May 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1309

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 31st March, 1919, and for the corresponding period 1918:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 2,224 2,107
2nd Class .. .. 13,135 11,583
— —
Total .. .. 15,359 13,690

Season Tickets .. .. 127 103

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 393 493
Calves .. .. 1 55
Sheep .. .. 4,808 3,988
Pigs .. .. 50 71
— —
Total .. .. 5,252 4,607

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 2,658 2,771
Minerals .. .. 7,113 7,593
Other Goods.. .. 2,699 1,875
— —
Total .. .. 12,470 12,239

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,487 9 2 1,332 17 6
Parcels .. .. 184 14 0 194 1 5
Goods .. .. 3,033 3 7 2,885 13 7
Miscellaneous .. .. 237 1 9 1,022 8 8
Rents and Commission .. .. 63 15 6 58 11 1
— —
Total .. .. £5,006 4 0 £5,493 12 3

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 188 134
2nd Class .. .. 1,819 3,155
— —
Total .. .. 2,007 3,289

Season Tickets .. .. .. ..

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 3
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 17 19
Pigs .. .. .. ..
— —
Total .. .. 17 22

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,298 1,160
Minerals .. .. 54 4
Other Goods.. .. 415 410
— —
Total .. .. 1,767 1,574

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 165 4 3 209 15 9
Parcels .. .. 52 19 11 50 10 2
Goods .. .. 353 6 8 348 15 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 11 4 4 10 12 3
Rents and Commission .. .. 8 0 0 8 9 3
— —
Total .. .. £590 15 2 £628 2 5

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 1,169 1,076
2nd Class .. .. 7,583 4,867
— —
Total .. .. 8,752 5,943

Season Tickets .. .. 5 15

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 54 115
Calves .. .. 1 23
Sheep .. .. 33,225 25,862
Pigs .. .. .. 16
— —
Total .. .. 33,280 26,016

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

GOODS—continued.
1919. 1918.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,224 456
Minerals .. .. 2,153 1,007
Other Goods.. .. 1,714 899
— —
Total .. .. 5,091 2,362

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 930 12 3 761 10 1
Parcels .. .. 209 8 1 129 5 3
Goods .. .. 2,073 14 6 1,312 12 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 31 13 0 65 18 6
Rents and Commission .. .. 130 17 4 60 0 10
— —
Total .. .. £3,376 5 2 £2,329 6 10

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 74,191 58,603
2nd Class .. .. 503,790 458,634
— —
Total .. .. 577,981 517,237

Season Tickets .. .. 21,106 15,895

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 22,773 21,862
Calves .. .. 2,467 3,488
Sheep .. .. 570,105 569,573
Pigs .. .. 13,239 14,960
— —
Total .. .. 608,584 609,883

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 24,572 19,982
Minerals .. .. 64,982 64,882
Other Goods.. .. 90,739 80,867
— —
Total .. .. 180,293 165,731

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 117,372 7 3 106,925 19 5
Parcels .. .. 13,416 17 7 12,342 14 2
Goods .. .. 135,484 7 6 127,675 9 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,171 5 5 3,808 18 5
Rents and Commission .. .. 3,869 5 4 2,491 15 6
— —
Total .. .. £273,314 3 1 £253,244 16 10

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1919. 1918.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 56,675 49,118
2nd Class .. .. 287,630 270,146
— —
Total .. .. 344,305 319,264

Season Tickets .. .. 10,058 8,079

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 6,974 6,630
Calves .. .. 816 998
Sheep .. .. 614,341 611 528
Pigs .. .. 2,431 2,160
— —
Total .. .. 624,562 621,316

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 9,944 8,247
Minerals .. .. 57,085 50,201
Other Goods.. .. 135,664 120,705
— —
Total .. .. 202 693 179,153

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 62,675 10 8 55,706 10 8
Parcels .. .. 8,980 7 10 8,210 11 5
Goods .. .. 101,103 4 11 91,754 6 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 4,072 6 8 3,797 19 3
Rents and Commission .. .. 1,685 9 8 1,492 18 6
— —
Total .. .. £178,516 19 9 £160,962 5 10