New Zealand Gazette – 1889 – No. 2

Page 29

✨ Railway Financial Returns



JAN. 10.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1888-89.
29
RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period
ending 8th December, 1888.

Section.
Miles
open
for
Traffic.
REVENUE.
Four-weekly.
Total
to Date.
EXPENDITURE.
Four-weekly.
Total
to Date.
FOR A
TWELVE-MONTHLY
PERIOD, AVERAGE TO
DATE.
Per Cent.
of
Revenue.
Revenue
per Mile of
Railway.
Expenditure
per Mile of
Railway.
NORTH ISLAND,–
Kawakawa 8 £ s. d. 352 0 4 £ s. d. 3,152 10 8 £ s. d. 219 16 6 £ s. d. 2,563 19 6 81-33 £ s. d. 569 4 2 £ s. d. 462 18 9
Whangarei 7 259 16 1 2,356 15 5 168 3 9 1,559 5 1 66-16 486 6 4 321 15 0
Auckland 249 7,717 12 7 69,194 5 2 3,924 19 8 47,890 13 10 69-21 401 7 10 277 16 2
Napier 97 5,977 2 7 42,063 18 10 2,399 9 9 23,629 8 5 56-18 626 7 7 351 17 4
Wellington 85 5,455 16 11 42,916 1 3 3,484 2 11 32,383 14 8 75-46 729 5 10 550 6 2
Wanganui 215 5,014 11 7 43,982 13 9 4,036 5 6 39,692 17 8 90-25 302 3 4 272 14 0
Total 661 24,777 0 1 203,666 5 1 14,232 18 1 1,147,719 19 2 72-53

MIDDLE ISLAND, –
Hurunui-Bluff 1,048 43,726 19 0 401,413 3 1 29,778 13 7 269,417 19 4 67-12 553 5 2 371 6 9
Greymouth 8 2,228 8 2 20,355 18 10 1,128 11 11 9,681 15 11 47-56 3,675 7 7 1,748 2 0
Westport.. 19 1,843 4 9 16,840 9 8 824 15 2 7,953 0 10 47-20 1,280 19 0 604 12 4
Nelson 23 644 19 0 5,682 4 7 524 18 3 5,186 5 6 91-27 356 17 1 325 14 2
Picton 18 403 7 5 3,800 3 7 470 12 9 4,117 9 7 108-35 304 19 0 330 8 3
Total.. 1,116 48,846 18 4 448,100 19 9 32,727 11 8 296,356 11 2 66-14
Grand total 1,777 73,623 18 5 651,767 4 10 46,060 9 9,444,076 10 4 68-13

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

NORTH ISLAND, –
Kawakawa 8 £ s. d. 366 5 4 £ s. d. 3,540 5 11 £ s. d. 323 11 8 £ s. d. 2,347 16 0 66-32 £ s. d. 639 4 5 £ s. d. 423 18 2
Whangarei 7 170 14 4 1,543 4 4 127 11 3 1,549 13 1 100-42 318 8 10 319 15 4
Auckland 249 8,577 10 10 75,029 3 10 6,244 3 4 61,832 8 0 82-41 450 18 9 371 12 5
Napier 97 5,772 17 7 43,055 9 4 3,010 4 2 26,846 8 10 62-35 641 3 0 399 15 7
Wellington 85 5,703 19 3 43,164 5 6 3,825 12 8 33,155 11 7 76-81 733 10 2 563 8 7
Wanganui 196 4,930 10 11 47,824 10 0 4,793 17 3 45,216 8 5 94-55 352 9 0 333 4 7
Total 642 25,521 18 3 214,156 18 11 18,325 0 4 170,948 5 11 79-82

MIDDLE ISLAND, –
Hurunui-Bluff 1,042 41,942 16 6 403,677 2 7 29,950 17 4 281,745 1 8 67-79 563 0 2 392 19 0
Greymouth 8 2,356 16 3 20,612 8 2 1,633 5 8 11,668 4 11 56-61 3,721 13 7 2,106 15 4
Westport 19 1,446 4 7 13,420 19 9 682 16 0 6,725 13 4 50-11 1,020 6 2 511 6 2
Nelson 23 647 8 8 6,082 1 3 652 8 6 5,234 2 4 86-06 381 19 4 328 14 2
Picton 18 347 7 9 3,911 13 6 510 14 4 4,436 17 4 113-43 313 18 0 356 0 10
Total 1,110 46,740 13 9 447,704 5 3 33,430 1 10 309,809 19 7 69-20
Grand total.. 1,752 72,262 12 0 661,861 4 2 51,755 2 2 480,758 5 6 72-64

Railway Department, 8th January, 1889.
J. P. MAXWELL,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.



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🚂 Railway Working Account for four-weekly period ending 8th December, 1888 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
8 January 1889
Railway statistics, Revenue, Expenditure, North Island, Middle Island, Financial Year 1888-89
  • J. P. Maxwell, General Manager, New Zealand Railways