Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 62

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✨ Canterbury Railways Traffic Returns



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CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR NOVEMBER, 1871.

LYTTELTON AND CHRISTCHURCH LINE.

No. Amount. Corresponding Month, 1870.
£ s. d. No. £ s. d.
Passengers 12,870 676 14 9 16,872 929 6 1
Season Tickets 13 36 7 6 12 30 12 0
Parcels — 51 8 0 — 44 19 2
Goods, tons 1943 683 3 11 2,484 } 916 17 5
Flax, do. 162½ 5 16 6 136 }
Coals, do. 1565¼ 469 5 4 1,966¼ 589 17 6
Timber, 100 feet 12,905½ 643 15 0 6,665 283 5 1
Firewood, cords 108¼ 31 8 3 96¼ 28 16 6
Water — 15 7 7 — 18 15 2
Wool, bales 1,628 176 5 2 1,390 158 13 1
Grain, Wheat, &c., tons 585 155 12 6 bshls. 43,830 365 13 0
Ditto, Barley, do. 41 10 15 8 — —
Ditto, Oats, do. 108 28 9 0 26,570 165 19 11
Flour, &c., do. 192½ 53 16 6 571½ 171 10 0
Wharfage, &c. — 604 14 3 — 389 7 2
— £3,542 14 6* — £4,093 11 10

GREAT SOUTH LINE.

No. Amount. Corresponding Month, 1870.
£ s. d. No. £ s. d.
Passengers 11,624 724 3 5 12,418½ 759 10 4
Season Tickets 4 17 10 0 — —
Parcels — 44 17 6 — 26 8 6
Goods, tons 407½ 174 11 4 409½ } 192 17 5
Flax, do. — — 12 }
Coals, do. 68 30 2 3 122½ 53 4 8
Timber, 100 feet 1,008½ 74 14 5 271½ 29 0 5
Wool, bales 761 105 18 10 518 75 7 6
Grain, Wheat, &c., tons 410½ 119 8 11 bshls. 43,322 333 17 2
Ditto, Barley, ditto 9½ 3 8 6 — —
Ditto, Oats, do. 5½ 1 17 8 do. 15,350 72 7 2
Labour — 20 1 8 — 24 15 8
— £1,316 19 1 — £1,562 8 10
  • And on Northern Railway Account, £61 16s. 6d.

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 Returns for November 1871 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railway traffic, Passengers, Goods, Revenue, Lyttelton, Christchurch, Great South Line
  • William Reeves, Official Printer