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

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Year ended 31st March, 1938. Year ended 31st March, 1937. Revenue. Revenue. Commodity. Tons Tons Tonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average I Tonnage Per Cent. 1 One Mile Average carried. of Gross. (000 Haul. ' Per Per carried. of Gross. (000 Haul. Per Per omitted). Total. [ Cent. Per Ton. Ton omitted). Total. Cent, Per Ton. Ton j | of Gross. Mile. j of Gross. Mile. — . Products of Agriculture. Miles. £ £ s. d. d. | Miles. £ £ s. d. d. Grain .. .. .. 238,196 3-17 13,039 55 120,521 2-19 0 10 1 2-22 265,610 3-89 13,481 I 51 130,816 2-67 0 9 10 2-32 Meals .. .. .. 116,465 1-55 7,100 61 68,167 1-24 0 11 9 2-30 118,494 1-74 7,427 ' 63 69,902 1 43 0 11 9 2-25 Fruit and vegetables .. 50,808 0-68 9,111 179 75,131 1-37 1 9 7 1-98 43,231 0-64 7,934 | 184 63,342 1-29 1 9 3 1-91 Root crops and fodder .. 145,839 1-94 12,558 86 86,834 1-58 0 11 11 1-66 128,612 1-89 9,221 \ 72 76,831 1-56 0 11 11 1-99 Flax, green and pressed .. 12,679 0-17 1,053 83 10,781 0-20 0 17 0 2-46 12,275 0-18 1,033 84 11,190 0-22 0 18 2 2-60 Seeds .. .. .. 21,194 0-28 1,456 69 14,602 0-27 0 13 9 2-41 20,033 0-29 1,131 56 15,107 0-30 0 15 1 3-20 585,181 7-79 44,317 76 376,036 6-85 0 12 10 2-04 588,255 8-63 40,227 , 68 367,188 7-47 0 12 6 2-18 Animals artd ihetr Cattle, calves, horses .. 216,666 2-88 18,783 87 237,488 4-32 1 111 3-03 180,142 2-65 15,436 86 200,235 4-07 1 2 2 3-11 Sheep and pigs .. .. 451,409 6-00 35,974 80 454,333 8-26 1 0 2 3-03 420,191 6-17 31,653 75 406,745 8-29 0 19 4 3-08 Meat .. .. .. 250,242 3-33 8,683 35 214,856 3-90 0 17 2 5-94 227,453 3-35 7,823 34 191.759 3-90 0 16 10 5-88 Butter .. .. .. 155,822 2-07 11,352 73 168,127 3-05 1 1 7 3-55 155,161 2-28 11,408 74 166,003 3-39 1 1 4 3-49 Cheese .. .. .. 74,310 1-00 3,852 52 68,318 1-24 0 18 4 4-26 75,007 111 3,976 53 69,970 1-42 0 18 8 4-23 Wool .. .. .. 159,442 2-12 9,483 59 156,807 2-85 0 19 8 3-97 158,743 2-33 9,975 63 154,391 3-14 0 19 5 3-71 Dairy by-products .. 25,718 0-34 2,094 81 24,075 0-44 0 18 9 2-76 25,138 0-37 2,092 83 24,158 0-50 0 19 2 2-76 Eat, hides, skins .. .. 43,260 0-58 2,230 52 44,510 0-81 1 0 7 4-79 47,039 0-69 2,188 47 45,193 0-92 0 19 2 4-95 Fish .. .. .. 10,127 0-13 1,888 187 15,911 0-29 1 11 10 2-02 9,974 0-14 1,696 170 15,322 0-32 1 10 9 2-16 1,386,996 18-45 94,339 68 1,384,425 25-16 1 0 0 3-52 1,298,848 19-09 86,247 66 I 1,273,776 25-95 0 19 7 - 3-54 Products of J\1 Agricultural lime .. .. 376,741 5-02 23,230 62 132,175 2-40 0 7 0 1-37 295,055 4-33 18,833 64 104,598 2 13 0 7 1 1-33 Coal, imported .. .. 30,574 0-41 732 24 11,560 0-23 0 7 7 3-79 26,089 0-38 668 26 10,445 0-21 0 8 0 3-75 Coal, N.Z. hard .. .. 822,135 10-93 36,032 44 266,209 4-84 0 6 6 1-77 766,209 11-25 32,572 43 255,456 5-20 0 6 8 1-88 Coal, N.Z. brown .. .. 833,933 11-09 105,337 126 555,341 10-09 0 13 4 1-27 840,018 12-32 104,856 125 552,484 11-26 0 13 1 1-26 Road-metal .. .. 129,056 1-72 4,545 35 37,047 0-67 0 5 9 1-96 109,963 1-62 3,343 30 27,934 0-56 0 5 1 2-00 Limeandcoke .. .. 38,612 0-51 3,135 81 24,388 0-44 0 12 7 1-87 32,873 0-48 2,670 81 19,257 0-39 0 11 8 1-75 2,231,051 29-68 173,011 78 1,026,720 18-67 0 9 2 1-42 2,070,207 30-38 162,942 79 970,174 19-75 0 9 4 1-42 Products of Forests. Timber, imported .. .. 20,520 0-27 1,368 67 19,843 0-36 0 19 4 3-48 18,171 0-26 1,038 57 16,825 0-35 0 18 6 3-89 Timber, N.Z. .. .. 469,687 6-25 54,582 116 446,860 8-14 0 19 0 1-96 434,204 6-37 51,953 120 413,677 8-43 0 19 0 1-91 Firewood, posts, &c. .. 89,009 1-19 7,769 87 42,969 0-78 0 9 8 1-33 78,736 1-16 6,862 87 37,471 0-76 0 9 6 1-31 579,216 7-71 63,719 110 509,672 9-28 0 17 7 1-92 531,111 7-79 59,853 113 467,973 9-54 0 17 7 1-87 Manufactures, <Ssc. Benzine, gasoline, kerosene .. 174,860 2-34 16,227 93 286,420 5-21 1 12 9 4-24 154,061 2-27 13,893 90 254,069 5-17 1 13 0 4-38 Cement .. .. 68,386 0-91 7,843 115 69,591 1-26 1 0 4 2-13 58,989 0-86 7,442 126 63,002 1-29 1 1 4 2-03 Manure .. .. .. 991,119 13-18 68,434 69 499,763 9-08 0 10 1 1-75 746,492 10-95 49,342 66 365,493 7-44 0 9 9 1-77 1,234,365 16-43 92,504 75 855,774 15-55 0 13 11 2-22 959,542 14-08 70,677 74 682,564 13-90 0 14 2 2-31 Miscellaneous .. .. 1,499,240 19-94 93,231 63 1,347,949 24-49 0 18 0 3-47 1,365,277 20-03 76,454 56 1,148,609 23-39 0 16 10 3-60 Totals .. .. 7,516,049 100-00 561,121 75 5,500,576 100- 00 j 0 14 8 2-35 6,813,240 100-00 496,400 73 4,910,284 100-00 014 5 2-37