Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 5

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✨ Canterbury Railways Traffic Returns



CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR JANUARY, 1871.

LYTTELTON AND CHRISTCHURCH LINE.

January, 1871 Corresponding Month, 1870
No. Amount No. Amount
---------------- --------------- ---------- --------------------------- ----------
Passengers 15,789 £772 7 8 18,853 £1123 3 2
Season Tickets 8 27 0 0 10 32 12 0
Parcels — 38 11 0 — 29 11 0
Goods, tons 2654½ 898 11 10 923½ 318 10 1
Flax, do. 13 — — —
Coals, do. 467½ 107 4 6 1650 495 3 5
Timber, 100 feet 2777½ 138 17 9 3294½ 184 14 9
Firewood, cords 69½ 20 17 0 — 28 10 0
Water — 16 7 0 — 10 7 0
Wool, bales 8954 889 9 8 2868 319 5 8
Grain, Wheat, &c., bushels 22,967 185 9 0 2049 17 1 8
Ditto, Oats, do. 7560 49 1 3 11,998 72 12 0
Flour, tons 207½ 80 4 8 271 81 6 6
Wharfage — 255 8 7 — 180 11 0
£2973 19 6 £2871 18 9

GREAT SOUTH LINE.

January, 1871 Corresponding Month, 1870
No. Amount No. Amount
---------------- --------------- ---------- --------------------------- ----------
Passengers 4632½ £463 9 6 9384 £622 11 6
Season Tickets — — 1 5 15 0
Parcels — 21 18 2 — 13 10 6
Goods, tons 248 124 19 7 288½ 154 17 6
Coals, do. 171 62 8 4 308 91 17 1
Timber, 100 feet 323¼ 19 11 7 431½ 38 4 10
Wool, bales 2431 857 10 7 1947 287 11 4
Grain, Wheat, &c., bushels 9763 69 9 0 2969 96 15 8
Ditto, Oats, do. 4491 22 12 10 6000 15 19 5
Labour — 52 2 9 — 247 11 1
£21194 1 4 £1609 13 11

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




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