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Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13020, 8 February 1911, Page 5 (Supplement)

Tlio traffic returns on the- Nelson section of railway:; fur the period ended December,' 1010, fonipnvo favourably with those of the snine. period of tlio previous year. The total number of passengers carried was 11,6-18, as against 11,760, a decrease of 118, but thc_ tonnage railed was 2,021, as against 2,494, an increa.se of 127 tons. The revoiime totalled £2,319 3s 11, as against £1992 16s 4d. The revenue, from the Pic-ton section for the same period was £1942 12s 9d. Mr .Allied Gould reports having sold to Mr Jl. li. Jackson a fine blotl of 2200 acres of Moutero land, t!io ])iop?rty of Mr J. Nilsson, at a Jiiglily satisfactory figure. Tlk; land in question was fdraiorlv known asCliaytor's, i and the purchase is another ovidenee of the value now placed on those lands for fruit growing. We understand j that it is Mr Jackson's intention to ! cut up the property into convenient sections for orchardists.