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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 140

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 14th September, 1918, and for the corresponding period 1917 :—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1918. 1917.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 1,813 1,785
2nd Class .. .. 11,548 11,409
——— ———
Total .. .. 13,361 13,194
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 201 201

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 122 224
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. 347
Pigs .. .. .. ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 122 571
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 4,180 4,794
Minerals .. .. 7,204 5,695
Other Goods .. .. 2,470 2,190
——— ———
Total .. .. 13,854 12,679
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,146 7 5 986 0 3
Parcels .. .. 163 4 2 124 9 5
Goods .. .. 2,765 18 8 2,567 18 8
Miscellaneous .. .. 66 14 6 158 14 6
Rents and Commission .. .. 71 16 0 78 13 7
——— ———
Total .. .. £4,234 0 9 £3,915 16 5
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KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1918. 1917.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 119 124
2nd Class .. .. 2,083 1,986
——— ———
Total .. .. 2,202 2,110
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Season Tickets .. .. 3 ..

Goods,—
No. No.
Calves .. .. 4 ..
Cattle .. .. 13 ..
Sheep .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. 4 ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 21 ..
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Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 576 1,620
Minerals .. .. 209 ..
Other Goods .. .. 242 300
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,027 1,920
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 139 12 10 116 14 10
Parcels .. .. 33 15 10 28 11 1
Goods .. .. 244 12 8 372 19 6
Miscellaneous .. .. 2 6 1 4 9 3
Rents and Commission .. .. 9 8 10 9 0 0
——— ———
Total .. .. £429 16 3 £531 14 8
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GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1918. 1917.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 1,015 797
2nd Class .. .. 5,466 4,456
——— ———
Total .. .. 6,481 5,253
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 30 19

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 47 44
Calves .. .. 3 ..
Sheep .. .. 915 1,049
Pigs .. .. 47 4
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,012 1,097
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GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
1918. 1917.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 938 570
Minerals .. .. 1,287 2,468
Other Goods .. .. 1,171 1,774
——— ———
Total .. .. 3,396 4,812
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 772 13 10 539 11 3
Parcels .. .. 107 9 5 79 9 2
Goods .. .. 1,090 19 2 1,235 12 9
Miscellaneous .. .. 4 4 4 54 13 4
Rents and Commission .. .. 62 5 10 68 14 5
——— ———
Total .. .. £2,037 12 7 £1,978 0 11
——— ———

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1918. 1917.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 55,911 54,406
2nd Class .. .. 428,563 403,002
——— ———
Total .. .. 484,474 457,408
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 17,376 15,751

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 13,023 15,458
Calves .. .. 1,737 2,064
Sheep .. .. 74,026 68,201
Pigs .. .. 2,287 2,656
——— ———
Total .. .. 91,073 88,379
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 18,002 17,878
Minerals .. .. 63,208 64,165
Other Goods .. .. 69,570 64,990
——— ———
Total .. .. 150,780 147,033
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 83,905 17 10 75,669 14 8
Parcels .. .. 11,250 13 4 10,302 4 2
Goods .. .. 98,068 14 8 84,617 10 3
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,136 14 8 1,944 18 7
Rents and Commission .. .. 2,864 13 0 2,770 8 4
——— ———
Total .. .. £198,226 13 6 £175,304 16 0
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SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1918. 1917.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 43,263 44,645
2nd Class .. .. 228,092 222,309
——— ———
Total .. .. 271,355 266,954
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 8,125 7,676

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 5,757 7,877
Calves .. .. 634 592
Sheep .. .. 108,080 75,188
Pigs .. .. 2,086 1,694
——— ———
Total .. .. 116,557 85,351
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 8,195 9,821
Minerals .. .. 57,358 55,584
Other Goods .. .. 91,876 85,209
——— ———
Total .. .. 157,429 150,614
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 40,874 15 5 36,339 13 1
Parcels .. .. 6,660 0 4 5,968 17 2
Goods .. .. 68,861 7 10 57,259 7 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,428 4 1 2,113 11 2
Rents and Commission .. .. 1,865 4 10 1,920 5 7
——— ———
Total .. .. £120,689 12 6 £103,601 14 11
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