RAILWAYS STATEMENT (BY THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, HON. R. SEMPLE)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1946 Session I, D-02

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1946 NEW ZEALAND

RAILWAYS STATEMENT (BY THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, HON. R. SEMPLE)

Mr. Speaker,— This is the sixth Kailways Statement it has been my pleasure to present, but it is the first Statement I have been able to present in time of peace. During the war years the railways performed splendid work under great difficulties, and although these difficulties have not by any means disappeared, the railways are making as valuable a contribution to post-war re-establishment as they did to the war effort, and I am confident that they will continue to do so. FINANCIAL The financial results were a good deal better than was anticipated. The gross revenue for the year was £15,444,847, which establishes a new record for railway gross revenue. The previous record figure was established in the year 1943-44, and this year's total exceeded that record by £119,541. The increase over last year's figure was £985,097, or 6-81 per cent. Increased revenue was received from both passenger traffic (both rail and road) and from goods traffic. On the passenger side, although there was a decrease in ordinary rail passenger journeys due to the closing of military establishments and the easing of petrol restrictions, this decrease was in short-distance traffic, and was more than counterbalanced by an increase in receipts from journeys on furlough passes and from long-distance civilian traffic. For the year the receipts from military passenger traffic constituted 34-59 per cent, of the total rail passenger revenue.

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Passenger revenue from road operations increased substantially, due to the reinstatement of services curtailed for war reasons and the establishment of new services. In the case of goods traffic there was a substantial decline in military freight, but this was more than offset by other increases, and both the goods revenue and tonnage constituted new records. The handling of a record goods tonnage and a number of passenger journeys well above the pre-war years must be considered an outstanding performance when regard is had to the various operating difficulties beyond the control of the Department. Expenditure for the twelve months amounted to £14,384,844, an increase of £1,124,567, or 8-48 per cent., over last year's figure. The increase is due in the main to two factors : firstly the cost of implementing the decisions of the Government Railways Industrial Tribunal, and secondly to the provision of reserves for deferred maintenance and track renewals. As to the first, the decisions of the Tribunal are estimated to have increased expenditure by £304,500 for the twelve months under review. As to the second, the position regarding deferred maintenance was that a sum of £410,500 was set aside in the year 1943-44. At the end of the year 1944-45 the position was considered, and it was found that arrears of maintenance overtaken had been balanced by other work deferred. The matter was again considered this year, and it was found that it had been impossible to overtake arrears, and that further maintenance work which would ordinarily have been carried out during the year had been deferred. Provision of a further sum of £246,000 was made to meet this position. This amount is credited to the General Reserve. A further item of increase in expenditure is the increased contribution to the reserve for track renewals of £241,989. The rate of annual contribution to this reserve had remained unchanged since 1931, and increased provision was necessary to meet the rising level of wages and materials, the provision of heavier rails, and the additional mileage of track now operated. The net revenue of £1,060,003 shows a decrease of £139,470, or 11-63 per cent., compared with 1944r-45, the net return on average capital being 1*47 per cent., compared with 1-69 per cent. COAL POSITION The coal-supply has continued to be a source of constant difficulty throughout the year, and restrictions on passenger services have had to be maintained. The total quantity of coal consumed increased from 576,926 tons to 610,086 tons, although over 80 per cent, of the increase was in soft coal. Arising out of the difficult position regarding coal-supplies, investigation has been made into the possibilities of the use of oil fuel for locomotives. From the operating viewpoint there is no doubt that the present fuel cost per locomotive mile of an oilburning locomotive would be in excess of that for a coal-burning locomotive. However, arrangements have been made for two locomotives to be converted for test purposes, and these should be ready for operation at about the end of the year.

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ROLLING-STOCK Programmes for the building of locomotives and rolling-stock of all types have, of course, been seriously interrupted during the war years. The interruption has been felt very keenly in the case of open-type La wagons. During the years 1942 to 1945. inclusive there would have been constructed in normal times an average of 700 La\ wagons per annum, while actually none were constructed during the years 1942 to> 1944, and only 130 in 1945. In recent years there has been an appreciable increase in the mileage of track open, bringing new business and tending to increase the length, of haul of goods, particularly bulk lines such as lime and manure. The railway workshops will be fully occupied for a considerable time with outstanding; orders for locomotives, carriages, and wagons of various types, and in order to cope particularly with the increased lime traffic and the increase which will take place in manure traffic it is essential that an increase in the La type wagon should be made at the earliest possible moment. Tenders have accordingly been called overseas, and orders for 3,000 La type wagons placed with British firms. The wagons will be shipped in an unassembled state and will be assembled here in New Zealand. The first batch of wagons should reach New Zealand about February, 1947, and the complete order should be received by August, 1947. POST-WAR DEVELOPMENTS During the year a number of reports on projects mentioned in last year's review have been completed and considered by the Government. Action on these reports is being correlated with and included in the planning of regional development by the Ministry of Works. The actual progress of work on the projects will depend upon their order of priority in relation to supply of man-power, materials, and finance. In the case of the Hutt Valley electrification, the supply of materials from overseas is a matter of difficulty and uncertainty, and it was considered that the only satisfactory method of overcoming the difficulties lay in personal contact. Mr. F. W. Aickin, Staff Superintendent and Chief Legal Adviser, and Mr. P. R. Angus, Chief Mechanical Engineer, therefore proceeded to Great Britain, and have now successfully completed negotiations for the manufacture and supply of the necessary electric locomotives, multiple-unit stock, &c. The Auckland suburban electrification also raises difficult problems, particularly as the project envisages the first underground railway in this country. The Chief Engineer (Civil), Mr. H. C. Lusty, has therefore proceeded overseas to investigate the problems entailed in underground operation and to obtain first-hand information on the latest developments in underground station layout and allied problems. PROSPECTS The year 1947 will be the first full peacetime year for six years. During that time, principally due to wartime influences, gross revenue has expanded enormously, the revenue for 1946 exceeding that earned in 1939 by £6,099,460, or 65-27 per cent. With the return of normal conditions—which still seem some distance away—a shrinkage

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must be expected in railway revenue. On present indications, apart from a decrease which must occur during 1947 in Army fares (particularly furlough passes) and freights, there are grounds for the anticipation of a high volume of traffic during the current financial year. Thus it is hoped that a substantial portion of the anticipated loss in Armed Services' receipts will be made good from other sources. ' Expenditure, however, is expected to increase, mainly due to the granting of additional concessions to employees, with contributory causes in higher costs of materials and stores and higher superannuation subsidy. The net result is that it is anticipated that revenue will no more than meet expenditure, and the question immediately arises as to whether or not rates and fares should be increased to meet the interest bill. This problem has been given full consideration, having special regard to the present-day situation and the need to avoid inflation. Any such increase would have a widespread effect and a tendency to " snowball," resulting in an increase in costs of production and in retail prices. Having regard to all the factors involved, it is considered that the interest bill should at the present time be met from the Consolidated Fund rather than by an increase in rates and fares. CONCLUSION Now that the war is over, the record would not be complete without a final word of appreciation. The railways have, ever since their inception, been of paramount importance to New Zealand, but never more so than during the past six years. To the railways —and in that word I include all the men and women who work on the railways and who went from the railways to the Armed Forces, some of them there to give their fives—l want to pay, on behalf of the Government and the people of New Zealand, a sincere tribute for their loyal service to this country.

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RESULTS OF WORKING The following is a statement of the results of working for the past five years :—•

For the current year it is anticipated that the revenue will reach £15,268,000 and the expenditure £15,267,000.

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Particulars. Year ended 31st March, 1946. 1945. 1944. 1943. 1942. Total miles open for traffic Average miles open for year .. 3,528 3,511 3,504 3,504 3,504 3,469 3,460 3,403 3,390 3,390 Capital cost of opened and unopened lines •Capital cost of open lines Capital cost per mile of open lines £76,012,797 £74,466,731 £21,107 £74,874,045 £71,353,574 £20,364 £74,289,351 £70,999,125 £20,262 £73,951,515 £68,685,063 £19,851 £73,723,223 £64,904,020 £19,146 Gross earnings Working-expenses NET EARNINGS £15,444,847 £14,384,844 £1,060,003 £14,459,750 £13,260,277 £1,199,473 £15,325,306 £12,757,336 £2,567,970 £14,128,993 £11,302,413 £2,826,580 £11,938,338 £10,056,034 £1,882,304 Interest charges £2,889,195 £2,842,399 £2,765,724 £2,622,713 £2,756,146 PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL WORKING - EXPENSES TO GROSS EARNINGS 93-14 91-71 83-24 79-99 84-23 PERCENTAGE OF NET EARNINGS TO AVERAGE CAPITAL INVESTED IN OPEN LINES 1-47 1-69 3-71 4-31 2-90 Railway operating earnings .. Railway operating expenses .. NET RAILWAY OPERATING EARNINGS PERCENTAGE OF RAILWAY OPERATING EXPENSES TO EARNINGS £13,104,587 £12,549,724 £554,863 95-77 £12,448,307 £11,696,895 £751,412 93-96 £13,464,979 £11,365,917 £2,099,062 84-41 £12,415,080 £10,019,659 £2,395,421 80-71 £10,383,880 £8,902,592 £1,481,288 85-73 Operating earnings per average mile open Operating expenses per average mile open NET OPERATING EARNINGS PER AVERAGE MILE OPEN £3,732 £3,574 £158 £3,552 £3,338 £214 £3,881 £3,276 £605 £3,648 £2,944 £704 £3,063 £2,626 £437 Operating earnings per revenue train-mile Operating expenses per revenue train-mile NET OPERATING EARNINGS PER TRAIN-MILE d. 233-76 223-86 9-90 d. 233-36 219-27 14-09 d. 210-82 177-95 32-87 d. 196-81 158-83 37-98 d. 178-28 152-85 25-43 Passengers, ordinary.. Season tickets Total passenger journeys Goods tonnage Live-stock tonnage Train-mileage (revenue) Engine-mileage 13,553,083 1,369,572 32,417,675 8,388,191 822,275 13,454,508 18,855,174 13,629,523 1,394,817 32,994,529 8,177,551 776,688 12,802,536 18,168,727 18,317,323 1,518,045 38,611,267 8,233,489 793,137 15,328,987 21,095,680 17,171,214 1,377,825 36,133,268 8,035,046 ' 852,043 15,139,882 20,736,574 11,105,627 1,167,115 28,610,945 7,734,650 739,115 13,978,961 19,147,871

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS New Zealand Government Railways Department, Head Office, Wellington, 18th September, 1946. The Hon. the Minister of Railways. Sir, — I have the honour- to submit my annual report on the working of the New Zealand Railways for the financial year ended 31st March, 1946.

WORKING RESULT (Whole Undertaking)

Revenue. —The gross revenue established a new record, exceeding the previous record year, 1943-44, by £119,541. The increase over last year's figure is highly satisfactory, especially having regard to the fact that services continued to be restricted owing to the limited supplies of coal. Expenditure.—The increased expenditure was due principally to the following factors : (1) An increase of £459,924 in the wages bill consequent upon increased traffic and the decisions of the Government Railways Industrial Tribunal giving higher rates and improved conditions of employment. The cost of giving effect to the decisions made during the year is estimated at £82,500, while a number of major increases were in force for the whole of the year under review but for part only of the previous year. (2) An increase of £209,056 in the cost of stores and materials used (including coal). (3) An increase in contributions to the Track Renewals Fund of £241,989, necessary because of the rising costs, in labour and materials, of relaying. (4) Provision of £246,000 for deferred maintenance. In March, 1945, the position regarding deferred work was considered and found to be approximately the same as at the close of the previous financial year, the arrears undertaken being counterbalanced by other work deferred.

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1946. I 1945. Variation, 1946 with 1945. Per Cent. Revenue £15,444,847 £14,459,750 +£985,097 6-81 Expenditure £14,384,844 £13,260,277 +£1,124,567 8-48 Net revenue £1,060,003 £1,199,473 -£139,470 11-63 Return on average capital 1-47 1-69 -0-22 13 02 invested in open lines, per cent. Interest charges £2,889,195 £2,842,399 +£46,796 1-65 Excess of interest charges £1,829,192 £1,642,926 +£186,266 11-34 over net revenue

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The matter was again considered this year and it was found that not only had it been impossible to overtake any arrears, but that further maintenance, which would ordinarily have been carried out during the year, had been deferred, and the provision of £246,000 is to meet this position. Details of the Renewals, &c., Accounts are set out in Statement No. 13. The ratio of operating expenditure to operating revenue was 95-77, compared with 93-96 for the year 1944-45. Net Revenue. —Prior to arriving at the net revenue, provision was made for deferred maintenance, and the sum of £1,804,864 was set aside from the revenue account for depreciation, renewals and other reserves, and superannuation and sick-benefit subsidies. MILEAGE OF LINES OPEN FOR TRAFFIC The mileage of lines open for traffic at 31st March, 1946, was 3,527 miles 63 chains, being an increase of 23 miles 62 chains oven the figure for the preceding year. The increased mileage is due to the Railways Department taking over the final section of the South Island Main Trunk Railway between Hundalee and Kaikoura on 15th December, 1945, and to the commencement, on 7th January, 1946, of operations over a distance of 1 mile 36 chains from Waterloo to Naenae. Details of mileage alterations during the year are as follows : M. ch. Mileage of lines open for traffic, 31st March, 1945 .. .. 3,504 1 Mileage opened for traffic during 1945-46 — M. ch. Hundalee—Kaikoura .. .. .. .. 23 30 Waterloo —Naenae .. .. .. 1 36 24 66 Less main line and branch adjustments .. 1 4 23 62 Mileage of lines open for traffic, 31st March, 1946 .. .. 3,527 63 CAPITAL ACCOUNT On 31st March, 1946, the capital invested in lines open for traffic and subsidiary services was £74,466,731. This represents an increase of £3,113,157 as compared with the previous year. OPERATING REVENUE Details of the operating revenue under the main headings, with comparisons with the previous year's figures, are set out in Statement No. 3. Passenger revenue (ordinary) increased by £420,174, or 13-33 per cent., whilst the number of passenger journeys (ordinary) fell from 13,629,523 to 13,553,083, a decrease of 76,440, or 0-56 per cent. The reasons for these variations are principally an increase in receipts from furlough passes, coupled with a decrease in short-distance military traffic, and full patronage of long-distance services generally, coupled with a decrease in short-distance traffic since the improvement in the supply of petrol. Passenger journeys on season tickets declined from 19,365,006 to 18,864,592, a decrease of 500,414, or 2-58 per cent. The revenue shows a corresponding decrease of £12,118, or 3-44 per cent. The decreases are due mainly to the relaxation of petrol restrictions.

