Mar. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 783

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 2nd February, 1918, and for the corresponding period 1917:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,508 2,411
2nd Class .. .. 14,020 15,886
Total .. .. 16,528 18,297

Season Tickets .. .. 89 60

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 540 593
Calves .. .. .. 27
Sheep .. .. 3,499 2,727
Pigs .. .. 69 26
Total .. .. 4,108 3,373

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 2,908 3,564
Minerals .. .. 6,857 7,538
Other Goods .. .. 1,554 2,138
Total .. .. 11,319 13,240

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,427 15 4 1,300 6 1
Parcels .. .. 222 8 6 195 10 2
Goods .. .. 2,546 14 9 2,666 4 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 103 3 7 40 9 5
Rents and Commission 65 13 0 87 19 2
Total .. .. £4,365 15 2 £4,290 9 0

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 137 153
2nd Class .. .. 2,146 2,057
Total .. .. 2,283 2,210

Season Tickets .. .. .. 1

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 2
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. 26
Pigs .. .. .. ..
Total .. .. .. 28

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 918 1,000
Minerals .. .. 214 4
Other Goods .. .. 302 251
Total .. .. 1,434 1,255

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 154 12 9 136 11 11
Parcels .. .. 52 8 9 49 17 10
Goods .. .. 315 8 7 253 18 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 7 12 4 10 14 10
Rents and Commission 10 8 7 10 8 0
Total .. .. £540 11 0 £461 10 9

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 1,087 960
2nd Class .. .. 5,771 7,497
Total .. .. 6,858 8,457

Season Tickets .. .. 15 ..

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 102 38
Calves .. .. 2 ..
Sheep .. .. 18,786 15,135
Pigs .. .. 46 22
Total .. .. 18,936 15,195

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 550 985
Minerals .. .. 1,600 2,399
Other Goods .. .. 1,754 1,780
Total .. .. 3,904 5,164

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 805 5 6 684 13 0
Parcels .. .. 130 3 10 121 4 8
Goods .. .. 1,612 14 3 1,711 17 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 38 18 4 34 11 9
Rents and Commission 66 18 10 66 0 6
Total .. .. £2,654 0 9 £2,618 7 1

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 60,044 96,233
2nd Class .. .. 494,939 639,836
Total .. .. 554,983 736,069

Season Tickets .. .. 15,851 16,918

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 18,257 21,273
Calves .. .. 1,796 4,894
Sheep .. .. 566,305 614,939
Pigs .. .. 17,361 16,636
Total .. .. 603,719 657,742

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 15,370 16,768
Minerals .. .. 57,194 48,217
Other Goods .. .. 82,467 79,221
Total .. .. 155,031 144,206

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 108,648 3 6 97,747 5 2
Parcels .. .. 12,243 9 5 11,724 5 1
Goods .. .. 125,266 3 11 114,779 13 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 1,758 15 6 4,691 13 5
Rents and Commission 2,953 2 5 2,892 17 1
Total .. .. £250,869 14 9 £231,835 14 1

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 51,070 61,923
2nd Class .. .. 289,247 329,533
Total .. .. 340,317 391,456

Season Tickets .. .. 8,506 10,075

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 5,182 7,614
Calves .. .. 595 808
Sheep .. .. 180,139 353,820
Pigs .. .. 1,761 1,849
Total .. .. 187,677 364,091

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 8,286 7,560
Minerals .. .. 48,097 52,343
Other Goods .. .. 94,590 99,200
Total .. .. 150,973 159,103

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 58,778 11 3 48,715 12 7
Parcels .. .. 8,407 15 7 7,785 3 11
Goods .. .. 77,515 16 7 72,471 5 1
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,141 12 7 1,846 14 6
Rents and Commission 2,076 19 9 2,338 19 2
Total .. .. £148,920 15 9 £133,157 15 3