Railway Traffic Returns




1784 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [DEC. 31

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns
for the Four Weeks ending 15th November,
1879:—

KAIPARA SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class ... ... ... No. 282
2nd Class ... ... ... No. 831
Total... ... ... 1113*

GOODS,—
Wool ... ... ... Tons cwt. qr.
Timber ... ... ... 3 0 0
Grain ... ... ... 246 0 0
Merchandise ... ... 18 0 0
Minerals ... ... ... 293 0 0
Firewood ... ... ... 30 0 0
... 20 0 0
Total ... ... ... 610 0 0

LIVE STOCK,—
Parcels and Dogs ... ... No. 231
Horses and Cattle ... ... 4
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... ... 1
Total... ... ... 231

RECEIPTS,—
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... £ s. d.
114 13 4
Goods and Live Stock ... 225 11 6
Total... ... ... £340 4 10

AUCKLAND SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class ... ... ... No. 3,608
2nd Class ... ... ... 17,086
Total... ... ... 24,759*

GOODS,—
Wool ... ... ... Tons cwt. qr.
Timber ... ... ... 52 0 0
Grain ... ... ... 314 0 0
Merchandise ... ... 124 0 0
Minerals ... ... ... 1,184 0 0
Firewood ... ... ... 2,298 0 0
... 70 0 0
Total ... ... ... 4,042 0 0

LIVE STOCK,—
Parcels and Dogs ... ... No. 96
Horses and Cattle ... ... 1,356
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... ... 1,142
Total... ... ... 2,594

RECEIPTS,—
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... £ s. d.
2,234 5 8
Goods and Live Stock ... 2,151 9 11
Total... ... ... £4,385 15 7

NAPIER SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class ... ... ... No. 2,128
2nd Class ... ... ... 5,777
Total... ... ... 7,905*

GOODS,—
Wool ... ... ... Tons cwt. qr.
Timber ... ... ... 689 0 0
Grain ... ... ... 313 0 0
Merchandise ... ... 90 0 0
Minerals ... ... ... 758 0 0
Firewood ... ... ... 343 0 0
... 645 0 0
Total ... ... ... 2,838 0 0

NAPIER SECTION—continued.

Corresponding
Four Weeks
1878.
No.
278
765
1043

LIVE STOCK,—
Parcels and Dogs ... ... No.
Horses and Cattle ... ... 4
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... ... 1
Total... ... ... 1,542

RECEIPTS,—
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... £ s. d.
975 1 8
Goods and Live Stock ... 1,179 11 5
Total... ... ... £2,154 13 1

  1. No.
    172
    Total... ... ... 261

RECEIPTS,—
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... £ s. d.
1,113 12 7
1,148 9 10
£2,262 2 5

WELLINGTON SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class ... ... ... No. 3,096
2nd Class ... ... ... 9,618
Total... ... ... 12,714*

GOODS,—
Wool ... ... ... Tons cwt. qr.
Timber ... ... ... 155 0 0
Grain ... ... ... 859 0 0
Merchandise ... ... 52 0 0
Minerals ... ... ... 616 0 0
Firewood ... ... ... 749 0 0
... 720 0 0
Total ... ... ... 3,151 0 0

LIVE STOCK,—
Parcels and Dogs ... ... No. 733
Horses and Cattle ... ... 37
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... ... 1,031
Total... ... ... 1,801

RECEIPTS,—
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... £ s. d.
121 10 7
Goods and Live Stock ... 219 11 6
Total... ... ... £341 2 1

Corresponding
Four Weeks
1878.
No.
3,303
9,487
12,790

Corresponding
Four Weeks
1878.
Tons cwt. qr.
134 0 0
983 0 0
...
854 0 0
140 0 0
508 0 0
2,619 0 0

Corresponding
Four Weeks
1878.
No.
50
422
472

RECEIPTS,—
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... £ s. d.
121 10 7
219 11 6
£341 2 1

WANGANUI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class ... ... ... No. 2,704
2nd Class ... ... ... 10,325
Total... ... ... 13,029*

GOODS,—
Wool ... ... ... Tons cwt. qr.
Timber ... ... ... 81 0 0
Grain ... ... ... 2,045 0 0
Merchandise ... ... 250 0 0
Minerals ... ... ... 653 0 0
Firewood ... ... ... 11 0 0
... 740 0 0
Total ... ... ... 3,780 0 0

LIVE STOCK,—
Parcels and Dogs ... ... No. 938
Horses and Cattle ... ... 78
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... ... 128
Total... ... ... 1,144

RECEIPTS,—
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... £ s. d.
1,498 9 7
Goods and Live Stock ... 1,535 11 11
Total... ... ... £3,034 1 6

Corresponding
Four Weeks
1878.
No.
2,249
6,330
8,579

Corresponding
Four Weeks
1878.
Tons cwt. qr.
46 0 0
1,010 0 0
80 0 0
732 0 0
20 0 0
728 0 0
2,616 0 0

Corresponding
Four Weeks
1878.
No.
72
149
221

RECEIPTS,—
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... £ s. d.
1,446 0 3
1,206 2 11
£2,652 3 2

NAPIER SECTION.
RECEIPTS,—
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... £ s. d.
1,498 9 7
Goods and Live Stock ... 1,535 11 11
Total... ... ... £3,034 1 6

NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class ... ... ... No. 303
2nd Class ... ... ... 3,569
Total... ... ... 3,872*

Corresponding
Four Weeks
1878.
No.
294
3,066
3,360

  • Return and Saturday tickets counted as two passengers.


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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for Four Weeks ending November 15, 1879

🚂 Transport & Communications
31 December 1879
Railways, Traffic statistics, Passenger numbers, Goods tonnage, Livestock, Kaipara, Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Wanganui, New Plymouth