Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 27

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CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURN FOR SEVEN MONTHS ENDING 30TH APRIL, 1874.

TABLE No. 1.—TONNAGE, &C.

DESCRIPTION. 1873-4. 1872-3.
L. & C. R. G. S. R. L. & C. R. G. S. R. G. N. R.
UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN.
Merchandise Tons 19,129 4121 621 2746 807 2143 11,491 3117 497 1487 318
Flax ... 1 272 — — 178 — 625 — — 326 —
Coal ... 16,665 3 2 3451 — 1791 10,805 — — 1321 —
Iron, ... 3424 537 47 1955 585 587 1378 — — 537 —
Produce ... 62 1225 281 238 392 35 930 242 145 101 43
Grain—Wheat ... 9 11,483 7815 66 3602 733 8100 8537 — 2021 513
Barley ... — 1735 1263 24 835 19 648 818 — 236 —
Oats ... 22 2522 1046 123 897 59 1879 1370 — 547 —
Flour ... — 1887 315 49 1101 44 1711 3 — 1022 —
Firewood... ... 867 — — 107 — — 1034 — 18 — —
Heavy Timber ... 601 — 23 475 321 57 544 — 121 — 159
Sawn " 100 ft. 94,130 1477 130 27,001 932 9831 70,293 — 17,092 222 5387
Wool Bales 156 18,625 12,310 — 3461 252 15,148 9321 — 1471 —
Water Tuns — 674 — — — — 396 — — — —
Sheep, Pigs, &c. Trucks 75 97 246 114 34 44 — 119 — 21 49

TABLE No. 2.—VALUE.

DESCRIPTION. 1873-4. 1872-3.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway ... 117,045 6357 17 9
Season Tickets " " 208 480 1 9
Parcels, &c. " " — 499 16 5
Passengers—Great Southern Railway ... 56,262 6351 19 0
Season Tickets " " 49 137 18 9
Parcels, &c. " " — 586 5 0
Passengers—Great Northern Railway ... 62,522 5154 9 3
Season Tickets " " 49 164 3 6
Parcels, &c. " " — 209 6 11
Freight up—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway ... — 15,708 17 4
" down " " — 7948 17 1
" up—Great Southern Railway ... — 5991 2 10
" down " " — 4645 14 11
" up—Great Northern Railway ... — 2196 15 11
" down " " — 1656 14 10
Storage ... — 332 7 10
Labour ... — 1163 9 3
Wharfage ... — 3442 3 7
Totals — £63,038 1 11

Accountant's Department, May 29th, 1874.

CHRISTCHURCH:
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Canterbury at the office of the "Press" Company Limited, Cashel street, by W. H. SMITH, Official Printer for the time being to the said Government.




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29 May 1874
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