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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 128

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 14th October, 1916, and for the corresponding period 1915:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS, —
1st Class .. .. .. 1,977 2,025
2nd Class .. .. .. 11,397 12,087
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 13,374 14,112
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 245 105

REVENUE, —
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,033 3 7 956 5 6
Parcels, Luggage, and
Mails .. .. 144 17 3 155 15 2
Goods .. .. 2,549 6 6 2,445 16 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 32 14 1 65 14 8
Rents and Commission 134 5 9 135 17 *5
——— ———
Total .. .. £3,894 7 2 £3,759 9 2

Goods, —
1916. 1915.
No. No.
Drays .. .. .. 2 3
Cattle .. .. .. 294 334
Calves .. .. .. 76 ..
Sheep .. .. .. 449 1,647
Pigs .. .. .. .. ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 821 1,984
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c... .. 252 336
Wool .. .. .. .. ..
Firewood .. .. .. 234 120
Timber .. .. .. 2,218 2,737
Grain .. .. .. 394 393
Merchandise .. .. 677 636
Minerals .. .. 9,861 8,110
——— ———
Total .. .. 13,136 12,332

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS, —
1st Class .. .. .. 182 151
2nd Class .. .. .. 2,238 2,167
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 2,420 2,318
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 9 7

REVENUE, —
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 143 0 3 129 15 2
Parcels, Luggage, and
Mails .. .. 38 15 8 42 14 10
Goods .. .. 319 13 11 167 13 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 3 7 11 Cr. 8 8 9
Rents and Commission 26 4 9 30 19 0
——— ———
Total .. .. £531 2 6 £362 13 8

Goods, —
1916. 1915.
No. No.
Drays .. .. .. .. 2
Cattle .. .. .. 5 2
Caves .. .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. .. .. 30
——— ———
Total .. .. 5 34
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Tons. Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c... .. .. 60
Wool .. .. .. .. ..
Firewood .. .. .. 36 6
Timber .. .. .. 1,530 266
Grain .. .. .. 36 51
Merchandise .. .. 121 139
Minerals .. .. .. 161
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,723 683

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS, —
1st Class .. .. .. 846 894
2nd Class .. .. .. 4,557 4,750
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 5,403 5,644
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 20 3

REVENUE, —
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 538 16 3 546 17 8
Parcels, Luggage, and
Mails .. .. 94 8 7 • 103 0 0
Goods .. .. 1,220 13 4 1,363 12 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 20 15 5 45 4 10
Rents and Commission 105 7 2 98 14 10
——— ———
Total .. .. £1,980 0 9 £2,157 9 4

Goods, —
1916. 1915.
No. No.
Drays .. .. .. .. 6
Cattle .. .. .. 37 41
Calves .. .. .. .. 1
Sheep .. .. .. 518 398
Pigs .. .. .. 65 ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 620 446
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c... .. 90 54
Wool .. .. .. 1 18
Firewood .. .. .. 288 54
Timber .. .. .. 639 1,773
Grain .. .. .. 255 376
Merchandise .. .. 1,010 312
Minerals .. .. 2,442 2,202
——— ———
Total .. .. 4,725 4,789

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS, —
1st Class .. .. .. 67,111 64,413
2nd Class .. .. .. 492,549 515,108
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 559,660 579,521
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 19,461 14,716

REVENUE, —
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 77,105 4 9 79,954 15 4
Parcels, Luggage, and
Mails .. .. .11,121 11 5 11,074 12 8
Goods .. .. 90,075 13 5 90,775 9 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,684 8 3 2,546 5 7
Rents and Commission 6,343 5 7 5,795 19 1
——— ———
Total .. .. £187,330 3 5 £190,147 1 8

Goods, —
1916. 1915.
No. No.
Drays .. .. .. 144 242
Cattle .. .. .. 18,801 14,831
Calves .. .. .. 1,166 1,090
Sheep .. .. .. 48,263 49,865
Pigs .. .. .. 3,561 5,493
——— ———
Total .. .. 71,935 71,521
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c... .. 7,794 4,388
Wool .. .. .. 489 483
Firewood .. .. .. 4,434 4,112
Timber .. .. .. 21,041 24,776
Grain .. .. .. 27,289 28,436
Merchandise .. .. 29,135 31,803
Minerals .. .. 61,738 59,338
——— ———
Total .. .. 151,920 153,336