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Parcels, luggage, and mails have all shown increases for the year, the total increase being £15,598, or 3*79 per cent. On the goods side, new records were set this year both in tonnage and revenue'. Compared with last year the revenue increased by £254,586 (3-08 per cent.), while the tonnage increased from 8,954,239 to 9,210,466 —i.e., by 256,227 tons, or 2-86 per cent. The average haul remained the same at 91 miles, and the net ton miles set a new record of 842,541,507. The commodities showing the greatest increases were live-stock, manures, grain, wool, and coal. During the early part of the year military freights continued to account for a considerable proportion of the traffic, but this has gradually been replaced by a flow of peacetime goods, and, particularly towards the end of the year, heavy railings of export produce were made consequent upon increased availability of shipping. EXPENDITURE Details of operating expenditure divided into maintenance, transportation, &c., are also set out in Statement No. 3. The following table sets out a division of the total expenditure, with comparisons with the figures for 1944-45 :

Under the headings of " Depreciation " and " Miscellaneous " are included the increased contributions to the Track Renewals Fund and provision for deferred maintenance, already referred to. Under the heading of " Wages " it is of interest to note that the man-hours increased by 917,770, or I*B7 per cent., while the average rate per hour of wages charged to working-expenses increased by l-46d. per hour, or 3-59 per cent. On the basis of this hourly increase, the additional cost of higher rates of pay and improved conditions amounts to approximately £304,500, and the additional cost of man-hours to handle the increased traffic amounts to approximately £155,424. The average rates per hour for all salaries and wages—i.e., including capital works — over the past eight years are as follows : Year. d. Year. d. 1938-39 .. .. .. 31-21 1942-43 .. .. 35-73-1939-40 .. .. .. 31-36 1943-44 .. .. 36-92 1940-41 .. .. .. 32-18 1944-45 .. .. 40-56 1941-42 .. .. .32-74 1945-46 .. .. 42-04 The expenditure on coal increased by 8-36 per cent, and the tonnage consumed increased by 5-75 per cent. The average cost per ton of all coal consumed rose from £1 10s. 3d. to £1 10s. lid., despite the fact that the ratio of soft and unscreened coal consumed increased from 64-37 per cent, to 65-59 per cent.

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— 1946. i 1945. Variation. Wages Coal Stores and material Depreciation Miscellaneous £ 8,758,744 945,116 2,045,718 1,409,032 1,226,234 £ 8,298,820 872,178 1,909,600 1,119,533 1,060,146 £ +459,924 + 72,938 + 136,118 +289,499 + 166,088 Per Cent. 5-54 8-36 7-13 25-86 15-67 Totals 14,384,844 13,260,277 + 1,124,567 8-48

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An indication of the increases in the costs of stores and materials is given by the following table of the comparative costs, pre-war, and present day, of a few of the •commodities used by the Department :

The prices of many other commodities are not comparable, as supplies cannot now be obtained from the previous source. SUBSIDIARY SERVICES Particulars of revenue, expenditure, and net revenue for the various subsidiary services are set out in Statement No. 9a, and the following table shows the variations in revenue and expenditure with last year :

The variations on the expenditure side reflect generally the rising costs of wages and materials. The most pronounced increase on the revenue side is in the road motor services. Since the relaxation of wartime controls, services have been reinstated and expanded. New services have also been inaugurated and some purchased from private operators.

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Commodity. 1939. 1946. £ s. d. £ s. d. Axles, steel (each) 5 13 8 9 13 2 Axles, steel (each) .. ... .. .. 8 12 0 10 3 8 Brake-hoses (imported), (each) 0 2 7 0 5 10£ Brake-hoses (New Zealand), (each) 0 12 2 Tarpaulin canvas (per yard) .. .. 0 2 5J 0 7 10 Cotton-waste (per hundredweight) 2 8 8 4 18 4 Copper ingot (per ton) 72 10 0 93 11 6 Iron, pig (per ton) 5 14 0 7 13 0 Oils (per gallon)— Axle 0 0 11J 0 1 11 Bearing 0 2 10l 0 4 0 Cylinder 0 2 4| 0 3 7 Springs, steel coil (each) 0 7 9 0 11 1 Hose, steam-heating (each) .. <. 0 4 11 0 13 6 Boiler-tubes (each) 0 14 8 0 19 1£ Sleepers, hardwood (each) 0 5 11 0 12 8

Revenue. Expenditure. • Amount, 1946. | Variation, 1946 with 1945. i 1 1 Amount, ! 1946. Variation, 1946 with 1945. Lake Wakatipu steamers .. Refreshment service Bookstall service Advertising service Dwellings Other buildings .. Road motor service Miscellaneous revenue (nonoperating) £ 10,671 366,148 183,827 40,304 158,266 48,003 1,098,944 434,097 £ + 1,475 + 24,619 - 7,430 + 4,941 + 471 + 2,686 + 278,922 + 23,133 Per Cent. 16-04 7-21 3-88 13-97 0-30 5-93 34-01 5-63 £ 19,527 339,126 179,803 32,758 270,998 33,821 959,087 £ + 5,491 + 14,192 - 7,007 + 2,698 + 33,179 + 2,988 +220,197 Per Cent. 39-12 4-37 3-75 8-98 13-95 9-69 29-80 Totals 2,340,260 + 328,817 16-35 1,835,120 +271,738 17-38

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COAL POSITION

The coal position throughout the year continued to be a source of constant anxiety, despite the reductions in train services. The following table shows the consumption and stocks of locomotive coal during the past eight years :

At the time of writing the stocks amount to 8,316 tons, but during the month of June, 1946, they fell below 3,000 tons, and further cuts upon the already restricted time-table had to be imposed on 21st June. Apart from the loss of revenue on the regular train services, the coal shortage has meant that the railways have been unable to cater with special trains for special events such as football tours, Ranfurly Shield matches, show weeks, and the like. In pre-war years these special events, together with Sunday trains, have provided a good source of revenue at little additional expense. The following table shows for the same years the consumption of coal from the point of view of efficiency and economy :

It will be noted that the efficiency figures continue to correlate closely with the proportion of soft coal used. .REHABILITATION Approximately 7,600 railwaytaen have been released from the Armed Services, and of this number 700 are not now in railway employment, thus leaving 6,900 to be rehabilitated. A Railway Rehabilitation Officer has operated at headquarters during the year, and District Rehabilitation Officers have also been appointed for all branches. These officers work in close collaboration with the Rehabilitation Department. Through them contact is made with returned men and arrangements made for satisfactory placement and subsequent follow-up.

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Coal Consumption. Year ended 31st March, Coal Stocks. Hard. Soft. | Total. Tons. Tons. ! Tons. Tons. 1939 284,295 200,128 484,423 93,046 1940 301,512 190,944 492,456 53,570 1941 298,465 230,087 528,552 76,109 1942 307,948 229,784 537,732 73,332 1943 333,773 278,068 611,841 65,087 1944 284,688 349,319 634,007 20,817 1945 205,577 371,349 576,926 20,954 1946 209,943 400,143 610,086 11,841

Year ended 31st March, Steam-engine Miles (000's). Pounds per Engine-mile. Steam Gross Ton-miles (000's). Pounds per 1,000 Gross Ton-miles. Percentage of Soft Coal used. 1939.. 16,978 64 2,767,240 392 41 1940.. 17,069 65 2,828,326 390 39 1941 17,072 69 2,991,761 396 44 1942.. 17,368 69 3,078,801 391 43 1943.. 18,840 73 3,467,082 395 45 1944.. 18,955 75 3,562,997 399 55 1945.. 16,087 80 3,117,337 415 64 1946.. 16,804 81 3,281,499 416 66

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The policy generally adhered to has been to meet the wishes of the men so far as work and locality are concerned, having regard to any new trade or knowledge acquired whilst in the Armed Forces. While in the Armed Forces railway employees have, of course, like other Government employees, had their rights of status and increments retained. Where increments have depended upon the passing of examinations, the increments have been granted and the employee given three years from the date of resumption of duty in which to pass the examination. In the case of the First Division examinations for which correspondence courses are available, employees who complete the correspondence course satisfactorily within the time limit are accredited with a pass. Apart from these general matters, have been the problems of rehabilitation of health, the placement of. men unfit for ordinary duties, and professional and trade training. Leave without pay is available to returned men to enable them to settle down generally, and may be used in the case of men who have not resumed duty, to try out other work, and in other cases to rehabilitate their health or to undertake educational or trade training. In the case of men obtaining rehabilitation bursaries or desiring to take up studies, the Railways Department arranges placement favourable to attendance at lectures, and grants leave full time without pay for the duration of the bursary, part time with pay for lectures, or part time with pay where no lectures are taken—e.g., correspondence study. Trade-training schemes are governed by the Director of Rehabilitation, and the Railways Department acts in close co-operation with him. The number of men in training at the various workshops and other places and in the various trades is 250, with approximately the same number of applications under consideration. One of the principal problems of rehabilitation is the placement of men who have, through war service, been rendered unfit for their ordinary work. Quite frequently returned men, upon examination by the Railway medical officers, prove to be below the usual standard, but except in extreme cases they may resume work if they so desire. They are placed according to work capacity in positions which are either available or are created for them. Every possible endeavour is made to avoid placement in " dead-end " jobs. After placement, the health and work of these men are watched by the District Railway Rehabilitation Officers to ensure that their general working conditions remain favourable and that they are not lost sight of after being absorbed into the normal work structure. A number of Division II men unfit for their ordinary work have been trained in Division I duties and 26 have been transferred to Division I, while another 16 are at present in training for clerical work. The general policy is, of course, to ensure, so far as it is humanly possible to do so, that no man shall lose by reason of his war service. CO-ORDINATION OF ROAD AND RAIL In 1937 the Government policy of co-ordination of long-distance rail and road goods services was introduced, and since then the Railways Department has acquired a number of road motor goods service licenses extending over practically all the main routes paralleling rail.

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When the road services were first purchased it was not possible to make immediate radical changes in methods of operation, and later the process of coordination of rail and road route services was interrupted by the outbreak of war. It is felt, however, that the time is now opportune for co-ordination to be implemented,, and a study has been made with a view to determining the best method of' operation. An analysis of the traffic handled by rail revealed that considerable railway operating economies and an improved service to the public were possible if road services operating auxiliary to rail were instituted for the purpose of conveying the following classes of traffic : (1) Small consignments providing less than a reasonable railway wagon load,. direct from one railway-station to another, (2) Small consignments bulk loaded by rail to selected distribution points for distribution by road to destination railway-station instead of being railed " tranship at " various intermediate stations. (3) Short-haul traffic from railway-station to railway-station where the wagonuser time is excessive in relation to the distance the goods are transported, (4) Special consignments such as urgent perishable or fragile goods, direct byroad. An experimental service on these lines was first tried out between Wellington and Palmerston North, and the service proved very successful. The advantages were — (i) A substantial number of railway wagons were released from small consignment and tranship work and made available for bulk loading. (ii) A faster service was provided for small consignments at present loaded " tranship." (iii) Reduction of tranship work relieved congestion at Palmerston North goods-shed, (iv) A noticeable improvement in timekeeping of trains due to elimination of the necessity to shunt wayside stations to lift or put off small consignments, (v) The fast transport provided by the Auckland-Wellington express goods-trains-was extended to small centres. (vi) The existing co-ordination between rail and local carriers is not being disturbed. In view of the success of this first application of the co-ordination principle it is proposed, as and when suitable road service vehicles become available, to inaugurate similar co-ordinated road services over the other routes covered by the Department's present licenses. STAFF A summary of the staff position, compared with the previous year's figures, is given in the following table (the figures do not include railway employees serving in the Armed Forces): —

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— 1946. 1945. Variation, 1946 with 1945. . Total staff as at 31st March— Permanent Temporary 15,786 9,809 13,649 9,983 + 2,137 - 174 Totals 25,595 23,632 + 1,963 Average staff throughout the year 24,329 24,002 + 327

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During the year the Department's staff was augmented by the release of a number of employees from the Armed Forces, and the increase in the total staff employed, as compared with the previous year, is due chiefly to this factor. The number of men who up to 31st March, 1946, had not returned to railway duty was 1,751, a reduction of 3,070 on the number serving in the Armed Forces at the commencement of the year. It is with mingled feelings of pride and regret that I record that during the war 361 of the Department's employees made the supreme sacrifice, while 25 employees are still posted as missing. The additions accruing from the return of employees from the Armed Forces were to some extent offset by the lifting of man-power controls and the general demand for labour, which, as in the case of other industries, has resulted in the loss of a number of employees. With a view to counteracting these effects a recruiting campaign was inaugurated, aimed particularly at building up the traffic and locomotive operating staffs, where the greater difficulty is found in regulating the hours of duty. In these circumstances the turnover of staff during the year has exceeded that normally experienced. Appointments to the permanent staff numbered 530, while 314 retired on superannuation, 642 resigned, 42 died, and 39 were dismissed or paid off. One hundred and fourteen members of the Second Division were promoted to the First Division. A total of £73,817 was paid under the Workers' Compensation Act during the year in respect of employees suffering injury in the course of their employment. During the year the Government Railways Industrial Tribunal.heard and adjudicated on some 70 claims presented by the railway service organizations. Arising out of these claims, 41 orders, in most cases operating from 14th October, 1945, were made by the Tribunal. The orders affect the classification of various groups of Second Division employees, and provide for the payment of various allowances and for a number of alterations in conditions of service. CONCLUSION Now that the successful termination of the world-wide conflict has been achieved, I take pleasure in welcoming back to the railways those who have been serving with the Armed Forces and in paying to them, and to those who gave their lives, tribute for their great services to New Zealand. To those also whose duty lay in continuing with their ordinary work, great credit is due for the manner in which they have successfully met every emergency and for their loyal co-operation in time of extreme need. General Manager.

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Note.—Unopened lines are tinder the control of the Public Works Department, and all expenditure out of the Public Works Account in connection therewith is included in the accounts of that Department.

