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RETURN No. 5. Comparative Statement of Passenger and Goods Traffic for the Year ended 31st March, 1921.

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Section. ' Length Open for Traffic. Second Class. Passengers. Total. Season Tiekets. Cattle. Calves. Live-stock. Pigs. Total. ids. Gross Total Tonnage. First Class. Sheep. Equivalent Tonnage. Timber. Minerals. Other Goods.' Total. 1920-21. Whangarei Kaihu Ciisborne North Island Main Lines and Branches South Island Main Lines and Branches Westland Westport Nelson Pieton Lake Wakatipu steamers Miles. 80 20 49 1,133 Single. 26,771 1,405 11,332 502,192 Return. 8,392 2,5f)4 5,128 806,656 Single. 87,325 14,267 51,551 2,335,082 Return. Number. I 100,784 223,272 21,240 39,466 44,700 112,711 5,181,002 8,824,932 3,263,212 5,372,359 231,534 375.922 64,354 94,200 61.916 12n,S32 64,048 125,758 6,760 24,188 Number. Number. 2,370 4,197 46 13 171 2,129 305,872 240,847 Number. 35 35 48 23,063 Number. 16,933 120 142,591 3,242,334 Number. 616 34 22 91,808 | Number. 21.781 202 144,790 [3,598,052 Tons. 2,103 12 0,417 214,80! Ton?. 46,044 8,239 IS,433 337,748 Tons. 85,095 1,117 14,594 848,951 Tons. 41,311 2,997 31,495 1,175,279 Tons. 172,450 12,353 64,522 2,361.978 Tons. 174,553 12,365 70.939 2,576,779 1,417 299,841 671,280 1,138,026 139,785 91,425 7,333 3,419,184 26,028 3,543,970 168,650 178,749 775,667 [l.472, 509 2,426,925 2,595,575 157 36 61 56 20,318 373 5,903 14,337 4,262 22,324 i 1,106 4,400 9,326 7,258 101.746 28.367 50,613 38,047 5,908 13,027 4,699 1.298 93 1,571 870 543 991 8 311 207 42. 104 201 102 37,579 1,937 21,502 115,784 12,634 40 1 43 31 1 42,525 2,073 22,519 117,007 13,048 3,082 110 1,157 4,973 614 119,378 2,056 5,602 1,026 426 310,182 460,982 10,518 7,577 781 36,337 11,510 24,451 52,980 3,326 465.897 474,548 40,571 61,583 4,533 468,979 474,658 41,728 66,556 5,147 Totals 3,009 886,734 1,538,424 464,691 315,575. ! 31,170 7,010,598 118,624 401,919 717,701 2,515,464 2,852,195 ,6,085,360 6,487,27! ;3,S50,932 9,039,550 15,315,640 7,505,967 1919-20. Whangarei Kaihu Gisborne North Island Main Lines and Branches South Island Main Lines and Branches Westland Westport Nelson Pieton Lake Wakatipu steamers Miles. 74 20 49 1,126 1,417 Single. 24.616 981 11.324 467,801 302,116 Return. 6,538 1,582 4,908 544,506 : 536 910 Single. 89 ;775 14.250 54.212 2,327,617 i 1,203,066 : Return. Number. 93 210 j 214.139 18 610 35,423 43 056 [ 113 500 3,778,406 7,118.330 2,510,284 4,552.376 Number. Number. 2,043 ; 4.472 15 40 268 1.980 255.848 238.851 128,777 73,714 Number. Number. 129 19 052 1 690 200 173, 777 22.531 3,462.943 8,119 3,395 821 Number. Number. Tons. Tons. 470 24.123 2,277 43 244 31 762 41 7,827 168 176,125 7 627 ; 14 153 77,213 13.801.538 222 351 274.678 29,147 3,505,801 161 976 146 672 Tons. 85,275 679 16,142 733.609 708.768 ! Tons. Tons. 34.229 162,748 2 824 11,330 26 106 56,401 1.066.296 2,074,583 1,425 264 2,280,704 Tons. 165.025 11,371 64,028 2,296,934 2,442,680 157 36 61 56 21,161 462 5 681 15.058 4.688 20 402 1,410 4 292 11 604 6 120 115 228 29,595 52 378 37 089 7 064 214,166 370,957 60,106 91,573 54.622 116 973 61.812 125,563 4 108 i 21,980 10,579 4.940 1,156 ' 68 1,454 651 472 1,388 9 321 218 37 612 9 .1.708 77 19.102 179 84,940 88 13,601 99 42,869 3.166 116 372 6 1.791 92 2 874 110 19,940 989 4 160 66 83.573 3,873 981 14 010 655 207 281.195 458, 622 10,266 5.338 866 34.579 4 2,146 11 644 473 140 25 259 S9.685 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 J3.930 274 6,838,380 12.760 814 400,621 326,425 [ 31 551 7,209,246 107,310 7,674,532 403 047 611,171 12.300,760 2 685 301 5 597 232 6,000,27'