Railway Financial Statistics




90

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 5

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1880-81.

RAILWAYS WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Receipts and Expenditure to the Termination of the
Four-weekly Period ending 11th December, 1880.

RECEIPTS.

EXPENDITURE.

FOR A TWELVE-MONTHLY
PERIOD, AVERAGE TO
DATE.

Section.

Length
Open
for
Traffic.

Four-weekly.

Total to Date.

Four-weekly.

Total to Date.

Per Cent. of
Receipts to Date.

Receipts per
Mile of
Railway.

Expenditure
per Mile of
Railway.

NORTH ISLAND, —

Whangarei-Kamo

Miles.
5
£ s. d.
138 3 0
£ s. d.
222 15 0
£ s. d.
58 18 4
£ s. d.
109 6 1
49.07
£ s. d.
386 2 0
£ s. d.
189 9 2

Kaipara

16
472 8 6
3,738 11 0
344 0 8
3,446 5 2
92.18
337 10 2
311 2 4

Auckland...

107
4,326 14 11
39,980 15 8
3,028 1 0
28,028 11 10
70.10
539 14 4
378 7 4

Napier

70
2,678 7 4
18,296 13 0
1,127 6 6
12,636 9 3
69.06
393 3 0
271 10 5

Wellington

65
3,630 12 11
22,411 13 7
2,895 14 11
19,995 6 4
89.22
598 5 2
533 15 2

Wanganui

108
3,036 16 3
24,255 2 3
1,795 0 0
16,860 10 5
69.51
337 19 2
234 18 4

New Plymouth

38
720 0 0
5,995 18 6
551 1 4
5,326 16 5
88.84
250 16 7
222 16 9

Total

409
15,003 3 5
114,901 9 0
9,800 2 9
86,403 5 6
75.11

MIDDLE ISLAND, —

Amberley-Kingston

788
44,514 17 2
421,485 18 5
26,254 6 11
267,723 6 11
63.52
798 5 4
507 1 0

Greymouth

8
1,068 3 5
7,197 17 3
348 13 5
3,410 16 11
47.39
1,299 12 2
615 17 0

Westport

10
459 19 6
2,431 17 9
316 15 6
2,614 2 3
107.49
351 5 4
377 11 9

Nelson

20
592 5 1
5,437 4 11
431 12 3
4,334 18 10
79.73
392 13 9
313 17

Picton

19
469 9 3
3,812 14 3
330 13 7
3,208 9 0
84.15
289 17 2
243 18 4

Total

845
47,104 14 5
440,365 12 7
27,682 1 8
281,291 13 11
63.88

Grand Total

1,254
62,107 17 10
555,267 1 7
37,482 4 5
367,694 19 5
66.22

AMBERLEY-KINGSTON SECTION.—MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

RECEIPTS.

EXPENDITURE.

Per Cent.
of
Receipts
to date.

Name.

Miles Open
for
Traffic.

Four-weekly.

Total to Date.

Four-weekly.

Total to Date.

Christchurch Section

128
£ s. d.
9,790 16 8
£ s. d.
122,923 11 5
£ s. d.
5,118 8 6
£ s. d.
60,710 14 3
49.39

Lyttelton-Christchurch Branch

6
4,739 4 9
43,378 8 1
2,658 14 5
22,839 2 4
60.00

Oxford Branch

22
405 19 7
3,602 11 0
284 8 1
3,179 1 10
88.25

Eyreton Branch

21
180 13 5
1,799 8 2
231 12 2
2,326 18 4
129.30

Southbridge Branch

25
677 18 0
7,678 1 2
598 14 11
6,146 8 8
80.05

Springfield Branch

42
892 14 7
8,700 10 4
641 11 4
7,041 16 6
80.94

Mount Somers Branch

11
18 7 6
48 9 0
37 0 6
162 5 7
334.94

Total

255
16,705 14 6
188,130 19 2
9,565 9 11
102,406 2 6
54.43

Oamaru Section

102
6,210 19 10
56,640 13 8
4,460 9 10
39,799 5 10
70.27

Albury Branch...

26
595 18 9
5,959 9 6
275 7 0
2,940 7 1
49.34

Waimate Branch

4
121 3 8
1,329 14 7
130 0 2
1,469 9 1
110.51

Duntroon Branch

21
537 16 7
3,506 19 2
274 8 9
2,553 15 10
72.82

Ngapara Branch

15
271 9 7
2,972 4 11
226 12 3
2,243 4 4
75.47

Shag Point Branch

2
20 2 8
162 8 8
40 5 2
404 15 10
249.21

Total

170
7,757 11 1
70,571 10 6
5,407 3 2
49,410 18 0
69.64

Dunedin Section

107
10,107 5 6
88,044 7 1
5,607 6 7
59,845 9 9
67.97

Dunedin-Port Chalmers Branch

8
2,969 15 11
19,577 12 10
1,652 1 6
12,642 12 11
64.58

Walton Park Branch

3
76 17 6
653 0 11
54 0 1
659 13 5
101.01

Lawrence Branch

22
572 9 8
4,826 5 9
538 3 7
5,699 2 7
118.09

Outram Branch

9
231 4 8
1,825 3 3
219 5 0
2,429 15 1
133.13

Total

149
13,957 13 3
114,926 9 10
8,070 16 9
81,276 13 9
70.95

Invercargill Section

153
4,627 2 7
37,666 1 3
2,283 10 3
25,407 19 3
67.46

Invercargill-Bluff Branch

17
822 8 2
5,280 7 0
483 12 0
3,799 10 6
71.96

Riverton Branch

29
588 15 5
4,854 18 6
407 18 8
5,386 6 9
110.95

Tapanui Branch

15
55 12 2
55 12 2
35 16 2
35 16 2
64.39

Total

214
6,093 18 4
47,856 18 11
3,210 17 1
34,629 12 8
72.36

Grand Total ...

788
44,514 17 2
421,485 18 5
26,254 6 11
267,723 6 11
63.52

A. C. FIFE,
Chief Accountant.

Railway Department, 19th January, 1881.

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



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🚂 Railways Working Account for four-weekly period ending December 11, 1880 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
19 January 1881
Railways, Working Account, Receipts, Expenditure, Financial statistics, North Island, Middle Island
  • A. C. Fife, Chief Accountant
  • J. P. Maxwell, General Manager, New Zealand Railways