Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 8

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✨ Railway Traffic Returns



CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR FEBRUARY, 1871.

LYTTELTON AND CHRISTCHURCH LINE.

No. Amount. Corresponding Month, 1870.
£ s. d. No.
Passengers 11,807½ 640 1 6 8507
Annual and Monthly Tickets 11 14 15 0 9
Parcels --- 37 4 0 ---
Goods, tons 1957 790 48 1 1729½
Flax, do. 43 --- 146
Coals, do. 2057½ 617 5 0 133
Timber, 100 feet 3015 160 16 9 384½
Firewood, cords 42 12 12 0 80
Water --- 12 4 8 ---
Grain, Wheat, &c., bushels 35,734 297 14 9 9999
Ditto, Oats, do. 43,882 274 2 1 20,566
Flour, tons 241 72 6 3 53½
Wool, bales 3118 348 2 6 2614½
Wharfage --- 324 8 9 ---
2880 10 8

GREAT SOUTH LINE.

No. Amount. Corresponding Month, 1870.
£ s. d. No.
Passengers 4958½ 441 11 10 3538
Parcels --- 18 4 6 ---
Goods, tons 818½ 164 2 9 260
Coals, do. 324½ 126 1 10 122½
Timber, 100 feet 487 31 2 2 31½
Grain, Wheat, &c., bushels 19,384 128 17 4 13785
Ditto, Oats, do. 20,012 95 5 8 6896
Wool, bales 2227 331 10 2 1996
Labour --- 82 11 4 ---
2140 7 1

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 February 1871

🚂 Transport & Communications
Railway, Traffic, Statistics, Canterbury, Lyttelton, Christchurch, Great South Line
  • William Reeves, Official Printer for the time being to the Provincial Government of Canterbury