Nov. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3559

Traffic Returns.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.—Traffic Returns for the period ending 11th October, 1930, and for the corresponding period, 1929:—

KAIHU SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 27 34
2nd Class .. .. 945 1,225
——— ———
Total .. .. 972 1,259
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 1 2

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 7 6
Sheep .. .. 75 9
——— ———
Total .. .. 82 15

Timber .. .. 58 27
Goods .. .. 204 207
——— ———
Total .. .. 262 234

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. £ 70 15 7 £110 2 5
Parcels .. 101 14 0 94 15 6
Goods .. 121 15 2 109 1 1
Labour and demurrage 0 15 5 1 11 11
——— ———
Total .. £295 0 2 £315 10 11

GISBORNE SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 168 232
2nd Class .. .. 1,434 2,128
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Total .. .. 1,602 2,360
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 4 7

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 115 135
Sheep .. .. 2,136 1,559
——— ———
Total .. .. 2,251 1,734

Timber .. .. 592 989
Goods .. .. 2,174 3,481
——— ———
Total .. .. 2,766 4,470

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. £248 3 2 £326 3 6
Parcels .. 164 7 2 172 12 9
Goods .. 961 8 8 1,469 5 4
Labour and demurrage 8 7 5 17 0 5
——— ———
Total .. £1,382 6 5 £1,985 2 0

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 24,107 28,595
2nd Class .. .. 198,631 229,756
——— ———
Total .. .. 222,738 258,351
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 37,610 37,229

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 23,061 25,783
Calves .. .. 60,105 46,773
Sheep .. .. 57,427 63,110
Pigs .. .. 14,738 14,951
——— ———
Total .. .. 155,331 150,617

Timber .. .. 15,642 24,164
Goods .. .. 177,442 198,780
——— ———
Total .. .. 193,084 222,944

NORTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES—continued.

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. £67,814 0 4 £77,016 7 3
Parcels .. 17,252 2 10 18,958 6 1
Goods .. 171,130 9 11 192,014 0 2
Labour and demurrage 5,586 10 7 6,943 1 10
——— ———
Total .. £261,783 3 8 £294,931 15 4

NORTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

PASSENGERS .. .. 231,618 234,208
REVENUE .. .. £6,967 17 6 £7,120 10 7

SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 22,847 23,356
2nd Class .. .. 158,236 182,243
——— ———
Total .. .. 181,083 205,599
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 13,458 14,034

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 7,345 7,856
Calves .. .. 635 1,024
Sheep .. .. 63,879 57,404
Pigs .. .. 1,848 1,969
——— ———
Total .. .. 73,707 68,253

Timber .. .. 14,834 23,233
Goods .. .. 199,474 241,318
——— ———
Total .. .. 214,308 264,551

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. £32,281 18 11 £38,039 1 2
Parcels .. 8,690 1 11 9,422 3 10
Goods .. 122,629 3 10 141,206 18 11
Labour and demurrage 5,373 16 2 6,170 17 6
——— ———
Total .. £168,975 0 10 £194,839 1 5

SOUTH ISLAND.—ROAD MOTOR SERVICE.

PASSENGERS .. .. 14,169 6,213
REVENUE .. .. £739 12 8 £474 9 10

WESTPORT SECTION.

PASSENGERS,—
1st Class .. .. 47 12
2nd Class .. .. 2,696 2,898
——— ———
Total .. .. 2,743 2,910
——— ———
Season Tickets .. .. 93 94

Goods,—
Cattle .. .. 10 8
Sheep .. .. 34 30
——— ———
Total .. .. 44 38

Timber .. .. 310 262
Goods .. .. 37,424 60,816
——— ———
Total .. .. 37,734 61,078

REVENUE,—
Passengers .. £271 11 8 £227 8 3
Parcels .. 105 4 10 77 18 6
Goods .. 7,328 10 10 11,284 17 6
Labour and demurrage 543 5 0 979 16 7
——— ———
Total .. £8,248 12 4 £12,570 0 10