Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 47

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CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURN FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER (FOUR WEEKS ENDING OCTOBER 1ST), 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.
Merchandise ... Tons 3,035 724 160 688 124 302 1,489 428 62
Flax ... ... — 9 — — 1 — 54 — —
Coal ... ... 3,482 — — 210 — 263 862 — —
Iron, ... ... 198 19 — 27 22 12 1000 — —
Produce ... ... 22 97 20 58 39 19 — 801 39
Grain—Wheat ... 1 13 19 7 22 12 — 433 42 —
Barley ... 35 16 4 5 8 2 — 91 3 —
Oats ... 1 102 15 32 22 5 — 78 36 —
Flour ... 1 286 157 6 73 2 — 342 — —
Firewood... ... 198 — — 6 — 5 177 — — 16
Heavy Timber ... 72 — — 93 9 — 64 — — 30
Sawn ... ... 100 ft. 16,652 505 69 4,482 136 790 8,786 — —
Wool ... ... Bales — 353 4 116 — — 212 3 —
Water ... ... Tuns — 61 — — — — 28 — —
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... Trucks 4 13 67 7 6 — — 36 —

TABLE NO. 2.—VALUE.

DESCRIPTION. 1874. 1873.
No. £ s. d.
Passengers—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway... 14,019 667 4 5
Season Tickets 40 101 10 6
Parcels, &c. — 49 15 11
Passengers—Great Southern Railway 5,279 983 3 4
Season Tickets 11 11 10 0
Parcels, &c. — 80 0 3
Passengers—Great Northern Railway 6,154 527 11 5
Season Tickets 12 19 14 6
Parcels, &c. — 29 9 5
Freight up—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway — 2,273 7 6
" down — 391 1 1
" up—Great Southern Railway — 205 14 5
" down — 922 8 7
" up—Great Northern Railway — 103 16 11
" down — 191 14 3
Storage — 319 0 5
Labour — 169 0 11
Wharfage — 530 9 11
Totals £7,577 2 9

Accountant's Department, October 1st, 1874.



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🚂 Traffic return for the Canterbury Railways for the month of September 1874

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1 October 1874
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