The Engineer-in-Chief reporting to the Hou. J. D. Ormond, on the probable traffic of tho Auckland and Drury and Unehuuga branch Railways, says :—The following traffic may, I think, be expected within two or three years of the completion of the .line, with the prospect of a large increase in a few more years :—Passengers to and from Onehunga, 32.000 at Is, £1,600; good* to and from Onehunga, 60,000 at Is 6d, £4,500 ; passengers, main line, 40,000 at 3s 4d, £6,666 ; goods, main line, 6.000 at ss. £1,500 ; coals, 30.0J0 tons at 6s Bd, £IO,OOO ; firewood, 1,500 colds at 3s 4d. £2.500 ; parcels and miscellaneous. £234 ; to al, £27.000. I estimate the working exjienses, including : renewals, at £19.000 ; expected profit (about : 3 per cent) £B,ooo.— Herald,
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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 268, 17 August 1872, Page 3
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