EFFECTS OF FLOODS.
We clip the following from the Daily
Times: — The effects of the floods are shown in the railway returns of February. Traffic having been near'y suspended over many of the lines for a week, and the month being a short one as compared with January, a decline was to be expected of about a fourth in the receipts, and that in fact very nearly represents the truth. The figures for Juiuary and February respectively are as follows : January. February. Otago .. .. £15,127 £ 0,097 Canterbury .. 21.037 13,440 £-3J,Sii £iS,sl6 The nearest corresponding figures for the 10 Northern lines are for the four weeks ending respectively 13th January, arid 10th February - the latter perio 1 including xAfe flood time. Tiiuy are as follow ■ 13th, L 8079; February 10r,'i, .... *5.57 ; From Fdbruiry forwards, the O \.y-,.. 6.6 turns are included with those S.Qfc^jr/i bury, instead of with Otagcs" '•>tß'" M anticipate a considerable increase in March and a still greater increase in Apr' 1 'v.-.om tlie large grain traffic, aud the oponing of additional hr nchpv.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 298, 7 April 1877, Page 2
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175EFFECTS OF FLOODS. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 298, 7 April 1877, Page 2
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