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STATEMENT No. 19 Classification of Goods and Live-stock Traffic and Earnings by Commodities

STATEMENT No. 20 Statement showing Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Operating Revenue, and Operating Expenditure of New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1942, to 31st March, 1943 MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE

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Year ended 31st March, 1943. „ ... Tons Revenue. ommoc I y. Tonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average 7J ~ carried. of Gross. JOOO Haul. Tota] _ per Ion _ '' of Gross. Mile. Products of Agriculture Miles. £ £ s. d. d. Grain .. .. .. 304,916 3-43 17,453 57 173,721 2-12 0 11 5 2-39 Meals .. .. .. 121,802 1-37 7,761 64 80,640 0-98 0 13 3 2-49 Fruit and vegetables .. .. 86,689 0-98 15,827 183 133,490 1-63 1 10 10 2-02 Root crops and fodder .. 143,871 1-62 12,847 89 108,707 1-32 0 15 1 2-03 Flax, green and pressed .. 11,909 0-13 1,171 98 11,827 0-14 0 19 11 2-42 Seeds .. .. .. 26,749 0-30 1,923 72 22,808 0-28 0 17 1 2-85 695,936 7-83 56,982 82 531,193 6-47 0 15 3 2-24 Animals and other Products. Cattle, calves, horses .. .. 281,847 3-17 24,991 89 319,793 3-88 1 2 8 3-07 Sheep and pigs .. .. 570,204 6-42 40,720 71 584,596 7-12 1 0 6 3-45 Meat, fresh .. .. .. 49,392 0-56 8,044 163 108,047 1-32 2 3 9 3-22 Meat, chilled Meat, frozen .. .. .. 222,761 2-50 12,104 54 242,263 2-96 1 1 9 4-80 Butter .. .. .. 140,432 1-58 15,953 114 192,829 2-35 1 7 5 2-90 Cheese .. .. .. 115,183 1-30 7,141 62 117,904 1-44 1 0 6 3-96 Wool .. .. .. 222,239 2-50 14,228 64 267,245 3-26 1 4 0 4-51 Dairy by-products .. .. 32,436 0-36 2,517 78 36,015 0-44 1 2 2 3-43 Fat, hides, and skins .. .. 78,275 0-88 5,271 67 106,039 1-29 1 7 1 4-83 Fish .. .. .. 11,420 0-13 1,974 173 19,579 0-24 1 14 4 2-38 1,724,189 19-40 132,943 77 1,994,310 24-30 1 3 1 3-60 Products of Mines Agricultural lime .. .. 588,372 6-63 37,095 63 222,600 2-71 0 7 7 1-44 Coal, imported .. .. 6,147 0-07 142 23 2,295 0-03 0 7 6 3-88 Coal, New Zealand hard .. 972,251 10-94 52,325 54 396,589 4-83 0 8 2 1-82 Coal, New Zealand brown .. 1,070,440 12-04 131,386 123 758,197 9-24 0 14 2 1-38 Road-metal .. .. .. 31,842 0-36 1,102 35 10,921 0-13 0 6 10 2-38 Limeandcoke .. .. 59,016 0-66 4,254 72 36,704 0-45 0 12 5 2-07 2,728,068 30-70 226,304 83 1,427,306 17-39 0 10 6 1-51 Products of Forests Timber, imported .. .. 3,826 0-04 217 57 4,062 0-05 1 1 3 4-50 Timber, New Zealand .. .. 683,335 7-69 85,366 125 716,929 8-73 1 1 0 2-02 Firewood, posts, &c. .. .. 71,008 0-80 6,497 91 38,424 0-47 0 10 10 1-42 758,169 8-53 92,080 121 759,415 9-25 1 0 0 1-98 Manufactures, die. Benzine, gasoline, kerosene .. 180,229 2-03 13,530 75 282,640 3-44 1 11 4 5-01 Cement .. .. .. 111,511 1-25 1.8,819 169 163,149 1-99 1 9 3 2-08 Manure .. .. .. 561,104 6-32 52,229 93 372,602 4-54 0 13 3 1-71 852,844 9-60 84,578 99 818,391 9-97 0 19 2 2-32 Miscellaneous .. .. 2,127,883 23-94 188,492 89 2,677,220 32-62 1 5 2 3-41 Totals •• 8,887,089 100-00 781,379 88 8,207,835 100-00 0 18 6 2-52

Sfear. Miles. Capital Cost. 6 " Passenger Passenger Coaching Cattle I S hee P and Timber (Jievenue.) Journeys. Eevenue. Revenue. and Calves. Pigs. ximDer. No. £ No. No. £ £ No. No. Tons. 1941-1942 .. 3,390 62,407,901 13,978,901 28,610,945 2,658,778 325,897 1,219,608 12,338,568 581,056 1942-1943 3,460 66,189,962 15,139,882 36,133,268 3,710,509 397,142 1,389,876 14,101,744 687,158 Miscellaneous Revenue per Year. Goods. Total. Goods Itevenue. Revenue, Labour, Total Revenue. Revenue Demurrage, Ac. Train-mile. Tons. Tons. £ £ £ d 1941-1942.. .. 7,153,594 7,734,650 7,174,060 225,145 10,383,880 178-28 1942-1943 .. .. 7,347,888 8,035,046 8,044,563 262,866 12,415,080 196-81

Maintenance of Way and Works. Maintenance of Signals and Maintenance of Locomotives, Electrical Appliances. Carriages, and Wagons. Year. 1 Per Cent. Per Mile Per Cent. Per Mile Per Cent. Per Amount. of of Amount. of of Amount. of TrainRevenue. ltailway. Revenue. Hallway. Revenue. mile. £ £ £ £ £ d 1941-1942 .. .. 1,615,382 15-56 476-51 238,169 2-29 70-26 2,211,476 21-30 37 07 1942-1943 ■■ ■■ 1,829,311 14-73 537-56 271,499 2-19 79-78 2,380,260 19-17 37.73 Locomotive Transportation. Traffic Transportation. General Charges. Expend! tare " E^Pendiyear. I _ _ Total per ture I Per „ Per » Per p er Expenditure. Revenue „ P° r . Amount. o( ■ Train- Amount. Ce 0 f Train- Amount. Ce Q f Train- Train- CentoI | Revenue. 1 • Revenue. • Revenue. mlle - £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d 1941-1942 .. 2,113,918 20-36 36-29 2,479,852 23-88 42-58 243,795 2-35 4-19 8 902 592 152-85 85 71 1942-1943 . ■ 2,430,347 19-58 38-53 2,862,653 23-06 45-38 245,589 1-98 3-89 10,' 158-83 80-71