New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 51

Page 657

✨ Railway Traffic Statistics



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 657

NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION—continued.

GOODS, —

1879. Tons cwt. qr. 1878. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 251 0 0 148 0 0
Timber 41 0 0 94 0 0
Grain 214 0 0 191 0 0
Merchandise 44 0 0 3 0 0
Minerals 240 0 0 152 0 0
Firewood ... ...
Total... 790 0 0 588 0 0

LIVE STOCK, —

No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... ...
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 17 ...
Total 17

RECEIPTS, —

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 389 4 8 292 13 6
Goods and Live Stock 188 8 9 134 3 3
Total... £577 13 5 £426 16 9
Wharf Dues... 10 15 7 2 19 9
Total Revenue £588 9 0 £429 16 6

WESTPORT SECTION—continued.

RECEIPTS, —

1879. £ s. d. 1878. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 57 12 3 30 19 2
Goods and Live Stock 69 9 1 62 19 9
Total... £127 1 4 £93 18 11
Wharf Dues... 77 14 11 87 15 2
Total Revenue £204 16 3 £181 14 1

NELSON SECTION.

PASSENGERS, —

No. No.
1st Class 790 468
2nd Class 4,934 2,427
Total... 5,724* 2,895

GOODS, —

Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 3 0 0 12 0 0
Timber 292 0 0 223 0 0
Grain 226 0 0 48 0 0
Merchandise 182 0 0 171 0 0
Minerals 35 0 0 29 0 0
Firewood 400 0 0 296 0 0
Total... 1,138 0 0 779 0 0

LIVE STOCK, —

No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... ...
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 16 1
Total... 16 1

RECEIPTS, —

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. 416 7 6 339 15 3
Goods and Live Stock 257 6 5 178 4 1
Total Revenue £673 13 11 £517 19 4

GREYMOUTH SECTION.

PASSENGERS, —

No. No.
1st Class 3,038 3,165
2nd Class 2,305 3,977
Total... 5,343* 7,142

GOODS, —

Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... 95 0 0
Timber 44 0 0 52 0 0
Grain ... 127 0 0
Merchandise 127 0 0 3,133 0 0
Minerals 2,870 0 0 ...
Firewood ... ...
Total... 3,041 0 0 3,407 0 0

LIVE STOCK, —

No. No.
Horses and Cattle 1 1
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 12
Total... 1 13

RECEIPTS, —

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. 229 15 6 218 18 5
Goods and Live Stock 389 4 7 458 6 10
Total... £619 0 1 £677 5 3
Wharf Dues... 133 11 9 234 14 9
Total Revenue £752 11 10 £912 0 0

PICTON SECTION.

PASSENGERS, —

No. No.
1st Class 585 387
2nd Class 1,743 1,085
Total... 2,328* 1,472

GOODS, —

Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool 633 0 0 540 0 0
Timber 119 0 0 61 0 0
Grain 127 0 0 46 0 0
Merchandise 28 0 0 10 0 0
Minerals 260 0 0 320 0 0
Firewood ... ...
Total... 1,167 0 0 978 0 0

LIVE STOCK, —

No. No.
Horses and Cattle 1 3
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 27 68
Total... 28 71

RECEIPTS, —

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 175 11 4 178 1 2
Goods and Live Stock 205 10 10 163 9 9
Total... £381 2 2 £341 10 11
Wharf Dues... 66 5 0 58 2 11
Total Revenue £447 7 2 £399 13 10

WESTPORT SECTION.

PASSENGERS, —

No. No.
1st Class 47 85
2nd Class 1,153 313
Total 1,200* 398

GOODS, —

Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... 6 0 0
Timber 228 0 0 23 0 0
Grain 57 0 0 595 0 0
Merchandise 133 0 0 4 0 0
Minerals ... ...
Firewood ... ...
Total... 418 0 0 628 0 0

LIVE STOCK, —

No. No.
Horses and Cattle 2 1
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 11 7
Total... 13 8

CHRISTCHURCH, DUNEDIN, AND INVERCARGILL SECTION.

PASSENGERS, —

No. No.
1st Class 38,402 24,340
2nd Class 125,796 84,858
Total... 164,198* 109,198
  • Return and Saturday tickets counted as two passengers.


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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns by Section (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
5 April 1879
Railway statistics, Traffic returns, Goods, Live Stock, Passengers, New Plymouth, Westport, Nelson, Greymouth, Picton, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill