Railway Traffic and Revenue Statistics




1332 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 65

WELLINGTON SECTION.

  1.                      1889.

    PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
    1st Class 490 8,016 3,506 1,173 2,608 3,781
    2nd Class 3,113 11,592 14,705 5,399 12,224 17,623
    Total 3,603 14,608 18,211 6,572 14,832 21,404

Season Tickets .. .. ..181 .. .. ..182

PARCELS, ETC.,—
Parcels .. .. .. No. 2,640 No. 2,805
Horses .. .. .. 15 20
Carriages .. .. .. 8 4
Dogs .. .. .. 114 205
Total .. .. .. 2,772 3,034

GOODS,—
Drays .. .. .. No. .. 2
Cattle .. .. .. 85 120
Calves .. .. .. 5 24
Sheep .. .. .. 9,134 2,316
Pigs .. .. .. 29 44
Total .. .. .. 9,253 2,506

Chaff, &c. .. .. Tons 75 Tons 85
Wool .. .. .. .. 77 62
Firewood .. .. .. 2,298 456
Timber .. .. .. 1,521 2,137
Grain .. .. .. 169 628
Merchandise .. .. 2,494 1,451
Minerals .. .. 293 896
Total .. .. .. 6,927 5,710

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 1,537 7 10 £ 1,804 15 5
Parcels and Luggage 218 13 5 236 1 5
Goods .. .. .. 2,922 10 4 2,337 9 0
Miscellaneous .. 24 2 9 26 12 0
Rents and Commission 260 9 1 193 7 11
Total .. .. .. £4,963 3 5 £4,598 5 9

WANGANUI SECTION.

  1.                      1889.

    PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
    1st Class 1,140 1,906 3,046 1,962 572 2,534
    2nd Class 5,386 9,350 14,736 9,445 4,962 14,407
    Total 6,526 11,256 17,782 11,407 5,534 16,941

Season Tickets .. .. .. 67 .. .. .. 34

PARCELS, ETC.,—
Parcels .. .. .. No. 2,230 No. 2,322
Horses .. .. .. 148 72
Carriages .. .. .. 5 4
Dogs .. .. .. 176 165
Total .. .. .. 2,559 2,563

GOODS,—
Drays .. .. .. No. 7 9
Cattle .. .. .. 697 411
Calves .. .. .. 42 22
Sheep .. .. .. 17,498 4,788
Pigs .. .. .. 589 603
Total .. .. .. 18,833 5,783

Chaff, &c. .. .. Tons 155 Tons 195
Wool .. .. .. .. 24 18
Firewood .. .. .. 900 654
Timber .. .. .. 1,207 1,646
Grain .. .. .. 962 1,051
Merchandise .. .. 1,831 2,162
Minerals .. .. 192 526
Total .. .. .. 5,271 6,252

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 2,258 4 4 £ 2,334 10 4
Parcels and Luggage 262 2 0 214 18 3
Goods .. .. .. 2,714 1 10 2,630 3 10
Miscellaneous .. 251 16 2 238 8 11
Rents and Commission 114 0 7 89 8 4
Total .. .. .. £5,600 4 11 £5,507 9 8

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

  1.                      1889.

    PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
    1st Class 3,804 19,716 23,520 9,485 17,506 26,991
    2nd Class 17,899 77,418 95,317 35,719 60,198 95,917
    Total 21,703 97,134 118,837 45,204 77,704 122,908

Season Tickets .. .. .. 1,134 .. .. .. 1,087

PARCELS, ETC.,—
Parcels .. .. .. No. 16,785 No. 16,896
Horses .. .. .. 558 563
Carriages .. .. .. 87 87
Dogs .. .. .. 714 748
Total .. .. .. 18,094 18,244

GOODS,—
Drays .. .. .. No. 24 27
Cattle .. .. .. 1,266 701
Calves .. .. .. 14 4
Sheep .. .. .. 36,989 87,901
Pigs .. .. .. 1,917 1,806
Total .. .. .. 40,210 40,439

Chaff, &c. .. .. Tons 1,655 Tons 1,865
Wool .. .. .. .. 1,442 1,253
Firewood .. .. .. 2,364 2,082
Timber .. .. .. 6,461 8,879
Grain .. .. .. 26,191 24,418
Merchandise .. .. 16,186 23,892
Minerals .. .. 23,154 26,185
Total .. .. .. 77,453 88,569

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 11,821 7 8 £ 13,072 10 2
Parcels and Luggage 1,892 19 1 1,801 15 1
Goods .. .. .. 28,176 19 9 26,555 18 10
Miscellaneous .. 1,000 5 7 866 8 7
Rents and Commission 1,384 16 3 1,104 1 9
Total .. .. .. £44,276 8 4 £43,400 9 5

GREYMOUTH SECTION.

  1.                      1889.

    PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
    1st Class 69 422 491 154 338 492
    2nd Class 670 3,894 4,564 879 3,458 4,337
    Total 739 4,316 5,055 1,033 3,796 4,829

Season Tickets .. .. .. 26 .. .. .. 43

PARCELS, ETC.,—
Parcels .. .. .. No. 280 No. 166
Horses .. .. .. 1 ..
Carriages .. .. .. .. ..
Dogs .. .. .. 19 10
Total .. .. .. 300 176

GOODS,—
Drays .. .. .. No. .. ..
Cattle .. .. .. .. ..
Calves .. .. .. 2 2
Sheep .. .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. .. 37 4
Total .. .. .. 39 6

Chaff, &c. .. .. Tons .. Tons ..
Wool .. .. .. .. .. ..
Firewood .. .. .. 30 114
Timber .. .. .. 167 63
Grain .. .. .. 123 19
Merchandise .. .. 751 357
Minerals .. .. 1,593 10,857
Total .. .. .. 2,664 11,410

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 230 10 10 £ 258 12 9
Parcels and Luggage 12 4 6 8 8 4
Goods .. .. .. 700 0 3 1,466 16 11
Miscellaneous .. 41 13 2 43 16 6
Rents and Commission 19 8 9 22 2 6
Total .. .. .. £1,003 17 6 £1,799 17 0



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