2266 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 64

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 21st July, 1923, and for the corresponding period, 1922:

WHANGAREI SECTION. NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS, 1923. 1922.
1st Class .. .. 2,045 No. No.
2nd Class .. .. 12,483 1st Class .. .. 97,336 95,303
Total .. .. 14,528 2nd Class .. .. 503,214 493,279
Season Tickets .. .. 112 Total .. .. 600,550 588,582

Goods, Season Tickets .. .. 26,620 23,856
Cattle .. .. 81 No. No.
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 138 Cattle .. .. 17,416 14,108
Total .. .. 219 Sheep and Pigs .. .. 96,590 71,786
Total .. .. 114,006 85,894

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,196 Timber .. .. 26,873 23,616
Other Goods .. .. 10,751 Other Goods .. .. 144,989 135,118
Total .. .. 11,947 Total .. .. 171,862 158,734

REVENUE,— REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 1,474 5 2 £ s. d. £ s. d.
Parcels .. .. 243 6 9 Passengers .. .. £ 100,127 0 3 98,328 10 3
Goods .. .. 3,760 10 6 Parcels .. .. £ 15,941 18 5 13,899 14 5
Miscellaneous .. 151 15 8 Goods .. .. £ 134,124 0 3 118,737 8 10
Rents and Commissions 196 16 2 Miscellaneous .. £ 4,427 18 9 3,061 10 0
Total .. .. £ 5,826 14 3 Rents and Commissions £ 6,120 18 3 5,895 7 8
Total .. .. £ 260,741 15 11 £239,922 11 2

KAIHU SECTION. SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1923.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1923.

      PASSENGERS, PASSENGERS,
      1st Class .. .. 123 No. No.
      2nd Class .. .. 2,047 1st Class .. .. 44,716 49,924
      Total .. .. 2,170 2nd Class .. .. 198,706 225,300
      Season Tickets .. .. Total .. .. 243,422 275,224

Goods, Season Tickets .. .. 8,590 9,862
Cattle .. .. No.
Sheep and Pigs .. .. Cattle .. .. 6,044 4,427
Total .. .. Sheep and Pigs .. .. 171,383 246,399
Total .. .. 177,427 250,826

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 365 Timber .. .. 14,202 11,859
Other Goods .. .. 248 Other Goods .. .. 178,583 173,548
Total .. .. 613 Total .. .. 192,785 185,407

REVENUE,— REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 186 18 7 £ s. d. £ s. d.
Parcels .. .. 46 16 11 Passengers .. .. £ 38,473 15 3 41,367 19 11
Goods .. .. 254 17 10 Parcels .. .. £ 8,956 11 8 7,959 7 10
Miscellaneous .. 6 5 7 Goods .. .. £ 96,383 7 5 98,296 8 3
Rents and Commissions 46 8 4 Miscellaneous .. £ 3,813 17 6 3,359 9 11
Total .. .. £ 541 7 3 Rents and Commissions £ 3,914 11 6 3,977 8 9
Total .. .. £ 151,542 3 4 £154,960 14 8

GISBORNE SECTION. WESTLAND SECTION.

1923.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1923.

      PASSENGERS, PASSENGERS,
      1st Class .. .. 828 No. No.
      2nd Class .. .. 4,632 1st Class .. .. 2,581 2,563
      Total .. .. 5,460 2nd Class .. .. 17,521 17,784
      Season Tickets .. .. 37 Total .. .. 20,102 20,347

Goods, Season Tickets .. .. 1,074 810
Cattle .. .. 46 No.
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 3,117 Cattle .. .. 284 331
Total .. .. 3,163 Sheep and Pigs .. .. 1,579 2,975
Total .. .. 1,863 3,306

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 579 Timber .. .. 11,951 5,648
Other Goods .. .. 3,074 Other Goods .. .. 33,823 27,942
Total .. .. 3,653 Total .. .. 45,774 33,590

REVENUE,— REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 737 13 1 £ s. d. £ s. d.
Parcels .. .. 157 4 11 Passengers .. .. £ 2,544 1 7 2,462 14 5
Goods .. .. 1,383 4 11 Parcels .. .. £ 479 16 5 434 19 9
Miscellaneous .. 25 2 4 Goods .. .. £ 11,794 12 11 8,423 5 0
Rents and Commissions 91 17 4 Miscellaneous .. £ 1,355 4 9 970 15 3
Total .. .. £ 2,395 2 7 Rents and Commissions £ 641 18 11 562 15 10
Total .. .. £ 16,815 14 7 £12,854 10 3