Oct. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3155

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 13th September, 1919, and for the corresponding period, 1918:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,051 1,813
2nd Class .. .. 11,690 11,548
Total .. .. 13,741 13,361

Season Tickets .. .. 254 201

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 260 122
Calves .. .. 2 ..
Sheep .. .. 366 ..
Pigs .. .. 20 ..
Total .. .. 648 122

Timber .. .. 2,892 4,180
Minerals .. .. 7,698 7,204
Other Goods .. .. 2,743 2,470
Total .. .. 13,333 13,854

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 1,311 3 3 £ 1,146 7 5
Parcels .. .. 150 5 4 163 4 2
Goods .. .. 2,891 13 11 2,785 18 8
Miscellaneous .. 101 10 11 66 14 6
Rents and Commission 74 18 0 71 16 0
Total .. .. £4,529 11 5 £4,234 0 9

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 173 119
2nd Class .. .. 2,051 2,083
Total .. .. 2,224 2,202

Season Tickets .. .. .. 3

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 7 4
Calves .. .. .. 13
Sheep .. .. 290 ..
Pigs .. .. .. 4
Total .. .. 297 21

Timber .. .. 559 576
Minerals .. .. .. 209
Other Goods .. .. 184 242
Total .. .. 743 1,027

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 146 15 5 £ 139 12 10
Parcels .. .. 30 19 2 33 15 10
Goods .. .. 186 8 3 244 12 8
Miscellaneous .. 4 19 2 2 6 1
Rents and Commission 6 13 5 9 8 10
Total .. .. £375 15 5 £429 16 3

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 1,175 1,015
2nd Class .. .. 5,643 5,466
Total .. .. 6,818 6,481

Season Tickets .. .. 10 30

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 179 47
Calves .. .. 1 3
Sheep .. .. 1,676 915
Pigs .. .. 20 47
Total .. .. 1,876 1,012

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
Timber .. .. 1,386 938
Minerals .. .. 940 1,287
Other Goods .. .. 2,198 1,171
Total .. .. 4,524 3,396

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 788 17 9 £ 772 13 10
Parcels .. .. 134 10 10 107 9 5
Goods .. .. 1,696 10 5 1,090 19 2
Miscellaneous .. 38 10 2 4 4 4
Rents and Commission 87 15 4 62 5 10
Total .. .. £2,746 4 6 £2,037 12 7

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 36,430 55,911
2nd Class .. .. 209,048 428,563
Total .. .. 245,478 484,474

Season Tickets .. .. 17,736 17,376

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 5,028 13,023
Calves .. .. 104 1,737
Sheep .. .. 19,793 74,026
Pigs .. .. 623 2,287
Total .. .. 25,548 91,073

Timber .. .. 11,843 18,002
Minerals .. .. 44,274 63,208
Other Goods .. .. 74,661 69,570
Total .. .. 130,778 150,780

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 52,082 17 0 £ 83,905 17 10
Parcels .. .. 11,198 2 8 11,250 13 4
Goods .. .. 88,007 2 5 98,068 14 8
Miscellaneous .. 2,503 13 1 2,136 14 8
Rents and Commission 2,949 2 0 2,864 13 0
Total .. .. £156,740 17 2 £198,226 13 6

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 57,274 43,263
2nd Class .. .. 159,536 228,092
Total .. .. 216,810 271,355

Season Tickets .. .. 8,943 8,125

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 2,277 5,757
Calves .. .. 110 634
Sheep .. .. 23,037 108,080
Pigs .. .. 1,731 2,086
Total .. .. 27,155 116,557

Timber .. .. 7,539 8,195
Minerals .. .. 46,081 57,358
Other Goods .. .. 95,329 91,876
Total .. .. 148.949 157.429

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 31,928 17 3 £ 40,874 15 5
Parcels .. .. 6,231 17 10 6,660 0 4
Goods .. .. 59,111 10 9 68,861 7 10
Miscellaneous .. 2,706 11 5 2,428 4 1
Rents and Commission 1,997 16 11 1,865 4 10
Total .. .. £101,976 14 2 £120,689 12 6