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STATEMENT No. 18a. Classification of Goods and Live-stock Traffic and Earnings by Commodities.

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Year ended 31st March, 1929. Year ended 31st March, 1928. Revenue. Revenue. Commodity- i , __ Tonnage Per Cent. T Mil Average Tonnage Per Cent. Tn - a AT1 _ m;)a Average j [ carried. ot Gross. 10118 one Mlle ' Haul. I Per Per carried. of Gross. Tons one Mlle - Haul. Per Per Total. ; Cent. Per Ton. Ton Total. Cent, Per Ton. ! Ton of Gross. Mile. of Gross. Mile. I i I Products of Agriculture. • Miles. £ £ s. d. d. Miles, i £ £ s d d Grain .. .. .. 355,522 4-67 15,948,026 45 151,354 309 0 8 6! 2-28 i 300,047 4-08 13,498,145 45 \ 127,361 j 2-70 0 8 6 2-26 Meals .. .. .. 121,283 1-59 7,401,395 61 62,947 1-29 0 10 5: 2-04 ; 126,580 1-72 7,269,043 57 63,333 ! 1-34 0 10 10 2-09 Fruit, N.Z. and Cook Islands 41,239 0-54 7,316,438 177 49,715 1-01 1 4 1 1-63 I 37,792 0-51 6,784,803 180 46,393 \ 0-98 1 4 7 1-63 Root crops, fodder.. .. 162,033 2-13 10,314,750 64 79,425 1-62 0 9 10 1-84 163,897 2-23 9,929,457 61 78,206 1-66 0 9 7 1-88 Flax, green and dressed .. 27,025 0-36 1,361,771 50 16,138 0-33 0 12 0 2-84 36,662 0-50 1,912,435 52 21,526 0-46 0 11 9 v-70 Seeds .. .. .. 24,276 0-32 1,380,037 57 17,251 0-35 0 14 3 3-00 27,232 0-37 1,525,012 56 19,045 0-40 0 14 0 2-99 731,378 9-61 | 43,722,417 60 376,830 7-69 0 10 4 j 2-06 692,210 9-41 40,918,895 59 355,864 7-54 0 10 3 2-08 Animals and their Products. Cattle and horses .. .. 144,257 1-89 11,662,716 81 196,464 4-01 1 7 3 4-04 139,317 1-89 10,622,857 76 185,704 3-94 1 6 8 4-19 Sheep and pigs .. .. 391,194 5-14 28,260,602 72 391,486 7-99 1 0 0 3-32 371,439 5-04 27,339,334 74 381,811 8-09 1 0 7 3-35 Meat .. .. .. 171,964 2-26 4,459,369 26 110,650 2-26 0 12 11 5-95 178,590 2-43 4,343,930 24 110,557 2-34 0 12 5 6-10 Butter .. .. .. 101,846 1-34 6,684,889 66 111,594 2-28 1 1 11 4-00 94,982 1-29 5,930,099 62 106,587 2-26 1 2 5 4-31 Cheese .. .. .. 99,691 1-31 4,240,398 43 89,138 1-82 0 17 11 5-04 75,275 1-02 3,378,544 45 74,912 1-59 0 19 11 5-32 Wool .. .. .. 141,235 1-86 7,554,649 53 144.388 2-95 1 0 6 4-59 135,184 1-84 7,181,122 53 137,407 2-91 1 0 4 4-59 Dairy by-products .. .. 16,989 0-22 1,318,072 78 16,641 0-34 0 19 7 3-03 16,007 0-22 1,359,199 85 17,132 0-36 1 1 5 3-02 Fat, hides, skins .. .. 33,354 0-44 1,463,499 44 34,139 0-70 1 0 6 5-60 36,467 0-50 1,567,661 43 38,484 0-82 111 5-88 Fish .. .. .. 