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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

Traffic Returns.

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

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1919. No. 1918. No.
1st Class 2,544 2,064
2nd Class 13,193 11,792
Total 15,737 13,856

Season Tickets 313 321

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle 259 490
Calves .. ..
Sheep 1,397 3,998
Pigs 132 97
Total 1,788 4,585

Tons. Tons.
Timber 3,341 2,535
Minerals 6,422 7,513
Other Goods 2,584 1,481
Total 12,347 11,529

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 1,539 19 10 1,487 7 0
Parcels 194 12 7 209 7 10
Goods 2,858 6 10 2,479 3 7
Miscellaneous 82 0 3 120 5 2
Rents and Commission 74 6 4 100 3 0
Total £4,749 5 10 £4,396 6 7

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1919. No. 1918. No.
1st Class 121 176
2nd Class 3,573 1,944
Total 3,694 2,120

Season Tickets .. 3

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle 5 ..
Calves .. 2
Sheep 8 14
Pigs .. 6
Total 13 22

Tons. Tons.
Timber 1,148 1,113
Minerals .. 48
Other Goods 308 313
Total 1,456 1,474

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 205 14 6 181 3 4
Parcels 58 15 9 57 10 6
Goods 313 17 5 321 4 6
Miscellaneous 6 8 0 7 14 2
Rents and Commission 23 16 0 10 8 10
Total £608 11 8 £578 1 4

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1919. No. 1918. No.
1st Class 1,218 1,070
2nd Class 7,507 5,791
Total 8,725 6,861

Season Tickets 39 44

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle 89 194
Calves .. ..
Sheep 21,467 24,361
Pigs 11 12
Total 21,567 24,567

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

GOODS—continued.
1919. Tons. 1918. Tons.
Timber 690 1,167
Minerals 2,171 2,118
Other Goods 1,805 1,367
Total 4,666 4,652

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 893 13 8 906 18 11
Parcels 128 6 5 141 17 4
Goods 1,741 4 3 1,764 12 1
Miscellaneous 11 12 2 2 3 11
Rents and Commission 103 11 7 69 3 2
Total £2,878 8 1 £2,884 15 5

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1919. No. 1918. No.
1st Class 71,177 58,074
2nd Class 486,018 453,405
Total 557,195 511,479

Season Tickets 23,330 21,249

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle 19,323 18,922
Calves 2,036 4,758
Sheep 561,337 670,335
Pigs 11,369 14,670
Total 594,065 708,685

Tons. Tons.
Timber 20,107 20,188
Minerals 60,085 64,882
Other Goods 76,218 77,228
Total 156,410 162,298

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 129,449 6 7 95,821 3 7
Parcels 13,648 18 1 13,099 12 7
Goods 129,673 7 9 131,096 5 9
Miscellaneous 2,105 14 0 1,926 18 6
Rents and Commission 3,064 16 1 3,110 14 10
Total £277,942 2 6 £245,054 10 3

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1919. No. 1918. No.
1st Class 59,352 48,979
2nd Class 310,219 253,030
Total 369,571 302,009

Season Tickets 11,670 11,450

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle 6,811 6,493
Calves 1,004 1,495
Sheep 453,524 434,547
Pigs 2,161 1,840
Total 463,500 444,375

Tons. Tons.
Timber 9,178 7,018
Minerals 48,353 49,532
Other Goods 87,205 98,988
Total 144,736 155,538

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers 75,135 8 10 47,965 10 2
Parcels 8,979 18 1 8,319 17 6
Goods 80,857 18 8 80,091 2 8
Miscellaneous 2,367 3 4 2,051 16 7
Rents and Commission 2,203 1 0 2,066 9 3
Total £169,543 9 11 £140,494 16 2