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

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Year ended 31st March, 1947 Revenue. Tons Commodity. Tonnage Per Cent. One Mile Average carried. of Gross. (000 Haul. Per Per omitted). Total. Cent. Per Ton. Ton of Gross. Mile. Products of Agriculture Miles £ £ s. d. d. •Grain 282,688 3-03 19,014 67 179,753 1-99 0 12 9 2-27 Meals 11-1,079 1-22 7,918 69 79,672 0-88 0 14 0 2-41 Fruit and vegetables 83,440 0-89 16,264 195 136,121 1-50 1 12 8 2-01 Boot crops and fodder 204,960 2-20 22,737 111 177,301 1-96 0 17 4 1-87 Flax, green and pressed 5,501 0-06 737 134 8,083 0-09 19 5 2-63 Seeds 42,333 0-45 3,119 74 40,421 0-45 0 19 1 3-11 733,001 7-85 69,789 95 621,351 6-87 0 17 0 2-14 Animals and other Products ■Cattle, calves, horses 297,787 3-19 26,189 88 349,476 3-86 13 6 3-20 Sheep and pigs 483,075 5-18 42,027 87 582,915 6-44 14 1 3-33 Meat; fresh 25,360 0-27 2,864 113 51,493 0-57 2 0 7 4-32 Meat, frozen 343,052 3-68 14,480 42 357,907 3-95 1 0 11 5-93 Butter 111,526 1-19 10,870 97 158,801 1-76 18 6 3-51 •Cheese 87,553 0-94 5,250 60 89,676 0-99 10 6 4-10 Wool 233,254 2-50 15,994 69 302,931 3-35 16 0 4-55 Dairy by-products 39,992 0-43 3,252 81 48,358 0-53 14 2 3-57 Fat, hides, and skins 57,810 0-62 5,296 92 91,968 1-02 1 11 10 4-17 Fish 14,823 0-16 2,441 165 25,629 0-28 1 14 7 2-52 1,694,232 18-16 128,663 76 2,059,154 22-75 14 4 3-84 Products of Mines Agricultural lime 729,023 7-81 48,712 67 295,254 3-26 0 8 1 1-45 •Coal, imported Coal, New Zealand hard 891^544 9-56 62,965 71 426^297 4-'71 0 9 7 i-62 ■Coal, New Zealand brown 1,170,178 12-54 144,346 123 833,674 9-21 0 14 3 1-39 Road-metal 37,470 0-40 1,985 53 19,628 0-22 0 10 6 2-37 Lime, other 42,861 0-46 3.115 73 22,486 0-25 0 10 6 1-73 ■Coke 11,743 0-13 1,147 98 12,006 0-13 10 5 2-51 2,882,819 30-90 262,270 90 1,609,345 17-78 0 11 2 1-47 Products of Forests Timber, imported 12,276 0-13 1,267 103 16,114 0-18 16 3 3-05 Timber, New Zealand 575,969 S-17 84,111 146 669,673 7-40 13 3 1-91 Firewood, posts, <fcc. 113,053 1-22 11,146 99 64,181 0-71 0 11 4 1-38 701,298 7-52 96,524 138 749,968 8-29 115 1-86 Manufactures, cbe. Benzine, gasolene, kerosene.. 261,426 2-80 21,181 81 438,188 4-84 1 13 6 4-97 •Cement .. .. 110,773 1-19 19,500 176 169,762 1-88 1 10 8 2-09 Manure 917,998 9-84 74,351 81 549,198 6-06 0 12 0 1-77 1,290,197 13-83 115,032 89 1,157,148 12-78 0 17 11 j 2-41 Miscellaneous 2,027,786 21-74 211,386 104 2,853,472 31 '53 1 8 2 j 3-24 Totals 9,329,333 100-00 883,664 95 9,050,438 100-00 0 19 5 2-46