STATEMENT No. 1 Capital Account as at 31st March, 1946

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— Total to 31st March, 1945. Year ended 31st March, 1946. Total to 31st March, 1946. Total to 31st March, 1945. Year ended 31st March, 1946. Total to 31st March, 1946. Expenditure Permanent-wav —Works, buildings, machinery, plant, and dwellings Rolling-stock, lake steamers, and road motors Lines closed for traffic Deduct accrued depreciation on existing assets Add unexpended balances as per Depreciation Account £ 63,850,273 16,180,807 130,249 £ 2,877,267 250,269 111,574 £ 66,727,540 16,431,076 241,823 Receipts Capital included in public debt .. Other capital Deduct accrued depreciation and other losses of capital written off in accordance with subsection (2), section 23, of the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1931 Outstanding liabilities £ 72,719,672 9,033,902 £ 3,113,146 £ 75,832,818 9,033,902 81,753,574 10,400,000 3,113,146 84,866,720 10,400,000 80,161,329 10,666,519 3,239,110 522,523 83,400,439 11,189,042 69,494,810 1,858,764 2,716,587 396,570 72,211,397 2,255,334 71,353,574 3,113,146 11 74,466,720 11 71,353,574 3,113,157 74,466,731 71,353,574 3,113,157 74,466,731

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STATEMENT No. I —continued General Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1946 Liabilities £ Assets £ Sundry creditors : General (including unpaid wages) .. 1,417,989 Sawmills, bush areas, and stocks of timber .. .. 53,803 Collections for refund .. .. .. .. 45,411 Stores and materials on hand— £ Items to be written off on receipt of parliamentary authority 12,744 Stores Branch .. .. .. .. 2,880,321 Renewals, Depreciation and Equalization Reserve Accounts Subsidiary services .. .. .. 26,802 as per Statement No. 13 . - . .. .. 5,720,356 2,907,123 Sick Benefit Fund .. .. .. .. .. 9,463 Sundry assets: Subsidiary services .. .. .. 49,949 Work in progress, sundry debtors, and debit balances .. 227,967 Advance to capital .. .. .. .. 6,083 Accrued interest on investments .. .. .. 7,706 Outstanding at stations .. .. .. .. 577,077 Working Railways investments .. .. .. 3,100,000 Sick Benefit Fund investments .. .. .. 6,944 Cash in Working Railways Account .. .. .. 269,311 £7,205,963 £7,205,963 F. H. McAuley, A.R.A.N.Z., Chief Accountant. I hereby certify that the Balance-sheet and accompanying accounts have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly set out the position as disclosed thereby, subject to the above departmental note.—J. P. Rutherford, Controller and Auditor-General.

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STATEMENT No. 2 Income and Expenditure of the Whole Undertaking for the Year ended 31st March, 1946

Net Revenue Account

Statement Year 1045-46. Year 1944-45. No. Gross Revenue. Expenditure. Net Revenue. Gross Revenue. Expenditure. Net Revenue. Railway operation Lake Wakatipu steamers Refreshment service Bookstall service .. .. .. ... Advertising service Dwellings Buildings occupied by subsidiary services Road motor services Miscellaneous revenue 3 9a 9a 9a 9a 9a 9a 9a £ 13,104,587 10,671 366,148 183,827 40,304 158,266 48,003 1,098,944 434,097 £ 12,549,724 19,527 339,126 179,803 32,758 270,998 33,821 959,087 £ 554,863 Dr. 8,856 27,022 4,024 7,546 Dr. 112,732 14,182 139,857 434,097 £ 12,448,307 9,196 341,529 191,257 35,363 157,795 45,317 820,022 410,964 £ 11,696,895 14,036 324,934 186,810 30,060 237,819 30,833 738,890 £ 751,412 Dr. 4,840 16,595 4,447 5,303 Dr. 80,024 14,484 81,132 410,964 15,444,847 14,384,844 14,459,750 13,260,277 Total net revenue to Net Revenue Account 1,060,003 1,199,473

Dr. 1945-46. 1944-45. Cr. 1945-46. 1944-45. £ £ £ £ Interest charges .. .. .. 2,889,195 2,842,399 Net earnings before charging interest on capital 1,060,003 1,199,473 Reduction on account of interest charges, vide 1,829,192 1,642,926 section 14, Finance Act, 1930 (No. 2) 2,889,195 2,842,399 2,889,195 2,842,399

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STATEMENT No. 3 Income and Expenditure in respect of Railway Operation for the Year ended 31st March, 1946

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Expenditure. 1945-46. 1944-45. Per Cent, of Operating Revenue. Revenue. 1945-46. 1944-45. Per Cent, of Operating Revenue. 1945-46. 1944-45. 1945-46. 1944-45. Maintenance of way and works Maintenance of signals and electrical appliances Maintenance of rolling-stock Locomotive transportation .. Examination, lubrication, and lighting of vehicles Traffic transportation General charges Superannuation sub- £ sidy .. .. 238, 952 Less amount allocated to subsidiary services, &c. 16,048 £ 2,524,485 375,499 3,055,303 2,481,682 146,186 3,618,584 125,081 222,904 £ 2,250,736 332,015 2,839,591 2,332,096 141,485 3,460,705 113,741 226,526 19-26 2-87 23-31 18-94 1-12 27-61 0-96 1-70 18-08 2-67 22-81 18-73 1-14 27-80 0-91 1-82 Passengers, ordinary Passengers, season tickets Parcels, luggage and mails Goods Labour, demurrage, &c. £ 3,572,227 340,282 426,619 8,515,673 249,786 £ 3,152,053 352,400 411,021 8,261,087 271,746 27-26 2-59 3-26 64-98 1-91 25-32 2-83 3-30 66-36 2-19 Total operating expenses Net operating revenue 12,549,724 554,863 11,696,895 751,412 95-77 4-23 93-96 6-04 13,104,587 12,448,307 100-00 100-00 13,104,587 12,448,307 100-00 100-00

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STATEMENT No. 3A Summary of Expenditure

STATEMENT No. 9A Income and Expenditure Account in respect of Subsidiary Services

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Item. North Island Main Line and Branches. South Island Main Line and Branches. Nelson. Total. Maintenance of way and works Maintenance of signals and electrical appliances Maintenance of rolling-stock Examination, lubrication, and lighting of vehicles Locomotive transportation Traffic transportation General expenses Superannuation subsidy £ 1,515,876 223,749 1,821,308 92,394 1,652,830 2,133,748 81,179 144,668 £ 994,893 151,524 1,226,942 53,621 821,754 1,477,394 43,761 77,985 £ 13,716 226 7,053 171 7,098 7,442 141 251 £ 2,524,485 375,499 3,055,303 146,186 2,481,682 3,618,584 125,081 222,904 Total 7,665,752 4,847,874 36,098 12,549,724 Per cent, of operating revenue Per mile of railway Per total train-mile !! £ pence 90-26 4,552-11 206-25 105-48 2,743-56 249-58 234-88 601-63 227-97 95-77 3,574-40 221-14

Payments to Railway Revenue for Interest, Rent, &c. Service. Revenue. Expenditure. Total Expenses. Net Profit. Lake Wakatipu steamers Refreshment Bookstall Advertising Departmental dwellings Buildings occupied by subsidiary services Road services £ 10,671 366,148 183,827 40,304 158,266 48,003 1,098,944 £ 18,907 319,495 162,244 22,172 199,842 18,917 931,012 £ 620 19,631 17,559 10,586 71,156 14,904 28,075 £ 19,527 339,126 179,803 32,758 270,998 33,821 959,087 £ Dr. 8,856 27,022 4,024 7,546 Dr. 112,732 14,182 139,857 1,906,163 1,672,589 162,531 1,835,120 71,043

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STATEMENT No. 10 Railway Employees' Sick Benefit Society

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Income and Expenditure EXPENDITURE. 1945-46. 1944-45. INCOME. 1945-46. 1944-45. Sick benefits paid to members Balance, being excess of income over expenditure for the year £ 48,683 1,516 £ 48,796 36 Contributions Entrance fees Interest on investments Subsidy as per section 5, subsection (1), of Government Railways Amendment Act, 1928, and section 26 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1944, charged to Working Railways Account Donation .. .... £ 24,627 107 214 25,200 1 £ 32,333 116 133 16,250 50,149 48,832 50,149 48,832 ; Accumulated funds brought forward on 1st April Excess of income over expenditure 7,970 1,516 7,934 36 Balance accumulated funds as at 31st March 9,486 7,970 9,486 7,970 9,486 7,970 Balance-sheet Liabilities Accumulated funds Sick pay due not paid £ 9,486 4 £ 7,970 41 Assets Investments Contributions outstanding at 31st March Cash in Working Railways Account £ 6,944 27 2,519 £ 1,730 28 6,253 9,490 8,011 • 9,490 8,0U

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STATEMENT No. 12 Statement op Cash Receipts and Payments—Working Railways Account Receipts £ Payments £ Balance brought forward .. 430,916 Wages and vouchers — Revenue receipts .. .. 15,908,881 Working Railways .. .. 14,677,601 Miscellaneous receipts— Railways improvements and addiWorking Railways .. .. 1,338,576 tions to open lines .. .. 888,923 Railways improvements and addi- Refunds to Harbour Boards, shipping tions to open lines .. .. 29,628 companies, and other carriers .. 604,285 National Development Loans Ac- Interest on Capital .. .. 1,059,473count .. .. 851,000 Investments purchased .. .. 1,605,214 Contributions to Sick Benefit Fund 50,339 Balance as per General BalanceInterest on investments.. .. 20,467 sheet .. .. .. 269,311 Investments realized .. .. 475,000 £19,104,807 £19,104,807 Reconciliation Statement £ s. d Credit balance in Working Railways Account as per Treasury figures .. .. 113,004 8 6 Add imprests outstanding .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 156,306 18 3 Credit balance as per above statement .. .. .. .. £269,311 6 9

STATEMENT No. 13 RENEWALS, DEPRECIATION, AND EQUALIZATION RESERVE ACCOUNTS

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— Credit Balance at 31st March, 1945. Contributions Year ending 31st March, 1946. Expenditure Year ending 31st March, 1946. Credit Balance at, 31st March 1946. £ £ £ £ General Reserve Account .. " .. 1,758,920 246,000 2,004,920 Insurance Reserve Account .. • 59,247 9,328 11,154 57,421 Workers' Compensation Reserve Account 73,490 79,999 73,817 79,672 Slips, Floods, and Accidents Equalization Reserve 89,525 21,671 111,196 Account Betterments Reserve Account: Refreshment 17,366 2,000 19,366 Branch Renewals Reserve Accounts 940,316 471,917 219,786 1,192,447 Depreciation Reserve Account 1,858,764 955,797 559,227 2,255,334 Totals 4,797,628 1,786,712 863,984 5,720,356

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STATEMENT No. 14 Expenditure on Construction of Railways, Rolling-stock, etc., to 31st March, 1946; Net Revenue and Rate of Interest earned on Capital expended on Opened Lines for Year ended same Date

Note. —The amount stated in this return as the cost of construction of opened lines includes the Provincial and General Government expenditure on railways. It also includes the Midland Railway and expenditure by the Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards on railways and wharves under the provisions of section 7 of the Railways Authorization Act, 1885, the information regarding the last-mentioned being furnished by the respective Boards. The rate of interest earned has been computed on the average capital.

STATEMENT No. 15 Capital Expenditure out of Working Railways Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1946

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Section pf Railway. Opened Lines. Net Revenue. Rate of Interest earned. Lines and Works. Rolling-stock. Total. North Island Main Line and Branches South Island Main Line and Branches Nelson £ 37,798,355 22,816,287 490,152 £ 6,734,139 3,665,369 10,078 £ 44,532,494 26,481,656 500,230 £ 827,214 — 251,622 — 20,729 £ s. d. 1 17 4 Lake Wakatipu steamer service .. Subsidiary services, &c. .. In suspense— Surveys, North Island Surveys, South Island General P.W.D. stock of permanent-way 61,104,794 20,396 2,922,059 9 j 896 10,409,586 71,514,380 20,396 2,922,059 9 * 896 554,863 — 8,856 513,996 0 15 10 64,057,145 10,409,586 74,466,731 1,060,003 19 4 Total cost of opened lines at 31st March, 1946 74,466,731

Way and Works .Branch : Particulars of Works. Depreciation Fund. Improvements and Additions to Open Lines. Total. Land Grading, formation, tunnels, and permanent-way Bridges, overbridges, subways, and culverts Station buildings, engine-sheds, and other operating buildings Fences, gates, cattlestops, cattle-yards, and loading-banks .. Dwellings and huts Stores and workshops buildings and plant Refreshment, advertising, and road-service buildings Cranes, weighbridges, turntables, and water services Miscellaneous (roads, sewerage, drainage, &c.) Signalling, communications, and electrification Expenditure by Public Works Department: Grade easements and deviations i £ Gr. 1,743 9,606 56,616 3,868 1,872 4,131 15,054 8,499 15,912 9,054 7,428 1 £ Gr. 17,628 24,641 4,385 165,995 3,954 17,082 1,347 63,127 5,214 67,006 134,692 £ Gr.19,371 34,247 61,001 169,863 5,826 21,213 16,401 71,626 21,126 76,060 142,120 130,297 469,815 148,210 600,112 148,210 130,297 618,025 748,322

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STATEMENT No. 15—continued Locomotive Branch: Particulars of Rolling-stock

Particulars of Workshop and Depot Machinery, Motor-buses, and Motor-lorries £ £ £ Workshop equipment .. .. .. .. .. .. 55,118 .. 55,118 Machinery and equipment for locomotive running, and car and wagon depots 21,387 129 21,516 Motor-buses and motor-lorries .. .. .. .. .. .. 123,891 123,891

Reconciliation Statement, Railways : Improvements and Additions to Open Lines •# £ s. d. Expenditure— £ s. d. Expenditure charged by Treasury .. 888,923 12 3 Way and Works Branch .. .. 618,024 10 8 Less recoveries .. .. .. 29,628 5 8 Road Services Branch .. .. 123,891 7 7 Add: Voucher out- £ s. d. Locomotive Branch rolling-stock .. 125,902 9 4 standing at 31st 859,295 6 7 Workshop and Depot machinery .. 129 1 0 March, 1946 .. 11 2 0 Consolidated Fund Administration charges .. .. 8,641 0 0 £867,947 S 7 £867,947 8 7

