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RETURN No. 5. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of Passenger and Goods Traffic for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1897.

A. C. Fife, Railway Accountant.

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Sections. :iass. Passengers. Secoi TS. id Class. Total, I — I Total Season Tickets. Carriages. I 'arcels, &c. Dogs. Live-; itock. Goods, Sec. Firewood. Timber. Merchandise. Minerals. I Total. First Parcels. Horses. Total. Drays, &c. Cattle. Calves. Sheep. Pigs. Total. Equivalent Tonnage for Live-Stock, Sec. Chaff, Lime, &c. Wool. Grain. Grand Total Tonnage. 1896-97. Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Auckland Napier -Taranaki Wellington Hurunui-BlufE Grreymouth-Brunner Grreyraouth-Hokitika Westport Nelson Picton Single. 531 6,847 293 21,096 24,860 10,117 58,243 1,360 796 64 632 1,425 Return. 356 Single. Return. 2,560 No. ! No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Tons c. 0. 28 11 o 105 i o 8 15 o 8,849 2 O 17,385 17 o 12,229 10 o 53,209 s o 220 6 o 53 11 o 13 18 o 780 88 2 o Tons c. q. Tons c. q. Tons c. q. 600 234 o o 126 o o 4,378 o o 32,886 o o 6,920 o o 25,436 o o 896 o o 1,224 o o 2,976 o o I , 608 O O 3,324 o o Tons c. q. Tons c. q. Tons c. a. 1,581 9 o 4,499 8 o I,880 4 O 30, 100 15 o 58,485 i o 22,043 l 7 o 276,868 15 o 4,838 10 o 7,368 10 o 3,205 i o 2,423 5 o 2,iS3 4 o Tons c. q. Tons c. q. 15,104 16 o 52,226 16 o 36,572 19 o 173,750 5 o 211,314 6 o 90,371 12 o 1,281,960 12 o 167,272 19 o 16,298 2 O 295,699 8 o 12,329 4 o 16,026 8 o Tons c. q. 8 18 17 309 332 94 i,i33 8 I,73O 46, 703 3>SI3 96,650 112,058 50,565 262,968 13,026 7,602 7,410 9,953 5,743 S.I77 53,550 26,518 582,280 726, 162 465,730 2,259,425 103,888 59-34O 53,89O 67,521 3S-9O6 3 44 4 ;7,880 J 3,488 ! 8, 702 J2i,447 317 539 87 408 150 1.158 30 8 36 1,232 26 8 107 136 52 469 23 IS 2 2 6 I 663 646 41* 126,471 357,548 289,191 1,183,323 3,070 788 2SS 137 1,977 670 883 66 222 13 O 4,968 o o 34,046 9 o 17,664 18 o 47,042 s o 24,580 18 o 99,289 6 o 18,196 o o 6,513 2 O 3,672 o o 1,558 18 o 70 19 o O 10 O IOO 13,146 14 o 26,569 16 o S,"05 13 o 370,128 4 o 2,102 1 o 13,294 14 o 42,474 18 o 471 6 o 98,198 2 o 29,525 12 o 19,672 8 o 395-944 11 o 140,615 12 o 1,178 18 o 285,700 19 o 2,471 6 o 2,703 13 o 15.133 7 o 52,331 17 o 36,581 14 o 182,599 7 o 228,700 3 o IO2,6OI 2 O i>335,169 17 o 167,493 5 o 16,351 13 o 295,713 6 o 12,336 12 o 16,114 10 o i',686 ! 