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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 31st March, 1923, and for the corresponding period, 1922:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,596
2nd Class .. .. 14,840
Total .. .. 17,436

Season Tickets .. .. 118

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 21
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 5,024
Total .. .. 5,045

Timber .. .. 2,624
Other Goods .. .. 13,985
Total .. .. 16,609

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £1,941 1 7
Parcels .. .. 272 19 6
Goods .. .. 4,428 2 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 301 12 10
Rents and Commissions .. 92 8 6
Total.. .. £7,036 4 5

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 110
2nd Class .. .. 3,273
Total .. .. 3,383

Season Tickets .. .. 2

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 5
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 33
Total .. .. 38

Timber .. .. 800
Other Goods .. .. 274
Total .. .. 1,074

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £322 17 4
Parcels .. .. 82 17 4
Goods .. .. 440 19 9
Miscellaneous .. .. 56 10 6
Rents and Commissions .. 8 11 10
Total.. .. £911 16 9

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 937
2nd Class .. .. 5,220
Total .. .. 6,157

Season Tickets .. .. 27

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 64
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 24,021
Total .. .. 24,085

Timber .. .. 1,291
Other Goods .. .. 3,388
Total .. .. 4,679

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £932 16 1
Parcels .. .. 217 2 1
Goods .. .. 2,109 15 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 59 11 0
Rents and Commissions .. 114 7 5
Total .. .. £3,433 12 0

1922. No.
      2,385
      11,918
      14,303

120

No.
180
5,424
5,604

Tons.
3,744
10,918
14,662

£ s. d.
1,726 15 0
276 19 8
4,186 10 8
284 15 1
98 2 4
£6,573 2 9

1922. No.
      202
      2,001
      2,203

2

No.
.. 20
—
—

Tons.
950
404
1,354

£ s. d.
232 10 3
74 9 0
527 0 4
42 13 7
9 12 0
£886 5 2

1922. No.
      782
      4,477
      5,259

37

No.
64
21,306
21,370

Tons.
1,181
3,170
4,351

£ s. d.
744 17 7
179 14 5
2,437 7 5
65 16 8
78 9 5
£3,506 5 6

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 99,853
2nd Class .. .. 640,957
Total .. .. 740,810

Season Tickets .. .. 26,129

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 16,566
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 479,843
Total .. .. 496,409

Timber .. .. 29,646
Other Goods .. .. 189,304
Total .. .. 218,950

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £144,309 2 0
Parcels .. .. 20,318 12 0
Goods .. .. 181,538 12 8
Miscellaneous .. .. 7,388 5 1
Rents and Commissions .. 4,941 18 7
Total .. .. £358,496 10 4

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 69,133
2nd Class .. .. 330,332
Total .. .. 399,465

Season Tickets .. .. 9,361

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 6,032
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 667,398
Total .. .. 673,430

Timber .. .. 13,546
Other Goods .. .. 211,107
Total .. .. 224,653

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £74,862 10 9
Parcels .. .. 13,378 17 7
Goods .. .. 130,003 13 8
Miscellaneous .. .. 6,004 9 2
Rents and Commissions .. 2,100 9 8
Total .. .. £226,350 0 10

WESTLAND SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 3,205
2nd Class .. .. 19,991
Total .. .. 23,196

Season Tickets .. .. 1,066

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 433
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 8,287
Total .. .. 8,720

Timber .. .. 8,648
Other Goods .. .. 24,522
Total .. .. 33,170

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £3,261 12 9
Parcels .. .. 659 0 10
Goods .. .. 9,002 3 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 847 18 5
Rents and Commissions .. 215 11 6
Total .. .. £13,986 6 8

1922. No.
      84,832
      518,580
      603,412

24,325

No.
13,845
495,407
509,252

Tons.
25,624
162,785
188,409

£ s. d.
107,598 10 6
10,256 2 8
166,180 16 1
5,786 12 1
Cr. 1,671 5 5
£288,150 15 11

1922. No.
      55,658
      261,881
      317,539

9,322

No.
5,923
667,292
673,215

Tons.
9,514
192,252
201,766

£ s. d.
50,176 6 11
5,059 19 5
116,697 9 0
5,164 19 3
Cr. 1,274 11 3
£175,824 3 4

1922. No.
      2,826
      20,860
      23,686

1,142

No.
205
3,835
4,040

Tons.
9,494
23,663
33,157

£ s. d.
3,080 10 4
539 0 3
9,226 9 4
758 12 4
231 0 6
£13,835 12 9