Nov. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3775

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 12th October, 1918, and for the corresponding period 1917:

WHANGAREI SECTION.

1918. No.

1919. No.

PASSENGERS,
1st Class .. .. 1,804 1,936
2nd Class .. .. 11,117 11,900
Total .. .. 12,921 13,836
Season Tickets .. .. 104 81

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. .. 565 719
Calves .. .. .. 3 4
Sheep .. .. .. 273 284
Pigs .. .. .. .. 112
Total .. .. .. 841 1,119

Tons.
Tons.

Timber .. .. 1,912 3,608
Minerals .. .. 7,438 6,750
Other Goods .. .. 2,324 2,492
Total .. .. 11,674 12,850

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,070 11 1 983 18 0
Parcels .. .. 180 10 4 132 18 5
Goods .. .. 2,555 8 9 2,787 9 10
Miscellaneous .. .. 94 0 11 153 8 6
Rents and Commission 143 13 6 129 2 3
Total .. .. £4,044 4 7 £4,186 17 0

KAIHU SECTION.

1918. No.

1919. No.

PASSENGERS,
1st Class .. .. 140 218
2nd Class .. .. 2,133 1,953
Total .. .. 2,273 2,171
Season Tickets .. .. 4

Goods,—
Calves .. .. .. 4
Cattle .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. .. ..
Total .. .. 4

Tons.
Tons.

Timber .. .. 999 1,827
Minerals .. .. ..
Other Goods .. .. 192 228
Total .. .. 1,191 2,055

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 124 15 5 125 2 5
Parcels .. .. 37 3 1 38 5 1
Goods .. .. 268 9 1 399 11 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 3 13 2 8 16 9
Rents and Commission 23 15 0 31 5 0
Total .. .. £457 15 9 £603 0 5

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

1918. Tons.

1919. Tons.

Goods—continued.
Timber .. .. .. 1,451 643
Minerals .. .. .. 969 2,159
Other Goods .. .. .. 903 1,241
Total .. .. 3,323 4,043

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 677 0 1 580 7 10
Parcels .. .. 119 15 5 95 16 8
Goods .. .. 1,179 4 4 973 6 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 0 3 6 33 11 10
Rents and Commission 77 2 4 116 7 0
Total .. .. £2,053 5 8 £1,799 9 4

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1918. No.

1919. No.

PASSENGERS,
1st Class .. .. 55,445 57,214
2nd Class .. .. 436,015 417,051
Total .. .. 491,460 474,265
Season Tickets .. .. 16,467 14,557

Goods,—
No.
No.

Cattle .. .. .. 17,083 18,595
Calves .. .. .. 1,960 1,266
Sheep .. .. .. 83,496 55,278
Pigs .. .. .. 2,359 3,444
Total .. .. 104,898 78,583

Tons.
Tons.

Timber .. .. 18,971 17,700
Minerals .. .. 68,516 66,387
Other Goods .. .. 68,042 69,868
Total .. .. 155,529 153,955

REVENUE,—
£ s. d.
£ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 83,241 14 9 74,425 19 11
Parcels .. .. 11,064 11 1 10,209 4 4
Goods .. .. 106,867 19 3 92,211 6 9
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,374 14 2 2,004 16 7
Rents and Commission 5,170 18 10 5,039 19 6
Total .. .. £208,719 18 1 £183,891 7 1

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1918. No.

1919. No.

PASSENGERS,
1st Class .. .. 44,776 45,596
2nd Class .. .. 224,592 217,645
Total .. .. 269,368 263,241
Season Tickets .. .. 8,278 7,745

Goods,—
No.
No.

Cattle .. .. .. 7,458 8,939
Calves .. .. .. 684 605
Sheep .. .. .. 100,093 72,372
Pigs .. .. .. 2,242 1,456
Total .. .. 110,477 83,372

Tons.
Tons.

Timber .. .. .. 8,832 9,866
Minerals .. .. .. 60,589 45,696
Other Goods .. .. 90,582 66,847
Total .. .. 160,003 122,409

REVENUE,—
£ s. d.
£ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 39,634 16 5 35,102 15 5
Parcels .. .. 7,145 19 6 6,684 9 4
Goods .. .. 69,582 3 5 51,260 6 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,381 12 1 1,457 2 5
Rents and Commission 3,391 19 2 3,426 5 6
Total .. .. £122,136 10 7 £97,930 19 7

GISBORNE SECTION.

1918. No.

1919. No.

PASSENGERS,
1st Class .. .. 959 851
2nd Class .. .. 5,018 4,749
Total .. .. 5,977 5,600
Season Tickets .. .. 16 12

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. .. 98 85
Calves .. .. .. 9 ..
Sheep .. .. .. 764 723
Pigs .. .. .. 4 11
Total .. .. 866 828