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Number Number Number Expenditure, Expenditure, Improvements and Additions to Open Lines. incomplete complete incomplete Working Description of Stock ordered. on on on Railways Total. 31st March, 1945. 31st March, 1946. 31st March, 1946. Depreciation Fund. £ £ £ locomotives, Classes K, Ka, and Kb 4 1 3 9,131 9,131 Locomotives, Class Ja and spares .. 35 35 94,739 94,739 Locomotives, Hunslett 2 "608 608 Improvements for locomotives 9,457 9,457 Boilers 8,604 8,604 Multiple units and spares 5 Kail cars and spares Carriages "68 6 "62 17^661 i.7,661 Improvements for carriages 39,118 39,118 Brake-vans 3 3 5,168 5,168 Wagons, Class H Wagons, Class Ho "98 "49 "49 28^191 28,191 Wagons, Class Jc 448 118 330 77,563 77,563 Wagons, Class La 1,149 1,149 69,500 69,500 Wagons, Class Lc 500 Wagons, Class Mo ' '80 "80 24," 406 24,406 Wagons, Class Q 80 "80 20,218 20,218 Wagons, Class Rb 40 40 43 43 Wagons, Class S 15 15 Wagons, Class T 22 22 Wagons, Class Ub 75 75 Wagons, Class Ud 1 3 ] 591 *3,591 Wagons, Class IJGt " 7 7 756 756 Wagons, Class Vb 10 10 Cr. 12,132 Or. 12,132 Wagons, Class W 85 85 14,950 14,950 Wagons, Class XB - Wagons, Class Xo "i88 "59 i29 10^880 io,880 Wagons, Class Yb Wagons, Class Z ' i35 i.35 38]487 38,487 Miscellaneous improvements for 7,637 7,637 Wagons Tractors 4 2,230 2,230 Tarpaulins Or. 12^281 19,802 19,802 Cranes Or. 12,281 Total 2,542 323 2,731 352,425 125,902 478,327 Summary Locomotives 39 3 38 Multiple units 5 Tractors 4 Carriages "68 6 "62 Brake-vans 3 3 Wagons, bogie 304 1 '304 Wagons, four-wheeled 2,128 306 2,322 Totals 2,542 323 2,731

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STATEMENT No. 18 Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1946

Stations. OUTWAED. INWARD. Teaffic. Bevenue. Traffic. Number o1 Firstclass. Passenger Secondclass. Journeys. Total. Season Tickets. Cattle and Calves. Sheep and Pigs. Timber, Hundreds of Superficial Feet. Other Goods. Ordinary Passengers. Season Tickets. Parcels, Luggage, and Mails. Goods. Miscellaneous. Total Value forwarded. Cattle and Calves. Sheep and Pigs. Timber, Hundreds of Superficial Feet. Other Goods. Nobth Island Main Line and Branches No. No. No. Tons £ £ £ £ £ £ No. No. Tons. Auckland 38, 525 732,369 770,894 43,762 223,883 15,435 55 257 1,497 296,072 „ Goods 57 1 40,926 475,176 724,267 18,630 742,897 "271 1,482 89,449 41 i,055 Newmarket 893 118,462 119,357 26,116 12 5,330 13,791 8,283 4,926 i 089 34,112 144 48,554 442 855 132,568 34,202 Mount Eden 417 32,877 33,294 7,582 42 2,927 7,438 3,803 1,241 883 11,930 126 17,983 85 55 64,772 78,127 Avondale 480 49,252 49,732 24,722 168 283 7,163 4,404 4,756 634 7,876 68 17,738 129 49,855 12,002 Henderson 355 98,620 98,975 16,741 14,915 20,608 383 8,650 5,160 4,303 1 160 10,761 71 21,455 1,998 2,703 18,170 13,368 Helensville 310 46,783 47,099 85 25,140 109,543 6,680 10,146 5,147 45 537 15,383 147 21,259 6,113 12,715 16,115 20,766 Wellsford 129 10,859 10,988 19 17,854 56,937 13,615 49,372 2,498 12 399 33,834 55 36,798 2,391 6,685 4,449 13,843 Maungaturoto 382 18,607 18,989 16,026 42,232 52 5,907 4,002 340 10,964 28 15,334 1,124 4,004 2,219 16,594 Paparoa 86 4,907 4,993 3,423 14,821 3,828 8,677 1,042 98 6,206 4 7,350 587 873 331 4,814 Dargaville 609 29,717 30,326 109 31,700 51,377 5,320 9,865 5,926 71 682 20,000 109 26,788 3,036 11,339 9,220 21,731 Waiotira 71 9,806 9,877 66 18,230 44,951 8,890 41,783 1,215 36 598 84,667 594 87,110 2,325 3,845 370 106,394 Whangarei 1, 398 43,384 44,782 104 32,186 37,316 1,902 59,507 10,347 68 1 959 36,040 527 48,941 2,348 8,182 26,366 31,317 Hikurangi 281 6,370 6,651 3,886 12,866 23,591 78,046 1,677 351 28.988 60 31,076 1,527 3,209 521 8,064 Otiria 797 15,599 16,396 66 9,466 12,242 115 12,834 4,858 54 470 27,539 22 32,943 548 715 161 9,866 Kaitaia .. 684 3,297 3,981 137 274 3,669 24 1 094 1,501 6,288 3 562 Kawakawa 350 8,503 8,853 7 86 54 979 . 646 2,071 3 278 1,444 16 3,812 50,958 97,495 174 11,245 Opua 725 18,111 18,836 10 137 82 3 15,854 3,160 4 186 13,448 19 16,817 102 14 144 2,005 Kaikohe 982 9,572 10,554 44 7,046 13,777 6,172 2,628 5,239 52 385 7,499 18 13,193 245 645 1,591 11,136 Okaihau 217 14,172 14,389 4,292 5,298 25,194 6,091 1,892 293 18,909 5 21,099 454 75 167 13,418 Ellerslie 274 44,965 45,239 13,209 1,239 26 29 503 2,085 2,373 390 4,373 19 9,240 843 1,271 1,075 Penrose .. 190 44,178 44,368 9,755 366 4,798 2,440 138,577 1,679 1,734 196 104,977 154 108,740 387,571 1,708,779 252,433 95,082 Onehunga 377 9,370 9,747 4,235 2 10,980 3,613 2,257 802 236 5,509 108 8,912 95 1,207 41,092 48,247 Otahuhu 770 123,519 124,289 24,517 2,295 13,186 535 171,440 7,197 6,380 566 161,819 459 176,421 102,748 270,419 13,387 143,628 Papatoetoe 378 67,107 67,545 16,638 411 699 148 1,291 3,987 4,012 428 1,869 40 10,336 1,538 8,419 13,503 13,889 Papakura 617 244,361 244,978 34,868 2,699 7,035 187 2,722 12,355 8,922 679 7,143 52 29,151 4,334 14,177 4,448 14,609 Drury 219 11,222 11,441 133 7,029 19,597 5,827 881 103 110 6,293 40 7,427 981 8,102 705 8,021 Waiuku 108 5,527 5,635 k 23,009 18,213 45 9 68 1,182 182 3,384 51 4,799 3,230 11,327 5,078 21,082 Pukekohe 2, 953 70,774 73,727 4 280 21,419 25,792 2,456 24,307 12,257 162 1 410 26,662 145 40,636 3,286 14,109 17,741 27,327 Tuakau .. >. 713 33,197 33,910 216 10,932 64,774 1,181 21,022 4,045 145 515 16,563 72 21,340 1,448 14,408 1,266 13,191 Pokeno 47 15,974 16,021 266 4,135 22,189 12,468 1,290 123 64 6,365 10 7,852 1,426 7,509 651 6,176 Mercer .. . . ? 615 25,036 25,651 119 744 14,480 155 7,208 2,169 133 111 4,080 80 6,573 246 2,425 226 3,364 Te Kauwhata IT ' 205 14,059 14,264 20 26,881 86,583 23 11,943 2,420 8 449 15,603 19 18,499 2,376 12,477 2,332 12,069 Huntly .. l, 046 110,600 111,646 16,489 6,608 71,890 670 315,514 12,895 3,848 719 247,976 1,310 266,748 2,579 8,146 5,490 57,955 Glen Afton 32 29,117 29,149 906 1,424 24,054 753 215,605 1,833 385 71 136,387 39 138,715 962 8,012 1,368 18,364 Taupiri ■ ftTga^'aawahia 89 8,526 8,615 100 4,444 21,803 5,712 1,258 80 171 9,693 27 11,229 | 1,218 2,716 622 14,008 343 22,909 23,252 1,481 2,188 5,671 25 109,654 3,749 264 474 104,799 2,688 111,974 !124,444 176,923 1,046 15,367 Plankton Junction 'J, 931 159,658 169,589 74 28,736 170,276 1,551 42,912 54,986 205 3 500 54,782 911 114,384 8,385 86,286 82,833 77,369 Hamilton 4 f Hit 78,521 83,363 252 13,041 30,370 12,400 38,663 21,894 330 6 012 52,581 762 81,579 995 5,801 57,186 60,362 Cambridge 479 3,681 4,160 31 22,593 111,981 123 4,660 2,466 50 665 13,501 82 16,764 2,661 17,130 4,982 77,924 Morrinsville 958 36,384 37,342 193 55,189 184,707 660 19,031 6,700 186 972 42,937 73 50,868 7,876 48,900 11,469 43,404 Mataniata r, 081 29,811 30,892 31 39,427 197,806 10,140 9.243 7,136 23 986 37,109 153 45,407 4,094 29,671 2,296 45,150 Putaruru 707 39,214 39,921 282 15,292 137,041 315,403 11,1 01 8,611 215 934 99,282 490 109,532 3,901 32,831 2,147 37,090 Mamaku 56 11,883 11,939 43 4,887 42,296 123,981 5,47 1,444 37 210 43,721 3 45,415 93 1,109 22 2,267 Rotorua 3 663 32,790 36,453 91 12,987 96,201 150,504 17, 26 17,922 69 2 ,129 70,091 202 90,413 3,859 14,833 1,306 45,470 „ Road Services . . 2 2 3 3 Waitoa > 63 ,.5,829 5,892 166 27,450 17,840 20 10, 08 950 101 136 20,621 15 21,823 1,890 5,751 i,448 36,303 Te Arolia ■ ! ,iu i < , z 16,832 17,596 196 7,167 15,442 361 5,. 80 3,939 87 568 6,730 18 11,342 1,500 7,238 4,112 18,916 371 37,358 9,063 38,027 9,434 82 183 45,243 152 29,473 251 2,213 522 21,. 3,. 124 122 5,781 3,473 "49 145 825 661 22,015 8,488 99 16 28,769 12,783 3,146 2,081 5,948 7,063 4,001 3,168 24,387 16,194 Waihi . 7 - B88 18,492 19,380 5 12,201 14,979 5 1,270 4,346 3 486 5,739 35 10,609 2,558 3,839 6,813 15,471 Katikati 193 14,277 14,470 9 22,887 45,075 19,951 4,000 2,342 7 420 16,364 5 19,138 2,056 10,590 971 8,506 Tauranga 1 742 41,888 43,630 33 1,588 30,919 6,674 10,357 ■ 8,103 21 1 ,770 19,998 59 29,951 865 5,241 4,187 24,647 Te Puko sic 14,853 15,663 5 26,017 135,522 15,782 5, $03 4,207 3 552 29,647 14 34,423 1,007 7,378 452 12,864 Edgecumbe 350 5,075 5,425 2 31,461 48,562 51,599 19, 54 2,370 28 249 59,788 331 62,766 1,448 10,956 1,134 21,561 Taneatua 1 018 21,312 22,330 19,771 66,897 729 1, 81 5,078 221 9,998 412 15,709 1,044 819 275 54,173 Whakatane Road Services 1 104 4,374 5,478 4 36 173 4,735 55 283 1,659 6,732 6 45 2,541 Opotiki 452 2,656 3,108 2 531 143 2,552 14 312 2,402 5,280 1 3 1,999 Ohaupo 48 1,125 1,173 21 6,002 8,235 47 ;13 380 13 46 1,893 100 2,432 764 4,649 834 9,565 Te Awamutu 1 82 £ 30,612 32,440 20 45,259 264,569 10,399 16, S41 11,171 51 1 ,545 48,622 130 61,519 5,791 52,832 5,236 55,022 Otorohanga 893 27,030 27,923 18 19,778 125,636 2,488 37, >39 6,134 4 656 36,112 42 42,948 2,610 20,702 3,754 23,366 Te Kuiti 2 33f 79,189 81,524 67 10,992 162,492 61,464 104, .52 16,237 42 1 ,422 85,888 932 104,521 4,408 24,359 1,925 27,483 Ongarue 153 25,556 25,709 50 1,276 30,487 121,535 37, 551 2,953 42 152 73,895 679 77,721 1,847 7,555 11,200 7,472 Okahukura Is 7,245 7,254 86 2,190 13,068 3,251 3, 106 365 35 37 6,385 9 6,831 81 3,204 115 800 Taumarunui 3 OK 84,993 88,039 384 7,626 86,381 44,092 24, 513 18,977 324 1 ,792 46,683 360 68,136 3,593 12,901 6,551 21,984 National Park 39£ 30,453 30,851 4 1,473 19,990 184,354 9, 183 5,271 3 404 70,867 88 76,633 2,497 5,012 19,628 9,796 Ohakune 981 37,166 38,148 28 1,811 16,186 74,152 12, 163 7,715 83 772 36,674 167 45,411 1,170 456 160 5,100 Raetihi 214 -2,240 2,514 3,082 58,729 132 5, 360 1,311 123 12,425 2 13,861 3,578 12,891 782 4,418 Waiouru 39E 17,713 18,105 41 2,048 47,322 1,365 5, 297 2,738 34 269 19,104 90 22,235 273 3,287 544 11,338 Rangataffa Mataroa k 18,00t 18,04S 697 11,64C 17,481 6, 962 1,145 96 10,781 5 12,030 703 4,568 22 1,828 91 8,686 8,73f 2,296 77,941 354 1, 536 543 123 8,226 7 8,898 1,012 4,404 732 4,979 Taihape 2 Oaf 35,11£ 37,206 4C 3,35C 163,798 218 13, 052 9,048 22 1 ,079 25,671 66 35,886 4,61£ 4,041 3,617 16,138 Mangaweka 14f 5,972 6,114 If 7,354 149,463 350 2, 981 1,133 r 188 14,782 27 16,147 2,283 5,493 682 8,476 Inset 1—D 2

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STATEMENT No. 18.-continued Statement of Traffic and Revenue for each Station for the Year ended 31st March, 1946 —continued

