New Zealand Gazette – 1878 – No. 121

Page 1717

✨ Railway Traffic Statistics

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1717

NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION—continued.

GOODS,—

Item	1878 Tons cwt. qr.	1877 Tons cwt. qr.
Wool	279 0 0	158 0 0
Timber	30 0 0	3 0 0
Grain	127 0 0	161 0 0
Merchandise	105 0 0	97 0 0
Minerals	100 0 0	0 0 0
Firewood	...	...
Total...	641 0 0	419 0 0

LIVE STOCK,—

Item	1878 No.	1877 No.
Horses and Cattle	...	...
Sheep, Pigs, &c.	42	14
Total	42	14

RECEIPTS,—

Item	1878 £ s. d.	1877 £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c....	237 18 11	141 18 11
Goods and Live Stock	134 6 5	590 9 7
Total...	£372 5 4	£732 8 6
Wharf Dues...	14 16 2	23 8 8
Total Revenue	£387 1 6	£755 17 2

GREYMOUTH SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—

Item	1878 No.	1877 No.
1st Class	370	256
2nd Class	1,348	1,451
Total...	*1,718	1,707

GOODS,—

Item	1878 Tons cwt. qr.	1877 Tons cwt. qr.
Wool	33 0 0	109 0 0
Timber	98 0 0	81 0 0
Grain	111 0 0	115 0 0
Merchandise	2,232 0 0	2,348 0 0
Minerals	...	...
Firewood	...	...
Total...	2,474 0 0	2,653 0 0

LIVE STOCK,—

Item	1878 No.	1877 No.
Horses and Cattle	4	2
Sheep, Pigs, &c.	3	3
Total...	4	5

RECEIPTS,—

Item	1878 £ s. d.	1877 £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ...	130 15 2	117 15 10
Goods and Live Stock	358 19 1	333 3 4
Total...	£489 14 2	£450 19 2
Wharf Dues...	168 17 6	196 16 2
Total Revenue	£658 11 9	£647 15 4

WESTPORT SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—

Item	1878 No.	1877 No.
1st Class	29	86
2nd Class	1,046	401
Total	*1,075	487

GOODS,—

Item	1878 Tons cwt. qr.	1877 Tons cwt. qr.
Wool	14 0 0	1 0 0
Timber	...	...
Grain	161 0 0	26 0 0
Merchandise	209 0 0	247 0 0
Minerals	...	...
Firewood	...	...
Total...	384 0 0	274 0 0

LIVE STOCK,—

Item	1878 No.	1877 No.
Horses and Cattle	1	...
Sheep, Pigs, &c.	...	11
Total...	1	11

WESTPORT SECTION—continued.

RECEIPTS,—

Item	1878 £ s. d.	1877 £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c....	56 14 0	60 3 2
Goods and Live Stock	99 1 9	56 8 0
Total...	£155 15 9	£116 11 2
Wharf Dues...	48 3 6	...
Total Revenue	£203 19 3	£116 11 2

NELSON SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—

Item	1878 No.	1877 No.
1st Class	683	382
2nd Class	4,167	2,207
Total...	*4,850	2,589

GOODS,—

Item	1878 Tons cwt. qr.	1877 Tons cwt. qr.
Wool	7 0 0	127 0 0
Timber	268 0 0	13 0 0
Grain	65 0 0	122 0 0
Merchandise	114 0 0	336 0 0
Minerals	10 0 0	0 0 0
Firewood	220 0 0	...
Total...	684 0 0	598 0 0

LIVE STOCK,—

Item	1878 No.	1877 No.
Horses and Cattle	3	4
Sheep, Pigs, &c	5	3
Total...	8	7

RECEIPTS,—

Item	1878 £ s. d.	1877 £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ...	328 3 5	282 14 9
Goods and Live Stock	156 10 5	116 10 0
Total Revenue	£484 13 10	£399 4 9

PICTON SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—

Item	1878 No.	1877 No.
1st Class	470	246
2nd Class	1,965	958
Total...	*2,435	1,204

GOODS,—

Item	1878 Tons cwt. qr.	1877 Tons cwt. qr.
Wool	1 0 0	1,003 0 0
Timber	588 0 0	23 0 0
Grain	68 0 0	40 0 0
Merchandise	60 0 0	306 0 0
Minerals	27 0 0	...
Firewood	264 0 0	...
Total...	1,008 0 0	1,372 0 0

LIVE STOCK,—

Item	1878 No.	1877 No.
Horses and Cattle	6	...
Sheep, Pigs, &c.	228	172
Total...	234	172

RECEIPTS,—

Item	1878 £ s. d.	1877 £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.	171 1 4	128 0 2
Goods and Live Stock	171 11 6	220 10 3
Total...	£342 12 10	£348 10 5
Wharf Dues...	59 19 0	53 15 8
Total Revenue	£402 11 10	£402 6 1

CHRISTCHURCH-DUNEDIN SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—

Item	1878 No.	1877 No.
1st Class	30,050	16,131
2nd Class	87,574	49,919
Total...	*117,624	66,050

Return and Saturday tickets counted as two, year 1878.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1878, No 121

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