Canterbury Railways Balance Sheet




CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

BALANCE SHEET FROM OCTOBER 1st, 1871, TO SEPTEMBER 30th, 1872.

Dr.

1872, September 30 £ s. d. £ s. d.
To Expenses General Management—Salaries 1962 0 0
Do. Printing, Advertising and Stationery 968 9 3
Lyttelton and Christchurch Line—
Passenger Department—Salaries Do. Contingencies 1651 14 7 2029 9 3
Maintenance, including Platelayers and Carpenters, Wages, Sleepers, Ballasting, and Material 4232 18 10
Goods Department—Salaries 5319 15 4
Do. Ex. Labour and Contingencies 4413 18 5 9633 8 9
Police and Gatekeepers, Wages 539 16 4
Great South Line—
Passenger Department—Salaries 1211 19 1
Do. Contingencies 101 6 3 1313 5 4
Maintenance, Platelayers, Carpenters, Sleepers, Ballasting, and Materials 4713 5 2
Goods Department—Ex. Labour 556 5 2
Gatekeepers, Wages 753 13 10
Great North Line—
Passenger Department—Salaries 389 10 10
Maintenance, Platelayers, &c. 453 12 9
Carpenters, Wages, Station Fittings 516 19 8
Gatekeepers 80 7 6 258 11 9
Miscellaneous 1644 2 6
Locomotive Department—Wages 4061 11 0
Do. Coals 1479 6 6
Do. Lubricants 677 19 2
Do. Repairs Machinery and Stock 1766 10 9
Wharves and Jetties 7385 7 4
New Rolling Stock 2896 5 4
Compensation Account 736 16 0
Contingencies, Repairs Selwyn Bridge, &c. 186 13 9
Inclement Estates—Accounts written off 71 19 2
Lightrage, Wharfage, and Cartage 14 4 0
Sundry Accounts due to the Service 3796 9 11
Imprest Accounts, Balances at Stations 1078 16 5
Balance—Cash paid to Provincial Account 8070 13 8
18207 19 5
£263363 0 2

Cr.

1872, September 30 £ s. d. £ s. d.
By Balance October 1st, 1871 151 13 0
Lyttelton and Christchurch Line—
Freight Up 16688 8 10
Down 10144 0 9
Passenger Traffic 8079 13 8 34906 18 3
Great South Line—
Freight Up 6952 1 9
Down 2924 8 10
Passenger Traffic 8269 1 10 15098 17 0
Great North Line—
Freight Up 255 15 11
Down 322 6 10
Passenger Traffic 1856 5 5 2423 8 2
Labour 1468 11 0
Wharfage 3668 17 0
Water 218 15 0
Storage 764 7 6
Lighterage, Cartage, &c. 375 4 0
Suspense Account 203 12 7
Rents 458 13 0
Dumping 46 19 0
Commission 78 11 6
Sales 5 0 11
Passenger Departments 0 3 11
£263363 0 2

Audited and approved,
J. OLLIVIER,
Provincial Auditor.




Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1872, No 61





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🚂 Canterbury Railways Balance Sheet from October 1st, 1871, to September 30th, 1872

🚂 Transport & Communications
30 September 1872
Balance Sheet, Financial Report, Canterbury Railways, Revenue, Expenditure
  • J. Ollivier, Provincial Auditor