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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, 1944, to 31st March, 1945

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Year ended 31at March, 1945. Commoditv Tons Revenue. Tonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average „ I eaTried. I of Gross. (000 Haul. u r J, er omitted). Total - ° ent ' I er J on ' ,T,on I ' of Gross. Mile. Products of Agriculture Miles. £ £ a. d. d. Grain .. .. 238,356 2-6(5 13,415 56 13(5,(517 1-62 Oil 6 2-44 Meals .. .. .. 128,954 1-44 11,024 92 100,095 1-19 0 15 6 2-01 Fruit and vegetables .. .. 113,812 1-29 19,323 170 169,239 2-02 1 9 9 2-10 Root crops and fodder .. 227,754 2-54 22,338 98 175,324 2-08 0 15 4 1-88 Flax, green and pressed .. 12,928 0-14 1,239 9(5 12,244 0-15 0 18 11 2-37 Seeds .. .. .. 29,720 0-33 2,064 (59 27,288 0-32 0 18 5 3-17 751,524 8-40 70,303 93 620,807 7-38 0 16 6 2-12 Animals and other Products Cattle, calves, horses .. .. 272,766 3-05 23,823 87 311,673 3-70 1 2 10 3-14 Sheep and pigs .. .. 503,922 5-63 39,006 77 553,804 6-58 I 111 3-41 Meat, fresh .. .. .. 63,114 0-70 9,383 149 124,602 1 -48 1 19 6 3-19 Moat, frozen .. .. .. 288,541 3-23 14,166 52 300,231 3-57 1 0 10 5-09 : Butter .. .. .. 123,758 1-38 12,568 102 174,833 2-07 1 8 3 3-34 Cheese .. ... .. 98,038 1-09 6,267 64 104,576 1-24 1 1 4 4-00 w ° o1 •• 204,730 2-29 13,290 65 257,602 3-06 1 5 2 4-65 Dairy by-products .. .. 33,280 0-37 2,380 72 36,116 0-43 1 1 9 3-64 Fat, hides, and skins .. .. 54,067 0-60 3,861 71 75,432 0-90 1 7 11 4-69 Fish •• •• 11,755 0-13 1,815 154 19,432 0-23 I 13 1 2-57 1,653,971 18-47 126,559 77 1,958,301 23-26 13 8 3-71 Products of Mines Agricultural lime ' .. .. 697,413 7-78 42,554 61 267,998 3-18 0 7 8 1-51 Coal, imported Goal, New Zealand hard .. 909,981 10-1(5 58,889 65 411,150 4-89 0 9 0 1-68 Coal, New Zealand brown .. 1,174,153 13-11 139,864 119 809,005 9-61 0 13 10 1-39 Road-metal .. .. .. 36,381 0-42 1,979 54 16,870 0-20 0 9 3 2-05 Lime and coke .. .. 51,258 0-57 3,681 75 31,880 0-38 0 12 5 2-08 2,869,186 32-04 246,967 86 1,536,903 18-26 0 10 9 1-49 Products of Forests Timber, imported .. .. 4,445 0-05 417 94 5,824 0-07 1 6 3 3-35 Timber, New Zealand .. .. 598,685 6-68 78,039 130 655,686 7-79 1 1 II 2-02 Firewood, posts, &c. .. .. 111,624 1-25 9,339 84 56,968 0-68 0 10 2 1-46 714,754 7-98 87,795 123 718,478 8-54 1 0 1 1-96 Manufactures, cbe. Benzine, gasolene, kerosene ., 204,808 2-29 16,137 79 336,896 4-00 1 12 11 5-01 Cement .. .. .. 119,996 1-34 18,033 150 162,137 1-93 1 7 0 2-1(5 Manure .. .. .. 704,239 7-86 56,839 81 419,128 4-98 0 1111 1-77 1,029,043 1.1-49 91,009 88 918,1(51 10-91 0 17 10 2-42 Miscellaneous .. .. 1,935,761 21-62 192,273 99 2,663,741 31-65 X 7 6 3-32 Totals u 8,954,239 | 100-00 814,906 91 8,416,391 100-00 0 18 10 2-48

MILEAGE, CAPITAL COST, TRAFFIC, AND REVENUE Tear. j Miles Capital Coat. T (E°TCnuef'' Passenger Caching Cattle Sheep and Timbe , | open. revenue.; Journeys. Revenue. Revenue, i and Calves. Pigs. limner. No. £ No. No. £ £ JT 0i jjn Tons 1943-1944 .. 3,409 68,476,775 15,328,9S7 38,611,267 4,275,482 435,928 1,384,600 12 891891 667 457 1944-1945 .. 3,504 68,623,125 i 12,802,536 32.994,529 3150-1!453 _411^02? _ jo^iso Year - Good8 ' Total - Goods Revenue. [ Revenue.Tabour, Total Revenue. a R«venue er I ; | Demurrage, A-c. Train-mile, Tons. Tons. £ £ £ rf 8.233,489 8,479,387 274,182 13,464,979 210-82 1944-1945 ■ ■ 7,5,4,421 8,177,551 . 8,261,087 271,746 12.448,307 233-36 EXPENDITURE Maintenance of Way and Works. Maintenance of Signals and Maintenance of Locomotives, Electrical Appliances. Carriages, and Wagons. ■ Year. • 1 ■ a > i Per 9 eut - I 1>ur l'er Cent. I Per Mile Per Cent Per Amount. of of Amount, of of Amount nf I I R evenue - | Railway. Revenue. J Railway. ' Revenue. ! mile." 1943-1944 .. .. | 2,146,448 15-94 618*75 326,190 2-42 94-03 2 868 006 9 l-30 44^Qfi 1944-1945 .. .. | 2,250,738 18-08 642-33 BSajoiS 2-67 94-75 g.Ml 22-8? 53-23 l.ocomotive Transportation. Traffic Transportation. General Charges Expend! tare " KxpendiYear. I —" Total per tuTe (Vnt Per n^ er Per l' er ii„ r Expenditure. Revenue „ p ? r . Amount. Q( ■ Trata- Amount. Cent. Train- Amount. C °f Train- Revenu°i Revenue. mIle - Revenue. mil °- Revenue. mllc - 1943-1944 .. 2,555,956 J 18-99 40-02 | 3,207,782 23-82 50-22 1-94 11,365 917 84-41 1944-1945 1 2,473,581 | 19-87 46-37 I 3,460,705 27-80 64-88 340,267 2-73 6-38 lMflMW 219.27 93-96