Jan. 12.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 10th December, 1927, and for the corresponding period, 1926:—

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 58 34
2nd Class .. .. 1,486 1,545
Total .. .. 1,544 1,579

Season Tickets .. .. 1 5

Goods,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 5 4
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 153 148
Total .. .. 158 152

Timber .. .. 261 266
Other Goods .. .. 309 208
Total .. .. 570 474

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £231 13 3 £139 2 8
Parcels .. .. 117 2 2 117 19 4
Goods .. .. 286 15 2 227 13 1
Labour and demurrage 13 6 5 4 4 7
Total.. .. £648 17 0 £488 19 8

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 296 409
2nd Class .. .. 3,184 3,507
Total .. .. 3,480 3,916

Season Tickets .. .. 5 6

Goods,
Cattle, Calves .. .. 136 78
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 3,294 5,007
Total .. .. 3,430 5,085

Timber .. .. 645 898
Other Goods .. .. 4,224 4,291
Total .. .. 4,869 5,189

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £489 15 8 £594 6 6
Parcels .. .. 217 15 7 201 4 11
Goods .. .. 1,850 15 3 2,017 12 10
Labour and demurrage 27 17 0 26 8 0
Total .. .. £2,586 3 6 £2,839 12 3

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 41,421 48,337
2nd Class .. .. 286,812 320,065
Total .. .. 328,233 368,402

Season Tickets .. .. 36,730 33,124

Goods,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 21,403 15,939
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 280,477 216,937
Total .. .. 301,880 232,876

Timber .. .. 28,588 32,303
Other Goods .. .. 226,224 219,560
Total .. .. 254,812 251,863

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES—continued.

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £93,567 12 7 £100,834 5 8
Parcels .. .. 19,851 9 7 20,136 1 7
Goods .. .. 227,007 4 11 220,304 10 1
Labour and demurrage 6,337 10 10 7,367 14 8
Total .. .. £346,763 17 11 £348,642 12 0

NORTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

PASSENGERS .. .. 52,933 26,246
REVENUE .. .. £1,883 1 7 £1,080 5 4

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 37,859 42,620
2nd Class .. .. 217,856 227,699
Total .. .. 255,715 270,319

Season Tickets .. .. 11,499 11,025

Goods,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 8,619 9,738
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 62,420 77,068
Total .. .. 71,039 86,806

Timber .. .. 20,491 26,262
Other Goods .. .. 229,281 218,137
Total .. .. 249,772 244,399

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £47,571 12 10 £48,109 9 3
Parcels .. .. 10,656 15 3 11,142 10 3
Goods .. .. 145,375 10 0 145,041 19 5
Labour and demurrage 4,309 4 9 4,717 1 3
Total .. .. £207,913 2 10 £209,011 0 2

SOUTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

PASSENGERS .. .. 3,103 Nil.
REVENUE .. .. £169 11 2 Nil.

WESTPORT SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 61 56
2nd Class .. .. 4,328 4,630
Total .. .. 4,389 4,686

Season Tickets .. .. 28 68

Goods,—
Cattle, Calves .. .. 2 3
Sheep and Pigs .. .. 218 424
Total .. .. 220 427

Timber .. .. 128 633
Other Goods .. .. 43,081 62,500
Total .. .. 43,209 63,133

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. .. £457 14 9 £417 19 6
Parcels .. .. 124 8 10 119 3 1
Goods .. .. 8,112 6 11 11,480 16 8
Labour and demurrage 660 7 5 770 13 5
Total .. .. £9,354 17 11 £12,788 12 8