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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 4 (August 1, 1927)

Variations In Traffic And Revenue — as compared with last year-1st April to 28th May, 1927

page 48

Variations In Traffic And Revenue
as compared with last year-1st April to 28th May, 1927

District Passengers. Number. Season. Number. Bearer-tickets. Number. Cattle, Calves. Number. Sheep Pigs. Number. Timber. Tons. Other Goods Tons.
Auckland 10,743 929 710 868 40,053 -4,979 5,866
Ohakune -10,490 -104 16 -1,879 11,171 -8,964 -2,175
Wanganui -14,212 -10 20 -66 -7,030 -438 16,661
Wellington 21,411 2,070 -3 -16,179 -34,827 629 -9,319
Total N. I. M. L. B. 7,452 2,885 743 -17,256 9,367 -13,752 11,033
Westport -117 : -17 -148 -1,042 6,235
Christchurch -48,661 53 -28 46 5,644 -7,793 9,516
Dunedin -90,035 -498 -706 290 19,172 -824 1,484
Invercargill -50,663 -451 -16 -48 46,292 -1,305 -5,567
Total S. I. M. L. B. -189,359 -896 -750 288 71,108 -9,922 5,433
Grand Total -182,024 1,989 -7 16,985 80,327 -24,716 22,701

Revenue

District Passengers. £ Parcels. £ Goods. £ Miscellaneous. £ Total increase or decrease. £
Auckland 5,184 64 7,241 -1,337 11,152
Ohakune -2,772 71 -10,711 -457 -13,869
Wanganui -3,283 -113 3,254 -1,026 -1,168
Wellington -5,441 -263 -16,083 4,233 -17,554
Total N. I. M. L. B. -6,312 -241 -16,299 1,413 -21,439
Westport -124 3 992 -352 519
Christchurch -12,506 197 6,160 1,949 -4,200
Dunedin -11,007 -773 3,207 -2,173 -10,746
Invercargill -15,381 -371 7,122 -199 -8,829
Total S. I. M. L. B. -38,894 -947 16,489 -423 -23,775
Grand Total -45,330 -1,185 1,182 638 -44,695

Note: “Minus” sign indicated decrease. In all other cases the figures indicate the increase in number, quantity or amount.

It will be seen from the above statement that there is a total decrease in revenue of £44,695 as compared with the previous year. The main factors bearing on this decrease are the extra day in last year's returns (1st April to 29th May), the abnormal traffic during the closing weeks of the Dunedin Exhibition (1st May, 1926) and the fact that Anzac Day this year was observed on a Monday as against a Sunday last year.

These reasons apply more particularly to the coaching traffic which is responsible for practically the whole of the decrease in revenue.

The considerable decrease in the number of cattle is mainly confined to the Wellington district, and is due to the shortage of feed last year compelling farmers to rail stock to freezing works or to other districts for pasture.

Under the heading “Other Goods” there is shown an increase of 22,701 tons mainly in grain, potatoes, frozen meat, coal and benzine.

The receipts from motor bus traffic are included under “Miscellaneous,” thus accounting for the notable increase in this figure for the Wellington district.