Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 14

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✨ Canterbury Railways Traffic Return



CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURN FOR MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1874.

TABLE No. 1.—TONNAGE.

DESCRIPTION. 1874. 1873.
L. & C. R. G. S. R. G. N. R. L. & C. R. G. S. R. G. N. R.
UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN.
:--- :--- :--- :--- :--- :--- :--- :--- :--- :--- :--- :--- :---
Merchandise ... Tons 3,583 558 71 460 87 317 2,130 443 71 209
Flax ... " 10 — — — 5 — 60 — — 250
Coal ... " 3,030 870 — 870 86 — 735 — — 6
Iron, &c. ... " 270 69 — 61 4 1 83 57 17 19
Produce ... " 12 155 63 40 772 102 — 1,032 1,015 —
Grain—Wheat ... " 2,272 1,600 7 91 15 6 — 73 — —
Barley ... " 217 215 4 173 — — 250 239 — 90
Oats ... " 505 332 7 40 7 — 226 — — 150
Flour ... " 125 40 6 — — — 112 — — —
Firewood ... " 102 — 12 — 22 5 194 — 15 —
Heavy Timber ... " 27 — 1 707 135 — 11,817 — 307 20
Sawn ... 100 ft. 0,077 228 18 2,046 672 60 — 3,357 2,318 186
Wool ... Bales 63 2,892 1,766 — — — 55 — — —
Water ... Tuns 30½ — — — 4 3 — 11 — 2
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... Trucks 9 3 16 8 — — — — — —

TABLE No. 2.—VALUE.

DESCRIPTION. 1874. 1873.
No. £ s. d. No. £
Passengers—L. and C. R. 15,208 858 15 8 13,371 719
Season Tickets do. 23 34 15 6 24 84
Parcels, &c. do. — 61 3 6 — 48
Passengers—G. S. R. 6,997 817 17 9 5,388 567
Season Tickets do. 15 28 16 9 18 31
Parcels, &c. do. — 71 17 4 — 29
Passengers—G. N. R. 8,493 657 4 2 7,278 572
Season Tickets do. 8 14 11 6 8 24
Parcels, &c. do. — 31 10 9 — 30
Freight up—L. and C. R. — 2,743 1 4 — 1,560
" down do. — 1,275 9 5 — 856
" up—G. S. R. — 969 11 4 — 629
" down do. — 724 5 2 — 228
" up—G. N. R. — 350 4 9 — 160
" down do. — 203 7 0 — 186
Storage — 55 13 9 — 45
Labour — 203 13 4 — 139
Wharfage — 548 16 6 — 352
Totals ... — £9,650 15 6 — £6,249

Accountant\'s Department, March 11, 1874.



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🚂 Canterbury Railways Traffic Return for February 1874

🚂 Transport & Communications
11 March 1874
Railways, Traffic Return, Canterbury, Tonnage, Revenue, Statistics
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