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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 31st March, 1925, and for the corresponding period, 1924:—

WHANGAREI SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 2,156 2,568
2nd Class .. .. 12,644 15,604
Total .. .. 14,800 18,172
Season Tickets .. .. 92 137

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 496 129
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 9,816 6,622
Total .. .. 10,312 6,751

Timber .. .. 2,710 4,253
Other Goods .. .. 15,442 16,079
Total .. .. 18,152 20,332

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 2,759 9 1 £ 1,990 4 11
Parcels .. .. 438 9 10 396 18 5
Goods .. .. 5,966 10 6 5,313 7 2
Miscellaneous .. .. 309 17 5 484 10 9
Rents and Commissions 326 18 6 91 6 11
Total.. .. £9,801 5 4 £8,276 8 2

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 104 219
2nd Class .. .. 2,202 2,327
Total .. .. 2,306 2,546
Season Tickets .. .. .. ..

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 6 ..
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 263 54
Total .. .. 269 54

Timber .. .. 890 1,142
Other Goods .. .. 466 430
Total .. .. 1,356 1,572

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 228 12 8 £ 239 15 11
Parcels .. .. 113 5 8 164 17 2
Goods .. .. 518 6 8 602 0 11
Miscellaneous .. .. 4 15 5 6 4 1
Rents and Commissions 20 16 6 17 6 0
Total.. .. £885 16 11 £1,030 4 1

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 727 874
2nd Class .. .. 3,700 5,051
Total .. .. 4,427 5,925
Season Tickets .. .. .. 14

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 63 43
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 21,666 26,953
Total .. .. 21,729 26,996

GISBORNE SECTION—continued.

Goods—continued.
Timber .. .. 1,137 841
Other Goods .. .. 4,169 3,758
Total .. .. 5,306 4,599

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 688 10 6 £ 829 19 9
Parcels .. .. 310 16 7 289 4 7
Goods .. .. 2,330 1 7 2,271 8 9
Miscellaneous .. .. 16 7 2 16 13 0
Rents and Commissions 107 0 1 64 14 3
Total .. .. £3,452 15 11 £3,472 0 4

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 89,790 96,099
2nd Class .. .. 464,749 561,102
Total .. .. 554,539 657,201
Season Tickets .. .. 40,197 35,352

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 23,539 22,068
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 647,486 523,804
Total .. .. 671,025 545,872

Timber .. .. 34,824 38,446
Other Goods .. .. 235,165 217,189
Total .. .. 269,989 250,635

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £125,022 8 9 £117,348 2 10
Parcels .. .. 21,503 5 7 20,915 3 9
Goods .. .. 226,946 2 7 203,482 15 0
Miscellaneous .. .. 9,467 7 2 8,897 10 2
Rents and Commissions 7,739 19 9 5,712 6 9
Total .. .. £390,679 3 10 £356,955 18 6

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 62,495 62,843
2nd Class .. .. 260,817 301,401
Total .. .. 323,312 364,244
Season Tickets .. .. 14,369 12,995

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 8,671 7,646
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 946,939 815,197
Total .. .. 955,610 822,843

Timber .. .. 27,316 36,036
Other Goods .. .. 263,130 233,953
Total .. .. 290,446 269,989

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ 59,409 5 11 £ 60,304 6 9
Parcels .. .. 13,954 18 3 11,365 19 7
Goods .. .. 177,142 15 10 148,414 14 7
Miscellaneous .. .. 6,951 16 9 6,606 15 10
Rents and Commissions 2,958 18 1 2,329 0 5
Total .. .. £260,417 14 10 £229,020 17 2