Railway Traffic Statistics




1864
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. - Traffic Returns
for the Four Weeks ending 16th November,
1878:-

KAIPARA SECTION.

1878. Corresponding Four Weeks 1877.
PASSENGERS, -
1st Class No. 278 No. 185
2nd Class 765 394
Total... *1,043 579
GOODS, - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 3 0 0 2 0 0
Timber 300 0 0 54 0 0
Grain 9 0 0 5 0 0
Merchandise 253 0 0 356 0 0
Minerals 4 0 0
Firewood 20 0 0
Total 589 0 0 417 0 0
LIVE STOCK, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle 4
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 1 27
Total... 5 27
RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 121 10 7 85 10 7
Goods and Live Stock 173 6 5 144 7 0
Total... £294 17 0 £229 17 7
Wharf Dues... 46 5 1 38 0 1
Total Revenue £341 2 1 £267 17 8

AUCKLAND SECTION.

PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class 3,608 1,257
2nd Class 21,467 9,521
Total... *25,075 10,778
GOODS, - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 40 0 0 28 0 0
Timber 890 0 0 186 0 0
Grain 204 0 0 127 0 0
Merchandise 1,534 0 0 2,028 0 0
Minerals 2,211 0 0 2,070 0 0
Firewood 32 0 0
Total... 4,911 0 0 4,439 0 0
LIVE STOCK, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle 698 81
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 494 1,038
Total... 1,192 1,119
RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 2,048 1 10 1,473 3 5
Goods and Live Stock 1,695 4 2 1,355 19 5
Total... £3,743 6 0 £2,829 2 10
Wharf Dues 154 10 0 64 3 4
Total Revenue £3,897 16 0 £2,893 6 2

NAPIER SECTION.

PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class 2,454 1,135
2nd Class 9,255 3,927
Total... *11,709 5,062
GOODS - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 734 0 0 693 0 0
Timber 551 0 0 499 0 0
Grain 62 0 0 89 0 0
Merchandise 579 0 0 593 0 0
Minerals 66 0 0 694 0 0
Firewood 500 0 0
Total... 2,492 0 0 2,568 0 0

NAPIER SECTION—continued.

LIVE STOCK, - 1878. No. 1877. No.
Horses and Cattle 89 17
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 172 153
Total... 261 170
RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 1,113 12 7 784 0 1
Goods and Live Stock 1,148 9 10 1,036 8 0
Total Revenue £2,262 2 5 £1,820 8 1

WELLINGTON SECTION.

PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class 3,303 1,781
2nd Class 9,487 6,086
Total... *12,790 7,867
GOODS, - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 134 0 0 24 0 0
Timber 984 0 0 285 0 0
Grain
Merchandise 854 0 0 437 0 0
Minerals 140 0 0 2,664 0 0
Firewood 508 0 0
Total... 2,620 0 0 3,410 0 0
LIVE STOCк, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle 50 10
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 422 34
Total... 472 44
RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 1,387 15 0 663 14 6
Goods and Live Stock 1,144 2 7 453 8 2
Total Revenue £2,531 17 7 £1,117 2 8

WANGANUI SECTION.

PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class 2,249 359
2nd Class 6,330 1,353
Total... *8,579 1,712
GOODS, - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 46 0 0 35 0 0
Timber 1,010 0 0 690 0 0
Grain 80 0 0 35 0 0
Merchandise 732 0 0 276 0 0
Minerals 20 0 0 674 0 0
Firewood 728 0 0
Total... 2,616 0 0 1,710 0 0
LIVE STOCK, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle 72 32
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 149
Total... 221 32
RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 1,446 0 3 290 8 7
Goods and Live Stock 1,130 12 2 620 13 4
Total... £2,576 12 5 £911 1 11
Wharf Dues... 75 10 9 100 9 7
Total Revenue £2,652 3 2 £1,011 11 6

NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION.

PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class 294 100
2nd Class 3,066 1,096
Total... *3,360 1,196
  • Return and Saturday tickets counted as two, year 1878.


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1878, No 132





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Railway statistics, Traffic returns, Passengers, Goods, Live Stock, Receipts, Kaipara, Auckland, Napier, Wellington, New Plymouth