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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 80

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 27th April, 1918, and for the corresponding period 1917:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,134 2,411
2nd Class .. .. 13,426 15,936
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Total .. .. 15,560 18,347
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Season Tickets .. .. 95 68

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 544 264
Calves .. .. 47 138
Sheep .. .. 3,506 1,752
Pigs .. .. 141 34
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Total .. .. 4,238 2,188
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Timber .. .. 5,012 5,740
Minerals .. .. 6,184 4,652
Other Goods .. .. 2,228 1,920
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Total .. .. 13,424 12,312
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REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 1,297 18 4 £ 1,261 7 8
Parcels .. .. 92 15 1 84 7 8
Goods .. .. 2,882 8 8 2,793 3 10
Miscellaneous .. 189 5 2 65 3 5
Rents and Commission 148 0 6 176 12 10
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Total .. .. £4,610 7 9 £4,380 15 5
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KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 170 196
2nd Class .. .. 2,010 1,909
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Total .. .. 2,180 2,105
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Season Tickets .. .. .. 1

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 4 ..
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. 3 ..
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Total .. .. 7 ..
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Timber .. .. 1,372 1,654
Minerals .. .. .. 5
Other Goods .. .. 296 219
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Total .. .. 1,668 1,878
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REVENUE.—
Passengers .. .. £ 145 14 3 £ 137 17 0
Parcels .. .. 25 19 7 21 13 9
Goods .. .. 368 14 9 354 7 4
Miscellaneous .. 5 16 5 3 16 11
Rents and Commission 27 2 4 31 15 4
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Total .. .. £573 3 4 £549 10 4
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GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 933 1,249
2nd Class .. .. 5,236 6,393
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Total .. .. 6,169 7,642
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Season Tickets .. .. 20 6

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 195 145
Calves .. .. .. 37
Sheep .. .. 18,518 10,807
Pigs .. .. 4 22
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Total .. .. 18,717 11,011
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GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
Timber .. .. 594 734
Minerals .. .. 1,448 2,881
Other Goods .. .. 856 978
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Total .. .. 2,898 4,593
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REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 706 9 2 £ 734 10 10
Parcels .. .. 56 15 8 56 11 1
Goods .. .. 1,160 7 7 1,101 5 1
Miscellaneous .. 58 3 5 37 12 10
Rents and Commission 79 11 9 101 18 4
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Total .. .. £2,056 7 7 £2,031 18 2
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NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 60,451 94,365
2nd Class .. .. 487,639 639,053
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Total .. .. 548,090 733,418
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Season Tickets .. .. 15,926 14,914

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 24,386 21,380
Calves .. .. 2,743 4,271
Sheep .. .. 379,883 250,442
Pigs .. .. 15,666 16,255
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Total .. .. 422,683 292,348
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Timber .. .. 16,496 15,266
Minerals .. .. 59,203 39,314
Other Goods .. .. 81,062 74,527
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Total .. .. 156,761 129,107
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REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 97,882 16 6 £ 111,849 4 3
Parcels .. .. 8,513 4 7 8,172 15 4
Goods .. .. 118,014 9 6 87,990 6 0
Miscellaneous .. 2,322 12 9 1,689 1 7
Rents and Commission 4,901 14 8 4,492 2 1
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Total .. .. £231,634 18 0 £214,193 9 3
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SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 49,973 64,172
2nd Class .. .. 267,579 340,588
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Total .. .. 317,552 406,760
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Season Tickets .. .. 8,770 8,118

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 7,500 7,693
Calves .. .. 1,331 1,101
Sheep .. .. 511,595 442,212
Pigs .. .. 2,914 2,751
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Total .. .. 523,340 453,757
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Timber .. .. 6,963 8,391
Minerals .. .. 42,072 39,632
Other Goods .. .. 134,660 110,357
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Total .. .. 183,695 158,380
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REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 50,232 10 1 £ 57,085 6 3
Parcels .. .. 5,218 17 9 5,061 13 1
Goods .. .. 92,282 11 8 73,767 1 7
Miscellaneous .. 2,674 18 5 2,113 8 3
Rents and Commission 3,102 0 6 3,262 11 1
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Total .. .. £153,510 18 5 £141,290 0 3
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