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RETURN No. 5. Comparative Statement of Passenger and Goods Traffic for the Year ended 31st March, 1916.

J. Macdonald, Chief Accountant.

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£ J Passengers. Live-stock, Goods, &c. O® ■— Total Total : . • ——■■■ Sections. ■££ I Season Parcels, E ' al t A. g,o I First Class. Second Class. Total. Tickets. &c. c yS ' Cattle. Calves. Sheep. Pigs. Total. Tonnage for Chaff, Lime, &c. J Wool. Firewood. Timber. Grain. Merchandise. Minerals. Total. J | I Live-stock, &c. | 1915-16. Miles. Single. Return. Single. Return. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Tons c. q. Tons c. q. Tons c. q. Tons c. q. Tons c. q. Tons c. q. Tons c. q. Tons c. q. Tons c. q. Tons c. q. Whangarei .. .. 74 17,354 7,650 80,144 86,520 191,668 1,744 13,250 39 3,645 182 18,297 420 22,583 1,992 6 0 2,472 0 0 .. 1,818 0 0 41,617 2 0 5,235 11 0 8,896 7 0 117,680 17 0 177,719 17 0 179,712 3 0 Kaihu •• •• 20 741 1,546 13,826 18,082 34,195 63 8,198 22 25 .. 336 30 413 33 19 0 744 0 0 64 12 0 132 0 0 9,430 0 0 957 12 0 2,143 11 0 985 6 0 14,457 1 0 14,491 0 0 Gisborno .. .. 44 8,172 5,916 40,106 43,770 97,964 148 10,623 31 719 86 163,577 220 164,633 6,811 1 0 1,014 0 0 2,480 16 0 2,498 0 0 14,163 16 0 4,656 6 0 3,757 16 0 26,136 9 0 54,707 3 0 61,518 4 0 North Island Main Lines 1,108 242,478 694,108 1,706,674 5,677,180 8,320,440 204,305 749,606 1,968 225,707 30,621 3,404,137 141,429 3,803,862 219,573 17 0 82,234 0 0 42,494 4 0 56,434 0 0 280,525 4 0 355,471 1 0 383,842 13 0 724,467 18 0 1,925,469 0 02,145,042 17 0 and Branches South Island Main Lines 1,404 169,309 617,002 834,994 3,202,202 4,823,507 114,403 642,942 1,238 99,208 6,176 3,456,716 39,753 3,603,091173,855 14 0 181,400 0 0 105,330 12 0 27,350 0 0 159,279 0 0 663,128 18 0 455,013 18 0 744,122 11 0 2,335,624 19 02,509,480 13 0 and Branches W estland .. .. 157 13,484 26,484 101,485 230,558 372,011 7,232 33,605 37 3,450 192 28,595 7 32,281 2,322 3 0 3,070 0 0 278 12 0 6,858 0 0 113,379 4 0 9,332 4 0 17,652 10 0 504,737 19 0 655,308 9 0 657,630 12 0 Westport .. .. 36 383 1,886 25,134 61,808 89,211 1,086 7,510 16 31 11 2,468 .. 2,526 117 12 0 1,950 0 0 2 4 0 4,684 0 0 1,551 16 0 3,028 6 0 3,724 17 0 692,000 4 0 706,941 7 0 707,058 19 0 Nelson .. .. 61 2,893 6,970 39,510 72,696 122,069 1,261 7,868 13 334 31 24,668 111 25,157 1,110 11 0 3,796 0 0 810 0 0 2,796 0 0 4,529 8 0 8,463 7 0 7,246 10 0 11,108 15 0 38,750 0 0 39,860 11 0 Picton .. .. 56 6,999 23,576 26,780 68,820 126,175 373 7,107 35 518 236 93,944 473 95,206 3,978 13 0 14,538 0 0 2,514 8 0 852 0 0 980 2 0 9,784 7 0 7,383 15 0 8,867 1 0 44,919 13 0 48,898 6 0 Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 1,719 10,674 3,353 8,520 24,266 7 8,097 7 292 65 12,088 .. 12,452 587 12 0 162 0 0 657 16 0 48 0 0 410 2 0 1,929 14 0 1,604 13 0 1,851 17 0 6,664 2 0 7,251 14 0 Totals.. .. 