✨ Railway Traffic Statistics
CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.
TRAFFIC RETURN FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 1873.
| DESCRIPTION. | Lyttelton and Christchurch Line. | Great South Line. | Great North Line. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1873. | 1872. | 1873. | 1872. | 1873. | 1872. | ||
| No. £ s. d. | No. £ s. d. | No. £ s. d. | No. £ s. d. | No. £ s. d. | No. £ s. d. | ||
| Passengers | 9,709 612 2 4 | 10,114 621 9 0 | 4,618 602 18 5 | 3,581 379 11 4 | 8,775 510 11 10 | 5,245 393 0 1 | |
| Season Tickets | 9 18 17 0 | 10 29 12 9 | 8 9 1 3 | 4 5 1 3 | 1 4 10 0 | 5 6 14 0 | |
| Parcels, &c. | 1,918 66 16 1 | 1,221 34 1 0 | — 43 12 6 | — 23 10 4 | — 19 12 7 | — 8 14 3 | |
| Merchandise | Tons | 54 16 8 9 | 85 25 4 1 | 309 154 5 3 | 190 72 16 1 | 245 78 9 8 | 136 43 6 5 |
| Flax | " | 862 298 4 0 | 3,276 893 14 8 | — 8 15 11 | 62 21 3 11 | 37 9 14 8 | 38 9 16 7 |
| Coal | " | 1,000 123 1 0 | 1,362 172 7 2 | 841 160 6 2 | 702 192 4 0 | 121 18 0 9 | 613 77 8 6 |
| Iron, &c. | " | 801 206 18 0 | 396 95 3 5 | 123 44 7 9 | 66 18 2 4 | 285 49 10 9 | 56 11 14 4 |
| Farm Produce | " | 433 117 7 3 | 397 106 15 1 | 42 12 3 4 | 153 62 16 1 | 289 63 1 4 | 212 42 6 7 |
| Grain—Wheat | " | 91 25 1 9 | 47 12 13 9 | 8 0 16 1 | 66 16 7 6 | 15 8 14 6 | — — |
| Barley | " | 75 20 9 9 | 341 88 5 8 | 36 11 2 5 | 103 26 6 4 | 3 0 14 0 | 101 21 1 11 |
| Oats | " | 342 57 8 6 | 373 93 3 11 | — — | 1 0 7 9 | 162 26 12 1 | 126 14 0 10 |
| Flour | " | 177 48 6 1 | 214 58 18 4 | 18 5 16 9 | — — | — — | — — |
| Firewood | " | 64 14 13 6 | 47 13 11 8 | 30 5 1 5 | 6 1 19 1 | — — | — — |
| Heavy Timber | 100 ft. | 8,787 393 17 2 | 6,591 321 5 10 | 2,766 233 11 7 | 910 74 1 9 | 856 40 7 7 | 1,340 28 8 9 |
| Sawn " | Bales | 212 17 2 3 | 151 13 1 3 | 3 0 7 6 | — — | 118 8 10 8 | 12 8 15 0 |
| Wool | Tuns | 28 11 4 4 | 41 16 6 4 | — — | — — | — — | — — |
| Water | — — | — — | — 26 15 0 | — 10 19 8 | — 2 16 0 | — — | |
| Sheep, Pigs, &c. | — 68 0 6 | — — | — — | — — | — — | — — | |
| Storage | — 278 6 11 | — 345 9 4 | — — | — — | — — | — — | |
| Wharfage | — 93 12 10 | — — | — — | — — | — — | — — | |
| Labour | — 46 8 11 | — 80 4 1 | — 18 16 11 | — 1 18 6 | — 18 2 10 | — — | |
| Sundries | — — | — — | — — | — — | — — | — — | |
| Totals | — £3,001 6 6 | — £3,377 5 4 | — £1,351 17 3 | — £819 4 11 | — £851 18 3 | — £656 1 3 |
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1873, No 46
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🚂 Canterbury Railways Traffic Return for September 1873
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