New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 13

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✨ Railway Traffic Returns



MAR. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 601

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 5th February, 1927, and for the corresponding period, 1926 :—

KAIHU SECTION.

1927. 1926.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 42 77
2nd Class .. .. 3,091 1,642
Total .. .. 3,133 1,719
Season Tickets .. .. 3 ..
Goods,— No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. .. 1 ..
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 151 124
Total .. .. 152 124
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 266 576
Other Goods .. .. 212 338
Total .. .. 478 914
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 226 5 8 163 9 5
Parcels .. .. 119 15 2 107 15 8
Goods .. .. 257 11 9 393 14 9
Labour and demurrage 9 10 0 8 19 6
Total .. .. £613 2 7 £673 19 4

GISBORNE SECTION.

1927. 1926.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 605 720
2nd Class .. .. 7,222 5,853
Total .. .. 7,827 6,573
Season Tickets .. .. 26 7
Goods,— No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. .. 48 56
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 17,806 22,348
Total .. .. 17,854 22,404
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 825 769
Other Goods .. .. 4,065 3,438
Total .. .. 4,890 4,207
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 902 4 3 1,286 8 6
Parcels .. .. 213 19 11 200 6 9
Goods .. .. 2,306 18 0 2,208 15 6
Labour and demurrage 26 8 11 22 2 3
Total .. .. £3,449 11 1 £3,717 13 0

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1927. 1926.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 75,380 89,039
2nd Class .. .. 448,527 483,701
Total .. .. 523,907 572,740
Season Tickets .. .. 35,462 31,366
Goods,— No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. .. 16,705 20,427
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 934,749 833,203
Total .. .. 951,454 853,630
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 29,712 34,309
Other Goods .. .. 219,770 197,626
Total .. .. 249,482 231,935

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES—continued.

1927. 1926.
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 133,126 6 2 146,730 6 5
Parcels .. .. 20,575 8 0 20,023 5 9
Goods .. .. 245,312 2 1 230,351 17 10
Labour and demurrage 5,186 8 11 4,996 7 3
Total .. .. £404,200 5 2 £402,101 17 3

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1927. 1926.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 52,938 68,750
2nd Class .. .. 348,150 384,318
Total .. .. 401,088 453,068
Season Tickets .. .. 14,621 12,476
Goods,— No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. .. 7,453 8,461
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 532,177 355,154
Total .. .. 539,630 363,615
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 16,911 15,239
Other Goods .. .. 202,297 199,022
Total .. .. 219,208 214,261
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 72,963 18 1 85,260 2 2
Parcels .. .. 11,711 10 0 12,255 8 6
Goods .. .. 159,005 19 7 140,699 18 2
Labour and demurrage 4,085 7 7 3,240 1 4
Total .. .. £247,766 15 3 £241,455 10 2

WESTPORT SECTION.

1927. 1926.
PASSENGERS,— No. No.
1st Class .. .. 25 112
2nd Class .. .. 7,109 7,804
Total .. .. 7,134 7,916
Season Tickets .. .. 82 71
Goods,— No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. .. 7 8
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 247 159
Total .. .. 254 167
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 420 117
Other Goods .. .. 54,049 42,923
Total .. .. 54,469 43,040
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 477 17 9 687 6 3
Parcels .. .. 116 7 10 122 2 8
Goods .. .. 9,876 11 11 7,935 16 0
Labour and demurrage 587 15 8 614 17 6
Total .. .. £11,058 13 2 £9,360 2 5


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