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RETURN No. 5. Comparative Statement of Passenger and Goods Traffic for the Year ended 31st March, 1917.

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Passengers. Live-stock. C— ( Goods. Section. length - Open for Traffic. First Class. Second Class. Total. Season i Tickets. Cattle. Calves. Sheep. Pigs. Total. «»*«• M ™rals. Other Goods. Total. Gross Total Tonnage-1916-17. Mies. Single. Whangarei .. .. 74 18,062 Kaihu .. .. 20 640 Gisborne .. .. 44 7,024 North Island Main Lines 1,108 250,155 and Branches South Island Main Lines 1,404 168,897 and Branches Westland .. .. 157 11,713 Westport .. .. 36 353 Nelson .. .. 61 3,379 Picton .. .. 56 6,346 Lake Wakatipu steamers .. 1,546 Totals .. .. 2,960 468,115 Return. 8,582 1,458 5,802 742,544 Single. 75,720 11,889 38,826 1,638,222 . Return. Number. Number. 93,132 195,496 1,847 14,344 28,331 39 43,018 94,670 213 ,805,254 8,436,175 I 223,044 Number. ; Number. Number. 5,922 I 443 23,568 17 | 78 867 11 104,795 251,079 32,860 3,111,545 94,998 ' 8,235 3,684,291 Number. Number. 445 30,378 7 102 392 106,065 133,898 3,529,382 Tons. Tons. 2,957 44,449 10 17,626 4,498 11,304 215,154 249,319 Tons. 103,418 153 30,613 731,298 Tons. Tons. 20,975 168,842 2,862 20,641 17,649 59,566 948,002 1,928.619 Tons. 171,799 20,651 64,064 2,143,773 591,698 800,615 : ,166,698 4,727,908 120,142 j 27,273 3,814,797 180,541 137,408 703,499 1,351,282 2,192,189 2,372,730 23,344 1,468 6,664 22,648 9,836 91,002 22,123 37,956 23,096 3,295 221,942 348,001 7,769 62,740 86.684 1,348 70,366 118,365 1,041 62,830 114,920 382 7,888 22,565 7 4,935 101 32,114 72 43 j 2,307 848 122 19,139 941 854 108,689 276 145 19,648 182 I 37,332 2 i 2,424 81 20,190 1,090 111,574 I 20,069 2,941 113,807 118 1,151 1,057 3,482 4,747 592 885 290 496,898 701,371 10,865 7,780 1,628 34,457 645,162 13,373 715,895 23,138 37,485 43,541 51,913 4,035 5,953 648,103 716,013 38,542 56,660 6,838 1,414,044 ,2,742,744 ,9,548,212 14,173,115 , 355,832 359,955 42,814 7,106,174 163,370 7,672,313 412,908 579,428 2,787,523 |2,459,314 5,826,265 6,239,171 i I I 1915-16. Whangarei .. .. 74 17,354 Kaihu .. .. 20 741 Gisborne .. .. 44 8,172 North Island Main Lines 1,108 242,478 and Branches South Island Main Lines 1,404 169,309 and Branches Westland .. .. 157 13,484 Westport .. .. 36 383 Nelson .. .. 61 2,893 Picton .. .. 56 6,999 Lake Wakatipu steamers .. 1,719 17,354 741 8,172 242,478 169,309 7,650 1,546 5,916 694,108 617,002 80,144 13,826 40,106 1,706,674 834,994 I ' .' 86,520 191,668 18,082 34,195 43,770 97,964 5,677,180 8,320,440 3,202,202 4,823,507 1,744 63 148 204,305 114,403 3,645 25 719 225,707 99,208 182 86 30,621 6,176 18,297 336 I 163,577 3,404,137 3,456,716 28,595 2,468 24,668 93,944 12,038 I 420 30 220 141,429 I 39,753 ! 7 111 473 ! ! I I J.J 22,544 1,972 41,617 I 117,681 18,442 177,740 391 23 9,430 985 4,053 14,468 164,602 6,796 14,164 26,136 14,422 54,722 3,801,894 218,590 280,525 724,468 921,460 1,926,453 3,601,853 173,237 159,279 I 744,123 1,432,842 2,336,244 32,244 2,304 113,379 504,738 37,210 i 655,327 2,510 110 1,552 ; 692,000 13,397 706,949 25,144 1,103 4,530 | 11,109 23,118 38,757 95,171 3,961 980 ' 8,867 35,090 44,937 12,445 585 410 I 1,852 4,405 6,667 179,715 14,49: 61,51! 2,145,04! 2,509,48: 657,63: 707,05! 39,86( 48,89! 7,25; 13,484 383 2,893 6,999 1,719 26,484 1,886 6,970 23,576 10,674 101,485 25,134 39,510 26,780 3,353 230,558 372,011 61,808 89,211 72,696 122.069 68,820 126,175 8,520 24,266 7,232 1,086 1,261 373 7 3,450 31 334 518 292 192 11 31 236 65 Totals .. .. 2,960 463,532 463,532 1,395,812 2,872,006 9,470,156 14,201,506 330,622 333,929 37,600 7,204,826 182,443 7,758,798 408,681 625,866 ;2,831, 959 2,504,439 5,962,264 6,370,94: