Railway Working Account




Feb. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 209

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1884–85.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 3rd January, 1885.

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.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
NORTH ISLAND,—
Kawakawa .. 8 383 2 7 4,112 6 9 375 6 10 3,778 7 10 91·88 685 7 9 629 14 7
Whangarei .. 7 284 7 5 2,736 6 4 264 3 11 2,556 15 3 93·44 508 3 5 474 16 7
Auckland .. 168 9,036 6 7 76,809 18 2 5,659 9 0 54,493 11 6 70·95 672 15 0 477 5 9
Napier .. 82 4,631 16 1 37,268 9 7 2,122 16 0 20,911 18 0 56·11 660 1 4 370 7 5
Wellington .. 69 5,540 19 2 43,377 10 2 3,537 7 3 32,983 4 0 76·04 817 5 2 621 8 5
Wanganui .. 132 4,005 14 11 37,556 15 7 2,452 8 7 27,982 8 8 74·51 369 17 7 275 11 7
New Plymouth .. 51 1,262 0 0 11,758 18 11 1,613 3 6 13,310 5 10 113·19 299 14 9 339 5 7
Total .. 517 25,144 6 9 213,620 5 6 16,024 15 1 156,016 11 1 73·03
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui–Bluff .. 885 55,931 8 3 536,030 15 6 30,284 16 9 347,170 16 11 64·77 798 8 0 517 2 0
Greymouth .. 8 1,505 2 0 13,580 8 1 614 17 2 8,382 5 11 61·72 2,206 16 4 1,362 2 4
Westport .. 18 526 1 11 10,602 15 2 495 14 10 5,240 12 8 49·43 765 15 0 378 9 9
Nelson .. 23 682 13 1 7,111 4 3 520 2 0 5,688 9 3 79·99 400 4 0 321 10 5
Picton .. 18 695 2 6 5,128 4 10 538 13 9 4,813 2 4 93·86 370 7 5 347 12 9
Total .. 952 59,340 7 9 572,453 7 10 32,454 4 6 371,295 7 1 64·86
Grand total .. 1,469 84,484 14 6 786,073 13 4 48,478 19 7 527,311 18 2 67·08

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kawakawa .. .. .. 621 2 4 .. .. .. .. ..
Whangarei .. 7 230 6 7 2,363 6 11 259 3 1 2,510 11 4 106·23 438 18 2 466 5 0
Auckland .. 139 7,378 8 1 67,573 11 3 4,576 3 6 46,908 7 3 69·42 631 19 7 438 14 2
Napier .. 70 3,855 16 2 27,863 11 1 811 19 11 15,626 1 3 56·08 517 9 4 290 4 0
Wellington .. 69 4,944 11 4 37,728 10 2 3,175 4 9 29,499 11 1 78·19 710 16 7 555 15 9
Wanganui .. 132 3,837 0 10 32,099 14 7 2,809 10 9 29,642 17 10 92·35 339 1 2 313 2 2
New Plymouth .. 51 1,117 11 4 10,914 2 5 1,107 0 7 11,028 4 7 101·05 278 4 0 281 2 2
Total .. 468 21,363 14 4 179,163 18 9 12,739 2 7 135,215 13 4 75·47
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui–Bluff .. 857 57,211 5 0 507,174 4 1 29,903 0 4 353,540 13 8 69·71 773 12 7 539 5 7
Greymouth .. 8 1,428 3 2 12,247 17 9 546 15 10 6,339 19 11 51·76 1,990 5 7 1,030 5 0
Westport .. 18 994 7 9 7,822 19 9 433 18 3 4,279 9 2 54·70 571 6 9 312 10 10
Nelson .. 23 837 19 2 6,786 2 6 577 5 10 5,366 0 11 79·07 383 11 2 303 6 0
Picton .. 18 596 18 10 4,649 2 10 420 10 7 4,182 14 3 89·97 335 15 5 302 1 7
Total .. 924 61,068 13 11 538,680 6 11 31,881 10 10 373,708 17 11 69·37
Grand total .. 1,392 82,432 8 3 717,844 5 8 44,620 13 5 508,924 11 3 70·90

Railway Department, 4th February, 1885.

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



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4 February 1885
Railway, Revenue, Expenditure, Financial Year, Sections, North Island, Middle Island
  • J. P. Maxwell, General Manager, New Zealand Railways