New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 51

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✨ Railway Statistics and Financials



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CHRISTCHURCH, DUNEDIN, AND INVERCARGILL
SECTION—continued.

GOODS, —

Wool
Timber
Grain
Merchandise
Minerals
Firewood
Total...

LIVE STOCK, —
Horses and Cattle
Sheep, Pigs, &c.
Total

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

CHRISTCHURCH, DUNEDIN, AND INVERCARGILL
SECTION—continued.

  1. Tons cwt. qr.
    2,554 0 0
    11,024 0 0
    41,337 0 0
    19,998 0 0
    16,082 0 0
    1,732 0 0
    92,727 0 0

No.
638
13,974
14,612

  1. Tons cwt. qr.
    1,934 0 0
    8,423 0 0
    28,434 0 0
    17,888 0 0
    16,723 0 0
    1,136 0 0
    74,538 0 0

No.
762
15,197
15,959

RECEIPTS, —
Passengers, Parcels, &c. ...
Goods and Live Stock
Total Revenue

  1. £ s. d.
    23,750 13 2
    34,696 3 0
    £58,446 16 2

  2. £ s. d.
    18,723 17 3
    27,441 6 4
    £46,165 3 7

R. WHITAKER,
Chief Accountant, Railway Department.

9th May, 1879.

  • Return and Saturday tickets counted as two passengers.

RAILWAYS WORKING ACCOUNT.

SHOWING the Total Receipts and Expenditure during the Financial Year 1878-79 to the termination
of the Four-weekly Period ending 5th April, 1879.

Section. Length open for Traffic. Four-weekly Receipts. Total Receipts to Date. Total Expenditure to Date. Percentage of Expenditure to Receipts. FOR A TWELVE-MONTHLY PERIOD, AVERAGE TO DATE.
Miles. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Receipts per Mile of Railway.
Kaipara 16 443 9 11 3,860 18 2 3,647 18 7 94:48 313 14 0
Auckland 97 4,568 11 11 39,633 14 9 32,058 1 1 80-89 531 3 4
Napier 65 2,543 12 8 22,432 4 5 14,623 18 7 65-19 448 12 10
Wellington 45 3,027 16 4 23,339 14 2 15,874 3 9 68-01 794 5 7
Wanganui 86 3,222 1 10 26,021 3 6 16,704 10 7 64-20 393 6 9
New Plymouth 21 588 9 0 4,817 16 8 4,189 4 6 86-95 298 5 0
Greymouth... 8 752 11 10 6,631 14 5 3,607 12 5 54:40 1,077 13 0
Westport 19 204 16 3 2,014 15 9 2,618 2 3 129-94 137 17 1
Nelson 20 673 13 11 5,505 5 11 4,502 12 3 81-79 357 16 9
Picton 18 447 7 2 4,053 16 7 3,683 11 1 90-87 292 15 7
Christchurch, Dunedin, 716 58,446 16 2 432,747 18 2 294,242 12 11 67-99 801 15 8
and Invercargill
Totals 1,111 74,919 7 0 571,059 2 6 395,752 8 0 69-30 ...

Railway Department,
9th May, 1879.

R. WHITAKER,
Chief Accountant, Railway Department.

Balance-sheet, Greytown Trust Lands.

GREYTOWN Trust Lands Management. Balance-
sheet, 31st March, 1879.

  1. DR.
    April 1. To Balance from last balance-sheet
    Cash, rent of lands
    Cash, hire of town hall
    Cash, special subscriptions
    £ s. d.
    46 18 0
    86 11 6
    91 15 0
    8 1 6
    £233 6 0

  2. CR.
    March 31. By Disbursements to date
    Balance in Bank of New Zealand
    £ s. d.
    178 5 4
    55 0 8
    £233 6 0

ASSETS.
Balance in bank as above
Rents uncollected
Town Hall rents unpaid
Deficiency
£ s. d.
55 0 8
16 17 0
6 15 0
£78 12 8
57 14 4
£136 7 0

LIABILITIES.
Debenture No. 2
Masterton Trustees, share of T.B. rents
R. Wakelin, advertising
T. Frethey, commission, &c.
Avery and Evans, balance on contract
£ s. d.
100 0 0
22 12 5
1 7 9
9 6 10
3 0 0
£136 7 0

THOS. KEMPTON, Jun., Treasurer.
Audited and found correct.
WM. SKEET, Auditor.
2nd May, 1879.



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🚂 Continuation of Railway Traffic Returns and Working Account to April 1879 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
9 May 1879
Railway statistics, Traffic returns, Receipts, Expenditure, Financial Year 1878-79, Sectional data
  • R. Whitaker, Chief Accountant, Railway Department

🏘️ Greytown Trust Lands Management Balance-sheet for 1878-79

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
2 May 1879
Financial statement, Balance-sheet, Greytown, Rent, Assets, Liabilities
  • R. Wakelin, Advertising expense listed
  • T. Frethey, Commission listed
  • Avery, Balance on contract
  • Evans, Balance on contract

  • THOS. KEMPTON, Jun., Treasurer
  • WM. SKEET, Auditor