Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 27

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✨ Canterbury Railways Traffic Returns



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CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR MAY, 1870.

LYTTELTON AND CHRISTCHURCH LINE.

No. Amount. Corresponding Month, 1869.
£ s. d. No. Amount.
£ s. d.
Passengers 10,029 609 7 7 11,891 }
Monthly Tickets 11 16 16 0 8 } 819 0 6
Parcels — 38 14 6 — 39 4 6
Goods, tons 1869 } 698 15 0 2093½ 732 2 4
Flax, do. 128 }
Coals, do. 1447¼ 434 7 6 2990½ 897 16 5
Timber, 100 feet 3339¼ 166 19 9 2136½ 108 0 0
Firewood, cords 1383 41 12 8 75 14 8
Water — 34 19 11 — }
Wool, bales 740 84 4 10 354½ 41 2 8
Grain, Wheat, &c, bushels 115,872 965 13 0 67,910 649 10 6
Ditto, Oats, do. 57,827 381 7 0 19,747 123 9 0
Flour, tons 231½ 69 9 0 322½ 104 12 8
Wharfage — 264 16 6 — 297 10 9
— £3787 2 1 — £3888 3 10

GREAT SOUTH LINE.

No. Amount. Corresponding Month, 1869.
£ s. d. No. Amount.
£ s. d.
Passengers 6179½ 626 1 7 3248 }
Quarterly and Monthly Tickets 2½ 4 6 3 — } 449 5 0
Parcels — 19 7 8 — 19 17 6
Goods, tons 519½ 240 16 11 264½ 133 9 2
Coals, do. 304½ 114 13 9 190½ 82 12 0
Timber, 100 feet 692¼ 52 16 4 306 27 13 4
Wool, bales 265 39 15 0 156 29 10 8
Grain, Wheat, &c, bushels 148,116 1126 14 3 76,523 602 10 0
Ditto, Oats, do. 42,463 215 16 10 24,969 120 7 6
Labour — 32 9 0 — 56 13 11
— £2471 17 7 — £1621 18 11

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Canterbury, at the "Lyttelton Times" Office, Gloucester street, by Wm. Reeves, Official Printer for the time being to the said Government.




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🚂 Canterbury Railways Traffic Returns for May 1870

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Railways, Traffic, Passengers, Goods, Flax, Coals, Timber, Firewood, Wool, Grain, Flour, Lyttelton, Christchurch, Great South Line
  • Wm. Reeves, Official Printer for the time being to the said Government