Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 9

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✨ Railway Traffic Statistics



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CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURN FOR JANUARY, 1870.

LYTTLETON AND CHRISTCHURCH LINE. No. Amount. Corresponding Month, 1869.
£ s. d. No. £ s. d.
Passengers 18,353½ 14,465 937 11 6
Season Tickets 10 32 12 0 19 4 1
Parcels 29 11 0 10 18 0
Goods, tons 923½ 318 10 1 2588½ 776 18 5
Coals, do. 1650 495 8 5 107 16 3
Timber, 100 feet 2294½ 164 14 9 1889½ 107 16 3
Grain, Wheat, &c., bushels 2040 17 1 8 4439 37 0 8
Ditto, Oats, do. 11,998 72 12 9 8844 55 5 3
Flour, tons 271 81 6 6
Wool, bales 2868 819 5 8 2731 810 11 2
Water 10 7 0
Sundries 26 19 9 16 11 10
Wharfage 180 11 0 162 9 5
2871 18 9 2423 3 7
GREAT SOUTH LINE. No. Amount. Corresponding Month, 1869.
£ s. d. No. £ s. d.
Passengers 9384 622 11 6 9064 576 6 4
Season Tickets 1 5 15 0 4 18 0
Parcels 15 10 6 108 16 4
Goods, tons 286½ 154 17 6 205 19-20 108 16 4
Coals, ditto 308 91 17 1 154 6 8 3
Timber, 100 feet 431½ 36 4 10
Grain, Wheat, &c., bushels 2069 26 15 8 934 7 19 9
Ditto, Oats, do. 6000 15 19 5 1593 8 19 10
Wool, bales 1937 287 11 4 2174 400 18 1
Labour 247 11 1 336 0 6
1502 18 11 1440 5 1

CHRISTCHURCH :

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Canterbury, at the Lyttelton Times Office, Gloucester Street, by WILLIAM REEVES, Official Printer for the time being to the said Government.




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🚂 Canterbury Railways Traffic Return for January 1870 (continued from previous page)

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