3300 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 85

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 13th October, 1928, and for the corre-
sponding period, 1927:—

KAIHU SECTION.

1928. 1927. PASSENGERS,— No. No.
            1st Class .. .. .. 24 28
            2nd Class .. .. .. 1,480 1,547
            Total .. .. .. 1,504 1,575
            Season Tickets .. .. 1 6
            GOODS,— No. No.
            Cattle, Calves .. .. 17 3
            Sheep and Pigs .. .. 8 43
            Total .. .. .. 25 46
            Tons. Tons.
            Timber .. .. .. 6 64
            Other Goods .. .. 217 180
            Total .. .. .. 223 244
            REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
            Passengers .. .. 163 8 7 148 2 6
            Parcels .. .. 90 12 9 89 13 4
            Goods .. .. 125 8 6 156 1 7
            Labour and demurrage 2 0 7 11 9 7
            Total .. .. £381 10 5 £405 7 0

GISBORNE SECTION.

1928. 1927. PASSENGERS,— No. No.
            1st Class .. .. 619 411
            2nd Class .. .. 2,978 2,453
            Total .. .. 3,597 2,864
            Season Tickets .. .. 5 10
            GOODS,— No. No.
            Cattle, Calves .. .. 149 85
            Sheep and Pigs .. .. 1,341 451
            Total .. .. 1,490 536
            Tons. Tons.
            Timber .. .. .. 1,282 1,163
            Other Goods .. .. 2,939 3,784
            Total .. .. 4,221 4,947
            REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
            Passengers .. .. 625 9 0 516 5 3
            Parcels .. .. 196 14 11 174 16 8
            Goods .. .. 1,811 6 7 1,630 15 1
            Labour and demurrage 22 11 10 25 15 0
            Total .. .. £2,656 2 4 £2,347 12 0

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1928. 1927. PASSENGERS,— No. No.
            1st Class .. .. 31,352 35,092
            2nd Class .. .. 253,901 260,163
            Total .. .. 285,253 295,255
            Season Tickets .. .. 36,314 35,151
            GOODS,— No. No.
            Cattle, Calves .. .. 64,833 29,873
            Sheep and Pigs .. .. 77,365 66,199
            Total .. .. 142,198 96,072
            Tons. Tons.
            Timber .. .. 20,899 27,377
            Other Goods .. .. 204,435 196,027
            Total .. .. 225,334 223,404

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES—
continued.

1928. 1927. REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
            Passengers .. .. 78,491 9 6 80,775 3 1
            Parcels .. .. 18,348 9 7 17,737 18 6
            Goods .. .. 186,249 16 8 184,701 19 4
            Labour and demurrage 7,765 19 4 4,812 15 8
            Total .. .. £290,855 15 1 £288,027 16 7

NORTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

1928. 1927. No. No.
            PASSENGERS .. .. 190,508 35,936
            £ s. d. £ s. d.
            REVENUE .. .. 6,942 0 6 1,358 4 9

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

1928. 1927. PASSENGERS,— No. No.
            1st Class .. .. 32,399 35,586
            2nd Class .. .. 166,275 190,120
            Total .. .. 218,674 225,706
            Season Tickets .. .. 12,129 12,515
            GOODS,— No. No.
            Cattle, Calves .. .. 8,927 9,028
            Sheep and Pigs .. .. 60,122 62,823
            Total .. .. 69,049 71,851
            Tons. Tons.
            Timber .. .. 20,011 22,261
            Other Goods .. .. 203,795 216,173
            Total .. .. 223,806 238,434
            REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
            Passengers .. .. 39,331 0 9 40,049 10 7
            Parcels .. .. 9,291 3 11 9,573 19 2
            Goods .. .. 127,435 8 1 130,004 18 3
            Labour and demurrage 4,941 8 5 4,242 2 4
            Total .. .. £180,999 1 2 £183,870 10 4

SOUTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

1928. 1927. No. No.
            PASSENGERS .. .. 4,983 3,100
            £ s. d. £ s. d.
            REVENUE .. .. 436 3 11 187 2 5

WESTPORT SECTION.

1928. 1927. PASSENGERS,— No. No.
            1st Class .. .. 26 58
            2nd Class .. .. 3,714 4,330
            Total .. .. 3,740 4,388
            Season Tickets .. .. 44 40
            GOODS,— No. No.
            Cattle, Calves .. .. 11 27
            Sheep and Pigs .. .. 86 84
            Total .. .. 97 111
            Tons. Tons.
            Timber .. .. 245 215
            Other Goods .. .. 46,945 49,714
            Total .. .. 47,190 49,929
            REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
            Passengers .. .. 274 17 5 340 14 10
            Parcels .. .. 93 17 7 104 11 0
            Goods .. .. 8,740 1 5 9,268 18 4
            Labour and demurrage 760 8 11 786 8 9
            Total .. .. £9,869 5 4 £10,500 12 11