Sept. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2703

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 21st August, 1920, and for the corresponding period, 1919:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,277 2,030
2nd Class .. .. 12,557 12,837
——— ———
Total .. .. 14,834 14,867

Season Tickets .. .. 88 155

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 445 204
Calves .. .. 3 ..
Sheep .. .. 26 136
Pigs .. .. 9 ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 483 340

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 4,261 2,812
Minerals .. .. 7,601 6,859
Other Goods .. .. 3,504 2,955
——— ———
Total .. .. 15,366 12,626

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 1,248 7 8 1,275 16 6
Parcels .. 172 14 0 158 17 3
Goods .. 3,145 15 0 2,741 15 9
Miscellaneous .. 54 16 10 95 4 3
Rents and Commission 106 9 5 88 8 3
——— ———
Total .. £4,728 2 11 £4,360 2 0

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. 255 138
2nd Class .. 2,529 2,266
——— ———
Total .. 2,784 2,404

Season Tickets .. .. 5 ..

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 3 13
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. 9 ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 12 13

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 65 525
Minerals .. .. 108 ..
Other Goods .. .. 283 163
——— ———
Total .. .. 456 688

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 206 16 4 161 0 1
Parcels .. 31 1 9 26 14 7
Goods .. 154 16 4 151 2 7
Miscellaneous .. 53 4 8 5 14 9
Rents and Commission 8 13 7 6 7 0
——— ———
Total .. £454 12 8 £350 19 0

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. 995 1,054
2nd Class .. 5,344 6,137
——— ———
Total .. 6,339 7,191

Season Tickets .. .. 10 20

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 195 91
Calves .. .. 18 ..
Sheep .. .. 1,716 1,686
Pigs .. .. 1 34
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,930 1,811

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

GOODS—continued.
1920. 1919.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,174 1,090
Minerals .. .. 894 572
Other Goods .. .. 1,736 1,696
——— ———
Total .. .. 3,804 3,358

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 758 2 6 775 7 4
Parcels .. 195 4 1 125 4 7
Goods .. 1,374 14 7 1,367 12 2
Miscellaneous .. 10 14 8 29 16 1
Rents and Commission 99 14 10 88 17 9
——— ———
Total .. £2,378 10 8 £2,386 17 11

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. 81,550 39,460
2nd Class .. 473,903 242,768
——— ———
Total .. 555,453 282,228

Season Tickets .. .. 22,179 17,785

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 18,919 3,590
Calves .. .. 1,488 61
Sheep .. .. 93,482 17,815
Pigs .. .. 2,125 559
——— ———
Total .. .. 116,014 22,025

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 27,225 1,132
Minerals .. .. 74,088 47,539
Other Goods .. .. 91,880 59,960
——— ———
Total .. .. 193,193 108,631

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 100,628 19 10 56,348 6 3
Parcels .. 12,739 5 2 10,975 14 10
Goods .. 137,541 13 2 67,675 1 8
Miscellaneous .. 3,387 19 0 1,549 6 5
Rents and Commission 4,247 18 2 3,319 12 7
——— ———
Total .. £258,545 15 4 £139,868 1 9

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1920. 1919.
No. No.
1st Class .. 67,423 35,734
2nd Class .. 267,921 143,441
——— ———
Total .. 335,344 179,175

Season Tickets .. .. 10,335 9,201

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 8,341 1,300
Calves .. .. 359 25
Sheep .. .. 106,951 22,701
Pigs .. .. 1,748 977
——— ———
Total .. .. 117,399 25,003

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 19,261 4,273
Minerals .. .. 64,565 49,823
Other Goods .. .. 105,804 84,683
——— ———
Total .. .. 189,630 138,779

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 50,164 1 11 33,501 2 0
Parcels .. 7,610 9 0 6,123 14 4
Goods .. 89,617 15 4 51,559 11 4
Miscellaneous .. 4,798 8 0 3,035 11 4
Rents and Commission 2,680 3 8 2,534 11 1
——— ———
Total .. £154,870 17 11 £96,754 10 1

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