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Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 4th January, 1908, and for the corresponding period, 1907.

KAWAKAWA SECTION.

1908. S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      Passengers,
      1st Class 82 6 88 41
      2nd Class 485 534 1,019 440
      Total 567 540 1,107 481
      Season Tickets .. .. 5 .. .. 0
      Parcels, Etc.,—
      No.
      Parcels .. .. 4 41
      Horses .. .. 5 2
      Carriages .. .. 2 1
      Dogs .. .. 6 8
      Total .. .. 17 52
      Goods,—
      No.
      Drays .. ..
      Cattle .. ..
      Calves .. ..
      Sheep .. ..
      Pigs .. ..
      Total .. .. ..
      Chaff, Lime, &c. .. 24 6
      Wool .. .. .. 10
      Firewood .. .. 12 ..
      Timber .. .. 4 124
      Grain .. .. 48 113
      Merchandise .. 129 130
      Minerals .. 57 287
      Total .. .. 274 670
      Revenue,—
      £ s. d. £ s. d.
      Passengers .. 54 17 2 39 3 4
      Parcels, Luggage & Mails 10 12 10 6 11 8
      Goods .. .. 72 9 5 174 15 1
      Miscellaneous .. 2 14 3 0 7 2
      Rents and Commission 1 14 0 1 14 0
      Total .. .. £142 7 8 £222 11 3

WHANGAREI SECTION.

1908. 1907. Passengers, S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
            1st Class 1,104 854 1,958 740 1,133 1,873
            2nd Class 2,766 5,032 7,798 5,528 8,284
            Total 3,870 5,886 9,756 6,268 10,157
            Season Tickets .. .. 8 .. .. 4
            Parcels, Etc.,— No. No.
            Parcels .. .. 211 230
            Horses .. .. .. 1
            Carriages .. .. 1 ..
            Dogs .. .. 15 9
            Total .. .. 227 240
            Goods,—
            No. No.
            Drays .. .. .. 1
            Cattle .. .. 9 6
            Calves .. .. .. ..
            Sheep .. .. .. ..
            Pigs .. .. 20 ..
            Total .. .. 29 7
            Tons. Tons.
            Chaff, Lime, &c. .. 48 162
            Wool .. .. .. ..
            Firewood .. .. 96 60
            Timber .. .. 4,673 2,648
            Grain .. .. 119 200
            Merchandise .. 277 317
            Minerals .. 7,090 6,886
            Total .. .. 12,303 10,273
            Revenue,—
            £ s. d. £ s. d.
            Passengers .. 378 15 0 376 7 5
            Parcels, Luggage, and Mails 37 14 3 26 17 5
            Goods .. .. 2,075 12 5 1,647 5 10
            Miscellaneous .. 32 5 3 32 13 8
            Rents and Commission 31 12 7 24 1 2
            Total .. .. £2,555 19 6 £2,107 5 6

KAIHU SECTION.

1908. 1907. Passengers, S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
            1st Class 78 164 242 74 278 352
            2nd Class 1,481 2,358 3,839 1,603 2,062 3,665
            Total 1,559 2,522 4,081 1,677 2,340 4,017
            Season Tickets .. .. 2 .. .. 0
            Parcels, Etc.,— No. No.
            Parcels .. .. 211 166
            Horses .. .. 7 14
            Carriages .. .. .. 1
            Dogs .. .. 8 13
            Total .. .. 226 194
            Goods,— No. No.
            Drays .. .. .. ..
            Cattle .. .. .. ..
            Calves .. .. .. ..
            Sheep .. .. .. ..
            Pigs .. .. .. ..
            Total .. .. .. 2
            Chaff, Lime, &c. .. .. .. ..
            Wool .. .. 6 5
            Firewood .. .. 60 228
            Timber .. .. 961 725
            Grain .. .. 39 53
            Merchandise .. 113 155
            Minerals .. .. .. ..
            Total .. .. 1,179 1,166
            Revenue,—
            £ s. d. £ s. d.
            Passengers .. 186 8 5 183 11 3
            Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 25 19 5 24 6 5
            Goods .. .. 242 14 2 220 7 9
            Miscellaneous .. 0 7 10 4 6 2
            Rents and Commission 21 16 4 19 6 0
            Total .. .. £477 6 2 £451 17 7

AUCKLAND SECTION.

1908. 1907. Passengers, S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
            1st Class 5,520 10,486 16,006 4,882 7,948 12,830
            2nd Class 37,229 145,970 183,199 34,262 126,944 161,206
            Total 42,749 156,456 199,205 39,144 134,892 174,036
            Season Tickets .. 2,822 .. 2,535
            Parcels, Etc.,— No. No.
            Parcels .. 11,156 11,873
            Horses .. 146 176
            Carriages .. 12 7
            Dogs 491 446
            Total .. 11,805 12,502
            Goods,— No. No.
            Drays .. 50 50
            Cattle .. 2,279 2,528
            Calves .. 284 141
            Sheep .. 9,760 13,871
            Pigs .. 388 6
            Total .. 12,761 16,596
            Tons. Tons.
            Chaff, Lime, &c. 1,032 1,416
            Wool .. 413 349
            Firewood .. 846 546
            Timber .. 6,267 3,687
            Grain .. 5,829 7,574
            Merchandise .. 5,934 5,895
            Minerals .. 18,577 17,535
            Total .. 38,898 37,002
            Revenue,—
            £ s. d. £ s. d.
            Passengers .. 16,943 5 2 15,043 10 9
            Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 2,450 0 8 2,194 13 2
            Goods .. .. 18,057 12 5 16,924 13 1
            Miscellaneous .. 376 16 9 81 11 0
            Rents and Commission 659 16 10 632 8 11
            Total .. .. £38,487 11 10 £34,876 16 11