2,960 463,532 1,395,812 2,872,006 9,470,156'l4,201,506330,6221,488,806 3,406 333,929 37,60(1 7,204,826 182,443 7,762,204 410,383 8 0 291,380 0 0 154,633 4 0 103,470 0 0:625,865 14 0 1,061,987 6 0 891,266 10 02,831,958 17 0 5,960,561 11 06,370,944 19 0 1914-15. | i | | ~ I r i : = Whangarei .. .. 74 16,776 9,576 72,258 82,986 181,596 898 12,905 21 2,967 368 11,338 307 15,001 1,483 17 0 1,086 0 0 .. 2,712 0 0 43,980 16 0 5,137 6 (I 8,489 13 0 130,550 1 0 191,955 16 0 193,439 13 0 Kaihu .. .. 20 649 1,604 13,990 18,222 34,465 8 7,951 13 38 21 36! .. !08 21 13 0 42 0 0 57 12 0 300 0 0 11,478 8 0 700 7 0 1,581 7 0 960 15 0 15,120 9 0 15,142 2 0 Gisborne .. .. 44 8,342 6,146 34,793 41,836 91,117 129 8,297 46 514 56 138,246 481 139,343 5,746 4 0 1,782 0 0 2,407 4 0 2,910 0 0 9,255 4 0 3,663 1 0 2,897 3 0 15,797 3 0 38,711 17 0 44,458 1 0 North Island Main Lines 1,101 240,066 709,1241,586,667 5,002,076 7,537,933192,477 703,695 1,601 189,605 33,682 3,584,4961 119,062 3,928,446213,828 4 0 79,370 0 0 43,021 0 0 65,068 0 0 269,871 6 0 344,519 9 0 358,026 1 0 696,802 7 0 1,856,678 3 02,070,506 7 0 and Branches South Island Main Lines 1,404 175,181 699,660 851,791 3,217,734 4,944,366100,547 688,913 1,295 76,183 6,098 3,036,355 42,461 3,162,392 149,499 7 0 105,386 0 0 112,480 0 0 29,434 0 0 166,774 4 0 708,875 15 0 449,503 8 0 797,539 18 0 2,369,993 5 02,519,492 12 0 and Branches W estland .. .. 157 14,181 29,836 111,592 240,814 396,423 6,249 34,062 44 3,114 192 25,425 80 28,855 2,089 17 0 1,828 0 0 307 0 0 7,612 0 0 113,561 12 0 10,316 16 0 18,369 11 0 523,197 3 0 675,192 2 0 677,281 19 0 Westport .. .. 36 475 2,326 26,279 65,512 94,592 894 7,613 19 44 74 3,536 120 3,793 174 1 0 856 0 0 0 16 0 5,814 0 0 1,664 2 0 2,976 9 0 3,909 9 0 798,830 5 0 814,051 1 0 814,225 2 0 Nelson .. •• 61 2,428 6,850 38,183 75,492 122,953 1,310 7,983 21 365 44 19,651 41 20,122 922 11 0 2,716 0 0 707 16 0 4,542 0 0 3,213 8 0 8,776 7 0 8,403 3 0 12,128 0 0 40,486 14 0 41,409 5 0 Picton .. •• 48 7,938 25,260 27,615 76,158 136,971 391 7,983 25 472 197 87,262 603 88,559 3,693 19 0 25,542 0 0 2,426 16 0 1,068 0 0 1,702 7 0 16,457 5 0 8,933 9 0 10,634 2 0 66,763 19 0 70,457 18 0 Lake Wakatipu Steamers .. 1,655 12,148 3,095 8,458 25,356 9 6,575 5| 141 44 16,96l| .. 17,151 730 1 0 60 0 0 593 8 0 18 0 0 461 14 0 1,929 13 0 1,677 9 0 1,588 5 0 6,328 9 0 7,058 10 0 Totals.. .. 2,945 467,691 1,502,530 2,766,263 8,829,28813,565,772 302,9121,485,977 3,090| 273,443 40,776 6,923,306 163,155; 7,403,770378,189 14 0 218,668 0 0 162,001 12 0 119,478 0 0 621,963 3 01,103,352 8 0 861,790 13 0 2,988,027 19 0 6,075,281 15 0 6,453,471 9 0

