Jan. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 51

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 9th December, 1916, and for the corresponding period 1915:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 1,953 1,849
2nd Class .. .. 11,845 11,768
Total .. .. 13,798 13,617

Season Tickets .. .. 77 126

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 295 271
Calves .. .. 29 ..
Sheep .. .. 811 1,774
Pigs .. .. 39 14
Total .. .. 1,174 2,059

Timber .. .. 3,856 4,854
Minerals .. .. 10,261 10,597
Other Goods .. .. 2,079 2,591
Total .. .. 16,196 17,042

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 987 11 9 £ 886 4 9
Parcels .. .. 192 0 10 185 0 9
Goods .. .. 3,406 12 6 3,414 1 9
Miscellaneous .. .. 53 13 1 54 17 6
Rents and Commission 68 3 6 71 0 5
Total .. .. £4,708 1 8 £4,611 5 2

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 162 196
2nd Class .. .. 2,018 1,775
Total .. .. 2,180 1,971

Season Tickets .. .. 2 2

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. .. 2
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. 2
Pigs .. .. .. 7
Total .. .. 9 2

Timber .. .. 2,006 934
Minerals .. .. 50 162
Other Goods .. .. 265 579
Total .. .. 2,321 1,675

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 125 8 6 £ 115 10 11
Parcels .. .. 49 8 0 48 17 2
Goods .. .. 423 0 11 377 10 3
Miscellaneous .. .. 2 17 1 14 4 2
Rents and Commission 12 8 0 8 4 0
Total .. .. £613 2 6 £564 6 6

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 843 913
2nd Class .. .. 4,867 6,279
Total .. .. 5,710 7,192

Season Tickets .. .. 3 11

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 65 23
Calves .. .. .. 2
Sheep .. .. 3,863 11,950
Pigs .. .. .. 20
Total .. .. 3,928 11,995

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
Timber .. .. .. 630 1,066
Minerals .. .. .. 2,685 2,276
Other Goods .. .. .. 1,496 1,579
Total .. .. 4,811 4,921

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 559 3 8 £ 611 0 1
Parcels .. .. 108 8 2 106 4 3
Goods .. .. 1,284 5 6 1,558 13 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 8 19 3 23 19 3
Rents and Commission 61 16 8 39 10 4
Total .. .. £2,022 13 3 £2,339 7 4

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 69,188 59,879
2nd Class .. .. 513,002 489,919
Total .. .. 582,185 499,798

Season Tickets .. .. 16,215 15,856

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 21,554 17,310
Calves .. .. 1,360 1,296
Sheep .. .. 116,037 190,476
Pigs .. .. 12,479 14,799
Total .. .. 151,430 223,881

Timber .. .. 21,360 25,532
Minerals .. .. 57,653 54,406
Other Goods .. .. 83,615 81,356
Total .. .. 162,628 161,294

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 74,297 12 4 £ 72,542 1 5
Parcels .. .. 11,688 8 0 11,296 17 7
Goods .. .. 108,153 5 6 107,095 10 6
Miscellaneous .. .. 5,094 5 10 2,423 17 8
Rents and Commission 2,513 8 3 2,254 14 8
Total .. .. £201,746 19 11 £195,613 1 10

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 50,515 50,410
2nd Class .. .. 255,483 261,203
Total .. .. 305,998 311,613

Season Tickets .. .. 7,592 8,097

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 7,281 6,713
Calves .. .. 532 354
Sheep .. .. 96,369 52,540
Pigs .. .. 1,807 2,327
Total .. .. 105,989 61,934

Timber .. .. 10,597 12,254
Minerals .. .. 51,246 55,135
Other Goods .. .. 97,395 101,421
Total .. .. 159,238 168,810

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 36,559 15 10 £ 34,796 16 1
Parcels .. .. 7,521 5 7 7,302 4 5
Goods .. .. 66,900 16 1 67,129 5 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 1,807 6 4 1,829 3 2
Rents and Commission 1,793 1 0 1,648 4 6
Total .. .. £114,582 4 10 £112,705 13 6