1714 [No. 78

T H E N E W Z E A L A N D G A Z E T T E.

N.Z.R.—-F I N A N C I A L Y E A R 1896-97.

RAILW AY W ORK ING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Termmination of the Fourr-wwkly Peeriod
ending 12th September, 1896.

| Section. | Miles open for Traffic. | Revenue. | | Expenditure. | | | For a Twelvve-Monthly Peeriod, Averaage to Date. | |
| | | Fourr-wwkly. | Total to Date. | Fourr-wwkly. | 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. |
| N O R T H I S L A N D,— | | | | | | | | |
| Kawakawa .. | 8 | 196 6 4 | 1,202 0 3 | 169 11 3 | 1,303 9 5 | 108·44 | 325 10 6 | 353 0 5 |
| Whangarei .. | 15 | 681 9 5 | 3,743 19 3 | 767 5 7 | 3,234 0 5 | 86·38 | 540 15 10 | 467 2 9 |
| Kaitaia .. | 17 | 307 4 0 | 2,687 5 9 | 173 2 7 | 1,354 12 10 | 50·41 | 342 9 11 | 172 13 0 |
| Auckland .. | 309 | 9,280 0 10 | 55,490 18 8 | 6,801 0 6 | 42,110 17 4 | 75·89 | 389 1 11 | 295 5 6 |
| Napierr-T aranaki .. | 332 | 12,900 11 5 | 83,793 10 9 | 10,025 18 5 | 60,487 3 6 | 72·19 | 546 16 11 | 394 14 11 |
| Wellington .. | 94 | 5,604 16 6 | 34,783 10 2 | 3,935 18 4 | 23,300 12 8 | 66·99 | 801 14 11 | 537 1 5 |
| Total .. | 775 | 28,970 8 6 | 181,701 4 10 | 21,872 16 8 | 131,790 16 2 | 72·53 | | |
| M I D D L E I S L A N D,— | | | | | | | | |
| Hunnui-Bluff .. | 1,133 | 47,868 2 3 | 311,605 9 8 | 32,973 0 6 | 197,453 16 9 | 63·37 | 596 3 1 | 377 15 3 |
| Greymouth-Brunner | 8 | 1,927 13 6 | 11,665 15 0 | 1,070 8 3 | 6,433 5 5 | 55·15 | 3,159 9 5 | 1,742 6 10 |
| Greymouth-Hokitika | 24 | 663 14 0 | 4,010 7 8 | 293 2 2 | 1,845 15 6 | 46·02 | 362 0 11 | 166 12 8 |
| Westport .. | 31 | 3,139 16 7 | 20,760 9 8 | 1,367 11 4 | 8,865 7 5 | 42·70 | 1,451 0 0 | 619 12 5 |
| N elson .. | 23 | 624 6 4 | 4,180 7 1 | 767 0 5 | 3,906 0 0 | 93·44 | 393 16 0 | 367 19 1 |
| P i c t o n .. | 21 | 416 2 3 | 3,292 16 5 | 571 16 4 | 3,253 0 1 | 98·79 | 339 14 8 | 335 12 6 |
| Total .. | 1,240 | 54,639 14 11 | 355,515 5 6 | 37,042 19 0 | 221,757 5 2 | 62·38 | | |
| Grand total .. | 2,015 | 83,610 3 5 | 537,216 10 4 | 58,915 15 8 | 353,548 1 4 | 65·81 | | |

CORR E SP ONDING P E RIOD L A ST Y E A R.

| Section. | Miles open for Traffic. | Revenue. | | Expenditure. | | | | |
| | | Fourr-wwkly. | Total to Date. | Fourr-wwkly. | 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. |
| N O R T H I S L A N D,— | | | | | | | | |
| Kawakawa .. | 8 | 196 4 3 | 1,094 2 2 | 135 11 2 | 864 17 10 | 79·05 | 296 6 5 | 234 4 10 |
| Whangarei .. | 15 | 474 5 8 | 2,830 7 7 | 406 11 10 | 2,297 7 2 | 81·17 | 408 16 8 | 331 16 10 |
| Kaitaia .. | 17 | 305 6 8 | 2,111 6 8 | 276 7 4 | 1,221 16 1 | 57·87 | 269 1 10 | 155 14 5 |
| Auckland .. | 296 | 9,094 19 1 | 54,354 4 7 | 6,840 9 8 | 40,152 7 9 | 73·87 | 397 17 3 | 293 18 2 |
| Napierr-T aranaki .. | 332 | 12,304 7 0 | 82,430 12 5 | 9,138 11 0 | 60,088 11 9 | 72·90 | 537 19 0 | 392 2 10 |
| Wellington .. | 92 | 4,885 3 11 | 32,501 12 9 | 3,928 2 0 | 23,248 15 3 | 71·53 | 765 8 9 | 547 10 6 |
| Total .. | 760 | 27,260 6 7 | 175,322 6 2 | 20,725 13 0 | 127,873 15 10 | 72·94 | | |
| M I D D L E I S L A N D,— | | | | | | | | |
| Hunnui-Bluff .. | 1,126 | 41,880 19 4 | 281,458 15 1 | 31,582 3 2 | 190,624 6 0 | 67·73 | 541 11 9 | 366 16 0 |
| Greymouth-Brunner | 8 | 1,439 18 6 | 9,927 12 6 | 803 3 11 | 5,223 1 10 | 52·61 | 2,688 14 7 | 1,414 11 9 |
| Greymouth-Hokitika | 24 | 467 15 2 | 3,653 6 7 | 319 2 10 | 1,826 17 10 | 50·01 | 329 16 3 | 164 18 6 |
| Westport .. | 31 | 2,269 7 11 | 15,608 1 11 | 935 19 1 | 6,583 10 8 | 42·18 | 1,090 17 9 | 460 2 9 |
| N elson .. | 23 | 541 8 11 | 3,925 9 2 | 558 0 0 | 3,699 7 0 | 94·24 | 369 15 9 | 348 9 9 |
| P i c t o n .. | 21 | 313 16 11 | 3,189 3 2 | 584 9 7 | 3,465 6 3 | 108·66 | 329 0 10 | 357 10 8 |
| Total .. | 1,233 | 46,913 6 9 | 317,762 8 5 | 34,782 18 7 | 211,422 9 7 | 66·53 | | |
| Grand total .. | 1,993 | 74,173 13 4 | 493,084 14 7 | 55,508 11 7 | 339,296 5 5 | 68·81 | | |

A. C. FIFE,
Accountant, New Zealnd R ailways.

H. J. H. BLOW,
Under-Secretary, R ailways.

Railway Department, 13th October, 1896.