Sept. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3081

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 19th August, 1916, and for the corresponding period 1915:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. .. 1,589 1,661
2nd Class .. .. .. 10,712 10,910

Total .. .. .. 12,301 12,571

Season Tickets .. .. .. 112 177

REVENUE,—
Passengers £ s. d. £ s. d.
849 5 11 814 10 9
Parcels, Luggage, and
Mails 122 6 7 119 16 1
Goods 2,189 1 6 2,337 7 10
Miscellaneous 69 2 7 43 8 3
Rents and Commission 75 7 4 71 16 1

Total £3,305 3 11 £3,386 19 0

Goods,—
Drays .. .. .. 5 1
Cattle .. .. .. 533 392
Calves .. .. .. 80 3
Sheep .. .. .. 866 559
Pigs .. .. .. .. ..

Total .. .. .. 1,484 955

Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c.. .. .. .. 168 96
Wool .. .. .. .. ..
Firewood .. .. .. 102 156
Timber .. .. .. 2,355 3,113
Grain .. .. .. 350 455
Merchandise .. .. .. 539 636
Minerals .. .. .. 7,253 8,602

Total .. .. .. 10,767 13,058

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. .. 118 167
2nd Class .. .. .. 1,876 2,313

Total .. .. .. 1,994 2,480

Season Tickets .. .. .. .. 13

REVENUE,—
Passengers £ s. d. £ s. d.
112 10 6 157 6 2
Parcels, Luggage, and
Mails 24 18 10 27 10 1
Goods 242 18 4 169 0 4
Miscellaneous 2 15 5 1 3 10
Rents and Commission 6 0 0 5 16 0

Total £389 3 1 £360 16 5

Goods,—
Drays .. .. .. .. 1
Cattle .. .. .. .. ..
Calves .. .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. .. 231
Pigs .. .. .. .. ..

Total .. .. .. .. 292

Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c.. .. .. .. .. ..
Wool .. .. .. .. ..
Firewood .. .. .. 48 42
Timber .. .. .. 1,065 236
Grain .. .. .. 40 83
Merchandise .. .. .. 123 128
Minerals .. .. .. 19 171

Total .. .. .. 1,295 660

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. .. 836 1,076
2nd Class .. .. .. 4,722 4,787

Total .. .. .. 5,558 5,863

Season Tickets .. .. .. 19 18

REVENUE,—
Passengers £ s. d. £ s. d.
545 0 5 548 12 1
Parcels, Luggage, and
Mails 73 12 10 94 6 7
Goods 997 11 4 664 17 9
Miscellaneous 7 10 4 22 13 4
Rents and Commission 64 12 2 53 10 2

Total £1,688 7 1 £1,383 19 11

Goods,—
Drays .. .. .. 1 ..
Cattle .. .. .. 61 39
Calves .. .. .. 1 ..
Sheep .. .. .. 1,845 4,335
Pigs .. .. .. 71 48

Total .. .. .. 1,979 4,422

Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c.. .. .. .. 162 42
Wool .. .. .. 5 5
Firewood .. .. .. 312 108
Timber .. .. .. 808 590
Grain .. .. .. 169 262
Merchandise .. .. .. 454 189
Minerals .. .. .. 2,286 1,283

Total .. .. .. 4,196 2,499

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. .. 60,176 61,582
2nd Class .. .. .. 484,238 494,421

Total .. .. .. 544,414 556,003

Season Tickets .. .. .. 16,086 15,736

REVENUE,—
Passengers £ s. d. £ s. d.
76,116 2 5 67,203 16 0
Parcels, Luggage, and
Mails 9,915 6 7 9,156 3 7
Goods 82,118 14 0 81,230 14 0
Miscellaneous 2,529 5 8 2,103 1 4
Rents and Commission 2,902 1 0 2,506 4 5

Total £173,581 9 8 £162,199 19 4

Goods,—
Drays .. .. .. 169 189
Cattle .. .. .. 14,202 19,728
Calves .. .. .. 1,590 2,248
Sheep .. .. .. 59,535 89,219
Pigs .. .. .. 2,131 2,517

Total .. .. .. 77,627 113,901

Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c.. .. .. .. 6,084 6,260
Wool .. .. .. 686 541
Firewood .. .. .. 4,176 4,470
Timber .. .. .. 18,935 28,022
Grain .. .. .. 22,201 25,159
Merchandise .. .. .. 25,959 29,026
Minerals .. .. .. 66,215 57,089

Total .. .. .. 144,256 145,567