Sept. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3645

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 18th August, 1917, and for the corresponding period 1916 :—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 1,722 1,589
2nd Class .. .. 10,727 10,712
———— ————
Total .. .. 12,449 12,301

Season Tickets .. .. 126 112

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 549 533
Calves .. .. .. 80
Sheep .. .. 31 866
Pigs .. .. .. ..
———— ————
Total .. .. 580 1,479

Tons.
Timber             ..    ..    1,235          2,355
Minerals ..         ..    ..    4,091          7,253
Other Goods         ..    ..    2,263          1,164
————               ————
Total              ..    ..    7,589          10,772

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 908 6 1 £ 849 5 11
Parcels .. .. 116 13 2 122 6 7
Goods .. .. 1,626 19 8 2,189 1 6
Miscellaneous .. .. 201 4 2 69 2 7
Rents and Commission 68 19 1 75 7 4
———— ————
Total .. .. £2,922 2 2 £3,305 3 11

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 105 118
2nd Class .. .. 1,838 1,876
———— ————
Total .. .. 1,943 1,994

Season Tickets .. .. .. ..

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

Tons.
Timber             ..    ..    1,447          1,065
Minerals ..         ..    ..    ..             19
Other Goods         ..    ..    187            211
————               ————
Total              ..    ..    1,634          1,295

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 109 1 2 £ 112 10 6
Parcels .. .. 22 18 1 24 18 10
Goods .. .. 290 18 4 242 18 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 3 1 9 2 15 5
Rents and Commission 9 0 0 6 0 0
———— ————
Total .. .. £434 19 4 £389 3 1

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 826 836
2nd Class .. .. 4,540 4,722
———— ————
Total .. .. 5,366 5,558

Season Tickets .. .. 15 19

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 72 61
Calves .. .. 1 1
Sheep .. .. 1,996 1,845
Pigs .. .. 22 71
———— ————
Total .. .. 2,091 1,978

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

GOODS—continued.
Timber .. .. 721 808
Minerals .. .. .. 2,006 2,286
Other Goods .. .. 1,128 1,103
———— ————
Total .. .. 3,855 4,197

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 539 19 11 £ 545 0 5
Parcels .. .. 83 9 9 73 12 10
Goods .. .. 1,091 16 11 997 11 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 53 6 4 7 10 4
Rents and Commission 62 7 8 64 12 2
———— ————
Total .. .. £1,831 0 7 £1,688 7 1

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 52,244 60,176
2nd Class .. .. 387,918 484,238
———— ————
Total .. .. 440,162 544,414

Season Tickets .. .. 15,503 16,086

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 12,903 14,202
Calves .. .. 1,350 1,590
Sheep .. .. 90,724 59,535
Pigs .. .. 2,407 2,131
———— ————
Total .. .. 107,384 77,458

Tons.
Timber             ..    ..    17,312         18,935
Minerals ..         ..    ..    61,537         66,215
Other Goods         ..    ..    58,133         59,275
————               ————
Total              ..    ..    136,982        144,425

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £71,322 15 4 £76,116 2 5
Parcels .. .. 9,341 8 8 9,915 6 7
Goods .. .. 82,285 11 9 82,118 14 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 1,843 3 11 2,529 5 8
Rents and Commission 3,192 3 8 2,902 1 0
———— ————
Total .. .. £167,985 3 4 £173,581 9 8

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 41,395 53,919
2nd Class .. .. 204,504 250,904
———— ————
Total .. .. 245,899 304,823

Season Tickets .. .. 8,217 9,042

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 5,345 5,731
Calves .. .. 517 1,208
Sheep .. .. 96,960 111,224
Pigs .. .. 1,456 1,374
———— ————
Total .. .. 104,278 119,537

Tons.
Timber             ..    ..    8,866          9,802
Minerals ..         ..    ..    57,628         53,903
Other Goods         ..    ..    82,275         84,446
————               ————
Total              ..    ..    148,769        148.151

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £33,796 11 5 £37,505 19 7
Parcels .. .. 5,707 16 0 5,757 9 8
Goods .. .. 57,619 12 5 58,260 2 7
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,140 14 8 1,988 3 1
Rents and Commission 2,356 13 6 2,324 11 7
———— ————
Total .. .. £101,621 8 0 £105,836 6 6