Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 24

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✨ Railway Traffic Returns



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CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR MAY, 1871.

LYTTLETON AND CHRISTCHURCH LINE. No. Amount. Corresponding Month, 1870.
£ s. d. No. £ s. d.
Passengers 12,352 660 5 0 10,029 609 7 7
Season Tickets 8 10 8 0 11 16 16 0
Parcels — 62 9 0 — 38 14 6
Goods, tons 1,672 535 12 6 1,939 } 608 15 0
Flax, do. 15 5 4 0 129 }
Coals, do. 1,320¼ 396 4 0 1,447¼ 484 7 6
Timber, 100 feet 7,060¼ 353 0 3 3,389¼ 166 19 9
Firewood, cords 199¼ 59 15 6 138¼ 41 12 6
Water, tons 75¼ 30 2 6 — 34 19 11
Grain, Wheat, &c., bushels 62,294 519 0 5 115,872 965 13 0
Ditto, Oats, do. 56,166 351 0 8 57,827 361 7 0
Flour, tons 479 143 13 6 231¼ 69 9 0
Wool, bales 849 39 3 4 740 84 4 10
Wharfage — 267 11 2 — 264 15 6
— £3,463 8 5 — £3,787 2 1
GREAT SOUTH LINE. No. Amount. Corresponding Month, 1870.
£ s. d. No. £ s. d.
Passengers 7,528¼ 586 6 10 6,179¼ 635 1 7
Season Tickets — — 2¼ 4 6 3
Parcels — 27 16 6 — 19 7 8
Goods, tons 411¼ 172 16 1 519¼ 240 16 11
Coals, do. 166¼ 63 7 6 804¼ 114 13 9
Timber, 100 feet 1,055¼ 71 2 11 692¼ 52 18 4
Wool, bales 168 24 9 0 265 39 15 0
Grain, Wheat, &c., bushels 102,936 777 12 2 148,116 1,126 14 3
Ditto, Oats, do. 47,563 267 6 4 42,453 215 16 10
Labour — 16 17 2 — 52 9 0
— £2,007 14 6 — £2,471 17 7

CHRISTCHURCH :

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




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Railway, Traffic, Passengers, Goods, Revenue, Lyttelton, Christchurch, Great South Line