Oct. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2437

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 16th September, 1905, and for the corresponding period, 1904.

KAWAKAWA SECTION.

1905.              1904.

      S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      PASSENGERS,—
      1st Class 45 20 65 49 44 93
      2nd Class 290 304 594 236 312 548
      Total 335 324 659 285 356 641
      Season Tickets 2 6
      PARCELS, ETC.,—
      No. No.
      Parcels 17 40
      Horses 6 8
      Carriages .. 1
      Dogs 3 2
      Total 26 51
      Goods,—
      No. No.
      Drays .. ..
      Cattle .. 8
      Calves .. ..
      Sheep .. ..
      Pigs .. ..
      Total .. 8
      Tons. Tons.
      Chaff, Lime, &c. .. ..
      Wool .. ..
      Firewood .. ..
      Timber 17 30
      Grain 119 81
      Merchandise 104 137
      Minerals 159 174
      Total 399 422
      REVENUE,
      £ s. d. £ s. d.
      Passengers 36 18 2 42 0 6
      Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 6 15 5 4 13 2
      Goods 83 16 9 93 18 11
      Miscellaneous 1 2 11 1 14 1
      Rents and Commission 1 12 0 2 18 0
      Total £130 5 8 £145 4 8

WHANGAREI SECTION.

1905.              1904.

      S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      PASSENGERS,—
      1st Class 599 508 1,107 668 404 1,072
      2nd Class 1,819 2,194 4,013 1,973 1,916 3,889
      Total 2,418 2,702 5,120 2,641 2,320 4,961
      Season Tickets 10 7
      PARCELS, ETC.,—
      No. No.
      Parcels 133 112
      Horses 2 ..
      Carriages .. ..
      Dogs 13 8
      Total 148 120
      Goods,—
      No. No.
      Drays 1 1
      Cattle 11 15
      Calves .. ..
      Sheep 166 ..
      Pigs .. ..
      Total 12 182
      Tons. Tons.
      Chaff, Lime, &c. 78 60
      Wool .. ..
      Firewood 60 60
      Timber 2,609 1,517
      Grain 182 187
      Merchandise 215 383
      Minerals 6,858 5,765
      Total 10,002 7,972
      REVENUE,
      £ s. d. £ s. d.
      Passengers 243 7 11 243 0 1
      Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 18 2 11 4 14 6
      Goods 1,643 12 0 1,298 12 5
      Miscellaneous 23 11 1 10 9 6
      Rents and Commission 10 5 6 12 2 4
      Total £1,938 19 5 £1,568 18 10

KAIHU SECTION.

1905.              1904.

      PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      1st Class 33 224 257 45 128 173
      2nd Class 737 972 1,709 798 790 1,588
      Total 770 1,196 1,966 843 918 1,761
      Season Tickets 1 0
      PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
      Parcels .. .. 149 99
      Horses .. .. 3 1
      Carriages .. .. 1 ..
      Dogs .. .. 5 9
      Total .. .. 158 109
      Goods,— No. No.
      Drays .. .. .. 1
      Cattle .. .. .. ..
      Calves .. .. 163 ..
      Sheep .. .. .. ..
      Pigs .. .. .. ..
      Total .. .. 163 1
      Tons. Tons.
      Chaff, Lime, &c. .. .. .. ..
      Wool .. .. .. ..
      Firewood .. .. 36 18
      Timber .. .. 1,965 954
      Grain .. .. 40 66
      Merchandise .. .. 131 107
      Minerals .. .. 24 33
      Total .. .. 2,196 1,178
      REVENUE,
      £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
      Passengers 90 5 5 80 18 8
      Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 15 18 1 4 0 7
      Goods 448 16 10 248 15 8
      Miscellaneous 17 4 6 9 8 5
      Rents and Commission 4 6 0 2 2 0
      Total £576 10 10 £345 5 4

AUCKLAND SECTION.

1905.              1904.

      PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      1st Class 3,440 3,698 7,138 3,550 3,584 7,134
      2nd Class 28,688 36,626 65,314 27,362 35,658 63,020
      Total 32,128 40,324 72,452 30,912 39,242 70,154
      Season Tickets 2,158 2,108
      PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
      Parcels .. .. 7,353 6,519
      Horses .. .. 133 119
      Carriages .. .. 4 7
      Dogs .. .. 393 304
      Total .. .. 7,883 6,949
      Goods,— No. No.
      Drays .. .. 44 63
      Cattle .. .. 2,634 3,311
      Calves .. .. 268 417
      Sheep .. .. 7,177 12,524
      Pigs .. .. 78 247
      Total .. .. 10,201 16,562
      Tons. Tons.
      Chaff, Lime, &c. 1,450 1,416
      Wool 3 18
      Firewood 628 706
      Timber 3,534 2,904
      Grain 5,144 5,161
      Merchandise 3,747 3,819
      Minerals 17,203 15,239
      Total 31,709 29,258
      REVENUE,
      £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
      Passengers 7,276 1 0 6,865 1 1
      Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 1,277 0 0 1,039 19 7
      Goods 13,475 14 4 18,139 16 0
      Miscellaneous 109 9 3 104 11 9
      Rents and Commission 308 17 4 361 11 1
      Total £22,447 1 11 £21,510 19 6