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RETURN No. 5. Comparative Statement of Passenger and Goods Traffic for the Year ended 31st March, 1920.

Section. Length - Open for Traffic. First Class. Passengers. Second Class. Passengers. Total. Season Tickets. Cattle. Calves. Sheep. Live-stock. Pigs. Total. Equivalent Tonnage. Goods. Timber. j Minerals. Other Goods. Total. - I Gross Total Tonnage. I I 1919-20. 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. 24,616 981 11,324 467,801 Return. Single. Return. Number. 6,538 89,775 93,210 214.139 1,582 14,250 18.610 I 35,423 4,908 54,212 43,056 ' 113,500 544,506 2,327.617 3.778.406 7.118,330 Number. 2,043 15 268 255,848 Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. Tons. 4,472 I 129 ■ 19 052 470 24.123 2,277 40 1 [ 690 31 762 41 1.980 200 ' 173,777 16S j 176,125 7.627 238,851 22.531 i3,462. 943 77,213 3,801,538 £22,351 Tons. Tons. 43 244 85.275 7,827 679 14.153 16,142 274.678 j 733,609 Tons. Tons. 34.229 162.748 2,824 11,330 26,106 56,401 1,066.296 2,074.583 Tons. 165,025 11,371 64,028 2,296,934 1,417 302,116 536,910 1,203.066 2,510,284 4,552,376 j 128,777 73,714 8,119 13,395,821 j 29.147 3.506.801 161.976 146 672 708,768 1,425,264 2,280.704 2,442,680 157 36 61 56 21,161 462 5,681 15,058 4,688 20,402 : 115.228 214,166 370,957 1,410 ! 29,595 60,106 i 91,573 4,292 52,378 54,622 ! 116,973 11,004 . 37,089 61,812 125,563 6.120 I 7.064 4.108 21.980 10,579 1,156 1,454 472 9 | 4.940 218 37,612 99 42,869 3,166 68 9 1.708 6 1,791 92 651 77 ! 19.102 110 19,940 989 1,388 179 84.940 66 86,573 3,873 321 I 88 13.601 .. 14,010 655 116 372 281.195 2.874 458,622 4.160 10,266 984 5,338 207 866 34.579 432.146 11.644 473.140 25.259 39,685 55,526 61.848 3.574 4.647 435,312 473.232 40.674 65,721 5.302 Totals .. 2.996 853.888 1,138.272 |.3,930. 274 6.838,380 12,760,814 400,621 326,425 j 31.551 17,209 246 107,310 7,674.532 403.047 611,171 2,300,760 12.685,301 5.597.232 I 6,000,27! ' _ .J ii 1918-19. Whangarei Kaihu Gisborne North Island Main Lines and Branches South Island Main Lines and Branches Westland Westport Nelson Picton Lake Wakatipu steamers I 74 20,532 20 715 49 8,868 1,126 400.557 5,088 1,154 3,618 392,304 79,132 12,493 41,970 2,277,290 76,478 181.230 14,938 29,300 32,396 86,852 3,535,216 6,605,367 1,900 25 244 223,075 4,859 118 18.144 23 22 68 1,451 41 128,236 221,806 24,807 3,094,452 | 597 23,718 2,376 22 135 13 122 129,850 5,620 96,187 3,437,252 i 202,799 26,711 3,263,545 I 153,190 35,154 i 86,698 ! 28,969 150,821 11,283 279 3,072 14,634 11.683 20,114 17,025 48,822 223,787 747,690 927,141 1,898,618 100,149 656,784 1,220,913 1,977,846 153,197 14,647 54,442 2,101,417 2,131,036 1,404 254,059 360,118 1,213,494 12,035,554 3,863,225 113,028 76,897 : 9,201 3,150,736 5.296 I 192 33,761 87 I 32 1,659 317 I 217 j 12,024 688 i 278 I 117,906 168 44 11,046 157 ' 17,802 36 464 61 4,431 56 I 10,990 4,863 13,390 970 3,468 3,850 1,706 109,689 28,600 47.390 33,594 7,050 163,160 304,041 53,814 83,848 53,974 109,263 47,392 95,826 1,950 15.569 10,008 1,036 1,502 298 8 22 39,271 ! 3.127 8 1.786 98 12 ! 12,570 598 26 118,898 4,959 21 11,279 501 95,411 364,761 33,926 494,098 5.929 550,220 12,700 568,849 3,205 , 9,500 20,252 32,957 888 6,751 j 39,484 47,123 240 1.210 3,239 4,689 I 497,225 568,947 33,555 52,082 5,190 Totals 2,983 723,281 785,666 3,850,702 6,014,872 11,374,521 351,124 311,592 , 34,952 |6,568,032 123,728 7,038,304 373,281 487,729 2,444,007 2,306,721 5,238,457 5,611,731