Railway Traffic Statistics




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1865

NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION—continued.

1878. Tons cwt. qr. 1877. Tons cwt. qr.
GOODS,—
Wool 376 0 0 114 0 0
Timber 14 0 0 6 0 0
Grain 180 0 0 84 0 0
Merchandise 31 0 0 84 0 0
Minerals 144 0 0 ...
Firewood ... ...
Total... 745 0 0 288 0 0
LIVE STOCK,— No. No.
Horses and Cattle 2 0
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 60 5
Total 62 5
RECEIPTS,— £ s.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 227 8
Goods and Live Stock 158 8
Total... £385 16
Wharf Dues... 12 12
Total Revenue £398 8

WESTPORT SECTION—continued.

RECEIPTS,— 1878. 1877.
£ s. d. £
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 68 15 6 23
Goods and Live Stock 32 14 0 41
Total... £101 9 6 £65
Wharf Dues... 51 18 0 0
Total Revenue £153 7 6 £65

NELSON SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class 889 1,115
2nd Class 4,502 2,649
Total... *5,391 3,764
GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 9 0 0 8 0 0
Timber 369 0 0 212 0 0
Grain 66 0 0 5 0 0
Merchandise 96 0 0 113 0 0
Minerals 27 0 0 490 0 0
Firewood 244 0 0 ...
Total... 811 0 0 828 0 0
LIVE STOCK,— No. No.
Horses and Cattle 1 3
Sheep, Pigs, &c ... 8
Total... 1 11
RECEIPTS, — £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. 380 15 10 368 18 5
Goods and Live Stock 177 15 6 146 1 4
Total Revenue £558 11 4 £514 19 9

GREYMOUTH SECTION.

PASSENGERS, — No. No.
1st Class 451 247
2nd Class 1,880 1,748
Total... *2,331 1,995
GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 61 0 0 124 0 0
Timber 71 0 0 81 0 0
Grain 150 0 0 144 0 0
Merchandise 1,979 0 0 1,599 0 0
Minerals ... ...
Firewood ... ...
Total... 2,261 0 0 1,948 0 0
LIVE STOCK,— No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... ...
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 5 1
Total... 5 1
RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. 115 4 2 120 5 4
Goods and Live Stock 297 15 5 288 13 2
Total... £412 19 7 £408 18 6
Wharf Dues... 142 3 7 213 1 8
Total Revenue £555 3 2 £622 0 2

PICTON SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class 453 194
2nd Class 1,466 1,354
Total... *1,919 1,548
GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 4 0 0 ...
Timber 712 0 0 551 0 0
Grain 16 0 0 11 0 0
Merchandise 47 0 0 54 0 0
Minerals 20 0 0 210 0 0
Firewood 332 0 0 ...
Total... 1,131 0 0 826 0 0
LIVE STOCK,— No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... 3
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 1 124
Total... 1 127
RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c., 142 0 1 152 12 4
Goods and Live Stock 174 5 0 151 6 0
Total £316 5 1 £303 18 4
Wharf Dues... 55 12 9 52 18 3
Total Revenue £371 17 10 £356 16 7

WESTPORT SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class 28 52
2nd Class 1,116 213
Total *1,144 265
GOODS, — Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 22 0 0 4 0 0
Timber ... ...
Grain 33 0 0 33 0 0
Merchandise 185 0 0 581 0 0
Minerals ... ...
Firewood ... ...
Total... 240 0 0 618 0 0
LIVE STOCK,— No. No.
Horses and Cattle 3 ...
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... ...
Total... 3 ...

CHRISTCHURCH-DUNEDIN SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class 39,063 19,567
2nd Class 115,681 65,168
Total... *154,744 84,735
  • 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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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for four weeks ending 16th November, 1878 (continued from previous page)

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Railway statistics, Traffic returns, Passengers, Goods, Live Stock, Receipts, Kaipara, Auckland, Napier, Wellington, New Plymouth, Westport, Nelson, Greymouth, Picton, Christchurch-Dunedin