49,070 120,754 90,568 378,360 5,362 6,192 960 6,064 4,694 21,026 415,464 468,490 314,480 l>559.854 84, 140 44,750 45-4S6 50,872 24,044 1,550 57,937 77,012 64.437 272,914 6,512 2,339 2-S7O 3,38s 11 15 721 3,498 807 6,004 "5 139 I 3 14 "84 2,316 6,040 2,058 11,421 315 154 94 213 160 I ,650 61,025 86, 742 67.33 8 290,804 6,954 2,637 2,665 3,609 185 197 8 10,716 8,336 1,721 11,648 237 22 8 I 13 12OO 48 O O 8,584 o o 2,598 o o 3,642 o o 40,714 o o 570 o o 38 O O 1 5 1 192 36 465 12 S 9 1,345 426 306 892 6 2',438 5,399 1,172 42,864 167 176 141,077 371-845 292,442 1,239,196 3,503 1,004 266 162 2,073 1,677 J 6 o 14,207 12 o 8,406 16 o 73-579 16 o 54 16 o 13 12 o 24 3i 23 21 3 I 3 I 114 o o 1,278 o o 2,982 o o 31 8 o 2,650 11 o 4,151 16 o 8 16 20 78 339 4 o 640 16 o 1 Totals 2,018 126,264 J664,066 '617,921 3,031,136 4,439.387 j43.°°9 489,82s n>347 778 22,891 524,841 841 32,915 2,994 1,964,110 52.327 2,053,187 92,199 6 o 160,542 o o !98,958 8 o 80,014 o o 257,825 8 o 423,887 13 o 415,447 19 o 1,032,251 19 o 2,368,927 7 o 2,461,126 13 o 1895-96-Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Auckland... Napier-Taranaki Wellington Hurunui-Bluff Grreymouth-Brunner Q-rey rnouth-Hokitika Westport Nelson Picton 8 15 17 309 332 94 [,132 8 24 3i 23 21 730 4,7O4 249 1 7,399 2 S,973 9,959 59,537 i>174 767 56 519 1,476 5H S84 1,368 41,160 118,936 84,824 379,042 5-3S8 5-194 1,388 2,698 S.318 i,7i3 27,84s I 2,868 89,164 J122,972 48,805 265,439 11,412 8,698 7,822 10,290 5,36l 3,040 9, l6 2 IS,656 331.138 461,882 290,650 i>447,3i6 77,740 43,012 39,4i6 46,608 25.490 5-997 42,295 20,141 478,861 729,763 434,238 2>i5i>334 95.684 57,671 48,682 60, 115 37.645 17 6 1 5-735 2,667 6,955 '9-358 426 404 63 40S 196 1,162 1,449 53-794 72,661 57.419 254.784 S.628 2,279 3,036 3, 155 144 46 "28 687 3,672 759 5,725 109 72 1 3 13 9 2 22 248 44 376 3 4 41 73 2,098 5,594 2,058 ii>7!3 380 127 90 206 1,258 1.552 56,601 82,175 60,280 272,598 6,120 2,482 3- I2 7 3,372 328 I 14 12 71 110 50 421 6 2 5 1 5 174 6 10,019 11,560 1,035 12,549 229 14 4 2 26 1 7 2,139 453 440 977 4 164 556 101 118,890 377,213 288,649 1,045,206 3,429 941 160 169 4,234 170 745 2 128 2,044 133,163 4,503 393.839 1,388 291,562 44,922 1,104,075 172 3,840 76 ; 1,036 I 172 16 i 189 222 ! 