OUTWARD. INWARD. Traffic. REVENUE. Traffic. Stations. Number of Passenger Journeys. Season Tickets. Cattle Sheep Timber, Hundreds Otl Goo fir s. Ordinary Passengers. Season Tickets. Parcels, Miscellaneous. Total Cattle Sheep Timber, Hundreds Other Goods. Firstclass. Secondclass. Total. and Calves. and Pigs. of Superficial Feet. Luggage, and Mails. Goods. Value forwarded. and Calves. and > Pigs. of Superficial Feet. Nobth Island Main Line and Branches—contd. Hunterville Marton New Plymouth „ Breakwater Waitara Inglewood Tariki Midhurst Stratford Te Wera Whangamomona 454 2,463 6,362 "281 303 48 57 2,356 2 41 17,292 38,638 77,376 18,294 19,595 4,272 0,316 54,623 1,471 2,918 17,746 41,101 83,738 18,575 19,898 4,320 6,373 56,979 1,473 2,959 No. 29 21 78 51 245 158 190 151 6 6 No. 6,405 4,746 910 1,530 16,695 3,558 5,226 21,269 642 2,421 No. 114,032 184,173 3,656 20,635 40,380 4,335 9,892 62,074 7,136 56,042 2,267 10,867 403 5,182 469 3,209 7,713 To 4 12 155 22 22 57 2 2 10 14 s. 793 298 293 542 815 087 621 990 456 482 265 £ 3,096 12,019 37,603 2,986 3,841 583 575 14,750 207 685 £ 37 18 251 38 169 118 67 137 5 5 £ 368 1,224 2,648 375 356 22 19 1,285 20 69 £ 14,880 22,665 97,079 6,537 28,081 32,599 1,491 4,143 14,687 821 16,359 £ 5 377 12,130 64 14 1 2 77 13 £ 18,386 36,303 149,711 6,537 31,544 36,979 2,215 4,806 30,936 1,053 17,131 No. • 5,800 1,975 2,912 53,95f 1,049 3(fe ii 3,7<iS 1,635 1,025 No. 14,897 40,894 13,008 340,230 14,036 3,477 1,488 16,512 7,033 7,892 947 22,098 31,478 3,188 1,113 2,191 257 38 10,689 297 297 Tons. 14,175 16,877 121,926 29,823 19,544 49,518 3,662 8,031 26,338 4,840 3,476 Ohura Eltham Optmake 118 739 142 11,171 28,014 1,655 11,289 28,753 1,797 14 435 3,023 16,266 8,030 51,745 52,756 17,254 11,344 627 1,666 4,937 13,287 612 2,544 5,320 1,287 11 301 268 486 49 11,256 21,379 2,759 7 27 8 14,086 27,513 4,103 2,973 2,612 3,602 12,559 29,398 27,579 560 12,408 3,493 8,139 19,605 31,196 Normanby Hawera Patea Waverley 41 2,661 643 364 4,922 46,948 18,083 14,009 4,963 49,609 18,726 14,373 24 28 34 2 42,499 16,781 2,156 9,428 37,420 73,860 32,695 87,188 12 75 11,945 22,271 29,652 18,444 637 15,617 4,137 2,504 20 47 8 34 62 1,346 384 222 12,716 25,312 47,608 14,792 9 105 173 70 13,444 42,427 52,310 17,622 912 6,894 93,268 11,089 5,295 100,970 195,421 50,215 42 13,958 3,055 5,230 5,979 50,610 42,079 11,201 Aramoho Wanganui „ Wharf Eordell Turakina Greatford Halcombe Peilding 778 3,471 82 93 197 87 2,234 23,387 78,571 7,867 8,559 6,090 8,182 23,484 24,165 82,042 7,949 8,652 6,287 8,269 25,718 24 219 7 85 68 12 7,298 4,620 2,524 2,243 825 25,620 35,710 49,393 35j 290 43,844 64,556 27,424 291,549 113 5,353 76 8 29 108 1,713 64 56j 13 2 26 6 28 ,736 ,319 ,037 770 ,222 ,522 ,815 ,949 4,548 19,275 847 1,136 941 756 9,369 20 304 5 57 60 7 556 2,824 81 213 206 71 1,213 37,680 87,685 12,273 2,969 4,290 18,712 6,425 63,608 38 1,182 6,046 9 15 10 4 100 42,842 111,270 18,319 3,911 5,711 19,869 7,316 74,297 3,413 12,118 3,748 1,412 296 929 28,127 20,568 275,567 18,367 13,777 11,709 27,925 190,762 2,538 45,165 i j 022 154 1,082 360 9,896 53,728 60,848 7,398 4,762 6,025 11,156 12,410 54,200 Palmerston North Ashhurst Longburn Foxton Shannon 18,163 122 153 110 369 194,473 10,105 12,984 523 40,377 212,636 10,227 13,137 633 40,746 221 1 52 159 5,800 3,909 6,802 464 12,760 42,773 39,678 74,180 4,159 85,052 3,635 44 50 515 5 71 1 31 ( ,278 ,724 ,721 ,949 ,222 73,863 1,075 804 625 5,614 306 15 139 6,799 87 136 102 979 125,100 5,611 54,86C 6,718 12,636 1,124 12 37 226 lb 207,192 6,785 55,852 ■ .7,671 19,381 10,777 9,636 15,457 1,085 6 ,-385 189,739 25,845 182,473 12,233 46,222 72,474 686 1,447 11,023 2,064 119,024 4,669 10,567 14,842 12,044 Levin Otaki Paekakariki Johnson ville 2,402 1,166 1,292 212 65,465 52,600 86,661 54,531 67,867 53,766 87,953 54,743 162 62 33,682 47,217 13,900 7,599 645 449 89,277 31,787 30,519 10,908 1,935 143 169 <>,674 2,654 2,263 94 14,224 8,863 7,947 2,743 105 60 10,314 9,442 2,593 11,167 587 106 13,239 5,884 5,572 841 73 28 65 23 30,234 26,002 24,485 13,155 10,013 ' 2,075 1,628 13,789 87,486 15.355 4,480 125,57,8 11,322 1,904 1,616 2,440 17,519 7,952 5,594 1,266 Wellington— Passenger and Parcels Goods Wharf Courtenay Place 60,540 4,567 1,155,852 | 22^397 1,216,392 26j 964 383,434 ' 653 498 2,499 66 i 814 27'i, 429 1.447 257,457 22^292 80,256 451 45,139 2,126 471,965 575 2,881 5,682 6 385,733 477,647 575 24,875 934 1 I I 4,000 115,493 28o,r 32,835 Ngahauranga Petone Lower Hutt Trentham Upper Hutt Featherston Martinborough Rd. Services 54 2,256 1,587 301 581 1,014 102 8,581 324,615 55,750 209,226 78,552 30,899 816 8,635 326,871 57,337 209,527 79,133 31,913 918 2,882 193,423 37,624 10,924 32,668 123 66 90 310 2,239 10,780 795 1,200 24 8,522 165,465 2', 191 4,046 23 34 16,460 If 51 • 3 <1 1' ,432 ,966 ,501 ,500 980 ,407 445 19,922 8,071 7,906 4,829 6,540 559 399 35,888 7,673 3,128 9,068 92 9 1,166 754 645 305 682 7,546 111,606 6,941 13,223 2,255 27,409 1 304 59 119 30 28 8,400 168,886 23,498 25,021 16,487 34,751 559 9 024 18,126 168 491 1:301 1,969 641,411 551,429 2,289 757 3,673 5,133 142 50,593 58,667 257 1,074 2,525 5,399 ' 33,450 5,871 9,144 9,129 18,926 Carterton Masterton 512 .1,424 14,286 [ 30,131 14,798 31,555 197 81 5,027 5,491 63,409 120,632 3,890 7,671 9 _ y ,978 .170 4,751 9,505 171 52 512 1,241 45,885 25,305 14 170 51,333 36,273 10,001 1,973 1154, 14,932 5,8Q8 ll,96tf . 17,329 34,734 , Road Services Mauriceville Eketahuna 634 9,021 10,155 5,528 46,104 4,S9i 4,oyl 49, 3,105 3,154 7,856 29 9 480 6,742 697 24,652 3,624 540 2,319 24 24 189 1i j 556 7,436 1 10 12,145 9,963 l,01f _ AOV i, o a/ £ 487 7,362 Hukanui Pahiatua Mangatainoka Woodville Dannevirke 30 395 65 636 1,545 2,919 9,708 1,685 28,191 32,614 2,949 10,103 1,750 28,827 34,159 12 1 3 129 2,507 7,199 4,841 15,946 10,221 19,815 77,436 41,692 235,838 169,878 78 30 142 671 1,357 8,017 11,649 29,741 6,221 523 3,841 647 4,773 9,134 8 1 2 200 59 377 59 302 1,225 3,100 12,072 13,394 35,322 19,163 1 8 1 416 90 3,683 16,306 14,102 40,815 29,812 598 1,390 1,074 7,252 1,649 7,115 6,280 2,503 24,428 10,344 485 6,042 457 2,089 8,929 4,317 11,977 3,913 12,627 29,611 Ormondville Takapau Waipukurau Waipawa Otane 135 203 1,579 691 317 11,351 6,013 18,794 10,821 10,092 11,486 6,216 20,373 11,512 10,409 14 61 21 12 121 4,092 8,309 29,964 5,924 17,855 106,096 174,456 378,861 177,489 154,163 675 4,412 2,070 11,500 9,384 18,411 5,343 1,397 1,342 5,899 3,125 1,537 12 57 16 4 102 150 169 648 300 161 8,774 15,825 30,662 18,518 19,563 3 3 85 26 2 10,336 17,396 37,310 21,973 21,365 967 1,074 3,399 717 6,993 4,241 14,992 27,605 5,865 62,796 122 107 1,092 426 127 7,759 5,451 17,144 8,319 2,934 Hastings Olive Napier „ Road Services . . Port Ahuriri 4,332 32 4,222 40 45,779 289 48,957 181 50,111 321 53,179 221 41 114 3,328 372 3,665 " 45 42,842 8,248 24,835 213 2,052 8,620 ' 395 62,580 53,937 14,628 4M47 25,785 225 27,515 155 52 "l20 3,661 119 2,516 16 110,131 30,753 15,967 44,870 674 7 412 945 140,303 31,104 46,530 155 45,831 4,970 40,446 2,000 32 56,067 804,389 12,183 134 11,744 516 2,758 ' 234 63,096 19,720 24,192 95,566 Putorino Wairoa Matawhero Gisborne „ Road Services.. Motuhora 34 S42 68 3,554 3,993 52,084 1,114 28,641 4 4,027 52,926 1,182 32,195 4 77 6,516 10,763 25,611 4,206 i 463 44,509 65,346 229,559 40,708 42,240 865 15,554 15,430 1,594 10,112 2,237 14,285 7,456 20,771 928 2,294 742 15,369 362 22,297 5 68 73 898 623 '2,177 " 82 6,033 40,397 28,918 40,311 2,888 3,311 2 64 6 139 6,850 56,728 29,909 64,992 2,888 3,398 1,560 4,172 2,219 4,218 346 8,127 61,900 24,916 150,847 3,812 314 1,906 1,005 36,783 63 70 6,875 30,634 4,007 24,920 640 1,578 Chief Accountant Overseas traffic 421,102 1,893,856 2,314,958 9,404 592 1,077 290 10,451 1,106,096 25,342 102,755 186,209 12,872 54,474 1,474,876 12,872 592 i ,077 "290 10,451 Totals 661,207 8,344,695 9,005,902 1,000,633 1,258,273 7,695,319 1,623,172 3,88 7,900 2,467,791 248,097 310,144 5,344,348 122,587 8,492,967 1,258,273 7,695,319 1,623,172 3,887,900 J / /

