Railway Traffic Statistics




JAN. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 27

WELLINGTON SECTION.
1888. 1887.
S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
PASSENGERS, -
1st Class 1,020 3,850 4,870 1,093 5,070 6,163
2nd Class 4,192 14,064 18,256 4,662 17,992 22,654
Total 5,212 17,914 23,126 5,755 23,062 28,817
Season Tickets .. .. .. 61 .. .. 62

PARCELS, ETC., -
No. No.
Parcels 2,884 2,438
Horses 42 69
Carriages 1 3
Dogs 75 97
Total .. .. .. 3,002 2,607

GOODS, -
No. No.
Drays 4 4
Cattle 77 94
Calves 15 2
Sheep 15,388 18,149
Pigs 3 4
Total .. .. .. 15,487 18,249

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, &c. 35 20
Wool 810 663
Firewood 445 375
Timber 1,766 1,729
Grain 173 332
Merchandise 3,242 1,338
Minerals 732 569
Total .. .. .. 7,203 5,026

REVENUE, -
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 1,672 10 5 1,888 2 1
Parcels and Luggage 227 14 5 229 0 4
Goods 3,516 7 7 3,551 6 11
Miscellaneous 5 16 4 5 19 0
Rents and Commission 33 8 2 29 10 11
Total .. .. .. £5,455 16 11 £5,703 19 3

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.
1888. 1887.
S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
PASSENGERS, -
1st Class 8,979 20,008 28,987 9,379 21,824 31,203
2nd Class 33,586 66,894 100,480 32,994 67,000 99,994
Total 42,565 86,902 129,467 42,373 88,824 131,197
Season Tickets .. .. .. 252 .. .. 293

PARCELS, ETC., -
No. No.
Parcels 17,478 16,510
Horses 528 436
Carriages 51 28
Dogs 598 743
Total .. .. .. 18,655 17,717

GOODS, -
No. No.
Drays 34 13
Cattle 974 1,163
Calves 35 25
Sheep 19,111 29,624
Pigs 1,306 1,374
Total .. .. .. 21,460 32,199

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, &c. 1,195 1,020
Wool 8,096 7,728
Firewood 1,560 1,660
Timber 5,210 6,201
Grain 22,842 13,307
Merchandise 18,964 19,471
Minerals 24,736 21,756
Total .. .. .. 82,603 71,143

REVENUE, -
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 13,275 12 2 13,214 16 3
Parcels and Luggage 1,862 9 5 1,646 5 3
Goods 27,366 2 5 26,155 16 7
Miscellaneous 809 19 4 476 18 3
Rents and Commission 412 15 8 449 0 2
Total .. .. .. £43,726 19 0 £41,942 16 6

WANGANUI SECTION. GREYMOUTH SECTION.
1888. 1887. 1888. 1887.
S. R. Total. S. R. Total. S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
PASSENGERS, -
1st Class 1,911 1,828 3,739 2,091 672 2,763 44 394 438 139 878 1,017
2nd Class 6,962 5,286 12,248 6,730 4,232 10,962 393 3,302 3,695 659 4,440 5,099
Total 8,873 7,114 15,987 8,821 4,904 13,725 437 3,696 4,133 793 5,318 6,116
Season Tickets .. .. .. 1 .. .. 2 .. .. 0 .. .. 7

PARCELS, ETC., -
No. No. No. No.
Parcels 2,240 2,152 Parcels 129 171
Horses 136 58 Horses .. ..
Carriages 13 7 Carriages .. ..
Dogs 161 116 Dogs 9 11
Total .. .. .. 2,550 2,333 Total .. .. .. 138 182

GOODS, -
No. No. GOODS, -
No. No.
Drays 6 1 Drays .. ..
Cattle 446 217 Cattle .. ..
Calves 5 9 Calves .. ..
Sheep 7,809 12,849 Sheep 3 6
Pigs 701 890 Pigs .. ..
Total .. .. .. 8,967 13,966 Total .. .. .. 3 6

Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons.
Chaff, &c. 20 15 Chaff, &c. .. ..
Wool 546 480 Wool .. ..
Firewood 475 545 Firewood .. ..
Timber 1,225 1,719 Timber 138 261
Grain 469 482 Grain .. ..
Merchandise 1,736 1,400 Merchandise 273 1,105
Minerals 356 164 Minerals 15,336 13,635
Total .. .. .. 4,827 4,805 Total .. .. .. 15,747 15,001

REVENUE, -
£ s. d. £ s. d. REVENUE, -
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 2,075 6 8 1,992 16 6 Passengers 195 11 5 303 7 1
Parcels and Luggage 251 19 6 223 6 2 Parcels and Luggage 7 5 7 8 1 9
Goods 2,445 0 4 2,483 14 11 Goods 2,000 8 1 2,014 10 5
Miscellaneous 198 17 9 189 15 0 Miscellaneous 20 6 10 27 7 0
Rents and Commission 43 7 4 40 18 4 Rents and Commission 4 16 3 3 10 0
Total .. .. .. £5,014 11 7 £4,930 10 11 Total .. .. .. 2,228 8 2 2,356 16 3



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🚂 Continuation of New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for December 1888 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
10 January 1889
Railway statistics, Wellington Section, Hurunui-Bluff Section, Wanganui Section, Greymouth Section, Revenue, Traffic Returns