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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 3rd February, 1917, and for the corresponding period 1916:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,--
1917. 1916.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 2,411 2,301
2nd Class .. .. 15,986 16,882
——— ———
Total .. .. 18,297 19,183
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 60 130

GOODS,--
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 593 238
Calves .. .. 27 12
Sheep .. .. 2,727 1,984
Pigs .. .. 26 104
——— ———
Total .. .. 3,373 2,338
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 3,564 2,438
Minerals .. .. 7,538 9,108
Other Goods .. .. 2,138 1,447
——— ———
Total .. .. 13,240 12,993
——— ———

REVENUE,--
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,300 6 1 1,229 5 11
Parcels .. .. 195 10 2 166 13 2
Goods .. .. 2,666 4 2 2,628 10 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 40 9 5 43 9 4
Rents and Commission .. .. 87 19 2 67 5 10
——— ———
Total .. .. £4,290 9 0 £4,135 5 2
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KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,--
1917. 1916.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 153 190
2nd Class .. .. 2,057 3,958
——— ———
Total .. .. 2,210 4,148
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 1 7

GOODS,--
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 2 2
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 26 12
Pigs .. .. .. ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 28 14
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,000 928
Minerals .. .. 4 12
Other Goods .. .. 251 310
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,255 1,350
——— ———

REVENUE.—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 136 11 11 190 11 11
Parcels .. .. 49 17 10 49 16 4
Goods .. .. 253 18 2 286 3 3
Miscellaneous .. .. 10 14 10 26 15 7
Rents and Commission .. .. 10 8 0 7 16 0
——— ———
Total .. .. £461.10 9 £561 3 1
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GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,--
1917. 1916.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 960 1,048
2nd Class .. .. 7,497 8,287
——— ———
Total .. .. 8,457 9,335
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. .. 10

GOODS,--
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 38 58
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 15,135 29,441
Pigs .. .. 22 31
——— ———
Total .. .. 15,195 29,530
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GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

GOODS—continued.
1917. 1916.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 985 948
Minerals .. .. 2,399 2,450
Other Goods .. .. 1,780 1,781
——— ———
Total .. .. 5,164 5,129
——— ———

REVENUE,--
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 684 13 0 767 1 1
Parcels .. .. 121 4 8 116 3 10
Goods .. .. 1,711 17 2 1,900 8 8
Miscellaneous .. .. 34 11 9 196 13 10
Rents and Commission .. .. 66 0 6 78 2 1
——— ———
Total .. .. £2,618 7 1 £3,058 9 6
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NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,--
1917. 1916.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 96,233 89,213
2nd Class .. .. 639,836 612,728
——— ———
Total .. .. 736,069 701,941
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 16,918 17,045

GOODS,--
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 21,273 19,652
Calves .. .. 4,894 3,568
Sheep .. .. 614,939 615,492
Pigs .. .. 16,636 18,794
——— ———
Total .. .. 657,742 657,506
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 16,768 20,622
Minerals .. .. 48,217 56,555
Other Goods .. .. 79,221 84,566
——— ———
Total .. .. 144,206 161,743
——— ———

REVENUE,--
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 97,747 5 2 92,434 18 1
Parcels .. .. 11,724 5 1 11,116 12 7
Goods .. .. 114,779 18 4 116,891 14 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 4,691 13 5 2,137 1 5
Rents and Commission .. .. 2,892 17 1 3,439 10 0
——— ———
Total .. .. £231,835 14 1 £226,019 17 0
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SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,--
1917. 1916
No. No
1st Class .. .. 61,923 59,460
2nd Class .. .. 329,533 337,572
——— ———
Total .. .. 391,456 397,032
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 10,075 11,132

GOODS,--
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 7,614 12,789
Calves .. .. 808 697
Sheep .. .. 353,820 338,071
Pigs .. .. 1,849 2,709
——— ———
Total .. .. 364,091 354,266
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 7,560 8,574
Minerals .. .. 52 343 52 680
Other Goods .. .. 99,200 110,984
——— ———
Total .. .. 159,103 172,238
——— ———

REVENUE,--
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 48,715 12 7 47,036 6 8
Parcels .. .. 7,785 3 11 7,555 0 10
Goods .. .. 72,471 5 1 77,246 11 6
Miscellaneous .. .. 1,846 14 6 1,811 14 10
Rents and Commission .. .. 2,338 19 2 2,748 7 3
——— ———
Total .. .. £133.157 15 3 £136,398 1 1
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