New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 23

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1919-20.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1919, to 31st January, 1920.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1920	694,936	916,186	3,258,930	5,373,454
1919	581,946	645,354	3,188,222	4,948,906
Increase	112,990	270,832	70,708	424,548
Decrease	..	..	..	..

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1920	250,233	20,680	4,469,828	82,016	4,822,757	486,938	1,908,716	2,203,289	4,598,943
1919	253,459	28,431	4,244,300	94,331	4,620,521	395,540	2,046,256	1,887,306	4,329,102
Increase	..	..	225,528	..	202,236	91,398	..	315,983	269,841
Decrease	3,226	7,751	..	12,315	..	..	137,540	..	..

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 31st January, 1920.

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	4,358 15 9	50,068 6 6	3,863 6 6
Kaihu	20	507 10 6	4,896 11 2	749 5 6
Gisborne	49	3,959 9 9	32,169 0 11	2,614 1 3
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	293,889 5 1	2,608,088 17 6	159,165 19 7
Total	1,269	302,715 1 1	2,695,222 16 1	166,392 12 10
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,417	172,394 11 9	1,649,980 7 11	128,711 12 0
Westland	157	12,571 3 9	181,634 1 4	12,205 11 11
Westport	36	5,831 11 3	75,935 1 3	4,719 3 4
Nelson	61	2,874 7 6	29,571 19 1	2,550 9 11
Picton	56	2,639 7 8	30,600 14 3	2,776 7 4
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	1,067 0 8	6,027 2 5	679 16 4
Total	1,727	197,378 2 7	1,923,749 6 3	151,643 0 10
Grand total	2,996	500,093 3 8	4,618,972 2 4	318,035 13 8

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	4,882 9 11	45,131 5 7	3,369 19 7	36,262 7 9	80·35	720 15 5	579 2 7
Kaihu	20	429 14 10	4,901 10 9	599 17 4	6,792 3 10	138·57	289 12 9	401 7 2
Gisborne	49	2,909 11 2	24,176 16 3	2,328 12 11	25,428 17 1	105·18	583 2 8	613 6 3
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	274,536 1 3	2,297,570 8 9	139,986 6 8	1,418,689 12 4	61·75	2,411 9 3	1,489 0 4
Total	1,269	282,757 17 2	2,371,780 1 4	146,284 16 6	1,487,173 1 0	62·70
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	155,850 10 6	1,373,040 0 11	100,654 1 2	1,019,536 8 8	74·25	1,155 15 2	858 3 11
Westland	157	12,273 16 2	128,103 5 6	10,025 16 5	96,080 16 9	74·96	964 6 0	722 17 5
Westport	36	7,384 13 6	85,521 1 10	4,893 17 4	49,054 14 10	57·36	2,807 10 2	1,610 7 8
Nelson	61	3,204 4 0	27,774 10 10	2,559 17 8	27,372 8 5	98·55	538 2 2	530 6 2
Picton	56	2,784 5 11	24,250 16 9	2,697 3 9	24,534 7 6	101·17	511 15 9	517 15 5
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	760 6 6	5,089 13 3	580 8 7	5,642 8 1	110·86	..	..
Total	1,714	182,267 16 7	1,643,779 9 1	121,391 4 11	1,222,170 19 3	74·35
Grand total	2,983	465,015 13 9	4,015,559 10 5	267,676 1 5	2,709,344 0 3	67·47