Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1875 – No. 9

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✨ Canterbury Railways Traffic Return



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CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

TRAFFIC RETURN FOR FOUR WEEKS ENDING JANUARY 28TH, 1875.

TABLE No. 1.—TONNAGE, &c.

DESCRIPTION. 1875. 1874.
L. & C. R. G. S. R. G. N. R. R. & M. R. R. & O. E. L. & C. R. G. S. R. G. N. R.
Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down.
Merchandise Tons 2,384 617 188 598 169 335 8 92 6 48 3,034 528 64 373 65 323
Flax — — 10 — — 8 — — — — — — 53 — — 29 —
Coal — 3,127 — — 192 21 237 — — — — 2,124 — — 270 4 455
Iron, — 267 221 1 117 129 10 20 3 — 1 476 99 1 64 42 168
Produce — 14 116 52 41 23 2 3 — — — 16 118 11 31 3 10
Grain—Wheat — — 37 27 3 22 10 2 — — — — 235 38 1 113 —
Barley — 2 15 — 1 — — — — — — — 94 54 — 13 7
Oats — 5 295 166 13 111 3 1 1 4 1 9 208 81 10 156 3
Flour — — 119 62 19 55 3 9 — 3 — — 261 50 4 76 6
Firewood — — — — 3 12 — — — 9 — — 113 — 11 — —
Heavy Timber — 109 — — — 13 25 — — — — — 117 — — — 4
Sawn 100 ft. 21,498 592 59 3,425 1348 930 16 851 482 1003 16,318 180 15 10 5475 3652
Wool Bales 43 5948 4201 — 1003 144 907 — — — 5475 3652 — — 87 —
Water Tuns — 41 — — — — — — — — — 86 — — — —
Sheep, Pigs, &c. Trucks 2 6 15 7 — 1 — — — — 12 9 8 2 — —

TABLE No. 2.—VALUE.

DESCRIPTION. 1875. 1874.
No. £ s. d. No. £ s. d.
Passengers—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway 28,993 11 38 0 8 14,812 843 3 7
Season Tickets 46 92 4 0 28 63 7 6
Parcels, &c. — 63 18 0 — 69 8 9
Passengers—Great Southern Railway 10,400 1,559 17 5 6,014 787 13 0
Season Tickets 5 10 14 4 4 5 1 3
Parcels, &c. — 95 12 4 — 77 6 0
Passengers—Great Northern Railway 11,333 891 12 9 8,593 675 9 10
Season Tickets 24 33 10 7 10 12 17 6
Parcels, &c. — 62 12 4 — 24 12 8
Passengers—Rolleston and Malvern Railway 1,381 155 5 3 — — —
Parcels, &c. — 9 1 1 — — —
Passengers—Rangiora and Oxford Railway 2,043 127 3 5 — — —
Parcels, &c. — 7 16 7 — — —
Freight up—Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway — 2142 2 4 — 2373 6 1
„ down „ — 849 17 1 — 922 10 3
„ up—Great Southern Railway — 832 5 8 — 653 19 9
„ down „ — 612 15 9 — 404 2 5
„ up—Great Northern Railway — 232 5 3 — 157 1 0
„ down „ — 292 17 6 — 285 13 4
„ up—Rolleston and Malvern Railway — 106 19 10 — — —
„ down „ — 97 6 11 — — —
„ up—Rangiora and Oxford Railway — 48 13 6 — — —
„ down „ — 22 3 7 — — —
Storage — 289 11 7 — 21 5 6
Labour — 248 4 8 — 169 3 11
Wharfage — 580 16 0 — 497 8 4
Totals — £10,503 11 5 — £8,123 10 8

Accountant’s Department, 13th February, 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.



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🚂 Canterbury Railways Traffic Return for Four Weeks Ending January 28th, 1875

🚂 Transport & Communications
13 February 1875
Railways, Traffic, Tonnage, Passengers, Freight, Canterbury
  • W. H. SMITH, Official Printer for the time being to the said Government