Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3033

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 15th September, 1928, and for the corresponding period, 1927:—

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1928. 1927.
No. No.
1st Class .. 51 54
2nd Class.. 1,641 1,839
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Total 1,692 1,893
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Season Tickets 4 3

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. 8
Sheep and Pigs .. 97
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Total 35 105
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Tons. Tons.
Timber .. 19 96
Other Goods .. 254 229
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Total 273 325
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 208 4 4 173 18 0
Parcels .. 65 12 2 66 15 9
Goods .. 138 16 7 146 15 6
Labour and demurrage 0 16 1 15 3 0
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Total £413 9 2 £402 12 3
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GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1928. 1927.
No. No.
1st Class 789 810
2nd Class 3,116 2,887
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Total 3,905 3,697
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Season Tickets 39 52

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle, Calves 117 67
Sheep and Pigs 761 1,084
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Total 878 1,151
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Tons. Tons.
Timber .. 567 853
Other Goods .. 2,644 4,721
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Total 3,211 5,574
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 754 13 1 817 1 1
Parcels .. 158 6 9 138 5 1
Goods .. 1,298 9 5 1,683 3 1
Labour and demurrage 26 4 1 22 9 0
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Total £2,237 13 4 £2,660 18 3
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NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1928. 1927.
No. No.
1st Class 36,109 43,682
2nd Class 281,661 293,479
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Total 317,770 337,161
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Season Tickets 38,747 37,533

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle, Calves 110,152 42,807
Sheep and Pigs 56,063 64,680
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Total 166,215 107,487
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Tons. Tons.
Timber .. 23,440 22,589
Other Goods .. 203,652 190,229
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Total 227,092 212,818
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NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES—
continued.

REVENUE,—
1928. 1927.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 92,662 10 10 99,869 14 10
Parcels .. 17,976 5 2 17,219 4 3
Goods .. 188,980 8 7 170,664 12 8
Labour and demurrage 5,662 10 10 4,843 4 1
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Total £305,281 15 5 £292,596 15 10
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NORTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

1928.  1927.

      No. No.
      PASSENGERS 220,470 39,227

REVENUE
£ s. d. £ s. d.
.. 7,639 0 9 1,525 5 8

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1928. 1927.
No. No.
1st Class 36,142 39,604
2nd Class 227,816 220,898
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Total 263,958 260,502
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Season Tickets 15,245 13,671

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle, Calves 7,734 6,978
Sheep and Pigs 77,999 72,877
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Total 85,733 79,855
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Tons. Tons.
Timber .. 21,504 16,801
Other Goods .. 204,577 192,744
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Total 226,081 209,545
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 48,922 6 11 51,487 4 8
Parcels .. 9,088 16 2 9,071 1 8
Goods .. 129,292 2 11 120,361 3 10
Labour and demurrage 4,794 12 4 4,477 18 5
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Total £192,097 18 4 £185,397 8 7
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SOUTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

1928.  1927.

      No. No.
      PASSENGERS 4,519 2,510

REVENUE
£ s. d. £ s. d.
.. 532 5 3 170 6 2

WESTPORT SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1928. 1927.
No. No.
1st Class .. 26 35
2nd Class 4,207 4,864
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Total 4,233 4,899
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Season Tickets 76 97

Goods,—
No. No.
Cattle, Calves .. 6
Sheep and Pigs .. 54
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Total 60 132
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Tons. Tons.
Timber .. 183 220
Other Goods .. 46,759 42,064
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Total 46,942 42,284
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REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. 394 11 3 475 10 0
Parcels .. 88 5 5 90 12 6
Goods .. 8,859 16 2 7,872 0 5
Labour and demurrage 719 19 5 598 18 7
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Total £10,062 12 3 £9,037 1 6
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