RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
The' following gives particulars of the railway traffic on the Hurunui-Bluff line for the four-weekly period ending March 31,, 1889, together with the . corresponding of 1888 : — Passen- 1889. 1888. gers— S. H. Total. S. B. Total. Ist... 11312 21.440 33.752 9.SM'} Si, -43 41,140 2m1 ... 42,01 i H8.952 1 ll> Uv. 8,2 it S . *:w 1V1.123 , 5iJ.326 90,392 143,718 18,239 114,024 162^63 Season tickets , ... 518 373 r No. in No.la 1889. IJ-88. Parcels, AcParcels ... ... 17.337 16,743 Horsps... ... ... 300 377 Carriages ... ... 3V» 31 Dogs ... ... ... 943 1,008 Totil ... ... I8.«1fl 18,159 Goods- No. No. Drays ... ... ... 17 20 Cat Me... ... ... 6-W 344 Calves... ... ... 12 18 ' Sheep ... ... ... 38.414 44,948 Pigs ..'. ... ... 2,403 3;17i • . • Total ... ... 41,496 48,801% Tons. Tona.' Chaff, &o ... ... 1.310 1,140 , Wool ... ■ ... ... 4,096 , 3,583, Firewood ... ... 1.458 1,375 Timber 7,381 ■ 5,650 Grain ... ... ... 43,919 32,260 Merchandise ... ... 21,411 18,254 Minerals ... ... 23,496 20,844 Total 103,048 834U . 1889. '1888: Revenue— £ s. d. £ b. d. Passengers ... 18,724 7 9 20,736 14 8 Parcels and luggage 1,649 4 1 1,^(51 17 9 Goods ... ... 34,278 10' 4 28,749 18 8 Miscellaneous ... 695 0 0 484 2 5 Bents and commission 446 12 10 411 1 7 Total ... £55,793 15 0 £52,043 15 1
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Otago Witness, Issue 956, 16 May 1889, Page 13
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193RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. Otago Witness, Issue 956, 16 May 1889, Page 13
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