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

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Year ended 31st March, 1939. Year ended 31st March, 1938. Revenue. Revenue. Commodity. Tons i Tons Tonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average Tonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average 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 .. .. .. 185,203 2-44 10,626 57 100,559 1-74 0 11 0 2-27 238,196 3-17 13,039 55 120,521 2-19 0 10 1 2-22 Meals .. .. .. 114,595 1-52 7,315 64 69,841 1-21 0 12 2 2-29 116,465 1-55 7,100 61 68,167 1-24 0 11 9 2-30 Fruit and vegetables .. 56,737 0-75 11,728 207 93.751 1-62 1 13 0 1-92 50,808 0-68 9,111 179 75,131 1-37 1 9 7 1-98 Root crops and fodder .. 137,500 1-82 10,594 77 87,024 1-50 0 12 8 1-97 145,839 1-94 12,558 86 86,834 1-58 0 11 11 1-66 Flax, green and pressed .. 6,249 0-08 521 83 5,845 0-10 0 18 9 2-69 12,679 0 17 1,053 83 10,781 0-20 0 17 0 2-46 Seeds .. .. .. 16,346 0-22 1,212 74 14,149 0-24 0 17 4 2-80 21,194 0-28 1,456 69 14,602 0-27 0 13 9 2-41 516,630 6-83 41,996 81 371,169 6-41 0 14 4 2-12 585,181 7-79 44,317 76 376,036 6-85 0 12 10 2-04 Animals and other Products. Cattle, calves, horses .. 211,058 2-80 18,509 88 236,662 4-08 1 2 5 3-07 216,666 2-88 18,783 87 237,488 4-32 1 1 11 3-03 Sheep and pigs .. .. 410,695 5-44 31,821 77 441,479 7-61 1 1 6 3-33 451,409 6-00 35,974 80 454,333 8-26 1 0 2 3-03 Meat .. .. .. 262,954 3-48 9,501 36 239,332 4 13 0 18 2 6-05 250,242 3-33 8,683 35 214,856 3-90 0 17 2 5-94 Butter .. .. .. 138,845 1-84 10,134 73 155,936 2-69 1 2 6 3-69 155,822 2-07 11,3-52 73 168,127 3-05 1 1 7 3-55 Cheese .. .. .. 71,794 0-95 3,684 51 69,331 1-20 0 19 4 4-52 74,310 1-00 3,852 52 68,318 1-24 0 18 4 4-26 Wool .. .. .. 172,197 2-28 9,660 56 178,799 3-09 1 0 9 4-44 159,442 2-12 9,483 59 156,807 2-8-5 0 19 8 3-97 Dairy by-products.. .. 20,220 0-27 1,724 85 20,891 0-36 1 0 8 2-91 25,718 0-34 2,094 81 24,075 0-44 0 18 9 2-76 Fat, hides, and skins .. 45,300 0-60 2,188 48 47,449 0-82 1 1 0 5-20 43,260 0-58 2,230 52 44,510 0-81 1 0 7 4-79 Fish .. .. .. 10,171 0-13 1,901 187 16,828 0-29 1 13 1 2-11 10,127 0 13 1,888 187 15,911 0-29 1 11 10 2-02 1,343,234 17-79 89,122 66 1,406,707 24-27 1 1 0 3-79 1,386,996 18-45 94,339 68 1,384,425 25-16 10 0 3-52 Products of Mines. Agricultural lime .. .. 379,504 5-04 23,033 61 132,518 2-29 0 7 0 1-38 376,741 5-02 23,230 62 132,175 2-40 0 7 0 1-37 Coal, imported .. .. 36,055 0-48 1,760 49 18,705 0-32 0 10 4 2-56 30,574 0-41 732 24 11,560 0-23 0 7 7 3-79 Coal, New Zealand hard .. 830,683 11-02 36,886 44 277,098 4-79 0 6 8 1-80 822,135 10-93 36,032 44 266,209 4-84 0 6 6 1-77 Coal, New Zealand brown .. 897,602 11-90 108,183 121 593,634 10-25 0 13 3 1-32 833,933 11-09 105,337 126 555,341 10-09 0 13 4 1-27 Road-metal .. .. 169,938 2-26 5,816 34 48,374 0-83 0 5 8 2-00 129,056 1-72 4,54-5 3-5 37,047 0-67 0 5 9 1-96 Limeandcoke .. .. 40,936 0-54 3,328 81 24,556 0-42 0 12 0 1-77 38,612 0-51 3,135 81 24,388 0-44 0 12 7 1-87 2,354,718 31-24 179,006 76 1,094,885 18-90 0 9 3 1-47 2,231,051 29-68 173,011 78 1,026,720 18-67 0 9 2 1-42 Products of Forests. Timber, imported .. .. 25,458 0-34 1,993 78 30,688 0-53 1 4 1 3-70 20,520 0-27 1,368 67 19,843 0-36 0 19 4 3-48 Timber, New Zealand .. 476,187 6-32 57,618 121 475,129 8-20 1 0 0 1-98 469,687 6-2-5 54,582 116 446,860 8-14 0 19 0 1-96 Firewood, posts, &c. .. 76,565 1-02 6,978 91 39,076 0-67 0 10 2 1-34 89,009 1-19 7,769 87 42,969 0-78 0 9 8 1-33 578,210 7-68 66,589 115 544,893 9-40 0 18 10 1-96 579,216 7-71 63,719 110 509,672 9-28 0 17 7 1-92 Manufactures, &c. Benzine, gasolene, kerosene.. 188,492 2-50 17,401 92 311,496 5-37 1 13 0 4-30 174,860 2-34 16,227 93 286,420 5-21 1 12 9 4-24 Cement .. .. .. 87,044 1-16 10,324 119 94,485 1-63 1 1 9 2-20 68,386 0-91 7,843 115 69,591 1-26 1 0 4 2-13 Manure .. .. .. 874,679 11-62 65,356 75 475,090 8-20 0 10 11 1-74 991,119 13-18 68,434 69 499,763 9-08 0 10 1 1-75 1,150,215 15-28 93,081 81 881,071 15-20 0 15 4 2-27 1,234,365 16-43 92,504 75 855,774 15-55 0 13 11 2-22 Miscellaneous .. .. 1,596,005 21-18 104,691 66 1,495,963 25-82 0 18 9 3-43 1,499,240 19-94 93,231 63 1,347 ,949 \ 24-49 0 18 0 3-47 Totals 7,539,012 100-00 574,485 76 5,794,688 100-0 j 0 15 4 2-43 7,516,049 100-00 561,121 75 5,500,576 100-00 , (J 14 8 2-35