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RETURN No. 5. Comparative Statement of Passenger and Goods Traffic for the Year ended 31st March, 1923.

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Live-stock. Goods. Goods. Passengers. Section. Length Open for Traffic. First Class. Second Class. Total. [ Season rattle 1 Tickets. u "* Me - Sheep and Pigs. Total. Equivalent Tonnage. Timber. Goods. Total. Gross Total Tonnage. 1922-23. Miles. Whangarei .. .. 80 Kaihu .. .. 20 Gisborne .. .. 49 North Island Main Lines and Branches 1,140 South Island Main Lines and Branches 1,429 Westland .. .. 157 Westport .. .. 36 Nelson .. .. 61 Picton .. .. 56 Lake Wakatipu steamers Miles. 80 20 49 Single. 23,904 1,277 7,991 Return. 7,190 1,460 3,430 Single. Return. Number. 89,245 92,746 213,085 15,760 ! 17,500 35,997 44.041 ; 33,856 89,318 Number. 2,234 4 368 Number. 1,147 55 1,636 Number. 53,858 197 129,301 Number. 55,005 252 130,937 Tons. 2,501 25 5,672 Tons. 28,268 6,431 12,273 Tons. 142,250 4,337 44,486 I Tons. 170,518 10,768 56,759 Tons. 173.019 10,793 62,431 1,140 442,810 764,582 2,215,082 5,130,572 8,553,046 ' 1,026,984 2,902,600 4,751,507 I 100,066 : 209,576 351.683 j 31,319 59,664 92,197 28,303 37,864 69,905 28,991 32,774 I 77,055 | 5,302 ; 8,340 I 22,817 337,116 209,617 3,194,326 3,403,943 191,293 337,356 2,068,167 : 2,405,523 2,596,816 1,429 157 36 61 56 258,321 20,513 358 1,634 10,750 3,259 563,602 21,528 856 2,104 4,540 5,916 128,190 13,975 2,446 921 418 9 75,519 4,019 129 611 953 244 3,746.057 57,912 2,991 32,221 140,293 10,607 3,821,576 61,931 3,120 32,832 141,246 10,851 172,726 3,534 158 1,474 5,900 498 155,424 111,139 7,098 4,205 482 537 2,292,420 : 313,502 599,710 32,069 68,267 6,386 2,447,844 424,641 606,808 36,274 68,749 6,923 2,620,570 428,175 606,966 37,748 74,649 7,421 Totals .. .. 3,028 3,028 770,817 1,375,208 3,585,093 18,525,492 14,256,610 485,681 293,930 7,367,763 17,661,693 383,781 I 663,213 5,571,594 |6,234,807 6,618,588 1921-22. Whangarei .. ■ • 80 Kaihu .. .. 20 fiisborne .. .. 49 North Island Main Lines 1,133 and Branches South Island Main Lines 1,429 and Branches Westland .. .. 157 Westport .. .. 36 Nelson .. •. 61 Pif'ton .. • • 56 Lake Wakatipu steamers 25,074 8,000 1,635 1,852 8,959 3,942 464,454 769,014 265,255 I 576,142 87,544 14,180 46,725 2,266,313 1,034,398 88,882 18,296 38,026 A, 964, 676 2,934, 144 209,500 2,472 35,963 15 97,652 399 8,464,457 317,128 4,809,939 j 134,770 1,929 38 1,123 196,142 74,363 39,226 93 139,270 3,600,581 3,654,866 41,155 131 140,393 3,796,723 3,729,229 2,154 40,581 16 9,088 5,911 16,234 203,460 349,517 168,728 t 166,504 118,099 5,846 44,200 1,996,798 J2,110, 947 158,680 160,834 14,934 14,950 •60,434 66,345 2,346,315 2,549,775 12,277,451 2,446,179 20,577 22,396 429 1,372 3,917 2,962 12,615 5,778 3,209 6,270 99,673 29,763 38,146 33,668 4,878 210,870 61,412 38,050 44,646 4,298 353,516 14,275 92,976 2,009 83,075 1,414 96,707 375 18,655 8 4,287 209 502 1,139 172 41,205 3,123 18,541 127,612 10,998 45,492 3,332 19,043 128,751 11,170 2,947 115,104 188 '■ 4,638 894 5,200 5,449 742 492 604 329,062 510,716 35,711 66,516 5,005 444,166 447,113 515,354 515,542 40,911 41,805 67,258 72,707 5,609 6,101 Totals .. .. 3,021 806,124 1,397,728 3,655,288 18,403,300 14,262,440 472,865 279,904 7,635,515 7,915,419 390,239 708,212 5,222,900 5,931,112 ! 6,321,351 I