New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 31

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✨ Railway Traffic Statistics



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, 377

Traffic Returns.
NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.-Traffic Returns
for the Four Weeks ending 8th February,
1879:-

KAIPARA SECTION.

PASSENGERS, 1879. No. Corresponding Four Weeks 1878. No.
1st Class 341 227
2nd Class 950 719
Total... *1,291 946
GOODS, Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 2 0 0 1 0 0
Timber 506 0 0 104 0 0
Grain 10 0 0 3 0 0
Merchandise 276 0 0 267 0 0
Minerals 19 0 0 4 0 0
Firewood 8 0 0 ...
Total 821 0 0 379 0 0
LIVE STOCK, No. No.
Horses and Cattle 6 1
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 17
Total... 6 18
RECEIPTS, £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... 157 16 4 123 7 6
Goods and Live Stock 221 12 0 140 18 3
Total... £379 8 4 £264 5 9
Wharf Dues... 55 0 3 41 5 11
Total Revenue £434 8 7 £305 11 8

AUCKLAND SECTION.

PASSENGERS, No. No.
1st Class 4,425 1,893
2nd Class 17,950 8,892
Total... *22,375 10,790
GOODS, Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 36 0 0 26 0 0
Timber 598 0 0 477 0 0
Grain 569 0 0 338 0 0
Merchandise 1,246 0 0 1,118 0 0
Minerals 2,053 0 0 1,209 0 0
Firewood 48 0 0 ...
Total... 4,550 0 0 3,168 0 0
LIVE STOCK, No. No.
Horses and Cattle 887 107
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 4,116 6,201
Total... 5,003 6,408
RECEIPTS, £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... 2,506 10 6 1,837 17 3
Goods and Live Stock 2,037 0 2 1,426 17 8
Total... £4,543 10 6 £3,264 14 11
Wharf Dues... 77 2 3 58 15 3
Total Revenue £4,620 12 9 £3,323 10 2

NAPIER SECTION.

PASSENGERS, No. No.
1st Class 2,729 2,089
2nd Class 6,200 4,842
Total... *8,929 6,931
GOODS, Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 344 0 0 273 0 0
Timber 273 0 0 313 0 0
Grain 75 0 0 117 0 0
Merchandise 738 0 0 486 0 0
Minerals 103 0 0 495 0 0
Firewood 652 0 0 ...
Total... 2,185 0 0 1,684 0 0

NAPIER SECTION—continued.

LIVE STOCK, 1879. No. 1878. No.
Horses and Cattle 22 36
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 2,040 1,141
Total... 2,062 1,177
RECEIPTS, £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... 1,347 8 9 1,327 19 10
Goods and Live Stock 1,203 9 3 826 6 2
Total Revenue £2,550 18 0 £2,154 6 0

WELLINGTON SECTION.

PASSENGERS, No. No.
1st Class 6,504 3,534
2nd Class 13,347 10,164
Total... *19,851 13,698
GOODS, Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 258 0 0 96 0 0
Timber 911 0 0 313 0 0
Grain 16 0 0 ...
Merchandise 1,141 0 0 734 0 0
Minerals 185 0 0 618 0 0
Firewood 544 0 0 ...
Total... 3,055 0 0 1,761 0 0
LIVE STOCK, No. No.
Horses and Cattle 9 5
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 2,928 163
Total... 2,937 168
RECEIPTS, £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... 1,814 9 5 1,101 0 8
Goods and Live Stock 1,314 5 7 525 16 11
Total Revenue £3,128 15 0 £1,626 17 7

WANGANUI SECTION.

PASSENGERS, No. No.
1st Class 2,767 474
2nd Class 7,551 1,555
Total... *10,318 2,029
GOODS, Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 164 0 0 61 0 0
Timber 1,033 0 0 526 0 0
Grain 83 0 0 5 0 0
Merchandise 1,141 0 0 308 0 0
Minerals 25 0 0 128 0 0
Firewood 608 0 0 ...
Total... 3,054 0 0 1,028 0 0
LIVE STOCK, No. No.
Horses and Cattle 10 24
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 379 38
Total... 389 62
RECEIPTS, £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... 1,553 2 1 353 8 1
Goods and Live Stock 1,318 6 6 458 10 7
Total... £2,871 8 7 £811 18 8
Wharf Dues... 81 18 11 96 18 2
Total Revenue £2,953 7 6 £908 16 10

NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION.

PASSENGERS, No. No.
1st Class 391 196
2nd Class 4,077 2,627
Total... *4,468 2,823

*Return and Saturday tickets counted as two passengers.



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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for Four Weeks ending February 1879

🚂 Transport & Communications
8 February 1879
Railways, Traffic returns, Statistics, Passengers, Goods, Livestock, Kaipara, Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Wanganui, New Plymouth