Railway Traffic and Financial Statistics




APRIL 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 871

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1920-21.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1920, to 5th March, 1921.

All Sections. First-class Passengers. Second-class Passengers. Total. Season Tickets.
S. R. S. R.
1921 * 817,809 2,064,006 3,225,205 8,253,088
1920 † 772,847 1,017,288 3,595,712 6,080,388
Increase 44,962 1,046,718 .. 2,172,700
Decrease .. .. 370,507 ..
All Sections. Cattle. Calves. Sheep. Pigs. Total. Timber. Minerals. Other Goods. Total.
No. No. No. No. No. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons.
1921 * 328,735 28,573 5,045,819 104,384 6,507,511 665,480 2,341,021 2,643,353 5,649,854
1920 † 283,556 25,494 5,767,427 93,024 6,169,501 546,860 2,091,919 2,411,069 5,049,848
Increase 45,179 3,079 278,392 11,360 338,010 118,620 249,102 232,284 600,006
Decrease .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
  • 339 days. † 334 days.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing REVENUE and EXPENDITURE to the Termination of the Period ending 5th March, 1921.

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 80 5,585 11 3 63,807 7 7 6,494 1 5
Kaihu 20 1,032 10 9 8,243 17 2 814 5 8
Gisborne .. 49 4,742 5 7 43,611 2 9 2,480 11 7
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,133 366,717 12 5 3,676,852 7 278,525 18 9
Total 1,282 378,078 0 0 3,792,514 14 7 288,314 17 5
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,417 209,066 19 11 2,180,340 0 6 190,758 19 3
Westland .. 157 16,066 9 1 181,403 0 6 13,117 17 11
Westport . 36 7,379 1 3 94,785 14 0 6,687 17 8
Nelson . 61 3,947 12 3 37,891 13 9 3,232 4 5
Picton . 56 3,742 18 11 39,253 10 11 3,469 15 11
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 890 17 2 7,917 14 7 889 15 6
Total 1,727 241,093 18 7 2,541,591 14 3 218,156 10 8
Grand total 3,009 619,171 18 7 6,334,106 8 10 506,471 8 1

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Whangarei 74 4,901 10 4 54,969 16 10 4,178 0 11 47,498 4 0 86·41 804 14 9 695 7 1
Kaihu 20 745 6 2 5,641 17 4 863 6 11 9,002 6 3 159·56 305 12 0 487 12 6
Gisborne .. 49 3,513 5 11 35,682 6 10 2,843 8 7 28,562 1 5 80·05 788 17 11 631 9 6
North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,126 303,703 0 10 2,911,791 18 4 177,580 12 7 1,926,341 4 0 66·16 2,801 9 2 1,853 6 11
Total .. 1,269 312,863 3 3 3,008,085 19 4 185,465 9 0 2,011,403 15 8 66·87
SOUTH ISLAND,—
South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,417 181,844 19 6 1,831,825 7 5 125,449 17 11 1,374,355 2 3 75·03 1,410 9 0 1,058 4 3
Westland .. 157 13,453 11 10 145,087 13 2 10,436 19 10 129,377 12 4 89·17 1,001 2 8 892 14 8
Westport .. 36 6,548 10 1 82,483 11 4 4,697 5 7 58,931 17 5 71·45 2,482 2 10 1,773 8 3
Nelson 61 3,286 19 2 32,858 18 3 3,043 2 10 34,677 18 1 105·54 583 11 2 615 17 3
Picton 56 3,559 7 9 34,160 2 0 2,436 16 3 31,716 1 5 92·85 660 16 8 613 11 1
Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 912 1 5 6,939 3 10 648 16 7 7,333 10 3 105·68 .. ..
Total 1,727 209,605 9 9 2,133,354 16 0 146,712 19 0 1,636,392 1 9 76·71
Grand total 2,996 522,468 13 0 5,141,440 15 4 332,178 8 0 3,647,795 17 5 70·95


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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for the period ending 5th March, 1921 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Traffic, Passengers, Goods, Revenue, Statistics, Westland, Westport, Nelson, Picton, Lake Wakatipu

🚂 Railway Working Account showing Revenue and Expenditure to 5th March, 1921

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railways, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Statistics, North Island, South Island