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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