Nov. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3439

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 11th October, 1919, and for the corresponding period, 1918:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

1919.  1918.

      No. No.
      Passengers,—
      1st Class .. .. 2,099 1,804
      2nd Class .. .. 13,205 11,117
      ——— ———
      Total .. .. 15,304 12,921

Season Tickets .. .. 124 104

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 167 565
Calves .. .. 3 3
Sheep .. .. 646 273
Pigs .. .. 26 ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 842 841

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 4,691 1,912
Minerals .. .. 4,997 7,438
Other Goods .. .. 2,290 2,324
——— ———
Total .. .. 11,978 11,674

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,299 18 3 1,070 11 1
Parcels .. .. 169 2 2 180 10 4
Goods .. .. 2,671 1 6 2,555 8 9
Miscellaneous .. .. 106 10 9 94 0 11
Rents and Commission .. 151 13 0 143 13 6
——— ———
Total .. .. £4,398 5 8 £4,044 4 7

KAIHU SECTION.

1919.  1918.

      No. No.
      Passengers,—
      1st Class .. .. 178 140
      2nd Class .. .. 2,118 2,133
      ——— ———
      Total .. .. 2,296 2,273

Season Tickets .. .. 1 4

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 4 4
Calves .. .. 1 ..
Sheep .. .. 231 ..
Pigs .. .. .. ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 236 4

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 194 999
Minerals .. .. 10 ..
Other Goods .. .. 191 192
——— ———
Total .. .. 395 1,191

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 174 7 5 124 15 5
Parcels .. .. 40 6 9 37 3 1
Goods .. .. 125 11 4 268 9 1
Miscellaneous .. .. 5 19 5 3 13 2
Rents and Commission .. 22 10 3 23 15 0
——— ———
Total .. .. £368 15 2 £457 15 9

GISBORNE SECTION.

1919.  1918.

      No. No.
      Passengers,—
      1st Class .. .. 1,101 959
      2nd Class .. .. 5,593 5,018
      ——— ———
      Total .. .. 6,694 5,977

Season Tickets .. .. 21 16

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 67 98
Calves .. .. 1 ..
Sheep .. .. 1,759 764
Pigs .. .. 18 4
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,845 866

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

1919.  1918.

      Tons. Tons.
      Goods—continued.
      Timber .. .. 1,063 1,451
      Minerals .. .. 1,252 969
      Other Goods .. .. 2,864 903
      ——— ———
      Total .. .. 5,179 3,323

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 784 6 8 677 0 1
Parcels .. .. 133 16 3 119 15 5
Goods .. .. 1,876 4 10 1,179 4 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 41 4 11 0 3 6
Rents and Commission .. 89 19 11 77 2 4
——— ———
Total .. .. £2,925 12 7 £2,053 5 8

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1919.  1918.

      No. No.
      Passengers,—
      1st Class .. .. 52,837 55,445
      2nd Class .. .. 325,254 436,015
      ——— ———
      Total .. .. 378,091 491,460

Season Tickets .. .. 19,835 16,467

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 11,039 17,083
Calves .. .. 1,104 1,960
Sheep .. .. 47,224 83,496
Pigs .. .. 2,039 2,359
——— ———
Total .. .. 61,406 104,898

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 24,092 18,971
Minerals .. .. 58,154 68,516
Other Goods .. .. 84,867 68,042
——— ———
Total .. .. 167,113 155,529

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 76,174 8 7 83,241 14 9
Parcels .. .. 12,109 10 0 11,064 11 1
Goods .. .. 117,735 2 0 106,867 19 3
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,313 18 5 2,374 14 2
Rents and Commission .. 6,980 13 9 5,170 18 10
——— ———
Total .. .. £215,313 12 9 £208,719 18 1

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1919.  1918.

      No. No.
      Passengers,—
      1st Class .. .. 47,448 44,776
      2nd Class .. .. 191,415 224,592
      ——— ———
      Total .. .. 238,863 269,368

Season Tickets .. .. 10,345 8,278

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 3,994 7,458
Calves .. .. 589 684
Sheep .. .. 51,976 100,093
Pigs .. .. 2,127 2,242
——— ———
Total .. .. 58,686 110,477

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 14,185 8,832
Minerals .. .. 54,040 60,589
Other Goods .. .. 115,919 90,582
——— ———
Total .. .. 184,144 160,003

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 41,207 11 0 39,634 16 5
Parcels .. .. 7,124 8 9 7,145 19 6
Goods .. .. 80,168 12 8 69,582 3 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,174 9 6 2,381 12 1
Rents and Commission .. 3,904 1 8 3,391 19 2
——— ———
Total .. .. £135,579 3 7 £122,136 10 7