Railway Traffic Statistics




1879.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1719

NAPIER SECTION—continued.

LIVE STOCK,一
Parcels and Dogs 785
Horses and Cattle 104
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 808
Total... 1,697

RECEIPTS,一
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 1,206 19 11
Goods and Live Stock 894 0 9
Total... .£2,101 0 8

WELLINGTON SECTION.

PASSENGERS,一
1st Class 2,643
2nd Class 9,324
Total... 11,967*

GOODS,一 Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 5 0 0 19 0 0
Timber 709 0 0 556 0 0
Grain 98 0 0 722 0 0
Merchandise 479 0 0 164 0 0
Minerals 832 0 0 436 0 0
Firewood 725 0 0
Total... 2,848 0 0 1,897 0 0

LIVE STOCK,一 No. No.
Parcels and Dogs 789 15
Horses and Cattle 40
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 1,686 267
Total... 2,515 282

RECEIPTS,一 £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. 1,175 3 5 1,066 17 9
Goods and Live Stock 908 13 3 681 4 9
Total... ...£2,083 16 8 £1,748 2 6

WANGANUI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,一 No. No.
1st Class 2,379 1,577
2nd Class 7,994 4,819
Total... 10,373* 6,396

GOODS,一 Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 12 0 0 6 0 0
Timber 1,760 0 0 948 0 0
Grain 224 0 0 152 0 0
Merchandise 548 0 0 582 0 0
Minerals 159 0 0 3 0 0
Firewood 925 0 0 628 0 0
Total... 3,628 0 0 2,319 0 0

LIVE STOCK,一 No. No.
Parcels and Dogs 873 42
Horses and Cattle 48
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 325 96
Total... 1,246 138

RECEIPTS,一 £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. 1,251 11 3 1,146 9 10
Goods and Live Stock 1,405 9 11 1,133 1 10
Total... £2,657 1 2 £2,279 11 8

NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION.

PASSENGERS,一 No. No.
1st Class 287 277
2nd Class 3,514 3,224
Total... 3,801* 3,501

NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION—continued.

GOODS,一 Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 191 0 0 279 0 0
Timber 28 0 0 30 0 0
Grain 158 0 0 127 0 0
Merchandise 89 0 0 105 0 0
Firewood 150 0 0 100 0 0
Total... 616 0 0 641 0 0

LIVE STOCK,一 No. No.
Parcels and Dogs 133
Horses and Cattle
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 2 42
Total 135 42

RECEIPTS,一 £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 255 16 5 237 18 11
Goods and Live Stock 195 1 2 149 2 7
Total... £450 17 7 £387 1 6

CHRISTCHURCH, DUNEDIN, AND INVERCARGILL SECTION.

PASSENGERS,一 No. No.
1st Class 33,051 31,852
2nd Class 116,144 95,734
Total... 149,195* 127,586

GOODS,一 Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 413 0 0 303 0 0
Timber 8,396 0 0 10,388 0 0
Grain 8,797 0 0 9,363 0 0
Merchandise 17,246 0 0 19,099 0 0
Minerals 16,406 0 0 14,088 0 0
Firewood 2,340 0 0 2,036 0 0
Total... 53,598 0 0 55,277 0 0

LIVE STOCK,一 No. No.
Parcels and Dogs 14,417
Horses and Cattle 1,161 1,161
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 12,517 10,467
Total 28,095 11,628

RECEIPTS,一 £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 19,043 5 11 15,795 19 1
Goods and Live Stock 18,622 0 2 18,824 5 11
Total ...£37,665 6 1 £34,620 5 0

GREYMOUTH SECTION.

PASSENGERS,一 No. No.
1st Class 579 370
2nd Class 1,563 1,348
Total... 2,142* 1,718

GOODS,一 Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 33 0 0
Timber 75 0 0 98 0 0
Grain
Merchandise 182 0 0 111 0 0
Minerals 4,607 0 0 2,232 0 0
Firewood
Total... 4,864 0 0 2,474 0 0

LIVE STOCK,一 No. No.
Parcels and Dogs 9 4
Horses and Cattle
Sheep, Pigs, &c.
Total... 9 4

  • Return and Saturday tickets counted as two passengers.


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🚂 Continuation of New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for October 1879 by Section (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
11 December 1879
Railway statistics, Traffic returns, Napier Section, Wellington Section, Wanganui Section, New Plymouth Section, Christchurch Section, Greymouth Section, Passengers, Goods, Livestock