The Feilding Star. SATURDAY, JAN. 9, 1886. Railway Returns
» The following are the traffic returns for the Wanganui section for the four , weeks ending the sth of December, 1885.— 1885. 1884. £ b. d. £ s. d. Passengers .. 2058 4 6 1864 411 1 Parcels, &c. .. 227 4 3 216 4 8 Goods .. 2744 9 3 2061 2 8 Miscellaneous 111 15 9 302 0 4 I £5141 13 9 £4443 12 7 ■ In the corresponding period in 1884, 14,300 passengers were carried, as against 16,390 in 1885. Goods in i 1884 were 2839 tons; in 1885* 3951 tons. The total for the whole colony was £79,968 5s 6d, and in 1884, r £74,698 4s 2d. This is the best possible guide to show the real state of trade in the colony. When we see these returns so steadily increasing 1 month by month, it is safe to assume , that the depression in commerce and trade is passing away in the same ratio.
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 91, 12 January 1886, Page 2
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