Railway Financial Data




JUNE 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 719

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1888-89.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 26th May, 1888 (28 days).

Section. Miles open for Traffic. REVENUE. EXPENDITURE. FOR A TWELVE-MONTHLY PERIOD, AVERAGE TO DATE.
Four-weekly. Total to Date. Four-weekly. Total to Date. Per Cent. of Revenue. 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 8 340 3 3 703 9 4 320 9 9 575 17 9 81·86 571 11 4 467 18 2
Whangarei 7 168 17 7 333 19 7 119 11 7 256 6 2 76·74 810 2 5 238 0 0
Auckland 249 8,024 15 7 17,270 11 11 5,694 10 3 11,736 7 2 67·96 450 16 9 306 7 5
Napier 97 4,550 0 4 9,262 5 4 2,579 19 2 5,013 15 3 54·13 620 13 4 335 19 5
Wellington 85 5,630 9 11 10,979 12 3 3,739 1 1 7,312 9 10 66·60 839 12 4 559 3 9
Wanganui 196 5,299 5 6 10,995 19 1 4,358 4 0 8,930 16 11 81·22 364 13 2 296 3 5
Total 642 24,013 12 2 49,545 17 6 16,811 15 10 33,825 13 1 68·27
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui–Bluff 1,048 59,459 14 3 114,187 14 10 29,946 9 9 59,779 5 5 52·35 708 4 7 370 15 4
Greymouth 8 2,499 18 0 4,606 13 10 1,203 14 1 2,464 5 9 53·49 3,742 18 9 2,002 4 7
Westport.. 19 1,519 8 11 3,265 17 10 839 10 7 1,545 1 10 47·31 1,117 5 7 528 11 8
Nelson 23 704 0 4 1,704 3 10 646 10 5 1,441 11 6 84·59 481 12 4 407 8 0
Picton 18 406 8 4 893 13 3 459 2 9 934 6 4 104·55 322 14 2 397 7 10
Total.. 1,116 64,589 9 10 124,658 3 7 33,095 7 7 66,164 10 10 53·08
Grand total 1,758 88,603 2 0 174,204 1 1 49,907 3 5 99,990 3 11 57·40

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR (ending 28th May).

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kawakawa 8 429 11 8 837 10 10 254 5 3 518 17 5 61·95 680 10 0 421 11 7
Whangarei 7 186 9 7 430 7 5 198 17 7 429 10 8 99·81 399 12 7 398 17 0
Auckland 236 8,075 3 8 18,361 17 0 7,469 11 9 14,556 8 2 79·28 505 14 7 400 18 4
Napier 97 4,669 8 10 10,831 19 10 2,745 11 0 6,234 2 0 57·55 725 17 2 417 15 0
Wellington 85 4,987 12 0 11,331 14 0 4,400 11 3 8,108 18 9 71·56 866 10 10 620 2 0
Wanganui 196 5,549 16 10 14,080 14 4 4,440 4 7 9,904 13 4 70·34 466 19 2 328 9 5
Total 629 23,898 2 7 55,874 3 5 19,509 1 5 39,752 10 4 71·15
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui–Bluff 1,030 50,543 10 11 121,899 2 4 32,319 16 6 67,579 8 2 55·44 769 5 4 426 9 5
Greymouth 8 2,485 0 8 5,009 5 1 1,170 13 1 2,406 0 6 48·03 4,070 0 4 1,954 18 0
Westport 19 1,788 1 8 3,230 10 6 765 5 11 1,544 15 1 47·82 1,105 3 7 528 9 4
Nelson 23 791 15 8 1,814 12 2 597 13 7 1,174 17 6 67·75 512 16 5 332 0 7
Picton 18 474 19 0 1,060 4 10 680 16 9 1,241 13 4 117·11 382 17 4 448 7 7
Total 1,098 56,083 7 11 133,013 14 11 35,534 5 10 73,946 14 7 55·59
Grand total.. 1,727 79,981 10 6 188,887 18 4 55,043 7 3 113,699 4 11 60·19

Railway Department, 26th June, 1888. J. P. MAXWELL,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.



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26 June 1888
Railway, Financial Data, Revenue, Expenditure, 1888, North Island, Middle Island
  • J. P. Maxwell, General Manager, New Zealand Railways