Railway Financial Statistics




Dec. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1369

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1888-89.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period ending 10th November, 1888.

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 8 345 12 2 2,800 10 4 347 4 1 2,344 3 0 83·70 568 17 1 476 3 2
Whangarei 7 312 13 7 2,096 19 4 229 14 10 1,391 1 4 66·84 486 16 0 322 18 7
Auckland 249 6,806 9 1 61,476 12 7 4,992 18 0 43,965 14 2 71·52 401 4 0 286 18 5
Napier 97 4,896 8 5 36,086 16 3 2,614 1 2 21,229 18 8 58·83 604 11 0 355 13 2
Wellington 85 4,979 5 7 37,460 4 4 2,911 4 3 28,899 11 9 77·15 716 3 0 552 9 10
Wanganui 215 4,948 0 2 38,968 2 2 4,188 2 11 35,656 12 2 91·50 346 8 10 317 0 0
Total 661 22,288 9 0 178,889 5 0 15,283 5 3 133,487 1 1 74·62
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui-Bluff 1,048 42,388 6 2 357,686 4 1 29,171 9 1 239,639 5 9 67·00 554 12 4 371 11 7
Greymouth 8 2,388 16 5 18,127 10 8 1,140 1 3 8,553 4 0 47·18 3,682 3 1 1,737 7 4
Westport.. 19 2,065 16 3 15,006 4 11 677 5 0 7,128 5 8 47·50 1,283 8 7 609 13 2
Nelson 23 540 15 8 5,037 5 7 411 14 6 4,661 7 3 92·54 355 17 10 829 6 9
Picton 18 439 3 6 3,396 16 2 251 8 2 3,646 16 10 107·36 306 13 2 829 4 7
Total.. 1,116 47,822 18 0 399,254 1 5 31,651 18 0 263,628 19 6 66·03
Grand total 1,777 70,111 7 0 578,143 6 5 46,935 3 3 397,116 0 7 68·69

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Kawakawa 8 398 1 7 3,174 0 7 269 5 9 2,024 4 4 63·77 644 14 5 411 3 4
Whangarei 7 156 4 4 1,372 10 0 108 14 1 1,422 1 10 103·61 318 12 4 330 2 7
Auckland 249 7,490 14 1 66,451 13 0 6,326 4 4 55,588 4 8 83·65 451 6 10 377 11 2
Napier 97 4,781 12 5 37,282 11 9 2,158 11 3 23,836 4 8 63·93 624 11 7 399 6 4
Wellington 85 4,882 8 9 37,460 6 3 3,174 17 0 29,329 18 11 78·30 716 3 0 560 14 4
Wanganui 196 4,603 7 4 42,893 19 1 4,959 1 2 40,422 11 2 94·24 355 12 7 835 2 9
Total 642 22,312 8 6 188,635 0 8 16,996 13 7 152,623 5 7 80·91
MIDDLE ISLAND,—
Hurunui-Bluff 1,042 41,694 9 0 361,734 6 1 28,622 13 7 251,794 4 4 69·61 568 0 2 892 19 2
Greymouth 8 2,070 16 5 18,255 11 11 1,287 5 6 10,034 19 3 54·97 3,708 3 4 2,038 7 0
Westport 19 1,354 5 11 11,974 15 2 690 0 4 6,042 17 4 50·46 1,024 3 2 516 16 5
Nelson 23 611 1 6 5,434 12 7 586 0 8 4,581 13 10 84·31 383 19 4 823 14 2
Picton 18 360 14 0 3,564 5 9 381 15 4 3,926 3 0 110·15 321 15 7 854 8 10
Total 1,110 46,091 6 10 400,963 11 6 31,567 15 5 276,379 17 9 68·93
Grand total.. 1,752 68,403 15 4 589,598 12 2 48,564 9 0 429,003 3 4 72·76

Railway Department, 10th December, 1888. J. P. MAXWELL,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.



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10 December 1888
Railway, Financial, Revenue, Expenditure, Statistics, 1888
  • J. P. Maxwell, General Manager, New Zealand Railways