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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1882–83.
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Receipts and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period
ending 31st March, 1883.
| Section. | Miles Open for Traffic. | RECEIPTS. Four-weekly. | RECEIPTS. Total to Date. | EXPENDITURE. Four-weekly. | EXPENDITURE. Total to Date. | Per Cent. of Receipts. | FOR A TWELVE-MONTHLY PERIOD, AVERAGE TO DATE. Receipts per Mile of Railway. | Expenditure per Mile of Railway. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |||
| NORTH ISLAND,– | ||||||||
| Kawakawa | ... | 621 2 4 | ||||||
| Whangarei | 7 | 184 0 6 | 2,926 2 6 | 240 16 6 | 2,505 17 9 | 85·64 | 514 1 0 | 440 4 5 |
| Auckland | 139 | 7,231 1 11 | 81,175 7 1 | 3,922 7 0 | 53,880 4 10 | 66·38 | 584 0 0 | 387 12 7 |
| Napier | 70 | 3,333 19 4 | 36,623 16 1 | 1,817 2 4 | 22,070 6 3 | 60·26 | 523 4 0 | 315 5 9 |
| Wellington | 69 | 4,177 1 0 | 48,566 8 3 | 3,330 13 1 | 35,576 13 5 | 73·25 | 703 17 2 | 415 12 0 |
| Wanganui | 115 | 4,136 8 5 | 45,477 17 9 | 2,669 9 1 | 33,941 18 8 | 74·63 | 395 9 2 | 295 3 0 |
| New Plymouth | 51 | 1,317 14 4 | 16,272 4 5 | 831 7 5 | 12,309 3 0 | 75·66 | 319 1 2 | 241 7 2 |
| Total | 451 | 20,380 5 6 | 231,662 18 5 | 12,811 15 5 | 160,284 3 11 | 69·19 | ||
| MIDDLE ISLAND,– | ||||||||
| Hurunui-Bluff | 848 | 65,186 17 5 | 681,826 13 10 | 26,452 6 6 | 408,170 12 5 | 59·86 | 811 1 0 | 485 10 7 |
| Greymouth | 8 | 1,168 10 1 | 13,303 19 1 | 463 12 11 | 5,749 7 0 | 43·22 | 1,662 19 10 | 718 13 4 |
| Westport | 10 | 372 1 6 | 9,791 8 2 | 438 19 4 | 5,456 10 1 | 55·73 | 979 2 9 | 545 13 0 |
| Nelson | 23 | 1,016 13 7 | 9,179 19 2 | 602 13 5 | 6,719 5 8 | 73·20 | 399 2 7 | 292 2 9 |
| Picton | 18 | 532 14 9 | 7,582 12 8 | 483 4 4 | 6,441 16 3 | 84·95 | 421 5 2 | 357 17 7 |
| Total | 907 | 68,276 17 4 | 721,684 12 11 | 28,440 16 6 | 432,537 11 5 | 59·93 | ||
| Grand Total | 1,358 | 88,657 2 10 | 953,347 11 4 | 41,252 11 11 | 592,821 15 4 | 62·18 |
CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
| Section. | Miles Open for Traffic. | RECEIPTS. Four-weekly. | RECEIPTS. Total to Date. | EXPENDITURE. Four-weekly. | EXPENDITURE. Total to Date. | Per Cent. of Receipts. | FOR A TWELVE-MONTHLY PERIOD, AVERAGE TO DATE. Receipts per Mile of Railway. | Expenditure per Mile of Railway. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |||
| NORTH ISLAND,– | ||||||||
| Kawakawa | ... | 621 2 4 | ||||||
| Whangarei | 5 | 140 5 8 | 1,408 12 7 | 186 0 7 | 1,801 8 9 | 127·89 | 281 14 7 | 360 5 9 |
| Auckland | 139 | 5,533 4 9 | 72,127 4 11 | 4,338 3 1 | 49,294 16 7 | 68·34 | 527 13 2 | 360 12 7 |
| Napier | 70 | 3,157 13 0 | 33,721 0 10 | 1,217 15 4 | 18,164 1 6 | 53·87 | 481 14 7 | 259 9 9 |
| Wellington | 69 | 3,495 13 10 | 41,815 1 8 | 3,093 19 2 | 31,324 7 6 | 74·91 | 606 0 4 | 453 19 7 |
| Wanganui | 115 | 3,842 3 2 | 43,890 3 7 | 3,377 2 8 | 28,614 4 11 | 65·20 | 381 13 0 | 248 16 4 |
| New Plymouth | 51 | 1,291 14 9 | 13,231 6 0 | 639 8 0 | 9,489 6 10 | 71·72 | 275 15 2 | 197 15 4 |
| Total | 449 | 17,460 15 2 | 206,814 11 11 | 12,852 8 10 | 138,683 6 1 | 67·06 | ||
| MIDDLE ISLAND, – | ||||||||
| Hurunui-Bluff | 810 | 55,678 3 5 | 651,762 7 11 | 34,202 4 5 | 363,964 10 1 | 55·84 | 818 12 9 | 457 3 0 |
| Greymouth | 8 | 987 14 8 | 10,873 14 3 | 425 18 7 | 5,157 18 1 | 47·43 | 1,359 4 2 | 644 14 9 |
| Westport | 10 | 815 15 2 | 6,372 2 1 | 328 6 9 | 3,784 18 5 | 59·40 | 637 4 2 | 378 9 9 |
| Nelson | 23 | 759 9 11 | 8,518 14 8 | 420 13 5 | 6,235 12 0 | 73·20 | 385 17 4 | 282 9 0 |
| Picton | 18 | 565 10 4 | 7,684 16 9 | 626 1 6 | 5,268 3 11 | 68·55 | 404 9 4 | 277 5 4 |
| Total | 869 | 59,806 13 6 | 685,211 15 8 | 36,003 4 8 | 384,411 2 6 | 56·13 | ||
| Grand Total... | 1,318 | 77,267 8 8 | 892,026 7 7 | 48,855 13 6 | 523,099 8 7 | 58·64 |
COMPARISON OF REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, and TRAFFIC for Four Financial Years, 1879–80, 1880–81, 1881–82, 1882–83,
| Year. | Miles. | Revenue. | Expenditure. | Expenditure per Cent. of Revenue. | Tonnage. | Parcels, Horses, and Dogs. | Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs. | Passengers. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |||||||
| 1882–83 | 1,358 | 953,347 11 4 | 592,821 15 4 | 62·18 | 1,564,793 | 341,186 | 477,075 | 3,283,378 |
| 1881–82 | 1,319 | 892,026 7 7 | 523,099 8 7 | 58·64 | 1,437,714 | 316,611 | 343,751 | 2,911,477 |
| 1880–81, | 1,277 | 836,454 1 8 | 521,957 14 2 | 62·40 | 1,377,783 | 286,865 | 300,704 | 2,849,561 |
| 1879–80 | 1,172 | 762,573 18 1 | 580,030 9 6 | 76·06 | 1,108,108 | 180,331 | 285,209 | 2,967,090 |
Railway Department, 14th May, 1883,
J. P. MAXWELL,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.
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- J. P. Maxwell, General Manager, New Zealand Railways
NZ Gazette 1883, No 45