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STATEMENT No. 19. Classification of Goods and Live-stock Traffic and Earnings by Commodities.

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\ear ended 31st March, 1935. Year ended 31st March, 1934. „ ... Revenue. Revenue. Commodity. ____ Tons Per Cent. Tons One MUe Average [ Tonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average [ earned. of Gross. (000 omitted). Haul. I Per Per carried. of Gross. (000 Haul. Per Per Total. Cent. Per Ton. Ton omitted). Total. Cent. Per Ton. Ton | of Gross. Mile. of Gross. ! Mile. . Products of Agriculture. Miles. £ £ s. d. d. Miles. £ s. d. d. Gram .. .. .. .. 304,936 5-06 14,041 46 139,771 3-30 0 9 2 2-38 276,105 4-89 12,336 45 126,419 3-16 9 2 2-45 Meak .. .. .. .. 118,666 1-97 7,620 64 69,002 1-63 0 11 8 2-17 115,139 2-04 7,291 63 67,836 1-69 11 10 2-23 S " '• •• 47,997 0-80 9,144 191 73,315 1-73 1 10 7 1-92 41,237 0-73 7,215 175 58,757 1-47 28 6 2-26 Koot crops and fodder .. .. 111,718 1-85 8,250 74 66,932 1-58 0 12 0 1-94 106,844 1-89 8,633 81 66,562 1-67 12 6 1-84 Flax, green and pressed .. .. 10,695 0-18 746 70 6,906 0-16 0 12 11 2-22 12,715 0-23 859 68 8,659 0-22 13 8 2-41 Seeds •• •• •• 21,767 0-36 1,195 55 16,107 0-38 0 14 10 3-23 22,343 0-40 1,380 62 17,302 0-43 15 6 3-00 615,779 10-22 40,996 67 372,033 8-78 0 12 1 2-17 574,383 10-18 37,714 66 345,535 8-64 12 0 2-19 Animals and their Products. Cattle and horses .. .. 136,490 2-27 11,163 82 160,896 3-80 1 3 7 3-45 134,269 2-38 10,799 80 155,475 3-89 23 2 3-45 Sheep and pigs .. .. 442,493 7-35 31,018 70 409,613 9-67 0 18 6 3-16 414,534 7-34 31,405 76 399,409 9-99 19 3 3-05 Meat .. .. .. .. 238,404 3-96 6,700 28 195,042 4-61 0 16 4 6-98 226,021 4-01 6,439 28 185,198 4-64 16 5 6-90 Butter .. .. .. 131,590 2-18 10,015 76 145,180 3-43 1 2 1 3-47 146,275 2-59 10,317 71 157,540 3-94 21 7 3-66 Cheese .. .. .. 78,397 1-30 4,467 57 78,163 1-85 0 19 11 4-19 89,480 1-59 4,994 56 93,628 2-34 20 11 4-49 W°°l •• •• •• •• 12 ®> 682 2-10 7 > 195 57 119,676 2-83 0 18 11 3-99 152,036 2-69 8,437 55 157,831 3-95 20 9 4-48 Dairy by-products .. .. 20,784 0-35 1,720 83 19,366 0-46 0 18 8 2-70 16,666 0-31 1,392 84 16,002 0-40 19 2 2-75 Fat, hides, and skms .. .. 44,792 0-74 1,991 44 44,803 1-06 1 0 0 5-39 42,142 0-75 1,852 44 42,008 1-05 19 11 5-44 Fish •' •• •• •• 7 > 858 °' 13 I» 342 1TO -11,598 0-27 1 9 6 2-07 8,591 0-15 1,350 157 12,058 0-30 28 1 2-14 1,227,490 20-38 75,611 62 1,184,337 27-98 0 19 4 3-75 1,230,014 21-81 76,985 63 1,219,149 30-50 19 10 3-79 Products of Mines. Agricultural lime .. .. 244,896 4-07 16,127 66 89,616 2-12 0 7 4 1-33 195,018 3-45 12,942 66 72,080 1-80 7 5 1-33 Coal, imported .. .. .. 30,531 0-51 557 18 10,846 0-26 0 7 1 4-67 32,024 0-57 601 19 11,786 0-29 7 4 4-70 Coal, New Zealand hard .. 654,170 10-86 27,523 42 211,703 5-00 0.6 6 1-84 645,461 11-44 27,601 43 215,429 5-39 6 8 1-87 Coal, New Zealand brown .. 756,123 12-55 91,472 121 493,631 11-66 0 13 1 1-39 752,823 13-34 88,252 117 484,764 12-13 12 11 1-31 Koad-metal .. .. .. 128,540 2-13 3,496 27 31,425 0-74 0 4 11 2-15 91,904 1-63 2,166 24 20,644 0-52 4 6 2-28 Lime and coke 28,202 0-47 2,215 79 16,031 0-38 0 11 4 1-73 29,418 0-52 1,980 67 14,981 0-38 10 2 1-81 1,842,462 30-59 141,390 77 853,252 20-16 0 9 3 1-44 1,746,648 30-95 133,542 76 819,684 20-51 9 5 1-47 Products of Forests. Timber, imported .. .. 13,017 0-22 685 53 10,292 0-24 0 15 10 3-60 7,708 0-14 378 49 6,388 0-16 16 7 4-05 Timber, New Zealand .. .. 355,400 5-90 38,705 109 320,901 7-58 0 18 1 1-98 293,514 5-20 31,162 106 268,239 6-72 18 3 2-06 Firewood, posts, &c 81,349 1-35 6,700 82 36,650 0-87 0 9 0 1-31 61,583 1-09 4,624 75 25,799 0-64 8 5 1-33 449,766 7-47 46,090 102 367,843 8-69 0 16 4 1-91 362,805 6-43 36,164 100 300,426 7-52 16 7 1-99 Manufactures, efce. Benzine, gasolene, kerosene .. 119,739 1-99 10,813 90 208,055 4-91 1 14 9 4-61 110,731 1-96 10 030 91 193 442 4-84 35 0 4-62 £ ement JHJ® °' 75 4 ' 819 107 43 > 997 i' 04 0 19 7 2 " 19 47,189 0-84 4,579 97 47,293 1-18 20 0 2-47 Manures 626,717 10-40 42,210 67 303,583 7-17 0 9 8 1-72 552,441 9-79 35,802 65 263,215 6-59 9 6 1-76 791,372 13-14 57,842 73 555,635 13-12 0 14 0 2-30 710,361 12-59 50,411 71 503,950 12-61 14 2 2-39 Miscellaneous 1,097,091 18-20 57,726 53 900,236 21-27 0 16 5 3-74 1,017,988 18-04 48,704 78 808,140 20-22 15 11 3-98 Totals.. .. .. 6,023,960 100-00 419,655 70 4,233,336 100-00 0 14 1 2-42 5,642,199 100-00 383,520 68 3,996,884 100-00 14 2 2-50