APRIL 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1023

Traffic Returns.
NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 28th February, 1920, and for the corresponding period, 1919:

WHANGAREI SECTION.
PASSENGERS,
1st Class .. .. 2,688 2,544
2nd Class .. .. 14,259 13,193
Total .. .. 16,947 15,737
Season Tickets .. .. 280 313

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 344 259
Calves .. .. 8 ..
Sheep .. .. 4,090 1,397
Pigs .. .. 53 132
Total .. .. 4,495 1,788

Tons.
Timber .. .. 3,075 3,341
Minerals .. .. 6,298 6,422
Other Goods .. .. 2,939 2,584
Total .. .. 12,312 12,347

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. 1,542 5 0 1,539 19 10
Parcels .. .. 217 6 5 194 12 7
Goods .. .. 2,982 15 7 2,858 6 10
Miscellaneous .. .. 83 7 2 82 0 3
Rents and Commission .. 75 16 2 74 6 4
Total .. .. £4,901 10 4 £4,749 5 10

KAIHU SECTION.
PASSENGERS,
1st Class .. .. 230 121
2nd Class .. .. 3,955 3,573
Total .. .. 4,185 3,694
Season Tickets .. .. 3 ..

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. .. 5
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 47 8
Pigs .. .. .. ..
Total .. .. 47 13

Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,105 1,148
Minerals .. .. 209 ..
Other Goods .. .. 194 308
Total .. .. 1,508 1,456

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. 215 10 4 205 14 6
Parcels .. .. 53 8 4 58 15 9
Goods .. .. 450 0 6 313 17 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 14 1 0 6 8 0
Rents and Commission .. 12 6 0 23 16 0
Total .. .. £745 6 2 £608 11 8

GISBORNE SECTION.
PASSENGERS,
1st Class .. .. 1,386 1,218
2nd Class .. .. 11,890 7,507
Total .. .. 13,276 8,725
Season Tickets .. .. 31 39

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 177 89
Calves .. .. 3 ..
Sheep .. .. 35,927 21,467
Pigs .. .. 1 11
Total .. .. 36,108 21,567

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.
Goods—continued.
Timber .. .. 1,406 690
Minerals .. .. 899 2,171
Other Goods .. .. 1,312 1,805
Total .. .. 3,617 4,666

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. 1,194 3 9 893 13 8
Parcels .. .. 165 15 8 128 6 5
Goods .. .. 2,062 7 3 1,741 4 3
Miscellaneous .. .. 28 0 6 11 12 2
Rents and Commission .. 62 18 9 103 11 7
Total .. .. £3,513 5 11 £2,878 8 1

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.
PASSENGERS,
1st Class .. .. 97,399 71,177
2nd Class .. .. 607,854 486,018
Total .. .. 705,253 557,195
Season Tickets .. .. 26,697 23,330

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 23,974 19,323
Calves .. .. 3,701 2,036
Sheep .. .. 667,940 561,337
Pigs .. .. 8,645 11,369
Total .. .. 704,260 594,065

Tons.
Timber .. .. 27,337 20,107
Minerals .. .. 57,918 60,085
Other Goods .. .. 88,106 76,218
Total .. .. 173,361 156,410

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. 126,183 9 3 129,449 6 7
Parcels .. .. 14,936 10 0 13,648 18 1
Goods .. .. 155,471 2 3 129,673 7 9
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,667 1 3 2,105 14 0
Rents and Commission .. 3,444 18 1 3,064 16 1
Total .. .. £303,703 0 10 £277,942 2 6

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.
PASSENGERS,
1st Class .. .. 70,006 59,352
2nd Class .. .. 351,897 310,219
Total .. .. 421,903 369,571
Season Tickets .. .. 12,467 11,670

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 8,131 6,811
Calves .. .. 1,029 1,004
Sheep .. .. 560,296 453,524
Pigs .. .. 2,249 2,161
Total .. .. 571,705 463,500

Tons.
Timber .. .. 15,292 9,178
Minerals .. .. 62,346 48,353
Other Goods .. .. 104,638 87,205
Total .. .. 182,276 144,736

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. 64,142 5 11 75,135 8 10
Parcels .. .. 10,859 0 9 8,979 18 1
Goods .. .. 100,435 17 8 80,857 18 8
Miscellaneous .. .. 4,410 5 11 2,367 3 4
Rents and Commission .. 2,497 9 3 2,203 1 0
Total .. .. £181,844 19 6 £169,543 9 11