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Table No. 17

Coal Class Traffic Received at Stations and Private Sidings

Week ended 23rd April, 1961

Number of stations Volume of traffic (tons) Number Volume of traffic '000 Percentage of total tons Percentage of total (Figures in brackets are cumulative) Less than 20 tons 694 19 8.5 20-49 814 23 (42) 26.5 50-99 559 16 (58) 40.3 (2) 100-199 498 14 (72) 71.0 (5) 200-499 431 12 (84) 130.3 5 (10) 500-999 214 6 (90) 151.6 6 (16) 1,000-1.999 130 4 (94) 178.6 7 (23) 2,000-4,999 134 4 (98) 420.0 15 (38) 5,000-9,999 57 1 (99) 403.5 15 (53) 10,000-19,999 41 1 (100) 559.3 20 (73) 20,000 tons and over I 18 747.6 74 27 (100) TOTAL 3,590 100 2,737.2 100

Table No. 18

Minerals and Merchandise Forwarded and Received and Coal Class Traffic Received—Stations and Private Sidings

Week ended 23rd April, 1961

Number of stations Volume of traffic Volume of traffic (tons) Number Percentage of total '000 tons Percentage of total traffic forwarded* (Figures in brackets are cumulative) Less than 20 tons 884 18 8-7 20-49 796 4 16 (34) 26-5 50-99 676 14 (48) 49-1 100-199 661 14 (62) .95.8 200-499 702 14 (76) 228-8 5 500-999 415 8 (84) 299.6 7 1,000-1,999 319 .6 (90) 458-1 IO 2,000-4,999 302 6 (96) .941-1 . 21 5,000-9,999 122 2 (98) 858-6 10,000-19,999 73 1 (99) 1,056.5 20,000 tons and over 45 1 (100) 2,105.5 935 19 24 47 TOTAL 4,995 100

  • The total volume of traffic forwarded was 4·4 m. tons.

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