Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 15

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✨ Railway Traffic Returns



CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR APRIL, 1871.

LYTTELTON AND CHRISTCHURCH LINE.

No. Amount. Corresponding Month, 1870. No. Amount.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 11,229 583 8 2 13,148 611 2 7
Annual and Monthly Tickets 12 83 10 0 18 68 3 6
Parcels — 47 2 0 — 43 15 0
Goods, tons 2,183½ 796 18 3 2,050½ 759 19 1
Flax, do. 59 — — —
Coals, do. 1,250½ 375 1 8 1,725½ 590 14 4
Timber, 100 feet 6,387½ 269 7 6 4,597½ 229 17 9
Firewood, cords 78 23 16 0 113 38 18 0
Water — 83 18 0 — 28 11 7
Grain, Wheat, &c., bushels 87,424 723 10 11 180,360 1,503 3 6
Ditto, Oats, do. 100,706 629 7 8 67,314 490 13 6
Flour and Potatoes, tons 309¼ 92 17 6 217¼ 65 4 6
Wool, bales 989 111 15 6 2,120½ 236 3 7
Wharfage — 334 6 2 — 328 7 0
£4,061 18 10 £5,039 13 11

GREAT SOUTH LINE.

No. Amount. Corresponding Month, 1870. No. Amount.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 5,040 504 15 7 6,490½ 633 4 5
Season Tickets ½ 2 2 6 — —
Parcels — 31 4 0 — 19 16 0
Goods, tons 480½ 180 3 0 559½ 281 1 6
Coals, do. 378½ 161 7 10 436½ 177 6 6
Timber, 100 feet 852 61 2 7 801½ 48 6 9
Grain, Wheat, &c., bushels 113,019 861 6 6 211,627 1,457 0 5
Ditto, Oats, do. 66,198 818 0 2 38,484 160 16 6
Wool, bales 481 71 19 0 1,510½ 226 4 0
Labour — 27 17 10 — 118 6 3
£2,209 19 0 £3,192 0 3


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