Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1872 – No. 58

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✨ Canterbury Railways Traffic Returns

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CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR MONTH OF OCTOBER, 1872.

LYTTELTON AND CHRISTCHURCH LINE.

	1872.		Corresponding Month, 1871.
	No.	Amount.	No.	Amount.
		£ s. d.		£ s. d.
Passengers	9,488	490 1 7	9,143	464 17 3
Season Tickets	16	73 2 9	13½	41 0 9
Parcels, &c.	1,816½	563 12 11	1,725½	38 16 0
Goods, tons	94½	29 17 8	46½	603 16 8
Coals, tons	2,264	613 10 7	16 17 3
Iron, &c., tons	99	25 11 2	160½	48 2 9
Timber, 100 feet	5,499½	230 15 7	7,645½	382 5 0
" heavy, tons	76½	21 2 1	90½	26 19 1
Firewood, cords	131½	39 13 7	—	—
Grain—Wheat, tons	190½	49 11 10	Bus. 17,318	144 16 2
" Barley, tons	38½	10 3 0	" 15,529	96 18 6
" Oats, tons	217	56 10 8	294½	88 6 9
Flour, tons	231	54 6 0	499	68 5 6
Wool, bales	192	16 7 6	—	—
Farm Produce, tons	135½	35 19 4	—	—
Water, tuns	28½	11 11 9	11 11 0
Labour and Sundries	—	82 19 11	—	—
Storage	—	75 1 11	—	—
Wharfage	—	294 2 7	302 15 10
Total	—	£2,882 17 11	—	£2,323 18 7

GREAT SOUTH LINE.

	1872.		Corresponding Month, 1871.
	No.	Amount.	No.	Amount.
		£ s. d.		£ s. d.
Passengers	3,489½	335 1 11	3,063	311 2 4
Season Tickets	11	39 10 0	5	9 0 0
Parcels	—	75 2 9	—	14 6 0
Goods, tons	149	71 0 11	261½	128 3 8
Coals, tons	174	54 18 1	19½	—
Iron, &c., tons	56½	16 18 8	6 14 9
Timber, 100 feet	799¼	58 17 7	1,672½	139 15 1
" heavy, tons	7	2 14 8	—	—
Grain—Wheat, tons	284½	94 1 0	Bus. 14,217	108 7 9
" Barley, tons	15½	5 0 2	" 8,204	35 16 5
" Oats, tons	56½	14 0 6	—	—
Farm Produce, tons	30½	9 10 1	—	—
Sheep, Pigs, &c.	432	10 9 4	—	—
Wool, bales	7	0 17 6	—	—
Sundries	—	7 4 6	5 8 4
Total	—	£793 7 8	—	£756 14 4

GREAT NORTH LINE.

	1872.
	No.	Amount.
		£ s. d.
Passengers	5,710	427 5 8
Season Tickets	8	28 3 0
Parcels, &c.	—	16 14 1
Goods, tons	106¼	82 8 2
Coal, tons	78¼	12 14 4
Timber, 100 feet	720	25 3 3
" heavy, tons	10	2 6 0
Flax, tons	42¼	11 11 3
Grain—Wheat, tons	294¼	45 0 9
" Barley, tons	64	1 13 4
" Oats, tons	71	15 8 10
Flour, tons	183¼	19 7 5
Farm Produce, tons	45	9 2 8
Wool, bales	34	2 2 6
Total	—	£647 1 3

Additional Account Great Northern Railway ... £594 10s. 3d.

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.