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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 132

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 21st July, 1917, and for the corresponding period 1916:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 1,954 1,573
2nd Class .. .. 11,788 11,260
Total .. .. 13,742 12,833

Season Tickets .. .. 45 273

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 172 588
Calves .. .. 20 33
Sheep .. .. 415 1,831
Pigs .. .. .. ..
Total .. .. 607 2,452

Timber .. .. 3,786 2,700
Minerals .. .. 4,736 8,820
Other Goods .. .. 1,958 1,271
Total .. .. 10,480 12,791

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £999 4 11 £916 17 7
Parcels .. .. 120 15 1 114 14 3
Goods .. .. 2,164 14 1 2,512 0 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 146 3 3 75 9 9
Rents and Commission 175 17 3 149 3 10
Total .. .. £3,606 14 7 £3,768 5 10

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 136 142
2nd Class .. .. 1,645 1,747
Total .. .. 1,781 1,889

Season Tickets .. .. .. 10

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. .. ..
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. .. ..
Total .. .. .. ..

Timber .. .. 1,798 1,194
Minerals .. .. .. ..
Other Goods .. .. 165 191
Total .. .. 1,963 1,385

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £107 3 8 £117 7 2
Parcels .. .. 24 7 0 29 11 7
Goods .. .. 340 4 0 258 7 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 10 4 2 4 9 0
Rents and Commission 28 9 0 24 13 0
Total .. .. £510 7 10 £434 8 2

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 834 816
2nd Class .. .. 4,787 4,853
Total .. .. 5,621 5,699

Season Tickets .. .. 18 42

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 43 50
Calves .. .. 28 5
Sheep .. .. 2,792 5,175
Pigs .. .. .. 28
Total .. .. 2,863 5,258

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

GOODS—continued.
Timber .. .. 609 804
Minerals .. .. 3,046 2,726
Other Goods .. .. 1,132 1,191
Total .. .. 4,787 4,721

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £549 8 10 £574 0 2
Parcels .. .. 77 3 8 83 13 6
Goods .. .. 1,145 9 0 1,212 6 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 47 19 0 30 15 8
Rents and Commission 93 9 6 92 18 10
Total .. .. £1,913 10 0 £1,993 14 6

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 55,512 76,909
2nd Class .. .. 420,400 514,515
Total .. .. 475,912 591,424

Season Tickets .. .. 14,184 18,927

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 13,623 15,786
Calves .. .. 1,069 2,496
Sheep .. .. 134,425 88,436
Pigs .. .. 2,307 2,693
Total .. .. 151,424 109,411

Timber .. .. 17,799 20,519
Minerals .. .. 58,041 58,857
Other Goods .. .. 60,405 63,781
Total .. .. 136,245 143,157

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £76,392 19 11 £84,308 10 5
Parcels .. .. 10,275 17 3 8,017 1 3
Goods .. .. 85,158 8 8 85,437 15 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,108 14 6 2,894 7 1
Rents and Commission 4,430 19 11 4,539 1 0
Total .. .. £178,367 0 3 £185,196 15 8

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 42,456 46,018
2nd Class .. .. 207,877 235,773
Total .. .. 250,333 281,791

Season Tickets .. .. 7,594 10,567

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 6,194 7,025
Calves .. .. 396 449
Sheep .. .. 140,488 199,593
Pigs .. .. 1,641 1,806
Total .. .. 148,719 208,873

Timber .. .. 8,101 12,575
Minerals .. .. 61,781 62,644
Other Goods .. .. 79,291 122,029
Total .. .. 149,173 197,248

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £33,384 0 1 £35,060 13 1
Parcels .. .. 5,596 14 4 5,692 4 10
Goods .. .. 57,800 0 10 74,336 17 6
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,420 8 0 2,898 19 1
Rents and Commission 3,551 7 4 4,147 7 9
Total .. .. £102,752 10 7 £122,136 2 3