Dec. 15. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3703

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 12th November, 1927, and for the corresponding period, 1926 :—

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 43 42
2nd Class .. .. 1,396 1,859
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Total .. .. 1,439 1,901
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Season Tickets .. .. 5 4

GOODS,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 4 2
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 52 114
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Total .. .. 56 116
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Timber .. .. 13 18
Other Goods .. .. 325 277
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Total .. .. 338 295
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 162 14 7 178 7 8
Parcels .. .. 105 18 9 114 3 1
Goods .. .. 158 0 6 169 0 10
Labour and demurrage 11 13 6 4 8 1
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Total.. .. £438 7 4 £465 19 8
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GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 316 463
2nd Class .. .. 3,985 4,674
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Total .. .. 4,301 5,137
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Season Tickets .. .. 7 9

GOODS,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 45 125
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 242 1,031
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Total .. .. 287 1,156
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Timber .. .. 722 878
Other Goods .. .. 3,118 3,965
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Total .. .. 3,840 4,843
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 549 2 4 641 18 3
Parcels .. .. 209 2 1 186 12 5
Goods .. .. 1,335 1 7 1,657 5 4
Labour and demurrage 17 12 6 16 8 8
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Total .. .. £2,110 18 6 £2,502 4 8
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NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 53,604 73,071
2nd Class .. .. 308,770 353,716
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Total .. .. 362,374 426,787
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Season Tickets .. .. 35,383 31,482

GOODS,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 20,396 20,221
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 97,302 96,653
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Total .. .. 117,698 116,874
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Timber .. .. 27,240 31,082
Other Goods .. .. 211,176 185,149
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Total .. .. 238,416 216,231
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NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES—
continued.

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 93,638 7 4 102,979 4 0
Parcels .. .. 18,245 0 10 18,509 18 4
Goods .. .. 203,955 8 6 188,748 16 9
Labour and demurrage 5,451 4 6 7,249 11 10
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Total .. .. £321,290 1 2 £317,487 10 11
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NORTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

PASSENGERS .. .. 44,154 2,421
REVENUE .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1,657 7 5 96 0 9

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 45,682 54,166
2nd Class .. .. 253,043 290,199
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Total .. .. 298,725 344,365
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Season Tickets .. .. 11,404 10,983

GOODS,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 8,555 8,862
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 53,948 71,825
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Total .. .. 62,503 80,687
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Timber .. .. 18,557 21,919
Other Goods .. .. 197,016 186,868
——— ———
Total .. .. 215,573 208,787
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 51,152 0 4 56,380 16 7
Parcels .. .. 9,806 -1 4 10,141 18 0
Goods .. .. 127,757 16 6 119,947 14 0
Labour and demurrage 4,418 14 11 4,157 3 5
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Total .. .. £193,134 13 1 £190,627 12 0
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SOUTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

PASSENGERS .. .. 3,195 Nil.
REVENUE .. .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
178 8 0 Nil.

WESTPORT SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 94 74
2nd Class .. .. 5,357 4,269
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Total .. .. 5,451 4,343
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Season Tickets .. .. 26 44

GOODS,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 3 12
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 134 107
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Total .. .. 137 119
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Timber .. .. 275 285
Other Goods .. .. 50,157 47,841
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Total .. .. 50,432 48,126
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 424 11 11 359 0 9
Parcels .. .. 113 4 10 94 2 6
Goods .. .. 9,355 18 7 8,960 14 6
Labour and demurrage 758 19 4 688 19 3
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Total .. .. £10,652 14 8 £10,102 17 0
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