Oct. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2535

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 17th September, 1921, and for the corresponding period, 1920:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,288 2,577
2nd Class .. .. 11,688 12,830

Total .. .. 13,976 15,407

Season Tickets .. .. 211 249

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 307 582
Sheep .. .. 180 446
Pigs .. .. 1 14

Total .. .. 488 1,042

Timber .. .. 2,898 3,918
Minerals .. .. 4,831 5,826
Other Goods .. .. 3,208 3,329

Total .. .. 10,937 13,073

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £1,380 4 1 £1,572 19 5
Parcels .. .. 210 2 8 185 15 5
Goods .. .. 2,758 7 9 3,379 14 9
Miscellaneous .. .. 83 4 0 39 2 3
Rents and Commission .. .. 125 11 4 104 10 11

Total .. .. £4,557 9 10 £5,282 2 9

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 234 264
2nd Class .. .. 2,028 2,380

Total .. .. 2,262 2,644

Season Tickets .. .. 5 4

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 1 ..
Sheep .. .. .. 1
Pigs .. .. .. ..

Total .. .. 1 1

Timber .. .. 240 48
Minerals .. .. 450 8
Other Goods .. .. 268 257

Total .. .. 958 313

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 187 11 1 £ 212 9 4
Parcels .. .. 40 16 10 35 13 5
Goods .. .. 269 13 11 159 3 6
Miscellaneous .. .. 82 11 11 47 6 10
Rents and Commission .. .. 10 14 0 9 6 0

Total .. .. £ 591 7 9 £ 463 19 1

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 919 1,245
2nd Class .. .. 5,263 5,667

Total .. .. 6,182 6,912

Season Tickets .. .. 38 11

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 39 114
Sheep .. .. 1,248 1,179
Pigs .. .. .. ..

Total .. .. 1,287 1,293

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
Timber .. .. 1,449 1,743
Minerals .. .. 1,277 961
Other Goods .. .. 1,487 2,251

Total .. .. 4,213 4,955

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 831 16 1 £ 911 19 5
Parcels .. .. 172 13 0 150 12 11
Goods .. .. 1,602 11 5 2,240 6 7
Miscellaneous .. .. 32 0 0 65 12 8
Rents and Commission .. .. 97 10 0 98 5 10

Total .. .. £2,736 10 6 £3,466 17 5

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 88,122 83,180
2nd Class .. .. 521,196 488,336

Total .. .. 609,318 571,516

Season Tickets .. .. 25,127 23,726

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 16,657 17,135
Sheep .. .. 80,378 75,138
Pigs .. .. 3,623 2,498

Total .. .. 100,658 94,771

Timber .. .. 28,160 28,202
Minerals .. .. 70,284 58,018
Other Goods .. .. 73,226 91,430

Total .. .. 171,670 177,650

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £117,126 4 7 £112,422 19 10
Parcels .. .. 15,054 15 1 14,537 9 1
Goods .. .. 137,197 4 3 150,944 11 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,272 7 7 3,511 19 4
Rents and Commission .. .. 5,182 7 5 3,292 6 3

Total .. .. £277,772 18 11 £284,709 5 11

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 59,197 58,395
2nd Class .. .. 259,919 260,645

Total .. .. 319,116 318,980

Season Tickets .. .. 10,140 10,720

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 7,283 7,808
Sheep .. .. 92,063 77,674
Pigs .. .. 2,498 2,004

Total .. .. 101,844 87,486

Timber .. .. 13,479 14,219
Minerals .. .. 62,544 64,119
Other Goods .. .. 111,192 98,681

Total .. .. 187,215 177,019

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £53,076 17 5 £53,087 1 11
Parcels .. .. 8,217 1 7 7,738 9 6
Goods .. .. 89,714 0 9 90,953 8 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,215 8 8 3,799 4 11
Rents and Commission .. .. 2,665 11 10 2,288 10 5

Total .. .. £156,889 0 3 £157,866 15 8