3220 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 93

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 11th November, 1922, and for the corresponding period, 1921 :—

WHANGAREI SECTION.
1922. 1921.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 1,719 2,082
2nd Class .. .. 11,328 10,709
Total .. .. 13,047 12,791
Season Tickets .. 121 136
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. 105 74
Sheep and Pigs .. 1,666 453
Total .. .. 1,771 527

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,712 3,799
Other Goods .. .. 10,435 8,385
Total .. .. 12,147 12,184

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,158 18 11 1,234 19 4
Parcels .. .. 412 0 5 287 15 4
Goods .. .. 3,159 18 11 3,203 8 2
Miscellaneous .. 90 2 5 55 1 3
Rents and Commissions 110 2 9 115 11 0
Total .. .. £4,931 3 5 £4,896 15 1

KAIHU SECTION.
1922. 1921.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 190 321
2nd Class .. .. 1,941 2,039
Total .. .. 2,131 2,360
Season Tickets .. .. 4
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. 3 1
Sheep and Pigs .. .. ..
Total .. .. 3 1

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 570 295
Other Goods .. .. 273 543
Total .. .. 843 838

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 170 6 9 206 18 7
Parcels .. .. 125 3 9 80 13 1
Goods .. .. 315 6 2 274 4 2
Miscellaneous .. 54 12 5 13 19 11
Rents and Commissions 8 10 0 8 2 0
Total .. .. £673 19 1 £583 17 9

GISBORNE SECTION.
1922. 1921.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 820 1,060
2nd Class .. .. 7,528 7,508
Total .. .. 8,348 8,568
Season Tickets .. 26 28
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. 139 134
Sheep and Pigs .. 840 1,293
Total .. .. 979 1,427

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,128 1,446
Other Goods .. .. 3,656 3,115
Total .. .. 4,784 4,561

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 843 5 10 939 17 11
Parcels .. .. 283 8 5 208 18 11
Goods .. .. 1,641 14 1 1,792 12 9
Miscellaneous .. 18 7 5 9 3 0
Rents and Commissions 99 5 7 108 11 9
Total .. .. £2,886 1 4 £3,059 4 4

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.
1922. 1921.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 101,157 101,822
2nd Class .. .. 523,902 520,766
Total .. .. 625,059 622,588
Season Tickets .. 26,047 23,703
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. 16,034 17,121
Sheep and Pigs .. 71,030 66,320
Total .. .. 87,064 83,441

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 27,180 28,328
Other Goods .. .. 161,902 145,759
Total .. .. 189,082 174,087

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 102,275 4 2 107,432 10 3
Parcels .. .. 20,572 7 6 16,670 3 11
Goods .. .. 158,312 16 10 150,458 18 6
Miscellaneous .. 4,406 19 9 5,557 1 11
Rents and Commissions 5,365 15 8 5,873 9 5
Total .. .. £290,933 3 11 £285,992 4 0

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.
1922. 1921.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 73,916 75,886
2nd Class .. .. 308,280 299,528
Total .. .. 382,196 375,414
Season Tickets .. 9,290 9,199
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. 6,770 5,949
Sheep and Pigs .. 63,341 57,494
Total .. .. 70,111 63,443

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 12,073 9,940
Other Goods .. .. 153,079 123,284
Total .. .. 165,152 133,224

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 56,647 0 7 56,675 16 4
Parcels .. .. 13,002 3 10 10,501 7 9
Goods .. .. 85,118 4 8 74,943 16 10
Miscellaneous .. 3,534 2 11 4,727 5 8
Rents and Commissions 2,533 12 10 3,055 16 8
Total .. .. £160,835 4 10 £149,904 3 3

WESTLAND SECTION.
1922. 1921.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 3,130 3,177
2nd Class .. .. 20,177 22,028
Total .. .. 23,307 25,205
Season Tickets .. 1,143 1,185
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. 439 416
Sheep and Pigs .. 2,220 1,931
Total .. .. 2,659 2,347

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 7,817 9,858
Other Goods .. .. 23,069 24,908
Total .. .. 30,886 34,766

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 2,943 8 2 3,274 2 1
Parcels .. .. 729 5 1 656 16 5
Goods .. .. 8,481 18 2 9,568 14 4
Miscellaneous .. 1,128 11 11 1,229 1 8
Rents and Commissions 360 18 1 320 11 9
Total .. .. £13,644 1 5 £15,049 6 3