Railway Traffic Returns




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1065

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns
for the Four Weeks ending 30th June, 1879:--

KAIPARA SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class ... 233 No. 174
2nd Class ... 1,013 490
Total... 1,246* 664

GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... 382 0 0 71 0 0
Timber ... 13 0 0 19 0 0
Grain ... 262 0 0 295 0 0
Merchandise ... 10 0 0 4 0 0
Firewood ... 12 0 0 12 0 0
Total 679 0 0 401 0 0

LIVE STOCK,— No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... 2 1
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ...
Total... 3

RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 132 5 7 92 11 6
Goods and Live Stock 181 15 11 141 2 1
Total... £314 1 6 £233 13 7
Wharf Dues... 44 8 10 48 5 8
Total Revenue £358 10 4 £281 19 3

AUCKLAND SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class ... 3,721 1,165
2nd Class ... 14,774 7,336
Total... 18,495* 8,501

GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... 12 0 0 1 0 0
Timber ... 789 0 0 478 0 0
Grain ... 273 0 0 96 0 0
Merchandise ... 1,356 0 0 958 0 0
Minerals ... 3,509 0 0 1,331 0 0
Firewood ... 24 0 0
Total... 5,963 0 0 2,864 0 0

LIVE STOCK,— No. No.
Horses and Cattle ... 835 78
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 2,423 2,303
Total... 3,258 2,381

RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. 1,867 11 6 1,556 14 1
Goods and Live Stock 2,169 11 10 1,375 1 1
Total... £4,037 3 4 £2,931 15 2
Wharf Dues... 163 14 0 73 9 9
Total Revenue £4,200 17 4 £3,005 4 11

NAPIER SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class ... 1,913 1,574
2nd Class ... 5,085 3,664
Total... 6,998* 5,238

GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... 34 0 0 24 0 0
Timber ... 252 0 0 412 0 0
Grain ... 170 0 0 134 0 0
Merchandise ... 668 0 0 548 0 0
Minerals ... 281 0 0 234 0 0
Firewood ... 320 0 0 456 0 0
Total... 1,725 0 0 1,808 0 0

NAPIER SECTION—continued.

LIVE STOCк,— No. No.
Horses and Cattle 52 66
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 34 336
Total... 86 402

RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 1,004 7 0 1,022 1 2
Goods and Live Stock 884 7 10 946 10 8
Total Revenue £1,888 14 10 £1,968 11 10

WELLINGTON SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class ... 1,973 1,319
2nd Class ... 8,951 5,801
Total... 10,924* 7,120

GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... 4 0 0 396 0 0
Timber ... 542 0 0
Grain ... 124 0 0 791 0 0
Merchandise ... 510 0 0 250 0 0
Minerals ... 850 0 0 504 0 0
Firewood ... 396 0 0
Total... 2,426 0 0 1,941 0 0

LIVE STOCK,— No. No.
Horses and Cattle 102 2
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 3,311 11
Total... 3,413 13

RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 1,187 7 7 674 15 8
Goods and Live Stock 911 9 9 537 18 3
Total Revenue ..£2,098 17 4 £1,212 13 11

WANGANUI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class ... 2,150 793
2nd Class ... 8,246 2,899
Total... 10,396* 3,692

GOODS,— Tons cwt. qr. Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... 7 0 0 2 0 0
Timber ... 1,360 0 0 793 0 0
Grain ... 172 0 0 106 0 0
Merchandise ... 1,086 0 0 456 0 0
Minerals ... 14 0 0 14 0 0
Firewood ... 900 0 0 372 0 0
Total... 3,539 0 0 1,743 0 0

LIVE STOCK,— No. No.
Horses and Cattle 27 30
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 109 348
Total... 136 378

RECEIPTS,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c. 1,398 16 9 1,041 7 7
Goods and Live Stock 1,382 3 0 818 16 10
Total... £2,780 19 9 £1,860 4 5
Wharf Dues... 55 16 10 61 14 10
Total Revenue £2,836 16 7 £1,921 19 3

NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class ... 1,579 306
2nd Class ... 2,797 2,179
Total... 4,376* 2,485

  • Return and Saturday tickets counted as two passengers.


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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for the Four Weeks ending 30th June, 1879

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