Southland Railways.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 16, 15 August 1905, Page 3

Southland Railways.

. INTERESTING STATIST. S. Th 3 detail < attached to the annual statement of th- Muster of Railways show the folio •ing interesting results on the s:atio:is of the Southland Railway, as for the year end»d M.rib 3 1st, 1905 : - :•'""' Station Traffic Passeng-r Expenditure Revenue. Invercargill .. £14,708 £199,076 Bluff .. 4,927 '20,897 Gore .. 2,118 29,470 Lumslen .. 1,255 17,845 Otautau .. 1,016 16,388 Omraki .. 911 26,796 Winton .. 907 21,2.3 Kingston. ... 716 6,524 _tivertoh : ".'. 622 11,142 Mataura ... 592 13,349 liiveradale. ...■•■- 476 7,400 Thornbury . . 424 5,305 Edeudaie .. 413 10,531 Waimahuka ... 389 14,223 Wyudham .. 371 7.873 Woodlands .. 364 7,569 B dfour . . 289 3*329 Centre Push ;. 274 8,376 Makarewa .. 257 2,399 Fairfax .. 195 2,074 Dipton .. 189 2,889 The bigest outward traffic m sheep on the Southland sections for tbe year ended 31st March, 1905, was handled at Gore, where 3i 754 sheep passed over the railways. The next sheep centre m importance was Otautau, with 21,297, and then followed Centre Bush with 19,721. Other important sheep stations were: Lumsden 12,374, Winton 11,788, Invercargill 10,172, Itiveradale 10,124, and Makarewa 7058. Among the country Btations Winton despatched the greatest number of horse?, namely 85, Otautau being second with 77. At Invercargill 480 horses were handled and at Gore 220. In oattle output Edendale headed the list with 1379, then followed Invercargill 791, Watmahaka 643, Woodlands 611, Gore 549, and Makarewa 474. In pigs Edendale was also at the head of the list with 580. Invercargill was second with 499, and Waimahaka and Winton were well up with 275 and 263 respectively. The statistics of the timber trade are specially interesting. Biverton handled the largest quantity, viz., 7,505,500 super feet. Then came Invercargill 7,258,000 super feet, Orepuki 8,748,100 super feet, Woodlands 2,740,000 -anper feet, Otautau 1,17t.700 super feet. Winton 1,358,500 super feet, and Waimahaka 1,350,400 super feet. Among the coun' ry stations Gore put out Ihe largest quintity of grain, 10,886 tons. Biversdale was second with 6882 tons, Otautau was third with 6840 tons, and . Makarewa fourth with 6768 tons. The .' business of Bluff In this commodity was 41,536 tons. ' '' The total value forwarded under all the headings at the principal stations was as follows : Invercargill £67,059, Bluff £20,244, Gore £17,000, Otautau £16,553, Biverton £14,983. Orepuki £10,286, Mataura £8723, and Winton £7300. . Tbe biggest outward business m sheep m N*w Zealand was done at tho Wairarapa S ations, Feather_ton, I'artert n, and Maßterton, the numbers bandl d being respective^ 152,645, 103,608, and 155,807. In the South' Island the bijjgest number of sheep rdl d outwards was Waipara, m Cant rbufy, 72,717. T.king the inward return, Nga_auri»nea. the .suburb of Wellington, m, whioh tbe freezing works are* r ce;v»d the greatest number, namely 350,084, and Petone ws close up with 282,848. The nunv er of sheep received at Add ngton (Christchurch) w...s 257,660