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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 97

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 15th October, 1921, and for the corresponding period, 1920:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,379 2,366
2nd Class .. .. 12,346 11,151
Total .. .. 14,725 13,517

Season Tickets .. .. 110 227

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 246 243
Sheep .. .. 762 1,778
Pigs .. .. 25 61
Total .. .. 1,033 2,082

Timber .. .. 2,346 3,261
Minerals .. .. 5,247 6,549
Other Goods .. .. 2,996 2,888
Total .. .. 10,589 12,698

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £1,458 12 8 £1,365 9 9
Parcels .. .. 258 6 7 225 4 2
Goods .. .. 2,801 12 3 3,267 4 9
Miscellaneous .. .. 71 14 10 97 15 5
Rents and Commission 200 9 10 178 14 6
Total .. .. £4,790 16 2 £5,134 8 7

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 305 276
2nd Class .. .. 2,103 2,342
Total .. .. 2,408 2,618

Season Tickets .. .. — 3

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 34 —
Sheep .. .. — —
Pigs .. .. — —
Total .. .. 34 —

Timber .. .. 348 258
Minerals .. .. 383 134
Other Goods .. .. 222 289
Total .. .. 953 681

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £203 4 1 £221 12 9
Parcels .. .. 58 8 3 52 11 1
Goods .. .. 294 11 4 265 1 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 72 6 11 63 14 4
Rents and Commission 22 17 0 29 6 0
Total .. .. £651 7 7 £632 5 6

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 1,010 1,051
2nd Class .. .. 4,652 5,601
Total .. .. 5,672 6,652

Season Tickets .. .. 31 5

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 122 129
Sheep .. .. 1,591 905
Pigs .. .. 2 3
Total .. .. 1,715 1,037

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
Timber .. .. 1,885 1,627
Minerals .. .. 1,726 879
Other Goods .. .. 2,491 1,990
Total .. .. 6,102 4,496

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £742 10 4 £910 11 11
Parcels .. .. 158 3 1 156 15 9
Goods .. .. 2,457 7 3 2,121 15 9
Miscellaneous .. .. 57 7 1 34 7 7
Rents and Commission 92 1 6 85 5 6
Total .. .. £3,507 9 3 £3,308 16 6

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 82,345 88,244
2nd Class .. .. 497,183 526,697
Total .. .. 579,528 614,941

Season Tickets .. .. 23,604 27,841

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 15,058 17,629
Sheep .. .. 49,486 69,050
Pigs .. .. 7,309 4,030
Total .. .. 71,853 90,709

Timber .. .. 28,026 25,083
Minerals .. .. 55,600 50,250
Other Goods .. .. 82,698 102,683
Total .. .. 166,324 178,016

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £102,480 9 2 £107,040 6 4
Parcels .. .. 15,304 12 7 15,184 10 2
Goods .. .. 143,606 12 6 161,317 3 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,040 1 2 3,294 13 2
Rents and Commission 6,969 15 5 6,943 3 9
Total .. .. £271,401 10 10 £293,779 17 4

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 55,219 58,421
2nd Class .. .. 242,629 257,794
Total .. .. 297,848 316,215

Season Tickets .. .. 9,517 10,069

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 6,600 7,855
Sheep .. .. 77,839 73,880
Pigs .. .. 2,821 2,337
Total .. .. 87,260 84,072

Timber .. .. 13,907 13,352
Minerals .. .. 50,363 64,184
Other Goods .. .. 84,405 93,124
Total .. .. 148,675 170,660

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £46,999 0 9 £52,627 14 10
Parcels .. .. 9,386 18 8 9,298 7 0
Goods .. .. 77,800 16 8 90,615 0 6
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,644 18 6 3,974 9 0
Rents and Commission 3,989 3 4 3,968 11 3
Total .. .. £140,820 17 11 £160,484 2 7