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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 3rd February, 1912, and for the corresponding period, 1911:—

WHANGAREI-KAWAKAWA SECTION.

1912.                  1911.

      S. R. Total. S. R. Total
      PASSENGERS,—
      1st Class 1,473 1,002 2,475 1,670 836 2,506
      2nd Class 5,911 7,734 13,645 4,925 4,670 9,595
      Total 7,384 8,736 16,120 6,595 5,506 12,101

Season Tickets .. .. 69 .. .. 22

PARCELS, ETC.,—
No. No.
Parcels .. .. 419 324
Horses .. .. 14 13
Carriages .. .. 3 1
Dogs .. .. 51 37
Total .. .. 487 375

Goods,—
No. No.
Drays .. .. 30 26
Cattle .. .. 1 ..
Calves .. .. 1,847 545
Sheep .. .. 105 93
Pigs .. .. .. ..
Total .. .. 1,983 604

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c. .. .. 6 28
Wool .. .. .. ..
Firewood .. .. 204 144
Timber .. .. 1,582 2,070
Grain .. .. 436 281
Merchandise .. .. 621 563
Minerals .. .. 8,824 8,903
Total .. .. 11,678 11,989

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,024 13 11 575 8 8
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 91 1 2 59 19 1
Goods .. .. 2,124 9 3 1,921 12 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 35 9 11 137 16 11
Rents and Commission 37 2 10 19 19 5
Total .. .. £3,312 17 1 £2,714 17 0

KAIHU SECTION.

1912.                  1911.

      S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      PASSENGERS,—
      1st Class 41 68 109 27 86 113
      2nd Class 810 984 1,794 639 708 1,347
      Total 851 1,052 1,903 666 794 1,460

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

PARCELS, ETC.,—
No. No.
Parcels .. .. 509 442
Horses .. .. 8 4
Carriages .. .. 6 ..
Dogs .. .. 15 16
Total .. .. 538 462

Goods,—
No. No.
Drays .. .. 1 ..
Cattle .. .. .. 2
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 3 469
Pigs .. .. .. ..
Total .. .. 4 471

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c. .. .. 12 ..
Wool .. .. 6 1
Firewood .. .. 36 36
Timber .. .. 518 200
Grain .. .. 42 52
Merchandise .. .. 131 132
Minerals .. .. 89 16
Total .. .. 834 437

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 125 5 2 82 2 0
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 40 1 8 29 18 3
Goods .. .. 196 16 4 116 19 9
Miscellaneous .. .. 4 5 11 0 4 6
Rents and Commission 5 0 0 4 11 8
Total .. .. £371 9 1 £233 16 2

GISBORNE SECTION.

1912.                  1911.

      PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      1st Class 501 474 975 436 350 786
      2nd Class 2,914 3,394 6,308 2,956 3,668 6,624
      Total 3,415 3,868 7,283 3,392 4,018 7,410

Season Tickets .. .. 5 .. .. 4

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

1912.                  1911.

      PARCELS, ETC.,— No. No.
      Parcels .. .. 567 462
      Horses .. .. 4 3
      Carriages .. .. 1 1
      Dogs .. .. 37 56
      Total .. .. 609 522

Goods,—
No. No.
Drays .. .. 13 3
Cattle .. .. 42 32
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 15,237 8,719
Pigs .. .. 77 37
Total .. .. 15,369 8,791

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c. .. .. .. 36
Wool .. .. 385 373
Firewood .. .. 96 66
Timber .. .. 306 288
Grain .. .. 364 304
Merchandise .. .. 419 307
Minerals .. .. 2,264 1,840
Total .. .. 3,774 3,214

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 509 11 6 492 17 4
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 63 19 5 55 0 10
Goods .. .. 903 18 6 769 8 1
Miscellaneous .. .. 57 2 7 30 1 8
Rents and Commission 37 17 6 36 4 6
Total .. .. £1,572 9 6 £1,383 12 5

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1912.                  1911.

      PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      1st Class 24,333 65,896 90,229 21,753 59,260 81,013
      2nd Class 131,601 356,818 488,419 115,890 315,196 431,086
      Total 155,934 422,714 578,648 137,643 374,456 512,099

Season Tickets .. .. 11,985 .. .. 11,102

PARCELS, ETC.,—
No. No.
Parcels .. .. 47,011 41,981
Horses .. .. 724 800
Carriages .. .. 107 95
Dogs .. .. 2,322 2,328
Total .. .. 50,164 45,204

Goods,—
No. No.
Drays .. .. 99 86
Cattle .. .. 7,715 7,918
Calves .. .. 1,962 2,234
Sheep .. .. 443,642 487,091
Pigs .. .. 12,929 13,800
Total .. .. 466,347 511,129

Tons. Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c. .. .. 4,020 3,646
Wool .. .. 8,208 4,779
Firewood .. .. 3,948 4,194
Timber .. .. 25,490 23,833
Grain .. .. 22,039 22,051
Merchandise .. .. 31,022 28,144
Minerals .. .. 40,650 38,934
Total .. .. 135,377 125,581

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 64,325 13 3 60,652 4 10
Parcels, Luggage, & Mails 8,475 19 4 8,225 8 8
Goods .. .. 88,620 12 3 81,084 2 8
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,200 17 6 1,544 12 8
Rents and Commission 2,028 4 11 2,213 10 10
Total .. .. £165,651 7 3 £153,719 19 8

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1912.                  1911.

      PASSENGERS,— S. R. Total. S. R. Total.
      1st Class 17,617 49,766 67,383 17,506 46,020 63,526
      2nd Class 77,415 262,018 339,433 74,472 241,214 315,686
      Total 95,032 311,784 406,816 91,978 287,234 379,212

Season Tickets .. .. 6,102 .. .. 6,264

PARCELS, ETC.,—
No. No.
Parcels .. .. 51,030 47,275
Horses .. .. 738 735
Carriages .. .. 94 91
Dogs .. .. 1,507 1,315
Total .. .. 53,369 49,416