Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 52

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CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURN FOR FOUR WEEKS ENDING OCTOBER 29TH, 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 2,616 721 152 928 122 421 2,401 374 40
Flax ... ... 1 — — — 2 — — 49 —
Coal ... ... 2,377 — 174 — 124 4045 1 — 70
Iron, ... ... 309 21 11 65 107 38 1372 116 —
Produce ... ... 92 55 10 47 13 22 1 434 2
Grain—Wheat ... ... 100 39 108 43 73 137 — 448 153
Barley ... ... 7 6 1 15 — 1 — 16 1
Oats ... ... 15 30 33 31 33 20 — 159 8
Flour ... ... — 179 96 10 109 2 — 216 17
Firewood ... ... ... 100 — — 11 — 1 104 — —
Heavy Timber ... ... 88 — 56 40 1 82 — — 83
Sawn " ... 100 ft. 10,071 171 — 4,368 132 1170 12,720 120 2
Wool ... Bales — 514 — 192 — 7 1 238 27
Water ... Tuns — 23 — — — — — 100 —
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... Trucks 6 8 97 9 7 9 10 4 47

TABLE NO. 2.—VALUE.

DESCRIPTION. 1874. 1873.
No. £ s. d.
Passengers—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway ... 17,094 690 9 8
Season Tickets " " 37 77 2 0
Parcels, &c. " " — 46 4 3
Passengers—Great Southern Railway ... 7,411 1105 10 7
Season Tickets " " 9 29 7 1
Parcels, &c. " " — 106 1 9
Passengers—Great Northern Railway ... 8,337 621 13 1
Season Tickets " " 16 42 0 0
Parcels, &c. " " — 40 1 2
Freight up—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway ... — 1,634 1 0
" down " " — 334 8 4
" up—Great Southern Railway ... — 283 1 10
" down " " — 903 16 1
" up—Great Northern Railway ... — 122 0 2
" down " " — 245 4 6
Storage ... ... ... ... — 326 4 5
Labour ... ... ... ... — 124 18 2
Wharfage ... ... ... ... — 331 16 1
Totals ... ... ... — £7,004 9 2

Accountant\'s Department, November 1st, 1874.



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🚂 Canterbury Railways traffic return for four weeks ending October 29th, 1874

🚂 Transport & Communications
1 November 1874
Canterbury Railways, traffic return, tonnage, railway revenue, Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway, Great Southern Railway, Great Northern Railway
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