Nov. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3099

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 16th October, 1920, and for the corresponding period, 1919:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS, —
1st Class .. .. 2,366 2,099
2nd Class .. .. 11,151 13,205
——— ———
Total .. .. 13,517 15,304

Season Tickets .. .. 227 124

GOODS, —
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 240 167
Calves .. .. 3 3
Sheep .. .. 1,778 646
Pigs .. .. 61 26
——— ———
Total .. .. 2,082 842

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 3,261 4,691
Minerals .. .. 6,549 4,997
Other Goods .. .. 2,888 2,290
——— ———
Total .. .. 12,698 11,978

REVENUE, —
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,365 9 9 1,299 18 3
Parcels .. .. 225 4 2 169 2 2
Goods .. .. 3,267 4 9 2,671 1 6
Miscellaneous .. .. 97 15 5 106 10 9
Rents and Commission 178 14 6 151 13 0
——— ———
Total .. .. £5,134 8 7 £4,398 5 8

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS, —
1st Class .. .. 276 178
2nd Class .. .. 2,342 2,118
——— ———
Total .. .. 2,618 2,296

Season Tickets .. .. 3 1

GOODS, —
No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 4
Calves .. .. .. 1
Sheep .. .. .. 231
Pigs .. .. .. ..
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 236

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 258 194
Minerals .. .. 134 10
Other Goods .. .. 289 191
——— ———
Total .. .. 681 395

REVENUE, —
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 221 12 9 174 7 5
Parcels .. .. 52 11 1 40 6 9
Goods .. .. 265 1 4 125 11 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 63 14 4 5 19 5
Rents and Commission 29 6 0 22 10 3
——— ———
Total .. .. £632 5 6 £368 15 2

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS, —
1st Class .. .. 1,051 1,101
2nd Class .. .. 5,601 5,593
——— ———
Total .. .. 6,652 6,694

Season Tickets .. .. 5 21

GOODS, —
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 126 67
Calves .. .. 3 1
Sheep .. .. 905 1,759
Pigs .. .. 3 18
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,037 1,845

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,627 1,063
Minerals .. .. 879 1,252
Other Goods .. .. 1,990 2,864
——— ———
Total .. .. 4,496 5,179

REVENUE, —
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 910 11 11 784 6 8
Parcels .. .. 156 15 9 133 16 3
Goods .. .. 2,121 15 9 1,876 4 10
Miscellaneous .. .. 34 7 7 41 4 11
Rents and Commission 85 5 6 89 19 11
——— ———
Total .. .. £3,308 16 6 £2,925 12 7

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS, —
1st Class .. .. 83,244 52,837
2nd Class .. .. 526,697 325,254
——— ———
Total .. .. 614,941 378,091

Season Tickets .. .. 27,841 19,835

GOODS, —
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 17,080 11,039
Calves .. .. 549 1,104
Sheep .. .. 69,050 47,224
Pigs .. .. 4,030 2,039
——— ———
Total .. .. 90,709 61,406

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 25,083 24,092
Minerals .. .. 50,250 58,154
Other Goods .. .. 102,683 84,867
——— ———
Total .. .. 178,016 167,113

REVENUE, —
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 107,040 6 4 76,174 8 7
Parcels .. .. 15,184 10 2 12,109 10 0
Goods .. .. 161,317 3 11 117,735 2 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,294 13 2 2,313 18 5
Rents and Commission 6,943 3 9 6,980 13 9
——— ———
Total .. .. £293,779 17 4 £215,313 12 9

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS, —
1st Class .. .. 58,421 47,448
2nd Class .. .. 257,794 191,415
——— ———
Total .. .. 316,215 238,863

Season Tickets .. .. 10,069 10,345

GOODS, —
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 7,229 3,994
Calves .. .. 626 589
Sheep .. .. 73,880 51,976
Pigs .. .. 2,337 2,127
——— ———
Total .. .. 84,072 58,686

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 13,352 14,185
Minerals .. .. 64,184 54,040
Other Goods .. .. 93,124 115,919
——— ———
Total .. .. 170,660 184,144

REVENUE, —
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 52,627 14 10 41,207 11 0
Parcels .. .. 9,298 7 0 7,124 8 9
Goods .. .. 90,615 0 6 80,168 12 8
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,974 9 0 3,174 9 6
Rents and Commission 3,963 11 3 3,904 1 8
——— ———
Total .. .. £160,484 2 7 £135,579 3 7