Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 8

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✨ Railway Traffic Returns



CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR DECEMBER, 1868.

LYTTELTON AND CHRISTCHURCH LINE.

Corresponding Month, 1867.
No. Amount
Passengers 10,840 £ s. d.
714 17 2
Parcels ... 21 17 0
Merchandise, tons 2597½ 762 13 6
Timber, 100 feet 3601½ 175 10 6
Grain, Wheat, bushels 8463 28 15 8
Do. Oats, do. 2874 14 17 1
Wool, bales 1352½ 155 5 8
Sundries ... 17 13 6
Wharfage ... 206 16 2
Total 2098 6 3

GREAT SOUTH LINE.

Corresponding Month, 1867.
No. Amount
Passengers 1836½ £ s. d.
294 0 11
Parcels ... 4 19 0
Merchandise, tons 232 139 12 10
Coals, tons 22 9 6 4
Grain, Wheat, bushels 951 8 19 1
Do. Oats, do. 1000 6 5 8
Wool, bales 637½ 115 17 3
Labour ... 126 0 0
Total 716 1 1



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Abstract of Traffic Returns for Canterbury Railways (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railway, Traffic, Passengers, Merchandise, Timber, Grain, Wool, Wharfage, Lyttelton, Christchurch, Great South Line