JULY 24. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2449

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 21st June, 1919, and for the corresponding period, 1918:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,197 1,948
2nd Class .. .. 12,548 11,622
———— ————
Total .. .. 14,745 13,570

Season Tickets .. .. 106 141

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 249 666
Calves .. .. 25 32
Sheep .. .. 445 854
Pigs .. .. 16 38
———— ————
Total .. .. 735 1,590

Timber .. .. 4,335 3,090
Minerals .. .. 6,518 7,368
Other Goods .. .. 2,578 1,815
———— ————
Total .. .. 13,431 12,273

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £1,273 19 3 £1,158 18 2
Parcels .. .. 147 8 3 155 1 5
Goods .. .. 2,894 5 1 2,822 9 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 83 3 5 167 1 10
Rents and Commission .. .. 64 19 8 86 16 1
———— ————
Total .. .. £4,463 15 8 £4,390 6 11

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 165 145
2nd Class .. .. 2,062 2,295
———— ————
Total .. .. 2,227 2,440

Season Tickets .. .. 1 2

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 8 —
Calves .. .. — —
Sheep .. .. — —
Pigs .. .. 4 —
———— ————
Total .. .. 12 —

Timber .. .. 555 796
Minerals .. .. — —
Other Goods .. .. 179 248
———— ————
Total .. .. 734 1,044

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £188 1 11 £142 12 1
Parcels .. .. 29 0 10 36 1 10
Goods .. .. 176 5 2 239 15 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 9 15 5 7 12 6
Rents and Commission .. .. 9 10 0 9 10 0
———— ————
Total .. .. £412 13 4 £435 12 4

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 1,166 970
2nd Class .. .. 7,804 5,735
———— ————
Total .. .. 8,970 6,705

Season Tickets .. .. 20 26

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 902 136
Calves .. .. 27 —
Sheep .. .. 9,085 6,157
Pigs .. .. 8 19
———— ————
Total .. .. 9,422 6,312

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
Timber .. .. 918 678
Minerals .. .. 1,684 1,631
Other Goods .. .. 2,097 1,107
———— ————
Total .. .. 4,699 3,416

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £916 16 9 £744 8 8
Parcels .. .. 121 5 6 113 17 3
Goods .. .. 1,727 13 7 1,093 0 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 17 2 9 5 11 5
Rents and Commission .. .. 89 17 7 80 19 7
———— ————
Total .. .. £2,872 16 2 £2,037 17 10

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 73,760 58,663
2nd Class .. .. 502,241 483,456
———— ————
Total .. .. 576,001 542,119

Season Tickets .. .. 19,192 16,937

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 23,991 19,772
Calves .. .. 2,735 2,521
Sheep .. .. 232,998 188,974
Pigs .. .. 4,077 6,510
———— ————
Total .. .. 263,801 217,777

Timber .. .. 22,697 16,796
Minerals .. .. 65,175 59,027
Other Goods .. .. 77,951 66,536
———— ————
Total .. .. 165,823 142,359

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £120,401 18 7 £97,921 6 5
Parcels .. .. 11,840 18 11 10,614 19 7
Goods .. .. 117,743 0 7 101,830 6 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,530 1 8 2,817 18 11
Rents and Commission .. .. 2,701 18 10 3,028 19 2
———— ————
Total .. .. £255,217 18 7 £216,213 10 3

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 57,814 48,052
2nd Class .. .. 309,711 260,926
———— ————
Total .. .. 367,525 308,978

Season Tickets .. .. 11,555 10,284

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 7,278 6,025
Calves .. .. 688 537
Sheep .. .. 430,269 310,094
Pigs .. .. 2,689 2,250
———— ————
Total .. .. 440,924 318,906

Timber .. .. 10,023 8,848
Minerals .. .. 57,235 62,196
Other Goods .. .. 127,968 106,335
———— ————
Total .. .. 195,226 177,379

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £67,724 1 2 £45,984 12 8
Parcels .. .. 7,933 0 4 6,720 7 6
Goods .. .. 93,499 11 0 78,508 3 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,088 8 10 2,638 18 3
Rents and Commission .. .. 2,252 9 11 1,906 10 10
———— ————
Total .. .. £174,497 11 3 £135,758 13 2