New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 128

Page 1785

✨ Railway Traffic Returns



1879.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1785

NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION—continued.

1879. Tons cwt. qr. 1878. Tons cwt. qr.
GOODS,—
Wool 270 0 0 376 0 0
Timber 37 0 0 14 0 0
Grain 144 0 0 180 0 0
Merchandise 123 0 0 31 0 0
Firewood 130 0 0 144 0 0
Total... 704 0 0 745 0 0
LIVE STOCK,— No. No.
Parcels and Dogs 159 2
Horses and Cattle 2 2
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 5 60
Total 166 62
RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 263 1 6 227 8 7
Goods and Live Stock 187 13 3 171 0 4
Total... £450 14 9 £398 8 11

GREYMOUTH SECTION—continued.

RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. 157 10 11 115 4 2
Goods and Live Stock 569 11 10 439 19 0
Total... £727 2 9 £555 3 2

WESTPORT SECTION.

PASSENGERS, — No. No.
1st Class 187 28
2nd Class 2,537 1,116
Total... 2,724* 1,144
GOODS, — Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 109 0 0 22 0 0
Timber ... ...
Grain 59 0 0 33 0 0
Merchandise 92 0 0 185 0 0
Firewood ... ...
Total... 260 0 0 240 0 0
LIVE STOCK, — No. No.
Parcels and Dogs 148 3
Horses and Cattle 2 0
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 4 0
Total... 154 3
RECEIPTS, — £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 115 1 11 68 15 6
Goods and Live Stock 113 4 0 84 12 0
Total... £228 5 11 £153 7 6

CHRISTCHURCH, DUNEDIN, AND INVERCARGILL SECTION.

PASSENGERS, No. No.
1st Class 43,620 41,432
2nd Class 131,665 126,333
Total... 175,285* 167,765
GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 1,868 0 0 1,121 0 0
Timber 8,138 0 0 10,001 0 0
Grain 8,124 0 0 10,452 0 0
Merchandise 13,439 0 0 20,128 0 0
Minerals 14,503 0 0 13,462 0 0
Firewood 2,495 0 0 2,572 0 0
Total... 48,567 0 0 57,736 0 0
LIVE STOCK,— No. No.
Parcels and Dogs 14,048 1,421
Horses and Cattle 1,193 1,421
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 13,457 14,299
Total 28,698 15,720
RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 21,892 2 10 21,357 14 9
Goods and Live Stock 18,484 13 11 21,019 19 8
Total ...£40,376 16 9 £42,377 14 5

GREYMOUTH SECTION.

PASSENGERS, — No. No.
1st Class 413 451
2nd Class 2,276 1,880
Total... 2,689* 2,331
GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... 57 0 0
Timber ... 0 0 0
Grain ... 233 0 0
Merchandise ... 3,302 0 0
Firewood ... 5 0 0
Total... ... 3,597 0 0
LIVE STOCK, — No. No.
Parcels and Dogs ... 12
Horses and Cattle ... 0
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 0
Total... ... 12

NELSON SECTION.

PASSENGERS, — No. No.
1st Class 947 889
2nd Class 4,033 4,502
Total... 4,980* 5,391
GOODS, — Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... 5 0 0
Timber ... 168 0 0
Grain ... 23 0 0
Merchandise ... 161 0 0
Minerals ... 0 0 0
Firewood ... 455 0 0
Total... ... 812 0 0
LIVE STOCK, — No. No.
Parcels and Dogs ... 171
Horses and Cattle ... 1
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 30
Total... ... 202
RECEIPTS, — £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... 347 9 11 380 15 10
Goods and Live Stock 162 19 10 177 15 6
Total... £510 9 9 £558 11 4

PICTON SECTION.

PASSENGERS, — No. No.
1st Class 440 453
2nd Class 1,844 1,466
Total... 2,284* 1,919
  • Return and Saturday tickets counted as two passengers.


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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for Four Weeks ending November 15, 1879 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
31 December 1879
Railways, Traffic statistics, Goods, Livestock, Passengers, Sectional returns, New Plymouth, Greymouth, Westport, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Nelson, Picton