STATEMENT No. 19. Classification of Goods and Live-stock Traffic and Earnings by Commodities.

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Year ended 31st March, 1936. Year ended 31st March, 1935. Revenue. Revenue. Commodity. Tons — 1 — j Tonnage Per Cent. Tons One Mile Average Tonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average ! | carried. of Gross. (000 omitted). Haul. Per Per carried. of Gross. I (000 Haul. *■' eT Total. Cent. Per Ton. Ton omitted). Total. Cent, I'erTon. Ton of Gross. Mile. of Gross. i Mile. [ ' ]_ Products of Agriculture. Miles. £ £ s. d. d. Miles. £ s - d. d. Grain .. .. .. .. 185,754 3-00 9,027 52 93,404 2-11 0 10 1 2-32 304,936 5-06 14.041 46 139,771 3-30 9 2 2-38 Meals .. .. .. .. 113,992 1-84 7,566 66 68,479 1-55 0 12 0 2-17 118,666 1-97 7,620 64 69,002 1-63 11 8 2-17 Fruit .. .. .. .. 36,978 0-60 6,700 181 54,973 1-24 1 9 9 1-96 47,997 0-80 9,144 191 73,313 1-73 30 7 1-92 Root crops and fodder .. .. 114,614 1-85 8,658 76 70,221 1-58 0 12 3 1-94 111,718 1-85 8,250 74 66,932 1-58 12 0 1-94 Flax, treen and pressed .. .. 10,315 0-17 752 73 8,335 0-19 0 16 2 2-65 10,695 0-18 746 70 6,906 0-16 12 11 2-22 Seeds .. .. .. .. 16,275 0-26 927 57 12,221 0-28 0 15 0 3-16 21,767 0-36 1,195 55 16,107 0-38 14 10 3-23 477,928 7-72 34,230 72 307,633 6-95 0 12 11 2-15 615,779 10-22 40,996 67 372,033 8-78 12 1 2-17 nvin. Yn&iv Cattle, calves, horses .. .. 171,576 2-77 14,171 83 184.967 4-18 1 1 7 3-13 136,490 2-27 11,163 82 160,896 3-80 23 7 3-45 Sheep and pigs .. .. .. 398,752 6-44 29,786 75 381,574 8-61 0 19 1 3-07 442.493 7-35 31.018 70 409,613 9-67 18 6 3-16 Meat .. .. .. .. 227,993 3-68 7.291 32 192,005 4-33 0 16 10 6-32 238,404 3-96 6,700 28 195,042 4-61 ■ 16 4 6-98 Butter.. .. .. .. 146.765 2-37 10,938 75 157,465 3-55 1 1 5 3-45 131,590 2-18 10,015 76 145,180 3-43 22 1 3-47 Cheese.. .. .. .. 71,095 1-15 3,781 53 66,094 1-49 0 18 7 4-19 78,397 1-30 4.467 57 78,163 1-85 19 11 4-19 Wool .. .. .. •• 162,045 2-62 9.492 59 154,882 3-50 0 19 1 3-91 126.682 2-10 7.195 57 119,676 2-83 18 11 3-99 Dairv by-products .. .. 25,308 0-41 2,238 8.8 24,291 0-55 0 19 2 2-60 20,784 0-35 1,720 83 19,366 0-46 18 8 2-70 Fat, hides, skins .. .. 37,035 0-60 1,821 49 37,554 0-85 1 0 3 4-94 44,792 0-74 1,991 44 44,803 1-06 20 0 5-39 Fish .. .. .. .. 8,434 0-14 1,454 172 13,151 0-30 1 11 2 2-17 7,858 0-13 1,342 170 11,598 0-27 29 6 2-07 1,249,003 20-18 80,972 65 1,211,983 27-36 0 19 5 3-59 1,227 .490 20-38 75,611 62 1,184,337 27-98 19 4 3-7-5 JPTOcLuC/tS of !WXTI-&S Agricultural lime .. .. 246.716 3-99 15,949 . 65 88,475 2-00 0 7 2 1-33 244.896 4-07 16,127 66 89,616 2-12 7 4 1-33 Coal, imported .. .. .. 32,676 0-53 640 20 11,792 0-27 0 7 2 4-41 30.531 0-51 557 18 10,846 0-26 7 1 4-67 Coal, New Zealand hard .. .. 652.637 10-54 29,194 45 219,397 4-95 0 6 9 1-80 654,170 10-86 27,523 42 211,703 5-00 6 6 1-84 Coal, New Zealand brown .. 802,541 12-97 96,604 120 524,690 11-85 0 13 1 1-30 756.123 12-55 91,472 121 493,631 11-66 13 1 1-39 Road metal .. .. .. 132.096 2-13 4,454 34 34,584 0-78 0 5 3 1-86 128,540 2-13 3,496 27 31,425 0-74 4 11 2-15 Lime and coke .. .. 28,225 0-46 2,373 84 16,914 0-38 0 12 0 1-71 28,202 0-47 2,215 79 16,031 0-38 11 4 1-73 1,894,891 30-62 149,214 79 895,852 20-23 0 9 5 1-44 1,842,462 30-59 141,390 77 853,252 20-16 9 3 1-44 Products of Forests. Timber, imported .. .. 13,476 0-22 679 50 11,834 0-27 0 17 9 4-18 13,017 0-22 685 53 10,292 0-24 15 10 3-60 Timber, New Zealand .. ., 407,323 6-58 46,797 115 379,779 8-57 0 18 8 1-94 355,400 5-90 38,705 109 320,901 7-58 18 1 1-98 Firewood, posts, &c. .. .. 72,543 1-17 6,314 87 34,353 0-78 0 9 6 1-30 81,349 1-35 6,700 82 36,650 0-87 9 0 1-31 493,342 7-97 53,790 109 425,966 9-62 0 17 3 1-90 449,766 7-47 16,090 102 367,843 8-69 16 4 1-91 Manufactures, &c. Benzine, gasolene, kerosene .. 131,510 2-13 11,851 90 225,106 5-08 1 14 3 4-55 119,739 1-99 10,813 90 208,055 4-91 34 9 4-61 Cement " .. .. .. 49,799 0-80 6,677 134 53.964 1-22 1 1 8 1-93 44,916 0-75 4,819 107 43,997 1-04 19 7 2-19 Manures .. .. . . 663,185 10-72 41,591 63 317,332 7-16 0 9 7 1-83 626,717 10-40 42,210 67 303,583 7-17 9 8 1-72 844,494 13-65 60,119 71 596,402 13-46 0 14 1 2-38 791,372 13-14 57,842 73 555,63-5 13-12 14 0 2-30 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 1,229,147 19-86 65,323 53 991,464 22-38 0 16 1 3-64 1,097,091 18-20 j 57,726 • 53 900,236 21-27 16 5 3-74 Totals .. .. .. 6,188,805 100-00 443,647 72 4,429,300 100-00 0 14 4 2-39 6,023,960 100-00 419,655 70 4,233,336 100-00 14 1 2-42