Oct. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3311

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 16th September, 1916, and for the corresponding period 1915:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. .. 1,983 1,777
2nd Class .. .. .. 11,535 11,564
Total .. .. .. 13,518 13,341
Season Tickets .. .. 97 139

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
959 8 7 864 4 1
Parcels, Luggage, and Mails .. 124 7 3 121 8 8
Goods .. 3,614 15 8 2,417 15 7
Miscellaneous .. 83 7 9 52 18 11
Rents and Commission 85 13 10 70 0 7
Total .. £4,867 13 1 £3,526 7 10

Goods,—
Drays .. .. .. 2 ..
Cattle .. .. .. 411 240
Calves .. .. .. 16 8
Sheep .. .. .. 154 106
Pigs .. .. .. .. 19
Total .. .. 583 373

Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c... 138 264
Wool .. .. .. .. ..
Firewood .. .. 210 138
Timber .. .. 6,004 3,302
Grain .. .. 503 897
Merchandise .. 575 675
Minerals .. .. 9,77 9,029
Total .. .. 17,201 13,805

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. .. 148 130
2nd Class .. .. .. 1,875 2,212
Total .. .. .. 2,023 2,342
Season Tickets .. .. 3 ..

REVENUE.—
Passengers .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
145 9 7 133 14 1
Parcels, Luggage, and Mails .. 30 15 0 28 5 2
Goods .. 251 7 4 126 10 11
Miscellaneous .. 1 5 7 13 4 9
Rents and Commission 9 13 4 9 11 6
Total .. £438 10 10 £311 6 5

Goods,—
Drays .. .. .. 1 3
Cattle .. .. .. 2 ..
Caves .. .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. .. .. ..
Total .. .. 3 3

Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c... .. 36
Wool .. .. .. .. ..
Firewood .. .. 18 ..
Timber .. .. 1,070 191
Grain .. .. 71 110
Merchandise .. 92 145
Minerals .. .. 10 ..
Total .. .. 1,261 482

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. .. 1,030 1,130
2nd Class .. .. .. 5,173 4,795
Total .. .. .. 6,204 5,925
Season Tickets .. .. 7 15

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
609 11 0 577 13 8
Parcels, Luggage, and Mails .. 96 10 2 90 9 6
Goods .. 1,157 7 3 1,032 0 2
Miscellaneous .. 57 18 1 36 1 0
Rents and Commission 64 0 0 53 19 5
Total .. £1,985 6 6 £1,790 3 9

Goods,—
Drays .. .. .. 2 ..
Cattle .. .. .. 39 99
Calves .. .. .. 1 ..
Sheep .. .. .. 251 1,465
Pigs .. .. .. 1 26
Total .. .. 294 1,590

Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c... 66 144
Wool .. .. .. .. 2
Firewood .. .. 324 78
Timber .. .. 847 1,152
Grain .. .. 314 367
Merchandise .. 512 268
Minerals .. .. 3,314 2,474
Total .. .. 5,377 4,485

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. .. 66,624 64,944
2nd Class .. .. .. 513,092 519,673
Total .. .. .. 579,716 584,617
Season Tickets .. .. 15,883 15,566

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
78,090 11 3 73,624 13 5
Parcels, Luggage, and Mails .. 10,442 11 9 9,846 7 9
Goods .. 85,837 0 7 81,222 7 9
Miscellaneous .. 2,620 12 2 2,085 10 1
Rents and Commission 2,702 12 0 2,236 11 7
Total .. £179,693 7 9 £169,015 10 7

Goods,—
Drays .. .. .. 154 167
Cattle .. .. .. 14,234 17,573
Calves .. .. .. 1,498 2,401
Sheep .. .. .. 46,555 49,881
Pigs .. .. .. 2,677 2,571
Total .. .. 65,118 72,593

Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c... 8,376 4,066
Wool .. .. .. 240 368
Firewood .. .. 4,302 4,618
Timber .. .. 19,640 23,230
Grain .. .. 23,594 28,304
Merchandise .. 32,124 28,393
Minerals .. .. 63,391 63,825
Total .. .. 151,667 152,804