Railway Traffic and Revenue Statistics




APRIL 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 959

NELSON SECTION.

  1.    1927.

    No. No.
    PASSENGERS,—
    1st Class .. .. 147 397
    2nd Class.. .. 5,568 8,859
    ——— ———
    Total .. 5,715 9,256
    ——— ———
    Season Tickets .. 207 131

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. 53 29
Sheep and Pigs .. 2,759 2,146
——— ———
Total .. 2,812 2,175
——— ———

            Tons.        Tons.

Timber .. 196 160
Other Goods .. 2,183 2,385
——— ———
Total .. 2,379 2,545
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 693 19 8 729 11 2
Parcels .. 164 0 4 183 14 9
Goods .. 1,889 11 7 1,344 8 9
Labour and demurrage .. 8 18 6 15 12 9
——— ———
Total .. £2,256 10 1 £2,273 7 5
——— ———

PICKTON SECTION.

  1.    1927.

    No. No.
    PASSENGERS,—
    1st Class .. 753 795
    2nd Class .. 3,319 4,824
    ——— ———
    Total .. 4,072 5,619
    ——— ———
    Season Tickets .. 143 134

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. 147 89
Sheep and Pigs .. 39,767 41,861
——— ———
Total .. 39,914 41,950
——— ———

            Tons.        Tons.

Timber .. 52 339
Goods .. 4,815 4,868
——— ———
Total .. 4,867 5,207
——— ———

PICKTON SECTION—continued.

  1.    1927.

    £ s. d. £ s. d.
    REVENUE,—
    Passengers .. 604 7 3 703 9 2
    Parcels .. 167 5 1 169 17 4
    Goods .. 2,898 0 10 3,193 14 6
    Labour and demurrage .. 209 10 0 190 11 6
    ——— ———
    Total .. £3,879 3 2 £4,257 12 6
    ——— ———

NON-OPERATING REVENUE.

  1.    1927.

    MISCELLANEOUS .. £21,614 7 4 £17,277 18 1
    ——— ———

SUBSIDIARY SERVICES.

LAKE WAKATIPU STEAMERS.

  1.    1927.

    No. No.
    PASSENGERS—
    1st Class .. 589 755
    2nd Class .. 1,676 3,140
    ——— ———
    Total .. 2,265 3,895
    ——— ———
    Season Tickets .. 4 4

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. 4 20
Sheep and Pigs .. 1,794 415
——— ———
Total .. 1,798 435
——— ———

            Tons.        Tons.

Timber .. 84 37
Other Goods .. 390 431
——— ———
Total .. 474 468
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 422 16 1 551 0 3
Parcels .. 98 19 0 89 11 8
Goods .. 323 7 10 285 10 8
Labour and demurrage .. 0 12 8 1 4 8
——— ———
Total .. £845 15 7 £927 7 3
——— ———

REFRESHMENT-ROOMS,
ADVERTISING, MOTOR
SERVICE, AND OTHER
SUBSIDIARY SERVICES 1928. 1927.
£19,581 14 S £15,386 0 7
——— ———

DEPARTMENTAL DWELLINGS £7,540 4 0 £6,741 10 7
——— ———

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR, 1927–28.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1927, to 3rd March, 1928.

All Sections. First-class Passengers. Second-class Passengers. Road Motor Services. Total. Season Tickets.
S. R. S. R.
1927–28 449,372 675,770 2,402,295 5,072,994 687,117 9,287,548 582,628
1926–27 529,229 790,460 2,656,689 5,600,478 159,732 9,736,588 540,934
Increase .. .. .. .. 527,385 .. 41,694
Decrease 79,857 114,690 254,394 527,484 .. 449,040 ..
All Sections. Cattle. Sheep and Pigs. Total. Timber. Other Goods. Total.
No. No. No. Tons. Tons. Tons.
1927–28 421,116 7,833,816 8,254,932 525,664 5,742,374 6,268,038
1926–27 359,563 7,489,983 7,849,546 619,234 5,669,119 6,288,353
Increase 61,553 343,833 405,386 .. 73,255 ..
Decrease .. .. .. 93,570 .. 20,315


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