1106
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 30

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 31st March, 1924, and for the corresponding period, 1923:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 2,568 2,596
2nd Class .. .. 15,604 14,840
Total .. .. 18,172 17,436

Season Tickets .. .. 137 118

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 129 21
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 6,622 5,024
Total .. .. 6,751 5,045

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 4,253 2,624
Other Goods .. .. 16,079 13,985
Total .. .. 20,332 16,609

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,990 4 11 1,941 1 7
Parcels .. .. 396 18 5 272 19 6
Goods .. .. 5,313 7 2 4,428 2 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 484 10 9 301 12 10
Rents and Commissions 91 6 11 92 8 6
Total.. .. .. £8,276 8 2 £7,036 4 5

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 219 110
2nd Class .. .. 2,327 3,273
Total .. .. 2,546 3,383

Season Tickets .. .. .. 2

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. .. 5
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 54 33
Total .. .. 54 38

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 1,142 800
Other Goods .. .. 430 274
Total .. .. 1,572 1,074

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 239 15 11 322 17 4
Parcels .. .. 164 17 2 82 17 4
Goods .. .. 602 0 11 440 19 9
Miscellaneous .. .. 6 4 1 56 10 6
Rents and Commissions 17 6 0 8 11 10
Total.. .. .. £1,030 4 1 £911 16 9

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 874 937
2nd Class .. .. 5,051 5,220
Total .. .. 5,925 6,157

Season Tickets .. .. 14 27

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 43 64
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 26,953 24,021
Total .. .. 26,996 24,085

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 841 1,291
Other Goods .. .. 3,758 3,388
Total .. .. 4,599 4,679

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 829 19 9 932 16 1
Parcels .. .. 289 4 7 217 2 1
Goods .. .. 2,271 8 9 2,109 15 5
Miscellaneous .. .. 16 13 0 59 11 0
Rents and Commissions 64 14 3 114 7 5
Total .. .. £3,472 0 4 £3,433 12 0

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 96,099 99,853
2nd Class .. .. 561,102 640,957
Total .. .. 657,201 740,810

Season Tickets .. .. 35,352 26,129

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 22,068 16,566
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 523,804 479,843
Total .. .. 545,872 496,409

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 33,446 29,646
Other Goods .. .. 217,189 189,304
Total .. .. 250,635 218,950

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 117,948 2 10 144,309 2 0
Parcels .. .. 20,915 3 9 20,318 12 0
Goods .. .. 203,482 15 0 181,538 12 8
Miscellaneous .. .. 8,897 10 2 7,388 5 1
Rents and Commissions 5,712 6 9 4,941 18 7
Total .. .. £356,955 18 6 £358,496 10 4

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 59,990 69,133
2nd Class .. .. 279,617 330,332
Total .. .. 339,607 399,465

Season Tickets .. .. 11,654 9,361

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 7,286 6,032
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 807,145 667,398
Total .. .. 814,431 673,430

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 11,154 13,546
Other Goods .. .. 195,335 211,107
Total .. .. 206,489 224,653

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 56,290 8 5 74,862 10 9
Parcels .. .. 10,460 14 8 13,378 17 7
Goods .. .. 133,600 4 11 130,003 13 8
Miscellaneous .. .. 5,827 3 9 6,004 9 2
Rents and Commissions 2,008 13 11 2,100 9 8
Total .. .. £208,187 5 8 £226,350 0 10

WESTLAND SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 2,853 3,205
2nd Class .. .. 21,784 19,991
Total .. .. 24,637 23,196

Season Tickets .. .. 1,341 1,066

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 360 433
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 8,052 8,287
Total .. .. 8,412 8,720

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 24,882 8,648
Other Goods .. .. 38,618 24,522
Total .. .. 63,500 33,170

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 4,013 18 4 3,261 12 9
Parcels .. .. 905 4 11 659 0 10
Goods .. .. 14,814 9 8 9,002 3 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 779 12 1 847 18 5
Rents and Commissions 320 6 6 215 11 6
Total .. .. £20,833 11 6 £13,986 6 8