Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 44

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CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURN FOR MONTH OF AUGUST, 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. DOWN. UP. | DOWN. | UP. | DOWN.
Merchandise ... Tons 3,698 1059 171 950 284 391 1,735 756 121 | 312 | 149 | 162
Flax ... — — 11 — — — — — 45 — | — | 20 | —
Coal ... — 3,906 — — 175 — 13 1,526 — — | 123 | — | 170
Iron, ... — 431 25 — 47 156 32 158 — — | 24 | — | 18
Produce ... — 24 270 40 66 91 57 — 1023 100 | 100 | 437 | 18
Grain—Wheat ... — 7 260 55 16 120 5 — 188 13 | — | 385 | 114
Barley ... — — 18 9 11 65 — — 48 — | — | 4 | —
Oats ... — 20 101 54 52 89 7 — 112 41 | — | 34 | —
Flour ... — — 445 89 8 348 1 — 373 — | — | 203 | —
Firewood ... — — 459 — 17 — — — 311 — | — | 3 | — | —
Heavy Timber ... — — 719 — 680 — — — 116 — | — | 104 | — | 8
Sawn ... 100 ft. 31,140 228 35 5,488 170 5170 15,193 — — | 3797 | — | 1497
Wool ... Bales — 469 27 — 117 7 — 395 4 | — | 71 | —
Water ... Tuns — — — 119 — — — 54 — | — | — | —
ep. Pigs, &c. ... Trucks — 6 32 3 10 — — — 37 | — | 4 | —

TABLE No. 2.—VALUE.

DESCRIPTION. 1874. 1873.
No. £ s. d. No. £ s. d.
Passengers—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway ... 17,423 997 9 1 11,687 73 16 10
Season Tickets " 26 46 13 6 — | 92 17 6
Parcels, &c. " — 64 9 4 — | 56 6 6
Passengers—Great Northern Railway 6,112 1058 8 10 4,372 661 10 4
Season Tickets " 12 26 5 9 — | —
Parcels, &c. " — 66 3 3 — | 81 11 7
Passengers—Great Northern Railway 8,469 780 15 5 7,094 616 11 10
Season Tickets " 16 16 19 6 — | —
Parcels, &c. " — 42 0 3 — | 20 4 8
Freight up—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway ... — 3,713 11 2 — 1808 8 3
" down " — 652 7 11 — | 783 5 3
" up—Great Southern Railway — 184 19 5 — 111 4 5
" down " — 903 18 8 — | 544 4 8
" up—Great Northern Railway — 271 13 3 — 260 16 5
" down " — 341 14 8 — | 186 2 1
Storage ... — 304 6 9 — | 145 17 1
Labour ... — 264 14 2 — | 137 18 10
Wharfage ... — 763 10 11 — | 446 16 7
Totals ... — £10,620 1 10 — | £6,667 11 10

Accountant's Department, September 17th, 1874.

CHRISTCHURCH :
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the 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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17 September 1874
Railways, Traffic return, Tonnage, Statistics, Canterbury, August 1874
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