Railway Financial Statistics




Sept. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1973

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1884-85.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 16th August, 1884.

Section. Miles Open for Traffic. REVENUE. EXPENDITURE. Per Cent. of Revenue. FOR A TWELVE-MONTHLY PERIOD, AVERAGE TO DATE.
Four-weekly. Total to Date. Four-weekly. Total to Date. Revenue per Mile of Railway. Expenditure per Mile of Railway.
NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kawakawa 8 872 17 9 2,143 3 2 325 13 3 2,246 5 4 104·81 733 3 9 768 9 2
Whangarei 7 308 7 2 1,368 7 5 283 14 4 1,291 12 10 94·39 508 5 0 479 15 0
Auckland 139 7,170 11 11 33,181 13 8 5,469 0 7 29,018 18 8 76·00 714 3 9 542 16 0
Napier 74 3,776 1 7 18,825 4 4 2,811 2 0 10,556 13 3 56·08 683 12 0 383 6 9
Wellington 69 3,922 3 10 20,700 15 9 3,431 12 8 14,922 1 11 72·08 780 0 7 562 5 7
Wanganui 132 3,567 14 10 20,033 6 6 2,877 6 7 14,102 13 8 70·04 394 12 0 277 15 7
New Plymouth 51 1,090 8 3 6,063 5 9 1,600 3 2 6,259 18 6 103·24 309 2 2 319 2 7
Total 480 20,208 5 4 107,315 16 7 16,798 12 7 78,398 4 2 73·05
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui–Bluff 865 47,314 6 7 296,965 6 9 35,998 2 5 175,093 6 1 58·97 892 12 2 526 5 10
Greymouth 8 1,464 12 0 6,598 13 6 1,576 11 5 4,904 0 11 74·32 2,144 11 4 1,593 16 4
Westport 18 999 3 9 5,480 12 8 522 11 6 2,484 13 0 45·34 791 12 9 358 17 9
Nelson 23 671 5 11 3,922 10 11 647 0 3 2,958 9 2 75·42 443 8 4 334 8 7
Picton 18 663 0 10 2,673 0 4 456 0 10 2,370 18 0 88·70 386 2 0 342 9 2
Total 932 51,112 9 1 315,640 3 9 39,200 6 5 187,811 7 2 59·50
Grand total 1,412 71,320 1 4 5,422,956 0 4 55,998 19 0 266,209 11 4 62·94

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kawakawa .. .. 310 11 2 .. .. .. 495 3 2 457 13 0
Whangarei .. 7 224 17 10 1,171 11 6 236 6 8 1,232 2 7 105·17 632 0 4
Auckland .. 139 7,072 17 0 33,788 14 0 4,621 11 5 23,269 6 2 68·87 462 17 10
Napier .. 70 2,338 12 3 12,462 9 0 1,756 19 11 8,100 9 7 65·80 658 18 2
Wellington .. 69 3,225 10 1 17,486 6 9 3,221 9 5 13,650 9 3 78·06 839 19 0
Wanganui .. 115 2,744 19 11 15,036 3 1 2,815 5 4 13,487 18 0 89·70 287 18 0
New Plymouth .. 51 920 0 6 5,647 6 7 992 7 7 5,125 4 7 90·75
Total 451 16,526 17 7 85,903 2 1 13,644 0 4 64,865 10 2 75·54
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui–Bluff .. 848 44,139 15 3 270,858 8 10 34,051 2 1 177,323 15 4 65·59 828 18 7
Greymouth .. 8 1,180 17 6 5,598 8 0 546 19 7 3,169 15 1 56·62 1,819 9 7
Westport .. 18 744 17 4 3,775 13 11 416 1 2 2,164 11 11 57·33 557 15 5
Nelson .. 23 657 19 4 3,418 16 2 495 12 11 2,644 10 11 77·35 386 9 5
Picton .. 18 398 3 8 2,149 11 8 499 14 7 2,090 5 9 97·24 310 10 0
Total .. 915 47,121 13 1 285,300 18 7 36,009 10 4 187,392 19 0 65·62
Grand total .. 1,366 63,648 10 8 371,204 0 8 49,653 10 8 252,258 9 2 67·96

Railway Department, 16th September, 1884. J. P. MAXWELL,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.



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16 September 1884
Railway, Financial, Revenue, Expenditure, Statistics, Four-weekly, Twelve-monthly
  • J. P. Maxwell, General Manager, New Zealand Railways