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RETURN No. 5. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of Passenger and Goods Traffic for the Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1898.

A. C. Fife, Railway Accountant.

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v ,' X±.~X MS Passengers. 'arcels, &. Live-Stock, Goods, &c. Sections. First Jlass. Second Class. Total. Season Tickets. Parcels. Horses. Carriages. Dogs. Total. Dravs, Cattle. Calves. Sheep. Pigs. Total. Equivalent Tonnage for Chaff, Lime, &c. Live-Stock, &c. Wool. Firewood. Timber. Grain. Merchandise. Minerals. Total. 1897-98. Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Auckland... Wellington- Napier - New Plymouth Hurunui-Bluft" Greymouth-Brunner Greymouth-Hokitika Westport Nelson Picton 8 18 17 312 45i Single. 549 2,670 169 20,961 35-109 Return. 298 1,978 1,626 51-528 216,310 Single. 1,823 13,586 2,527 99,134 169,883 Return. 4.578 14,256 19,164 441,236 847,898 No. 7,248 32,490 23,486 612,859 I,269,200 No. Ill 109 8,079 14.095 No. 1,097 1,330 1,284 64,465 157,388 No. 18 3 24 696 4,068 No. 3 2 No. 51 38 112 2.571 8,165 No. I ,169 1.373 1,420 67,802 169,886 No. 33 1 87 164 No. 4 183 4 10,522 14,251 No. 2 2 No. 607 1,385 No. 39 1 3,053 6,870 No. 611 1,642 8 141,981 857,S5o Tons c. q. 25 12 O 134 12 0 2 0 0 8,822 9 O ,38,564 o o Tons c. q. 600 72 O O 42 O O 10,636 O O 11 ,844 0 O Tons c. q. Tons e. q. 42 O O 462 O O 144 O O 4,186 O O 139,846 0 o Tons c. q. 85 6 o 12,772 o o 45,679 13 o 22, I 15 8 0 87,031 16 O Tons c. q. 1,313 5 o 40 14 0 13,578 5 o 39,806 14 0 Tons c. q. 1,561 3 O 3,313 I O 1,765 5 o 31,726 8 o 94,694 16 o Tons c. q. Tons c. q. Tons c. q. 11,384 9 o 13,078 18 o 13,104 10 0 47.037 5 o 64,969 11 o 65.104 3 O 219 11 oj 47.891 3 o 47-893 3 0 104,870 6 O; 189,012 19 o 197-835 8 0 46,310 18 o. 344,897 o o 383,461 o o 70 265 I ,670 627 126,649 835.638 1,900 12 O 25,362 16 O [, 142 8 24 31 23 21 54,651 1,171 778 93 603 1,424 376,540 5, 230 6,690 754 5,448 4,864 265,272 II,676 7.712 8,129 9,645 5,883 t,693,272 85,126 47,268 53,904 52,888 27, 960 2,389,735 103,203 62,448 62, 880 68,584 40,131 24,748 345 512 117 407 137 288,961 7,299 2,734 3,104 3,318 13 4,802 155 123 3 9 35 488 17 5 11,264 283 160 105 232 88 305,515 7,754 3,022 3,212 3,569 138 553 44 30 11 15,926 261 65 6 11 1,351 2 I 1,385,081 2,539 I ,240 198 330 2,928 32,297 352 84 6 23 59 1,435,208 3,198 1,420 222 369 3,031 62,347 16 o 224 15 o 89 13 o 15 14 o 18 o o 134 2 O 48,986 0 O 720 O 0 78 O O 150 O O 984 O O 3,708 O O 74,053 O O 48 o o 15 8 o [25,644 o o 3,292 o 0 950 0 o I 3,102 o o [ 1,902 o o 4,086 o o 110,077 H ° 20,579 6 o 7,934 9 o 4,829 7 o 1,957 1 o II 10 o 361,456 2 0 2,178 7 0 29 13 o 65 15 o 3,322 4 o 5,657 3 o 311,494 10 o 5,488 14 o 7,798 8 o 2,935 12 o 1,652 12 o 2,610 19 o 399,583 6 011,331,294 9 o 1,393,642 5 o 130,836 10 01 163,142 17 o : 163.367 12 o 1.533 7 °! 