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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

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Gross Ton-Miles

Year Passenger Mixed Freight Total
(millions) (millions) (millions) (millions)
1928 547 636 1,039 2,222
1933 521 537 847 1,905
1938 748 501 1,508 2,757
1943 1,074 524 2,042 3,640
1948 715 443 2,386 3,544
1953 654 244 2,833 3,732
1958 748 38 3,256 4,042
1963 777 19 3,366 4,162
1965 772 11 3,878 4,661