NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 686, 7 February 1881, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.

The traffic returns on the New. Zealand Railways ifrir the-four weeks ending 11th December, 1880, are.pub]i|hed,-andjhow the following r'esultß . - Corresponding ■ * ' ' '' r . four Weeks, • 1880 1879 £ & Whangarei- - Kamo : 138 3 0. ; Kaipara .. ' 472 8 6 . 458 1311 Auckland .. 4326 14 11 4526 8 4 Napier " .." 2678 7 4 2167 17 0 Wellington 2680 12 11 236414 9 "Wanganui ; 1 3036-16 '8 = . r; >•. - NewPlym'th 3036 16 3' 2836 Chrißtehuroh ■ '. 448 10 11 Dunedinand : InvercargiU 44514'17 2 40387 16 2 Greyinoiith ■-1068 3 5 v.'..711 12 6 Westport.. 1 , 459 19 6 ; ' 829 1« 2 Nelson .. 692. 5 1 . 642 15 1 Pictori' - ;. 1 >. 469 93 ": '380 J 17 8 ' £62,107 17 10- .£55,254 8 2 On the North Island aection, the total receipts'from' the' commencemont of the financial year to the .termination ,of .the four weekly period above noted (on 409 miles of line), were,were ;£114,901 9s, and expenditure for the corresponding period, £86,403 5s 6d; On the South Isltiricl aection," "the total rp.coipta' for the period 'name'd"(bn': 845 miles of line) amounted to £440j36512s 7d,andexpen« diture, £281,291 13s lid,' The grand totals being " 1254 miles ; receipts, £555,267 la 7d; expenditure; £367,694 19aod. v. . . The percentage of • expenditure to receipts on the various lines stands .thus Whangarei-Kamo, 49*07; Kaipara, 92.18 j Auckland,, 70.30; Napier, -69-06; Wellington, 89,22 ; Wanganui,- 69'51; New Plymouth, 88*84; Amberley-Kingston, 63'52 ;, Greymouthj'47.39 ; . Weitport, 107"49; Nelson,-79.-73; Picton, 84.15.