18,339 5 o [ 18,428 18 o 3°i-935 7 o 313.018 1 o : 313,033 15 o 2,815 13 oj 12,998 18 o 13,010" 18 o 2,340 19 o 19,724 3 o 19,858 5 o 10 2 I 5 2 365 8 o 1,309 12 o 3 39 Totals 118,178 !67i,266 595,270 3,287,550 4,672,264 48,660 530,993 9,936 862 23,069 564,860 926 41,272 !3> 66 3 ; 2,356,595 42,784 2,445,240 110,378 13 o 77,226 o o 103,054 16 0 83,656 o o 313,073 7 o 427,448 2 o ,65,041 8 0 1,048,867 11 02,518,367 4 o 2,628,745 17 o 1 1896-97. Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Auckland... Wellington - NapierNew Plymouth Hurunui-Bluff Greymouth-Brunner Greymouth-Hokitika Westport Nelson Picton 8 18 17 309 426 53i 6,847 293 21,096 34-977 356 1,686 49,070 211,322 1.730 46,703 3.513 96,650 162,623 2,560 21,026 415,464 782,970 5,177 53,550 26,518 582,280 I,191,892 3 44 4 7,880 12,190 1,158 1,550 57,937 141,449 30 15 721 4,305 8 1 51 228 36 "84 2,316 8,098 1,232 1,650 61,025 154,080 26 8 107 188 6 197 8 10,716 10,057 1 1 9 1,345 732 663 646 41 126,471 646,739 13 2,438 6,57i 670 883 66 141,077 664,287 28 11 o 105 1 o 8 15 o 8,849 2 o 29,615 7 o 1200 48 o o 8,584 o o 6,240 o o 38 o o 1,677 16 o 22,614 8 o 600 234 o o 126 0 o 4,378 o o 39,806 0 o 222 13 o 4,968 o o 34,046 9 o 17,664 18 o 71,623 3 o 0 10 O 1 O O 13,146 14 O 31,675 9 o 1,581 9 o 13,294 14 o 15,104 16 o 15,133 7 o 4,499 8 o 42,474 18 o 52,226 16 o 52.331 17 o 1,880 4 o 471 6 o 36.572 19 o 1 36,581 14 o 30,100 15 o , 98,198 2 0 173,750 5 o 182,599 7 o 80,528 18 o ! 49,198 o 0 301,685 18 o 331,301 5 o 276,868 15 o j 395,944 n 01,281,960 12 o 1,335,169 17 o 4,838 10 o ! 140,615 12 o 167,272 19 0 167,493 5 o 7,368 IO O 1,178 18 0 16,298 2 O 16,351 13 O 3,205 1 o 285,700 19 o 295,699 8 o 295,713 6 o 2,423 5 o 2,471 6 o 12,329 4 o 12,336 12 o 2,153 4 o 2,703 13 o 16,026 8 o 16,114 10 o M33 ■ 8 24 31 23 21 58,243 1,360 796 64 632 i,425 378,360 5,362 6,192 960 6,064 4,694 262,968 13,026 7,602 7,410 9,953 5-743 1.559.854 84,140 44,750 45,456 50,872 24,044 2,259,425 103,888 59,340 53,890 67,521 35,906 121,447 317 539 87 408 150 272,914 6,512 2,339 2, 570 3,385 II 6,004 115 !39 1 3 14 465 12 5 11,421 3i5 154 94 213 160 290,804 6,954 2,637 2,665 3,609 185 469 23 15 2 2 1 11,648 237 22 8 892 6 3 1 1,183,323 3,070 78S 255 137 i,977 42,864 167 176 1,239,196 3,503 1,004 266 162 53-209 5 o 220 6 o 53 ■! o 13 18 o 780 88 2 o 40,714 o o 570 o o 73,579 16 o 54 16 o 13 12 o 25,436 0 o 896 o o 1,224 o 0 2,976 o 0 1,608 o o 3,324 o o 99,289 6 0 18, 196 o o 6,513 2 o 3,672 o o 1,558 18 o 70 19 o 370,128 4 o 2,102 I 0 8 3 1 20 78 114 00 1,278 0 0 2,982 o o 339 4 o 640 16 o 31 8 0 2,650 II 0 4,151 16 o "16 2,073 Totals 2,018 126,264 664,066 ,617,921 3,031,136 14,439,387 :43>o69 489,825 n,347 778 22,891 524,841 841 32,915 2,994 I,964,110 52,3 2 7 2,053,187 92,199 6 o 60,542 O O 98,958 8 o 80,014 o o 257,825 8 o 423,887 13 o 415,447 19 o I 1,032,251 19 0 12,368,927 7 0 ,2,461,126 13 o Revenue. Mileage. Sections. OrdinaryPassengers. I Season Tickets. Total Coaching. Goods. Miscellaneous. Rents and Commission. Total Goods. Grand Total Revenue. Train. Shunting and Ballasting. Total. 1897-98. Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu .Auckland ... Wellington-Napier - New Plymouth Hurunui-Bluff Greymouth-B runner Greymouth-Hokitika Westport Nelson Picton £ s. d. 332 8 2 1,326 19 5 1,328 19 9 50,689 3 6 120,162 6 2 £ s. d. 16 Q 6 166 18 8 88 15 4 4,062 9 4 8,815 19 ° £ a. A. 78 18 3 115 19 10 13' 1 2 3 6,432 15 6 19,112 o 6 £ s. d. 427 15 II 1,609 J 7 n 1,548 17 4 61,184 8 4 148,090 5 8 £ s. d. 1,854 6 4 10,562 5 II 9,632 II 10 83,993 '5 9 183,486 9 6 £ s. d. 19 12 6 249 17 8 485 5 8 198 12 1 4,5 6 3 2 11 £ a. d. 21 o 8 100 4 1 70 15 o 2,740 4 o 6,559 9 7 £ s. d. 1,894 19 6 10,912 7 8 10,188 12 6 86,932 11 10 194,609 2 o £ s. xl. 2,322 15 5 12,522 5 7 11,737 9 10 148,117 o 2 342,699 7 8 No. 5,120 28, 200 20,337 469,827 990,947 No. 3.364 11,695 7,088 104,691 284,199 No. 8,484 39,895 27,425 574.518 1,275,146 210,015 16 2 2,667 '6 4 4,065 9 ° 3,054 17 7 3,384 12 6 2,233 2 7 19,869 19 0 225 4 2 281 8 11 146 16 0 367 16 10 126 12 0 33,699 o 7 269 17 4 363 1 1 240 11 11 291 3 6 137 13 11 263,584 15 9 3,162 17 10 4,709 19 o 3,442 5 6 4,043 12 10 2,497 8 6 472,405 5 8 19,755 18 11 5,004 12 11 40,736 11 3 5,271 13 2 4,885 18 6 9,975 19 1 1,965 19 1 Cr. 1 6 7 1,221 17 3 630 14 6 320 19 9 14,055 9 7 164 4 9 112 18 6 255 3 6 151 5 5 254 11 6 496,436 14 4 21,886 2 9 5,116 4 10 42,213 12 o 6,053 13 1 5,46i 9 9 760,021 10 1 25,049 o 7 9,826 3 10 45,655 '7 6 10,097 5 11 7,958 18 3 I,97I,88l 19,726 3I,Il6 65,517 39,894 23,918 618,415 30,446 6,699 44,995 8,010 5,607 2,59O,296 50,172 37-815 I 10.512 47-904 29.525 Totals 399,261 11 2 34,168 8 9 60,872 4 8 494,302 4 7 837,589 9 9 19,630 13 11 24,485 6 7 [881,705 10 3 1,376,007 14 10 3-666,483 1,125,209 4,791,692 1896-97. Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Auckland... Wellington - Napier - New Plymouth Hurunui-Bluff Greymouth-Brunner Greymouth-Hokitika Westport Nelson Picton 273 7 o 960 8 0 1,540 2 1 46,951 17 2 113,292 12 0 16 1 0 97 9 9 41 n 4 4,021 6 5 7,766 8 11 90 10 1 146 2 5 138 5 6 5,949 2 10 17,560 11 2 379 18 1 1,204 o 2 1,719 18 11 56,922 6 5 138,619 12 1 2,086 19 o 7,736 19 7 7,542 13 9 78,728 19 6 155,280 10 2 38 19 1 402 5 6 380 15 5 496 3 6 4,138 13 11 41 11 8 99 5 1 52 12 6 2,579 9 11 6,106 18 8 2, 167 9 9 8,238 10 2 7,976 I 8 81,804 12 II 165,526 2 9 2,547 7 10 9,442 10 4 9,696 o 7 138,726 19 4 304,145 14 10 4,920 29,921 16,796 444,866 878,154 4,087 11,232 5,803 98, 766 232,3 J 7 9,007 4LI53 22,599 543,632 1,110,471 200,827 0 5 2,638 18 6 3,900 1 8 2,845 18 7 3,383 2 7 2,070 18 5 18,350 16 9 201 17 1 329 11 9 149 4 7 373 11 5 127 16 9 32,946 15 11 252 1 8 356 10 10 216 10 5 306 3 11 121 14 4 252,124 13 1 3,092 17 3 4,586 4 3 3,211 13 7 4,062 17 11 2,320 9 6 452,093 13 1 19,334 10 11 4,434 5 5 37,996 8 8 4,924 14 o 4,003 8 5 10,710 16 o 2,208 1 1 366 1,102 18 11 490 10 5 252 9 o I3>749 1 3 161 2 o 117 9 6 248 1 8 133 8 1 236 11 o 476,553 10 4 21,703 14 o 4,555 1 5 39,347 9 3 5,548 12 6 4,492 8 5 728,678 3 5 24,796 11 3 9,141 5 8 42,559 2 10 9,611 10 5 6,812 17 11 1,850, 104 20,118 31,945 68,768 39,427 24,199 568,474 28,456 7-825 43,654 9,428 4,346 2,418,578 48-574 39,770 112,422 48,855 28,545 Totals 378,684 6 5 3,409,218 1,014,388 4,423,6o6 31,475 15 9 58,084 9 1 468,244 II 3 774,163 2 6 J20.224 19 4 23,525 II 4 817,913 13 2 1,286,158 4 5