New Zealand Gazette – 1928 – No. 19

Page 649

✨ Railway Traffic Statistics



Mar. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 649

NELSON SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1928. 1927.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 286 157
2nd Class.. .. 7,388 5,607
——— ———
Total .. 7,674 5,764
——— ———
Season Tickets .. 28 105

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. 27 25
Sheep and Pigs .. 2,875 950
——— ———
Total .. 2,902 975
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. 298 324
Other Goods .. 2,024 1,912
——— ———
Total .. 2,322 2,236
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 700 13 8 639 2 8
Parcels .. .. 158 10 3 163 2 4
Goods .. .. 1,454 14 5 1,276 14 1
Labour and demurrage 4 3 7 13 17 4
——— ———
Total .. £2,318 1 11 £2,092 16 5
——— ———

PICton SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1928. 1927.
No. No.
1st Class .. 1,239 1,044
2nd Class .. 5,003 5,250
——— ———
Total .. 6,242 6,294
——— ———
Season Tickets .. 78 122

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. 148 69
Sheep and Pigs .. 47,673 36,929
——— ———
Total .. 47,821 36,998
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. 39 70
Goods .. 3,124 3,703
——— ———
Total .. 3,163 3,773
——— ———

PICton SECTION—continued.

REVENUE,—
1928. 1927.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 760 19 4 762 12 4
Parcels .. .. 168 0 8 17S 13 1
Goods .. .. 2,636 4 7 2,346 17 9
Labour and demurrage 204 10 1 176 16 8
——— ———
Total .. £3,769 14 8 £3,464 19 10
——— ———

NON-OPERATING REVENUE.

  1.  1927.

    MISCELLANEOUS .. £20,765 8 9 £22,172 10 1
    ——— ———

SUBSIDIARY SERVICES.

LAKE WAKATIPU STEAMERS.

PASSENGERS—
1928. 1927.
No. No.
1st Class .. 836 1,127
2nd Class .. 4,406 6,256
——— ———
Total .. 5,242 7,383
——— ———
Season Tickets .. 1 ..

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. 8 21
Sheep and Pigs .. 1,815 745
——— ———
Total .. 1,823 766
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. 64 36
Other Goods .. 509 571
——— ———
Total .. 573 607
——— ———

REVENUE.—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 741 4 6 840 15 8
Parcels .. .. 81 8 5 84 0 0
Goods .. .. 404 7 11 391 11 2
Labour and demurrage 0 12 11 4 15 3
——— ———
Total .. £1,227 13 9 £1,321 2 1
——— ———

  1.  1927.

    REFRESHMENT-ROOMS,
    ADVERTISING, MOTOR
    SERVICE, AND OTHER
    SUBSIDIARY SERVICES £20,607 12 1 £17,486 17 6
    ——— ———

DEPARTMENTAL DWELLINGS £7,554 6 3 £6,771 9 2
——— ———

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR, 1927–28.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1927, to 4th February, 1928.

All Sections. First-class Passengers. Second-class Passengers. Road Motor Services. Total Season Tickets.
S. R. S. R.
1927–28 408,506 629,428 2,197,687 4,507,348 571,251 8,314,220 523,374
1926–27 480,142 733,866 2,430,245 4,974,636 114,682 8,733,571 488,778
Increase .. .. .. .. 456,569 .. 34,596
Decrease 71,636 104,438 232,558 467,283 .. 419,351 ..
All Sections. Cattle. Sheep and Pigs. Total. Timber. Other Goods. Total.
No. No. No. Tons. Tons. Tons.
1927–28 387,633 6,021,569 6,409,202 433,670 5,220,942 5,704,612
1926–27 329,430 5,774,473 6,103,903 563,314 5,149,402 5,712,716
Increase 58,203 247,096 305,299 .. 71,540 ..
Decrease .. .. .. 79,644 .. 8,104


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