New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 4

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1919-20.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1919, to 6th December, 1919.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
	S.	R.	S.	R.
1919	551,062	635,334	2,576,999	3,650,618
1918	440,790	489,508	2,471,535	3,848,506
Increase	110,272	145,826	105,464	..
Decrease	..	..	..	197,888

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
	No.	No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1919	194,578	16,575	3,194,197	60,425	3,465,775	397,938	1,619,977	1,830,508	3,848,423
1918	209,679	25,151	3,228,492	70,186	3,533,508	326,025	1,748,416	1,543,122	3,617,563
Increase	..	..	..	..	..	71,913	..	287,386	230,860
Decrease	15,101	8,576	34,295	9,761	67,733	..	128,439	..	..

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 6th December, 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	4,821 9 3	40,903 17 2	4,254 12 1
Kaihu	20	466 18 10	3,926 2 9	654 13 11
Gisborne	49	3,525 5 9	24,988 11 2	2,556 5 10
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	262,802 10 1	2,000,681 1 4	178,835 8 2
Total	1,269	271,616 3 11	2,070,499 12 5	186,301 0 0
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	155,938 0 7	1,288,078 1 9	130,649 12 6
Westland	157	13,430 18 8	106,917 8 5	12,771 14 2
Westport	36	7,078 15 6	65,570 8 2	5,009 1 10
Nelson	61	2,687 13 9	23,535 16 4	2,688 14 3
Picton	56	2,307 8 0	24,933 4 3	2,848 10 1
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	516 9 1	3,905 13 9	559 16 1
Total	1,714	181,959 5 7	1,512,940 12 8	154,527 8 11
Grand total	2,983	453,575 9 6	3,583,440 5 1	340,828 8 11

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,—		£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.		£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Whangarei	74	2,314 0 4	36,702 8 5	3,131 14 5	29,125 2 7	79·35	716 8 3	568 10 2
Kaihu	20	349 6 4	4,077 4 7	540 1 8	5,488 10 7	134·61	294 9 4	396 7 11
Gisborne	49	2,048 8 5	18,469 9 7	2,119 18 3	20,925 0 4	113·30	544 9 0	616 16 9
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,126	137,012 16 2	1,796,010 15 2	125,928 9 6	1,151,032 7 3	64·09	2,303 18 10	1,476 11 1
Total	1,269	141,724 11 3	1,855,259 17 9	131,720 3 10	1,206,571 0 9	65·04
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,404	78,270 6 4	1,084,166 9 9	86,412 12 3	822,670 8 1	75·88	1,115 8 0	846 7 5
Westland	157	7,289 1 1	104,243 12 11	8,300 3 10	76,870 17 9	73·74	959 1 5	707 4 8
Westport	36	4,031 18 0	72,588 14 1	4,252 2 2	39,556 10 10	54·49	2,912 10 2	1,587 2 11
Nelson	61	1,777 9 9	21,665 9 0	2,526 3 5	22,329 16 9	103·07	513 0 6	528 15 2
Picton	56	1,139 0 1	19,162 9 0	2,131 3 4	19,594 8 4	102·25	494 5 5	505 8 3
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	262 16 3	3,619 14 0	505 12 10	4,417 13 5	122·05	..	..
Total	1,714	92,770 11 6	1,305,446 8 9	104,127 17 10	985,439 15 2	75·49
Grand total	2,983	234,495 2 9	3,160,706 6 6	235,848 1 8	2,192,010 15 11	69·35