May 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1605

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 26th April, 1919, and for the corresponding period 1918:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,408 2,134
2nd Class .. .. 13,943 13,426
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Total .. .. 16,351 15,560
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Season Tickets .. .. 62 95

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 735 544
Calves .. .. 83 47
Sheep .. .. 1,886 3,506
Pigs .. .. 56 141
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Total .. .. 2,760 4,238
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Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 3,410 5,012
Minerals .. .. 6,543 6,184
Other Goods .. .. 2,182 2,228
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Total .. .. 12,135 13,424
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 1,427 0 0 1,297 18 4
Parcels .. 61 15 4 92 15 1
Goods .. 2,789 3 4 2,882 8 8
Miscellaneous .. 60 16 11 189 5 2
Rents and Commission 150 13 9 148 0 6
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Total .. £4,489 9 4 £4,610 7 9
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KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 170 170
2nd Class .. .. 2,326 2,010
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Total .. .. 2,496 2,180
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Season Tickets .. .. .. ..

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 1 4
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. 6 3
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Total .. .. 7 7
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Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,224 1,372
Minerals .. .. 132 ..
Other Goods .. .. 291 296
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Total .. .. 1,647 1,668
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 155 2 2 145 14 3
Parcels .. 21 16 3 25 19 7
Goods .. 368 2 1 368 14 9
Miscellaneous .. 11 18 4 5 16 5
Rents and Commission 40 9 0 27 2 4
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Total .. £597 7 10 £573 7 4
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GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 1,377 933
2nd Class .. .. 8,894 5,236
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Total .. .. 10,271 6,169
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Season Tickets .. .. 27 20

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 245 195
Calves .. .. 31 ..
Sheep .. .. 22,815 18,518
Pigs .. .. 12 4
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Total .. .. 23,103 18,717
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GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 709 594
Minerals .. .. 2,182 1,448
Other Goods .. .. 1,579 856
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Total .. .. 4,470 2,898
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 1,095 10 10 706 9 2
Parcels .. 64 8 0 56 15 8
Goods .. 1,686 0 11 1,160 7 7
Miscellaneous .. 26 3 6 53 3 5
Rents and Commission 78 4 7 79 11 9
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Total .. £2,950 7 10 £2,056 7 7
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NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 74,224 60,451
2nd Class .. .. 515,514 487,639
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Total .. .. 589,738 548,090
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Season Tickets .. .. 13,085 15,926

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 19,032 24,386
Calves .. .. 2,152 2,743
Sheep .. .. 342,552 379,888
Pigs .. .. 10,923 15,666
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Total .. .. 374,659 422,683
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Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 18,267 16,496
Minerals .. .. 54,877 59,203
Other Goods .. .. 66,959 81,062
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Total .. .. 140,103 156,761
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 127,335 1 8 97,882 16 6
Parcels .. 8,749 8 5 8,513 4 7
Goods .. 105,664 8 8 118,014 9 6
Miscellaneous .. 2,601 5 4 2,322 12 9
Rents and Commission 4,981 6 8 4,901 14 8
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Total .. £249,331 10 9 £231,634 18 0
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SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 94,598 49,973
2nd Class .. .. 288,316 267,579
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Total .. .. 382,914 317,552
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Season Tickets .. .. 7,168 8,770

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 5,093 7,500
Calves .. .. 1,179 1,331
Sheep .. .. 472,009 511,595
Pigs .. .. 2,815 2,914
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Total .. .. 481,096 523,340
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Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 10,193 6,963
Minerals .. .. 47,347 42,072
Other Goods .. .. 117,016 134,660
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Total .. .. 174,556 183,695
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 71,860 12 9 50,232 10 1
Parcels .. 5,698 1 5 5,218 17 9
Goods .. 83,416 9 3 92,282 11 8
Miscellaneous .. 3,059 14 10 2,674 18 5
Rents and Commission 3,390 17 6 3,102 0 6
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Total .. £167,425 15 9 £153,510 18 5
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