New Zealand Gazette – 1919 – No. 56

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✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports

May 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1311

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1918-19.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1918, to 31st March, 1919.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1919	723,281	785,666	3,850,702	6,014,872
1918	656,863	856,802	3,656,619	6,237,872
Increase	66,418	..	194,083	..
Decrease	..	71,136	..	223,000

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1919	311,592	34,952	6,568,032	123,728	7,038,304	487,729	2,444,007	2,306,721	5,238,457
1918	323,446	38,688	6,356,361	145,729	6,864,224	523,784	2,572,576	2,276,776	5,373,136
Increase	..	..	211,671	..	174,080	..	..	29,945	..
Decrease	11,854	3,736	..	22,001	..	36,055	128,569	..	134,679

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 31st March, 1919.

Section.	Miles open for Traffic.	Revenue.	Expenditure.	For a Twelve-monthly Period, Average to Date.
		Four-weekly.	Total to Date.	Four-weekly.
NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	5,006 4 0	54,886 15 5	4,269 13 2
Kaihu	20	590 15 2	6,100 17 7	1,117 6 2
Gisborne	49	3,376 5 2	30,431 9 6	3,136 6 10
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	273,314 3 1	2,848,826 14 4	167,873 13 2
Total	1,269	282,287 7 5	2,940,245 16 10	176,396 19 4
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	178,516 19 9	1,721,100 10 7	122,512 3 0
Westland	157	12,815 16 11	151,969 13 11	3,495 0 10
Westport	36	8,323 5 5	103,634 6 11	4,366 12 4
Nelson	61	3,410 16 3	34,635 15 11	3,074 8 1
Picton	56	3,175 13 4	30,363 14 5	3,284 3 11
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	902 17 4	6,682 8 0	657 19 7
Total	1,714	207,145 9 0	2,048,386 9 9	143,390 7 9
Grand total	2,983	489,432 16 5	4,988,632 6 7	319,787 7 1

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	5,493 12 3	52,840 8 2	3,257 15 9	37,352 7 8	70 69	714 1 3
Kaihu	20	628 2 5	7,171 2 10	740 6 6	8,352 17 8	116·48	358 11 2
Gisborne	49	2,329 6 10	28,206 14 1	2,783 2 6	22,395 15 8	79·40	616 18 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	253,244 16 10	2,669,364 16 8	147,405 5 8	1,590,968 10 9	59 60	2,398 4 6
Total	1,269	261,695 18 4	2,757,583 1 9	154,186 10 5	1,659,069 11 9	60·16
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	160,962 5 10	1,597,129 18 11	109,788 1 11	1,155,689 8 5	72·36	1,137 11 1
Westland	157	11,628 10 7	154,014 16 1	8,143 4 7	107,975 17 0	70·11	980 19 9
Westport	36	8,800 10 10	107,810 14 4	4,154 8 1	53,364 16 6	49·50	2,994 14 10
Nelson	61	2,524 2 10	33,068 2 8	3,697 8 9	30,747 7 4	92·98	542 2 0
Picton	56	3,122 12 7	31,282 14 9	2,773 10 3	28,395 7 10	90·77	558 12 5
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	652 19 3	6,810 7 8	542 16 3	7,664 1 0	112·53	..
Total	1,714	187,691 1 11	1,930,116 14 5	129,099 9 10	1,383,836 18 1	71·70
Grand total	2,983	449,387 0 3	4,687,699 16 2	283,286 0 3	3,042,906 9 10	64·91