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... OUT WAR 1 INWARD. Station. Traffic. Revenue. Traffic. Number of Passenger Journeys. Season Tickets. Cattle Sheep and Pigs. Timber, Hundreds Other Ijoods. Ordinary Passengers. Season Tickets. Parcels, Miscellaneous. Total 1 Value forwarded Cattle and Calves. Sheep and Pigs. Timber, Hundreds of Superfieia Feet. Firstclass. Secondclass. Total. and Calves. of Superficial Feet. Luggage, and Mails. Goods. Other Goods. South Island Main Line and Branches Lyttelton Wharf Heathcote Woolston 23,158 47 45 132,790 38,963 45,643 155,948 39,010 45,688 No. 54,427 10,317 20,680 No. 363 8 No. 16,071 17,615 3 I Tons. 13,744 5,924 1 1,278 7,174 £ 8,325 787 1,243 £ 8,948 1,580 3,063 £ 7,160 86 216 £ 154,010 1,203 7,126 5,491 £ 34,671 3 12 £ 213,114 1,203 9,582 10,025 No. 1,133 32 No. 4,045 19 26,981 316 1,068 Tons. 289,547 47,233 19,767 28,137 Christcliurch— Passenger and Parcels Goods Central Booking-office Addington Riccarton 31,335 15,781 135 62 545,785 54,345 23,673 2,508 577,120 70,126 23,808 2,570 64,282 50 1,751 499 248 7,899 1 6 266,113 8,486 16,467 871 1 46,015 57,283 4,076 97,559 49,693 1,599 451 11,563 532 343 115 22,396 603 432 139 164,535 46,600 1,866 666 3,164 11 747 4 132,184 167,699 50,839 49,721 2,575 251 4 6 498,208 125 j 608 54,686 358,758 126,056 24,286 Papanui Belfast Kaiapoi Bangiora 336 38 64 354 7,008 3,446 10,521 18,675 7,344 3,484 10,585 19,029 1,147 699 778 10,019 59 180 2,198 759 4,340 6,574 27,628 4,314 108 580 3,938 5,913 29,113 18,602 11,944 1,619 374 1,217 2,635 297 236 299 2,753 340 65 220 935 5 20 11 9 781 048 382 121 21 10 50 67 8,058 20,733 13,168 15,511 62 9,789 1,417 785 746,246 220,600 13,079 50,545 3,103 11,699 7,152 10,686 14,876 17,089 14,960 East Oxford Sefton Amberley Waipara Mina 25 7 66 62 85 184 4,573 3,405 5,801 1,731 209 4,580 3,471 5,863 1,816 144 39 24 369 170 396 2,134 909 46,671 5,835 79,267 158,768 73,099 254 1,440 6,797 25 1,875 5,944 16,197 5,119 6,771 157 405 557 822 628 74 44 26 31 229 99 188 294 2 3 9 11 7 773 225 357 113 442 1 2 24 6 2,961 3,934 10,059 12,173 8,370 231 70 224 346 700 22,468 4,482 38,161 3,950 14,813 376 30 868 448 1,654 10,803 4,482 2,847 1,563 8,781 Parnassus Oaro Kaikoura Road Services Kaikoura Blenheim Picton Waikari Hawarden Culverden Waiau 131 63 46 458 2,631 713 17 6 83 39 944 1,506 262 8,499 52,021 24,714 140 77 465 125 1,075 1,569 308 8,957 54,652 25,427 157 83 548 164 233 144 1,276 2,410 i 1209 1,626 45 286 809 2,414 771 51,429 10,654 87,665 163,557 13,161 34,622 109,089 89,771 55,600 317 2,866 2,314 160 91 7,138 11,195 9,658 1,683 1,489 15,862 26,976 14,653 31.447 10,808 6,300 2,-042 344 637 179 3,084 14,189 4,248 97 19 399 118 "231 130 115 36 515 1,143 451 61 118 127 56 4 2 14 26 12 14 11 11 6 326 960 089 183 483 082 294 742 355 9 466 52 862 3,888 2 6 9 2 4,794 4,099 179 17,740 42,608 21,200 14,242 11,437 12,277 6,531. 339 238 821 669 483 312 164 308 649 4,728 1,329 18,242 138,840 3,650 8,170 5,280 5,602 185 1,416 2,408 6,787 1,660 485 1,199 1,647 839 2,025 7,156 6,775 31,664 18,640 3,919 3,556 10,943 3,721 Hornby Lincoln Leeston Southbridge 49 100 30 27 8,154 9,324 7,333 7,056 8,203 9,424 7,363 7,083 606 94 46 27 1,233 1,507 2,323 135 3,657 62,248 22,327 28,635 499 56 20 24 56,067 13,083 6,484 11,474 732 868 831 895 149 76 39 47 96 82 111 327 25 6 3 6 132 962 688 636 11 9 2 7 26,120 7,997 4,671 7,912 1,727 148 422 120 2,357 5,015 19,796 10,580 3,901 688 1,061 1,102 49,096 6,343 8,378 3,706 Little Biver Islington Rolleston Kirwee 44 24 29 2 13,207 4,871 6,927 1,359 13,251 4,895 6,956 1,361 80 652 19 36 8,336 302 181 65 145,137 2,273 12,749 18,406 741 50 180 2,090 18,535 4,030 4,465 1,890 445 465 140 86 132 21 30 339 62 32 71 7 11 2 2 381 962 117 681 24 25 1 9,720 12,626 2,636 2,922 2.226 9.227 435 88 17,765 304,792 7,602 20,593 1,360 3,537 10 60 6,393 16,319 1,907 5,977 Darfield Coalgate ... Sheffield Springfield Arthur's Pass 116 19 41 184 92 3,016 264 1,302 6,041 2,396 3,132 283 1,343 6,825 2,488 71 104 59 337 433 363 449 9 45,651 52,117 26,892 12,559 102 4,146 41,654 770 1,188 5 8,710 20,640 6,164 1,333 79 482 165 300 758 311 59 94 57 109 43 165 163 39 6 16 4 2 192 975 706 191 114 3 6 1 24 6,845 17,189 5,266 3,193 464 308 116 114 149 56 9,673 11,178 10,181 4,339 388 720 670 578 264 140 2,625 6,433 3,247 2,102 906 Otira Moana .. •. • (Stillwater Ngahere 119 29 85 68 17,788 4,407 12,156 6,618 17,907 4,436 12,241 6,686 1 62 46 92 1,139 882 128 1,615 5,782 1,580 1,875 9,435 57,282 32,759 12,456 89,463 1,345 1,213 75,636 78,177 2,025 788 1,836 1,313 1 56 19 75 152 456 101 154 19 10 27 75 003 441 311 178 32 10 29 24 21,213| 11,751 29,296 76,744 135 157 366 447 547 1,153 1,351 2,836 271 97 968 417 1,849 2,203 971 3,468 ; Ikamatua j Beefton 1 Inangahua Junction | Westport ' Waimangaroa .. Granity l : Greymouth „ Wharf 19 127 17 648 7 12 2,759 9,764 14,497 3,580 55,413 21,624 36,961 158,193 9,783 14,624 3,597 56,061 21,631 36,973 160,952 71 263 359 142 411 5,637 784 1,523 1,154 2,468 6 248 1,160 9,140 8,173 7,726 2,375 1,909 15,310 6,532 4,596 1,576 350 2,202 28,120 3 1 1 3,615 18,753 25,620 37,187 11,421 08,883 15,187 1,673 1,692 3,578 1,013 12,632 1,100 3,629 27,262 60 242 313 129 315 1,600 128 277 82 1,016 110 168 2,311 7 87 28 40 27 152 21 1 576 896 357 701 402 274 494 500 10 888 7 14,200 16 36 8,357 9,466 92,881 29,459 68,862 28,757 156,422 61,024 1,500 659 549 126 1,563 9 89 3,314 4,575 2,335 852 6,455 "342 10,245 276 1,008 16,614 6,876 1,300 964 1,685 111,638 4,674 3,788 3,958 380,668 2,538 3,807 32,384 272,938 ■ Bunanga Bewanui Kumara Hokitika Boss 43 6 58 943 68 46,673 1,694 11,021 50,556 18,252 46,716 1,700 11,079 51,499 18,320 2,776 11,809 131 600 50 1 17 1,446 2,452 4,900 1,737 9,025 21,658 1 98,840 100,680 85,990 J 1 41,881 37,624 2,531 3,328 7,102 2,047 72 1,015 10,383 1,774 842 2,588 73 336 45 85 3 ' 97 1,192 54 69 73 19 35 33 766 070 295 219 474 62 167 1 119 12 72,802 75,900 20,481 47,249 .35,359 80 39 796 355 172 318 720 2,984 863 1,950 2,688 4,498 1,489 242 6,988 2,926 2,514 15,342 5,324 Burnham Dunsandel Bakaia Methven Chertsey Ashburton 243 31 164 56 2 1,372 124,162 6,643 16,545 3,820 6,968 73,967 124,405 6,674 16,709 3,876 6,970 75,339 36 75 171 2 18 119 60 396 919 718 1,154 584 19,519 49,542 111,356 64,364 47,624 18,363 40 54 6,565 11,833 603 669 5,870 6,976 20,942 9,409 15,528 28,631 5,189 816 2,199 781 550 16,807 46 70 148 2 13 96 224 63 211 65 55 1,394 5 4 18 14 22 23 854 407 812 707 473 338 30 2 43 29 619 11,343 5,358 21,413 15,584 23,091 42,254 6 233 564 335 323 1,490 1,817 20,949 29,119 34,181 31,200 27,163 1,284 397 691 1,210 943 15,137 6,532 4,581 7,815 20,243 9,243 49,211 Tinwald Mount Somers 7 4 2,940 41 2,947 45 14 1,923 474 70,256 5,962 11,513 12 9,388 6,192 310 48 2 27 16 15 4 043 169 1 15,382 4,234 612 317 34,710 4,219 1 142 4,758 6,156 Hinds Bangitata Orari Winchester 48 5,965 6,013 47 822 56,764 435 6,225 608 42 51 6 868 7,569 285 15,963 1.072 13,836 3 202 51 3,629 8,458 3,387 3,632 S.660 3,438 33 38 45 158 279 341 30,678 36,228 3,949 72 23 138 5,744 3,650 14,290 383 1,795 542 30 35 37 30 265 77 4 3 6 169 585 690 4 4,612: 5,68a 7,34(1 81 283 144 3,331 3,399 2,646 367 2,185 28 1,678 7,168 3,508 Temuka Washdyke Pleasant Point Albury Fairlie 410 31 23 19 74 28,365 4,584 10,613 3,541 15,293 28,775 4,615 10,636 3,560 15,367 65 10 31 28 16 2,997 835 955 427 553 30,354 23,310 50,830 29,522 62,234 4,013 3,200 20 4,724 10,482 12,651 19,082 3,968 5,541 4,753 327 1,016 574 2,377 63 8 29 28 15 653 26 98 39 133 9 11 10 2 7 788 160 842 969 783 46 4 9 1 15 15,302|| 11,62.1! 11,99Jj 3,611 10,32^ 1,391 1,018 959 198 479 4,620 75,968 23,708 3,778 7,343 2,032 94 206 109 2,346 16,287 6,204 4,300 3,347 9,216 Timaru Wharf St. Andrews Makikihi Studholme (4,018 25 20 ■ 199 92,847 12,409 3,610 7,237 96,865 12,434 3,630 7,436 955 8 58 4 177 1,152 75 399 7,326 16,504 5,709 17,261 1,657 1 10,669 30,721 17,380 4,382 8,062 28,817 848 393 1,309 276 8 67 4 3,500 61 26 220 54 3 8 2 4 081 632 006 226 686 14,982 5 1 7 101,656 8,928 2,713 6,226 558 991 158 297 322,759 60,252 4,211 14,970 23,101 316 89 241 196,152 75,025 6,901 3,164 2,512 Waimate Morven Glenavy Pukeuri Duntroon 407 49 30 10 24 20,951 5,203 4,864 2,929 2,232 21,358 5,252 4,894 2,939 2,256 12 37 8 30 11 373 75 362 445 451 43,416 20,589 9,232 31,885 49,062 4,371 4 7,081 7,994 3,703 14,223 3,334 4,579 618 417 228 467 10 33 8 21 10 578 56 66 167 42 7 4 2 20 3 679 717 259 644 798 14 1 1 12,860 5,425 2,750 21,061 4,317i 99 22 122 905 610 2,452 2,874 2,977 175,653 10,849 3,844 254 122 94 482 13,256 2,698 1,977 4,642 3,577 Kurow Oamaru ,, Breakwater Waiareka Ngapara 76 2,938 14 6,494 48,580 337 72 6,570 51,518 337 86 2 131 525 617 377 230 37,543 11,128 24,609 657 3,028 30 3,664 37,265 4,975 51,229 7,660 1,162 17,915 17 48 3 107 90 2,927 11 8 5 27 1 22 4 501 035 092 419 107 4 3,451 33 4 6,760 51,435 1,092 22,480 4,167] 372 754 1,688 306 3,620 7,275 41,155 3,211 650 15,364 220 252 5,861 69,483 16,166 954 6,801 Inset 2—D 2

