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STATEMENT No. 15. Comparative Statement of Operating Traffic and Revenue for the Yeah ended 31st March, 1928. (1) OPERATING TRAFFIC.

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Section. Length Open for Traffic. First Class. Second Class. Passengers. Total. Season Tickets. Cattle. Sheep and Pigs-Live-stock. Total. Equivalent Tonnage. : Timber. Goods. Goods. Total. Gross Total Tonnage. 1927-28. Kaihu Gisborne North Island Main Lines and Branches South Island Main Lines and Branches Westport Nelson Picton ! Miles. : Single. Return. Single. Return. Number. 24 ! 221 332 11~312 13,512 25.377 60 ! 4,415 2,014 I 24,182 26,686 57,297 ! 1,315 ! 279,970 351,698 1,621,302 2,765,510 5,018.480 i 1,618 ; 193,131 365,896 878,033 '2,533,646 3,970,706 43 : 242 620 23,190 49,854 73,906 64 680 1,306 ' 18,014 '. 47,134 67,134 56 : 7,709 4,168 ; 19,866 ■ 27,904 59,647 < '— _—. ' ——- — ■—- — Number. Number. Number. Number. 53 64 2,015 2,079 246 : 1,318 110.236 111,554 463,938 352.978 4.760,735 5.113.713 166,255 102,893 4,224,305 4,327,198 Tons. 100 4,808 297,393 200,152 Tons. Tons. Tons. 1,868 3,966 5,834 9,558 50.286 59,844 316.357 2,707,667 3,024.024 236,559 2,788,109 3,024,668 Tons. 5.934 64.652 3,321.417 3,224,820 695 i 146 2.096 2,242 777 718 18,539 19,257 777 : 1,625 181,789 183,414 128 960 7,764 3,172 647,396 650,568 2.055 27,973 30.028 989 51.128 52,117 650,696 30,988 59,881 Lake Wakatipu steamers 3,180 : 486,368 ; 2,584 ' 726,034 2,595,899 5,464,246 9,272,547 3,200 j 5,806 15,020 j 26,610 632.741 22 459.742 '9,299.715 9,759,457 511.305 ! 570,558 6,276,525 6.847,083 ! 7,358.388 201 ; 13,272 13,473 ! 592 763 7,019 7,782 8,374 Totals 3,180 I 488,952 | 729,234 2,601,705 5,479,266 I 9,299,157 632,763 459,943 9,312,987 9,772,930 : 1 ■ , 511,897 571,321 6,283,544 ! 6,854, 865 7,366,762 1926-27. Miles. Sinale. 24 "260 60 5,030 1,299 342,327 I I 1 1 I Single. Return. Number. Number. Number. , Number. Number. Tons. 13,565 14,330 28,663 65 17 j 1,490 1,507 65 27,159 26,622 61,659 [ 255 2,269 120,879 123,148 5,523 1,806,574 3,082,514 ! 5,651,207 : 419,648 282,737 4,516,576 4,799,313 266,346 930,558 2,758,390 ' 4,313,698 162,477 104,090 4,067,802 4,171,892 194,258 24,978 I 52,040 ' 77,797 1,000 161 2,275 2,436 j 130 22,015 ' 51,662 76,607 834 402 14,571 14,973 j 705 23,190 30,214 65,247 799 | 1,386 178,918 180,304 \ 7,577 Tons. Tons. 3,590 3,763 9,910 50,651 364,879 2.657,116 Kaihu Gisborne North Island Main Lines and Branches South Island Main Lines and Branches Westport Nelson Picton Return. 508 2,848 419,792 Tons. 7,353 60,561 3.021,995 Tons. 7,418 66,084 3,288,341 1,618 212,662 412,088 274,459 2,704,964 2,979,423 3,173,681 43 225 64 1,010 56 7,827 554 1,920 4,016 6,450 664,562 2,733 28,481 1,421 52,169 671,012 31.214 53,590 671,142 31,919 61.167 Lake Wakatipu steamers 3,164 569,341 2,936 841,726 3,766 2,848,039 6,015,772 10,274,878 585.078 391,062 8,902,511 9,293,573 474,604 6,181 17,304 30,187 16 250 j 8,336 8,586 409 663,442 6,161,706 682 7,606 6,825,148 8,288 7,299,752 8,697 Totals 3,164 , 572,277 845,492 ! , . . ,6,033,076 10,305,065 585,094 391,312 8,910,847 9,302,159 475,013 664,124 6,169,312 6,833,436 7,308,449