New Zealand Gazette – 1889 – No. 55

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✨ Railway Financial Statistics



SEPT. 19.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
999

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1889-90.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period
ending 17th August, 1889.

| | REVENUE. | EXPENDITURE. | FOR A TWELVE-MONTHLY PERIOD, AVERAGE TO DATE. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section. | Miles open for Traffic. | 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 | 145 19 8 | 1,315 3 6 | 225 15 6 | 1,132 19 3 | 86.15 | 427 8 7 | 368 4 2 |
| Whangarei | 7 | 232 16 4 | 905 9 7 | 140 8 7 | 893 15 7 | 98.71 | 336 6 5 | 331 19 7 |
| Auckland | 254 | 7,715 11 7 | 37,474 7 1 | 6,019 2 7 | 28,190 7 1 | 75.23 | 385 9 10 | 289 19 9 |
| Napier | 97 | 4,257 1 1 | 23,026 10 8 | 2,718 0 11 | 13,383 10 5 | 58.12 | 617 4 2 | 358 14 7 |
| Wellington | 91 | 4,538 12 5 | 24,582 19 7 | 2,901 0 10 | 16,774 17 1 | 68.24 | 704 13 10 | 480 17 4 |
| Wanganui | 215 | 6,172 17 6 | 30,096 2 6 | 4,682 0 1 | 21,509 8 8 | 71.47 | 363 19 0 | 260 2 3 |
| Total | 672 | 23,062 18 7 | 117,400 12 11 | 16,686 8 6 | 81,884 18 1 | 69.75 | | |
| MIDDLE ISLAND, - | | | | | | | | |
| Hurunui-Bluff | 1,048 | 42,882 18 2 | 256,546 16 2 | 29,967 17 8 | 154,124 16 7 | 60.08 | 636 9 5 | 382 7 5 |
| Greymouth | 8 | 2,181 15 11 | 8,925 12 5 | 1,443 9 11 | 5,637 10 5 | 63.16 | 2,900 16 7 | 1,832 3 10 |
| Westport .. | 19 | 2,490 15 3 | 10,631 10 5 | 973 5 11 | 4,721 18 3 | 44.41 | 1,454 16 9 | 646 3 2 |
| Nelson | 23 | 595 11 8 | 4,140 3 8 | 764 2 2 | 3,314 8 0 | 80.05 | 468 0 5 | 374 13 5 |
| Picton | 18 | 524 5 9 | 2,625 16 2 | 510 18 5 | 2,296 19 4 | 87.48 | 379 5 7 | 331 15 8 |
| Total.. | 1,116 | 48,675 6 9 | 282,869 18 10 | 33,659 14 1 | 170,095 12 7 | 60.13 | | |
| Grand total | 1,788 | 71,738 5 4 | 400,270 11 9 | 50,346 2 7 | 251,980 10 8 | 62.95 | | |

CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

Section. Miles open for Traffic. REVENUE Four-weekly REVENUE Total to Date EXPENDITURE Four-weekly EXPENDITURE 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 8 339 16 3 1,757 19 6 314 14 10 1,445 10 0 82.23 571 6 10 469 15 9
Whangarei 7 235 13 0 1,054 12 1 153 15 5 701 12 9 66.53 391 14 2 260 12 2
Auckland 249 7,500 5 8 40,091 0 2 5,881 10 10 28,553 12 7 71.22 418 12 4 298 3 0
Napier 97 3,827 13 10 22,124 15 2 2,325 19 0 13,304 4 8 60.13 593 0 7 356 12 2
Wellington 85 4,110 11 6 23,493 1 7 3,385 17 4 19,043 19 11 81.06 718 12 2 582 10 5
Wanganui 215 4,550 13 8 24,611 1 9 4,542 11 5 22,688 15 6 92.19 309 19 0 285 14 9
Total 661 20,564 13 11 113,132 10 3 16,604 8 10 85,737 15 5 75.79
MIDDLE ISLAND, -
Hurunui-Bluff 1,048 37,375 10 10 235,413 10 1 28,731 18 9 148,566 18 5 63.11 584 0 10 368 11 7
Greymouth 8 2,060 3 5 10,789 10 1 1,108 0 5 5,691 17 10 52.75 3,506 11 9 1,849 17 2
Westport 19 1,884 14 4 8,363 7 5 1,027 17 8 4,433 14 7 53.01 1,144 9 2 606 14 5
Nelson 23 504 19 4 3,322 1 11 494 5 1 3,103 7 5 93.42 375 10 10 350 16 4
Picton 18 397 18 1 2,141 11 1 489 13 8 2,514 4 2 117.40 309 6 9 363 3 2
Total 1,116 42,223 6 0 260,030 0 7 31,851 15 7 164,310 2 5 63.19
Grand total.. 1,777 62,787 19 11 373,162 10 10 48,456 4 5 250,047 17 10 67.01

Railway Department, 17th September, 1889.

A. C. FIFE,
Accountant, New Zealand Railways.



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17 September 1889
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  • A. C. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways