RETURN No. 5. Comparative Statement of Passenger and Goods Traffic for the Year ended 31st March, 1915.

H. Davidson, Chief Accountant,

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S j Passengers. Live-stock, Goods, &c. 0*~ ; Total i Total —— , 1 Sections. js £ i Season Parcels, I j _ . , I . m Tickets &c Dravs I Equivalent I c § First Class. Second Class. Total. « • Cattle. Calves. Sheep. Pigs. Total. Tonnage for Chaff, Lime, &c. Wool. Firewood. Timber. Grain. Merchandise. Minerals. Total. I? 88 ' ota ' •J 1 - | ' | j Live-stock, See. | Tonnage. Miles. Single. Return. Single. Return. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Tons c. q.j Tons e. q. Tons c. q. Tons c. q.| Tons c. q. Tons o. q. Tons c. q. Tjns c. q. Tons c. a. Tons c. q. Whangarei .. .. 74 16,776 9,576 72,258 82,986 181,596 898 12,905 21 2,967 368 11,338 307, 15,001 1,483 17 0 1,086 0 0 .. 2,712 0 0 43,980 16 0 5,137 6 0 8,489 13 0 130,550 1 0 191,955 16 0 193,439 13 0 Kaihu .. .. 20 649 1,604 13,990 18,222 34,465 8 • 7,951 13 38 21 36 108 21 13 0 42 0 0 57 12 0 300 0 0 11,478 8 0 700 7 0 1,581 7 0 960 15 0 15,li0 9 0 15,142 2 0 Gisborne .. _ .. 44 8,342 6,146 34,793 41,836 91,117 129 8,297 46 514 56 138,246 481 139,343 6,746 4 0 1,782 0 0 2,407 4 0 2,9.0 0 o! 9,255 6 0 3,663 1 0 2,897 3 0 15,797 3 0 38,711 17 0 44,458 1 0 North Island Main Lines 1,101 240,066 709,1241,586,667 5,002,076: 7,537,933192,477 703,695 1,601 189,605 33,682 3,584,496 119,062 3,928,446 213,828 4 0 79,370 0 0 43,021 0 0 65,068 0 0 269,871 6 0 344,519 9 0 358,026 1 0 696,802 7 0 1,856,678 3 02,070,506 7 0 and Branches i ! South Island Main Lines 1,404 175,181 699,660 851,791 3,217,734 4,944,366100,547 688,913 1,295 76,183 6,098 3,036,355 42,461 3,162,392 149,499 7 0 105,386 0 0 112,480 0 0 29,434 0 0 166,774 4 0 708,875 15 0 449,503 8 0 797,539 18 0 2,369,993 5 02,519,492 12 0 and Branches Westland .. .. 157 14,181 29,836 111,592 240,814 396,423 6,249 34,062 44 3,114 192 25,425 80 28,855 2,089 17 0 1,828 0 0 307 0 0 7,612 0 0 113,561 12 0 10,316 16 0 18,369 11 0 523,197 3 0 675,192 2 0 677,281 19 0 Westport .. .. 36 475 2,326 26,279 65,512 94,592 894 7,613 19 44 74 3,536 120 3,793 174 1 0 856 0 0 0 16 0 5,814 0 0 1,664 2 0 2,976 9 0 3,909 9 0 798,830 5 0 814,051 1 0 814,225 2 0 Nelson .. 61 2,428 6,850 38,183 75,492 122,953 1,310 7,983 21 365 44 19,651 41 20,122 922 11 0 2,716 0 0 707 16 0 4,542 0 0 3,213 8 0 8,776 7 0 8,403 3 0 12,128 0 0 40,486 14 0 41,409 5 0 Pioton .. .. 48 7,938 25,260 27,615 76,158 136,971 391 7,983 25 472 197 87,262 603 88,559 3,693 19 0 25,542 0 0 2,426 16 0 1,068 0 0 1,702 7 0 16,457 5 0 8,933 9 0 10,634 2 0 66,763 19 0 70 457 18 0 Lake Wdkatipu Steamers .. 1,655 12,148 3,095 8,458 25,356 9 6,575 5 141 44 16,961 .. 17,151 730 1 0 60 0 Oj 593 8 0 18 0 0 461 14 0 1,929 13 0 1,677 9 0 1,588 5 0 6,328 9 0 7,058 10 0 Totals.. .. 2,945 467,691 1,502,530 2,766,263 8,829,28813,565,772 302,9121,485,977 3,090 273,443 40,776 6,923,306 163,155 7,403,770 378,189 14 0 218,668 0 0 162,001 12 0 119,478 0 0 621,963 3 0 1,103,352 8 Oj 861,790 13 02,988,027 19 0 6,075,281 15 06,453,471 9 0 19X3—14- I I I Whangarei .. .. 58 16,435: 10,152 63,414 69,746 159,747 681 8,979 29 863 146 9,483 386 10,907 703 5 0 1,452 0 0 .. 2,202 0 0 45,500 18 0 6,597 4 0 8,220 1 0 103,980 17 0 167,953 0 0 168,656 5 0 Kaihu .. .. 17 414; 1,296 11,921 15,554 29,185 2 4,925 17 25 .. 281 30 353 29 2 0 588 0 0 61 0 0 462 0 0 9,1*8 8 0 896 9 0 1,558 0 0 645 1 0 13,358 18 0 13 388 0 0 Gisborne .. .. 32 7,571 6,346 34,469 44,512 92,898 97 8,980 38 565 39 111,776 608 113,026 4,704 10 0 1,500 0 0 2,181 4 0 2,634 0 0 7,011 12 0 3,649 1 0 2,929 14 0 18 843 6 0 38 748 17 0 43 453 7 0 North island Main Lines 1,092 250,408 715,0801,577,193 4,653,602 7,196,283 182,706 674,325 1,627 157,331 22,109 3,524,631 107,304 3,813,002 199,640 0 0 98,156 0 0| 41,770 4 0 65,910 0 0 301,401 4 0 348,328 3 0 364,106 11 0 652,945 10 0 1,872,617 12 0 2,072*257 12 0 and Branches South Island Main Lines 1,366 182,773 746,572 861,817 3,316,294 5,107,456 97,518 709,801 1,230 62,844 6,156 3,033,789 37,176 3,141,195 144,706 19 0 99,748 0 0 107,288 4 0 29,592 0 0 192,206 16 0 647,132 4 0 456,244 9 0 770,773 14 0 2,302,985 7 02,447,692 6 0 and Branches Westland .. .. 144 14,244 27,578 110,530 237,800 390,152 3,512 33,399 92 2,645 240 21,607 20 24,604 1,808 0 0 3,792 0 0 240 4 0 4,326 0 0 113,894 12 0 11,014 1 0 18,508 2 0 329,147 14 0 480 922 13 0 482 730 13 0 Westport .. .. 36 489 2,018 26,261 64,988 93,756 751 8,308 15 44 9 3,212 16 3,296 151 15 0 1,512 0 0 .. 5,896 0 0 1,675 10 0 3,162 11 0 4,627 16 0 653,422 0 0 <i7o'295 17 0 670 447 12 0 Nelson .. .. 61 2,552 7,294 39,552 72,552 121,950 1,345 7,875 8 219 66 17,152 122 17,567 771 19 0 2,352 0 0 712 0 0 4,174 0 0 4,034 16 0 9,187 13 0 8,804 11 0 10,994 18 0 40 259 18 0 41031 17 0 Picton .. .. 48 8,501 25,984 27,578 79,588 141,651 419 7,803 23 369 403 127,031 111 127,937 5,240 6 0 26,850 0 0 2,891 8 0 1,836 0 0 1,323 8 0 18,559 3 0 6,948 2 0 9,380 15 0 67 788 16 0 73 029 2 0 Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 1,904 11,346 3,149 6,416| 22,815 6 7,335 11 211 7 11,533 .. 11,762 537 3 Oi 30 0 II 564 12 0 6 0 0 660 16 0 1,868 2 0 1,798 17 0 1,480 10 0 17 0 0 0 Totals.. .. 2,854 485,291 1,553,666 2,755,884i 8,561,05213,355,893287,037 1,471,730 3,090 225,116 29,175 6,860,495 145,773 7,263,649 358,292 19 0 235,980 0 0 155,708 16 0 117,038 0 0 676,858 0 01,050,394 11 0 873,746 3 02,551614 5 0 5 661 339 15 06 019 632 14 0 ! 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Revenue. Mileage. Sections. I . > Pajlacngere. S«uon TiCeU. To*. Caching. Good.. HImUum* To,a! Good.. Train. "Sff" To,,!. Ballasting. 1914-15. £ 8. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ ». d. £ s. dJ £ a. d. No. No. No Whangarei .. .. 10,777 18 10 688 11 11 1,465 3 8 12,931 14 5 34,687 16 6 559 15 9 1,053 7 2 36,300 19 5 49,232 13 10 130,396 36 699 167 095 Kaihu .. .. 