✨ Canterbury Railways Traffic Returns




CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR DECEMBER, 1871.

LYTTELTON AND CHRISTCHURCH LINE.

No. Amount. Corresponding Month, 1870.
£ s. d. No.
Passengers 13,159 650 19 1 11,328
Season Tickets 18 28 13 6 15
Parcels — 42 4 6 —
Goods, tons 2,115 740 4 10 1,536½
Flax, tons 282 8 5 0 77
Coals, tons 911 273 9 6 1,360½
Timber, 100 feet 8,233¼ 411 13 9 7,072½
Firewood, cords 4¼ 1 4 9 139
Water — 11 0 2 —
Wool, bales 2,930 317 8 4 2,057
Grain—Wheat, tons 137¼ 36 2 3 Bush.18,133
Barley, tons 39¼ 10 7 9 —
Oats, tons 9 2 7 6 22,164
Flour, &c., tons 135¼ 37 5 6 371½
Wharfage, Storage, &c. — 430 13 1 —
£3,011 19 6*

*And on Northern Railway Account, £193 7s. 3d.

GREAT SOUTH LINE.

No. Amount. Corresponding Month, 1870.
£ s. d. No.
Passengers 3,889 401 4 1 3,292
Season Tickets 2 2 7 6 —
Parcels — 27 10 0 —
Goods, tons 275 138 17 11 186¼
Coals, tons 68 30 0 0 Flax—12
Timber, 100 feet 927¼ 75 3 6 421
Wool, bales 1,798 242 3 11 1,399
Grain—Wheat, tons 67¼ 15 18 0 Bush.13,377
Barley, tons 2½ 0 11 9 —
Oats, tons 5¼ 1 11 3 5,667
Labour — 37 4 5 —
£973 1 4


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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa — PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1872, No 6





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