4,483 8 14 o 87 6 o 1290 8,319 10 o 19,199 12 o 11,993 11 o 48,047 9 o 223 11 o 47 16 o 900 8 12 o 186 19 o 1200 30 o o : s>048 O O 4,086 o o 1 2,262 o o 39,128 o o 30 0 o 1,791 4 o 13,228 0 o 7,482 16 o 75,556 12 O 63 4 o 12 l6 O 66 o o 108 o o 108 o o 3,252 o o 37,648 o o 6,234 o o 21,980 o o 828 o o 906 o o 2, 118 O O 2,706 O O 2,850 o o 240 s o 433 6 o 18,479 X 6 o 19,292 5 o 44,803 7 o i8,549 7 o 81,307 6 o >7,4i3 15 o 7,446 14 o 3,297 16 o 1,822 4 o 46 3 o 200 12,801 2 o 25,920 11 o 5,147 5 o 322,343 19 o 1,773 8 o 1,637 11 o 4,123 10 o 1,585 10 o 29,584 6 o 59,944 18 o 22,358 16 o 253,546 11 o 4,112 9 o 6,329 13 o 2,670 i o 2, 150 4 O 1,837 5 o 12,133 14 o 38,321 18 o 292 10 o 84,438 11 o 23,088 4 o 20,770 7 o 347,973 8 o 134,357 16 o i,180 o o 211,741 8 o 1,875 6 o 2,485 9 o 14,077 10 o 43,030 14 o 20,495 16 o 156,207 8 o 208,719 o o 82,804 11 o 1,141,835 16 o 158,950 12 o 15,887 3 o 220,002 4 o 12,739 5 ° 13,048 3 o 14,086 4 o 43,118 o o 20,508 5 o 164,526 18 o 227,918 12 o 94,798 2 o 1,189,883 s o iS9'i74 3 o 15,934 19 o 220,011 4 o 12,747 17 o 13,235 2 O 5 1 402 o o 12 O O 174 o o 744 o o 1,362 o o ... 306 0 o 892 16 o o 19 o 3,135 11 o 3,574 10 o 8 171 1 Totals 53,346 1,933,402 2,014 122,543 646,384 602,389 2,791,110 4,162,426 136,233 45S-5" II ,I'5 716 22,551 [489,893 693 35,623 4,028 1,839,712 188,144 9 o 53,260 o o ! 99>363 8 o 78,804 O O 213,132 4 o 374,699 S o 389,880 14 o 878,658 11 o 2,087,798 2 o 2,175,942 11 o Revenue. Mileage. Sections. Ordinary Passengers. I Season Tickets. 8 ''' Total Coaching. Goods. Miscellaneous. Rents and Commission. Total Goods. Grand Total Revenue. Train. Shunting and Ballasting. Total. No. Total. 1896-97. Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Auckland... Napier-Taranaki ... Wellington Hurunui-Bluff Qreymouth-B runner Greymouth-Hokitika Westport Nelson Picton £ s. d. £ s. d. 16 I o £ s. d. £ s. d. 379 18 1 1,204 o 2 1,719 18 11 56,922 6 5 98,738 10 9 39,881 1 4 252,124 13 1 3,092 17 3 4,586 4 3 3,211 13 7 4,062 17 11 2,320 9 6 £ s. d. 2,086 19 o 7,736 19 7 7,542 13 9 78,728 19 6 102,157 18 2 53,122 12 o 452,093 13 1 19,334 10 11 4,434 5 5 37,996 8 8 4,924 14 o 4,003 8 5 £ s. d. 38 19 1 402 5 6 3S0 15 5 496 3 6 3,529 1 9 609 12 2 10,710 16 o 2,208 1 1 366 1,102 18 11 490 10 5 252 9 o £ s. d. 41 11 8 99 5 1 52 12 6 2,579 9 11 4,113 16 10 1,993 1 10 13,749 1 3 161 2 o 117 9 6 248 1 8 133 8 1 236 11 o £ s. d. £ s. d. No. No. 273 7 O 960 8 o 1,540 2 1 46,951 17 2 83,366 14 4 29,925 17 8 200,827 o 5 2,638 18 6 3,900 1 8 2,845 18 7 3,383 2 7 2,070 18 5 97 9 9 41 11 4 4,021 6 5 3,216 5 6 4, 55O 3 5 18,350 16 9 201 17 1 329 11 9 149 4 7 373 11 5 127 16 9 90 10 1 146 2 s 138 