Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 30

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CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURN FOR MONTH OF MAY, 1874.

TABLE No. 1.—TONNAGE, &c.

1874. 1873.
DESCRIPTION. L. & C. R. G. S. R. G. N. R. L. & C. R. G. S. R. G. N. R.
UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN.
Merchandise Tons 3,691 1084 251 675 438 523
Flax ... — 27 — — 30 —
Coal ... 654 — — 153 — 77
Iron, ... 284 16 4 33 185 29
Produce ... 14 990 122 73 352 24
Grain—Wheat ... 4 2366 1595 39 912 206
Barley ... — 419 400 — 247 —
Oats ... 2 739 503 41 269 1
Flour ... — 347 140 3 188 1
Firewood... ... 311 — — 12 — 27
Heavy Timber ... 139 — — 114 9 2
Sawn ... 100 ft. 24,198 342 — 2510 219
Wool ... Bales 1 788 124 — 338
Water ... Tuns — 84 — — —
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... Trucks 1 29 34 19 6

TABLE No. 2.—VALUE.

| DESCRIPTION. | 1874. | | 1873. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| | No. | £ s. d. | No. | £ s. d. |
| Passengers—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway | 18,193 | 1127 5 11 | 11,499 | 697 18 7 |
| Season Tickets | 33 | 101 4 6 | — | 73 0 0 |
| Parcels, &c. | — | 75 4 0 | — | 51 3 4 |
| Passengers—Great Southern Railway | 6,544 | 1065 6 5 | 6294 | 687 1 10 |
| Season Tickets | 7 | 78 14 3 | — | — |
| Parcels, &c. | — | 78 18 5 | — | 53 6 5 |
| Passengers—Great Northern Railway | 10,080 | 910 10 5 | 8361 | 755 1 3 |
| Season Tickets | 11 | 33 9 0 | — | — |
| Parcels, &c. | — | 30 7 8 | — | 34 6 2 |
| Freight up—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway | — | 2783 4 11 | — | 1205 5 8 |
| " down " | — | 1745 17 6 | — | 1213 3 0 |
| " up—Great Southern Railway | — | 1139 16 1 | — | 735 17 7 |
| " down " | — | 695 2 1 | — | 457 5 2 |
| " up—Great Northern Railway | — | 619 12 9 | — | 363 3 3 |
| " down " | — | 278 5 6 | — | 234 3 4 |
| Storage | — | 189 19 2 | — | 195 3 8 |
| Labour | — | 313 3 7 | — | 111 1 2 |
| Wharfage | — | 765 9 3 | — | 351 9 0 |
| Totals | — | £12,029 11 5 | — | £7223 9 5 |

Accountant\'s Department, June 16th, 1874.



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🚂 Canterbury Railways Traffic Return for May 1874

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16 June 1874
Railways, Traffic Return, Canterbury, Statistics, May 1874, Lyttelton, Christchurch