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STATEMENT No, 18a. Classification of Goods and Livestock Traffic and Earnings by Commodities during Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1927.

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Revenue. fWrnnriifv Tonnage Per Cent. T n _„ Mil Average 1 ~ Commodity. carried. of Gross. 10ns one Mlle ' Haul. Per Per Total. | Cent. Per Ton. Ton I of Gross. Mile. I I : mm Products of Agriculture. Miles. £ £ s. d. d. Grain .. .. .. 251,837 3-45 12,821,933 51 112,051 2-42 0 8 11 2-09 Meals .. .. .. 98,829 1-35 6,541,665 66 54,948 1-18 0 11 1 2-01 Fruit .. .. .. 46,377 0-64 7,653,026 165 56,756 1-22 1 4 6 1-77 Boot crops, fodder .. .. 193,206 2-65 10,639,053 55 87,911 1-90 0 9 1 1-98 FJax, green and dressed 29,588 0-41 1,792,036 61 20,573 0-44 0 13 11 2-75 Seeds .. .. .. 22,703 0-31 1,076,881 47 14,354 0-31 0 12 8 3-19 Animals and their Products. Cattle and horses .. .. 118,502 1-62 10,064,853 85 178,900 3-85 1 10 2 4-26 Sheep and pigs .. .. 356,094 4-88 25,354,566 71 364,460 7-85 1 0 6 3-44 Meat .. .. .. 148,102 2-03 3,677,945 25 94,290 2-03 0 12 9 6-15 Butter .. .. .. 86,630 1-19 4,865,818 56 90,459 1-95 1 0 11 4-46 Cheese .. .. .. 71,462 0-98 3,511,480 49 77,436 1-67 1 1 8 5-29 Wool .. .. .. 134,286 1-84 6,837,151 51 133,400 2-88 0 19 11 4-68 Dairy by-produets .. .. 12,220 0-17 1,122,605 92 14,177 0-31 1 3 2 3-02 Fat, hides, skins .. .. 34,367 0-47 1,518,076 44 37,373 0-81 1 1 9 5-90 Fish .. .. .. 8,341 0-11 1,306,386 157 13,867 0-30 1 13 3 2-55 Products of Mines, Agricultural lime .. .. 102,992 1-40 6,989,926 68 35,035 0-76 0 6 10 1-20 Coal, imported .. .. 81,592 1 12 2,337.763 29 35,160 0-76 0 8 7 3-61 Coal, N.Z. hard .. .. 1,089,464 14-92 33,363,403 31 ! 269,384 5-81 0 5 0 1-93 Coal, N.Z. brown .. .. 951,643 13-04 114,512,204 120 539,518 11-63 0 11 4 1-13 Road-metal .. .. 336,537 4-61 9,070,149 27 j 64,112 1-38 0 3 10 1-69 Lime and coke .. .. 55,244 0-76 3,510,971 64 : 25,337 0-55 0 9 2 1-73 Products of Forests. Timber, imported .. .. 45,561 0-62 2,045,083 45 41,707 0-90 0 18 4 4-89 Timber, N.Z. .. .. 617,882 8-46 68,062,589 110 565,099 12-18 0 18 3 1-99 Firewood, posts, &o. .. 140,009 1-92 10,615,477 76 53,698 1-16 0 7 8 1-21 Manufactures, &c. Benzine .. .. .. 61,753 0-85 5,022,954 81 118,694 2-56 1 18 5 5-67 Cement, N.Z. .. .. 78,236 1-07 7,796,413 100 67,650 1-46 0 17 3 2-08 Manures .. .. .. 441,396 6-05 31,604,880 72 201,923 4-35 0 9 2 1-53 Miscellaneous .. .. 1,684,899 23-08 61,158,246 36 1,269,806 27-38 0 15 1 4-98 Total .. .. 7,299,752 100 00 454,873,532 62 4,638,078 100-00 0 12 9 2-44