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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 1st February, 1919, and for the corresponding period 1918:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS, 1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class 2,706 2,508
2nd Class 14,952 14,020

Total 17,658 16,528

Season Tickets 77 89

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle 419 540
Calves .. ..
Sheep 4,272 3,499
Pigs 81 69

Total 4,772 4,108

                 Tons.      Tons.

Timber 2,474 2,908
Minerals 6,515 6,857
Other Goods 2,413 1,554

Total 11,402 11,319

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 1,607 18 0 1,427 15 4
Parcels 205 9 3 222 8 6
Goods 2,706 1 1 2,546 14 9
Miscellaneous 274 18 5 103 3 7
Rents and Commission 88 3 2 65 13 0

Total £4,882 9 11 £4,365 15 2

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— 1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class 184 137
2nd Class 1,889 2,146

Total 2,073 2,283

Season Tickets 2 ..

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle 3 ..
Calves .. ..
Sheep .. ..
Pigs .. ..

Total 3 ..

                 Tons.      Tons.

Timber 427 918
Minerals 16 214
Other Goods 217 302

Total 660 1,434

REVENUE.— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 177 18 10 154 12 9
Parcels 55 6 6 52 8 9
Goods 178 3 10 315 8 7
Miscellaneous 8 19 8 7 12 4
Rents and Commission 9 6 0 10 8 7

Total £429 14 10 £540 11 0

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— 1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class 1,201 1,087
2nd Class 6,280 5,771

Total 7,481 6,858

Season Tickets 1 15

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle 125 102
Calves 2 2
Sheep 20,412 18,786
Pigs 3 46

Total 20,542 18,936

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

GOODS—continued. 1919. 1918.
Tons. Tons.
Timber 777 550
Minerals 1,423 1,600
Other Goods 1,673 1,754

Total 3,873 3,904

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 916 8 6 805 5 6
Parcels 134 6 5 130 3 10
Goods 1,757 12 7 1,612 14 3
Miscellaneous 17 8 7 38 18 4
Rents and Commission 83 15 1 66 18 10

Total £2,909 11 2 £2,654 0 9

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,— 1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class 88,911 60,044
2nd Class 506,685 494,939

Total 595,596 554,988

Season Tickets 17,133 15,851

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle 20,211 18,257
Calves 1,201 1,796
Sheep 498,860 566,305
Pigs 11,965 17,361

Total 532,237 603,719

                 Tons.      Tons.

Timber 19,428 15,370
Minerals 50,178 57,194
Other Goods 81,902 82,467

Total 151,498 155,031

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 127,726 3 8 108,648 3 6
Parcels 12,978 12 6 12,243 9 5
Goods 128,190 3 6 125,266 3 11
Miscellaneous 2,510 16 6 1,758 15 6
Rents and Commission 3,130 5 1 2,953 2 5

Total £274,536 1 3 £250,869 14 9

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,— 1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class 58,187 51,070
2nd Class 298,809 289,247

Total 356,996 340,317

Season Tickets 8,633 8,506

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle 5,716 5,182
Calves 565 595
Sheep 209,086 180,139
Pigs 2,497 1,761

Total 217,864 187,677

                 Tons.      Tons.

Timber 6,974 8,286
Minerals 43,908 48,097
Other Goods 87,017 94,590

Total 137,899 150,973

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 71,806 0 11 58,778 11 3
Parcels 8,399 7 1 8,407 15 7
Goods 70,980 5 11 77,515 16 7
Miscellaneous 2,178 16 11 2,141 12 7
Rents and Commission 2,485 19 8 2,076 19 9

Total £155,850 10 6 £148,920 15 9