Railway Traffic and Revenue Statistics




JUNE 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 729

WELLINGTON SECTION.
1887. 1886.
PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 1,262 5,654 6,916 1,153 4,372 5,525
2nd Class 5,305 19,820 25,125 5,062 18,636 23,698
——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ———
Total 6,567 25,474 32,041 6,215 23,008 29,223
——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. .193 .. .. .162

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. .. 2,955 2,165
Horses .. .. 50 89
Carriages .. .. 2 ..
Dogs .. .. 171 149
——— ———
Total .. .. 3,178 2,403

GOODS,— No. No.
Drays .. .. 2 4
Cattle .. .. 229 11
Calves .. .. 13 38
Sheep .. .. 16,421 10,779
Pigs .. .. 60 59
——— ———
Total .. .. 16,725 10,891

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, &c. .. .. 70 55
Wool .. .. 1,371 1,025
Firewood .. .. 660 820
Timber .. .. 2,300 2,224
Grain .. .. 213 160
Merchandise .. .. 1,217 1,839
Minerals .. .. 1,488 184
——— ———
Total .. .. 7,319 6,307

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 2,579 8 2 2,451 6 8
Parcels and Luggage 263 0 1 229 10 5
Goods .. .. 3,412 10 9 3,099 14 7
Miscellaneous .. .. 11 1 4 13 16 10
Rents and Commission 78 1 8 80 18 11
——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ———
Total .. .. £6,344 2 0 £5,875 7 5

WANGANUI SECTION.
1887. 1886.
PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 2,640 3,438 6,078 2,625 1,748 4,373
2nd Class 8,512 13,946 22,458 10,019 9,480 19,499
——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ———
Total 11,152 17,384 28,536 12,644 11,228 23,872
——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. .53 .. .. .95

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. .. 2,502 2,327
Horses .. .. 129 245
Carriages .. .. 9 7
Dogs .. .. 243 261
——— ———
Total .. .. 2,883 2,840

GOODS,— No. No.
Drays .. .. 6 4
Cattle .. .. 606 116
Calves .. .. 56 37
Sheep .. .. 7,343 5,370
Pigs .. .. 714 422
——— ———
Total .. .. 8,725 5,949

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, &c. .. .. 45 65
Wool .. .. 35 11
Firewood .. .. 900 795
Timber .. .. 1,752 1,490
Grain .. .. 811 649
Merchandise .. .. 2,010 1,235
Minerals .. .. 352 291
——— ———
Total .. .. 5,905 4,536

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 4,940 7 7 3,581 1 0
Parcels and Luggage 332 8 2 391 6 10
Goods .. .. 3,095 6 5 2,374 6 10
Miscellaneous .. .. 132 16 11 180 10 6
Rents and Commission 29 18 5 74 4 10
——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ———
Total .. .. £8,530 17 6 £6,601 10 0

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.
1887. 1886.
PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 11,771 36,656 48,427 12,864 37,900 50,764
2nd Class 44,216 113,678 157,894 44,897 114,194 159,091
——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ———
Total 55,987 150,334 206,321 57,761 152,094 209,855
——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. .956 .. .. .940

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. .. 18,752 17,577
Horses .. .. 705 611
Carriages .. .. 53 43
Dogs .. .. 1,370 1,709
——— ———
Total .. .. 20,880 19,940

GOODS,— No. No.
Drays .. .. 39 28
Cattle .. .. 1,064 1,367
Calves .. .. 53 23
Sheep .. .. 40,499 73,667
Pigs .. .. 4,020 3,636
——— ———
Total .. .. 45,675 78,721

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, &c. .. .. 1,645 1,170
Wool .. .. 2,595 2,407
Firewood .. .. 2,735 2,195
Timber .. .. 6,307 6,657
Grain .. .. 68,566 53,190
Merchandise .. .. 20,635 23,225
Minerals .. .. 26,166 23,223
——— ———
Total .. .. 128,649 112,067

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 23,062 2 8 23,429 10 3
Parcels and Luggage 2,213 9 8 2,022 10 5
Goods .. .. 44,644 10 6 40,690 15 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 894 8 6 908 8 8
Rents and Commission 541 0 1 684 1 4
——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ———
Total .. .. £71,355 11 5 £67,735 6 7

GREYMOUTH SECTION.
1887. 1886.
PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 80 606 686 83 438 521
2nd Class 788 4,928 5,716 1,098 3,064 4,162
——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ———
Total 868 5,534 6,402 1,181 3,502 4,683
——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. .59 .. .. .38

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. .. 135 166
Horses .. .. .. ..
Carriages .. .. .. ..
Dogs .. .. 11 5
——— ———
Total .. .. 146 171

GOODS,— No. No.
Drays .. .. .. ..
Cattle .. .. .. ..
Calves .. .. .. 2
Sheep .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. .. ..
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 2

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, &c. .. .. .. ..
Wool .. .. .. ..
Firewood .. .. .. ..
Timber .. .. 305 187
Grain .. .. .. ..
Merchandise .. .. 404 213
Minerals .. .. 15,134 10,707
——— ———
Total .. .. 15,853 11,107

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 323 11 8 258 2 8
Parcels and Luggage 7 10 6 6 11 3
Goods .. .. 2,173 13 7 1,499 1 8
Miscellaneous .. .. 13 16 8 27 8 2
Rents and Commission 5 12 0 6 16 0
——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ———
Total .. .. 2,524 4 5 1,797 19 9



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