Railway Traffic Statistics




SEPT. 17. THE NEW ZEALAND G A Z E T T E. 1565

NAPIER-TARANAKI SECTIO N.
1896. 1895.
Passengers,-- S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 1,511 7,368 8,879 1,663 6,622 8,285
2nd Class 7,939 25,734 33,673 8,758 23,742 32,500


Total 9,450 33,102 42,552 10,421 30,364 40,785

Season Tickets .. ..179 .. ..113

Parcels, etc.,--
Parcels .. .. No. No.
5,251 4,836
H orses .. .. 118 100
Carriages .. .. 17 17
D o g s .. .. 429 405


Total .. .. 5,815 5,358

G o o d s,--
Drays .. .. No. No.
8 5
Cattle .. .. 734 921
Calves .. .. 142 18
Sheep .. .. 15,869 15,183
Pigs .. .. 481 195


Total .. .. 17,234 16,322

           Tons.               Tons.

Chaff, L im e, &c. .. 282 504
W ool .. .. 73 72
F i r e w o o d .. .. 2,368 2,928
T im b e r .. .. 3,194 3,619
G r a i n .. .. 2,027 1,972
M e r c h a n d i s e .. 4,130 3,258
M i n e r a l s .. .. 2,415 1,395


Total .. .. 14,489 13,748

R e v e n u e,--
Passengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
5,416 10 1 5,580 8 0
Parcels, L uggage, & M ails 832 19 11 486 1 6
G o o d s .. .. 6,306 7 10 5,714 10 2
M iscellaneo us .. .. 151 10 11 184 12 4
Rents and Com m ission 188 2 0 126 3 8


Total .. .. £12,895 10 9 £12,091 15 8

W ELLINGTON SECTIO N.
1896. 1895.
Passengers,-- S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 655 3,398 4,053 599 5,412 6,011
2nd Class 6,486 19,590 26,076 3,196 16,738 19,934


Total 7,141 22,988 30,129 3,795 22,150 25,945

Season Tickets .. ..641 .. ..432

Parcels, etc.,--
Parcels .. .. No. No.
4,620 4,113
H orses .. .. 108 29
Carriages .. .. 2 4
D o g s .. .. 162 148


Total .. .. 4,892 4,294

G o o d s,--
Drays .. .. No. No.
6 3
Cattle .. .. 92 69
Calves .. .. 22 49
Sheep .. .. 6,323 4,488
Pigs .. .. 111 69


Total .. .. 6,554 4,678

           Tons.               Tons.

Chaff, L im e, &c. .. 294 144
W ool .. .. 29 47
F i r e w o o d .. .. 486 432
T im b e r .. .. 1,298 1,479
G r a i n .. .. 347 490
M e r c h a n d i s e .. 1,147 1,113
M i n e r a l s .. .. 1,655 1,666


Total .. .. 5,256 5,371

R e v e n u e,--
Passengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
2,133 3 7 2,068 17 5
Parcels, L uggage, & M ails 411 17 0 286 18 3
G o o d s .. .. 2,562 9 11 2,544 13 8
M iscellaneo us .. .. 31 13 3 9 3 7
Rents and Com m ission 55 2 4 49 0 1


Total .. .. £5,194 6 1 £4,958 13 0

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTIO N.
1896. 1895.
Passengers,-- S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 3,415 24,978 28,393 3,629 23,064 26,693
2nd Class 15,961 85,938 101,899 17,199 77,294 94,493


Total 19,376 110,916 130,292 20,828 100,358 121,186

Season Tickets .. 1,361 .. 1,263

Parcels, etc.,--
Parcels .. .. No. No.
18,267 16,609
H orses .. .. 356 337
Carriages .. .. 32 19
D o g s .. .. 793 826


Total .. .. 19,448 17,791

G o o d s,--
Drays .. .. No. No.
30 26
Cattle .. .. 843 1,500
Calves .. .. 43 115
Sheep .. .. 85,742 61,190
Pigs .. .. 2,632 1,915


Total .. .. 89,290 64,746

           Tons.               Tons.

Chaff, L im e, &c. .. 3,296 3,858
W ool .. .. 1,057 1,472
F i r e w o o d .. .. 2,064 1,926
T im b e r .. .. 7,132 4,943
G r a i n .. .. 25,100 19,423
M e r c h a n d i s e .. 16,360 17,114
M i n e r a l s .. .. 33,291 29,826


Total .. .. 88,300 78,562

R e v e n u e,--
Passengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
13,084 3 4 13,183 4 2
Parcels, L uggage, & M ails 2,311 10 2 1,548 4 3
G o o d s .. .. 29,436 5 11 24,645 18 2
M iscellaneo us .. .. 804 13 10 641 8 2
Rents and Com m ission 946 1 4 969 8 1


Total .. .. £46,582 14 7 £40,988 2 10

GREYMOUTH-BRUNNER SECTIO N.
1896. 1895.
Passengers,-- S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 112 310 422 47 256 303
2nd Class 834 3,874 4,708 733 3,246 3,979


Total 946 4,184 5,130 780 3,502 4,282

Season Tickets .. .. 11 .. 27

Parcels, etc.,--
Parcels .. .. No. No.
436 393
H orses .. .. 1 ..
Carriages .. .. .. ..
D o g s .. .. 21 33


Total .. .. 458 426

G o o d s,--
Drays .. .. No. No.
4 1
Cattle .. .. 50 35
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 32 321
Pigs .. .. .. 18


Total .. .. 86 375

           Tons.               Tons.

Chaff, L im e, &c. .. 36 24
W ool .. .. .. 1
F i r e w o o d .. .. 18 6
T im b e r .. .. 2,116 1,588
G r a i n .. .. 203 140
M e r c h a n d i s e .. 388 299
M i n e r a l s .. .. 13,201 8,338


Total .. .. 15,962 10,396

R e v e n u e,--
Passengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
160 7 4 145 9 4
Parcels, L uggage, & M ails 18 9 7 8 18 6
G o o d s .. .. 1,773 6 2 1,192 16 2
M iscellaneo us .. .. 252 1 11 181 10 11
Rents and Com m ission 10 14 0 7 18 0


Total .. .. £2,214 19 0 £1,536 12 11



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