Railway Financial Report




Dec. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1701

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1884-85.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 8th November, 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 .. 8 398 15 0 3,309 18 5 425 5 2 3,132 11 1 94·64 693 19 10 656 16 7
Whangarei :. 7 279 15 3 2,155 6 11 254 13 9 2,040 1 3 94·65 500 7 0 473 11 9
Auckland .. 168 7,552 6 6 60,217 6 5 5,594 13 6 42,899 5 0 71·24 681 15 0 485 13 9
Napier .. 74 3,674 12 4 28,921 10 2 1,887 5 9 16,904 14 3 58·45 648 4 10 878 18 0
Wellington .. 69 4,469 7 11 33,124 0 8 3,733 14 4 25,960 1 7 78·37 780 1 10 611 7 7
Wanganui .. 132 3,330 13 2 30,162 14 11 3,064 9 1 22,600 4 10 74·93 371 6 5 278 4 5
New Plymouth 51 1,356 10 3 9,441 12 1 1,112 9 7 10,271 7 7 108·79 300 16 9 327 5 5
Total .. 509 21,062 0 5 167,332 9 7 16,072 11 2 123,808 5 7 73·99
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui–Bluff 885 44,239 2 9 430,417 11 8 34,471 12 4 284,290 10 3 66·04 804 3 5 531 3 2
Greymouth .. 8 1,260 9 8 10,502 4 8 705 2 2 6,881 13 0 65·53 2,133 5 4 1,397 16 9
Westport .. 18 1,152 8 2 8,871 7 10 573 17 5 4,181 11 6 47·14 800 17 9 377 10 0
Nelson .. 23 552 11 0 5,720 5 2 533 1 3 4,644 12 0 81·20 404 3 0 328 3 0
Picton .. 18 473 4 0 4,046 15 9 480 4 1 3,801 14 4 93·94 365 6 7 343 4 2
Total .. 952 47,677 15 7 459,558 5 1 36,763 17 3 303,800 1 1 66·11
Grand total .. 1,461 68,739 16 0 626,890 14 8 52,836 8 5 427,608 6 8 68·21

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CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kawakawa .. .. 310 11 2 621 2 4 .. .. .. .. ..
Whangarei .. 7 243 5 6 1,921 8 3 289 6 0 1,998 11 3 104·02 446 0 10 463 19 0
Auckland .. 139 6,668 10 3 53,954 19 4 5,019 14 7 37,678 0 5 69·83 630 15 4 440 9 7
Napier .. 70 2,650 1 5 20,935 19 4 1,526 15 4 13,049 16 3 62·33 486 0 2 302 18 10
Wellington .. 69 3,843 8 11 28,754 19 4 3,109 15 9 22,972 13 0 79·89 677 4 0 541 0 5
Wanganui .. 132 3,559 3 4 25,377 4 9 2,822 7 6 23,870 6 10 94·06 341 5 0 320 19 9
New Plymouth 51 1,052 19 2 8,785 14 6 1,220 1 11 8,454 17 1 96·23 279 18 9 269 7 10
Total 468 18,327 19 9 140,351 7 10 13,988 1 1 108,024 4 10 76·97
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui–Bluff 857 47,406 17 0 404,778 19 1 37,025 1 1 289,006 13 5 71·40 772 17 7 551 16 5
Greymouth .. 8 1,296 6 2 9,396 12 11 625 18 10 5,034 7 10 53·58 1,908 13 10 1,022 12 2
Westport .. 18 530 13 6 5,936 9 4 309 9 0 3,319 9 5 55·92 543 9 7 303 18 0
Nelson .. 23 556 2 3 5,342 2 6 511 3 3 4,249 6 9 79·54 377 8 7 300 4 5
Picton .. 18 436 5 9 3,557 11 1 499 0 7 3,315 15 6 93·20 321 3 4 299 6 10
Total 924 50,226 4 8 429,011 14 11 38,970 12 9 304,925 12 11 71·08
Grand total .. 1,392 68,554 4 5 569,363 2 9 52,958 13 10 412,949 17 9 72·53

Railway Department, 10th December, 1884. J. P. MAXWELL,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.



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10 December 1884
Railway, Financial Report, Revenue, Expenditure, Sections, North Island, Middle Island
  • J. P. Maxwell, General Manager, New Zealand Railways