Railway Traffic Statistics




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION—continued.

GOODS,–
1879. Tons. | 1878. Tons.
Wool ...
Timber ... 160 | 29
Grain ... 112 | 72
Merchandise ... 167 | 155
Minerals ... 162 | 58
Firewood ... 90 | 6
Total... 691 | 320

LIVE STOCK, –
No. | No.
Parcels, Dogs, &c. ... 143 | 1
Horses and Cattle ... 2 |
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 79 | 31
Total 224 | 32

RECEIPTS, –
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... £ s. d. | £ s. d.
252 12 1 | 258 7 5
Goods, Live Stock, Rents, &c. 195 18 10 | 172 7 11
Total... £448 10 11 | £430 15 4

CHRISTCHURCH, DUNEDIN, AND INVERCARGILL SECTION.

PASSENGERS,–
1st Class ... No. | No.
33,332 | 36,237
2nd Class ... 112,876 | 104,632
Total... 146,208* | 140,869

GOODS, –
Tons. | Tons.
Wool 5,027 | 6,273
Timber 8,499 | 11,787
Grain 7,270 | 8,727
Merchandise 14,198 | 23,129
Minerals 17,003 | 15,255
Firewood 2,275 | 1,667
Total... 54,272 | 66,838

LIVE STOCK, –
No. | No.
Parcels, Dogs, &c. 14,173 | 1,583
Horses and Cattle 1,578 | 1,583
Sheep, Pigs, &c. 19,285 | 20,723
Total 35,036 | 22,306

RECEIPTS, –
Passengers, Parcels, &c. £ s. d. | £ s. d.
20,136 5 9 | 19,915 12 9
Goods, Live Stock, Rents, &c 20,251 10 5 | 23,710 6 6
Total ...£40,387 16 2 | £43,625 19 3

LIVE STOCK, –
GREYMOUTH SECTION.

PASSENGERS, –
No. | No.
1st Class ... 428 | 437
2nd Class ... 1,815 | 1,635
Total... 2,243* | 2,072

GOODS, –
Tons. | Tons.
Wool 93 | 151
Timber ...
Grain ...
Merchandise 169 | 136
Minerals 3,502 | 2,611
Firewood ...
Total... 3,764 | 2,975

LIVE STOCK, –
No. | No.
Parcels, Dogs, &c. ... 9 |
Horses and Cattle ...
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ...
Total... 9 |

GREYMOUTH SECTION—continued.

RECEIPTS, –
Passengers, Parcels, &c. £ s. d. | £ s. d.
128 9 5 | 106 7 1
Goods, Live Stock, Rents, &c. 583 3 1 | 553 3 5
Total... £711 12 6 | £659 10 6

WESTPORT SECTION.

PASSENGERS, –
No. | No.
1st Class ... 82 | 35
2nd Class ... 1,137 | 775
Total. 1,219* | 810

GOODS, –
Tons. | Tons.
Wool ... 66 | 48
Timber ...
Grain ...
Merchandise ... 59 | 88
Minerals ... 162 | 173
Firewood ...
Total... 287 | 309

LIVE STOCK, –
No. | No.
Parcels, Dogs, &c. ... 131 | 1
Horses and Cattle ...
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 1 |
Total... 132 | 1

RECEIPTS, –
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... £ s. d. | £ s. d.
50 8 6 | 49 4 10
Goods, Live Stock, Rents, &c. 279 7 8 | 159 2 2
Total... £329 16 2 | £208 7 0

NELSON SECTION.

PASSENGERS, –
No. | No.
1st Class ... 1,260 | 545
2nd Class ... 4,938 | 3,572
Total... 6,198* | 4,117

GOODS, –
Tons. | Tons.
Wool ... 26 | 34
Timber ... 328 | 223
Grain ... 14 | 61
Merchandise ... 312 | 139
Minerals ... 28 | 19
Firewood ... 345 | 12
Total... 1,053 | 488

LIVE STOCK, –
No. | No.
Parcels, Dogs, &c. ... 143 |
Horses and Cattle ... 1 | 3
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 18 |
Total... 144 | 21

RECEIPTS, –
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ... £ s. d. | £ s. d.
411 16 6 | 272 4 8
Goods, Live Stock, Rents, &c. 230 18 7 | 152 19 10
Total... £642 15 1 | £425 4 6

PICTON SECTION.

PASSENGERS, –
No. | No.
1st Class ... 415 | 511
2nd Class ... 1,536 | 1,320
Total... 1,951* | 1,831

  • Return and Saturday tickets counted as two passengers.


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

🚂 Transport & Communications
29 January 1880
Railways, Traffic Returns, Statistics, Goods, Livestock, Passengers, Receipts, New Plymouth, Christchurch, Greymouth, Westport, Nelson, Picton