Financial Statements




CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

BALANCE SHEET, FROM OCTOBER 1, 1869, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1870.

Dr. Cr.

  1.       £   s. d.                   1870.       £   s. d.

    Sept. 30 Sept. 30

To General Management ... By Balance Outstanding October 1, 1869 2 147 15 2
Freight Inwards, Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway 12,615 3 9
Passenger Department, Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway 1,820 18 3 Freight Outwards 12,029 1 5
Great Southern Railway 1,171 11 9 Labour 1,657 15 5
Freight Down, Great Southern Railway 2,721 17 6
Locomotive Department ... Up 7,245 1 9
Maintenance, Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway 6,125 9 10 Dumping 509 5 0
Great Southern Railway 5,189 17 6 Water 190 8 9
Wharfage 2,165 10 5
Tunnel 4,838 13 5 Commission 106 17 8
Goods Department, Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway 8,258 2 6 Sales 35 2 1
Great Southern Railway 671 3 5 Coaching Traffic, Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway 7,887 4 0
Dumping Wood, &c. 378 17 5 Great Southern Railway 5,688 0 5
Police and Gatekeepers, Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway 468 Rent Coal Sites 488 12 6
Great Southern Line 716 18 0 Lighterage and Cartage 4,991 8 0
Wharves and Jetties ... Suspense Account 20 0 6
Stores, Coal 1,269 0 11
New Works and Additions 1,208 17 10
Miscellaneous 47 10 0
Lighthouse 4,356 14 0
Cartage, Rakala 710 15 6
Bad and Doubtful Debts (Bankrupt's Estates) 13 0 11
Profit Balance * Paid to Provincial Account in Cash 16,187 3 9
Outstanding Accounts and Accounts in transit 95 6 6

                            £58,490 4 0                                 £58,490 4 0

Dr. Cr.

CASHIER'S ACCOUNT.

  1.   £   s. d.                   1870.       £   s. d.

    Sept. 30 To Receipts from all Sources as above... 58,490 4 0 Sept. 30 By sundry Payments in all Departments as above shown, and under Voucher 42,094 12 10

                              Dec. 31 By sundry Payments to Provincial Account    9,505 5 7
    1. Dec. 31 Do do 15,839 1 0 Mar. 31 Do 10,058 3 3
      Mar. 31 Do do 19,782 19 3 June 30 Do 12,312 0 11
      June 30 Do do 13,165 10 9 Sept. 30 Do 10,441 16 11
      Sept. 30 Do Do Debts due by Bankrupt's Estates 113 0 11
      Debts due Sept. 30... 95 6 6
      £58,490 4 0 £58,490 4 0

I have Audited the foregoing Statement of Accounts, and compared the Items with the several Vouchers, and find it correct.

December 14, 1870.

JOHN OLLIVIER, Provincial Auditor.




Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1870, No 60





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🚂 Canterbury Railways Balance Sheet

🚂 Transport & Communications
14 December 1870
Financial, Railways, Canterbury, Balance Sheet, Revenue, Expenditure
  • JOHN OLLIVIER, Provincial Auditor