Railway financial statement




CANTERBURY RAILWAYS.

BALANCE SHEET, FROM OCTOBER, 1873, TO JUNE 30th, 1874.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
To BALANCE, October 1st, 1873 70 19 6 By BALANCE, October 1st, 1873 1705 15 2
,, Expenses, Management Salaries 2394 14 7 ,, Lyttelton and Christchurch Line.
,, Printing, Advertising, and Stationery 847 19 7 ,, Freight, Up 20445 2 5
3242 14 2 ,, ,, Down 10253 15 1
,, Lyttelton and Christchurch Line. ,, Passenger Traffic 9511 10 11 40210 8 5
,, Passenger Department—Salaries 1811 0 7 ,, Great South Line.
,, ,, Contingencies 166 19 3 ,, Freight, Up 7324 18 7
1977 19 10 ,, ,, Down 5916 16 11
,, Maintenance—Carpenters' and Platelayers' Wages, Sleepers ,, Passenger Traffic 9041 0 2 22282 15 8
and Material 4701 4 7 ,, Great North Line.
,, Goods Department—Salaries and horsefeed 6252 1 0 ,, Freight, Up 2998 16 7
,, ,, Extra Labour and Contingencies 7970 10 8 ,, ,, Down 2137 0 11
14222 11 8 ,, Passenger Traffic 7136 12 3 12272 9 9
,, Police and Gatekeepers—Wages 429 4 0 ,, Wharfage 4798 12 7
,, Great South Line. ,, Storage 570 0 4
,, Passenger Department—Salaries 1715 4 2 ,, Labour 1604 12 10
,, ,, Contingencies 67 0 8 ,, Water 314 7 11
1782 4 10 ,, Commission 146 6 3
,, Maintenance—Carpenters' and Platelayers' Wages, Sleepers ,, Rent 502 13 9
and Material 5311 9 10 ,, Sales 1 4 0
,, Goods Department—Extra Labour 326 11 1 ,, Lighterage and Wharfage 5716 0 7
,, Gatekeepers—Wages 629 0 0
,, Great North Line.
,, Passenger Department—Salaries 1189 10 10
,, ,, Contingencies 37 7 0
1226 17 10
,, Maintenance—Carpenters' and Platelayers' Wages, Con-
tracts and Repairs 3144 5 10
,, Goods Department—Extra Labour 456 5 0
,, Gatekeepers—Wages 302 5 0
,, Locomotive Department—Wages 7868 2 8
,, ,, Coal and Firewood 2737 17 1
,, ,, Lubricants and Stores 1683 2 3
,, ,, Repairs 1859 18 1
14149 0 1
,, Wharves and Jetties—Wages, &c. 5505 2 4
,, Contingencies—Insurance, Sundries, &c. 2575 5 10
,, Compensation Account 308 18 2
,, Lighterage and Wharfage 5138 10 7
,, Sundry Accounts due to Service, Imprest account, &c. 1059 2 3
,, Balance, Cash paid to Provincial Account 22665 14 10
24624 17 1
£90125 7 3 £90125 7 3

I have Audited the foregoing statement of accounts, and have compared the items with the several Vouchers, and find it correct.

August 17th, 1874. J. OLLIVIER, Provincial Auditor.



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🚂 Balance sheet of the Canterbury Railways

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17 August 1874
Canterbury Railways, Balance Sheet, Financial Statement, Revenue, Expenditure, Provincial Auditor
  • J. Ollivier, Provincial Auditor