JULY 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2535

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 24th June, 1916, and for the corresponding period 1915:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS.—
1st Class .. .. .. 1,721 1,633
2nd Class .. .. .. 12,281 10,747
———— ————
Total .. .. .. 14,002 12,380

Season Tickets .. .. 116 91

REVENUE.—
Passengers .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1,065 9 3 964 4 3
Parcels, Luggage, and
Mails .. 119 2 6 114 4 7
Goods .. 2,921 11 10 2,214 7 6
Miscellaneous.. 67 10 9 32 12 4
Rents and Commission 68 13 7 68 9 8
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Total .. £4,242 7 11 £3,393 18 4

GOODS,—
Drays .. .. 1 1
Cattle .. .. 111 99
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 861 ..
Pigs .. .. 16 ..
———— ————
Total .. .. 988 100

Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c... .. 114 96
Wool .. .. .. ..
Firewood .. .. 126 126
Timber .. .. 4,143 2,747
Grain .. .. 415 328
Merchandise .. .. 728 636
Minerals .. .. 8,076 8,376
———————— ————————
Total .. .. 13,602 12,309

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS.—
1st Class .. .. .. 158 151
2nd Class .. .. .. 1,748 1,958
———— ————
Total .. .. .. 1,906 2,109

Season Tickets .. .. 3 ..

REVENUE.—
Passengers .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
147 1 10 131 3 5
Parcels, Luggage, and
Mails .. 26 12 8 29 12 6
Goods .. 265 7 1 181 9 5
Miscellaneous.. 11 17 2 10 2 2
Rents and Commission 7 4 0 7 19 6
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Total .. £458 2 9 £361 7 0

GOODS,—
Drays .. .. 1 2
Cattle .. .. 5 11
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. 65
Pigs .. .. .. ..
———— ————
Total .. .. 6 78

Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c... .. 12 ..
Wool .. .. .. ..
Firewood .. .. 12 12
Timber .. .. 1,142 560
Grain .. .. 57 49
Merchandise .. .. 110 108
Minerals .. .. 4 60
———————— ————————
Total .. .. 1,337 789

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS.—
1st Class .. .. .. 948 1,138
2nd Class .. .. .. 7,215 4,921
———— ————
Total .. .. .. 8,163 6,059

Season Tickets.. .. 33 6

REVENUE.—
Passengers .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
699 5 1 608 9 9
Parcels, Luggage, and
Mails .. 89 2 1 85 14 10
Goods .. 1,162 18 10 788 2 11
Miscellaneous.. 28 0 7 89 7 1
Rents and Commission 56 0 5 55 6 0
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Total .. £2,035 7 0 £1,577 0 7

GOODS,—
Drays .. .. .. 2
Cattle .. .. 91 63
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 5,518 4,573
Pigs .. .. 12 7
———— ————
Total .. .. 5,621 4,645

Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c... .. 138 42
Wool .. .. 69 43
Firewood .. .. 228 246
Timber .. .. 750 528
Grain .. .. 243 262
Merchandise .. .. 610 240
Minerals .. .. 2,542 1,656
———————— ————————
Total .. .. 4,580 3,017

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS.—
1st Class .. .. .. 68,478 70,266
2nd Class .. .. .. 581,867 578,970
———————— ————————
Total .. .. .. 650,345 649,236

Season Tickets .. .. 17,357 14,659

REVENUE.—
Passengers .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
90,869 10 5 71,769 6 4
Parcels, Luggage, and
Mails .. 11,866 13 7 9,382 12 1
Goods .. 91,935 12 8 71,349 13 0
Miscellaneous.. 3,054 1 7 1,571 19 9
Rents and Commission 2,471 14 11 2,133 0 3
———————— ————————
Total .. £200,197 13 2 £156,206 11 5

GOODS,—
Drays .. .. 122 153
Cattle .. .. 20,983 15,962
Calves .. .. 1,692 1,239
Sheep .. .. 122,331 149,912
Pigs .. .. 6,279 4,336
———————— ————————
Total .. .. 151,407 171,602

Tons.
Chaff, Lime, &c... .. 8,148 6,086
Wool .. .. 946 1,089
Firewood .. .. 4,476 4,846
Timber .. .. 20,460 21,278
Grain .. .. 26,952 19,132
Merchandise .. .. 27,428 20,872
Minerals .. .. 61,599 50,140
———————— ————————
Total .. .. 150,009 123,443

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