New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 64

Page 2075

✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Reports



JULY 1.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1920–21.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1920, to 29th May, 1920.

All Sections. First-class Passengers. Second-class Passengers. Total. Season Tickets.
S. R. S. R. |
1920 * 140,934 273,670 619,044 1,520,035 | 2,553,683 | 66,783
1919 † 145,286 187,286 695,729 1,006,132 | 2,034,433 | 55,805
Increase 86,384 513,903 | 519,250 | 10,978
Decrease 4,352 76,685 | |
All Sections. Cattle. Calves. Sheep. Pigs. Total. Timber. Minerals. Other Goods. Total.
No. No. No. No. No. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons.
1920 * 65,990 7,883 1,725,672 24,623 1,824,168 95,503 399,025 466,092 960,620
1919 † 58,098 6,510 1,716,669 28,825 1,810,102 89,544 360,526 443,939 894,009
Increase 7,892 1,373 9,003 14,066 5,959 38,499 22,153 66,611
Decrease 4,202
  • 59 days,
    † 54 days.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 29th May, 1920.

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.
NORTH ISLAND, — Whangarei 80 £ 4,489 5 8 £ 9,671 13 9 £ 4,146 13 10 | £ 8,607 0 8 | 88·99 | £ 785 16 6 | £ 699 6 5
Kaihu 20 £ 487 4 7 £ 1,139 17 10 £ 641 14 7 | £ 1,346 19 2 | 118·17 | £ 370 9 4 | £ 437 15 3
Gisborne 49 £ 2,913 18 0 £ 7,208 17 3 £ 2,546 3 4 | £ 5,551 7 10 | 77·01 | £ 956 5 6 | £ 736 8 2
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,133 £ 263,844 10 3 £ 555,390 11 6 £ 191,700 12 1 | £ 377,657 10 3 | 68·00 | £ 3,186 5 4 | £ 2,166 12 3
Total 1,282 £ 271,734 18 6 £ 573,411 0 4 £ 199,035 3 10 | £ 393,162 17 11 | 68·57 | |
SOUTH ISLAND, — South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,417 £ 172,092 5 8 £ 380,443 9 3 £ 142,253 15 9 | £ 286,690 9 0 | 75·36 | £ 1,745 3 1 | £ 1,315 1 3
Westland 157 £ 11,529 14 9 £ 25,900 0 8 £ 10,880 12 7 | £ 21,506 15 5 | 83·04 | £ 1,072 5 11 | £ 890 8 2
Westport 36 £ 7,184 9 0 £ 15,009 7 5 £ 5,073 15 10 | £ 10,177 0 11 | 67·80 | £ 2,710 0 6 | £ 1,837 10 5
Nelson 61 £ 8,162 17 7 £ 6,576 13 6 £ 3,314 3 2 | £ 6,701 12 10 | 101·90 | £ 700 15 10 | £ 714 2 3
Picton 56 £ 8,269 6 5 £ 6,990 8 9 £ 2,979 16 7 | £ 5,899 14 0 | 84·40 | £ 811 7 10 | £ 684 15 9
Lake Wakatipu Steamers £ 506 13 0 £ 1,559 10 10 £ 669 6 4 | £ 1,461 15 7 | 93·73 | |
Total 1,727 £ 197,745 6 5 £ 436,479 10 5 £ 165,171 10 3 | £ 332,437 7 9 | 76·16 | |
Grand total 3,009 £ 469,480 4 11 £ 1,009,890 10 9 £ 364,206 14 1 | £ 725,600 5 8 | 71·85 | |

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
NORTH ISLAND, — Whangarei 74 £ 4,573 18 0 £ 9,063 7 4 £ 3,732 2 6 £ 6,836 3 7 75·43 £ 796 2 2 £ 600 9 6
Kaihu 20 £ 506 16 6 £ 1,104 4 4 £ 842 15 2 £ 1,440 17 2 130·49 £ 358 17 5 £ 468 5 7
Gisborne 49 £ 2,952 1 11 £ 5,902 9 9 £ 2,400 9 0 £ 4,417 2 8 74·84 £ 782 19 8 £ 585 18 11
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,126 £ 271,834 13 8 £ 521,166 4 5 £ 153,327 7 2 £ 275,433 12 7 52·85 £ 3,008 10 3 £ 1,589 19 7
Total 1,269 £ 279,867 10 1 £ 537,236 5 10 £ 160,302 13 10 £ 288,127 16 0 53·63
SOUTH ISLAND, — South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,404 £ 180,926 14 2 £ 348,352 9 11 £ 113,295 4 7 £ 204,042 18 9 58·57 £ 1,612 14 10 £ 944 12 10
Westland 157 £ 12,802 14 6 £ 23,673 14 9 £ 10,580 7 8 £ 18,008 19 5 76·08 £ 980 2 5 £ 745 12 7
Westport 36 £ 7,899 19 9 £ 13,365 9 1 £ 4,919 5 5 £ 8,890 19 3 66·52 £ 2,413 4 2 £ 1,605 6 3
Nelson 61 £ 3,019 8 8 £ 5,991 3 1 £ 3,036 9 1 £ 5,246 19 2 87·58 £ 638 8 0 £ 559 2 0
Picton 56 £ 3,160 12 11 £ 5,835 1 6 £ 2,427 9 3 £ 4,464 4 6 76·51 £ 677 5 9 £ 518 3 4
Lake Wakatipu Steamers £ 574 8 9 £ 1,194 9 0 £ 640 0 4 £ 1,310 12 5 109·73
Total 1,714 £ 207,883 18 9 £ 398,412 7 4 £ 134,898 16 4 £ 241,964 13 6 60·73
Grand total 2,983 £ 487,751 8 10 £ 935,648 13 2 £ 295,201 10 2 £ 530,092 9 6 56·66


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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for May 1920 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Traffic Returns, Passengers, Goods, Revenue, Whangarei, Kaihu, Gisborne, North Island, South Island, Westland, Nelson, Picton, Lake Wakatipu, Westport

🚂 Railway Working Account for the Period Ending 29th May 1920

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Report, Whangarei, Kaihu, Gisborne, North Island, South Island, Westland, Nelson, Picton, Lake Wakatipu, Westport