New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 8

Page 425

✨ Railway Traffic Returns



FEB. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 425

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 8th January, 1927, and for the corresponding period, 1926:—

KAIHU SECTION.

  1. 1926-
    PASSENGERS,— No. No.
    1st Class .. .. 47 132
    2nd Class .. .. 3,270 3,252
    Total .. .. 3,317 3,384

Season Tickets .. .. 2 1

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. .. 5 1
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 144 101
Total .. .. 149 102

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 8 796
Other Goods .. .. 190 363
Total .. .. 198 1,159

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 247 4 6 242 0 4
Parcels .. .. 117 4 8 103 12 6
Goods .. .. 125 4 8 528 6 3
Labour and demurrage .. 9 13 8 6 3 5
Total .. .. £499 7 6 £880 2 6

GISBORNE SECTION.

    1. PASSENGERS,— No. No.
      1st Class .. .. 1,096 980
      2nd Class .. .. 7,278 7,357
      Total .. .. 8,374 8,337

Season Tickets .. .. 4 4

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. .. 29 84
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 9,944 10,090
Total .. .. 9,973 10,174

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 361 1,120
Other Goods .. .. 2,465 4,636
Total .. .. 2,826 5,756

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 1,430 5 4 1,487 5 0
Parcels .. .. 228 11 7 213 10 5
Goods .. .. 1,611 16 10 2,731 12 9
Labour and demurrage .. 18 14 8 27 7 9
Total .. .. £3,289 8 5 £4,459 15 11

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

    1. PASSENGERS,— No. No.
      1st Class .. .. 77,514 92,385
      2nd Class .. .. 532,534 601,127
      Total .. .. 610,048 693,512

Season Tickets .. .. 26,993 27,050

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. .. 9,740 17,738
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 596,107 497,354
Total .. .. 605,847 515,092

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 17,134 27,182
Other Goods .. .. 165,286 190,289
Total .. .. 182,420 217,471

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES—continued.

    1. REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
      Passengers .. .. 177,127 4 3 189,816 14 5
      Parcels .. .. 21,263 17 9 21,586 12 10
      Goods .. .. 182,071 6 11 206,680 13 2
      Labour and demurrage .. 4,890 18 4 4,610 17 9
      Total .. .. £385,353 7 3 £422,694 18 2

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

    1. PASSENGERS,— No. No.
      1st Class .. .. 68,340 76,667
      2nd Class .. .. 447,993 465,054
      Total .. .. 516,333 541,721

Season Tickets .. .. 9,286 10,073

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. .. 6,855 7,220
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 167,061 47,080
Total .. .. 173,916 54,300

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 14,230 21,109
Other Goods .. .. 152,670 164,327
Total .. .. 166,900 185,436

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 97,678 10 3 103,516 2 6
Parcels .. .. 12,084 7 2 12,401 17 5
Goods .. .. 112,633 1 8 120,056 17 0
Labour and demurrage .. 2,999 7 0 3,253 1 2
Total .. .. £225,395 6 1 £239,227 18 1

WESTPORT SECTION.

    1. PASSENGERS,— No. No.
      1st Class .. .. 79 102
      2nd Class .. .. 12,867 11,201
      Total .. .. 12,946 11,303

Season Tickets .. .. 40 29

GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. .. 12 14
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 95 271
Total .. .. 107 285

Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. 285 313
Other Goods .. .. 35,399 40,070
Total .. .. 35,684 40,383

REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 904 12 8 873 3 11
Parcels .. .. 123 2 8 120 16 10
Goods .. .. 6,785 8 10 7,631 1 5
Labour and demurrage .. 485 9 10 799 4 0
Total .. .. £8,298 14 0 £9,424 6 2



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