RAILWAY RETURNS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20383, 2 November 1931, Page 7

RAILWAY RETURNS.

FIGURES FOR THE MONTH. A drop of £12,424 in railway revenue in tlio Christchurch district, which includes the West Coast and as far south in Canterbury as Tinwald, is recorded in the general traffic returns for the four-weekly period ended October 24th, compared with the same period last year. There is no special reason for the decrease, railway officials stating that it is due to the economic difficulties under which all businesses have been labouring. . Taking each week, commencing with that ending October 3rd, an all-round drop is shown also in the number of passengers travelling and the same applies to timber and general goods. The detailed figures for the period are as follows: — 1831.

The West Coast. The total tonnage hauled from the West Coast to Canterbury during October was 33,239 tons, compared with 41,382 tons last year. So far this year each month has shown a decrease compared with the corresponding months last year.

Cattle Sheep Pasand and Timber, cral. venue. sengers. calves. Pigs. Tons. Tons. £ 18,418 824 3,€29 1,418 17,586 14,900 19,212 783 3,497 846 19,522 16,630 16,7-27 813 7,482 1.429 17,589 14,494 21,251 l,02t 7,253 1,878 20,148 16.233 77,611 3,441 21,861 5,571 74,843 C2,oo7 1930. 19,519 773 4,775 2,544 23,918 18,571 20,676 8C2 3,761 2,130 21.727 18,101 19,979 €85 3,536 2,112 25,058 19,101 2-2,357 C16 6,055 1.934 24,320 19,208 8-2,531 2,908 18,160 8,720 95,023 74.981