Railway Traffic Returns




534 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 15

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 2nd February, 1929, and for the corresponding period, 1928:—

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— 1929. No. 1928. No.
1st Class .. .. .. .. 45 38
2nd Class .. .. .. .. 1,444 1,940
Total .. .. .. .. 1,489 1,978
Season Tickets .. .. .. .. 2 7
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle and Calves .. .. .. .. 7 6
Sheep and Pigs .. .. .. .. 326 272
Total .. .. .. .. 333 278
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. .. .. 523 352
Goods .. .. .. .. 339 235
Total .. .. .. .. 862 587
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. .. 222 11 2 240 13 1
Parcels .. .. .. .. 126 19 1 116 5 0
Goods .. .. .. .. 426 17 3 309 8 11
Labour and demurrage .. .. 3 10 2 12 16 9
Total .. .. .. £779 17 8 £879 3 9

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— 1929. No. 1928. No.
1st Class .. .. .. .. 429 334
2nd Class .. .. .. .. 5,612 5,789
Total .. .. .. .. 6,041 6,123
Season Tickets .. .. .. .. 3 ..
No. No.
Cattle and Calves .. .. .. .. 54 139
Sheep and Pigs .. .. .. .. 14,345 16,993
Total .. .. .. .. 14,399 17,132
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. .. .. 884 634
Goods .. .. .. .. 4,060 3,387
Total .. .. .. .. 4,944 4,001
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. .. 707 19 5 722 3 1
Parcels .. .. .. .. 208 7 11 213 16 1
Goods .. .. .. .. 2,319 5 9 1,850 8 0
Labour and demurrage .. .. 27 19 11 29 5 1
Total .. .. .. £3,263 13 0 £2,815 12 3

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,— 1929. No. 1928. No.
1st Class .. .. .. .. 59,363 66,690
2nd Class .. .. .. .. 371,582 418,860
Total .. .. .. .. 430,945 485,550
Season Tickets .. .. .. .. 37,865 39,359
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle and Calves .. .. .. .. 17,597 21,213
Sheep and Pigs .. .. .. .. 1,051,331 1,029,570
Total .. .. .. .. 1,068,928 1,050,783
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. .. .. 21,832 26,192
Goods .. .. .. .. 238,337 212,969
Total .. .. .. .. 260,169 239,161

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES—continued.

REVENUE,— 1929. £ s. d. 1928. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. .. 113,717 17 2 122,825 10 0
Parcels .. .. .. .. 19,644 2 1 19,109 10 2
Goods .. .. .. .. 248,892 14 2 239,288 5 6
Labour and demurrage .. .. 6,953 13 0 4,989 7 11
Total .. .. .. £389,208 6 5 £386,212 13 7

NORTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

1929. No. 1928. No.
PASSENGERS .. .. .. .. 260,277 79,061
£ s. d. £ s. d.
REVENUE .. .. .. .. 8,355 2 2 2,749 19 0

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,— 1929. No. 1928. No.
1st Class .. .. .. .. 43,089 46,965
2nd Class .. .. .. .. 312,460 340,943
Total .. .. .. .. 355,549 387,908
Season Tickets .. .. .. .. 13,662 14,203
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle and Calves .. .. .. .. 8,191 7,405
Sheep and Pigs .. .. .. .. 473,243 580,326
Total .. .. .. .. 481,434 587,731
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. .. .. 16,727 16,182
Goods .. .. .. .. 203,529 203,586
Total .. .. .. .. 220,256 219,768
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. .. 61,288 11 5 65,539 4 11
Parcels .. .. .. .. 10,940 6 4 11,438 7 7
Goods .. .. .. .. 154,239 11 1 155,518 10 2
Labour and demurrage .. .. 4,295 16 9 3,872 2 1
Total .. .. .. £230,764 5 7 £236,368 4 9

SOUTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

1929. No. 1928. No.
PASSENGERS .. .. .. .. 3,938 2,480
£ s. d. £ s. d.
REVENUE .. .. .. .. 510 12 5 204 5 8

WESTPORT SECTION.

PASSENGERS,— 1929. No. 1928. No.
1st Class .. .. .. .. 35 35
2nd Class .. .. .. .. 6,845 6,301
Total .. .. .. .. 6,880 6,336
Season Tickets .. .. .. .. 30 51
GOODS,— No. No.
Cattle and Calves .. .. .. .. 25 18
Sheep and Pigs .. .. .. .. 80 218
Total .. .. .. .. 105 236
Tons. Tons.
Timber .. .. .. .. 243 291
Goods .. .. .. .. 43,976 55,231
Total .. .. .. .. 44,219 55,522
REVENUE,— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. .. 481 17 5 508 14 10
Parcels .. .. .. .. 108 13 6 115 4 3
Goods .. .. .. .. 8,246 16 2 10,146 1 11
Labour and demurrage .. .. 568 7 7 700 15 4
Total .. .. .. £9,405 14 8 £11,470 16 4


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🚂 Railway Traffic Returns for Kaihu Section

🚂 Transport & Communications
Passengers, Goods, Revenue, Kaihu Section

🚂 Railway Traffic Returns for Gisborne Section

🚂 Transport & Communications
Passengers, Goods, Revenue, Gisborne Section

🚂 Railway Traffic Returns for North Island Main Lines and Branches

🚂 Transport & Communications
Passengers, Goods, Revenue, North Island

🚂 Railway Traffic Returns for North Island Road Motor Service

🚂 Transport & Communications
Passengers, Revenue, North Island Road Motor Service

🚂 Railway Traffic Returns for South Island Main Lines and Branches

🚂 Transport & Communications
Passengers, Goods, Revenue, South Island

🚂 Railway Traffic Returns for South Island Road Motor Service

🚂 Transport & Communications
Passengers, Revenue, South Island Road Motor Service

🚂 Railway Traffic Returns for Westport Section

🚂 Transport & Communications
Passengers, Goods, Revenue, Westport Section