New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 20

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✨ Railway Traffic Returns



820 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 20

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 1st March, 1924, and for the corresponding period, 1923:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

1924. 1923.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. .. 2,872 2,594
2nd Class .. .. .. 14,465 16,396
Total .. .. .. 17,337 18,990
Season Tickets .. .. 300 347
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 172 52
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 9,488 7,245
Total .. .. .. 9,660 7,297
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 3,339 2,646
Other Goods .. .. 16,035 14,249
Total .. .. .. 19,374 16,895
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,735 9 6 2,014 14 11
Parcels .. .. 331 10 2 297 3 9
Goods .. .. 5,140 6 6 4,604 12 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 429 16 5 186 13 8
Rents and Commissions 199 4 3 127 5 0
Total.. .. £7,836 6 10 £7,230 9 9

KAIHU SECTION.

1924. 1923.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. .. 131 135
2nd Class .. .. .. 4,422 4,205
Total .. .. .. 4,553 4,340
Season Tickets .. .. .. ..
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 2 2
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 58 87
Total .. .. .. 60 89
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 837 927
Other Goods .. .. 317 220
Total .. .. .. 1,154 1,147
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 274 13 6 258 5 9
Parcels .. .. 108 5 9 92 3 8
Goods .. .. 453 19 8 480 2 6
Miscellaneous .. .. 2 13 3 5 0 2
Rents and Commissions 17 12 0 13 11 10
Total.. .. £857 4 2 £849 3 11

GISBORNE SECTION.

1924. 1923.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. .. 894 883
2nd Class .. .. .. 8,795 7,872
Total .. .. .. 9,689 8,755
Season Tickets .. .. 44 52
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 15 519
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 18,514 22,077
Total .. .. .. 18,529 22,596
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,170 873
Other Goods .. .. 3,141 4,215
Total .. .. .. 4,311 5,088
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,006 1 7 957 4 11
Parcels .. .. 248 6 5 227 15 9
Goods .. .. 1,969 2 7 2,102 12 1
Miscellaneous .. .. 40 1 9 52 19 6
Rents and Commissions 114 9 9 94 2 4
Total .. .. £3,378 2 1 £3,434 14 7

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1924. 1923.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. .. 86,509 92,386
2nd Class .. .. .. 630,250 631,136
Total .. .. .. 716,759 723,522
Season Tickets .. .. 35,148 32,564
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 19,112 19,098
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 682,449 599,016
Total .. .. .. 701,561 618,114
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 30,821 31,472
Other Goods .. .. 201,029 179,683
Total .. .. .. 231,850 211,155
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 129,923 11 7 128,501 4 1
Parcels .. .. 20,871 15 6 21,756 19 6
Goods .. .. 198,958 1 5 187,543 19 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 9,951 5 2 3,987 14 5
Rents and Commissions 5,287 16 8 4,883 15 0
Total .. .. £364,992 10 4 £346,673 12 0

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1924. 1923.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. .. 63,668 63,022
2nd Class .. .. .. 388,683 363,225
Total .. .. .. 452,351 426,247
Season Tickets .. .. 12,862 13,338
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 6,641 6,813
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 669,364 615,235
Total .. .. .. 676,005 622,048
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 9,846 15,033
Other Goods .. .. 228,741 191,053
Total .. .. .. 238,587 206,086
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 64,460 3 5 64,531 5 0
Parcels .. .. 12,936 2 1 13,412 19 6
Goods .. .. 140,352 19 9 122,647 7 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 4,356 1 3 4,320 16 8
Rents and Commissions 2,621 4 9 2,581 18 7
Total .. .. £224,726 11 3 £207,494 7 1

WESTLAND SECTION.

1924. 1923.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. .. 3,431 3,340
2nd Class .. .. .. 27,024 29,315
Total .. .. .. 30,455 32,655
Season Tickets .. .. 1,393 1,327
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 248 243
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 12,278 12,121
Total .. .. .. 12,526 12,364
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 23,141 10,881
Other Goods .. .. 41,217 23,506
Total .. .. .. 64,358 34,387
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 4,512 12 0 3,601 8 3
Parcels .. .. 935 16 0 659 14 9
Goods .. .. 13,522 17 0 10,051 2 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 895 5 1 864 3 3
Rents and Commissions 349 1 3 333 5 3
Total .. .. £20,215 11 4 £15,509 13 11


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