Aug. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2043

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 19th July, 1924, and for the corresponding period, 1923:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,650 2,045
2nd Class .. .. 13,078 12,483
— —
Total .. .. 15,728 14,528

Season Tickets .. .. 104 112

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 296 81
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 277 138
— —
Total .. .. 573 219

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 3,794 1,196
Other Goods .. .. *11,714 10,751
— —
Total .. .. 15,508 11,947

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,665 13 5 1,474 5 2
Parcels .. .. 250 3 3 243 6 9
Goods .. .. 4,559 14 10 3,760 10 6
Miscellaneous .. .. 268 1 8 151 15 8
Rents and Commissions 415 10 1 196 16 2
— —
Total.. .. £7,159 3 3 £5,826 14 3

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 94 123
2nd Class .. .. 1,958 2,047
— —
Total .. .. 2,052 2,170

Season Tickets .. .. 2 ..

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 17 ..
Sheep and Pigs .. .. .. ..
— —
Total .. .. 17 ..

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 272 365
Other Goods .. .. 147 248
— —
Total .. .. 419 613

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 198 8 4 186 18 7
Parcels .. .. 51 19 10 46 16 11
Goods .. .. 183 8 4 254 17 10
Miscellaneous .. .. 6 12 0 6 5 7
Rents and Commissions 41 1 0 46 8 4
— —
Total.. .. £481 9 6 £541 7 3

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 781 828
2nd Class .. .. 4,384 4,632
— —
Total .. .. 5,165 5,460

Season Tickets .. .. 21 37

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 64 46
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 2,930 3,117
— —
Total .. .. 2,994 3,163

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

GOODS—continued.
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 928 579
Other Goods .. .. 3,734 3,074
— —
Total .. .. 4,662 3,653

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 697 2 11 737 13 1
Parcels .. .. 159 1 9 157 4 11
Goods .. .. 1,561 13 4 1,383 4 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 50 0 1 25 2 4
Rents and Commissions 54 13 10 91 17 4
— —
Total .. .. £2,522 11 11 £2,395 2 7

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 85,227 97,336
2nd Class .. .. 495,691 503,214
— —
Total .. .. 580,918 600,550

Season Tickets .. .. 29,758 26,620

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 20,705 17,416
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 126,918 96,590
— —
Total .. .. 147,623 114,006

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 28,986 26,873
Other Goods .. .. 179,766 144,989
— —
Total .. .. 208,752 171,862

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 103,646 10 9 100,127 0 3
Parcels .. .. 16,361 10 8 15,941 18 5
Goods .. .. 155,762 5 5 134,124 0 3
Miscellaneous .. .. 4,872 4 11 4,427 18 9
Rents and Commissions 6,509 12 1 6,120 18 3
— —
Total .. .. £287,152 3 10 £260,741 15 11

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1924. 1923.
No. No.
1st Class .. .. 49,540 47,297
2nd Class .. .. 227,234 216,227
— —
Total .. .. 276,774 263,524

Season Tickets .. .. 9,879 9,664

GOODS,—
No. No.
Cattle .. .. 6,284 6,328
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 121,851 172,962
— —
Total .. .. 128,135 179,290

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 25,942 26,153
Other Goods .. .. 188,568 212,406
— —
Total .. .. 214,510 238,559

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 42,254 15 6 41,017 16 10
Parcels .. .. 9,881 11 10 9,436 8 1
Goods .. .. 109,680 7 8 108,178 0 4
Miscellaneous .. .. 4,169 6 0 5,169 2 3
Rents and Commissions 5,370 6 1 4,556 10 5
— —
Total .. .. £171,356 7 1 £168,357 17 11

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