Jan. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 103

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 9th December, 1922, and for the corresponding period, 1921:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1922. 1921.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 1,388 2,140
2nd Class .. .. 11,007 11,213
——— ———
Total .. .. 12,395 13,353
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 141 134

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 137 102
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 418 1,084
——— ———
Total .. .. 555 1,186
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 2,060 3,367
Other Goods .. .. 13,355 8,714
——— ———
Total .. .. 15,415 12,081
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,098 9 5 1,261 0 7
Parcels .. .. 285 0 3 308 5 8
Goods .. .. 4,042 3 2 3,451 18 7
Miscellaneous .. .. 107 8 0 79 13 11
Rents and Commissions 106 8 2 109 13 3
——— ———
Total.. .. £5,639 9 0 £5,210 12 0
——— ———

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1922. 1921.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 182 216
2nd Class .. .. 1,919 2,455
——— ———
Total .. .. 2,101 2,671
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. .. ..

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 7
Sheep and Pigs .. .. .. —
——— ———
Total .. .. .. 7
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 583 645
Other Goods .. .. 546 518
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,129 1,163
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 169 19 2 255 7 8
Parcels .. .. 97 9 2 84 12 7
Goods .. .. 519 9 4 398 16 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 25 3 0 68 0 9
Rents and Commissions 9 12 10 9 2 0
——— ———
Total.. .. £821 13 6 £815 19 11
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GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1922. 1921.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 761 825
2nd Class .. .. 5,824 5,855
——— ———
Total .. .. 6,585 6,680
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 33 36

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 51 93
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 3,443 6,141
——— ———
Total .. .. 3,494 6,234
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,067 1,001
Other Goods .. .. 5,131 2,746
——— ———
Total .. .. 6,198 3,747
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 754 11 10 853 4 2
Parcels .. .. 231 2 8 210 16 3
Goods .. .. 2,038 16 2 1,676 14 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 20 19 3 19 10 9
Rents and Commissions 106 12 4 114 17 10
——— ———
Total .. .. £3,152 2 3 £2,875 3 0
——— ———

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1922. 1921.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 76,538 80,812
2nd Class .. .. 476,975 483,128
——— ———
Total .. .. 553,513 563,940
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 26,119 24,287

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 16,740 13,371
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 174,717 166,332
——— ———
Total .. .. 191,457 179,703
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 28,737 30,995
Other Goods .. .. 182,037 155,310
——— ———
Total .. .. 210,774 186,305
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 93,003 14 6 96,659 7 5
Parcels .. .. 20,486 15 8 17,997 7 0
Goods .. .. 185,941 19 6 165,344 9 3
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,902 7 9 3,630 12 1
Rents and Commissions 4,410 15 0 4,520 8 1
——— ———
Total .. .. £307,745 12 5 £288,152 3 10
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SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1922. 1921.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 52,941 57,676
2nd Class .. .. 256,414 262,590
——— ———
Total .. .. 309,355 320,266
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 8,347 8,835

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 6,241 6,945
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 66,591 54,289
——— ———
Total .. .. 72,832 61,234
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 13,128 14,933
Other Goods .. .. 160,561 147,245
——— ———
Total .. .. 173,689 162,178
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 46,056 9 9 48,661 17 9
Parcels .. .. 13,922 3 4 11,220 12 4
Goods .. .. 96,613 16 4 89,524 9 1
Miscellaneous .. .. 2,997 8 5 2,738 11 2
Rents and Commissions 2,709 2 3 2,702 3 11
——— ———
Total .. .. £162,299 0 1 £154,847 14 3
——— ———

WESTLAND SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1922. 1921.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 2,654 2,958
2nd Class .. .. 22,816 19,691
——— ———
Total .. .. 25,470 22,649
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 887 930

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 258 404
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 1,723 1,850
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,981 2,254
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 7,050 9,965
Other Goods .. .. 18,390 22,495
——— ———
Total .. .. 25,440 32,460
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 2,468 11 2 2,656 6 1
Parcels .. .. 627 16 8 606 10 0
Goods .. .. 7,291 9 8 9,322 19 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 843 1 2 1,071 18 11
Rents and Commissions 308 19 11 291 15 9
——— ———
Total .. .. £11,539 18 7 £13,949 9 11
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