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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 2nd February, 1924, and for the corresponding period, 1923:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 3,574 2,826
2nd Class .. .. 19,667 16,910
Total .. .. 23,241 19,736

Season Tickets .. .. 147 144

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 46 53
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 23,385 27,953
Total .. .. 23,431 28,006

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 2,102 3,125
Other Goods .. .. 13,859 13,163
Total .. .. 15,961 16,288

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 2,841 2 7 2,209 19 9
Parcels .. .. 389 6 7 311 5 9
Goods .. .. 4,899 3 3 4,866 1 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 331 9 3 141 6 8
Rents and Commissions 152 0 0 124 2 5
Total.. .. .. £8,613 1 8 £7,652 16 6

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 154 177
2nd Class .. .. 2,358 1,993
Total .. .. 2,512 2,170

Season Tickets .. .. .. ..

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 4 2
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 65 15
Total .. .. 69 17

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 682 1,045
Other Goods .. .. 246 320
Total .. .. 928 1,365

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 256 14 6 199 4 2
Parcels .. .. 118 10 8 99 0 3
Goods .. .. 399 9 6 517 13 10
Miscellaneous .. .. 24 19 10 36 4 8
Rents and Commissions 24 12 9 14 10 0
Total.. .. .. £824 7 3 £866 12 11

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 1,014 996
2nd Class .. .. 8,437 7,359
Total .. .. 9,451 8,355

Season Tickets .. .. 6 11

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 33 27
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 18,093 29,332
Total .. .. 18,126 29,359

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 960 1,018
Other Goods .. .. 2,923 3,973
Total .. .. 3,883 4,991

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,008 4 11 973 5 6
Parcels .. .. 222 6 6 263 9 5
Goods .. .. 2,034 11 11 2,452 19 7
Miscellaneous .. .. 22 0 3 62 9 5
Rents and Commissions 111 1 8 117 16 10
Total .. .. £3,398 5 3 £3,870 0 9

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 113,302 118,151
2nd Class .. .. 630,258 647,667
Total .. .. 743,560 765,818

Season Tickets .. .. 29,477 27,175

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 19,180 17,248
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 735,561 577,521
Total .. .. 754,741 594,769

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 31,660 25,952
Other Goods .. .. 179,968 163,663
Total .. .. 211,628 194,615

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 135,264 9 8 134,796 16 5
Parcels .. .. 20,092 5 2 20,954 16 9
Goods .. .. 193,570 12 10 182,259 13 3
Miscellaneous .. .. 5,227 12 6 3,489 19 8
Rents and Commissions 5,821 14 8 5,524 11 4
Total .. .. £359,976 14 10 £347,025 17 5

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 66,633 66,113
2nd Class .. .. 365,328 353,458
Total .. .. 431,961 419,571

Season Tickets .. .. 10,455 9,956

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 6,515 5,939
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 573,942 399,191
Total .. .. 580,457 405,130

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 9,954 9,995
Other Goods .. .. 170,409 158,308
Total .. .. 180,363 168,303

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 69,129 4 6 67,519 13 5
Parcels .. .. 12,943 16 11 13,529 1 1
Goods .. .. 120,402 12 4 108,537 7 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 3,725 13 2 3,104 2 8
Rents and Commissions 3,291 4 9 3,069 8 4
Total .. .. £209,492 11 8 £195,759 12 8

WESTLAND SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 4,770 3,613
2nd Class .. .. 41,462 32,249
Total .. .. 46,232 35,862

Season Tickets .. .. 1,091 1,185

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 411 191
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 4,098 11,933
Total .. .. 4,509 12,124

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 16,279 8,990
Other Goods .. .. 28,937 21,891
Total .. .. 45,216 30,881

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 5,731 12 8 4,115 3 4
Parcels .. .. 1,316 4 1 822 12 1
Goods .. .. 8,294 1 2 8,856 7 7
Miscellaneous .. .. 671 7 8 652 9 3
Rents and Commissions 347 10 6 341 0 11
Total .. .. £16,360 16 1 £14,787 13 2