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

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Year ended 31st March, 1937. Year ended 31st March, 1936. Revenue. Kpwtiiip Commodity. Tons Tons lonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average Tonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average I carried. of Gross. (000 Haul. Per Per carried. of Gross. (000 Haul. Per Per omitted). 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 Grain .. .. .. 265,610 3-89 13,481 51 130,816 2-67 0 9 10 2-32 185,754 3-00 9,627 52 93,404 2-11 0 10 1 2-32 Meals •• •• 118,494 1-74 7,427 63 69,902 1-43 0 11 9 2-25 113,992 1-84 7,566 66 68,479 1-55 0 12 0 2-17 Fruit and vegetables .. 43,231 0-64 7,934 184 63,342 1-29 1 9 3 1-91 36,978 0-60 6,700 181 54,973 1-24 1 9 9 1-96 Root crops and fodder .. 128,612 1-89 9,221 72 76,831 1-56 0 11 11 1-99 114,614 1-85 8,658 76 70 221 1-58 0 12 3 1-94 Flax, green and pressed .. 12,275 0-18 1,033 84 11,190 0-22 0 18 2 2-60 10,315 0-17 752 73 8 335 0-19 0 16 2 2-65 Seeds 20,033 0-29 1,131 56 15,107 0-30 0 15 1 3-20 16,275 0-26 927 57 12,221 0-28 0 15 0 3-16 588,255 8-63 40,227 68 367,188 7-47 0 12 6 2-18 477,928 7-72 34,230 72 307,633 6-95 0 12 11 2 15 Animals arid their Products. Cattle, calves, horses .. 180,142 2-65 15,436 86 200,235 4-07 1 2 2 3-11 171,576 2-77 14 171 83 184 967 4-18 1 1 7 3 13 Sheep and pigs .. 420,191 6-17 31,653 75 406,745 8-29 0 19 4 3-08 398,752 6-44 29,786 75 381,574 8-61 0 19 1 3-07 Meat .. .. .. 227,453 3-35 7,823 34 191,759 3-90 0 16 10 5-88 227,993 3-68 7,291 32 192,005 4-33 0 16 10 6-32 Butter .. .. .. 155,161 2-28 11,408 74 166,003 3-39 1 1 4 3-49 146,765 2-37 10,938 75 157,465 3-55 1 1 5 3-45 Cheese .. .. .. 75,007 1-11 3,976 53 69,970 1-42 0 18 8 4-23 71,095 1-15 3,781 53 66,094 1-49 0 18 7 4-19 Wo°l .. .. .. 158,743 2-33 9,975 63 154,391 3-14 0 19 5 3-71 162,045 2-62 9,492 59 154,882 3-50 0 19 1 3-91 Dairy by-products .. 25,138 0-37 2,092 83 24,158 0-50 0 19 2 2-76 25,308 0-41 2,238 88 24,291 0-55 0 19 2 2-60 Fat, hides, skins .. .. 47,039 0-69 2,188 47 45,193 0-92 0 19 2 4-95 37,035 0-60 1,821 49 37,554 0-85 1 0 3 4-94 Flsh '■ •• 9,974 0-14 1,696 170 15,322 0-32 1 10 9 2-16 8,434 0-14 1,454 172 13,151 0-30 1 11 2 2-17 1,298,848 19-09 86,247 66 1,273,776 . 25-95 0 19 7 3-54 1,249,003 20-18 80,972 65 1,211,983 27-36 0 19 5 t-59 Products of Mines. Agricultural lime .. .. 295,055 4-33 18,833 64 104,598 2-13 0 7 1 1-33 246,716 3-99 15,949 65 88,475 2-00 0 7 2 1-33 Coal, imported .. 26,089 0-38 668 26 10,445 0-21 0 8 0 3-75 32,676 0-53 640 20 11,792 0-27 0 7 2 4-41 £° a ' £ ard " '• 766,209 11-25 32,572 43 255,456 5-20 0 6 8 1-88 652,637 10-54 29,194 45 219,397 4-95 0 6 9 1-80 Coal N.Z. brown .. .. 840,018 12-32 104,856 125 552,484 11-26 0 13 1 1-26 802,541 12-97 96,604 120 524,690 11-85 0 13 1 1-30 Road-metal .. .. 109,963 1-62 3,343 30 27,934 0-56 0 5 1 2-00 132,096 2-13 4,454 34 34,584 0-78 0 5 3 1-86 Lime and coke .. .. 32,873 0-48 2,670 81 19,257 0-39 0 11 8 1-75 28,225 0-46 2,373 84 16,914 0-38 0 12 0 1*71 2,070,207 30-38 162,942 79 970,174 19-75 0 9 4 1-42 1,894,891 30-62 149,214 79 895,852 20-23 0 9 5 1-44 Products of Forests. ~ ~ Timber, imported .. .. 18,171 0-26 1,038 57 16,825 0-35 0 18 6 3-89 13,476 0-22 679 50 11,834 0-27 0 17 9 4-18 Timber, N.Z, .. .. 434,204 6-37 51,953 120 413,677 8-43 0 19 0 1 -91 407,323 6-58 46,797 115 379,779 8-57 0 18 8 1-94 Firewood, posts, &c. .. 78,736 1-16 6,862 87 37,471 0-76 0 9 6 1-31 72,543 1-17 6,314 87 34,353 0-78 0 9 6 1-30 531,111 7-79 59,853 113 467,973 9-54 0 17 7 1-87 493,342 7-97 53,790 109 425,966 9-62 0 17 3 1-90 Manufactures, &c. Benzine, gasolene, kerosene.. 154,061 2-27 13,893 90 254,069 5-17 1 13 0 4-38 131,510 2-13 11,851 90 225,106 5-08 1 14 3 4-55 Cement .. .. .. 58,989 0-86 7,442 126 63,002 1-29 1 1 4 2-03 49,799 0-80 6.677 134 53,964 1-22 1 1 8 1-93 Manure .. .. .. 746,492 10-95 49,342 66 365,493 7-44 0 9 9 1-77 663,185 10-72 41,591 63 '317,332 7-16 0 9 7 1-83 959,542 14-08 70,677 74 682,564 13-90 0 14 2 2-31 844,494 13-65 60,119 71 596,402 13-46 0 14 1 2-38 Miscellaneous .. .. 1,365,277 20-03 76,454 56 1,148,609 23-39 0 16 10 3-60 1,229,147 19-86 ~65Ji23 ~53 991,464 ~22-38 ~~Ō~16 1 3-64 Totals.. .. 6,813,240 100-00 496,400 73 4,910,284 100-00 0 14 5 2-37 6,188,805 100-00 443,647 72 4,429,300 100-00 0 14 4 2-39