Aug. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2671

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 19th July, 1919, and for the corresponding period, 1918:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,069 1,671
2nd Class .. .. 12,950 11,903
Total .. .. 15,019 13,574
Season Tickets .. .. 91 109

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 138 161
Calves .. .. 2 ..
Sheep .. .. .. 865
Pigs .. .. 1 ..
Total .. .. 136 1,026

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 4,585 2,404
Minerals .. .. 8,402 7,895
Other Goods .. .. 2,878 1,973
Total .. .. 15,865 12,272

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,277 11 9 1,134 3 8
Parcels .. .. 149 10 2 144 17 8
Goods .. .. 3,394 10 7 2,584 17 5
Miscellaneous .. 121 10 0 162 7 1
Rents and Commission 147 12 5 142 6 6
Total .. .. £5,090 14 11 £4,168 12 4

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 151 114
2nd Class .. .. 2,434 2,251
Total .. .. 2,585 2,365
Season Tickets .. .. .. 3

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 3
Calves .. .. .. 1
Sheep .. .. 72 ..
Pigs .. .. .. 8
Total .. .. 72 12

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 419 868
Minerals .. .. .. ..
Other Goods .. .. 154 245
Total .. .. 573 1,113

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 173 12 4 139 10 2
Parcels .. .. 26 12 0 25 16 2
Goods .. .. 163 18 4 255 9 5
Miscellaneous .. 4 15 6 6 3 10
Rents and Commission 26 1 0 39 10 0
Total .. .. £394 19 2 £466 9 7

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 942 727
2nd Class .. .. 4,949 5,023
Total .. .. 5,891 5,750
Season Tickets .. .. 7 14

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 86 76
Calves .. .. 1 4
Sheep .. .. 1,614 2,054
Pigs .. .. 3 12
Total .. .. 1,704 2,146

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
1919. 1918.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 416 1,583
Minerals .. .. 480 915
Other Goods .. .. 1,576 1,205
Total .. .. 2,472 3,703

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 675 10 8 630 18 5
Parcels .. .. 107 11 4 102 3 6
Goods .. .. 978 4 8 1,368 4 1
Miscellaneous .. 62 2 11 3 9 0
Rents and Commission 76 3 7 67 8 8
Total .. .. £1,899 13 2 £2,171 18 8

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 55,008 55,777
2nd Class .. .. 365,550 454,413
Total .. .. 420,558 510,190
Season Tickets .. .. 17,080 16,025

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 12,477 16,318
Calves .. .. 839 2,129
Sheep .. .. 66,757 91,910
Pigs .. .. 1,181 2,603
Total .. .. 81,254 112,960

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 10,404 18,077
Minerals .. .. 50,353 59,734
Other Goods .. .. 57,775 57,890
Total .. .. 118,532 135,701

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 92,772 2 6 89,318 11 1
Parcels .. .. 10,887 16 7 10,092 1 1
Goods .. .. 86,285 15 9 95,102 3 3
Miscellaneous .. 2,053 13 5 2,356 3 7
Rents and Commission 4,638 17 7 4,314 12 4
Total .. .. £196,638 5 10 £201,183 11 4

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 41,304 39,758
2nd Class .. .. 198,158 204,180
Total .. .. 239,462 243,938
Season Tickets .. .. 9,344 8,982

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 4,675 4,910
Calves .. .. 439 701
Sheep .. .. 158,417 192 874
Pigs .. .. 1,463 1,284
Total .. .. 164,994 199,769

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 10,685 7,525
Minerals .. .. 54,748 53,345
Other Goods .. .. 96,426 73,488
Total .. .. 161,859 134,358

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 47,507 16 9 35,411 11 11
Parcels .. .. 6,616 17 6 6,059 12 4
Goods .. .. 69,400 9 7 60,377 3 4
Miscellaneous .. 3,100 11 0 2,038 19 9
Rents and Commission 3,653 5 8 3,556 18 9
Total .. .. £130,279 0 6 £107,444 6 1