Aug. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3039

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 20th July, 1918, and for the corresponding period 1917:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 1,671 1,954
2nd Class .. .. 11,903 11,788
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Total .. .. 13,574 13,742
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Season Tickets .. .. 109 45

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 161 172
Calves .. .. .. 20
Sheep .. .. 865 415
Pigs .. .. .. ..
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Total .. .. 1,026 607
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Tons.
Timber .. .. 2,404 3,786
Minerals .. .. 7,895 4,736
Other Goods .. .. 1,973 1,958
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Total .. .. 12,272 10,480
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REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £1,134 3 8 £999 4 11
Parcels .. .. 144 17 8 120 15 1
Goods .. .. 2,584 17 5 2,164 14 1
Miscellaneous .. .. 162 7 1 146 3 3
Rents and Commission .. .. 142 6 6 175 17 3
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Total .. .. £4,168 12 4 £3,606 14 7
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KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 114 136
2nd Class .. .. 2,251 1,645
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Total .. .. 2,365 1,781
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Season Tickets .. .. 3 ..

Goods,—
Calves .. .. 3 ..
Cattle .. .. 1 ..
Sheep .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. 8 ..
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Total .. .. 12 ..
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Tons.
Timber .. .. 868 1,798
Minerals .. .. .. ..
Other Goods .. .. 245 165
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Total .. .. 1,113 1,963
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REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £139 10 2 £107 3 8
Parcels .. .. 25 16 2 24 7 0
Goods .. .. 255 9 5 340 4 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 6 3 10 10 4 2
Rents and Commission .. .. 39 10 0 28 9 0
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Total .. .. £466 9 7 £510 7 10
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GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 727 834
2nd Class .. .. 5,023 4,787
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Total .. .. 5,750 5,621
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Season Tickets .. .. 14 18

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 76 43
Calves .. .. 4 28
Sheep .. .. 2,054 2,792
Pigs .. .. 12 ..
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Total .. .. 2,146 2,863
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GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
Timber .. .. 1,583 609
Minerals .. .. 915 3,046
Other Goods .. .. 1,205 1,132
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Total .. .. 3,703 4,787
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REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £630 13 5 £549 8 10
Parcels .. .. 102 3 6 77 3 8
Goods .. .. 1,968 4 1 1,145 9 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 3 9 0 47 19 0
Rents and Commission .. .. 67 8 8 93 9 6
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Total .. .. £2,171 18 8 £1,913 10 0
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NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 55,777 55,512
2nd Class .. .. 454,413 420,400
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Total .. .. 510,190 475,912
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Season Tickets .. .. 16,025 14,184

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 16,318 13,623
Calves .. .. 2,129 1,069
Sheep .. .. 91,910 134,425
Pigs .. .. 2,603 2,307
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Total .. .. 112,960 151,424
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Tons.
Timber .. .. 18,077 17,799
Minerals .. .. 59,734 58,041
Other Goods .. .. 57,890 60,405
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Total .. .. 135,701 136,245
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REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £89,318 11 1 £76,392 19 11
Parcels .. .. 10,092 1 1 10,275 17 3
Goods .. .. 95,102 3 3 85,158 8 8
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,356 3 7 2,108 14 6
Rents and Commission .. .. 4,314 12 4 4,430 19 11
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Total .. .. £201,183 11 4 £178,367 0 3
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SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 39,758 42,456
2nd Class .. .. 204,180 207,877
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Total .. .. 243,938 250,333
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Season Tickets .. .. 8,982 7,594

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 4,910 6,194
Calves .. .. 701 396
Sheep .. .. 192,874 140,488
Pigs .. .. 1,284 1,641
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Total .. .. 199,769 148,719
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Tons.
Timber .. .. 7,525 8,101
Minerals .. .. 53,345 61,781
Other Goods .. .. 73,488 79,291
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Total .. .. 134,358 149,173
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REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £35,411 11 11 £33,384 0 1
Parcels .. .. 6,059 12 4 5,596 14 4
Goods .. .. 60,377 3 4 57,800 0 10
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,038 19 9 2,420 8 0
Rents and Commission .. .. 3,556 18 9 3,551 7 4
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Total .. .. £107,444 6 1 £102,752 10 7
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