JAN. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 85

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 11th December, 1920, and for the corresponding period, 1919:

WHANGAREI SECTION.

Passengers, —
1920. No. 1919. No.
1st Class .. 2,498 2,132
2nd Class .. 13,448 11,742
Total .. 15,946 13,874
Season Tickets .. 160 136
Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. 264 152
Calves .. 9 ..
Sheep .. 929 862
Pigs .. 4 72
Total .. 1,206 1,086
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. 5,338 4,333
Minerals .. 7,492 6,835
Other Goods .. 3,489 3,067
Total .. 16,319 14,235
REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 1,533 3 5 1,205 5 10
Parcels .. 262 5 5 204 0 7
Goods .. 4,296 3 9 3,200 18 3
Miscellaneous .. 85 17 3 147 15 8
Rents and Commission .. 84 14 5 63 8 11
Total .. £6,262 4 3 £4,821 9 3

KAIHU SECTION.

Passengers,—
1920. No. 1919. No.
1st Class .. 335 215
2nd Class .. 2,309 2,120
Total .. 2,644 2,335
Season Tickets .. 3..
Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. 1 5
Calves .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. ..
Total .. 1 5
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. 968 349
Minerals .. 96 184
Other Goods .. 202 214
Total .. 1,266 747
REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 215 4 9 155 8 10
Parcels .. 67 19 3 61 8 6
Goods .. 439 2 6 225 19 8
Miscellaneous .. 65 7 0 14 15 10
Rents and Commission .. 9 15 6 9 6 0
Total .. £797 9 0 £466 18 10

GISBORNE SECTION.

Passengers,—
1920. No. 1919. No.
1st Class .. 1,245 1,142
2nd Class .. 6,125 6,331
Total .. 7,370 7,473
Season Tickets .. 14 26
Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. 160 197
Calves .. 18 5
Sheep .. 2,210 2,487
Pigs .. 2 ..
Total .. 2,390 2,689
Tons. Tons.
Goods—continued.
1920. Tons. 1919. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,600 1,294
Minerals .. .. 1,543 1,420
Other Goods .. .. 2,882 3,305
Total .. .. 6,025 6,019
REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,034 0 3 859 18 1
Parcels .. .. 176 3 4 154 16 2
Goods .. .. 2,632 10 11 2,365 4 6
Miscellaneous .. .. 72 1 1 52 19 2
Rents and Commission .. .. 114 16 0 92 7 10
Total .. .. £4,029 11 7 £3,525 5 9

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

Passengers,—
1920. No. 1919. No.
1st Class .. 86,274 71,319
2nd Class .. 493,480 426,456
Total .. 579,754 497,775
Season Tickets .. 24,123 19,737
Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 16,774 21,507
Calves .. .. 720 902
Sheep .. .. 64,304 137,738
Pigs .. .. 9,223 6,283
Total .. .. 91,021 166,430
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 29,774 30,370
Minerals .. .. 89,496 65,492
Other Goods .. .. 102,485 100,249
Total .. .. 221,755 196,111
REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 107,758 14 9 94,499 0 11
Parcels .. .. 16,787 8 7 14,113 17 0
Goods .. .. 192,899 7 11 147,952 12 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 4,066 13 2 2,743 14 9
Rents and Commission .. .. 3,728 6 8 3,493 5 1
Total .. .. £325,240 11 1 £262,802 10 1

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

Passengers,—
1920. No. 1919. No.
1st Class .. 66,516 67,531
2nd Class .. 276,414 278,700
Total .. 342,930 346,231
Season Tickets .. 9,966 8,929
Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 7,358 6,878
Calves .. .. 496 441
Sheep .. .. 57,427 68,260
Pigs .. .. 2,013 1,840
Total .. .. 67,294 77,419
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 13,513 12,564
Minerals .. .. 58,570 58,413
Other Goods .. .. 121,772 115,405
Total .. .. 193,855 186,382
REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 54,576 9 2 56,385 19 4
Parcels .. .. 10,696 7 1 9,179 17 11
Goods .. .. 105,302 15 3 84,726 3 8
Miscellaneous .. .. 4,456 15 6 3,330 19 8
Rents and Commission .. .. 2,404 9 0 2,315 0 0
Total .. .. £177,436 16 0 £155,938 0 7

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