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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 8th December, 1923, and for the corresponding period, 1922:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,350 1,388
2nd Class .. .. 13,066 11,007
Total .. .. 15,416 12,395

Season Tickets .. .. 129 141

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 343 137
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 525 418
Total .. .. 868 555

Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,382 2,060
Other Goods .. .. 16,949 13,355
Total .. .. 18,331 15,415

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1,554 3 9 1,098 9 5
Parcels .. .. 348 4 4 285 0 3
Goods .. .. 4,833 9 10 4,042 3 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 323 6 6 107 8 0
Rents and Commissions 122 18 5 106 8 2
Total.. .. £7,182 2 10 £5,639 9 0

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 169 182
2nd Class .. .. 2,106 1,919
Total .. .. 2,275 2,101

Season Tickets .. .. .. ..

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 2 ..
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 47 ..
Total .. .. 49 ..

Tons.
Timber .. .. 541 583
Other Goods .. .. 541 546
Total .. .. 1,082 1,129

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
190 1 10 169 19 2
Parcels .. .. 110 9 2 97 9 2
Goods .. .. 377 9 4 519 9 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 8 14 3 25 3 0
Rents and Commissions 16 12 0 9 12 10
Total.. .. £703 6 7 £821 13 6

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 800 761
2nd Class .. .. 6,077 5,824
Total .. .. 6,877 6,585

Season Tickets .. .. 20 33

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 124 51
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 1,795 3,443
Total .. .. 1,919 3,494

Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,295 1,067
Other Goods .. .. 4,116 5,131
Total .. .. 5,411 6,198

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
764 10 4 754 11 10
Parcels .. .. 243 4 1 231 2 8
Goods .. .. 2,114 2 5 2,038 16 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 23 3 6 20 19 3
Rents and Commissions 104 1 9 106 12 4
Total .. .. £3,249 2 1 £3,152 2 3

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 75,345 76,538
2nd Class .. .. 467,855 476,975
Total .. .. 543,200 553,513

Season Tickets .. .. 28,046 26,119

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 12,638 16,740
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 134,720 174,717
Total .. .. 147,358 191,457

Tons.
Timber .. .. 33,143 28,737
Other Goods .. .. 213,888 182,037
Total .. .. 247,031 210,774

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
93,184 16 2 93,003 14 6
Parcels .. .. 20,944 5 4 20,486 15 8
Goods .. .. 205,264 18 10 185,941 19 6
Miscellaneous .. .. 1,067 7 10 3,902 7 9
Rents and Commissions 4,530 18 1 4,410 15 0
Total .. .. £324,992 6 3 £307,745 12 5

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 55,781 52,941
2nd Class .. .. 262,637 256,414
Total .. .. 318,418 309,355

Season Tickets .. .. 8,703 8,347

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 6,619 6,241
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 58,386 66,591
Total .. .. 65,005 72,832

Tons.
Timber .. .. 9,522 13,128
Other Goods .. .. 168,810 160,561
Total .. .. 178,332 173,689

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
48,655 6 3 46,056 9 9
Parcels .. .. 13,443 17 2 13,922 3 4
Goods .. .. 108,922 17 0 96,613 16 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,234 4 2 2,997 8 5
Rents and Commissions 3,047 18 1 2,709 2 3
Total .. .. £177,304 2 8 £162,299 0 1

WESTLAND SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,868 2,654
2nd Class .. .. 18,183 22,816
Total .. .. 21,051 25,470

Season Tickets .. .. 1,155 887

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. 130 258
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 598 1,723
Total .. .. 728 1,981

Tons.
Timber .. .. 8,591 7,050
Other Goods .. .. 22,608 18,390
Total .. .. 31,199 25,440

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
3,201 7 0 2,468 11 2
Parcels .. .. 847 7 5 627 16 8
Goods .. .. 12,188 4 5 7,291 9 8
Miscellaneous .. .. 956 14 5 843 1 2
Rents and Commissions 106 4 2 308 19 11
Total .. .. £17,299 17 5 £11,539 18 7