New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 87

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✨ Railway Traffic Returns



2918 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 87

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 18th September, 1920, and for the corresponding period, 1919:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— 1920. No. 1919. No.
1st Class .. .. 2,577 2,051
2nd Class .. .. 12,830 11,690
Total .. .. 15,407 13,741
Season Tickets .. .. 249 254
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. .. 581 260
Calves .. .. .. .. 1 2
Sheep .. .. .. .. 446 366
Pigs .. .. .. .. 14 20
Total .. .. 1,042 648
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. .. 3,918 2,892
Minerals .. .. .. 5,826 7,698
Other Goods .. .. 3,329 2,743
Total .. .. 13,073 13,333
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. .. 1,572 19 5 1,811 3 3
Parcels .. .. .. 185 15 5 150 5 4
Goods .. .. .. 3,379 14 9 2,891 13 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 39 2 3 101 10 11
Rents and Commission .. 104 10 11 74 18 0
Total .. .. £5,282 2 9 £5,029 11 5

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— 1920. No. 1919. No.
1st Class .. .. 264 173
2nd Class .. .. 2,380 2,051
Total .. .. 2,644 2,224
Season Tickets .. .. 4 ..
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. .. .. 7
Calves .. .. .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. .. 1 290
Pigs .. .. .. .. .. ..
Total .. .. 1 297
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. .. 48 559
Minerals .. .. .. 8 ..
Other Goods .. .. 257 184
Total .. .. 313 743
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. .. 212 9 4 146 15 5
Parcels .. .. .. 35 13 5 30 19 2
Goods .. .. .. 159 3 6 186 8 3
Miscellaneous .. .. 47 6 10 4 19 2
Rents and Commission .. 3 6 0 6 13 5
Total .. .. £458 19 1 £375 15 5

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— 1920. No. 1919. No.
1st Class .. .. 1,245 1,175
2nd Class .. .. 5,667 5,643
Total .. .. 6,912 6,818
Season Tickets .. .. 11 10
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. .. 114 179
Calves .. .. .. .. .. 1
Sheep .. .. .. .. 1,179 1,676
Pigs .. .. .. .. .. 20
Total .. .. 1,293 1,876

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

GOODS—continued. 1920. Tons. 1919. Tons.
Timber .. .. .. 1,743 1,386
Minerals .. .. .. 961 940
Other Goods .. .. 2,251 2,198
Total .. .. 4,955 4,524
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. .. 911 19 5 788 17 9
Parcels .. .. .. 150 12 11 134 10 10
Goods .. .. .. 2,240 6 7 1,696 10 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 65 12 8 38 10 2
Rents and Commission .. 98 5 10 87 15 4
Total .. .. £3,466 17 5 £2,746 4 6

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,— 1920. No. 1919. No.
1st Class .. .. 83,180 36,430
2nd Class .. .. 488,336 209,048
Total .. .. 571,516 245,478
Season Tickets .. .. 23,726 17,731
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. .. 15,743 5,028
Calves .. .. .. .. 1,392 104
Sheep .. .. .. .. 75,138 19,473
Pigs .. .. .. .. 2,498 623
Total .. .. 94,771 25,548
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. .. 28,202 11,843
Minerals .. .. .. 58,018 44,274
Other Goods .. .. 91,430 74,661
Total .. .. 177,650 130,778
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. .. 112,422 19 10 52,082 17 0
Parcels .. .. .. 14,537 9 1 11,198 2 8
Goods .. .. .. 150,944 11 5 83,007 2 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,511 18 4 2,503 13 1
Rents and Commission .. 3,292 6 3 2,949 2 0
Total .. .. £284,709 5 11 £151,740 17 2

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,— 1920. No. 1919. No.
1st Class .. .. 58,335 57,274
2nd Class .. .. 260,645 159,536
Total .. .. 318,980 216,810
Season Tickets .. .. 10,720 8,943
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. .. 7,435 2,277
Calves .. .. .. .. 373 110
Sheep .. .. .. .. 77,674 23,037
Pigs .. .. .. .. 2,004 1,731
Total .. .. 87,486 27,155
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. .. 14,219 7,539
Minerals .. .. .. 64,119 46,081
Other Goods .. .. 98,681 95,329
Total .. .. 177,019 148,949
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. .. 53,087 1 11 31,928 17 3
Parcels .. .. .. 7,738 9 6 6,231 17 10
Goods .. .. .. 90,953 8 11 59,111 10 9
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,799 4 11 2,706 11 5
Rents and Commission .. 2,288 10 5 1,997 16 11
Total .. .. £157,866 15 8 £101,976 14 2


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