New Zealand Gazette – 1878 – No. 18

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✨ Railway Traffic Statistics



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 243

WESTPORT SECTION—continued.

RECEIPTS,—

1878. 1877.
£ s.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 103 12
Goods and Live Stock 27 12
Total... £131 4
Wharf Dues... 0 2
Total Revenue £131 7

CHRISTCHURCH SECTION—continued.

LIVE STOCK,—

1878. 1877.
No. No.
Horses and Cattle 432
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 3,173
Total 3,605

RECEIPTS,—

| | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Passengers, Parcels, &c. | 11,506 | 19 | 11 | 7,756 | 5 | 11 |
| Goods and Live Stock | 9,434 | 16 | 5 | 10,448 | 18 | 9 |
| Total Revenue | £20,941 | 16 | 4 | £18,205 | 4 | 8 |

NELSON SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—

No. No.
1st Class 1,866 768
2nd Class 3,155 2,495
Total... 5,021 3,263

GOODS,—

Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 49 0
Sawn Timber 192 0
Grain 142 0
Merchandise 173 0
Total... 556 0

LIVE STOCK,—

No. No.
Horses and Cattle 3 1
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 7
Total... 10 1

RECEIPTS,—

| | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... | 512 | 7 | 6 | 447 | 7 | 6 |
| Goods and Live Stock | 143 | 15 | 11 | 124 | 3 | 8 |
| Total Revenue | £656 | 3 | 5 | £571 | 11 | 2 |

DUNEDIN SECTION.*

PASSENGERS,—

No. No.
1st Class 10,508
2nd Class 32,231
Total... 42,739 30,065

GOODS,—

Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 1,870 0
Sawn Timber 562 0
Grain 772 0
Merchandise 2,819 0
Minerals 4,981 0
Total... 11,004 0

LIVE STOCK,—

No. No.
Horses and Cattle 145
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 1,112
Total 1,257

RECEIPTS,—

| | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Passengers, Parcels, &c.... | 5,558 | 4 | 8 | 4,139 | 14 | 11 |
| Goods and Live Stock | 4,302 | 3 | 6 | 3,093 | 17 | 1 |
| Total Revenue | £9,860 | 8 | 2 | £7,233 | 12 | 0 |

PICTON SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—

No. No.
1st Class 436 382
2nd Class 1,866 1,489
Total... 2,302 1,871

GOODS,—

Tons. cwt. qr. Tons. cwt. qr.
Wool 3 0
Sawn Timber 439 0
Grain 3 0
Merchandise 21 0
Minerals 288 0
Total... 754 0

LIVE STOCK,—

No. No.
Horses and Cattle 2 2
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 32 20
Total... 34 22

RECEIPTS,—

| | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Passengers, Parcels, &c., | 250 | 19 | 8 | 221 | 8 | 7 |
| Goods and Live Stock | 117 | 11 | 5 | 154 | 3 | 6 |
| Total... | £368 | 11 | 1 | 7 | £375 | 12 | 1 | 5 |
| Wharf Dues... | 38 | 5 | | 44 | 15 | 5 |
| Total Revenue | £406 | 16 | 8 | £420 | 7 | 6 |

INVERCARGILL SECTION.*

PASSENGERS,—

No. No.
1st Class 1,730
2nd Class 10,759
Total... 12,489 7,955

GOODS,—

Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 900 0
Sawn Timber 1,471 0
Grain 213 0
Merchandise 900 0
Minerals 1,646 0
Total... 5,130 0

LIVE STOCK,—

No. No.
Horses and Cattle 31
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 283
Total... 314

RECEIPTS,—

| | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| Passengers, Parcels, &c.... | 2,357 | 6 | 5 | 1,330 | 16 | 4 |
| Goods and Live Stock | 2,216 | 0 | 8 | 2,272 | 9 | 1 |
| Total Revenue | £4,573 | 7 | 1 | £3,603 | 5 | 5 |

CHRISTCHURCH SECTION.*

PASSENGERS,—

No. No.
1st Class 16,769 19,488
2nd Class 52,452 58,008
Total... 69,221 77,496†

GOODS,—

Tons cwt. gr. Tons. cwt. qr.
Wool 3,177 0
Sawn Timber 5,527 0
Grain 2,463 0
Merchandise 6,245 0
Minerals 4,283 0
Total... 21,695 0

JOHN CARRUTHERS,
Engineer-in-Chief.

February, 1878.

  • Average taken for four weeks 1877.
    † The apparent excess in 1877 is due to the fact that return tickets and
    all Saturday tickets were counted as two passengers.


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🚂 Railway Traffic Returns for January 1878 for various sections (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
1 February 1878
Railway statistics, Traffic returns, Westport, Christchurch, Nelson, Dunedin, Picton, Invercargill, Passengers, Goods, Livestock, Revenue
  • John Carruthers, Engineer-in-Chief