Railway Financial Report




854
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

N.Z.R.—FINANCIAL YEAR 1895-96.

RAILWAY WORKING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termination of the Four-weekly Period
ending 25th April, 1896.

| 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. |
| | | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| NORTH ISLAND,— | | | | | | | | |
| Kawakawa .. | 8 | 187 13 8 | 187 13 8 | 248 9 0 | 248 9 0 | 132·38 | 304 19 8 | 403 14 8 |
| Whangarei .. | 15 | 614 2 3 | 614 2 3 | 397 10 9 | 397 10 9 | 64·73 | 532 4 7 | 344 10 8 |
| Kaihu .. | 17 | 656 18 4 | 656 18 4 | 318 6 8 | 318 6 8 | 48·46 | 502 6 11 | 243 8 7 |
| Auckland .. | 309 | 10,047 0 3 | 10,047 0 3 | 6,218 2 8 | 6,218 2 8 | 61·89 | 422 13 9 | 261 12 1 |
| Napier-Taranaki .. | 332 | 14,918 12 9 | 14,918 12 9 | 9,300 14 7 | 9,300 14 7 | 62·34 | 584 3 3 | 364 3 8 |
| Wellington .. | 94 | 6,336 17 9 | 6,336 17 9 | 3,442 18 1 | 3,442 18 1 | 54·33 | 876 7 7 | 476 2·11 |
| Total .. | 775 | 32,761 5 0 | 32,761 5 0 | 19,926 1 9 | 19,926 1 9 | 60·82 | | |
| MIDDLE ISLAND,— | | | | | | | | |
| Hurunui-Bluff .. | 1,132 | 59,541 11 7 | 59,541 11 7 | 30,211 3 0 | 30,211 3 0 | 50·74 | 683 15 7 | 346 18 11 |
| Greymouth-Brunner | 8 | 1,571 11 11 | 1,571 11 11 | 769 2 4 | 769 2 4 | 48·94 | 2,553 16 10 | 1,249 16 4 |
| Greymouth-Hokitika | 24 | 644 3 8 | 644 3 8 | 255 7 3 | 255 7 3 | 39·64 | 348 18 8 | 138 6 5 |
| Westport .. | 31 | 3,031 12 7 | 3,031 12 7 | 1,095 10 0 | 1,095 10 0 | 36·14 | 1,271 6 7 | 459 8 1 |
| Nelson .. | 23 | 861 11 11 | 861 11 11 | 545 8 3 | 545 8 3 | 63·30 | 486 19 9 | 308 5 6 |
| Picton .. | 21 | 632 13 7 | 632 13 7 | 495 6 0 | 495 6 0 | 78·29 | 391 13 2 | 306 12 3 |
| Total .. | 1,239 | 66,283 5 3 | 66,283 5 3 | 33,371 16 10 | 33,371 16 10 | 50·35 | | |
| Grand total .. | 2,014 | 99,044 10 3 | 99,044 10 3 | 53,297 18 7 | 53,297 18 7 | 53·81 | | |

Corresponding Period Last Year (27 Days).

| NORTH ISLAND,— | | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| Kawakawa .. | 8 | 148 3 4 | 148 3 4 | 140 3 4 | 140 3 4 | 94·60 | 240 15 5 | 227 15 5 |
| Whangarei .. | 15 | 404 19 10 | 404 19 10 | 362 17 0 | 362 17 0 | 89·59 | 350 19 10 | 314 9 5 |
| Kaihu .. | 17 | 561 17 9 | 561 17 9 | 176 10 0 | 176 10 0 | 31·41 | 429 13 7 | 134 19 5 |
| Auckland .. | 296 | 10,089 0 2 | 10,089 0 2 | 6,760 9 1 | 6,760 9 1 | 67·01 | 443 1 11 | 296 18 4 |
| Napier-Taranaki .. | 332 | 16,420 8 1 | 16,420 8 1 | 9,531 15 8 | 9,531 15 8 | 58·05 | 642 19 4 | 373 4 8 |
| Wellington .. | 92 | 6,341 14 11 | 6,341 14 11 | 4,200 5 8 | 4,200 5 8 | 66·23 | 896 2 4 | 593 10 4 |
| Total .. | 760 | 33,966 4 1 | 33,966 4 1 | 21,172 0 9 | 21,172 0 9 | 62·33 | | |
| MIDDLE ISLAND,— | | | | | | | | |
| Hurunui-Bluff .. | 1,126 | 62,152 13 2 | 62,152 13 2 | 31,083 9 1 | 31,083 9 1 | 50·01 | 717 11 5 | 358 17 4 |
| Greymouth-Brunner | 8 | 1,802 9 2 | 1,802 9 2 | 896 16 5 | 896 16 5 | 49·76 | 2,928 19 10 | 1,457 6 8 |
| Greymouth-Hokitika | 24 | 652 19 4 | 652 19 4 | 301 18 3 | 301 18 3 | 46·24 | 353 13 10 | 163 10 9 |
| Westport .. | 31 | 2,728 18 1 | 2,728 18 1 | 1,155 1 4 | 1,155 1 4 | 42·33 | 1,144 7 7 | 484 7 8 |
| Nelson .. | 23 | 783 7 8 | 783 7 8 | 466 15 0 | 466 15 0 | 59·58 | 442 15 7 | 263 16 4 |
| Picton .. | 21 | 782 6 4 | 782 6 4 | 605 5 1 | 605 5 1 | 77·37 | 484 5 10 | 374 13 6 |
| Total .. | 1,233 | 68,902 13 9 | 68,902 13 9 | 34,509 5 2 | 34,509 5 2 | 50·08 | | |
| Grand total .. | 1,993 | 102,868 17 10 | 102,868 17 10 | 55,681 5 11 | 55,681 5 11 | 54·13 | | |

A. C. FIFE,
Accountant, New Zealand Railways.
H. J. H. BLOW,
Under-Secretary, Railways.

Railway Department, 26th May, 1896.



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🚂 New Zealand Railways Traffic Returns for April 1896 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
26 May 1896
Railways, Traffic, Statistics, Passenger data, Freight data, Revenue, April 1896
  • A. C. Fife, Accountant, New Zealand Railways
  • H. J. H. Blow, Under-Secretary, Railways