Railway Traffic Statistics




APRIL 4.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. - Traffic Returns for the
four weeks ending the 2nd March, 1889, and for the
corresponding period 1888.

KAWAKAWA SECTION.

  1. PASSENGERS, - S. R. Total.
    1st Class 65 66 131
    2nd Class 236 786 1,022
    Total 301 852 1,153

Season Tickets .. .. .. 0

PARCELS, ETC., - No. No.
Parcels .. .. 31 186
Horses .. .. 4 2
Carriages .. .. 2
Dogs .. .. 5
Total .. .. 37 193

GOODS, - No. No.
Drays .. .. 1 8
Cattle .. .. 25
Calves .. ..
Sheep .. .. 150 38
Pigs .. ..
Total .. .. 176 38

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, &c. 15
Wool .. ..
Firewood .. ..
Timber .. .. 11 12
Grain .. .. 120 128
Merchandise .. .. 2,087 2,705
Minerals .. ..
Total .. .. 2,233 2,859

REVENUE, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 45 17 0 39 7 10
Parcels and Luggage 3 10 10 7 15 4
Goods .. 290 3 8 344 3 0
Miscellaneous .. 0 0 6 1 3 5
Rents and Commission 3 14 4 6 4 4
Total .. £343 6 4 £396 15 11

WHANGAREI SECTION.

  1. PASSENGERS, - S. R. Total.
    1st Class 269 269
    2nd Class 504 504
    Total 773 773

Season Tickets .. .. .. 0

PARCELS, ETC., - No. No.
Parcels .. ..
Horses .. ..
Carriages .. ..
Dogs .. ..
Total .. ..

GOODS, - No. No.
Drays .. .. 1 1
Cattle .. .. 6 21
Calves .. ..
Sheep .. .. 15 56
Pigs .. ..
Total .. .. 21 78

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, &c. 10 25
Wool .. .. 2
Firewood .. ..
Timber .. ..
Grain .. ..
Merchandise .. .. 289 222
Minerals .. .. 1,003 437
Total .. .. 1,302 661

REVENUE, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 22 13 9 34 4 3
Parcels and Luggage 3 8 0 96 6 2
Goods .. 156 5 8 96 6 2
Miscellaneous .. 0 0 6 27 9 0
Rents and Commission 3 8 0 3 18 0
Total .. £182 7 5 £161 17 5

AUCKLAND SECTION.

  1. PASSENGERS, - S. R. Total.
    1st Class 1,871 2,252 4,123
    2nd Class 10,369 9,310 19,679
    Total 12,240 11,562 23,802

Season Tickets .. .. .. 121

PARCELS, ETC., - No. No.
Parcels .. .. 3,531 3,964
Horses .. .. 17 27
Carriages .. .. 3 1
Dogs .. .. 125 134
Total .. .. 3,676 3,856

GOODS, - No. No.
Drays .. .. 3 8
Cattle .. .. 466 657
Calves .. .. 58 77
Sheep .. .. 15,156 7,121
Pigs .. .. 192 319
Total .. .. 15,875 8,182

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, &c. 175 295
Wool .. .. 28 20
Firewood .. .. 270 555
Timber .. .. 476 689
Grain .. .. 745 486
Merchandise .. .. 2,230 2,207
Minerals .. .. 4,368 4,736
Total .. .. 8,292 8,988

REVENUE, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 2,772 6 7 3,206 8 9
Parcels and Luggage 294 12 0 295 15 11
Goods .. 4,499 18 2 4,571 12 9
Miscellaneous .. 49 8 3 24 8 7
Rents and Commission 143 14 6 140 14 0
Total .. £7,759 19 6 £8,239 0 0

NAPIER SECTION.

  1. PASSENGERS, - S. R. Total.
    1st Class 1,775 2,390 4,165
    2nd Class 5,206 6,518 11,724
    Total 6,981 8,908 15,889

Season Tickets .. .. .. 80

PARCELS, ETC., - No. No.
Parcels .. .. 1,781 1,989
Horses .. .. 71 69
Carriages .. .. 4 4
Dogs .. .. 287 174
Total .. .. 2,143 2,236

GOODS, - No. No.
Drays .. .. 1 3
Cattle .. .. 12 27
Calves .. ..
Sheep .. .. 2,580 2,219
Pigs .. .. 61 97
Total .. .. 2,654 2,346

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, &c. 10 25
Wool .. .. 239 163
Firewood .. .. 1,945 1,410
Timber .. .. 1,721 1,729
Grain .. .. 717 586
Merchandise .. .. 1,996 1,673
Minerals .. .. 642 783
Total .. .. 7,270 6,369

REVENUE, - £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 1,971 12 2 1,942 1 9
Parcels and Luggage 195 8 2 196 11 10
Goods .. 3,166 15 1 3,007 10 7
Miscellaneous .. 15 15 7 5 6 8
Rents and Commission 47 5 0 45 11 5
Total .. £5,396 16 0 £5,197 2 3



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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for four weeks ending March 2, 1889

🚂 Transport & Communications
4 April 1889
Railways, Traffic Returns, Passengers, Goods, Revenue, Kawakawa, Whangarei, Auckland, Napier