STATEMENT No. 8a. Classification of Goods and Live-stock Traffic and Earnings by Commodities.

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Year ended 31st March, 1930. Year ended 31gt March, 1929. Revenue. Revenue. Commodity- Tonnage Per Cent. TnI1 „ on _ Milt . Average — j Tonnage Per Cent. I T Mi] Average ~ j carried. of Gross. Tons one ,le ' Haul. Per | Per carried. of Gross, j Xons one Mlle - Haul. Per Per Total. Cent. { Per Ton. Toil Total. Cent. 1 Per Ton. Ton of Gross.; Mile. of Gross. I Mile. Products of Aqriculture. Miles. £ £ s. d. d. Miles. £ £ s. d. d Grain .. 316,943 4-07 15,567,188 49 137,941 2-78 0 8 9 2-13 355,522 4-67 15,948,026 45 151,354 3-09 0 8 6 2-28 Meals .. 117,901 1-53 7,214,682 61 60,754 1-23 0 10 4 2-02 121,283 1-59 7,401,395 61 62,947 1-29 0 10 5 2-04 Fruit . .. 41,772 0-53 7,100,834 170 49,401 1-00 1 3 8 1-67 41,239 0-54 7,316,438 177 49,715 1-01 1 4 1 1-63 Root crops fodder .. 163,173 2-09 10,257,966 63 80,210 1-62 0 9 10 1-91 162,033 2-13 10,314,750 64 79,425 1-62 0 9 10 1-84 Flax green and dressed .. 26,159 0-33 1,606,417 61 17,312 0-34 0 13 3 2-58 27,025 0-36 1,361,771 50 16,138 0-33 0 12 0 2-84 Seeds .. .. .. 20,646 0-26 1,253,804 61 14,860 0-30 0 14 5 j 2-84 24,276 0-32 1,380,037 57 17,251 0-35 0 14 3 3-00 686,594 8-81 43,000,861 63 360,478 7-27 0 10 6 | 2-01 731,378 9-61 43,722,417 j 60 376,830 7-69 0 10 4 206 Animals and their Products. Cattle and horses .. .. 151,333 1-94 11,688,183 77 199,300 4-02 1 6 4 4-09 144,257 1-89 11,662,716 81 196,464 4-01 1 7 3 4 04 Sheep and pit's .. 414,445' 5-32 29,395,987 71 412,839 8-33 0 19 11, 3-37 391,194 5-14 28,260,602 72 391,486 7-99 1 0 0 3-32 Meat .. •• 173,669 1 2-23 4,679,993 27 117,658 2-37 0 13 7 6-03 171,964 2-26 4,459,369 26 110,650 2-26 0 12 11 5-95 Butter •• 122,749 1-58 7,224,555 59 120,999 2-44 0 19 9 4-02 101,846 1-34 6,684,889 66 111,594 2-28 1 1 11 4-00 Cheese .. 93,220 1-20 4,328,914 46 86,360 1-74 0 18 6 4-79 99,691 1-31 4,240,398 43 89,138 1-82 0 17 11 5-04 Wool .. 124,156 i 1-59 7,214,860 58 125,951 2-54 1 0 3 4-19 141,235 1-86 7,554,649 53 144,388 2-95 1 0 6 4-59 Dairy by-products .. 18,664 0-24 1,460,141 78 18,299 0-37 0 19 7 3-01 16,989 0-22 1,318,072 78 16,641 0-34 0 19 7 3-03 Fat hides skins .. .. 32,366 0-42 1,427,868 44 32,208 0-65 0 19 11 5-41 33,354 0-44 1,463,499 44 34,139 0-70 1 0 6 5-60 Fish .'. 8,233 0-10 1,336,490 162 12,133 0-25 1 9 6 2-18 7,743 0-10 1,232,316 159 11,838 0-24 1 10 7 2-30 1,138,835 14-62 68,756,991 60 1 1,125,747 22-71 0 19 10 3-93 1,108,273 14-56 66,876,510 60 1,106,338 ! 22-59 1 0 0 3-96 Y od/tccis /I f i/fLQs Agricultural lime ".. ' .. 171,777 2-21 11,114,058 65 33,183 0-66 ; 0 3 11 0-72 142,213 1-87 8,839,383 62 45,668 0-93 0 6 5 1-24 Coal imported .. .. 5,749 0-07 261,710 46 2,367 0-05 0 8 3 2-17 59,661 0-78 1,652,598 28 25,432 0-52 0 8 7 3-69 Coal' NZ hard .. .. 1,242,046 15-95 43,477,370 35 328,036 6-62 0 5 3 1-81 1,105,509 14-52 34,161,724 31 287,411 5-87 0 5 2 2-02 Coal' N Z brown .. .. 981,093 12-60 129,819,599 132 584,548 11-79 0 11 11 1-08 999,017 13-12 120,913,304 121 572,268 11-68 0 11 6 1-14 Road-metal -- -- 413,551 5-31 8,647,540 21 69,192 1-40 0 3 4 1-92 354,159 4-65 7,610.165 21 59,043 1-21 0 3 4 1-86 Lime and coke .. •• 65,015 0-83 3,630,318 56 26,843 0-54 0 8 3 1-77 60,734 0-80 3,382,939 56 25,110 0-51 0 8 3 1-78 2,879,231 36-97 196,950,595 68 1,044,169 21-06 0 7 3 1-27 2,721,293 35-74 176,560,113 65 1,014,932 20-72 0 7 6 1-37 Products of Forests. Timber imported . . .. 30,990 0-40 1,626,573 52 31,682 0-64 1 0 5 4-67 29,769 0-39 1,437,803 49 29,259 f0-60 0 19 8 4-88 Timber NZ .. .. 543,097 6-97 61,674,493 114 497,099 10-03 0 18 4 1-93 538,252 7-07 60,980,958 113 495,929 10-12 0 18 5 1-95 Firewood, posts, &c. .. 150,698 1-94 12,861,211 85 63,616 1-28 0 8 5 1-19 126,693 1-66 10,002,510 79 50,936 1-04 0 8 1 1-22 724,785 9-31 76,162,277 105 592,397 11-95 0 16 4 1-86 694,714 9-12 72,421,271 104 576,124 11-76 0 16 7 1-90 Manufactures, Jbc. Benzine, gasoline, kerosene .. 144,418 1-85 11,262,749 78 237,451 4-79 1 12 11 5-06 123,937 1-63 9,030,982 73 200,239 4-09 1 12 4 5-32 Cement, N.Z. .. .. 82,544 1-06 5,921,607 72 61,122 1-23 0 14 10 2-48 70,679 0-93 5,484,478 78 55,130 1-13 0 15 8 2-41 Manures .. .. .. 681,458 8-75 39,384,547 58 274,286 5-54 0 8 0 1-67 712,741 9-36 47,242,949 66 326,939 6-67 0 9 2 1-66 908,420 11-66 56,568,903 62 572,859 11-56 0 12 8 2-43 907,357 11-92 61,758,409 68 582,308 11-89 0 12 10 2-26 Miscellaneous .. .. 1,451,108 18-63 70,390,878 49 1,261,538 25-45 | 0 17 5 4-30 1,450,430 19-05 66,414,678 46 1,241,859 25-35 0 17 1 4-48 Totals .. .. 7,788,973 100-00 511,830,505 66 4,957,188 100-00 j 0 12 9 2-32 7,613,445 100-00 487,753,398 64 4,898,391 100-00 0 12 11 2-41