JULY 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2073

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 29th May, 1920, and for the corresponding period, 1919:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. 2,367 2,307
2nd Class .. 11,878 12,414
Total .. 14,245 14,721

Season Tickets .. 112 272

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. 69 708
Calves .. 1
Sheep .. 829 2,727
Pigs .. 37 64
Total .. 935 3,500

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. 3,982 3,208
Minerals .. 6,525 6,736
Other Goods .. 2,992 1,723
Total .. 13,499 11,667

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 1,261 7 10 1,432 18 2
Parcels .. 183 0 2 157 8 2
Goods .. 2,906 8 3 2,861 5 5
Miscellaneous.. 57 12 5 52 18 9
Rents and Commission 80 17 0 69 7 6
Total .. £4,489 5 8 £4,573 18 0

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. 259 164
2nd Class .. 2,434 2,379
Total .. 2,693 2,543

Season Tickets .. 2

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. 2
Calves ..
Sheep .. 31
Pigs ..
Total .. 2 31

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. 504 930
Minerals ..
Other Goods .. 254 279
Total .. 758 1,209

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 190 8 5 171 15 4
Parcels .. 21 14 4 34 5 0
Goods .. 221 7 8 272 1 8
Miscellaneous.. 45 8 2 8 2 9
Rents and Commission 8 6 0 20 11 9
Total .. £487 4 7 £506 16 6

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. 1,256 1,222
2nd Class .. 6,047 6,242
Total .. 7,303 7,464

Season Tickets .. 21 26

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. 348 173
Calves .. 52
Sheep .. 16,613 14,865
Pigs .. 62
Total .. 16,961 15,152

Goods—continued.
Ton. Tons.
Timber .. 1,454 1,340
Minerals .. 1,226 2,395
Other Goods .. 1,640 1,560
Total .. 4,320 5,295

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 916 16 11 858 2 7
Parcels .. 140 16 9 126 0 11
Goods .. 1,792 0 7 1,873 1 4
Miscellaneous.. 7 18 0 0 8 6
Rents and Commission 56 5 9 94 8 7
Total .. £2,913 18 0 £2,952 1 11

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. 89,848 82,251
2nd Class .. 514,038 469,536
Total .. 603,886 551,787

Season Tickets .. 20,774 21,603

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. 21,730 24,576
Calves .. 2,424 2,055
Sheep .. 217,119 361,602
Pigs .. 8,512 11,509
Total .. 249,785 399,742

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. 26,680 20,942
Minerals .. 69,753 67,165
Other Goods .. 77,264 88,559
Total .. 173,697 176,666

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 111,917 18 2 123,879 7 4
Parcels .. 13,181 5 9 12,302 14 4
Goods .. 133,558 18 11 129,581 9 10
Miscellaneous.. 3,118 17 10 2,756 8 7
Rents and Commission 2,067 9 7 3,314 13 7
Total .. £263,844 10 3 £271,834 13 8

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. 94,765 59,224
2nd Class .. 401,576 285,602
Total .. 496,341 344,826

Season Tickets .. 11,099 11,441

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. 8,327 6,555
Calves .. 1,322 858
Sheep .. 430,897 460,652
Pigs .. 2,858 3,334
Total .. 443,404 471,399

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. 10,840 12,122
Minerals .. 61,166 53,107
Other Goods .. 120,872 143,848
Total .. 192,878 209,077

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 59,859 4 2 69,496 4 5
Parcels .. 9,408 13 10 8,442 12 7
Goods .. 96,972 15 7 97,195 15 2
Miscellaneous.. 4,322 6 9 3,324 18 5
Rents and Commission 1,529 5 4 2,467 3 7
Total .. £172,092 5 8 £180,926 14 2