5 6 5,949 2 10 12,155 10 11 5,405 o 3 32,946 15 11 252 1 8 356 10 10 216 10 5 3°6 3 II 121 14 4 2,167 9 9 8,238 10 2 7,976 1 8 81,804 12 11 109,800 16 9 55,725 6 o 476,553 to 4 21,703 14 o 4-555 1 S 39,347 9 3 5,548 12 6 4,492 8 5 2.S47 7 10 9,442 10 4 9,696 o 7 138,726 19 4 208,539 7 6 95,606 7 4 #28,678 3 5 24,796 11 3 9,141 5 8 42,559 2 10 9,611 10 5 6,812 17 11 4,920 29,921 16,796 444,866 609,143 269,011 1,850, 104 20,Il8 31.945 68,768 39>427 24, 199 4,087 11,232 S,8O3 98, 766 159,150 73, l6 7 568,474 28,456 7,825 43,654 9,428 4,346 9,007 4I.IS3 22,S99 543,632 768,293 342,178 2,418,578 48,574 39,770 112,422 48,855 28,54s Totals 378,684 6 5 31,475 15 9 58,084 9 1 468,244 11 3 774,163 2 6 20,224 19 4 23.S25 11 4 817,913 13 2 1,286,158 4 5 3,409,218 1,014,388 4,423,606 1895-96. Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Auckland... Napier-Taranaki Wellington Hurunui-Bluff G-reymouth-Bruniier G-reymouth-Hokitika Westport Nelson Picton 303 S 3 781 18 2 1,079 o 11 41,961 15 o 83,014 18 7 28,748 16 8 190,239 17 11 2,430 3 6 3,633 o 9 2,464 7 9 3,052 12 7 2,112 7 6 48 8 3 "4 14 S 97 6 6 4,268 17 4 3,766 10 8 3-359 6 o 16,074 13 5 288 11 1 382 1 o 285 p 6 458 19 3 267 13 9 93 4 3 116 6 9 87 6 8 5,243 3 10 12,651 13 6 4,820 15 6 30,698 8 7 225 8 o 315 2 4 166 7 10 242 18 8 74 16 2 444 17 9 1,012 19 4 1,263 14 : Si,473 16 2 99-433 2 9 36,928 18 2 237,012 19 11 2,944 2 7 4,33° 4 1 2,915 16 1 3,754 10 6 2,454 17 S 1,963 1 7 5,823 15 11 4,306 17 1 75,677 9 7 100,612 8 11 46,458 19 6 404,278 9 1 17,718 16 o 4,127 17 1 28,617 O 2 4,852 IS 6 3,677 9 3 42 6 8 33 o 2 172 o 9 83S 9 4 3>657 15 2 492 o 8 9,776 9 9 2,108 10 8 16 9 3 649 6 3 456 3 11 226 6 10 38 14 4 50 19 6 7 19 o 2,453 ° 1 3,763 19 o 1,893 13 9 13,435 l6 6 147 6 9 82 19 6 245 19 9 143 4 o 226 3 6 2,044 2 7 5,907 IS 7 4,486 16 10 78,965 19 o 108,034 3 1 48,844 13 11 427,490 15 4 13 S 4,227 s 10 29,512 6 2 5,452 3 5 4,129 19 7 2,489 o 4 6,920 14 11 5,750 10 11 130,439 IS 2 207,467 5 10 8S.773 12 1 664,503 15 3 22,918 16 o 8,557 9 'I 32,428 2 3 9,206 13 11 6,584 17 o 4,992 27,644 12,432 432,042 608,778 261,165 i,78 0 ,397 19,702 33,78° 61,971 39,573 24,744 3,610 5,466 3,800 86,468 135,376 74,178 537,741 28,380 8,935 38,387 8,936 8,107 8,602 33,110 16,232 518,510 744, 154 335,343 2,318,138 48,082 42,721 100,358 48,509 32,851 Totals 359,822 4 7 29,412 2 2 54,735 12 1 443,969 18 10 698,114 19 8 18,465 19 5 22,489 15 8 739,070 14 9 1,183,040 13 7 3,307,226 939,384 4,246,610