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OUTWARD. INWARD. Tkaitic. REVENUE. Tkaefic. Station, Number of Passenger Journeys. Season Tickets. GatUc Sheep Timber, Hundreds Other Goods. Ordinary Passengers. Season Tickets. Parcels, Luggage, and Mails. Miscellaneous. Total Sheep and Pigs. Timber Other Goods. Firstclass. Secondclass. Total. and Calves. and Pigs. of Superficial Feet. Goods. Value forwarded. and Calves. of Superficial Feet. South Island main Line and Branches—ctd. Maheno Hampden Palmerston Makareao Waikouaiti 34 70 378 7!) 7,950 5,659 20,214 6,523 7,984 5,729 20,592 6,602 No. 41 34 43 60 No. 968 505 1,626 1,462 No. 29,259 22,628 75,388 33 j 020 3 374 Tons. 12,725 801 3,0f4 44,428 1,472 £ 537 640 3,155 947 £ 26 40 38 45 £ 675 165 633 91 £ 8,599 1,716 6,145 17,527 2,940 £ 14 1 85 5 £ 9,851 2,562 10,056 17,527 4,028 No. 479 739 1,888 37 1,423 No. 13,865 4,937 6,142 7,764 240 297 1,412 37 743 Tons. 8,745 3,612 8,682 392 3,774 Seacliff Waitati Port Chalmers Upper Sawyer's Bay 147 11 77 53 10,463 6,664 3,386 1 13,284 10,610 6,675 3,463 13,337 210 1,321 487 7,786 251 324 204 205 5,709 1,754 2,862 1,168 172 16 6!;(J 43ij ,7 3! 7 1,397 444 300 625 100 402 82 1,437 66 73 118 33 788 423 110 669 6 6 1 2 2,357 1,348 611 2,766 271 311 108 164 1,397 1,613 843 410 292 128 8 5,882 1,430 241 1,325 Port Chalmers Wharf .. Port Chalmers St. Leonard's .. Ravensbourne Dunedin „ Goods Caversham 165 32 19 21,358 182 26,173 3,792 15,787 362,058 20,166 26,338 3,824 15,806 383,416 20,348 19,896 5,751 6,902 53,948 2,275 7 4 614 249 157 14,781 20 479 24,217 1 47,4(7 153,679 717 2,124 314, 579 96,777 1,423 3,998 946 1,124 9,927 317 196 15 19 10,792 113 104 7,395 5 24,296 255,458 930 5,094 1 70 515 2,053 3 104 18,807 1,281 26,088 118,011 257,511 2,786 2 22 8 657 1 59 5 5,203 2 j 925 145 15i,303 5,291 5,389 55,261 37 7,922 251,105 8,162 Burnside Green Island Wingatui Middlemarch 64 151 63 174 9,518 24,845 28,947 2,635 9,582 24,996 29,010 2,809 6,779 22,665 4,073 27 3,609 1,205 814 23,229 25,151 81,594 32 3,465 85,564 6,093 3,646 3,954 393 1,458 1,230 797 888 3,623 814 22 118 74 82 383 97,218 6,140 5,316 9,779 70 59 11 10 98,687 11,354 7,453 10,991 18,858 791 675 604,372 3 2,639 11,932 1,676 551 131 500 118,821 12,647 2,408 4,495 Waipiata Ranfurly Oturehua Omakau Alexandra 247 517 156 393 550 2,867 4,411 1,170 2,205 3,900 3,114 4,928 1,326 2,598 4,450 674 289 681 940 59 50,363 65,413 69,781 81,867 14,250 3 10 6 199 49 1,515 2,821 2, 2E4 1,6P7 3,741,064 1,826 489 1,253 2,473 161 263 166 299 416 5,397 8,505 8,404 8,796 9,034 6 24 7 5 13 6,628 10,618 9,066 10,353 11,936 550 299 116 669 206 9,729 7,071 3,954 6,539 3,914 615 1,460 329 1,236 3,722 5,270 4,563 2,158 4,469 6,863 Clyde Cromwell Mosgiel Outram Allanton 101 595 449 50 14 1,657 4,652 ( 49,398 2,862 6,236 1,758 5,247 49,847 2,912 6,250 43 22,967 196 427 144 1,045 530 121 1,537 5,076 61,012 3,700 2,021 18,772 13 9 775 l,56i 7,131 2,78; 1,016 2,02 j 617 2,599 3,805 379 385 23 5,079 110 .142 222 449 366 68 170 3,487 16,120 2,246 641 2,652 1 37 8 5 4,350 19,205 11,504 1,198 3,354 16 156 789 151 2,331 1,026 1,812 4,615 1,397 18,033 642 2,at>8 1,212 366 287 1,338 8,660 6 535 u';568 3,275 Millburn Milton Lawrence Miller's Fiuu 3 1,538 51 4,770 24,223 590 4,773 25,761 641 4 49 138 1,160 572 7,660 23,049 20,074 21,155 3 18 31 2,502 84,5E 3 7,321 1,61 423 5,421 461 80 3 55 48 826 159 29,157 7,301 3,261 403 64 3 30,034 13,667 3,884 210 614 277 3,326 10,923 2,991 273 1,648 421 11,045 14,150 10,958 2 09 5,742 o o, 9u0 zSS i,6I8 zoA 3,296 Roxburgh Lovell's Plat Stirling Balclutha Owaka 65 72 375 3,068 167 855 2,694 11,421 41,556 6,390 920 2,766 11,796 44,624 6,557 39 139 89 9 78 162 4,057 2,413 3,548 15,732 6,372 3,699 60,319 42,676 66 35,987 5,128 3,728 138,843 16,39t 3,61: 386 227 2,185 11,054 1,502 26 127 113 15 134 23 150 1,138 234. 8,810 2,822 80,879 25,749 15,328 2 1,974 45 15 9,332 3,098 85,315 38,099 17,094 93 23 1,479 4,203 1,393 598 1,321 4,388 165,398 10,642 125 64 1,565 1,721 599 3,213 5,325 7,610 20,206 10,549 Tahakopa 55 7,406 7,461 7 579 2,488 13,048 641 1,004 7 58 3,780 4,849 335 3,762 1 2,157 Waiwera Clinton Waipahi Tapanui 101 709 358 13 3,545 14,935 8,083 139 3,646 15,644 8,441 152 12 65 390 1.156 2,149 534 8,938 49,444 66,419 46,155 3,001 5,798 139 740 1,93f 1,16f 2,89C 3,87C 525 2,655 1,760 102 12 76 337 125 183 35 3,280 5,185 6,265 6,848 3 17 4 6 4,157 8,058 8,212 6,991 279 142 692 122 5,609 2,409 5,135 1,225 166 56 933 716 12,064 8,478 14,608 7,768 Heriot Gore .. Riversdale Mataura Edendale 105 3,098 123 373 341 562 55,396 3,017 37,690 23,519 667 58,494 3,140 38,063 23,860 664 18 779 167 824 3,936 2,144 1,317 2,515 85,621 164,459 148,921 66,187 57,005 21 7,423 2 4 197 2,08( 30,25c 17,92t 26,088 6,471 460 16,573 906 4,611 3,990 375 15 460 145 64 1,473 176 273 221 8,129 38,174 18,226 37,903 10,179 1 183 22 124 75 8,654 56,778 19,345 43,371 14,610 508 2,235 423 1,156 931 4,546 14,785 5,245 g7,619 33,023 863 14,240 1,945 769 1,327 14,895 67,606 28,356 26,112 22,936 Wyndham Woodlands Invercargill „ Goods Waimahaka 54 96 8,559 19 406 10,009 212,296 11,299 460 10,105 220,855 11,318 65 13,662 34 806 1,561 6,758 3,533 7,965 55,177 68,774 56,091 4,357 39,120 2,78f 3,75" 88,95i 4,04c 434 1,233 56,807 . . 987 60 4,228 34 18 83 4,393 145 3,394 5,686 74,093 11,239 14 167 407 5 3,846 7,076 65,595 74,500 12,410 204 519 4,518 1,427 4,508 17,753 36,848 15,321 737 456 56,873 679 18,294 18,556 175,284 29,805 Bluff 231 49,230 49,461 3,761 27 21 1,656 79,77f 3,629 1,232 325 46,426 13,317 64,929 271 589,857 30,164 129,566 Makarewa Thornbury Riverton 14 21 114 6,001 2,049 7,183 6,015 2,070 7,297 737 66 124 1,930 714 1,153 109,859 80,667 40,354 143 217 19,411 27,59' 2,865,59; 490 283 1,746 236 57 128 63 33 213 26,202 4,803 10,854 6 3 16 26,997 5,179 12,957 6,572 222 464 245,462 1 9,472 i 820 2,278 106 39 20,583 16,441 8,646 Orepuki Tuatapere Otautau Wairio Winton 78 85 119 160 16,640 2,505 3.660 9,970 16,718 2,590 3,779 10,136 30 140 32 131 1,830 954 929 2,402 24,799 121,222 28,676 193,540 72,832 3,907 0,020 31,2ft 4,12 r 182,301 158,1.3 2,168 790 > 1,140 1,809 28 123 31 121 281 80 80 432 37,919 8,638 133,153 60,552 15 13 3,937 39 40,411 9,644 138,341 08,953 707 362 350 7i7 6,770 5,527 1,970 30,661 280 92 713 1,259 7,540 15,966 17,642 19,501 Lumsden Kingston Through traffic (Lake Wakatipu) 175 8 12,143 484 12,31b 192 8 2,359 113 11 91,460 11,242 3,490 1,621 32 28,35' 4 3,03 1,918 142 ) 8 228 11 17,585 1,038 4,915 33 6 19,772 1,197 4,915 605 101 122 10,212 2,556 931 3,291 548 1,192 36,001 6,662 3,548 Chief Accountant Overseas traffic 185,830 900,549 1,086,379 201 2,008 11,019 12,356 20,7(1 479,543 15,514 32,283 37,923 104,689 9,868 575,131 104,689 2,008 11,019 12,356 20,761 Totals 324,417 t, 194,386 4,518,803 368,444 153,836 5,276,859 983,933 3,896,4E| I 1,103,199 91,341 115,879 3,158,787 127,046 4,596,252 153,836 5,276,859 983,933 3,896,451 Nelson Section Port Nelson Nelson Wakefield Glenhope District Office Overseas traffic 927 40 6 20,974 4,684 239 1,508 21,90.1 4,724 245 1,508 491 4 20 1,005 1,205 27 37 14,901 14,001 248 242 15 11,930 3,0(1. 7,95' 6,91. 3,4£|f 44. 5,442 . 422 59 Cr. 4,687 412 4 429 431 67 15 83 244 2,507 3,399 4,342 450 1,597 146 6 1 244 8,938 3,898 4,417 Cr. 3,725 1,597 2,043 39 148 27 26,752 127 2,060 248 11,930 97 160 1,340 11,298 5,899 2,795 443 Totals 973 27,405 28,378 495 2,257 29,187 12,187 21,77, 1,230 845 596 12,539 153 15,369 2,257 29,187 12,187 21,775 Lake Wakatipu Steamebs 20,263 20,263 10 188 5,837 1,246 7,9(. 4,420 18 476 5,705 52 10,671 188 5,837 1,246 7,962 1

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

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Commodity. Year ended 31st March, 1946 Per Cent, of Gross. Tons One Mile (000 omitted). Average Hani. Revenue. Tonnage carried. Total. Per Cent, of Gross. Per Ton. Per Ton Mile. Products of Agriculture Grain Meals Fruit and vegetables Root crops and fodder Flax, green and pressed Seeds Animals and other Products Cattle, calves, horses Sheep and pigs Meat, fresh Meat, frozen Butter Cheese Wool Dairy by-products Fat, hides, and skins Fish Products of Mines Agricultural lime Coal, imported Coal, New Zealand hard Coal, New Zealand brown .. Road-metal Lime, other Coke Products of Forests Timber, imported Timber, New Zealand Firewood, posts, &c. Manufactures, &c. Benzine, gasolene, kerosene.. Cement Manure Miscellaneous Totals 319,485 118,190 100,935 209,709 7,476 39,003 3-47 1-28 1-10 2-28 0-08 0-42 20,044 7,937 17,917 21,232 976 2,582 Miles. 63 67 178 102 131 66 £ 191,224 81,371 155,132 166,689 9,936 35,263 2-20 0-94 1-79 1-92 0-11 0-41 £ s. d. 0 12 0 0 13 9 1 10 9 0 15 11 16 7 0 18 1 d. 2-29 2-46 2-08 1-88 2-44 3-28 794,798 8-63 70,688 89 639,615 7-37 0 16 1 2-17 296,436 525,839 45,179 313,991 117,062 93,552 250,286 39,044 61,295 12,345 3-22 5-71 0-49 3-41 1-27 1-02 2-72 0-42 0-67 0-13 26,526 42,452 5,507 14,307 11,474 6,065 15,500 3,272 5,308 2,142 89 81 122 46 98 65 62 83 87 174 355,931 596,260 81,331 323,739 162,544 100,470 308,898 44,754 92,910 21,621 4-10 6-87 0-94 3-73 1-87 1-16 3-56 0-52 1-07 0-25 14 0 1 2 8 1 16 0 10 8 17 9 118 14 8 12 6 1 10 4 1 15 0 3-22 3-37 3-54 5-43 3-40 3-98 4-78 3-28 4-20 2-42 1,755,029 19-06 132,553 76 2,088,458 24-07 1 3 10 3-78 666,688 917|046 1,179,850 42,382 41,932 12,195 7-24 9-96 12-81 0-46 0-46 0-12 42,527 64," 610 140,726 2,228 3,150 1,185 64 *70 119 53 75 97 259,529 439i194 822,951 18,690 22,492 11,916 2-99 5-06 9-47 0-22 0-26 0-14 0 7 9 0 9' 7 0 13 11 0 8 10 0 10 9 0 19 7 1-46 i-63 1-40 2-01 1-71 2-41 2,860,093 31-05 254,426 89 1,574,77^ 18-14 0 11 0 14 3 12 3 0 10 9 1-49 9,637 572,428 109,869 0-10 6-22 1-19 821 76,694 9,872 85 134 90 11,677 636,132 58,966 0-14 7-32 0-68 3-41 1-99 1-43 691,934 7-51 87,387 126 706,775 8-14 10 5 1-94 220,682 127,232 789,884 2-40 1-37 8-58 17,010 22,193 64,403 . 77 174 82 358,023 191,163 487,921 4-13 2-20 5-62 1 12 5 1 10 0 0 12 4 5-05 2-07 1-82 1,137,798 12-35 103,606 91 1,037,107 11-95 0 18 3 2-40 1,970,814 21-40 193,882 98 2,632,197 30-33 16 9 3-26 9,210,466 100-00 842,542 91 8,678,924 100-00 0 18 10 2-47

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STATEMENT No. 20 Statement showing Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Operating Revenue, and Operating Expenditure of New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1945, to 31st March, 1946 MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE

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Year. Average Miles, open. Capital Cost. Train-mileage. (Revenue). Passenger Journeys. Passenger Revenue. Other Coaching Revenue. Cattle and Calves. 1 Sheep and Pigs. Timber. 1944-1945 .. 1945-1946 .. No. 3,504 3,511 £ 68,623,125 71,514,380 No. 12,802,536 13,454,508 No. 32,994,529 32,417,675 £ 3,504,453 3,912,509 £ 411,021 426,619 No. 1,328,540 1,414,366 No. 12,463,238 13,001,365 Tons. 603,130 582,065 Year. Goods. Total. Goods Revenue. Miscellaneous Revenue, Labour, Demurrage, &c. Total Revenue. Revenue per Revenue Train- mile. 1944-1945 1945-1946 Tons. 7,574,421 7,806,126 Tons. 8,177,551 8,388,191 £ 8,261,087 8,515,673 £ 271,746 249,786 £ 12,448,307 13,104,587 d. 233-36 233-76 EXPENDITURE Year. Maintenance of Way and Works; Maintenance of Signals and Electrical Appliances. Maintenance of Locomotives, Carriages, and Wagons Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Mile of Railway. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Mile of Railway. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Train-mile. 1944-1945 .. 1945-1946 .. £ 2,250,736 2,524,485 18-08 19-26 £ 642-33 718-97 £ 332,015 375,499 2-67 2-87 £ 94-75 106-94 £ 2,839,591 3,055,303 22-81 23-31 d. 53-23 54-50 Year. Locomotive Transportation. Traffic Transportation. General Charges. Total Expenditure. Expenditure per Revenue Trainmile. Expenditure per Cent, of Revenue. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Trainmile. Amount. Per Cent, of Revenue. Per Trainmile. Amount. Per Cent. of . Revenue. Per Trainmile. 1944-1945 .. 1945-1946 .. £ 2,473,581 2,627,868 19-87 20-06 d. 46-37 46-88 £ 3,460,705 3,618,584 27-80 27-61 (1. 64-88 64-55 £ 340,267 347,985 2-73 2-66 d. 6-38 6-21 £ 11,696,895 12,549,724 d. 219-27 223-86 93-96 95-77

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STATEMENT No. 21 Comparative Statement of the Average Numbers of Employees for Years 1945-46 and 1944-45

STATEMENT No. 22 Statement of Accidents for the Year ended 31st March, 1946

Note.—This return includes only casualties in connection with, train-working and the movement of rolling-stock.

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Branch. 1945-46. 1944-45. Traffic 7,853 7,799 Locomotive Running (including depot staff) 3,365 3,432 Workshops 5,726 5,600 Maintenance 4,351 4,322 Signal and Electrical Stores 619 599 '488 487 Road Services 921 769 Refreshment .. .. 626 621 Publicity and Advertising 41 38 Head Office, Land Office, and Chief Accountant's Office 339 335 Totals .. 24,329 24,002

Section. Train Accidents. Accidents on Line (other than Train Accidents). Passengers. Employees. Passengers. Employees. Other Persons. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. | Injured. North Island Main Line and branches. . South Island Main Line and branches.. Nelson Totals 1 26 8 2 3 1 9 1 5 3 1 34 2 4 10 8 Section. Shunting Accidents. Employees proceeding to or from Duty within the Railway Boundary. Persons killed or injured at Crossings. Total. Passengers. j Employees. Other Persons. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured. North Island Main Line and branches South Island Main Line and branches Nelson Totals 1 1 4 104 86 1 2 1 1 1 10 6 20 18 29 ■ 7 162 116 1 1 1 4 190 1 3 1 1 16 38 36 279

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STATEMENT No. 23 Statement of Carriage, Rail Car, Multiple Unit, Brake Van and Wagon Stock, and Tarpaulins, for the Year ended 31st March, 1946

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North Island South Island Description. Class. Main Line Main Line Nelson. Total. and Branches. and Branches. 1 Carriages . First-class 97 61 158 Second-class 679 522 3 1,204 Composite 78 20 7 105 Sleeping 13 2 15 Combination day-sleeping 2 1 3 Ambulance 9 3 12 Totals 878 609 10 1,497 Rail Cars 13 9 22 Multiple Units— Power units 6 6 Trailers 6 6 Totals 12 12 Vans— Postal-vans 4 4 8 Brake-vans 286 210 3 499 Totals 290 214 3 507 Wagons — Special-purpose wagons E 938 470 1 1,409 Horse-boxes G 63 77 1 141 Cattle H 613 218 3 834 Cattle He 1 50 51 Sheep J 1,743 1,446 "ll 3,200 Sheep Jc 80 40 120 Covered goods K 249 156 " 6 411 High sides L 3,067 3,629 88 6,784 High sides La 5,312 4,155 9,467 High sides Lb 6 392 13 411 Low sides M 447 891 14 1,352 Low sides (steel) Ma 122 122 Low sides Mb 4 13 17 Low sides Mc 110 60 170 Timber N 88 144 " 8 240 Platform, coal P 204 204 Petrol inspection Pw 1 1 2 Movable hopper Q 1,162 1,162 Frozen meat W 297 77 374 Frozen meat Wa 231 29 *18 278 Covered goods X 110 16 126 Cool, ventilated Xa 489 566 1,055 Cool, ventilated Xb 1 29 30 Cool, ventilated Xc 1 63 64 Work train Y 57 24 81 Work train Yb 308 187 495 Special-purpose wagons, bogie .. E 101 ' 75 176 High-sides, bogie R 157 75 232 High sides, bogie Ra 38 38 High sides, bogie Rb 69 24 93 Sheep, bogie .. S 25 36 61 Cattle, bogie T 36 14 50 Platform, bogie U 238 117 4 359 Gas storeholder, bogie Ua 10 4 14

