Railway Statistics and Land Notices




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 105

NELSON SECTION—continued.

LIVE STOCK,—
1877. 1876.
No. No.
Horses and Cattle 8 3
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 28 ...
Total... 36 3

RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... 291 13 1 283 15 8
Goods and Live Stock 155 2 5 162 14 6
Total Revenue £446 15 6 £446 10 2

PICTON SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class 251 198
2nd Class 1,038 753
Total... 1,289 951

GOODS,— Tons. cwt. qr. Tons. cwt. qr.
Wool 3 0 0
Sawn Timber 548 0 0 804 0 0
Grain 6 0 0
Merchandise 30 0 0 240 0 0
Minerals 335 0 0
Total... 922 0 0 1,044 0 0

LIVE STOCK,— No. No.
Horses and Cattle 2 2
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 3 45
Total... 5 47

RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c., 139 13 4 140 10 8
Goods and Live Stock 158 14 10 259 7 3
Total... £298 8 2 £399 17 11
Wharf Dues... 44 11 2 66 0 1
Total Revenue £342 19 4 £465 18 0

CHRISTCHURCH SECTION.†

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class 10,759 16,424
2nd Class 30,418 48,730
Total... 41,177 65,154*

GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. Tons. cwt. qr.
Wool 3,622 0 0 1,618 0 O
Sawn Timber 5,708 0 0 4,801 0 0
Grain 4,465 0 0 2,553 0 0
Merchandise 9,173 0 0 9,221 0 0
Minerals 4,979 0 0 3,130 0 0
Total... 27,947 0 0 21,323 0 0

LIVE STOCK,— No. No.
Horses and Cattle 425
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 7,760
Total 8,185

RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. 8,042 13 4 6,196 6 9
Goods and Live Stock 11,530 8 9 9,709 11 2
Total Revenue £19,573 2 1 £15,905 17 9

DUNEDIN SECTION—continued.

GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. 1877. Tons cwt. qr. 1876.
Wool 1,061 0 0
Sawn Timber 775 0 0
Grain 966 0 0
Merchandise 4,485 0 0
Minerals 5,195 0 0
Total... 12,482 0 0 12,581 0 0

LIVE STOCK,— No. No.
Horses and Cattle 181
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 1,248
Total 1,429

RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. 3,736 15 7 3,281 15 10
Goods and Live Stock 4,299 11 9 3,043 12 2
Total Revenue £8,036 7 4 £6,325 8 0

INVERCARGILL SECTION.†

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class 1,213
2nd Class 6,131
Total... 7,344 6,289

GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 479 0 0
Sawn Timber 2,238 0 0
Grain 323 0 0
Merchandise 1,653 0 0
Minerals 2,930 0 0
Total... 7,623 0 0 3,950 0 0

LIVE STOCK,— No. No.
Horses and Cattle 67
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 707
Total... 774

RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 1,450 2 5 1,081 0 8
Goods and Live Stock 2,469 14 10 1,992 0 6
Total Revenue £3,919 17 3 £3,073 1 2

DUNEDIN SECTION.†

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class 6,807
2nd Class 21,122
Total... 27,929 23,615

JOHN CARRUTHERS,
Engineer-in-Chief.

23rd January, 1878.

  • The apparent excess in 1876 is due to the fact that return
    tickets and all Saturday tickets were counted as two passengers.
    † Average taken for four weeks, 1876.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels
of land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same
within one calendar month after the date of the
Gazette containing this notice.

ALEXANDER RICHARDSON WATSON.—
Two (2) roods five (5) poles, Allotment eight (8),
Block eight (VIII.), on Subdivision of Section
twenty-five (25), Block one (I.), Invercargill Hun-
dred (known as the Township of Gladstone). In
occupation of Mary Webster. No. 1000.

BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES.—One (1)
rood, Section one (1), Block sixty-six (LXVI.),
Invercargill. Unoccupied. No. 1035.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 11th day of January, 1878, at the Lands
Registry Office, Invercargill.

34 C. M. HENNING,
District Land Registrar.



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🚂 Continuation of New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for various sections (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
23 January 1878
Railway statistics, Traffic returns, Nelson, Picton, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill
  • John Carruthers, Engineer-in-Chief

🗺️ Parcels of land to be brought under the Land Transfer Act, 1870

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
11 January 1878
Land Transfer Act, Caveat, Land registration, Invercargill, Gladstone
  • ALEXANDER RICHARDSON WATSON, Land subject to Land Transfer Act
  • Mary Webster, Occupier of land listed

  • C. M. Henning, District Land Registrar