Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3949

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 15th September, 1917, and for the corresponding period 1916:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 1,785 1,983
2nd Class .. .. 11,409 11,535
——— ———
Total .. .. 13,194 13,516

Season Tickets .. .. 201 97

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 224 411
Calves .. .. .. 16
Sheep .. .. 347 154
Pigs .. .. .. ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 571 581

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 4,794 6,004
Minerals .. .. 5,695 9,771
Other Goods .. .. 2,190 1,428
——— ———
Total .. .. 12,679 17,203

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 986 0 3 959 8 7
Parcels .. .. 124 9 5 124 7 3
Goods .. .. 2,567 18 8 3,614 15 8
Miscellaneous .. 158 14 6 83 7 9
Rents and Commission 78 13 7 85 13 10
——— ———
Total .. .. £3,915 16 5 £4,867 13 1

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 124 148
2nd Class .. .. 1,986 1,875
——— ———
Total .. .. 2,110 2,023

Season Tickets .. .. .. 3

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 2
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. .. ..
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 2

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,620 1,070
Minerals .. .. .. 10
Other Goods .. .. 300 182
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,920 1,262

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 116 14 10 145 9 7
Parcels .. .. 28 11 1 30 15 0
Goods .. .. 372 19 6 251 7 4
Miscellaneous .. 4 9 3 1 5 7
Rents and Commission 9 0 0 9 13 4
——— ———
Total .. .. £531 14 8 £438 10 10

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 797 1,031
2nd Class .. .. 4,456 5,173
——— ———
Total .. .. 5,253 6,204

Season Tickets .. .. 19 7

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 44 39
Calves .. .. .. 1
Sheep .. .. 1,049 251
Pigs .. .. 4 1
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,097 292

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

GOODS—continued.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 570 847
Minerals .. .. 2,468 3,314
Other Goods .. .. 1,774 1,218
——— ———
Total .. .. 4,812 5,379

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 539 11 3 609 11 0
Parcels .. .. 79 9 2 96 10 2
Goods .. .. 1,235 12 9 1,157 7 3
Miscellaneous .. 54 13 4 57 18 1
Rents and Commission 68 14 5 64 0 0
——— ———
Total .. .. £1,978 0 11 £1,985 6 6

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 54,406 66,624
2nd Class .. .. 403,002 513,092
——— ———
Total .. .. 457,408 579,716

Season Tickets .. .. 15,751 15,883

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 15,458 14,234
Calves .. .. 2,064 1,498
Sheep .. .. 68,201 46,555
Pigs .. .. 2,656 2,677
——— ———
Total .. .. 88,379 64,964

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 17,878 19,640
Minerals .. .. 64,165 63,391
Other Goods .. .. 64,990 68,790
——— ———
Total .. .. 147,033 151,821

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 75,669 14 8 78,090 11 3
Parcels .. .. 10,302 4 2 10,442 11 9
Goods .. .. 84,617 10 3 85,837 0 7
Miscellaneous .. 1,944 18 7 2,620 12 2
Rents and Commission 2,770 8 4 2,702 12 0
——— ———
Total .. .. £175,304 16 0 £179,693 7 9

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 44,645 51,440
2nd Class .. .. 222,309 255,116
——— ———
Total .. .. 266,954 306,556

Season Tickets .. .. 7,676 8,419

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 7,877 6,341
Calves .. .. 592 480
Sheep .. .. 75,188 103,630
Pigs .. .. 1,694 2,084
——— ———
Total .. .. 85,351 112,535

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 9,821 9,214
Minerals .. .. 55,584 57,175
Other Goods .. .. 85,209 93,739
——— ———
Total .. .. 150,614 160,128

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 36,339 13 1 39,213 16 9
Parcels .. .. 5,968 17 2 6,080 0 6
Goods .. .. 57,259 7 11 58,610 8 10
Miscellaneous .. 2,113 11 2 2,340 14 0
Rents and Commission 1,920 5 7 1,897 10 0
——— ———
Total .. .. £103,601 14 11 £108,142 10 1