New Zealand Gazette – 1921 – No. 87

Page 2401

✨ Railway Traffic Returns



Sept. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2401

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 20th August, 1921, and for the corresponding period, 1920:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

  1.   1920.

    No. No.
    Passengers,–
    1st Class .. .. 2,282 2,277
    2nd Class .. .. 12,315 12,557
    ——— ———
    Total .. .. 14,597 14,834
    ——— ———
    Season Tickets .. .. 271 88

Goods,–
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 174 448
Sheep .. .. 850 26
Pigs .. .. 6 9
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,030 483
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,679 4,261
Minerals .. .. 5,576 7,601
Other Goods .. .. 2,980 3,504
——— ———
Total .. .. 10,235 15,366
——— ———

Revenue,–
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,506 19 8 1,248 7 8
Parcels .. .. 226 12 0 172 14 0
Goods .. .. 2,583 1 5 3,145 15 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 66 5 4 54 16 10
Rents and Commission .. .. 142 3 9 106 9 5
——— ———
Total .. .. £4,525 2 2 £4,728 2 11
——— ———

KAIHU SECTION.

  1.   1920.

    No. No.
    Passengers,–
    1st Class .. .. 280 255
    2nd Class .. .. 2,079 2,529
    ——— ———
    Total .. .. 2,359 2,784
    ——— ———
    Season Tickets .. .. .. 5

Goods,–
No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 3
Sheep .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. .. 9
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 12
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 154 65
Minerals .. .. 438 108
Other Goods .. .. 190 283
——— ———
Total .. .. 782 456
——— ———

Revenue,–
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 214 6 0 206 16 4
Parcels .. .. 32 12 7 31 1 9
Goods .. .. 185 10 3 154 16 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 71 0 10 53 4 8
Rents and Commission .. .. 13 12 4 8 13 7
——— ———
Total .. .. £517 2 0 £454 12 8
——— ———

GISBORNE SECTION.

  1.   1920.

    No. No.
    Passengers,–
    1st Class .. .. 1,067 995
    2nd Class .. .. 6,906 5,344
    ——— ———
    Total .. .. 7,973 6,339
    ——— ———
    Season Tickets .. .. 33 10

Goods,–
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 127 213
Sheep .. .. 3,273 1,716
Pigs .. .. .. 1
——— ———
Total .. .. 3,400 1,930
——— ———

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

  1.   1920.

    Tons. Tons.
    Goods—continued.
    Timber .. .. 1,056 1,174
    Minerals .. .. 680 894
    Other Goods .. .. 1,189 1,736
    ——— ———
    Total .. .. 2,925 3,804
    ——— ———

Revenue,–
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 970 19 7 758 2 6
Parcels .. .. 148 12 3 135 4 1
Goods .. .. 1,333 3 1 1,374 14 7
Miscellaneous .. .. 34 14 11 10 14 8
Rents and Commission .. .. 98 9 7 99 14 10
——— ———
Total .. .. £2,585 19 5 £2,378 10 8
——— ———

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

  1.   1920.

    No. No.
    Passengers,–
    1st Class .. .. 75,841 81,550
    2nd Class .. .. 456,013 473,903
    ——— ———
    Total .. .. 531,854 555,453
    ——— ———
    Season Tickets .. .. 24,361 22,179

Goods,–
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 15,227 20,407
Sheep .. .. 97,934 93,482
Pigs .. .. 2,186 2,125
——— ———
Total .. .. 115,347 116,014
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 26,200 27,225
Minerals .. .. 72,284 74,088
Other Goods .. .. 65,513 91,880
——— ———
Total .. .. 163,997 193,193
——— ———

Revenue,–
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 101,721 2 8 100,628 19 10
Parcels .. .. 13,064 7 10 12,739 5 2
Goods .. .. 129,681 3 2 137,541 13 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,584 6 3 3,387 19 0
Rents and Commission .. .. 5,327 6 2 4,247 18 2
——— ———
Total .. .. £253,378 6 1 £258,545 15 4
——— ———

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

  1.   1920.

    No. No.
    Passengers,–
    1st Class .. .. 60,919 67,423
    2nd Class .. .. 250,610 267,921
    ——— ———
    Total .. .. 311,529 335,344
    ——— ———
    Season Tickets .. .. 10,119 10,335

Goods,–
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 5,400 8,700
Sheep .. .. 79,698 106,951
Pigs .. .. 1,923 1,748
——— ———
Total .. .. 87,021 117,399
——— ———

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 12,091 19,261
Minerals .. .. 56,963 64,565
Other Goods .. .. 94,556 105,804
——— ———
Total .. .. 163,610 189,630
——— ———

Revenue,–
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 55,232 3 8 50,164 1 11
Parcels .. .. 8,007 4 6 7,610 9 0
Goods .. .. 79,952 15 2 89,617 15 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,381 10 10 4,798 8 0
Rents and Commission .. .. 2,775 10 9 2,680 3 8
——— ———
Total .. .. £149,349 4 11 £154,870 17 11
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