Oct. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3293

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 17th September, 1927, and for the corresponding period, 1926 :—

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 54 86
2nd Class .. .. 1,839 2,138
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Total .. .. 1,893 2,224
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Season Tickets .. .. 3 4

Goods,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 8 3
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 97 ——
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Total .. .. 105 3
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Timber .. .. 96 215
Other Goods .. .. 229 303
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Total .. .. 325 518
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REVENUE,—
Passeengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
173 18 0 180 4 11
Parcels .. .. 66 15 9 60 13 2
Goods .. .. 146 15 6 233 3 11
Labour and demurrage 15 3 0 4 3 6
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Total.. .. £402 12 3 £478 5 6
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GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 810 699
2nd Class .. .. 2,987 3,823
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Total .. .. 3,697 4,522
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Season Tickets .. .. 52 22

Goods,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 67 478
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 1,084 3,161
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Total .. .. 1,151 3,639
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Timber .. .. 853 814
Other Goods .. .. 4,721 4,316
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Total .. .. 5,574 5,130
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REVENUE,—
Passeengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
817 1 1 798 9 8
Parcels .. .. 138 5 1 134 9 7
Goods .. .. 1,683 3 1 1,814 1 3
Labour and demurrage 22 9 0 17 11 3
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Total .. .. £2,660 18 3 £2,764 11 9
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NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 43,682 49,135
2nd Class .. .. 293,479 335,387
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Total .. .. 337,161 384,522
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Season Tickets .. .. 37,533 34,070

Goods,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 42,807 20,710
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 64,680 72,625
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Total .. .. 107,487 93,335
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Timber .. .. 22,589 25,603
Other Goods .. .. 190,229 187,335
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Total .. .. 212,818 212,938
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NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES—
continued.

REVENUE,—
Passeengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
99,869 14 10 110,186 4 5
Parcels .. .. 17,219 4 3 17,667 13 0
Goods .. .. 170,664 12 8 172,270 11 5
Labour and demurrage 4,843 4 1 5,527 4 8
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Total .. .. £292,596 15 10 £305,651 13 6
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NORTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

PASSENGERS .. .. 39,227 Nil.
REVENUE .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1,525 5 8 Nil.

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 39,604 42,934
2nd Class .. .. 220,898 224,840
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Total .. .. 260,502 267,774
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Season Tickets .. .. 13,671 13,144

Goods,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 6,978 6,817
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 72,877 64,930
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Total .. .. 79,855 71,747
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Timber .. .. 16,801 19,729
Other Goods .. .. 192,744 194,264
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Total .. .. 209,545 213,993
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REVENUE,—
Passeengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
51,487 4 8 51,772 3 9
Parcels .. .. 9,071 1 8 9,450 17 10
Goods .. .. 120,361 3 10 119,769 3 4
Labour and demurrage 4,477 18 5 3,387 18 10
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Total .. .. £185,397 8 7 £184,380 3 9
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SOUTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

PASSENGERS .. .. 2,510 Nil.
REVENUE .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
170 6 2 Nii.

WESTPORT SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 35 31
2nd Class .. .. 4,864 5,341
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Total .. .. 4,899 5,372
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Season Tickets .. .. 97 105

Goods,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. .. 1
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 132 147
——— ——
Total .. .. 132 148
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Timber .. .. 220 584
Other Goods .. .. 42,064 50,122
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Total .. .. 42,284 50,706
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REVENUE,—
Passeengers .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
475 10 0 480 18 11
Parcels .. .. 90 12 6 91 7 4
Goods .. .. 7,872 0 5 9,597 3 10
Labour and demurrage 598 18 7 688 8 4
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Total .. .. £9,037 1 6 £10,857 18 5
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