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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 31st January, 1920, and for the corresponding period, 1919:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,843 2,706
2nd Class .. .. 16,076 14,952
——— ———
Total .. .. 18,919 17,658
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Season Tickets .. .. 114 77

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 336 419
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 1,499 4,272
Pigs .. .. 64 81
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,899 4,772
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,729 2,474
Minerals .. .. 5,284 6,515
Other Goods .. .. 2,521 2,413
——— ———
Total .. .. 9,534 11,402
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,677 13 1 1,607 18 0
Parcels .. .. 207 1 5 205 9 3
Goods .. .. 2,237 10 4 2,706 1 1
Miscellaneous .. 159 9 7 274 18 5
Rents and Commission 77 1 4 88 3 2
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Total .. .. £4,358 15 9 £4,882 9 11
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KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 257 184
2nd Class .. .. 2,730 1,889
——— ———
Total .. .. 2,987 2,073
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Season Tickets .. .. 4 2

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 3
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 19 ..
Pigs .. .. 6 ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 25 3
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Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 383 427
Minerals .. .. 30 16
Other Goods .. .. 154 217
——— ———
Total .. .. 567 660
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 261 14 4 177 18 10
Parcels .. .. 56 12 10 55 6 6
Goods .. .. 172 10 7 178 3 10
Miscellaneous .. 8 6 9 8 19 8
Rents and Commission 8 6 0 9 6 0
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Total .. .. £507 10 6 £429 14 10
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GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 1,394 1,201
2nd Class .. .. 7,937 6,280
——— ———
Total .. .. 9,331 7,481
——— ———

Season Tickets .. .. 16 1

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 113 125
Calves .. .. 46 2
Sheep .. .. 35,597 20,412
Pigs .. .. 7 3
——— ———
Total .. .. 35,763 20,542
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GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

GOODS—continued.
1920. 1919.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,120 777
Minerals .. .. 894 1,423
Other Goods .. .. 2,877 1,673
——— ———
Total .. .. 4,891 3,873
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,147 18 10 916 8 6
Parcels .. .. 166 3 6 134 6 5
Goods .. .. 2,533 13 9 1,757 12 7
Miscellaneous .. 29 6 2 17 8 7
Rents and Commission 82 7 6 83 15 1
——— ———
Total .. .. £3,959 9 9 £2,909 11 2
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NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 118,760 88,911
2nd Class .. .. 611,513 506,685
——— ———
Total .. .. 730,273 595,596
——— ———

Season Tickets .. .. 19,393 17,138

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 24,717 20,211
Calves .. .. 2,409 1,201
Sheep .. .. 596,546 498,860
Pigs .. .. 10,799 11,965
——— ———
Total .. .. 634,471 532,237
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 25,459 19,429
Minerals .. .. 52,605 50,173
Other Goods .. .. 79,260 81,902
——— ———
Total .. .. 157,324 151,498
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 131,847 6 5 127,726 3 8
Parcels .. .. 14,712 8 0 12,978 12 6
Goods .. .. 138,493 18 9 128,190 3 6
Miscellaneous .. 6,432 14 2 2,510 16 6
Rents and Commission 2,402 17 9 3,130 5 1
——— ———
Total .. .. £293,889 5 1 £274,536 1 3
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SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 73,765 58,187
2nd Class .. .. 366,334 298,809
——— ———
Total .. .. 440,099 356,996
——— ———

Season Tickets .. .. 8,848 8,633

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 6,373 5,716
Calves .. .. 494 565
Sheep .. .. 230,888 209,086
Pigs .. .. 2,942 2,497
——— ———
Total .. .. 240,697 217,864
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 11,547 6,974
Minerals .. .. 50,542 43,908
Other Goods .. .. 96,600 87,017
——— ———
Total .. .. 158,689 137,899
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 70,120 15 2 71,806 0 11
Parcels .. .. 9,446 9 6 8,399 7 1
Goods .. .. 88,496 8 9 70,980 5 11
Miscellaneous .. 2,766 19 1 2,178 16 11
Rents and Commission 1,563 19 3 2,485 19 8
——— ———
Total .. .. £172,394 11 9 £155,850 10 6
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