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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 14th September, 1929, and for the corresponding period, 1928 :—

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class.. .. .. 56 51
2nd Class .. .. 1,756 1,641
Total .. .. 1,812 1,692

Season Tickets .. .. 2 4

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. .. 4 ..
Sheep .. .. .. 163 35
Total .. .. .. 167 35

Tons.
Timber .. .. .. 35 19
Goods .. .. .. 214 254
Total .. .. .. 249 273

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 179 12 2 208 4 4
Parcels .. .. 67 16 10 65 12 2
Goods .. .. 126 1 4 138 16 7
Labour and demurrage .. 0 17 3 0 16 1
Total .. .. £374 7 7 £413 9 2

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class.. .. .. 302 789
2nd Class .. .. 2,010 3,116
Total .. .. 2,312 3,905

Season Tickets .. .. 37 39

Cattle .. .. .. 143 117
Sheep .. .. .. 1,182 761
Total .. .. .. 1,325 878

Tons.
Timber .. .. .. 653 567
Goods .. .. .. 4,358 2,644
Total .. .. .. 5,011 3,211

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 481 10 3 754 13 1
Parcels .. .. 147 14 6 158 6 9
Goods .. .. 1,423 19 6 1,298 9 5
Labour and demurrage .. 13 6 1 26 4 1
Total .. .. £2,066 10 4 £2,237 13 4

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS—
1st Class.. .. .. 39,660 36,109
2nd Class .. .. 280,995 281,661
Total .. .. 320,655 317,770

Season Tickets .. .. 38,654 38,747

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. .. 21,659 25,821
Calves .. .. .. 95,613 84,331
Sheep .. .. .. 58,012 49,460
Pigs .. .. .. 8,368 6,603
Total .. .. .. 183,652 166,215

Tons.
Timber .. .. .. 22,390 23,440
Goods .. .. .. 220,210 203,652
Total .. .. .. 242,600 227,092

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES—
continued.

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 96,397 15 5 92,662 10 10
Parcels .. .. 18,467 4 11 17,976 5 2
Goods .. .. 192,261 1 4 188,980 8 7
Labour and demurrage .. 7,912 16 10 5,662 10 10
Total .. .. £315,038 18 6 £305,281 15 5

NORTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

1929. 1928. PASSENGERS .. .. .. 242,615 220,470
            £ s. d. £ s. d.
            REVENUE .. .. 7,323 13 6 7,639 0 9

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class.. .. .. 40,803 36,142
2nd Class .. .. 224,652 227,816
Total .. .. 265,455 263,958

Season Tickets .. .. 14,036 15,245

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. .. 3,165 7,238
Calves .. .. .. 410 496
Sheep .. .. .. 74,991 75,456
Pigs .. .. .. 1,978 2,543
Total .. .. .. 80,544 85,733

Tons.
Timber .. .. .. 22,368 21,504
Goods .. .. .. 228,077 204,577
Total .. .. .. 250,445 226,081

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 50,316 15 8 48,922 6 11
Parcels .. .. 9,007 2 0 9,088 16 2
Goods .. .. 140,158 6 1 129,292 2 11
Labour and demurrage .. 6,074 11 5 4,794 12 4
Total .. .. £205,556 15 2 £192,097 18 4

SOUTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

1929. 1928. PASSENGERS .. .. .. 4,461 4,519
            £ s. d. £ s. d.
            REVENUE .. .. 497 13 1 532 5 3

WESTPORT SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 32 26
2nd Class .. .. 2,984 4,207
Total .. .. 3,016 4,233

Season Tickets .. .. 44 76

GOODS,—
Cattle .. .. .. 1 6
Sheep .. .. .. .. 54
Total .. .. .. 1 60

Tons.
Timber .. .. .. 398 183
Goods .. .. .. 52,629 46,759
Total .. .. .. 53,027 46,942

REVENUE,—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Passengers .. .. 250 10 7 394 11 3
Parcels .. .. 67 0 9 88 5 5
Goods .. .. 9,882 1 6 8,859 16 2
Labour and demurrage .. 808 2 9 719 19 5
Total .. .. £11,007 15 7 £10,062 12 3