Railway Traffic Statistics




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

NAPIER-TARANAKI SECTION.
1897. 1896.
PASSANGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 2,006 9,610 11,616 1,968 8,106 10,074
2nd Class 8,991 37,622 46,613 8,597 30,320 38,917
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total 10,997 47,232 58,229 10,565 38,426 48,991
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Season Tickets .. ..156 .. ..162

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. .. 6,173 6,070
Horses .. .. 457 298
Carriages .. .. 15 16
Dogs .. .. 511 498
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. .. 7,156 6,822

GOODS,— No. No.
Drays .. .. 8 8
Cattle .. .. 739 1,020
Calves .. .. 72 32
Sheep .. ..16,955 17,667
Pigs .. .. 462 395
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. ..18,236 19,122

          Tons.              Tons.

Chaff, Lime, &c. .. .. 826 246
Wool .. .. 203 144
Firewood .. .. 3,440 2,876
Timber .. .. 3,764 3,804
Grain .. .. 3,058 2,724
Merchandise .. .. 4,511 4,833
Minerals .. .. 2,302 2,252
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. ..18,104 16,879

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. ..6,258 7 0 6,128 4 2
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 1,001 8 1 953 5 8
Goods .. ..7,222 8 10 7,791 17 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 215 19 2 221 19 4
Rents and Commission 93 9 9 173 13 0
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. ..£14,791 12 10 £15,268 19 2

WELLINGTON SECTION.
1897. 1896.
PASSANGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 817 6,308 7,125 750 6,314 7,064
2nd Class 4,127 23,350 27,477 3,674 20,260 23,934
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total 4,944 29,658 34,602 4,424 26,574 30,998
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Season Tickets .. ..696 .. ..583

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. .. 5,522 5,073
Horses .. .. 66 18
Carriages .. .. 1 4
Dogs .. .. 275 218
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. .. 5,864 5,313

GOODS,— No. No.
Drays .. .. 2 3
Cattle .. .. 221 123
Calves .. .. 38 25
Sheep .. ..19,761 12,012
Pigs .. .. 160 100
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. ..20,182 12,263

          Tons.              Tons.

Chaff, Lime, &c. .. .. 348 312
Wool .. .. 39 41
Firewood .. .. 702 534
Timber .. .. 2,671 1,382
Grain .. .. 497 345
Merchandise .. .. 1,609 1,486
Minerals .. .. 1,439 1,014
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. .. 7,305 5,114

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. ..2,796 0 5 2,485 7 3
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 451 9 4 390 17 6
Goods .. ..4,325 10 5 2,976 4 8
Miscellaneous .. .. 27 1 0 21 2 6
Rents and Commission 60 9 2 53 0 3
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. ..£7,660 10 4 £5,926 12 2

HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION.
1897. 1896.
PASSANGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 3,887 25,528 29,415 4,285 24,662 28,947
2nd Class 19,914 109,334 129,248 18,620 93,782 112,402
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total 23,801 134,862 158,663 22,905 118,444 141,349
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Season Tickets .. ..1,618 .. ..1,466

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. ..22,179 21,043
Horses .. .. 598 348
Carriages .. .. 37 34
Dogs .. .. 1,141 1,029
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. ..23,955 22,454

GOODS,— No. No.
Drays .. .. 42 30
Cattle .. .. 1,306 768
Calves .. .. 56 92
Sheep .. ..124,984 109,384
Pigs .. .. 4,001 6,865
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. ..130,389 117,139

          Tons.              Tons.

Chaff, Lime, &c. .. .. 4,440 5,112
Wool .. .. 2,191 2,460
Firewood .. .. 2,370 2,664
Timber .. .. 8,965 7,006
Grain .. ..49,654 47,392
Merchandise .. ..26,081 19,661
Minerals .. ..31,788 33,162
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. ..125,489 117,457

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. ..16,119 10 0 15,254 17 2
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 2,817 0 9 2,414 8 1
Goods .. ..44,754 1 1 40,548 4 10
Miscellaneous .. .. 1,006 19 6 1,109 19 10
Rents and Commission 405 16 10 818 18 6
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. ..£65,103 8 2 £60,146 8 5

GREYMOUTH-BRUNNER SECTION.
1897. 1896.
PASSANGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
1st Class 95 380 475 103 296 399
2nd Class 747 4,652 5,399 837 3,986 4,823
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total 842 5,032 5,874 940 4,282 5,222
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Season Tickets .. .. 14 .. 18

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. .. 508 499
Horses .. .. 2 ..
Carriages .. .. 1 3
Dogs .. .. 29 31
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. .. 540 533

GOODS,— No. No.
Drays .. .. 3 1
Cattle .. .. 221 123
Calves .. .. 38 25
Sheep .. ..19,761 12,012
Pigs .. .. 160 100
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. .. 108 418

          Tons.              Tons.

Chaff, Lime, &c. .. .. 60 48
Wool .. .. .. 3
Firewood .. .. 184 66
Timber .. .. 1,802 1,135
Grain .. .. 186 162
Merchandise .. .. 373 389
Minerals .. .. 8,950 14,068
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. .. 11,555 15,871

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 181 2 3 174 15 8
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 20 4 9 24 3 11
Goods .. ..1,446 19 4 1,704 18 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 151 15 2 214 15 3
Rents and Commission 4 8 0 2 14 0
————— ————— —————— ————— ————— ——————
Total .. ..£1,804 9 6 £2,121 7 3



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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for Four Weeks Ending 29 May 1897 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
29 May 1897
Railways, Traffic, Statistics, Passengers, Freight, Revenue, Napier, Taranaki, Wellington, Hurunui, Bluff, Greymouth, Brunner