Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 27

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✨ Railway traffic statistics

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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.