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RETURN No. 5. Comparative Statement of Passenger and Goods Traffic for the Year ended 31st March, 1918.

Passengers. Live-stock. Gc Goods. rOOdS. ,-e-stc :oek. rassengers. re-stc Section. Length - Open for Traffic. First Class. Second Class. Total. _ liXS. Cat «- Calves. Sheep. Pigs. Total. Equivalent Tonnage. Timber. Minerals. Other Goods. Total. Gross Total Tonnage. 1917-18. Whangarei Kaihu Gisborne .. . North Island Main Lines and Branches South Island Main Lines and Branches Westland Westport Nelson Picton Lake Wakatipu steamers Miles. 74 20 49 1,126 Single. 20,291 581 8,391 353,447 Return. 6,278 1,304 4,160 422,452 Single. 80,391 12,310 38,553 2,161,375 Return. 83,778 14,924 29,744 3,681,936 Number 190,738 29,119 80,848 6,619,210 Number. 1,616 6 214 202,033 Number. 4,811 3 1,143 222.531 Number. 337 2 117 27,614 Number. 16,889 33 114,394 3,244,469 Number. 606 6 226 120,525 Number. Tons. Tons. 22,643 2,320 40,961 44 2 19,630 115,880 4,972 8,422 3,615,139 210,158 227,910 ' [ Tons. 76,325 354 27,389 745,991 Tons. Tons. 25,751 143,037 3,404 23,388 17.035 52,846 920,777 1,894,678 Tons. 145.357 23,390 57,818 2,104.836 1,404 236,680 381, 814 1,149,119 2,095,668 3,863,281 107,048 88,665 9,546 2,794,250 24,157 2,916,618 | 142,768 111,520 639,822 1,187,007 1,938,349 2.081,117 157 36 61 56 17,013 505 4,103 11,382 4,470 24,378 1,270 3,728 8,672 2,746 107.554 25,315 44.098 31,268 6.636 169,852 54,424 55,772 49,132 2,642 318,797 81,514 107,701 100,454 16,494 8,595 1,113 1,429 426 7 4,427 56 826 722 262 273 22 204 507 66 33,592 1,350 14,650 115,648 21,086 95 5 39 70 38,387 2,838 107,726 1,433 74 3,923 15.719 873 2,880 116,947 4,894 429 21,414 933 383 422,059 643,367 9,575 6,470 1,224 34,682 564,467 13,222 660,512 19,640 32,095 51,707 58,606 3,551 5,158 567,305 660,586 32,968 63,500 6,091 Totals 2,983 656,863 856.802 3,656,619 6,237,872 11,408,156 322,487 323,446 38,688 6,356,361 145,729 6,864,224 \ 369,832 523,784 2.572,576 2,276,776 5,373.136 5,742,961 I 1916-17. Whangarei Kaihu Gisborne North Island Main Lines and Branches South Island Main Lines and Branches Westland Westport Nelson Picton Lake Wakatipu steamers 74 20 44 1,108 1,404 18,062 640 7,024 250,155 168,897 8,582 1,458 5,802 742,544 591,698 75,720 11,889 38,826 1,638,222 800,615 93,132 195,496 14,344 28,331 43,018 94,670 5,805,254 8,436,175 3,166,698 4,727,908 221,942 348,001 62,740 86,684 70,366 118,365 62,830 114,920 7,888 22,565 1,847 39 i 213 223,044 120,142 5,922 17 867 251,079 94,998 443 11 32,860 8,235 23,568 445 30,378 2,957 44,449 103,418 20,975 168,842 78 7 102 10 17,626 153 j 2,862 20,641 104,795 392 106,065 4,498 11,304 30,613 17,649 59,566 3,111,545 133,898 3,529,382 I 215,154 249,319 731,298 948,002 1,928,619 3,684,291 27,273 3,814,797 180,541 137,408 703,499 4,351,282 2,192,189 32,114 182 37,332 2,941 113,807 496,898 34,457 645,162 2,307 2 2,424 118 1,151 701,371 13,373 715,895 19,139 81 20,190 1,057 3,482 10,865 ; 23,138 37,485 108,689 1,090 111,574 4,747 I 592 7,780 I 43,541 51,913 19,648 .. 20,069 885 290 1,628 4,035 5,953 171,799 20,651 64,064 2,143,773 2,372,730 648,103 716,013 38,542 56,660 6,838 157 36 61 56 11,713 353 3,379 6,346 1,546 23,344 1,468 6,664 22,648 9,836 91,002 22,123 37,956 23,096 3,295 7,769 1,348 i 1,041 382 7 4,935 72 848 941 276 101 43 122 854 145 Totals .. 2,960 468,115 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