New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 20

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✨ Railway Traffic Returns

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 259

NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION—continued.
GOODS,-
1879. Tons cwt. qr. 1878. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 4 0 0 16 0 0
Timber 463 0 0 61 0 0
Grain 2 0 0 3 0 0
Merchandise 157 0 0 197 0 0
Minerals 5 0 0 120 0 0
Firewood 80 0 0
Total... 711 0 0 397 0 0

LIVE STOCK, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... ... ...
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... ... ... 16
Total ... ... ... 16

RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 388 6 5 327 11 1
Goods and Live Stock 151 8 5 108 19 5
Total... £539 14 10 £436 10 6
Wharf Dues... 16 18 7 10 5 5
Total Revenue ... £556 13 5 £446 15 11

GREYMOUTH SECTION.
PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class 2,841 414
2nd Class 2,588 2,635
Total... *5,429 3,049

GOODS, - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... ... ... 112 0 0 83 0 0
Timber ... ... ... 49 0 0 59 0 0
Grain ... ... ... 112 0 0 165 0 0
Merchandise ... ... ... 2,447 0 0 2,550 0 0
Minerals ... ... ...
Firewood ... ... ...
Total... 2,720 0 0 2,857 0 0

LIVE STOCK, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... ... ...
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... ... ...
Total...

RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. 227 15 3 175 11 8
Goods and Live Stock 366 19 11 355 4 1
Total... £594 15 2 £530 15 9
Wharf Dues... 149 7 7 191 14 0
Total Revenue £744 2 9 £722 9 9

WESTPORT SECTION—continued.
RECEIPTS, - 1879. 1878.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 101 4 1 103 12 8
Goods and Live Stock 56 6 10 27 12 3
Total... £157 10 11 £131 4 11
Wharf Dues... 35 0 5 0 2 6
Total Revenue ... £192 11 4 131 7 5

NELSON SECTION.
PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class ... ... ... 1,962 1,866
2nd Class ... ... ... 4,909 3,155
Total... ... *6,871 5,021

GOODS, - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... ... ... 41 0 0 49 0 0
Timber ... ... ... 250 0 0 192 0 0
Grain ... ... ... 85 0 0
Merchandise ... ... ... 176 0 0 142 0 0
Minerals ... ... ... 46 0 0 173 0 0
Firewood ... ... ... 124 0 0
Total... 722 0 0 556 0 0

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

RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... 490 5 10 512 7 6
Goods and Live Stock 171 11 7 143 15 11
Total Revenue ... £661 17 5 £656 3 5

PICTON SECTION.
PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class ... ... ... 773 436
2nd Class ... ... ... 2,975 1,866
Total... ... *3,748 2,302

GOODS, - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... ... ... 1 0 0 3 0 0
Timber ... ... ... 757 0 0 439 0 0
Grain ... ... ... 9 0 0 3 0 0
Merchandise ... ... ... 42 0 0 21 0 0
Minerals ... ... ... 57 0 0 288 0 0
Firewood ... ... ... 280 0 0
Total... 1,146 0 0 754 0 0

LIVE STOCK, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... ... ... 1 2
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... ... ... 50 32
Total... 51 34

RECEIPTS, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c., 267 14 10 250 19 8
Goods and Live Stock 172 2 9 117 11 5
Total... £439 17 7 £368 11 1
Wharf Dues... 54 11 4 38 5 7
Total Revenue ... £494 8 11 £406 16 8

WESTPORT SECTION.
PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class ... ... ... 85 251
2nd Class ... ... ... 1,523 808
Total ... *1,608 1,059

GOODS, - Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... ... ... 90 0 0 3 0 0
Timber ... ... ... 53 0 0 56 0 0
Grain ... ... ... 122 0 0 45 0 0
Merchandise ... ... ...
Minerals ... ... ...
Firewood ... ... ...
Total... 265 0 0 104 0 0

LIVE STOCK, - No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... ... ...
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... ... ... 1
Total... 1

CHRISTCHURCH-DUNEDIN SECTION.
PASSENGERS, - No. No.
1st Class ... ... ... 43,824 27,277
2nd Class ... ... ... 126,497 84,683
Total... ... *170,321 111,960

Return and Saturdays tickets counted as two passengers.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1879, No 20

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