Revenue. Mileage. Sections. , P°X«.. Seaion Tickets. To,a, Coaching. Good.. ,£££& To,a, Good.. G^ n T o.a' Trlln . To,at. Ballasting. 1915-16. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. No. No. No. Whangarei .. .. 12,106 17 1 961 11 7 1,822 2 6 14,890 11 2 34,461 17 10 596 0 6 1,201 7 11 36,259 6 3 51,149 17 5 129,211 31,713 160,924 Kaihu .. .. 1,822 11 7 134 0 0 497 10 8 2,454 2 3 3,147 17 4 115 2 0 167 0 11 3,430 0 3 5,884 2 6 15,380 3,324 18,704 Gisborne .. .. 8,541 8 9 230 11 3 1,266 6 8 10,038 6 8 17,181 9 9 638 10 3 919 10 2 18,739 10 2 28,777 16 10 55,233 15,333 70,566 North Island Main Lines 980,774 14 7 100,587 11 8 134,105 16 7 1,215,468 2 10 1,206,644 16 4 37,652 14 11 43,450 16 3 1,287,748 7 6 2,503,216 10 4 5,346,098 1,648,187 6,994,285 and Branches South Island Main Lines 509,544 8 9 49,450 11 8 88,800 5_ 5 647,795 5 10 909,221 0 9 29,167 8 9 32,556 8 4 970,944 17 10 1,618,740 3 8 3,305,847 1,055,211 4,361,058 and Branches Westland .. .. 28,034 19 6 2,579 13 2 5,274 9 5 35.889J2J1 119,662 9 10 4,554 10 9 2,629 6 6 126,846 7 1 162,735 9 2 257,337 96,173 353,510 Westport .. .. 5,213 4 5 692 10 6 1,005 19 5 6,911114 2 4 95,696 19 ' 9 5,107 6 10 736 4 2 101,540 10 9 108,452 5 1 98,378 77,656 176,034 Nelson .. .. 8,430 9 6 942 7 11 1,629 19 4 11,002 16 9 19,611 15 5 2,016 10 1 1,301 11 2 22,929 16 8 33,932 13 5 79,314 14,311 93,625 Kcton .. .. 8,799 18 10 416 14 1 1,406 5 5 10,622 18 4 15,006 4 7 1,541 14 2 1,053 4 3 17,601 3 0 28,284 1 4 69,724 33,387 103,111 Lake Wakatipu Steamers 3,110 16 9 326 16 6 895 19 9 4,333 13 0 2,858 2 9 1 15 0 49 4 0 2,909 1 9 7,242 14 9 Totals .. 1,566,379 9 9 156,322 8 4 236,704 15 2 1,959,406 13 3 2,423,492 14 4 81,391 13 3 84,064 13 8 2,588,949 1 3 4,548,355 14 6 9,356,522 2,975,295 12,331,817 1914-15. Whangarei .. .. 10,777 18 10 688 11 11 1,465 3 8 12,931 14 5 34,687 16 6 559 15 9 1,053 7 2 36,300 19 5 49,232 13 10 130,396 36,699 167,095 Kaihu .. .. 1,701 3 0 104 5 9 413 1 0 2,218 9 9 3,017 8 9 179 8 7 160 2 2 3,356 19 6 5,575 9 3 15,772 4,831 20,603 Gisborne .. .. 7,218 1 10 255 19 9 999 4 1 8,473 5 8 12,601 12 1 1,132 18 2 649 9 3 14,383 19 6 22,857 5 2 46,401 22,492 68,893 North Island Main Lines 791,727 1 5 « 99,758 14 8 126,108 16 6 1,017,595 6 11 1,086,357 3 10 22,586 7 4 40,130 4 6 1,149,073 15 8 2,166,609 2 7 5,369,691 1,740.988 7,110,679 and Branches South Island Main Lines 465,897 10 9 47,490 19 7 88,749 17 2 602,138 7 6 851,035 11 3 31,003 3 0 29,014 9 10 911,053 4 1 1,513,191 11 7 3,289,199 1,191,501 4,480,700 and Branches Westland .. .. 27,254 12 8 2,453 1 7 5,027 1 4 34,734 15 7 119,541 4 5 4,411 4 6 2,388 2 10 126,340 11 9 161,075 7 4 262,277 121,283 383 560 Westport .. .. 5,216 9 4 591 2 2 962 8 2 6,769 19 8 103,343 0 7 6,233 7 9 772 0 8 110,348 9 0 117,118 8 8 105,723 88,375 194 098 Nelson .. .. 7,722 13 9 929 0 11 1,591 9 7 10,243 4 3 18,333 16 0 1,643 12 3 1,257 0 2 21.234 8 5 31,477 12 8 81,050 15,083 96,133 Picton .. .. 8,776 9 1 446 15 7 1,373 6 6 10,596 11 2 17,887 4 6 1,890 3 9 1,034 8 3 20,811 16 6 31,408 7 8 82,911 41,915 124 826 Lake Wakatipu Steamers 2,939 16 0 431 0 0 831 0 7 4,201 16 7 2,593 16 9 5 17 10 49 10 9 2,649 5 4 6,851 111 . 1 ! 1 1 Totals.. .. 1,329,232 11 0 153,149 1111 227,521 8 7 1,709,903 11 6 2,249,398 14 8 69,645 18 11 76,608 15 7 2,395,553 9 2 4,105,457 0 8 9,383,420 3,263,167 12,646,587