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SUMMARY of Working Expenses, per Annum.
Locomotive Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,026 0 0
Staff—
- Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 0 0
- Clerk to Railway . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 0 0
- 2 Guards, at £150 . . . . . . . . . . . 300 0 0
- 5 Porters, at £100 . . . . . . . . . . . 500 0 0
- 2 Gate Lodge and Signalmen, at £100 . . . 200 0 0
Total Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,600 0 0
Maintenance of Way and Repairs—
- 2 Platelayers, at £120 . . . . . . . . . 240 0 0
- 4 Labourers, at £100 . . . . . . . . . . 400 0 0
- Tools and Sundries . . . . . . . . . . . 60 0 0
Total Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . 700 0 0
- Lamps, Stores, and Sundries . . . . . . . 174 0 0
TOTAL WORKING EXPENSES . . . . . . . . . . 3,500 0 0
Details of Locomotive Power.
No. 1 Engine, Wages—
- Engine driver, per day . . . 12s.
- Fireman . . . . . . . . . . . 8s.
- Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 6s.
313 days, at per day . . . 26s. . . . 407 0 0
- Firewood, per day, 10s. . . . 157 0 0
- Oil and Stores, at per day, 3s. . . 47 0 0
Total for No. 1 Engine . . . . 204 0 0
One Engine in Work . . . . . . . . . 611 0 0
No. 2 Engine in Half Work—
- Wages, Engine Driver and Fireman, at 20s. per day . . . 318 0 0
- Firewood and Stores . . . . . . 102 0 0
One Engine, in Half Work . . . . . . 415 0 0
TOTAL LOCOMOTIVE POWER . . . . . . . . 1,026 0 0
Assumed Annual Traffic, 1864.
- Wool, 2,500 bales, at 4s. . . . . 500 0 0
- Goods, 2,500 tons, at £1 . . . . 2,500 0 0
- Sawn Timber, 1,800 thousand feet, at £1 . . . 1,800 0 0
- Fencing, 1,200 hundred, at 7s. 6d. . . . 450 0 0
- Firewood, 2,500 cords, at 7s. 6d. . . . 940 0 0
- Parcels, 6,160, at 2s. . . . . . 616 0 0
- Grain and Produce . . . . . . . 600 0 0
- Sheep, 10,000, at 6d. . . . . . 250 0 0
- Passengers, 60 per day, say 18,252, at 2s. 6d. . 2,344 0 0
Total Assumed Annual Traffic . . . £10,000 0 0
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Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1861, No 17
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