Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1875 – No. 7

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✨ Canterbury Railways Traffic Return

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CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURN FOR FOUR WEEKS ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 1874.

TABLE No. 1.—TONNAGE, &c.

DESCRIPTION.	1874.	1873.
	L. & C. R.	G. S. R.
	UP. DOWN.	UP. DOWN.
Merchandise	2,351 660	113 639
Flax	— —	— —
Coal	1,091 10	51 189
Iron	152 170	— 94
Produce	32 53	2 25
Grain—Wheat	— 61	55 3
Barley	— —	5 —
Oats	9 54	12 11
Flour	17 175	102 15
Firewood	79 —	— 6
Heavy Timber	68 —	— 45
Sewn	100 ft. 10,979	246 173
Wool	Bales 77	5330 3444
Water	Tuns —	59 —
Sheep, Pigs, &c.	Tracks —	8 14

TABLE No. 2.—VALUE.

DESCRIPTION.	1874.	1873.
	No. £ s. d.	No. £ s. d.
Passengers—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway	2,2827 879 1 5	22,906 1099 1 1
Season Tickets	19 51 4 6	26 91 6 6
Parcels, &c.	— 78 16 0	— 82 7 7
Passengers—Great Southern Railway	8,885 1313 2 6	5,650 751 1 5
Season Tickets	6 8 3 9	5 30 11 3
Parcels, &c.	— 107 6 9	— 74 9 8
Passengers—Great Northern Railway	9,475 726 16 8	9,006 771 3 1
Season Tickets	12 29 13 3	6 22 0 0
Parcels, &c.	— 38 13 3	— 30 15 4
Passengers—Rolleston and Malvern Railway	1,199 133 4 2	— —
Parcels, &c.	— 6 11 4	— —
Passengers—Rangiora and Oxford Railway	1,499 103 2 6	— —
Parcels, &c.	— 6 7 1	— —
Freight up—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway	— 1,458 19 2	— 1923 16 7
down	— 759 3 10	— 660 3 2
up—Great Southern Railway	— 705 18 5	— 543 5 10
down	— 704 6 1	— 520 12 10
up—Great Northern Railway	— 209 13 9	— 162 11 8
down	— 208 3 4	— 175 6 7
up—Rolleston and Malvern Railway	— 50 15 0	— —
down	— 53 17 9	— —
up—Rangiora and Oxford Railway	— 27 7 2	— —
down	— 13 10 2	— —
Storage	— 288 18 9	— 15 16 0
Labour	— 193 2 10	— 178 2 10
Wharfage	— 367 11 10	— 405 4 1
Totals	— £8,524 9 2	— £7,740 13 6

Accountant’s Department, 14th January, 1875.

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.