New Zealand Gazette – 1919 – No. 40

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✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 40

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1918-19.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1918, to 1st March, 1919.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1919	653,397	714,432	3,514,325	5,487,646
1918	595,886	801,154	3,330,049	5,772,844
Increase	57,511	..	184,276	..
Decrease	..	86,722	..	285,198

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1919	280,676	31,642	5,313,167	108,004	5,733,489	437,824	2,241,105	2,064,685	4,743,614
1918	293,885	33,954	5,113,665	128,521	5,570,025	481,688	2,372,810	2,061,719	4,916,217
Increase	..	..	199,502	..	163,464	..	..	2,966	..
Decrease	13,209	2,312	..	20,517	..	43,864	131,705	..	172,603

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 1st March, 1919.

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	4,749 5 10	49,880 11 5	3,866 6 11
Kaihu	20	608 11 8	5,510 2 5	586 12 5
Gisborne	49	2,878 8 1	27,055 4 4	2,599 4 4
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	277,942 2 6	2,575,512 11 3	142,146 5 5
Total	1,269	286,178 8 1	2,657,958 9 5	149,198 9 1
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	169,543 9 11	1,542,583 10 10	109,481 5 0
Westland	157	11,050 11 6	139,153 17 0	9,262 2 0
Westport	36	9,789 19 8	95,311 1 6	5,012 17 4
Nelson	61	3,450 8 10	31,224 19 8	2,995 16 4
Picton	56	2,937 4 4	27,188 1 1	2,808 1 8
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	689 17 5	5,779 10 8	684 11 8
Total	1,714	197,461 11 8	1,841,241 0 9	130,244 14 0
Grand total	2,983	483,639 19 9	4,499,199 10 2	279,443 3 1

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	4,396 6 7	47,346 15 11	3,499 19 4	34,094 11 11	72·01	693 2 10	499 2 8
Kaihu	20	578 1 4	6,543 0 5	672 16 5	7,612 11 2	116·35	354 8 3	412 6 11
Gisborne	49	2,884 15 5	25,877 7 3	1,721 1 6	19,612 13 2	75·79	616 13 10	467 7 11
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	245,054 10 3	2,416,119 19 10	139,218 19 3	1,443,563 5 1	59·75	2,353 17 6	1,406 7 5
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 Lines and Branches	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
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	9,837 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 Steamers	..	635 10 2	6,157 8 5	497 7 6	7,121 4 9	115·65	..	..
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