Railway Financial Returns




DEC. 23.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1775

N.Z.R.-FINANCIAL YEAR 1880-81.
RAILWAYS WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Receipts and Expenditure to the Termination of the
Four-weekly Period ending 13th November, 1880.

Section. Length Open for Traffic (Miles) Receipts (Four-weekly) Receipts (Total to Date) Expenditure (Four-weekly) Expenditure (Total to Date) Per Cent. of Receipts to Date. Receipts per Mile of Railway (Avg) Expenditure per Mile of Railway (Avg)
NORTH ISLAND,-
Whangarei-Kamo 5 *£84 12 0 £84 12 0 £50 7 9 £50 7 9 59.56 £439 18 4 £262 0 2
Kaipara 16 454 11 0 3,266 2 6 327 7 4 3,102 4 6 94.98 339 10 7 315 1 2
Auckland 107 4,501 8 7 35,654 0 9 3,082 3 1 25,000 10 10 70-12 541 9 4 379 13 7
Napier 70 2,227 9 9 15,618 5 8 1,244 17 1 11,509 2 9 73-69 379 10 2 279 13 4
Wellington 65 3,143 3 11 18,781 0 8 2,410 18 11 17,099 11 5 91:04 578 11 2 526 15 2
Wanganui 108 2,822 7 0 21,218 6 0 1,810 14 8 15,065 10 5 71.00 334 7 0 237 7 9
New Plymouth 33 638 1 9 5,275 18 0 593 13 11 4,775 15 1 90.52 259 15 11 235 3 5
Total 404 13,871 14 0 99,898 5 7 9,520 2 9 76,603 2 9 76-68
MIDDLE ISLAND,-
Amberley-Kingston 773 44,581 14 2 376,971 1 3 26,315 17 8 241,469 0 0 64-05 805 11 2 516 0 0
Greymouth 8 741 19 7 6,129 13 10 336 8 5 3,062 3 6 49-96 1,245 1 9 622 0 0
Westport 10 386 4 10 1,971 18 3 290 18 9 2,297 6 9 116.50 320 8 9 373 6 4
Nelson 20 591 12 10 4,844 19 10 477 15 6 3,903 6 7 80-56 393 13 2 317 3 0
Picton 19 423 12 10 3,343 5 0 332 7 3 2,877 15 5 86-08 285 18 9 246 2 7
Total 830 46,725 4 3 393,260 18 2 27,753 7 7 253,609 12 3 64.49
Grand Total 1,234 60,596 18 3 493,159 3 9 37,273 10 4 330,212 15 0 66-96
  • For two weeks.

AMBERLEY-KINGSTON SECTION.—MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

Name. Miles Open for Traffic. RECEIPTS. Four-weekly. Total to Date. EXPENDITURE. Four-weekly. Total to Date. Per Cent. of Receipts to date.
Christchurch Section 128 £10,524 11 2 £113,132 14 9 £5,013 9 10 £55,592 5 9 49-14
Lyttelton-Christchurch Branch 6 5,787 19 2 38,639 3 4 2,836 15 2 20,180 7 11 52-23
Oxford Branch 22 427 12 9 3,196 11 5 293 16 1 2,894 13 9 90-55
Eyreton Branch 21 181 19 6 1,618 14 9 280 10 10 2,095 1 2 129-43
Southbridge Branch 25 764 19 2 7,000 3 2 528 17 8 5,552 13 9 79-32
Springfield Branch 42 805 13 9 7,807 15 9 659 8 10 6,400 5 2 81-97
Mount Somers Branch 11 9 2 1 30 1 6 39 2 0 125 5 1 416-47
Total 255 18,501 17 7 171,425 4 8 9,652 0 5 92,840 12 7 54-16
Oamaru Section 102 5,529 14 4 50,429 13 10 4,238 9 11 35,338 16 0 70-08
Albury Branch... 26 566 6 10 5,363 10 9 298 5 6 2,665 0 1 49.69
Waimate Branch 4 118 4 9 1,208 10 11 121 13 0 1,339 8 11 110-83
Duntroon Branch 21 392 12 5 2,969 2 7 243 1 0 2,279 7 1 76-77
Ngapara Branch 15 244 2 6 2,700 15 4 189 10 4 2,016 12 1 74-67
Total 168 6,851 0 10 62,671 13 5 5,090 19 9 43,639 4 2 69-63
Dunedin Section 107 9,358 7 5 77,937 1 7 5,521 4 5 54,238 3 2 69.59
Dunedin-Port Chalmers Branch 8 3,052 17 7 16,607 16 11 1,652 7 0 10,990 11 5 66.17
Shag Point Branch 2 18 6 4 142 6 0 52 1 10 364 10 8 256-17
Walton Park Branch 3 96 16 7 576 3 5 65 12 3 605 13 4 105.12
Lawrence Branch 22 592 11 0 4,253 16 1 509 4 10 5,160 19 0 121-32
Outram Branch 9 196 4 8 1,593 18 7 278 4 3 2,210 10 1 138-68
Total 151 13,315 3 7 101,111 2 7 8,078 14 7 73,570 7 8 72-76
Invercargill Section 153 4,322 19 10 33,038 18 8 2,314 1 11 23,124 9 0 69.99
Invercargill-Bluff Branch 17 1,055 4 6 4,457 18 10 674 18 1 3,315 18 6 74-38
Riverton Branch 29 535 7 10 4,266 3 1 505 2 11 4,978 8 1 116-69
Total 199 5,913 12 2 41,763 0 7 3,494 2 11 31,418 15 7 75-23
Grand Total 773 44,581 14 2 376,971 1 3 26,315 17 8 241,469 0 0 64-05

Railway Department,
17th December, 1880.

J. P. MAXWELL,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 Transport & Communications
17 December 1880
Railways, Financial Account, Receipts, Expenditure, Traffic Returns, Statistical Table
  • J. P. Maxwell, General Manager, New Zealand Railways