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Traffic statistics for year ended 31st March, 1946: Hours flown .. . . . . .. .. 955 Miles flown .. . . .. .. .. 117,410 Passengers .. .. .. .. .. 2,296 Freight (lb.) .. .. .. .. .. 17,409 Mail (lb.) .. . . .. .. .. 11,876 Passenger-miles . . . . .. .. 247,526 Freight ton-miles . . . . .. .. 831 Mail ton-miles .. .. .. .. 658 The following is a summary of traffic statistics for Cook Strait Airways, Ltd., for the years 1936 to 1946:

(3) Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd. Apart from the Nelson-Hokitika service operated under charter for •Cook Strait Airways, Ltd., Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd., operated the following services:—

The public licence held by Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd., for Jackson's Bay Airfield expired, on 31st December, 1945, and was not renewed on account of the airfield beingj closed. Traffic statistics for the year ended 31st March, 1946, were—

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Year ended, Hours flown. Miles flown. Passengers. Freight. Mail. Passengermiles. Freight Tonmiles. Mail Tonmiles. lb. lb. 31st March., 1936 464 58,000 3,046 3,981 710 178,487 113 36 31st March, 1937 2,120 271,926 14,353 22,706 20,355 831,377 613 488 31st March, 1938 3,270 409,600 20,954 40,603 38,245 1,251,379 1,238 1,043 31st March, 1939 4,191 520,326 24,318 85,633 43,562 1,495,206 2,539 1,278 31st March, 1940 4,087 511,723 29,072 137,615 41,756 1,899,652 4,401 1,472 31st March, 1941 2,376 283,563 26,365 146,968 24,996 1,903,132 4,958 797 31st March, 1942 2,191 261,831 25,707 134,507 25,743 1,663,216 4,213 754 31st March, 1943 2,113 224,062 18,026 101,665 30,985 1,237,589 3,209 989 31st March, 1944 .. 2,285 267,955 21,184 115,299 44,661 1,448,227 3,649 1,423 31st March, 1945 2,160 254,005 27,109 142,260 51,101 1,807,710 4,254 1,630 31st March, 1946 2,445 292,514 28,078 182,227 57,955 1,900,144 5,733 248

Route. Routeuniles. Frequency. Hokitika-Jackson's Bay (service terminated 149 Once weekly in each direction. at Okuru from 1st January, 1946) JHokitika-Weheka 84 Five times weekly in each direction. Total .. 233

Route. Hours flown. Miles flown. Passengers. Freight. Mail. Passengermiles. Freight Tonmiles. III H o k i t i k a-Jackson's Bay Hokitika-Weheka .. 694 72,350 614 lb. 45,142 lb. 34,498 83,121 2,698 2,121 160 16,226 321 381 22,899 12 Total 854 58,576 926 45,523 34,498 106,020 2,710 2,121