918

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 20

NELSON SECTION.

1927.  1926.

      Passengers,
      1st Class .. .. 897 245
      2nd Class.. .. 8,859 8,517
      Total .. .. 9,256 8,762

Season Tickets .. .. 131 204

Goods,-
Cattle, Calves .. .. 29 16
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 2,146 2,521
Total .. .. 2,175 2,537

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 160 408
Other Goods .. .. 2,385 2,381
Total .. .. 2,545 2,789

REVENUE,-
Passengers .. .. £729 11 2 £1,074 0 0
Parcels.. .. 183 14 9 153 2 1
Goods .. .. 1,344 8 9 1,528 18 11
Labour and demurrage 15 12 9 139 3 1
Total .. £2,273 7 5 £2,895 4 1

PICON SECTION,-continued.

1927.       1926.

      REVENUE,-
      £ s. d. £ s. d.
      Passengers .. .. 703 9 2 941 4 3
      Parcels .. .. 169 17 4 174 15 1
      Goods .. .. 3,193 14 6 3,062 12 2
      Labour and demurrage 190 11 6 284 16 5
      Total £4,257 12 6 £4,463 7 11

NON-OPERATING REVENUE.

1927.         1926.

      MISCELLANEOUS .. £17,277 18 1 £23,890 13 1

SUBSIDIARY SERVICES.

LAKE WAKATIPU STEAMERS.

1927.           1926.

      No. No.
      PASSNGERS,-
      1st Class .. .. 755 875
      2nd Class .. .. 3,140 2,184
      Total .. .. 3,895 3,059

Season Tickets .. .. 4 4

Goods,-
No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. .. 20 13
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 415 686
Total .. .. 435 699

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 37 82
Other Goods .. .. 431 375
Total .. .. 468 457

REVENUE,-
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 551 0 3 545 18 5
Parcels .. .. 89 11 8 94 10 0
Goods .. .. 285 10 8 334 3 7
Labour and demurrage 1 4 8 12 12 1
Total .. £927 7 3 £987 4 1

REFRESHMENT - ROOMS, £15,386 0 7 £17,948 4 0
ADVERTISING, AND
OTHER SUBSIDIARY
SERVICES

DEPARTMENTAL DWELLINGS

1927.      1926.

      £6,741 10 7 £5,737 10 8

PICON SECTION.

1927.         1926.

      Passengers,
      1st Class .. .. 795 1,206
      2nd Class .. .. 4,824 5,629
      Total .. .. 5,619 6,835

Season Tickets .. .. 134 163

Goods,-
Cattle, Calves .. .. 89 151
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 41,861 26,268
Total .. .. 41,950 26,419

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 389 105
Other Goods .. .. 4,868 5,542
Total .. .. 5,207 5,647

N.Z.R.-FINANCIAL YEAR, 1926-27.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st March, 1926, to 5th February, 1927.

All Sections.

First-class Passengers. Second-class Passengers. Total. Season
Tickets.

S. R. S. R.
*1927 .. .. 529,229 790,460 2,656,689 5,600,478 9,576,856 540,934
+1926 .. .. 607,627 1,007,178 2,914,889 6,265,346 10,795,040 544,281
Increase .. .. .. 78,398 216,718 258,200 664,868 1,218,184 3,347
Decrease .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

All Sections.

Cattle. Sheep and Pigs. Total. Timber. Other Goods. Total.

No. No. No. Tons. Tons. Tons.
*1927.. .. .. 359,563 7,489,983 7,849,546 619,234 5,669,119 6,288,353
+1926.. .. .. 349,683 6,441,766 6,791,449 700,848 5,433,549 6,134,397
Increase .. .. .. 9,880 1,048,217 1,058,097 .. 235,570 153,956
Decrease .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 81,614 .. ..

• Three hundred and thirty-nine days.
  † Three hundred and thirty-three days.