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STATEMENT No. 23—continued Statement of Carriage, Rail Car, Multiple Unit, Brake Van and Wagon Stock, and Tarpaulins, for the Year ended 31st March, 1946—continued

STATEMENT No. 24 Locomotive Stock for Year ended 31st March, 1946

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North Island South Island Description. Class. Main Line Main Line Nelson. Total. and Branches. and Branches. Wagons—continued • Platform, bogie Ub 260 297 557 Fuel oil, bogie Uc 2 2 Well, bogie Ud " 2 2 Horse-boxes, bogie Ug 56 '*68 124 Frozen meat, bogie Y 47 64 111 Chilled beef, bogie V 6 6 Frozen meat, bogie Yb 157 "85 242 Chilled beef, bogie Vb 99 10 109 Covered goods, bogie Z 75 77 152 Covered goods, bogie Zp 71 72 143 Totals 15,989 14,915 167 31,071 Tarpaulins 16,009 14,027 195 30,231

North Island South Island Class. Type. Main Line Main Line Nelson. Total. and Branches. and Branches. A .. Tender (4-cylinder balanced compound) 2 14 16 A .. Tender (2-cylinder simple) 12 30 42 AA .. Tender 10 10 AB .. Tender 87 54 141 B .. Tender .7 7 BA .. Tender 10 10 BB .. Tender "30 30 C .. Tender 12 12 24 Ec .. Electric 6 6 ED .. Electric 10 10 Eo .. Electric 5 5 F .. Tank " 2 18 20 G .. Tender 6 6 H .. Tank 6 6 J .. Tender 30 "lO 40 K .. Tender 30 30 KA .. Tender 32 32 KB .. Tender " 6 6 Q .. Tender 10 10 U .. Tender 9 9 Ub .. Tender 7 7 Uc .. Tender 7 7 W .. Tank 2 2 Wa .. Tank 3 3 6 Wab. . Tank 22 8 30 Wb .. Tank 4 4 WE .. Tank 3 3 Wi .. Tank 7 22 " 4 33 Wg .. Tank 10 10 Ww .. Tank 57 3 60 X .. Tender (4-cylinder balanced compound) 16 16 X .. Tender (2-cylinder simple) 1 1 Totals 379 256 4 639

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STATEMENT No. 25 ALL SECTIONS Locomotive Running Costs, Year ended 31st March, 1946

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Section. Cost per Locomotive-mile. Depreciation. Water. Conversions and Alterations. General Charges. Repairs. Wages, Material, and Overhead. Stores. dunning Fuel. Wages. Total. N.I.M.L. and branches S.I.M.L. and branches Nelson .. Total, steam Electric locos., Eo 2-6 Electric locos., Ec 7-12 Electric locos., Ed 101-110.. Total, electric Multiple units, D.M. 1-6 Diesel rail cars Tractors d. 1319 15-00 21-77 d. 0-87 0-82 0-74 d. 15-12 10-60 16-43 d. 13-34 13-65 11-55 d. 42-52 40-07 50-49 £ 106,724 41,094 43 £ 19,697 10,340 65 £ 280,889 154,426 1,119 13-86 0-85 13-50 13-45 41-66 147,861 30,102 136,434 15-54 16-19 11-03 0-09 0-42 0-24 11-30 10-24 7-53 4-44 6-33 5-97 31-37 33-18 24-77 1,216 2,349 8,553 1,356 1,356 4,560 12-91 0-24 8-81 5-73 27-69 12,118 7,272 14-69 10-96 9-94 0-15 0-73 1-26 4-09 2-00 6-52 5-63 3-02 6-83 24-56 16-71 24-55 5,329 38,490 7,031 2,666 4,422 Section. Cost a _o § 1 p ; per Loc 63 "§ ?■ O Conversions and o Alterations. mile, to 5 6 -3 S § O 1 o "3 o H Total Cost per Locomotive-mile. 1 © 02 Average Number of Days in Steam per Locomotive. N.I.M.L. and branches S.I.M.L. and branches Nelson Total, steam Electric locos., Eo 2-6 Electric locos., Ec 7-12 Electric locos., Ed 101-110 Total, electric Multiple units, D.M. 1-6 Diesel rail cars Tractors d. 2-39 1-63 0-21 d. 0-44 0-41 0-31 d. d. 6-30 6-13 5-42 £ 2,303,597 1,216,155 11,655 d. 51-65 48-24 56-43 89,237 55,757 490 239 226 122 2-11 0-43 6-24 3,531,407 50-44 145,484 233 1-90 3-96 4-45 2-12 2-29 2-37 22,644 23,371 60,769 35-39 39-43 31-59 1,026 1,415 2,773 205 235 277 3-84 2-30 106,784 33-83 5,214 248 4-45 11-05 9-93 2-22 1-27 37,393 101,141 24,406 31-23 29-03 34-48 1,684 4,450 8,037 281 202 223

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Type. Number of Locomotives. Locomotive-mileage. Average Mileage per Locomotive. Quantity of Stores. Cost of Repairs : Wages, and Material, Overhead. Cost of Running: Stores. Details. Running. Train. Shunting, Assisting, Light, and Miscellaneous. Total. Coal. Oil. A Aa Ab Bb -0 F H .J K Ka Wa Wab .. Wf Wg Ww .. X Hunslett Total 14 10 87 30 12 2 6 30 30 32 3 22 7 10 57 17 3 NOR 283,969 188,473 2,512,015 215,355 437 9,491 1,181,638 1,142,722 1,214,406 743 548,945 12,184 7,262 277,902 308,720 24 TH ISLAN 97,706 60,421 593,408 452,806 239,290 13,668 24,280 149,352 103,313 107,280 11,985 93,054 55,432 151,298 612,146 34,199 358 D MAIN I 381,675 248,894 3,105,423 668,161 239,727 13,668 33,771 1,330,990 1,246,035 1,321,686 12,728 641,999 67,616 158,560 890,048 342,919 382 jINE A1 27,262 24,910 35,695 22,272 19,978 6,834 5,628 44,367 41,534 41,302 4,242 29,181 9,659 15,856 15,614 20,177 127 \TD BRANC Cwt. 237,078 168,717 2,328,208 530,805 171,173 8,150 44,224 1,096,751 1,125,054 1,074,832 6,143 433,791 45,624 118,010 635,935 248,685 JHES Quarts. 15,899 14,419 125,619 34,305 9,977 430 5,250 30,821 40,084 43,540 802 30,157 3,376 7,206 45,823 28,015 25 £ 18,003 12,352 131,775 29,921 18,853 250 14,101 70,882 86,243 62,804 339 41,931 5,987 16,742 54,560 19,582 3,748 £ 1,266 1,133 10,084 2,509 801 37 353 4,241 4,896 4,984 62 2,299 257 538 3,369 1,846 . 2 1 372 7,904,286 2,799,996 10,704,282 28,697 8,273,180 435,748 588,0731 38,677 Type. Cost of Running— continued. Total Costs. Cost per Locomotive-mile. Days in Steam. 5 § o £ l! ai gS <5 Repairs. Running. Total. Fuel. Wages. Wages, Material, and Overhead. Stores. Fuel. Wages. A Aa Ab Bb .. •G F H J K Ka Wa .. Wab .. Wf .. Wg .. Ww .. X Hunslett Total £ 19,316 13,759 189,766 43,243 13,958 658 3,616 89,470 91,738 87,702 502 35,338 3,726 9,634 51,804 20,292 £ 18,538 13,987 157,021 56,203 23,567 841 5,543 58,889 56,644 57,714 1,293 33,010 5,587 15,690 72,732 17,659 97 £ 57,123 41,231 488,646 131,876 .57,179 1,786 23,613 223,482 239,521 213,204 2,196 112,578 15,557 42,604 182,465 59,379 3,847 d. 11-32 11-91 10-18 10-75 18-87 4-39 100-21 12-78 16-61 11-40 6-39 15-68 21-25 25-34 14-71 13-70 d. 0-80 1-09 0-78 0-90 0-80 0-65 2-51 0-76 0-94 0-91 1-17 0-86 0-91 0-81 0-91 1-29 1-26 d. 12-15 13-27 14-67 15-53 13-97 11-55 25-70 16-13 17-67 15-93 9-47 13-21 13-23 14-58 ' 13-97 14-20 d. 11-66 13-49 12-14 20-19 23-59 14-77 39-39 10-62 10-91 10-49 24-38 12-34 19-83 23-75 19-62 12-36 60-94 d. 35-93 39-76 37-76 47-37 57-23 31-36 167-81 40-29 46-13 38-73 41-41 42-09 55-22 64-48 49-21 41-55 3,593 2,183 22,825 7,664 3,094 345 1,180 7,688 7,854 8,338 297 5,827 1,167 1,960 12,588 2,656 8 256 218 296 255 257 172 196 257 261 261 99 264 166 196 220 156 2 674,522 595,015 1,896,287 13-19 0-87 15-12 13-34 42-52 89,237 239

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i Locomotive-mileage. Quantity of Stores. i a o Details. Average Mileage Running. Cost of Repairs: Wages, and Material, Overhead. Cost of Type. o per Sunning: Shunting, LocoStores. O Assisting, motive. <■*> Train. Light, Total. Coa.l. Oil. s £ and Miscellaneous. SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES Cwt. Quarts. £ £ A 44 915,303 192,692 1,107,995 25,181 692,609 55,060 73,876 3,942 AB 54 1,617,477 329,734 1,947,211 36,059 1,193,057 79,968 101,327 6,049 B 7 41,857 64,290 106,147 15,163 63,214 4,779 6,623 361 Ba 10 45,449 164,740 210,189 21,018 161,776 12,550 17,026 860 C 12 18,899 241,489 260,388 21,699 168,193 9,677 13,828 944 F 18 1,455 192,331 193,786 10,765 68,092 6,391 9,228 530 Fa 1 1,145 1,145 1,145 608 34 7 1 G 6 150,066 21,890 171,956 28,659 112,235 7,170 12,246 638 J 10 412,432 26,163 438,595 43,859 371,506 11,711 18,835 1,711 Kb 6 170,598 15,287 1.85,885 30,980 138,834 5,703 25,332 964 Q 10 65,937 77,611 143,548 14,354 113,994 8,367 16,248 568 U 9 122,473 41,602 164,075 18,230 112,677 8,757 7,259 632 Ub 7 101,540 37,936 139,476 19,925 88,033 5,462 19,539 410 Uc 7 133,203 51,610 184,813 26,401 83,273 5,529 6,486 448 W 2 18,728 18,621 37,349 18,674 17,152 1,390 1,003 105 Wa 3 22,415 20,744 43,159 14,386 25,489 2,111 4,330 151 Wab .. 8 212,322 32,838 245,160 30,645 198,667 14,509 10,915 984 Wb 4 17,782 33,297 51,079 12,769 27,871 1,564 3,342 135 WE 3 26,137 14,859 40,996 13,665 26,261 2,073 6,537 145 Wp 22 67,965 242,078 310,043. 14,092 207,205 16,085 22,067 1,021 WW .. 3 52,343 14,944 67,287 22,429 33,674 1,759 2,101 153 Total.. 246 4,214,381 1,835,901 6,050,282 24,594 3,904,420 260,649 378,155 20,752

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Cost per Locomotive-mile. Cost of Running— o-§ continued. °! Repairs. Running. Days Is Type. Total Costs. in Wages, Steam. 3 o jz; Pi Material, Total. (D S Fuel. Wages. and Stores. Fuel. Wages. si Overhead. gas <1.5 SOUTH ISLAND MAIN* LINE AND BRANCHES —continued. £ £ £ d. d. d. d. d. A 47,887 57,698 183,403 16-00 0-85 10-38 12-50 39-73 9,574 218 Ab 80,916 88,739 277,031 12-49 0-75 9-96 10-94 34-14 13,955 258 B 4,284 8,355 19,623 14-97 0-82 9-69 18-89 44-37 1,561 223 Ba 10,901 18,374 47,161 19-44 0-98 12-45 20-98 53-85 2,376 237 C 11,410 24,487 50,669 12-75 0-87 10-51 22-57 46-70 3,139 261 F 4,614 19,254 33,626 11-43 0-66 5-71 23-85 41-65 3,643 202 Fa 74 103 185 1-47 0-21 15-51 21-59 38-78 33 33 G 7,606 8,741 29,231 17-09 0-89 10-62 12-20 40-80 1,155 192 J 25,192 16,712 62,450 10-31 0-94 13-78 9-14 34-17 2,669 269 Kb 9,412 8,553 44,261 32-71 1-24 12-16 11-04 57-15 1,119 186 Q 7,741 10,476 35,033 27-17 0-95 12-94 17-51 58-57 1,755 175 U 7,710 9,468 25,069 10-62 0-92 11-28 13-85 36-67 2,003 222 Ub 5,962 8,728 34,639 33-62 0-71 10-25 15-02 59-60 1,519 217 Uc 5,644 9,365 21,943 8-42 0-58 7-33 12-16 28-49 1,590 227 W 1,155 2,433 4,696 6-45 0-67 7-41 15-63 30-18 483 241 Wa .. 1,729 3,503 9,713 24-08 0-84 9-61 19-48 54-01 653 217 Wab .. 13,478 11,779 37,156 10-68 0-97 13-19 11-53 36-37 2,124 265 Wb .. 1,888 4,142 9,507 15-71 0-63 8-87 19-46 44-67 802 200 We .. 1,779 3,136 11,597 38-27 0-85 10-41 18-36 67-89 625 208 We 15,538 26,506 65,132 17-08 0-79 12-03 20-52 50-42 4,198 190 Ww .. 2,281 3,635 8,170 7-48 0-55 8-14 12-97 29-14 781 260 Total 267,201 344,187 1,010,295 15-00 0-82 10-60 13-65 40-07 55,757 226