1,701 3 0 104 5 9 413 1 0 2,218 9 9 3,017 8 9 179 8 7 160 2 2 3,356 19 6 5,575 9 3 15 772 4 831 20*603 Gisborne .. .. 7,218 1 10 255 19 9 999 4 I 8,473 5 8 12,601 12 1 1,132 18 2 649 9 3 14,383 19 6 22,857 5 2 46'401 22*492 68*893 North Island Main Lines 791,727 15 9 99,758 14 8 126,108 16 6 1,017.595 6 11 1,086,357 3 10 22,586 7 4 40,130 4 6 1,149,073 15 8 2,166,669 2 7 5,369,691 1, and Branches South Island Main Lines 465,897 10 9 47,490 19 7 88,749 17 2 602,138 7 6 851,035 11 3 31,003 3 0 29,014 9 10 911,053 4 1 1,513,191 11 7 3,289,199 1,191,501 4,480,700 and Branches Westland .. .. 27,254 12 8 2,453 1 7 5,027 1 4 34,734 15 7 119,541 4 5 4,411 4 6 2,388 2 10 126,340 11 9 161,075 7 4 262 277 121 283 383 560 Westport .. .. 5,216 9 4 591 2 2 962 8 2 6,769 19 8 103,343 0 7 6,233 7 9 772 0 8 110,348 9 0 117,118 8 8 105 723 88*375 194*098 Nelson .. .. 7,722 13 9 929 0 11 1.591 9 7 10,243 4 3 18,333 16 0 1,643 12 3 1,257 0 2 21,234 8 5 31,477 12 8 81 050 15*083 9e'l33 Picton .. .. 8,776 9 1 446 15 7 1,373 6 6 10,596 11 2 17,887 4 6 1,890 3 9 1,034 8 3 20,811 16 6 31,408 7 8 82*911 41*915 1*4*826 Lake Wakatipu Steamers 2,939 16 0 431 0 0 831 0 7 4,201 16 7 2,593 16 9 5 17 10 49 10 9 2,649 5 4 6,851 111 Totals .. 1,329,232 11 0 153,149 11 11 227,521 8 7 1,709,903 11 6 2,249,398 14 8 69,645 18 11 76,508 15 7 2,395,553 9 2 4,105,457 0 8 9,383,420 3,263 167 12 646 587 19la _ 14 --================================= ======================== Whangarei .. .. 8,941 6 0 569 4 2 1,261 2 4 10,771 12 6 30,259 11 5 945 19 9 743 14 1 31,949 5 3 42,720 17 9 113 263 30 198 143 461 Kaihu .. .. 1,514 9 10 58 9 9 348 13 1 1,921 12 8 2,696 6 7 216 9 4 153 7 5 3,066 3 4 4,987 16 0 13 496 12*281 25*777 Gisborne .. .. 6,793 13 9 195 3 0 1,007 14 9 7.996 11 6 11,158 8 2 3,749 6 4 598 11 3 15,506 5 9 23,502 17 3 40*774 45*176 85*950 North Island Main Lines 769,988 8 4 95,764 13 10 129,385 6 1 995,138 8 3 1,098,213 3 3 26,309 11 4 38,439 10 7 1,162,962 5 2 2,158,100 13 5 5,338 432 1,7034 34 7.04M66 and Branches South Island Main Lines 461,985 5 7 49,397 13 8 95,187 4 1 606,570 3 4 841,935 0 1 27,149 16 3 27,970 14 11 897,055 11 3 1,503,625 14 7 3,307,786 1,221,442 4,529,228 and Branches Westland .. .. 25,748 16 3 2,147 15 10 4,890 18 2 32,787 10 3 96,803 16 7 5,314 18 4 2,207 17 1 104,326 12 0 137,114 2 3 242 189 121 633 363 822 Westport .. .. 5,228 14 9 524 18 0 953 15 8 6,707 8 5 88,766 9 0 6,065 13 10 785 5 0 95,617 7 10 102,324 16 3 96*933 86*886 183*819 Nelson .. .. 7,741 4 10 984 9 0 1,525 6 0 10,250 19 10 18,652 11 4 1.812 7 1 1,195 6 4 21,660 4 'J 31,911 4 7 83*738 13*626 97*364 Picton .. .. 9,133 7 0 506 16 7 1,350 10 1 10,990 13 8 18,286 14 7 2,173 16 7 798 11 3 * 21,259 2 5 32,249 16 1 82 957 50*929 133*886 Lake Wakatipu Steamers 2,854 0 11 401 0 0 850 18 9 4,105 19 8 2,625 8 1 12 14 6 45 10 0 2,683 12 7 6,789 12 3 Totals.. .. 1,299,929 7 3 150,550 3 10 236,761 9 0 1,687,241 0 1 2,209,397 9 1 73,750 13 4 72,938 7 11 2,356,086 10 4 4,043,327 10 5 9,319,268 3,285 305 12,604,573