Railway Traffic and Revenue Statistics




Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1151

WELLINGTON SECTION.
1890. 1889.
PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 408 3,194 3,602 1,104 2,932 4,036
2nd Class 2,767 13,102 15,869 4,850 12,734 17,584
Total 3,175 16,296 19,471 5,954 15,666 21,620
Season Tickets .. .. 61 .. .. 52

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. .. 2,694 2,893
Horses .. .. 29 18
Carriages .. .. 1 4
Dogs .. .. 197 119
Total .. .. 2,921 3,034

GOODS,— No. No.
Drays .. .. 1 3
Cattle .. .. 104 117
Calves .. .. 2 16
Sheep .. .. 6,887 6,536
Pigs .. .. 52 94
Total .. .. 7,046 6,766

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, &c. .. .. 60 135
Wool .. .. 102 44
Firewood .. .. 648 582
Timber .. .. 1,594 1,850
Grain .. .. 369 1,649
Merchandise .. .. 1,973 1,111
Minerals .. .. 767 1,181
Total .. .. 5,513 6,552

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,548 19 4 1,712 5 9
Parcels and Luggage 262 19 10 219 18 9
Goods .. .. 2,437 10 2 2,498 19 8
Miscellaneous .. .. 10 8 7 4 5 3
Rents and Commission 32 6 7 140 18 6
Total .. .. £4,292 4 6 £4,576 7 11

WANGANUI SECTION.
1890. 1889.
PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 1,142 1,940 3,028 1,897 456 2,353
2nd Class 5,517 9,342 14,859 9,142 4,930 14,072
Total 6,659 11,282 17,941 11,039 5,386 16,425
Season Tickets .. .. 11 .. .. 2

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. .. 2,193 2,333
Horses .. .. 77 46
Carriages .. .. 5 5
Dogs .. .. 170 152
Total .. .. 2,445 2,536

GOODS,— No. No.
Drays .. .. 5 7
Cattle .. .. 479 479
Calves .. .. .. 35
Sheep .. .. 11,668 10,736
Pigs .. .. 237 919
Total .. .. 12,389 12,176

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, &c. .. .. 270 235
Wool .. .. 13 15
Firewood .. .. 984 912
Timber .. .. 1,094 1,766
Grain .. .. 1,527 1,168
Merchandise .. .. 1,900 2,012
Minerals .. .. 524 731
Total .. .. 6,312 6,839

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 2,196 17 4 2,210 7 8
Parcels and Luggage 222 0 5 221 7 3
Goods .. .. 2,673 11 3 2,837 10 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 208 8 6 241 9 4
Rents and Commission 87 2 8 62 12 6
Total .. .. £5,388 0 2 £5,573 7 8

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.
1890. 1889.
PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 3,699 21,922 25,621 8,715 16,060 24,775
2nd Class 18,443 75,796 94,239 34,410 55,336 89,746
Total 22,142 97,718 119,860 43,125 71,396 114,521
Season Tickets .. .. 301 .. .. 220

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. .. 16,814 15,774
Horses .. .. 433 245
Carriages .. .. 49 24
Dogs .. .. 1,280 633
Total .. .. 18,576 16,676

GOODS,— No. No.
Drays .. .. 20 29
Cattle .. .. 963 667
Calves .. .. 10 235
Sheep .. .. 50,059 56,030
Pigs .. .. 2,269 1,753
Total .. .. 53,321 58,714

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, &c. .. .. 1,760 2,280
Wool .. .. 1,558 1,178
Firewood .. .. 2,898 2,484
Timber .. .. 6,059 9,463
Grain .. .. 29,154 23,057
Merchandise .. .. 21,679 19,527
Minerals .. .. 23,084 24,982
Total .. .. 86,192 82,971

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 12,033 9 3 11,745 1 11
Parcels and Luggage 1,593 3 11 1,430 7 2
Goods .. .. 29,549 3 0 26,395 5 3
Miscellaneous .. .. 926 8 0 987 14 6
Rents and Commission 412 7 6 458 13 7
Total .. .. £44,514 11 8 £41,017 2 5

GREYMOUTH SECTION.
1890. 1889.
PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 85 422 507 113 322 435
2nd Class 606 2,746 3,352 692 3,324 4,016
Total 691 3,168 3,859 805 3,646 4,451
Season Tickets .. .. 0 .. .. 9

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. .. 278 147
Horses .. .. 2 ..
Carriages .. .. .. ..
Dogs .. .. 20 10
Total .. .. 300 157

GOODS,— No. No.
Drays .. .. 1 ..
Cattle .. .. .. ..
Calves .. .. 1 1
Sheep .. .. 110 ..
Pigs .. .. 24 6
Total .. .. 136 7

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, &c. .. .. 10 ..
Wool .. .. .. ..
Firewood .. .. 36 60
Timber .. .. 309 66
Grain .. .. 131 20
Merchandise .. .. 699 345
Minerals .. .. 2,500 14,388
Total .. .. 3,685 14,879

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 180 14 0 212 2 8
Parcels and Luggage 13 14 2 6 13 3
Goods .. .. 746 7 10 1,857 10 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 36 0 2 56 19 1
Rents and Commission 3 16 3 3 16 3
Total .. .. 980 12 5 2,137 1 8



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