Mar. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 665

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 5th February, 1921, and for the corresponding period, 1920:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 3,216 2,843
2nd Class .. .. 16,342 16,076
Total .. .. 19,558 18,919
Season Tickets .. .. 287 114

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 87 336
Calves .. .. 4 ..
Sheep .. .. 3,149 1499
Pigs .. .. 79 64
Total .. .. 3,319 1,899

Timber .. .. 3,932 1,729
Minerals .. .. 5,926 5,284
Other Goods .. .. 3,527 2,521
Total .. .. 13,385 9,534

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £2,104 13 10 £1,677 13 1
Parcels, luggage, and mails 286 6 0 207 1 5
Goods .. .. 3,687 8 5 2,237 10 4
Miscellaneous .. 167 1 3 159 9 7
Rents and Commission 124 18 10 77 1 4
Total .. .. £6,370 8 4 £4,358 15 9

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 395 257
2nd Class .. .. 5,323 2,730
Total .. .. 5,718 2,987
Season Tickets .. .. 2 4

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. .. ..
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. 37 19
Pigs .. .. .. 6
Total .. .. 37 25

Timber .. .. 1,668 363
Minerals .. .. 120 30
Other Goods .. .. 203 154
Total .. .. 1,491 567

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £430 5 7 £261 14 4
Parcels, luggage, and mails 74 3 5 56 12 10
Goods .. .. 519 16 3 172 10 7
Miscellaneous .. 114 6 10 8 6 9
Rents and Commission 35 16 0 8 6 0
Total .. .. £1,174 8 1 £507 10 6

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 1,479 1,394
2nd Class .. .. 8,911 7,937
Total .. .. 10,390 9,331
Season Tickets .. .. 5 16

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 50 113
Calves .. .. 3 46
Sheep .. .. 34,628 35,597
Pigs .. .. 1 7
Total .. .. 34,682 35,763

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
Timber .. .. 1,754 1,120
Minerals .. .. 1,310 894
Other Goods .. .. 2,246 2,877
Total .. .. 5,310 4,891

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £1,380 10 3 £1,147 18 10
Parcels, luggage, and mails 167 17 1 166 3 6
Goods .. .. 2,917 11 8 2,533 13 9
Miscellaneous .. 21 3 6 29 6 2
Rents and Commission 100 14 6 82 7 6
Total .. .. £4,587 17 0 £3,959 9 9

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 460,853 118,760
2nd Class .. .. 498,980 611,513
Total .. .. 959,833 730,273
Season Tickets .. .. 24,853 19,393

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 18,508 24,717
Calves .. .. 1,956 2,409
Sheep .. .. 682,247 596,546
Pigs .. .. 13,481 10,799
Total .. .. 716,192 634,471

Timber .. .. 29,138 25,459
Minerals .. .. 67,219 52,605
Other Goods .. .. 87,392 79,260
Total .. .. 183,749 157,324

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £149,254 19 10 £131,847 6 5
Parcels, luggage, and mails 17,276 11 4 14,712 8 0
Goods .. .. 185,198 15 0 138,493 18 9
Miscellaneous .. 3,467 4 2 6,432 14 2
Rents and Commission 4,684 1 0 2,402 17 9
Total .. .. £359,881 11 4 £293,889 5 1

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 74,451 73,765
2nd Class .. .. 373,346 366,334
Total .. .. 447,797 440,099
Season Tickets .. .. 11,674 8,848

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 5,449 6,373
Calves .. .. 405 494
Sheep .. .. 324,278 230,888
Pigs .. .. 2,163 2,942
Total .. .. 332,295 240,697

Timber .. .. 20,058 11,547
Minerals .. .. 53,645 50,542
Other Goods .. .. 96,413 96,600
Total .. .. 170,116 158,689

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £73,234 2 2 £70,120 15 2
Parcels, luggage, and mails 11,076 3 5 9,446 9 6
Goods .. .. 109,391 5 3 88,496 8 9
Miscellaneous .. 3,686 2 2 2,766 19 1
Rents and Commission 2,997 8 6 1,563 19 3
Total .. .. £200,385 1 6 £172,394 11 9