Railway Traffic and Revenue Statistics




324 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 17

WELLINGTON SECTION.

  1.                  1890.

    PASSANGERS,-- S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
    1st Class 847 7,970 8,817 1,590 4,642 6,232
    2nd Class 3,821 23,060 26,881 6,475 18,404 24,879
    Total 4,668 31,030 35,698 8,065 23,046 31,111

Season Tickets .. ..209 .. ..195

PARCELS, ETC.,--
Parcels .. .. No. 2,970 No. 2,787
Horses .. .. 102 46
Carriages .. .. 1 5
Dogs .. .. 258 194
Total .. .. 3,331 3,032

GOODS,--
Drays .. .. No. 2 No. 2
Cattle .. .. 168 35
Calves .. .. 17 ..
Sheep .. .. 25,350 22,912
Pigs .. .. 140 160
Total .. .. 25,677 23,109

Chaff, &c. .. .. Tons. 90 Tons. 115
Wool .. .. 2,386 3,576
Firewood .. .. 12 468
Timber .. .. 1,725 1,778
Grain .. .. 241 324
Merchandise .. .. 3,093 3,608
Minerals .. .. 1,269 1,408
Total .. .. 8,816 11,277

REVENUE,--
Passengers .. .. £ 2,668 s. 15 d. 0 £ 2,693 s. 9 d. 1
Parcels and Luggage 293 9 6 254 19 1
Goods .. .. 4,111 5 5 4,334 15 4
Miscellaneous .. 44 16 6 12 16 9
Rents and Commission 118 2 0 132 11 10
Total .. .. £7,236 8 5 £7,428 12 1

WANGANUI SECTION.

  1.                  1890.

    PASSANGERS,-- S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
    1st Class 1,841 3,140 4,981 2,272 1,742 4,014
    2nd Class 7,988 13,874 21,862 11,854 8,332 20,186
    Total 9,829 17,014 26,843 14,126 10,074 24,200

Season Tickets .. .. 41 .. .. 23

PARCELS, ETC.,--
Parcels .. .. No. 2,547 No. 2,500
Horses .. .. 161 146
Carriages .. .. 7 5
Dogs .. .. 251 187
Total .. .. 2,966 2,838

GOODS,--
Drays .. .. No. 4 No. 5
Cattle .. .. 330 888
Calves .. .. .. 25
Sheep .. .. 18,919 15,631
Pigs .. .. 565 489
Total .. .. 19,818 17,038

Chaff, &c. .. .. Tons. 100 Tons. 215
Wool .. .. 840 937
Firewood .. .. 144 738
Timber .. .. 1,229 1,312
Grain .. .. 602 755
Merchandise .. .. 2,462 2,410
Minerals .. .. 980 467
Total .. .. 6,357 6,834

REVENUE,--
Passengers .. .. £ 3,365 s. 16 d. 5 £ 3,113 s. 16 d. 0
Parcels and Luggage 325 3 2 306 4 4
Goods .. .. 3,301 17 5 3,256 10 7
Miscellaneous .. 293 11 4 322 15 0
Rents and Commission 91 18 6 91 6 9
Total .. .. £7,378 6 10 £7,090 12

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.

  1.                  1890.

    PASSANGERS,-- S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
    1st Class 7,320 31,692 39,012 13,530 34,260 47,790
    2nd Class 27,288 95,410 122,698 50,151 89,604 139,755
    Total 34,608 127,102 161,710 63,681 123,864 187,545

Season Tickets .. .. 956 .. .. 999

PARCELS, ETC.,--
Parcels .. .. No. 19,423 No. 19,404
Horses .. .. 494 470
Carriages .. .. 38 57
Dogs .. .. 856 917
Total .. .. 20,811 20,848

GOODS,--
Drays .. .. No. 29 No. 71
Cattle .. .. 857 967
Calves .. .. 45 164
Sheep .. .. 58,295 57,449
Pigs .. .. 1,863 1,121
Total .. .. 61,089 59,772

Chaff, &c. .. .. Tons. 1,040 Tons. 1,230
Wool .. .. 15,149 18,466
Firewood .. .. 240 1,978
Timber .. .. 7,345 6,252
Grain .. .. 22,482 23,600
Merchandise .. .. 19,378 29,026
Minerals .. .. 28,372 20,567
Total .. .. 94,006 101,119

REVENUE,--
Passengers .. .. £ 17,493 s. 9 d. 11 £ 24,494 s. 19 d. 3
Parcels and Luggage 1,942 17 4 2,062 12 3
Goods .. .. 34,925 16 9 36,059 14 4
Miscellaneous .. 917 5 4 1,302 18 8
Rents and Commission 371 7 6 963 17 11
Total .. .. £55,650 16 10 £64,884 2 5

GREYMOUTH SECTION.

  1.                  1890.

    PASSANGERS,-- S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
    1st Class 123 540 663 212 454 666
    2nd Class 920 4,468 5,388 1,644 4,350 5,994
    Total 1,043 5,008 6,051 1,856 4,804 6,660

Season Tickets .. .. 37 .. .. 42

PARCELS, ETC.,--
Parcels .. .. No. 375 No. 250
Horses .. .. 5 7
Carriages .. .. 1 ..
Dogs .. .. 23 29
Total .. .. 404 286

GOODS,--
Drays .. .. No. 1 No. ..
Cattle .. .. 2 ..
Calves .. .. 2 ..
Sheep .. .. 123 ..
Pigs .. .. 25 15
Total .. .. 153 15

Chaff, &c. .. .. Tons. 25 Tons. ..
Wool .. .. 15 ..
Firewood .. .. 186 48
Timber .. .. 213 144
Grain .. .. 161 17
Merchandise .. .. 523 532
Minerals .. .. 14,198 11,285
Total .. .. 15,321 12,026

REVENUE,--
Passengers .. .. £ 289 s. 13 d. 2 £ 342 s. 12 d. 1
Parcels and Luggage 21 1 2 16 3 4
Goods .. .. 1,905 2 3 1,569 8 2
Miscellaneous .. 72 2 10 48 13 2
Rents and Commission 5 6 3 2 11 3
Total .. .. 2,293 5 8 1,979 8 0



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