Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 41

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✨ Railway traffic statistics



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CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURN FOR MONTH OF JULY, 1874.

TABLE No. 1.—TONNAGE, &c.

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.
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Merchandise Tons 2,726 708 127 390 149 394 2206
Flax --- --- --- --- --- --- 16 --- ---
Coal --- --- 336 --- --- 79 127 146 251
Iron, --- --- 71 15 1 11 119 71 268
Produce --- --- 13 368 28 41 114 18 ---
Grain—Wheat --- --- 16 404 148 35 119 1 347
Barley --- --- --- 42 4 7 9 1 ---
Oats --- --- 6 217 24 11 42 11 ---
Flour --- --- --- 336 127 7 161 --- ---
Firewood... --- --- 209 --- --- 79 4 118 ---
Heavy Timber --- --- 66 --- 1 98 13 --- 98
Sawn 100 ft. --- 9,048 315 16 2765 23 1246 7441
Wool Bales --- 12 527 --- --- 173 2 ---
Water Tuns --- --- 36 --- --- --- --- ---
Sheep, Pigs, &c. Trucks --- --- 9 28 3 5 --- ---

TABLE No. 2.—VALUE.

DESCRIPTION. 1874. 1873.
No. £ s. d.
Passengers—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway ... 13,608 822 17 11
Season Tickets " 35 55 9 6
Parcels, &c. " --- 54 9 3
Passengers—Great Southern Railway 4,389 669 19 1
Season Tickets " 4 4 16 3
Parcels, &c. " --- 60 5 10
Passengers—Great Northern Railway 6,397 605 2 9
Season Tickets " 12 24 3 3
Parcels, &c. " --- 27 9 11
Freight up—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway ... --- 1824 9 1
down " --- 626 14 8
up—Great Southern Railway --- 210 7 6
down " --- 498 16 5
up—Great Northern Railway --- 225 10 3
down " --- 267 13 2
Storage --- 151 8 5
Labour --- 157 9 11
Wharfage ... --- 452 17 11
Totals --- £6,740 1 1

Accountant\'s Department, Aug. 13th, 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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🚂 Canterbury Railways Traffic Return for July 1874

🚂 Transport & Communications
13 August 1874
Railways, Traffic Return, Canterbury, Statistics, Tonnage, Revenue
  • Accountant's Department