NZ's private railways, 1933

A table that was contained in the Department of Statistics Yearbook for 1935, which commented: "Private railways in New Zealand are mainly restricted to lines whose chief object is to serve collieries or sawmills. The following list has been compiled from inquiries made in 1933, and is probably not free from minor inaccuracies or omissions. It covers only those lines actually operating which undertake at least a modicum of general transport in addition to the coal or timber, etc., which is their primary reason for existence. The length of main line is 149 miles 52 chains [240.8 km], brought up to a total of 168 miles 31 chains [270.9 km] by the inclusion of branches, sidings, etc, where such information was available."