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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 19

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 4th February, 1928, and for the corresponding period, 1927:—

KAIHU SECTION.

1928.    1927.

      No. No.
      Passengers,—
      1st Class 38 42
      2nd Class 1,940 3,091
      ——— ———
      Total 1,978 3,133
      ——— ———
      Season Tickets 7 3

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle, Calves 6 1
Sheep and Pigs 272 151
——— ———
Total 278 152
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber 352 266
Other Goods 235 212
——— ———
Total 587 478
——— ———

Revenue,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 240 13 1 226 5 8
Parcels 116 5 0 119 15 2
Goods 309 8 11 257 11 9
Labour and demurrage 12 16 9 9 10 0
——— ———
Total .. £679 3 9 £613 2 7

GISBORNE SECTION.

1928 1927.
No. No.
Passengers,—
1st Class 334 605
2nd Class 5,789 7,222
——— ———
Total 6,123 7,827
——— ———
Season Tickets 53 26

Goods,
No. No.
Cattle, Calves 139 48
Sheep and Pigs 16,993 17,806
——— ———
Total 17,132 17,854
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber 634 825
Other Goods 3,367 4,065
——— ———
Total 4,001 4,890
——— ———

Revenue,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 722 3 1 902 4 3
Parcels 213 16 1 213 19 11
Goods 1,850 8 0 2,306 18 0
Labour and demurrage 29 5 1 26 8 11
——— ———
Total .. £2,815 12 3 £3,449 11 1

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1928 1927.
No. No.
Passengers.—
1st Class 66,690 75,380
2nd Class 418,860 448,527
——— ———
Total 485,550 523,907
——— ———
Season Tickets 39,359 35,462

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle, Calves 21,213 16,705
Sheep and Pigs 1,029,570 934,749
——— ———
Total 1,050,783 951,454
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber 26,192 29,712
Other Goods 212,969 219,770
——— ———
Total 239,161 249,482
——— ———

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES—
continued.

1928.      1927.

      £ s. d. £ s. d.
      Revenue.—
      Passengers .. 122,825 10 0 133,126 6 2
      Parcels 19,109 10 2 20,575 8 0
      Goods 239,288 5 6 245,312 2 1
      Labour and demurrage 4,989 7 11 5,186 8 11
      ——— ———
      Total .. £386,212 13 7 £404,200 5 2

NORTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

1928.      1927.

      No. No.
      Passengers 79,061 38,460
      £ s. d. £ s. d.
      Revenue 2,749 19 0 1,890 0 5

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1928 1927.
No. No.
Passengers,—
1st Class 46,965 52,938
2nd Class 340,943 348,150
——— ———
Total 387,908 401,088
——— ———
Season Tickets 14,203 14,621

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle, Calves 7,405 7,453
Sheep and Pigs 580,326 532,177
——— ———
Total 587,731 539,630
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber 16,182 16,911
Other Goods 203,586 202,297
——— ———
Total 219,768 219,208
——— ———

Revenue,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 65,539 4 11 72,963 18 1
Parcels 11,438 7 7 11,711 10 0
Goods 155,518 10 2 159,005 19 7
Labour and demurrage 3,872 2 1 4,085 7 7
——— ———
Total .. £236,368 4 9 £247,766 15 3

SOUTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

1928.      1927.

      No. No.
      Passengers 2,480 2,494
      £ s. d. £ s. d.
      Revenue 204 5 8 196 9 6

WESTPORT SECTION.

1928 1927.
No. No.
Passengers,—
1st Class 35 25
2nd Class 6,301 7,109
——— ———
Total 6,336 7,134
——— ———
Season Tickets 51 82

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle, Calves 18 7
Sheep and Pigs 218 247
——— ———
Total 236 254
——— ———
Tons. Tons.
Timber 291 420
Other Goods 55,231 54,049
——— ———
Total 55,522 54,469
——— ———

Revenue,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 508 14 10 477 17 9
Parcels 115 4 3 116 7 10
Goods 10,146 1 11 9,876 11 11
Labour and demurrage 700 15 4 587 15 8
——— ———
Total .. £11,470 16 4 £11,058 13 2