Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 4

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✨ Canterbury Railways traffic statistics



CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURN FOR MONTH ENDING DECEMBER, 1873.

TABLE No. 1.—TONNAGE.

DESCRIPTION. L. & C. R. 1873. G. S. R. 1873. G. N. R. 1873. L. & C. R. 1872. G. S. R. 1872. G. N. R. 1872.
UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN. UP. DOWN.
Merchandise Tons 1,969 459 33 278 56 223 1,512 290 26 220 48 139
Flax " — 40 — — 27 — — 69 — — 42 —
Coal " 1,282 2 — 106 — 50 1,012 — — 18 — —
Iron, &c. " 631 97 25 263 82 171 533 — — 385 — 300
Produce " 3 65 21 13 14 1 — 103 — 14 — —
Grain—Wheat " — 513 26 1 42 — — 139 35 — — 23
Barley " — 87 1 — — — — 22 — — — —
Oats " 3 20 4 9 — — — 387 — — — 19
Flour " — 361 17 12 239 7 — 282 — — — 162
Firewood " 257 — — 18 — — — 106 — — — —
Heavy Timber " 62 — 12 71 — 31 — 35 — — — —
Sawn " 100 ft. 10,529 119 36 4,725 69 1,505 12,152 — — 910 184 491
Wool Bales 53 4,900 3,481 — 850 10 — 3,755 2,413 — 616 —
Water Tuns — 44 — — — — — 40 — — — —
Sheep, Pigs, &c. Trucks 6 2 12 17 — 1 — 9 — — — 1


TABLE No. 2.—VALUE.

DESCRIPTION. 1873. No. 1873. £ s. d. 1872. No. 1872. £ s. d.
Passengers—L. and C. R. 22,006 1,000 1 1 12,564 644 1 5
Season Tickets do. 26 91 6 6 19 8 7 2
Parcels, &c. do. — 82 7 7 — 43 3 2
Passengers—G. S. R. 5,650 751 1 5 3,011 418 4 2
Season Tickets do. 5 30 11 3 11 12 9 3
Parcels, &c. do. — 74 0 8 — 22 5 3
Passengers—G. N. R. 9,008 771 3 1 9,274 641 16 11
Season Tickets do. 5 22 0 0 4 4 4 0
Parcels, &c. do. — 30 15 4 — 13 2 11
Freight up—L. and C. R. — 1,923 16 7 — 1,611 16 3
" down do. — 800 3 2 — 602 12 6
" up—G. S. R. — 543 5 10 — 288 0 2
" down do. — 520 12 10 — 251 1 6
" up—G. N. R. — 102 11 8 — 103 13 4
" down do. — 178 5 7 — 119 16 11
Storage — 15 15 0 — 8 13 10
Labour — 178 2 10 — 140 4 7
Wharfage — 405 4 1 — 366 8 10
Totals ... £7,740 13 6 £5,330 17 7


Accountant's Department, January 13, 1874.



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🚂 Canterbury Railways Traffic Return for month ending December 1873

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13 January 1874
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