Jan. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 143

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 10th December, 1921, and for the corresponding
period, 1920:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

                                                 1921.              1920.

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 2,140 2,498
2nd Class .. .. 11,213 13,448
Total .. .. 13,353 15,946
Season Tickets .. .. 134 160
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. 102 273
Sheep .. .. 995 929
Pigs .. .. 89 4
Total .. .. 1,186 1,206
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 3,367 5,338
Minerals .. .. 5,161 7,492
Other Goods .. .. 3,553 3,489
Total .. .. 12,081 16,319
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,261 0 7 1,533 3 5
Parcels .. .. 308 5 8 262 5 5
Goods .. .. 3,451 18 7 4,296 3 9
Miscellaneous .. .. 79 13 11 85 17 3
Rents and Commission .. 109 13 3 84 14 5
Total .. .. £5,210 12 0 £6,262 4 3

KAIHU SECTION.

                                                 1921.              1920.

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 216 335
2nd Class .. .. 2,455 2,309
Total .. .. 2,671 2,644
Season Tickets .. .. .. 3
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 1
Sheep .. .. .. ..
Pigs .. .. 7 ..
Total .. .. 7 1
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 645 968
Minerals .. .. 324 96
Other Goods .. .. 194 202
Total .. .. 1,163 1,266
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 255 7 8 215 4 9
Parcels .. .. 84 12 7 67 19 3
Goods .. .. 398 16 11 439 2 6
Miscellaneous .. .. 68 0 9 65 7 0
Rents and Commission .. 9 2 0 9 15 6
Total .. .. £815 19 11 £797 9 0

GISBORNE SECTION.

                                                 1921.              1920.

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 825 1,245
2nd Class .. .. 5,855 6,125
Total .. .. 6,680 7,370
Season Tickets .. .. 36 14
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. 93 178
Sheep .. .. 6,112 2,210
Pigs .. .. 29 2
Total .. .. 6,234 2,390

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

                                                 1921.              1920.

Goods—continued. Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,001 1,600
Minerals .. .. 1,239 1,543
Other Goods .. .. 1,507 2,882
Total .. .. 3,747 6,025
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 853 4 2 1,034 0 3
Parcels .. .. 210 16 3 176 3 4
Goods .. .. 1,676 14 0 2,632 10 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 19 10 9 72 1 1
Rents and Commission .. 114 17 10 114 16 0
Total .. .. £2,875 3 0 £4,029 11 7

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

                                                 1921.              1920.

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 80,812 86,274
2nd Class .. .. 483,128 493,480
Total .. .. 563,940 579,754
Season Tickets .. .. 24,287 24,123
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. 13,371 17,494
Sheep .. .. 149,596 64,304
Pigs .. .. 16,736 9,223
Total .. .. 179,703 91,021
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 30,995 29,774
Minerals .. .. 61,282 89,496
Other Goods .. .. 94,028 102,485
Total .. .. 186,305 221,755
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 96,659 7 5 107,758 14 9
Parcels .. .. 17,997 7 0 16,787 8 7
Goods .. .. 165,344 9 3 192,899 7 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,630 12 1 4,066 13 2
Rents and Commission .. 4,520 8 1 3,728 6 8
Total .. .. £288,152 3 10 £325,240 11 1

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

                                                 1921.              1920.

PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 57,676 66,516
2nd Class .. .. 262,590 276,414
Total .. .. 320,266 342,930
Season Tickets .. .. 8,835 9,966
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. 6,945 7,854
Sheep .. .. 51,460 57,427
Pigs .. .. 2,829 2,013
Total .. .. 61,234 67,294
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 14,933 13,513
Minerals .. .. 48,711 58,570
Other Goods .. .. 98,534 121,772
Total .. .. 162,178 193,855
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 48,661 17 9 54,576 9 2
Parcels .. .. 11,220 12 4 10,696 7 1
Goods .. .. 89,524 9 1 105,302 15 3
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,738 11 2 4,456 15 6
Rents and Commission .. 2,702 3 11 2,404 9 0
Total .. .. £154,847 14 3 £177,436 16 0