Dec. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3293

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 13th November, 1920, and for the corresponding period, 1919:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,427 2,201
2nd Class .. .. 12,745 11,913
——— ———
Total .. .. 15,172 14,114

Season Tickets .. .. 127 118

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 136 361
Calves .. .. .. 329
Sheep .. .. 958 12
Pigs .. .. 37 ——
Total .. .. 1,131 702

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 3,656 2,752
Minerals .. .. 6,802 5,532
Other Goods .. .. 3,096 2,693
——— ———
Total .. .. 13,554 10,977

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,479 16 3 1,230 3 4
Parcels .. .. 238 18 2 191 13 10
Goods .. .. 3,581 16 5 2,586 4 4
Miscellaneous .. 70 18 4 88 9 11
Rents and Commission 102 12 6 79 19 6
——— ———
Total .. .. £5,474 1 8 £4,176 10 11

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 297 248
2nd Class .. .. 2,440 2,627
——— ———
Total .. .. 2,737 2,875

Season Tickets .. .. 2 1

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. ..
Calves .. .. 17 ..
Sheep .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. .. ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 17 —

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 258 326
Minerals .. .. 250 89
Other Goods .. .. 223 325
——— ———
Total .. .. 731 740

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 238 7 8 204 2 5
Parcels .. .. 63 17 2 48 10 11
Goods .. .. 248 10 10 185 13 7
Miscellaneous .. 63 8 5 5 4 7
Rents and Commission 8 6 0 8 6 0
——— ———
Total .. .. £622 10 1 £451 17 6

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 1,329 1,386
2nd Class .. .. 9,972 9,638
——— ———
Total .. .. 11,301 11,024

Season Tickets .. .. 9 24

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 168 105
Calves .. .. 1 32
Sheep .. .. 1,716 1,041
Pigs .. .. .. ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,885 1,178

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

GOODS—continued.
1920. 1919.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 948 1,100
Minerals .. .. 1,163 1,054
Other Goods .. .. 2,564 1,682
——— ———
Total .. .. 4,675 3,836

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,258 11 0 1,024 8 1
Parcels .. .. 165 18 7 146 5 6
Goods .. .. 2,047 5 7 1,416 13 3
Miscellaneous .. 31 4 4 46 0 11
Rents and Commission 105 4 10 96 3 7
——— ———
Total .. .. £3,608 4 4 £2,729 11 4

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 107,047 92,013
2nd Class .. .. 532,048 461,212
——— ———
Total .. .. 639,095 553,225

Season Tickets .. .. 22,788 19,651

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 19,654 20,042
Calves .. .. 652 1,046
Sheep .. .. 45,404 71,129
Pigs .. .. 6,880 3,511
——— ———
Total .. .. 72,590 95,728

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 27,959 31,539
Minerals .. .. 67,510 55,068
Other Goods .. .. 97,779 93,009
——— ———
Total .. .. 193,248 179,616

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 115,922 17 3 100,745 6 10
Parcels .. .. 15,849 2 7 13,520 1 10
Goods .. .. 171,416 17 5 131,844 17 0
Miscellaneous .. 3,294 13 9 2,798 18 1
Rents and Commission 4,194 0 7 4,024 7 0
——— ———
Total .. .. £310,677 11 7 £252,933 10 9

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 83,542 62,471
2nd Class .. .. 326,355 277,306
——— ———
Total .. .. 409,897 339,777

Season Tickets .. .. 10,063 9,401

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 8,367 6,273
Calves .. .. 211 678
Sheep .. .. 59,455 73,384
Pigs .. .. 1,972 2,238
——— ———
Total .. .. 70,005 82,573

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 15,373 12,621
Minerals .. .. 60,151 54,491
Other Goods .. .. 106,440 94,982
——— ———
Total .. .. 181,964 162,094

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 63,702 11 1 56,570 13 4
Parcels .. .. 10,395 9 8 8,327 15 1
Goods .. .. 98,839 11 6 74,005 11 4
Miscellaneous .. 4,175 2 9 3,032 4 1
Rents and Commission 2,671 4 7 2,714 7 10
——— ———
Total .. .. £179,783 19 7 £144,700 11 8