May 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2189

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 28th April, 1917, and for the corresponding period 1916:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,--
1st Class .. .. 2,411 2,196
2nd Class .. .. 15,936 14,726
———— ————
Total .. .. 18,347 16,922

Season Tickets .. .. 68 75

GOODS,--
Cattle .. .. 264 255
Calves .. .. 138 4
Sheep .. .. 1,752 114
Pigs .. .. 34 84
———— ————
Total .. .. 2,188 457

Timber .. .. 5,740 3,403
Minerals .. .. 4,652 9,670
Other Goods .. .. 1,920 1,662
———— ————
Total .. .. 12,312 14,735

REVENUE,--
Passengers .. .. £1,261 7 8 £1,092 16 7
Parcels .. .. 84 7 8 84 8 11
Goods .. .. 2,793 3 10 2,924 0 1
Miscellaneous .. .. 65 3 5 99 17 6
Rents and Commission 176 12 10 138 1 11
———— ————
Total .. .. £4,380 15 5 £4,339 5 0

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,--
1st Class .. .. 196 219
2nd Class .. .. 1,909 2,613
———— ————
Total .. .. 2,105 2,832

Season Tickets .. .. 1 9

GOODS,--
Cattle .. .. .. 1
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. .. ..
———— ————
Total .. .. .. 1

Timber .. .. 1,654 1,342
Minerals .. .. 5 6
Other Goods .. .. 219 295
———— ————
Total .. .. 1,878 1,643

REVENUE,--
Passengers .. .. £137 17 0 £169 10 9
Parcels .. .. 21 13 9 22 18 4
Goods .. .. 354 7 4 302 2 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 3 16 11 2 4 7
Rents and Commission 31 15 4 25 19 0
———— ————
Total .. .. £549 10 4 £522 15 0

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,--
1st Class .. .. 1,249 1,115
2nd Class .. .. 6,393 6,311
———— ————
Total .. .. 7,642 7,426

Season Tickets .. .. 6 15

GOODS,--
Cattle .. .. 145 155
Calves .. .. 37 ..
Sheep .. .. 10,807 12,715
Pigs .. .. 22 44
———— ————
Total .. .. 11,011 12,914

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
Timber .. .. 734 1,252
Minerals .. .. 2,881 2,350
Other Goods .. .. 978 1,516
———— ————
Total .. .. 4,593 5,118

REVENUE,--
Passengers .. .. £734 10 10 £710 0 5
Parcels .. .. 56 11 1 49 13 10
Goods .. .. 1,101 5 1 1,449 5 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 37 12 10 21 6 2
Rents and Commission 101 18 4 111 12 0
———— ————
Total .. .. £2,031 18 2 £2,341 17 7

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,--
1st Class .. .. 94,365 97,874
2nd Class .. .. 639,053 691,459
———— ————
Total .. .. 733,418 789,333

Season Tickets .. .. 14,914 16,121

GOODS,--
Cattle .. .. 21,380 22,739
Calves .. .. 4,271 3,133
Sheep .. .. 250,442 214,575
Pigs .. .. 16,255 15,878
———— ————
Total .. .. 292,348 256,325

Timber .. .. 15,266 19,764
Minerals .. .. 39,314 53,943
Other Goods .. .. 74,527 74,077
———— ————
Total .. .. 129,107 147,784

REVENUE,--
Passengers .. .. £111,849 4 3 £117,506 18 8
Parcels .. .. 8,172 15 4 8,244 0 4
Goods .. .. 87,990 6 0 94,053 12 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 1,689 1 7 2,690 8 10
Rents and Commission 4,492 2 1 6,655 16 7
———— ————
Total .. .. £214,193 9 3 £229,150 16 9

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,--
1st Class .. .. 64,172 75,280
2nd Class .. .. 340,588 388,826
———— ————
Total .. .. 406,760 464,106

Season Tickets .. .. 8,118 8,500

GOODS,--
Cattle .. .. 7,693 8,115
Calves .. .. 1,101 378
Sheep .. .. 442,212 472,430
Pigs .. .. 2,751 3,224
———— ————
Total .. .. 453,757 484,147

Timber .. .. 8,391 10,868
Minerals .. .. 39,632 53,164
Other Goods .. .. 110,357 124,575
———— ————
Total .. .. 158,380 188,607

REVENUE,--
Passengers .. .. £57,085 6 3 £64,221 10 5
Parcels .. .. 5,061 13 1 5,344 2 11
Goods .. .. 73,767 1 7 84,480 2 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,113 8 3 2,417 5 8
Rents and Commission 3,262 11 1 4,019 3 6
———— ————
Total .. .. £141,290 0 3 £160,482 4 11