2006
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 31st March, 1917, and for the corresponding period 1916:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,--
1917. 1916.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 2,074 1,512
2nd Class .. .. 12,937 10,550
Total .. .. 14,911 12,062

Season Tickets .. .. 102 96

GOODS,--
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 997 381
Calves .. .. 37 1
Sheep .. .. 3,803 3,255
Pigs .. .. 22 37
Total .. .. 4,859 3,674

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,720 4,453
Minerals .. .. 5,000 9,711
Other Goods .. .. 1,984 1,541
Total .. .. 8,704 15,705

REVENUE,--
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,198 3 4 812 17 4
Parcels .. .. 158 4 1 149 12 8
Goods .. .. 2,054 7 11 3,358 2 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 23 17 6 56 16 10
Rents and Commission .. .. 59 11 8 76 12 11
Total .. .. £3,494 4 6 £4,454 1 9

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,--
1917. 1916.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 121 174
2nd Class .. .. 1,830 2,103
Total .. .. 1,951 2,277

Season Tickets .. .. .. ..

GOODS,--
No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 2
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 13 7
Pigs .. .. .. ..
Total .. .. 13 9

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 2,198 1,559
Minerals .. .. 40 15
Other Goods .. .. 242 414
Total .. .. 2,480 1,988

REVENUE,--
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 135 15 1 122 16 0
Parcels .. .. 43 14 3 47 0 5
Goods .. .. 453 17 10 364 7 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 1 11 0 22 2 1
Rents and Commission .. .. 15 3 0 7 0 4
Total .. .. £650 1 2 £563 5 10

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,--
1917. 1916.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 1,146 988
2nd Class .. .. 5,008 5,123
Total .. .. 6,154 6,111

Season Tickets .. .. 8 13

GOODS,--
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 116 5
Calves .. .. 2 48
Sheep .. .. 24,615 23,086
Pigs .. .. 36 21
Total .. .. 24,769 23,160

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
1917. 1916.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,088 1,802
Minerals .. .. 2,255 1,713
Other Goods .. .. 1,145 1,050
Total .. .. 4,488 4,565

REVENUE,--
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 646 9 6 617 15 1
Parcels .. .. 109 5 6 109 13 6
Goods .. .. 1,536 6 3 1,705 2 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 23 13 6 3 3 8
Rents and Commission .. .. 40 19 3 40 0 9
Total .. .. £2,406 14 0 £2,475 15 2

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,--
1917. 1916.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 71,383 59,844
2nd Class .. .. 572,016 506,876
Total .. .. 643,399 566,720

Season Tickets .. .. 16,547 17,304

GOODS,--
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 21,554 17,480
Calves .. .. 3,928 3,270
Sheep .. .. 576,130 430,315
Pigs .. .. 18,200 20,831
Total .. .. 619,812 471,896

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 20,811 21,953
Minerals .. .. 63,149 56,669
Other Goods .. .. 87,662 79,249
Total .. .. 171,622 157,871

REVENUE,--
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 94,325 2 5 81,354 13 1
Parcels .. .. 11,198 9 6 9,017 1 11
Goods .. .. 118,239 5 2 106,438 19 10
Miscellaneous .. .. 7,300 4 10 13,302 13 11
Rents and Commission .. .. 2,518 7 1 1,960 17 7
Total .. .. £233,581 9 0 £212,074 6 4

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,--
1917. 1916.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 55,037 51,014
2nd Class .. .. 277,008 265,420
Total .. .. 332,045 316,434

Season Tickets .. .. 8,796 9,015

GOODS,--
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 9,686 8,749
Calves .. .. 701 591
Sheep .. .. 675,937 557,661
Pigs .. .. 2,871 3,851
Total .. .. 689,195 570,852

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 11,078 11,724
Minerals .. .. 56,925 52,116
Other Goods .. .. 139,249 108,141
Total .. .. 207,252 171,981

REVENUE,--
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 44,772 18 5 40,091 3 4
Parcels .. .. 7,564 17 4 7,126 12 8
Goods .. .. 94,710 2 6 79,560 8 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 4,537 1 5 2,062 4 11
Rents and Commission .. .. 1,497 16 0 1,445 15 3
Total .. .. £153,082 15 8 £130,286 4 4