Dec. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3485

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 13th November, 1926, and for the corresponding period, 1925 :—

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 42 90
2nd Class .. .. 1,859 1,859
Total .. .. 1,901 1,949

Season Tickets .. .. 4 2

GOODS,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 2 2
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 114 40
Total .. .. 116 42

Timber .. .. 18 34
Other Goods .. .. 277 229
Total .. .. 295 263

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £178 7 8 £173 4 10
Parcels .. .. 114 3 1 90 9 10
Goods .. .. 169 0 10 155 0 4
Labour and demurrage, 4 8 1 2 4 11
Total .. .. £465 19 8 £420 19 11

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 463 619
2nd Class .. .. 4,674 5,555
Total .. .. 5,137 6,174

Season Tickets .. .. 9 46

GOODS,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 125 114
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 1,031 1,175
Total .. .. 1,156 1,289

Timber .. .. 878 892
Other Goods .. .. 3,965 4,097
Total .. .. 4,843 4,989

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £641 18 3 £753 1 6
Parcels .. .. 186 12 5 207 13 4
Goods .. .. 1,657 5 4 1,782 4 8
Labour and demurrage, 16 8 8 30 18 3
Total .. .. £2,502 4 8 £2,773 17 9

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 73,071 84,052
2nd Class .. .. 353,716 419,979
Total .. .. 426,787 504,031

Season Tickets .. .. 31,482 34,987

GOODS,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 20,221 20,938
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 96,653 68,495
Total .. .. 116,874 89,433

Timber .. .. 31,082 32,675
Other Goods .. .. 185,149 199,585
Total .. .. 216,231 232,260

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES—
continued.

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £102,979 4 0 £109,310 13 5
Parcels .. .. 18,509 18 4 19,554 9 6
Goods .. .. 188,748 16 9 199,050 13 6
Labour and demurrage, 7,249 11 10 5,519 16 2
Total .. .. £317,487 10 11 £333,435 12 7

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 54,166 53,848
2nd Class .. .. 290,199 265,917
Total .. .. 344,365 319,765

Season Tickets .. .. 10,983 13,083

GOODS,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 8,862 8,945
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 71,825 59,135
Total .. .. 80,687 68,080

Timber .. .. 21,919 25,205
Other Goods .. .. 186,868 189,412
Total .. .. 208,787 214,617

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £56,380 16 7 £54,492 7 6
Parcels .. .. 10,141 18 0 11,518 0 0
Goods .. .. 119,947 14 0 127,850 13 1
Labour and demurrage, 4,157 3 5 4,038 11 3
Total .. .. £190,627 12 0 £197,899 11 10

WESTPORT SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 74 80
2nd Class .. .. 4,269 6,425
Total .. .. 4,343 6,505

Season Tickets .. .. 44 102

GOODS,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 12 32
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 107 ..
Total .. .. 119 32

Timber .. .. 285 713
Other Goods .. .. 47,841 44,380
Total .. .. 48,126 45,093

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £359 0 9 £419 2 7
Parcels .. .. 94 2 6 113 12 9
Goods .. .. 8,960 14 6 8,454 9 2
Labour and demurrage, 688 19 3 697 5 5
Total .. .. £10,102 17 0 £9,684 9 11