Feb. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 495

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 6th January, 1917, and for the corresponding period 1916:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— 1917. 1916.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 2,369 2,559
2nd Class .. .. 17,490 21,817
——— ———
Total .. .. 20,359 24,376

Season Tickets .. .. 53 71

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. 537 233
Calves .. .. .. 1
Sheep .. .. 362 465
Pigs .. .. .. 59
——— ———
Total .. .. 899 758

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,281 1,400
Minerals .. .. 6,356 7,022
Other Goods .. .. 1,597 1,291
——— ———
Total .. .. 9,234 9,713

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,449 0 8 1,609 15 1
Parcels .. .. 191 14 11 170 8 0
Goods .. .. 1,974 1 1 1,998 0 3
Miscellaneous .. 34 5 7 35 18 7
Rents and Commission 146 3 9 139 5 11
——— ———
Total .. .. £3,795 6 0 £3,953 7 10

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— 1917. 1916.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 227 207
2nd Class .. .. 3,091 3,943
——— ———
Total .. .. 3,318 4,150

Season Tickets .. .. .. ..

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. ..
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 13 ..
Pigs .. .. .. ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 13 —

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,212 363
Minerals .. .. 5 21
Other Goods .. .. 235 173
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,452 557

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 190 6 0 210 11 7
Parcels .. .. 53 10 4 49 15 7
Goods .. .. 291 2 2 137 6 7
Miscellaneous .. 14 13 1 6 8 11
Rents and Commission 27 8 0 21 5 0
——— ———
Total .. .. £576 19 7 £425 7 8

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— 1917. 1916.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 1,260 1,244
2nd Class .. .. 8,874 8,937
——— ———
Total .. .. 10,134 10,181

Season Tickets .. .. .. 6

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. 21 41
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 10,002 20,448
Pigs .. .. .. 25
——— ———
Total .. .. 10,023 20,514

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

GOODS—continued. 1917. 1916.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 416 936
Minerals .. .. 1,547 2,423
Other Goods .. .. 1,039 1,680
——— ———
Total .. .. 3,052 5,039

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 914 4 3 942 8 1
Parcels .. .. 118 1 2 114 6 9
Goods .. .. 1,069 8 5 1,734 16 2
Miscellaneous .. 32 6 10 35 2 1
Rents and Commission 104 3 10 114 8 1
——— ———
Total .. .. £2,238 4 6 £2,941 1 2

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,— 1917. 1916.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 94,729 90,088
2nd Class .. .. 787,382 856,219
——— ———
Total .. .. 882,111 946,307

Season Tickets .. .. 13,480 13,361

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. 16,428 11,358
Calves .. .. 3,779 1,413
Sheep .. .. 351,020 386,223
Pigs .. .. 11,162 11,881
——— ———
Total .. .. 382,389 410,875

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 12,896 13,855
Minerals .. .. 36,596 43,682
Other Goods .. .. 68,277 75,765
——— ———
Total .. .. 117,769 133,302

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 136,855 5 2 136,098 7 1
Parcels .. .. 12,658 5 10 13,551 13 3
Goods .. .. 91,881 3 0 95,651 19 9
Miscellaneous .. 4,258 13 1 2,221 11 5
Rents and Commission 4,186 0 3 3,810 16 11
——— ———
Total .. .. £249,839 7 4 £251,334 8 5

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,— 1917. 1916.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 84,167 79,908
2nd Class .. .. 512,621 501,711
——— ———
Total .. .. 596,788 581,619

Season Tickets .. .. 7,601 6,974

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. 4,997 5,442
Calves .. .. 351 333
Sheep .. .. 124,960 134,153
Pigs .. .. 1,483 2,079
——— ———
Total .. .. 131,791 142,007

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 9,393 8,381
Minerals .. .. 29,313 40,817
Other Goods .. .. 82,478 89,907
——— ———
Total .. .. 121,184 139,105

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 80,984 19 11 78,360 3 11
Parcels .. .. 8,543 14 4 8,296 2 5
Goods .. .. 58,608 16 9 60,147 2 7
Miscellaneous .. 1,575 4 0 1,609 18 8
Rents and Commission 3,386 3 6 3,172 0 5
——— ———
Total .. .. £153,098 18 6 £151,585 8 0