Jan. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 33

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 9th December, 1905, and for the corresponding period, 1904.

KAWAKAWA SECTION.

1905.                  1904.

      PASSANGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      1st Class 49 26 75 41 22 63
      2nd Class 158 276 434 175 252 427

Total 207 302 509 216 274 490

Season Tickets .. .. 4 .. .. 6

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. .. 18 .. .. 19
Horses .. .. 4 .. .. 6
Carriages .. .. 1 .. .. ..
Dogs .. .. .. .. .. 1

Total .. .. 23 .. .. 26

Goods,— No. No.
Drays .. .. .. .. .. ..
Cattle .. .. 8 .. .. 8
Calves .. .. .. .. .. 5
Sheep .. .. 427 .. .. 244
Pigs .. .. .. .. .. ..

Total .. .. 435 .. .. 257

          Tons.          Tons.

Chaff, Lime, &c. .. .. 138 .. .. 42
Wool .. .. 23 .. .. 23
Firewood .. .. .. .. .. ..
Timber .. .. 15 .. .. 16
Grain .. .. 91 .. .. 113
Merchandise .. .. 147 .. .. 174
Minerals .. .. .. .. .. 191

Total .. .. 414 .. .. 559

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 27 18 8 28 13 5
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 6 14 4 6 4 9
Goods .. 103 7 1 130 8 7
Miscellaneous .. 1 11 11 1 2 0
Rents and Commission 1 12 0 3 3 0

Total .. £141 4 0 £169 11 9

WHANGAREI SECTION.

1905.                  1904.

      PASSANGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      1st Class 739 646 1,385 619 442 1,061
      2nd Class 2,069 2,644 4,713 1,807 2,358 4,165

Total 2,808 3,290 6,098 2,426 2,800 5,226

Season Tickets .. .. 14 .. .. 4

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. .. 202 .. .. 200
Horses .. .. 4 .. .. ..
Carriages .. .. .. .. .. 1
Dogs .. .. 3 .. .. 6

Total .. .. 209 .. .. 207

Goods,— No. No.
Drays .. .. 6 .. .. ..
Cattle .. .. 19 .. .. 17
Calves .. .. 2 .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 39 .. .. 1
Pigs .. .. 14 .. .. ..

Total .. .. 80 .. .. 18

          Tons.          Tons.

Chaff, Lime, &c. .. .. 78 .. .. 36
Wool .. .. .. .. .. ..
Firewood .. .. 78 .. .. 72
Timber .. .. 1,870 .. .. 2,773
Grain .. .. 234 .. .. 143
Merchandise .. .. 253 .. .. 310
Minerals .. .. 6,882 .. .. 6,336

Total .. .. 9,395 .. .. 9,670

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 272 9 7 234 10 11
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 24 11 0 17 11 4
Goods .. 1,540 7 5 1,702 1 8
Miscellaneous .. 18 3 3 13 17 3
Rents and Commission 13 7 2 12 1 3

Total .. £1,868 18 5 £1,980 2 5

KAIHU SECTION.

1905.                  1904.

      PASSANGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      1st Class 20 118 138 37 118 155
      2nd Class 709 734 1,443 867 1,020 1,887

Total 729 852 1,581 904 1,138 2,042

Season Tickets .. .. 0 .. .. 4

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. .. 134 .. .. 162
Horses .. .. 8 .. .. 12
Carriages .. .. .. .. .. ..
Dogs .. .. 5 .. .. 9

Total .. .. 142 .. .. 193

Goods,— No. No.
Drays .. .. 2 .. .. 8
Cattle .. .. .. .. .. ..
Calves .. .. .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. .. .. .. ..

Total .. .. 2 .. .. 8

          Tons.          Tons.

Chaff, Lime, &c. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Wool .. .. .. .. .. ..
Firewood .. .. 36 .. .. 24
Timber .. .. 2,077 .. .. 2,200
Grain .. .. 46 .. .. 31
Merchandise .. .. 128 .. .. 137
Minerals .. .. 4 .. .. 4

Total .. .. 2,291 .. .. 2,396

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 79 15 8 97 11 7
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 13 18 0 16 9 2
Goods .. 461 0 2 484 12 7
Miscellaneous .. 13 2 8 20 13 3
Rents and Commission 1 6 0 1 6 0

Total .. £569 2 6 £620 12 7

AUCKLAND SECTION.

1905.                  1904.

      PASSANGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      1st Class 3,998 4,508 8,506 3,681 3,946 7,627
      2nd Class 29,372 59,192 88,564 26,025 42,482 68,507

Total 33,370 63,700 97,070 29,706 46,428 76,134

Season Tickets .. .. 2,370 .. .. 2,299

PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
Parcels .. .. 10,101 .. .. 8,423
Horses .. .. 179 .. .. 145
Carriages .. .. 12 .. .. 11
Dogs .. .. 227 .. .. 224

Total .. .. 10,519 .. .. 8,803

Goods,— No. No.
Drays .. .. 29 .. .. 37
Cattle .. .. 2,421 .. .. 2,780
Calves .. .. 420 .. .. 86
Sheep .. .. 8,858 .. .. 7,837
Pigs .. .. 246 .. .. 120

Total .. .. 11,974 .. .. 10,860

          Tons.          Tons.

Chaff, Lime, &c. .. .. 1,608 .. .. 828
Wool .. .. 561 .. .. 416
Firewood .. .. 630 .. .. 690
Timber .. .. 4,955 .. .. 2,992
Grain .. .. 5,331 .. .. 4,387
Merchandise .. .. 4,875 .. .. 5,142
Minerals .. .. 16,971 .. .. 15,077

Total .. .. 34,931 .. .. 29,532

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 8,245 16 3 7,021 2 2
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 1,802 15 1 1,562 0 0
Goods .. 16,405 16 2 13,553 13 7
Miscellaneous .. 332 5 10 141 16 6
Rents and Commission 226 19 9 197 14 0

Total .. £27,013 13 1 £22,476 6 3