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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 60

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1886-87.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 16th October, 1886.

| Section. | Miles Open for Traffic. | REVENUE. | | EXPENDITURE. | | % of Revenue to Expenditure. | 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 | 460 15 2 | 3,200 18 10 | 265 19 2 | 2,014 1 6 | 62·92 | 743 1 7 | 467 11 0 |
| Whangarei .. | 7 | 310 15 5 | 2,199 7 9 | 244 5 2 | 1,856 6 7 | 84·40 | 583 10 2 | 492 10 0 |
| Auckland .. | 222 | 8,037 14 11 | 56,369 14 5 | 5,989 16 2 | 47,665 7 11 | 84·56 | 480 18 5 | 406 13 2 |
| Napier .. | 82 | 4,674 14 5 | 32,347 10 11 | 2,258 6 7 | 18,975 19 8 | 58·66 | 732 12 2 | 429 15 4 |
| Wellington .. | 81 | 5,134 17 7 | 33,677 15 4 | 3,833 0 1 | 26,283 11 3 | 78·04 | 772 3 0 | 602 12 5 |
| Wanganui .. | 196 | 4,850 4 11 | 34,805 14 3 | 5,077 15 8 | 34,441 3 8 | 98·95 | 330 15 2 | 327 5 10 |
| Total .. | 596 | 23,469 2 5 | 162,601 1 6 | 17,669 2 10 | 131,236 10 7 | 80·71 | | |
| MIDDLE ISLAND,— | | | | | | | | |
| Hurunui-Bluff .. | 990 | 37,322 17 11 | 308,078 10 0 | 32,651 0 4 | 230,365 4 6 | 74·77 | 580 15 5 | 434 5 5 |
| Greymouth .. | 8 | 1,800 12 6 | 11,866 12 1 | 1,062 13 4 | 6,752 7 10 | 56·90 | 2,754 15 0 | 1,567 10 4 |
| Westport .. | 19 | 1,526 17 11 | 10,671 9 5 | 791 13 10 | 4,760 1 3 | 44·61 | 1,043 1 7 | 465 5 4 |
| Nelson .. | 23 | 576 8 11 | 4,974 10 1 | 571 10 1 | 3,917 15 5 | 78·76 | 401 13 4 | 316 6 9 |
| Picton .. | 18 | 448 16 4 | 3,301 3 3 | 457 18 11 | 3,414 6 5 | 103·43 | 340 12 0 | 352 5 5 |
| Total.. | 1,058 | 41,675 13 7 | 338,892 4 10 | 35,534 16 6 | 249,209 15 5 | 73·54 | | |
| Grand total .. | 1,654 | 65,144 16 0 | 501,493 6 4 | 53,203 19 4 | 380,446 6 0 | 75·86 | | |

Corresponding Period Last Year.

| NORTH ISLAND,— | | | | | | | | |
| Kawakawa .. | 8 | 456 2 4 | 3,306 0 10 | 503 3 2 | 2,628 11 4 | 79·51 | 767 9 5 | 610 4 0 |
| Whangarei .. | 7 | 330 13 8 | 2,281 5 6 | 375 18 8 | 2,021 0 3 | 90·58 | 591 19 5 | 536 3 9 |
| Auckland .. | 168 | 8,270 15 9 | 63,278 17 1 | 6,275 12 2 | 44,555 18 2 | 70·41 | 699 10 2 | 492 10 9 |
| Napier .. | 82 | 4,222 2 11 | 28,981 0 9 | 2,676 8 9 | 18,164 17 2 | 62·68 | 656 7 3 | 411 8 0 |
| Wellington .. | 69 | 5,008 8 7 | 33,373 11 9 | 3,415 11 10 | 23,761 9 11 | 71·20 | 898 5 0 | 639 10 10 |
| Wanganui .. | 191 | 5,079 3 2 | 35,111 16 7 | 4,452 15 7 | 32,473 19 5 | 92·49 | 341 8 0 | 315 15 0 |
| Total .. | 525 | 23,367 6 5 | 166,282 12 6 | 17,699 10 2 | 123,605 16 3 | 74·33 | | |
| MIDDLE ISLAND,— | | | | | | | | |
| Hurunui-Bluff .. | 904 | 43,976 13 8 | 345,449 16 11 | 31,336 15 6 | 231,083 12 4 | 66·89 | 718 0 4 | 480 6 2 |
| Greymouth .. | 8 | 1,884 8 8 | 11,911 4 11 | 911 16 7 | 6,691 9 4 | 56·18 | 2,765 2 2 | 1,553 7 7 |
| Westport .. | 18 | 1,428 1 10 | 8,093 0 7 | 691 4 6 | 4,046 8 4 | 50·00 | 835 0 0 | 417 9 9 |
| Nelson .. | 23 | 642 15 7 | 5,311 11 1 | 576 17 4 | 3,956 4 1 | 74·48 | 428 17 7 | 319 9 0 |
| Picton .. | 18 | 617 2 7 | 3,626 15 3 | 486 16 8 | 3,547 14 10 | 97·82 | 374 3 9 | 366 0 9 |
| Total .. | 971 | 48,549 2 4 | 374,392 8 9 | 34,003 10 7 | 249,325 8 11 | 66·59 | | |
| Grand total.. | 1,496 | 71,916 8 9 | 540,675 1 3 | 51,703 0 9 | 372,931 5 2 | 68·98 | | |

Railway Department, 17th November, 1886.

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