Aug. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2197

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 23rd July, 1921, and for the corresponding period, 1920:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,668 2,411
2nd Class .. .. 13,795 13,203
——— ———
Total .. .. 16,463 15,614

Season Tickets .. .. 144 102

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 345 874
Calves .. .. .. 2
Sheep .. .. 402 1,849
Pigs .. .. .. 1
——— ———
Total .. .. 747 2,726

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 2,125 2,361
Minerals .. .. 6,607 8,678
Other Goods .. .. 2,870 3,637
——— ———
Total .. .. 11,602 14,676

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,547 12 2 1,320 12 9
Parcels, luggage, and mails 172 1 2 174 7 3
Goods .. .. 2,960 2 2 3,318 15 10
Miscellaneous .. 87 3 0 48 9 11
Rents and Commission 185 12 8 167 8 9
——— ———
Total .. £4,952 11 2 £5,029 14 6

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 299 278
2nd Class .. .. 2,030 2,394
——— ———
Total .. .. 2,329 2,672

Season Tickets .. .. 3 3

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 3
Calves .. .. .. ..
Sheep .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. .. ..
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 3

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 323 200
Minerals .. .. 138 76
Other Goods .. .. 194 181
——— ———
Total .. .. 655 457

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 203 5 1 192 12 3
Parcels, luggage, and mails 31 10 3 28 9 4
Goods .. .. 231 9 5 156 11 10
Miscellaneous .. 85 2 5 55 6 8
Rents and Commission 25 19 7 27 13 0
——— ———
Total .. £577 6 9 £460 13 1

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 944 1,256
2nd Class .. .. 5,317 5,821
——— ———
Total .. .. 6,261 7,077

Season Tickets .. .. 27 9

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 77 357
Calves .. .. 1 ..
Sheep .. .. 1,141 4,794
Pigs .. .. .. ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,219 5,151

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

GOODS—continued.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,722 1,401
Minerals .. .. 1,803 888
Other Goods .. .. 1,798 1,541
——— ———
Total .. .. 5,323 3,830

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 838 8 1 858 2 11
Parcels, luggage, and mails 161 8 1 129 18 0
Goods .. .. 1,882 16 2 1,493 19 10
Miscellaneous .. 18 10 3 19 7 10
Rents and Commission 91 15 3 84 0 8
——— ———
Total .. £2,992 17 10 £2,585 9 3

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 100,775 106,230
2nd Class .. .. 526,026 516,049
——— ———
Total .. .. 626,801 622,279

Season Tickets .. .. 22,796 22,171

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 16,638 23,466
Calves .. .. 1,772 1,892
Sheep .. .. 141,398 139,630
Pigs .. .. 1,861 2,044
——— ———
Total .. .. 161,669 167,032

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 21,939 25,693
Minerals .. .. 73,087 65,107
Other Goods .. .. 74,930 87,080
——— ———
Total .. .. 169,956 177,880

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 107,807 9 10 117,106 15 2
Parcels, luggage, and mails 13,534 19 10 12,825 13 11
Goods .. .. 138,949 2 9 133,680 7 2
Miscellaneous .. 3,018 12 4 3,558 10 2
Rents and Commission 5,460 6 2 5,870 5 5
——— ———
Total .. £268,770 10 11 £273,041 11 10

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 57,471 60,657
2nd Class .. .. 245,763 262,151
——— ———
Total .. .. 303,234 322,808

Season Tickets .. .. 9,939 10,642

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 5,766 7,164
Calves .. .. 402 724
Sheep .. .. 165,897 196,021
Pigs .. .. 2,274 1,576
——— ———
Total .. .. 174,339 205,485

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 16,949 12,992
Minerals .. .. 62,851 62,355
Other Goods .. .. 120,015 123,892
——— ———
Total .. .. 199,815 199,239

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 41,550 7 5 53,087 1 3
Parcels, luggage, and mails 7,812 11 5 7,429 10 0
Goods .. .. 102,810 3 9 94,816 19 9
Miscellaneous .. 3,923 13 7 5,105 2 6
Rents and Commission 4,045 6 10 3,885 0 0
——— ———
Total .. £160,142 3 0 £164,323 13 6