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

STATEMENT No. 20. Statement showing Mileage, Capital Cost, Traffic, Operating Revenue, and Operating Expenditure of New Zealand Government Railways from 1st April, 1940, to 31st March, 1942. MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE.

EXPENDITURE.

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Year ended 31st March, 1942. Revenue. _ ... Tons Commodity. | Tonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average p er p er carried. o( Gross. (000 Haul. TotaL Cent _ Per Ton . Ton omitted). of Gross. Mile. Products of Agriculture. Miles. £ £ a - d. d. Grain .. 231,540 2-73 12,915 56 131,431 1-80 0 11 4 2-44 Medals •• 119,853 1-41 7,550 63 78,331 1-07 0 13 1 2-49 Fruit and vegetables .. .. 86,207 1-02 17,131 199 142,767 1-96 1 18 1 1-97 Root crops and fodder .. 120,193 1-42 11,181 93 92,339 1-27 0 15 4 1-98 Flax, green and pressed .. 5,743 0-07 673 117 6,961 0-10 1 4 3 2-48 Seeds .. .. 25,370 0-30 1,541 61 22,190 -0-30 0 17 6 3-46 588,906 6-95 50,991 87 474,019 6-50 0 16 1 2-23 Animals and other Products. ~~~~ " ~~~ „ „ , Cattle, calves, horses .. .. 238,836 2-82 20,446 86 273,660 3-75 1 2 11 3-^1 Sheep and pigs .'. .. 500,279 5-90 39,569 79 537,158 7-36 1 1 6 3-26 Meat fresh 23,726 0-28 4,063 171 51,081 0-70 2 3 1 3-02 Meat' chilled 695 0-01 82 119 1,135 0-02 1 12 8 3-31 Meat frozen 281,585 3-32 12,381 44 291,685 4-00 1 0 9 5-65 Butter .. .. 108,845 l-'28 12,092 111 152,570 2-09 1 8 0 3-03 Cheese •• 133,888 1-58 9,061 68 147,275 2-02 1 2 2 3-90 Wool .. 188,348 2-22 11,609 62 224,809 3-08 1 3 11 4-65 Dairy by-products .. .. 31,574 0-38 2,492 79 35,826 0-49 1 2 8 3-45 Fat, hides, and skins .. .. 67,993 0-80 4,199 62 86,560 1 19 1 5 6 4-95 Fish .. .. .. 11,770 0-14 2,133 181 19,915 0-28 113 10 2-24 1,587,539 18-73 118,127 74 1,821,674 24-98 1 2 11 3-70 Products of Mines. r — — - ~ ~ Agricultural lime .. .. 585,142 6-90 35,458 61 221,604 3-04 0 7 7 1-50 Coal imported .. .. 6,112 0-07 107 18 1,970 0-03 0 6 5 4-42 Coal', New Zealand hard .. 989,881 11-68 44,220 45 368,516 5-05 0 7 5 2-00 Coal, New Zealand brown . . 1,089,950 12-87 130,868 120 775,455 10-62 0 14 3 1-42 Road-metal 29,320 0-35 1,213 41 11,645 0-16 0 7 11 2-30 Lime and coke .. .. 65,646 0-77 4,739 72 39,180 0-54 . 0 11 11 1-98 2,766,051 32-64 216,605 78 1,418,370 19-44 0 10 3 1-57 Products of Forests. " Timber, imported .. .. 11,940 0-14 532 45 10,419 0-14 0 17 5 4- 0 Timber, New Zealand .. .. 569,115 6-72 64,604 114 578,547 7-93 1 0 4 2-15 Firewood, posts, &c 72,007 0-85 6,767 94 40,146 0-55 0 11 2 1-42 653,062 7-71 71,903 110 629,112 8-62 0 19 3 2-10 Manufactures, dkc. — ~~~~ 7~7T ~ 7~ZT Benzine, gasoline, kerosene .. 195,830 2-31 16,088 82 329,637 4-oi, 1 13 8 4- J^ Cement .. •• 85,976 1-02 11,276 131 108,422 1-49 1 5 3 2-31 Manure .. .. .. 791,756 9-34 56,904- 72 442,294 6-06 0 11 2 1-87 1,073,562 12-67 84,268 78 880,353 12-07 0 16 5 2-51 Miscellaneous .. -• 1,804,645 21-30 146,815 81 2,071,124 28-39 1 2 11 3-39 Totals .. .. 8,473,765 100-00 688,709 81 7,294,652 100-00 0 17 '3 2-54

Year. j Miles. | Capital Cost, j Trah, mi >eage. J— | P-TO j (ggj, | j j «#»■ No £ No. No. £ £ No. No. Tons. 1040-1941 3 390 62,301,147 13,559,646 26,276,923 2,345,718 317,819 1,237,436 10,723,892 594,346 1941-1942 ' 3,390 62,407,901 13,678,961 28,610,945 2,658,778 325,897 1,219,608 12,338,568 581,056 Miscellaneous Revenue per y ear Goods. Total. Goods Ilevenue. llevenue, T.abour, lotal Itevenue. Train-mile. Demurrage, &e. Tons. Tons. £ £ £ . „ 1Q4«_1941 .. 7,160,422 7,754,768 6,818,603 212,050 9,694,190 171-58 1941-1942 !! .. 7,153,594 7,734,650 7,174,060 225,145 10,383,880 178'28

Maintenance of Signals and Maintenance of Locomotives, Maintenance of Way and Works. Electrical Appliances. Carriages, and Wagons. Year * Per Cent. Per Mile Per Cent. Per Mile Per Cent. Per Amount. of of Amount. of of Amount. of TrainReveaue. Railway. Revenue. Railway. Revenue. | mile. , : — ' 1 — £ £ £ £ £ d. 1Q40—1Q41 1,544,202 15*93 455*52 213,623 2*20 63*01 2,043,976 21*08 36*18 1941-1942 .. 1,615,382 15*56 476*51 238,109 2*29 70*26 2,211,476 21-30 37*97 Locomotive Transportation. Traffic Transportation. General Charges. Expendi- Expendi- = Total ture ture Year - Per per Per p er Per per Expenditure. T^n . 0( P« Q( Amount. 0e ? t ' Train- Amount. U .i 1 Train-; Amount. Train- mile. Revenue. Revenue. m11 "- Revenue. mlle " Revom,e. mlle ' £ d. £ d. £ d. £ d. 1940-1941 .. 2,043,996 21-08 36-18 2,322,492 23-96 41-11 238,501 2-46 4-22 8,406,790 148-80 86-72 1941-1942 .. 2,113,918 20-36 36-29 2,479,852 23-88 42-58 243,795 2-35 4-19 8,902,592 152-85 85-73