APRIL 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 869

Traffic Returns.

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

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,685 2,688
2nd Class .. .. 14,221 14,259
—— ————
Total .. .. 16,906 16,947

Season Tickets .. .. 298 280

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 267 344
Calves .. .. 1 8
Sheep .. .. 2,461 4,090
Pigs .. .. 96 53
—— ————
Total .. .. 2,825 4,495

Timber .. .. 2,926 3,075
Minerals .. .. 6,576 6,298
Other Goods.. .. 3,433 2,939
—— ————
Total .. .. 12,935 12,312

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £1,727 13 8 £1,542 5 0
Parcels, luggage, and mails 276 7 4 217 6 5
Goods .. .. 3,406 7 9 2,982 15 7
Miscellaneous.. .. 79 12 1 83 7 2
Rents and Commission 95 10 5 75 16 2
———— ————
Total .. .. £5,585 11 3 £4,901 10 4

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 335 230
2nd Class .. .. 2,326 3,955
—— ————
Total .. .. 2,661 4,185

Season Tickets .. .. 6 3

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 4 ..
Calves .. .. 18 ..
Sheep .. .. 30 47
Pigs .. .. 16 ..
—— ——
Total .. .. 68 47

Timber .. .. 1,540 1,105
Minerals .. .. 60 209
Other Goods.. .. 254 194
—— ——
Total .. .. 1,854 1,508

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £219 14 4 £215 10 4
Parcels, luggage, and mails 70 3 0 53 8 4
Goods .. .. 670 10 0 450 0 6
Miscellaneous.. .. 64 4 8 14 1 0
Rents and Commission 7 18 9 12 6 0
———— ————
Total .. .. £1,032 10 9 £745 6 2

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 1,263 1,386
2nd Class .. .. 9,268 11,890
—— ————
Total .. .. 10,531 13,276

Season Tickets .. .. 35 31

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 47 177
Calves .. .. .. 3
Sheep .. .. 27,316 35,927
Pigs .. .. 2 1
—— ————
Total .. .. 27,365 36,108

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

GOODS—continued.
Timber .. .. 1,593 1,406
Minerals .. .. 1,656 899
Other Goods.. .. 3,008 1,312
—— ————
Total .. .. 6,257 3,617

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £1,163 16 2 £1,194 3 9
Parcels, luggage, and mails 173 18 0 165 15 8
Goods .. .. 3,265 8 9 2,062 7 3
Miscellaneous.. .. 46 7 4 28 0 6
Rents and Commission 92 15 4 62 18 9
———— ————
Total .. .. £4,742 5 7 £3,513 5 11

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 423,028 97,399
2nd Class .. .. 473,328 607,854
———— ————
Total .. .. 896,356 705,253

Season Tickets .. .. 28,724 26,697

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 20,010 23,974
Calves .. .. 3,886 3,701
Sheep .. .. 714,564 667,940
Pigs .. .. 12,604 8,645
———— ————
Total .. .. 751,064 704,260

Timber .. .. 30,388 27,337
Minerals .. .. 74,691 57,918
Other Goods.. .. 97,696 88,106
———— ————
Total .. .. 202,775 173,361

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £140,154 3 1 £126,183 9 3
Parcels, luggage, and mails 17,983 15 9 14,936 10 0
Goods .. .. 201,027 15 7 155,471 2 3
Miscellaneous.. .. 3,414 15 7 3,667 1 3
Rents and Commission 4,137 2 5 3,444 18 1
———— ————
Total .. .. £366,717 12 5 £303,703 0 10

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 70,520 70,006
2nd Class .. .. 387,969 351,897
———— ————
Total .. .. 458,489 421,903

Season Tickets .. .. 13,704 12,467

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 5,949 8,131
Calves .. .. 409 1,029
Sheep .. .. 529,249 560,296
Pigs .. .. 1,793 2,249
———— ————
Total .. .. 537,400 571 705

Timber .. .. 15,982 15,292
Minerals .. .. 68,080 62 346
Other Goods.. .. 112,927 104,638
———— ————
Total .. .. 196,989 182 276

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £68,247 8 11 £64,142 5 11
Parcels, luggage, and mails 10,849 12 9 10,359 0 9
Goods .. .. 123,695 5 2 100,435 17 8
Miscellaneous.. .. 3,876 10 9 4,410 5 11
Rents and Commission 2,398 2 4 2,497 9 3
———— ————
Total .. .. £209,066 19 11 £181,844 19 6