Sept. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2959

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 16th August, 1919, and for the corresponding period, 1918:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— 1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class .. 2,030 1,660
2nd Class .. 12,837 10,904
———— ————
Total .. 14,867 12,564

Season Tickets .. 155 180

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. 204 213
Calves .. .. ..
Sheep .. 136 30
Pigs .. .. ..
—— ——
Total .. 340 243

                        Tons.        Tons.

Timber .. 2,812 1,980
Minerals .. 6,859 7,724
Other Goods .. 2,955 2,125
———— ————
Total .. 12,626 11,829

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 1,275 16 6 1,066 4 3
Parcels .. 158 17 3 146 13 11
Goods .. 2,741 15 9 2,711 6 8
Miscellaneous .. 95 4 3 441 16 8
Rents and Commission .. 88 8 3 87 11 3
—————— ——————
Total .. £4,360 2 0 £4,453 12 9

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— 1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class .. 138 107
2nd Class .. 2,266 2,164
———— ————
Total .. 2,404 2,271

Season Tickets .. .. 5

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. 13 ..
Calves .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. 7
—— ——
Total .. 13 7

                        Tons.        Tons.

Timber .. 525 874
Minerals .. .. ..
Other Goods .. 163 231
—— ——
Total .. 688 1,105

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 161 0 1 148 11 0
Parcels .. 26 14 7 28 0 1
Goods .. 151 2 7 252 6 4
Miscellaneous .. 5 14 9 6 19 8
Rents and Commission .. 6 7 0 20 19 0
—————— ——————
Total .. £350 19 0 £456 16 1

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— 1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class .. 1,054 827
2nd Class .. 6,137 4,676
———— ————
Total .. 7,191 5,503

Season Tickets .. 20 37

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. 91 48
Calves .. .. ..
Sheep .. 1,686 2,954
Pigs .. 34 11
———— ————
Total .. 1,811 3,013

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued. 1919. 1918.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. 1,090 903
Minerals .. 572 2,276
Other Goods .. 1,696 1,156
———— ————
Total .. 3,358 4,335

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 775 7 4 628 11 0
Parcels .. 125 4 7 110 8 9
Goods .. 1,367 12 2 1,192 9 0
Miscellaneous .. 29 16 1 27 6 3
Rents and Commission .. 88 17 9 81 7 4
—————— ——————
Total .. £2,386 17 11 £2,040 2 4

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,— 1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class .. 39,460 51,349
2nd Class .. 242,768 419,544
———— ————
Total .. 282,228 470,893

Season Tickets .. 17,785 17,454

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. 3,590 12,368
Calves .. 61 1,873
Sheep .. 17,815 80,924
Pigs .. 559 2,206
———— ————
Total .. 22,025 97,371

                        Tons.        Tons.

Timber .. 1,132 14,602
Minerals .. 47,539 63,882
Other Goods .. 59,960 60,287
———— ————
Total .. 108,631 138,771

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 56,348 6 3 80,063 11 2
Parcels .. 10,975 14 10 10,010 15 9
Goods .. 67,675 1 8 90,425 15 2
Miscellaneous .. 1,549 6 5 1,911 1 9
Rents and Commission .. 3,319 12 7 5,438 1 9
—————— ——————
Total .. £139,868 1 9 £187,849 5 7

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,— 1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class .. 35,734 39,426
2nd Class .. 143,441 206,533
———— ————
Total .. 179,175 245,959

Season Tickets .. 9,201 8,492

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. 1,300 4,001
Calves .. 25 662
Sheep .. 22,701 80,974
Pigs .. 977 1,295
———— ————
Total .. 25,003 86,932

                        Tons.        Tons.

Timber .. 4,273 6,358
Minerals .. 49,823 56,192
Other Goods .. 84,683 65,701
———— ————
Total .. 138,779 128,251

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 33,501 2 0 36,120 14 5
Parcels .. 6,123 14 4 5,940 2 8
Goods .. 51,559 11 4 55,622 5 11
Miscellaneous .. 3,035 11 4 2,209 12 10
Rents and Commission .. 2,534 11 1 2,743 19 0
—————— ——————
Total .. £96,754 10 1 £102,636 14 10