New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 87

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✨ Railway Traffic and Financial Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1920-21.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1920, to 18th September, 1920.

All Sections.	First-class Passengers.	Second-class Passengers.	Total.	Season Tickets.
S.	R.	S.	R.
1920 * .. .. ..	393,020	672,250	1,746,854	3,776,992
1919 † .. .. ..	356,595	404,138	1,739,198	2,341,960
Increase .. .. ..	36,425	268,112	7,656	1,435,032
Decrease .. .. ..	..	..	..	..

All Sections.	Cattle.	Calves.	Sheep.	Pigs.	Total.	Timber.	Minerals.	Other Goods.	Total.
No.	No.	No.	No.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
1920 * ..	185,000	16,977	3,075,868	41,187	3,319,032	321,993	1,213,366	1,351,216	2,886,575
1919 † ..	122,108	11,663	2,723,234	42,243	2,899,248	227,170	1,080,540	1,179,269	2,486,979
Increase ..	62,892	5,314	352,634	..	419,784	94,823	132,826	171,947	399,596
Decrease ..	..	..	..	..	1,056	..	..	..	..

171 days. † 166 days.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 18th September, 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.
NORTH ISLAND,— Whangarei ..	80	£ s. d. 5,282 2 9	£ s. d. 29,349 17 5	£ s. d. 5,084 4 6
Kaihu	20	463 19 1	3,069 10 11	847 19 0
Gisborne ..	49	3,466 17 5	18,226 1 6	2,839 10 1
North Island Main Lines and Branches	1,133	284,709 5 11	1,648,466 17 7	221,180 3 8
Total	1,282	£ s. d. 293,922 5 2	£ s. d. 1,699,112 7 5	£ s. d. 229,951 17 3
SOUTH ISLAND,— South Island Main Lines and Branches	1,417	£ s. d. 157,866 15 8	£ s. d. 1,034,813 8 3	£ s. d. 153,634 13 4
Westland ..	157	14,526 5 7	81,935 6 3	13,463 1 8
Westport .	36	8,510 0 4	47,790 5 6	5,994 4 2
Nelson ..	61	2,894 7 10	17,911 0 9	3,989 6 6
Picton ..	56	2,944 12 0	19,435 18 2	2,832 4 6
Lake Wakatipu Steamers	..	514 14 4	3,219 11 1	732 7 11
Total ..	1,727	£ s. d. 187,256 15 9	£ s. d. 1,205,105 10 0	£ s. d. 180,645 18 1
Grand total	3,009	£ s. d. 481,179 0 11	£ s. d. 2,904,217 17 5	£ s. d. 410,597 15 4

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

| NORTH ISLAND,— Whangarei .. | 74 | £ s. d. 4,529 11 5 | £ s. d. 27,507 11 4 | £ s. d. 4,147 6 6 | £ s. d. 22,780 10 7 | 82·82 | £ s. d. 805 8 0 | £ s. d. 666 19 11 |
| Kaihu | 20 | 375 15 5 | 2,638 11 3 | 932 18 3 | 4,619 11 6 | 175·08 | 285 16 11 | 500 9 1 |
| Gisborne .. | 49 | 2,746 4 6 | 15,808 1 6 | 2,288 0 11 | 13,359 5 11 | 84·51 | 698 19 11 | 590 14 4 |
| North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,126 | 156,740 17 2 | 1,269,631 7 9 | 150,669 5 9 | 872,982 10 10 | 68·76 | 2,443 0 10 | 1,679 16 2 |
| Total .. | 1,269 | £ s. d. 164,392 8 6 | £ s. d. 1,315,585 11 10 | £ s. d. 158,037 11 5 | £ s. d. 913,741 18 10 | 69·46 | | |
| SOUTH ISLAND,— South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,404 | £ s. d. 101,976 14 2 | £ s. d. 851,860 5 11 | £ s. d. 107,070 18 6 | £ s. d. 632,583 5 8 | 74·26 | £ s. d. 1,314 16 8 | £ s. d. 976 7 8 |
| Westland .. | 157 | 11,753 8 11 | 70,907 6 0 | 10,225 1 8 | 58,735 18 2 | 82·83 | 978 11 0 | 810 11 7 |
| Westport .. | 36 | 8,105 4 10 | 45,222 11 7 | 5,377 10 1 | 29,278 4 11 | 64·74 | 2,721 14 7 | 1,762 2 4 |
| Nelson .. | 61 | 2,627 1 9 | 15,346 0 0 | 3,295 10 2 | 17,564 14 1 | 114·46 | 545 1 6 | 623 17 8 |
| Picton .. | 56 | 3,016 15 5 | 17,057 10 2 | 2,568 3 8 | 15,253 9 6 | 89·42 | 659 19 3 | 590 3 3 |
| Lake Wakatipu Steamers | .. | 269 19 1 | 2,605 10 5 | 662 9 7 | 3,474 1 7 | 133·34 | .. | .. |
| Total .. | 1,714 | £ s. d. 127,749 4 2 | £ s. d. 1,002,999 4 1 | £ s. d. 129,199 13 8 | £ s. d. 756,889 13 11 | 75·64 | | |
| Grand total | 2,983 | £ s. d. 292,141 12 8 | £ s. d. 2,318,584 15 11 | £ s. d. 287,237 5 1 | £ s. d. 1,670,631 12 9 | 72·05 | | |