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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 3rd February, 1923, and for the corresponding period, 1922:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1923. 1922.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 2,826 3,049
2nd Class .. .. 16,910 15,719
——— ———
Total .. .. 19,736 18,768
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Season Tickets .. .. 144 181

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 53 54
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 27,953 12,310
——— ———
Total .. .. 28,006 12,364
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Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 3,125 2,525
Other Goods .. .. 13,163 8,884
——— ———
Total .. .. 16,288 11,409
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 2,209 19 9 1,967 16 2
Parcels .. .. 311 5 9 317 14 11
Goods .. .. 4,866 1 11 3,433 8 9
Miscellaneous.. .. 141 6 8 56 6 10
Rents and Commissions.. 124 2 5 134 10 1
——— ———
Total .. .. £7,652 16 6 £5,909 16 9
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KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1923. 1922.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 177 280
2nd Class .. .. 1,993 2,271
——— ———
Total .. .. 2,170 2,551
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Season Tickets .. .. .. ..

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 2 ..
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 15 ..
——— ———
Total .. .. 17 ..
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Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,045 831
Other Goods .. .. 320 308
——— ———
Total .. .. 1,365 1,139
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 199 4 2 230 12 2
Parcels .. .. 99 0 3 79 1 4
Goods .. .. 517 18 10 429 13 6
Miscellaneous.. .. 36 4 8 42 15 0
Rents and Commissions.. 14 10 0 12 2 0
——— ———
Total .. .. £866 12 11 £794 4 0
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GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1923. 1922.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 996 925
2nd Class .. .. 7,359 7,337
——— ———
Total .. .. 8,355 8,262
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Season Tickets .. .. 11 13

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 27 55
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 29,332 25,888
——— ———
Total .. .. 29,359 25,943
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Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,018 464
Other Goods .. .. 3,973 2,616
——— ———
Total .. .. 4,991 3,080
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 973 5 6 950 12 5
Parcels .. .. 263 9 5 202 5 9
Goods .. .. 2,452 19 7 1,966 18 3
Miscellaneous.. .. 62 9 5 123 0 4
Rents and Commissions.. 117 16 10 99 11 2
——— ———
Total .. .. £3,870 0 9 £3,342 7 11
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NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1923. 1922.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 118,151 120,169
2nd Class .. .. 647,667 638,438
——— ———
Total .. .. 765,818 753,607
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Season Tickets .. .. 27,175 25,490

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 17,248 9,356
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 577,521 647,540
——— ———
Total .. .. 594,769 656,896
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Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 25,952 22,544
Other Goods .. .. 168,663 147,255
——— ———
Total .. .. 194,615 169,799
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 134,796 16 5 134,570 18 11
Parcels .. .. 20,954 16 9 16,972 1 8
Goods .. .. 182,259 13 3 163,681 9 3
Miscellaneous.. .. 3,489 19 8 2,755 9 6
Rents and Commissions.. 5,524 11 4 5,871 4 10
——— ———
Total .. .. £347,025 17 5 £323,851 4 2
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SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1923. 1922.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 66,113 66,930
2nd Class .. .. 353,458 359,798
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Total .. .. 419,571 426,728
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 9,956 10,716

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 5,939 3,691
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 399,191 338,328
——— ———
Total .. .. 405,130 342,019
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 9,995 8,164
Other Goods .. .. 158,308 144,173
——— ———
Total .. .. 168,303 152,337
——— ———

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 67,519 13 5 65,929 19 7
Parcels .. .. 13,529 1 1 11,251 17 1
Goods .. .. 108,537 7 2 100,146 15 11
Miscellaneous.. .. 3,104 2 8 3,121 9 9
Rents and Commissions.. 3,069 8 4 2,833 17 10
——— ———
Total .. .. £195,759 12 8 £183,284 0 2
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WESTLAND SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1923. 1922.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 3,613 3,704
2nd Class .. .. 32,249 28,110
——— ———
Total .. .. 35,862 31,814
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 1,185 1,306

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 191 299
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 11,933 3,502
——— ———
Total .. .. 12,124 3,801
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 8,990 5,074
Other Goods .. .. 21,891 21,474
——— ———
Total .. .. 30,881 26,548
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 4,115 3 4 3,590 15 4
Parcels .. .. 822 12 1 811 18 2
Goods .. .. 8,856 7 7 7,125 9 11
Miscellaneous.. .. 652 9 3 499 13 10
Rents and Commissions.. 341 0 11 303 15 3
——— ———
Total .. .. £14,787 13 2 £12,331 12 6
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