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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 8

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 2nd January, 1926, and for the corresponding period, 1925:—

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 132 149
2nd Class .. .. 3,252 3,949
Total .. .. 3,384 4,908

Season Tickets .. .. 1 ..

GOODS,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 1 ..
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 101 ..
Total .. .. 102 ..

Timber .. .. 796 678
Other Goods .. .. 363 213
Total .. .. 1,159 891

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
242 0 4 316 6 1
Parcels .. .. 103 12 6 115 0 6
Goods .. .. 528 6 3 368 17 4
Labour and demurrage 6 3 5 7 0 6
Miscellaneous .. 34 15 0 37 6 10
Total .. .. £914 17 6 £844 11 3

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 980 1,019
2nd Class .. .. 7,357 7,894
Total .. .. 8,337 8,913

Season Tickets .. .. 4 15

GOODS,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 84 40
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 10,090 13,132
Total .. .. 10,174 13,172

Timber .. .. 1,120 590
Other Goods .. .. 4,636 2,579
Total .. .. 5,756 3,169

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1,487 5 0 1,001 15 10
Parcels .. .. 213 10 5 262 14 7
Goods .. .. 2,731 12 9 1,758 11 10
Labour and demurrage 27 7 9 13 14 10
Miscellaneous .. 53 17 6 97 3 8
Total .. .. £4,513 13 5 £3,134 0 9

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 92,385 107,270
2nd Class .. .. 601,127 687,941
Total .. .. 693,512 795,211

Season Tickets .. .. 27,050 26,657

GOODS,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 17,738 14,094
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 497,354 464,554
Total .. .. 515,092 478,648

Timber .. .. 27,182 23,788
Other Goods .. .. 190,289 180,595
Total .. .. 217,471 204,383

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES—
continued.

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
189,816 14 5 182,236 13 4
Parcels .. .. 21,586 12 10 23,462 6 4
Goods .. .. 206,680 13 2 176,580 18 9
Labour and demurrage 4,610 17 9 5,099 10 0
Miscellaneous .. 4,418 14 5 9,086 7 4
Total .. .. £427,113 12 7 £396,465 15 9

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 76,667 81,017
2nd Class .. .. 465,054 466,861
Total .. .. 541,721 547,878

Season Tickets .. .. 10,073 8,137

GOODS,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 7,220 5,984
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 47,080 129,223
Total .. .. 54,300 135,207

Timber .. .. 21,109 26,079
Other Goods .. .. 164,327 155,108
Total .. .. 185,436 181,187

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
103,516 2 6 102,179 0 2
Parcels .. .. 12,401 17 5 15,033 2 9
Goods .. .. 120,056 17 0 106,940 9 0
Labour and demurrage 3,253 1 2 3,749 7 4
Miscellaneous .. 2,896 4 9 6,242 19 1
Total .. .. £242,124 2 10 £234,144 18 4

WESTPORT SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 102 79
2nd Class .. .. 11,201 13,724
Total .. .. 11,303 13,803

Season Tickets .. .. 29 46

GOODS,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 14 13
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 271 399
Total .. .. 285 412

Timber .. .. 313 503
Other Goods .. .. 40,070 32,688
Total .. .. 40,383 33,191

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
873 3 11 907 7 1
Parcels .. .. 120 16 10 134 5 4
Goods .. .. 7,631 1 5 6,378 13 4
Labour and demurrage 799 4 0 485 10 2
Miscellaneous .. 111 9 5 121 5 10
Total .. .. £9,535 15 7 £8,027 1 9