7,743 0-10 1,232,316 159 11.838 0-24 1 10 7 2-30 6,794 0-09 1,124,926 166 10,125 0-21 1 9 10 2-16 1,108,273 14-56 66,876,510 60 1,106,338 22-59 1 0 0 3-96 1,054,055 14-32 62,847,672 60 1,062,719 22-52 1 0 2 4-05 Products of Mines. ~ ! Agricultural lime .. .. 142,213 1-87 8,839,383 62 45,668 0-93 0 6 5 1-24 I 116,428 1-58 7,090,310 61 36,981 0-78 0 6 4 1-25 Coal, imported .. .. 59,661 0-78 1,652,598 28 25,432 0-52 0 8 7 3-69 75,542 1-03 1,940,354 26 31,430 0-67 0 8 4 3-88 Coal, N.Z. hard .. .. 1,105.509 14-52 34,161,724 31 287,411 5-87 0 5 2 2-02 ! 1,102,183 14-98 36,883,446 33 286,537 6-07 0 5 2 1-86 Coal, N.Z. brown .. .. 999,017 13-12 120,913,304 121 572,268 11-68 0 11 6 1 14 i 1,012,946 13-77 121,434,819 120 576,343 12-21 0 11 5 1-13 Road-metal .. .. 354.159 4-65 7,610,165 21 59,043 1-21 0 3 4 1-86 277.217 3-77 6,833,613 25 49,811 1-06 0 5 7 1-74 Lime and coke .. .. 60,734 0-80 3,382,939 56 25,110 0-51 0 8 3 1-78 54,596 0-74 3,370,865 62 24,589 0-52 0 9 0 1-74 2,721,293 | 35-74 176,560,113 65 1,014,932 20-72 0 7 6 1-37 2,638,912 35-87 177,5-53,407 67 1,005,691 21-31 0 7 8 1-35 Products of Forests. ~ ~ Timber, imported . . .. 29,769 0-39 1,437,803 49 29,259 0-60 0 19 8 4-88 32,707 0-44 1,628,804 50 33,675 0-71 1 0 7 4-96 Timber, N.Z. .. .. 538,252 7-07 60,980,958 113 495,929 10-12 0 18 5 1-95 1 537,856 7-31 60,709,948 113 501,530 10-64 0 18 8 1-98 Firewood, posts, &e. .. 126,693 1-66 10,002,510 79 50,936 1-04 0 8 1 1-22 127,997 1-74 9,690,938 76 j 49,277 1-04 0 7 9 1-21 694,714 9-12 72,421,271 104 576,124 11-76 0 16 7 1-90 698,560 9-49 72,029,690 103 584,482 12-39 0 16 9 1-94 Manufactures, &c. ~ j" ' Benzine, gasoline, kerosene .. 123,937 1-63 9,030,982 73 200,239 4-09 1 12 4 5-32 89,977 1-22 j 7,635,276 85 172,747 3-66 1 18 10 5-42 Cement, N.Z. .. .. 70,679 0-93 5,484,478 78 55,130 1 13 0 15 8 2-41 78,481 1-07 I 9,519,346 121 75,842 1-61 0 19 4 1-91 Manures .. .. .. 712,741 9-36 47,242,949 66 326,939 6-67 0 9 2 1-66 586,007 7-96 36,371,287 62 261,313 5-54 0 8 11 1-72 907,357 11-92 61,758,409 68 582,308 11-89 0 12 10 2-26 754,465 10-25 \ 53,525,909 71 j 509,902 10-81 0 13 6 2-28 Miscellaneous .. .. 1,450,430 19-05 66,414,678 46 1,241,859 25-35 0 17 1 4-48 1,520,195 20-66. 62,035,702 41 1,199,940 25-43 0 15 10 4-64 Totals .. .. 7,613,445 100-00 487,753,398 64 4,898,391 100-00 0 12 11 2-41 7,358,397 100-00 \ 468,911 ,275 64 \ 4,718,598 100-00 0 12 10 2-41