New Zealand Gazette – 1929 – No. 25

Page 971

✨ Railway Traffic Statistics



APRIL 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 971

NELSON SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1929. 1928.
No. No.
1st Class.. .. .. 204 147
2nd Class .. .. .. 4,795 5,568
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 4,999 5,715
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. .. 217 207

Goods.—
No. No.
Cattle and Calves .. .. 59 53
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 5,788 2,759
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 5,847 2,812
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. .. 246 196
Goods .. .. .. 2,265 2,183
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 2,511 2,379
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 713 17 1 693 19 8
Parcels .. .. 165 5 4 164 0 4
Goods .. .. 1,621 3 4 1,389 11 7
Labour and demurrage .. 168 16 2 8 18 6
——— ———
Total .. .. £2,669 1 11 £2,256 10 1
——— ———

PICTON SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1929. 1928.
No. No.
1st Class.. .. .. 1,118 753
2nd Class .. .. .. 5,653 3,319
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 6,771 4,072
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. .. 116 143

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle and Calves .. .. 147 147
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 51,320 39,767
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 51,467 39,914
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. .. 45 52
Goods .. .. .. 4,247 4,815
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 4,292 4,867
——— ———

PICTON SECTION—continued.

REVENUE,—
1929. 1928.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 735 5 10 604 7 3
Parcels .. .. 150 0 11 167 5 1
Goods .. .. 3,029 3 1 2,898 0 10
Labour and demurrage .. 234 4 4 209 10 0
——— ———
Total .. .. £4,148 14 2 £3,879 3 2
——— ———

NON-OPERATING REVENUE.

    1. MISCELLANEOUS .. .. £23,169 0 8 £21,614 7 5
      ——— ———

SUBSIDIARY SERVICES.
LAKE WAKATIPU STEAMERS.

PASSENGERS,—
1929. 1928.
No. No.
1st Class.. .. .. 782 589
2nd Class .. .. .. 1,720 1,676
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 2,502 2,265
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. .. 2 4

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle and Calves .. .. 25 4
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 2,050 1,794
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 2,075 1,798
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. .. 155 84
Goods .. .. .. 696 390
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 851 474
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 439 5 4 422 16 1
Parcels .. .. 101 7 0 98 19 0
Goods .. .. 657 15 2 323 7 10
Labour and demurrage .. 1 18 10 0 12 8
——— ———
Total .. .. £1,200 6 4 £845 15 7
——— ———

    1. REFRESHMENT-ROOMS, £24,461 15 11 £19,581 14 8
      ADVERTISING, MOTOR
      SERVICE, AND OTHER
      SUBSIDIARY SERVICES
      DEPARTMENTAL DWELLINGS £8,173 13 6 £7,540 4 0
      ——— ———

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR, 1928–29.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON ALL SECTIONS from 1st April, 1928, to 2nd March, 1929.

All Sections. First-class Passengers. Second-class Passengers. Road Motor Services. Total. Season Tickets.
S. R. S. R.
1928–29 393,194 636,668 2,231,682 4,977,076 2,650,356
1927–28 449,372 675,770 2,402,295 5,072,994 687,117
Increase .. .. .. .. 1,963,239
Decrease 56,178 39,102 170,613 95,918 ..
All Sections. Cattle. Sheep and Pigs. Total. Timber. Other Goods. Total.
No. No. No. Tons. Tons. Tons.
1928–29 604,491 8,127,934 8,732,425 520,110 5,955,377 6,475,487
1927–28 421,116 7,833,816 8,254,932 525,664 5,742,374 6,268,038
Increase 183,375 294,118 477,493 .. 213,003 207,449
Decrease .. .. .. 5,554 .. ..


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