Sept. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2837

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 19th August, 1911, and for the corresponding period, 1910:—

WHANGAREI-KAWAKAWA SECTION.

1911.                  1910.

      Passengers,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      1st Class 1,107 570 1,677 907 448 1,355
      2nd Class 3,279 3,384 6,663 2,909 2,638 5,547
      Total 4,386 3,954 8,340 3,816 3,086 6,902

Season Tickets 8 31

Parcels, etc.,— No. No.
Parcels 145 221
Horses 8 11
Carriages 2 1
Dogs 23 30
Total 178 263

Goods,— No. No.
Drays 3 1
Cattle 50 24
Calves .. ..
Sheep 102 ..
Pigs .. ..
Total 155 25

Chaff, Lime, &c. Tons. Tons.
Wool 30 60
Firewood .. ..
Timber 150 180
Grain 397 604
Merchandise 510 390
Minerals 568 465
8,621 9,844
Total 10,216 11,543

Revenue,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 515 10 9 322 10 7
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 66 2 6 48 19 9
Goods 1,554 17 11 1,693 7 1
Miscellaneous 32 17 4 165 16 5
Rents and Commission 25 18 8 21 4 5
Total £2,195 7 2 £2,251 18 3

KAIHU SECTION.

1911.                  1910.

      Passengers,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      1st Class 27 52 79 11 46 57
      2nd Class 672 710 1,382 1,123 826 1,949
      Total 699 762 1,461 1,134 872 2,006

Season Tickets 0 0

Parcels, etc.,— No. No.
Parcels 156 174
Horses 2 2
Carriages 1 1
Dogs 14 12
Total 173 189

Goods,— No. No.
Drays 6 1
Cattle 8 4
Calves .. ..
Sheep .. ..
Pigs .. ..
Total 14 5

Chaff, Lime, &c. Tons. Tons.
Wool .. 6
Firewood 18 18
Timber 440 91
Grain 64 64
Merchandise 120 165
Minerals .. 6
Total 642 350

Revenue,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 80 9 3 93 10 1
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 21 11 3 22 15 11
Goods 162 11 8 102 14 7
Miscellaneous 3 5 6 0 2 10
Rents and Commission 4 18 6 4 11 8
Total £272 16 2 £223 15 1

GISBORNE SECTION.

1911.                  1910.

      Passengers,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      1st Class 360 381 741 367 344 711
      2nd Class 2,256 1,492 3,748 2,173 1,522 3,695
      Total 2,616 1,873 4,489 2,540 1,866 4,406

Season Tickets 25 9

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

1911.                  1910.

      Parcels, etc.,— No. No.
      Parcels 260 176
      Horses 2 3
      Carriages .. 1
      Dogs 45 16
      Total 307 196

Goods,— No. No.
Drays .. 3
Cattle 14 13
Calves .. ..
Sheep 131 73
Pigs 34 12
Total 179 101

Chaff, Lime, &c. Tons. Tons.
Wool 54 96
Firewood 6 7
Timber 30 18
Grain 265 149
Merchandise 269 291
Minerals 255 145
547 1,204
Total 1,426 1,910

Revenue,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 348 4 3 316 17 8
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 62 15 0 40 4 4
Goods 331 19 11 378 10 4
Miscellaneous 30 7 3 237 8 9
Rents and Commission 38 6 3 44 7 6
Total £861 12 8 £1,017 8 7

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1911.                  1910.

      Passengers,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      1st Class 18,120 37,292 55,402 16,491 36,152 52,643
      2nd Class 106,711 215,956 322,667 102,799 218,146 320,945
      Total 124,831 253,238 378,069 119,290 254,298 373,588

Season Tickets 10,873 10,064

Parcels, etc.,— No. No.
Parcels 33,923 30,562
Horses 507 541
Carriages 80 75
Dogs 2,334 2,227
Total 36,844 33,405

Goods,— No. No.
Drays 97 103
Cattle 10,637 10,164
Calves 1,344 814
Sheep 77,755 72,962
Pigs 1,241 1,291
Total 91,074 85,334

Chaff, Lime, &c. Tons. Tons.
Wool 4,892 5,022
Firewood 292 286
Timber 5,550 4,570
Grain 24,140 18,636
Merchandise 17,945 18,060
Minerals 20,056 18,241
50,758 49,440
Total 123,633 114,315

Revenue,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 49,548 3 9 46,839 7 8
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 8,045 7 3 7,452 3 2
Goods 64,634 3 8 57,743 16 10
Miscellaneous 1,103 13 3 1,028 5 7
Rents and Commission 2,610 11 3 1,865 18 10
Total £125,941 19 2 £114,929 12 1

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1911.                  1910.

      Passengers,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      1st Class 11,786 43,756 55,542 11,636 40,532 52,228
      2nd Class 55,846 190,052 245,898 55,629 167,994 223,623
      Total 67,632 233,808 301,440 67,325 208,526 275,851

Season Tickets 5,679 5,340

Parcels, etc.,— No. No.
Parcels 35,692 35,299
Horses 621 526
Carriages 93 91
Dogs 1,348 1,261
Total 37,754 37,177