1904 THE NEW ZEALAND GАЗETTE. [No. 85

N.Z.R.—FinancIal YEAR 1896-97.

RAILWATY WORkING ACCOUNT, showing the Revenue and Expenditure to the Terimation of the Four-weelky Perio
ending 10th October, 1896.

| Section. | Miles open for Traffic. | Revenue. | | Expenditure. | | For A TWELVE-MONTHLY | |
| | | Four-weelky. | Total to Date. | Four-weelky. | Total to Date. | Per Cent. of Revenue. | Revenue per Mile of Railway. | Expendi- ture per Mile of Railway. |
| | | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| NORTHL ISLAND,— | | | | | | | | |
| Kawakawa .. | 8 | 177 6 0 | 1,379 6 3 | 208 2 8 | 1,511 12 1 | 109.59 | 320 3 11 | 350 18 2 |
| Whangarei .. | 15 | 595 0 6 | 4,338 19 9 | 646 18 11 | 3,880 19 4 | 89.44 | 537 4 2 | 480 10 0 |
| Kaihū .. | 17 | 579 8 5 | 3,266 14 2 | 366 5 0 | 1,720 17 10 | 52.68 | 356 17 4 | 187 19 11 |
| Auckland .. | 309 | 10,128 13 4 | 65,619 12 0 | 6,861 16 0 | 48,972 13 4 | 74.63 | 394 7 8 | 294 6 8 |
| Napiер-Taranaи .. | 332 | 14,202 1 3 | 97,995 12 0 | 10,374 14 2 | 70,861 17 8 | 72.31 | 548 3 4 | 396 7 9 |
| Wellington .. | 94 | 5,816 12 8 | 40,600 2 10 | 3,715 17 9 | 27,016 10 5 | 66.54 | 802 2 7 | 533 15 2 |
| Total .. | 775 | 31,499 2 2 | 213,200 7 0 | 22,173 14 6 | 153,964 10 8 | 72.22 | | |
| MIdDLE ISLAND,— | | | | | | | | |
| HURUNUI-Bluff .. | 1,133 | 49,352 6 6 | 360,957 16 2 | 31,624 16 8 | 229,078 13 5 | 63.46 | 591 17 8 | 375 12 8 |
| Greymouth-Brunner | 8 | 1,726 7 1 | 13,392 2 1 | 1,026 11 0 | 7,459 16 5 | 55.70 | 3,108 17 7 | 1,731 14 10 |
| Greymouth-Hokitika | 24 | 705 8 1 | 4,715 15 9 | 373 14 9 | 2,219 10 3 | 47.07 | 364 18 3 | 171 14 11 |
| Westport .. | 31 | 2,330 2 8 | 23,090 12 4 | 1,237 3 0 | 10,102 10 5 | 43.75 | 1,383 6 2 | 605 4 5 |
| NELSON .. | 23 | 560 3 0 | 4,740 10 1 | 767 8 6 | 4,673 8 6 | 98.58 | 382 15 5 | 377 7 2 |
| PICTON .. | 21 | 469 3 5 | 3,761 19 10 | 619 0 10 | 3,872 0 11 | 102.93 | 332 13 10 | 342 8 6 |
| Total .. | 1,240 | 55,143 10 9 | 410,658 16 3 | 35,648 14 9 | 257,405 19 11 | 62.68 | | |
| Grand total .. | 2,015 | 86,642 12 11 | 623,859 3 3 | 57,822 9 3 | 411,370 10 7 | 65.94 | | |

Corresponding PerIod Last Year.

| NORTHL ISLAND,— | | | | | | | | |
| Kawakawa .. | 8 | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| | | 168 10 6 | 1,262 12 8 | 168 19 8 | 1,033 17 6 | 81.88 | 293 2 3 | 240 0 2 |
| Whangarei .. | 15 | 542 14 2 | 3,373 1 9 | 485 15 5 | 2,783 2 7 | 82.51 | 417 12 5 | 344 11 5 |
| Kaihū .. | 17 | 259 14 2 | 2,371 0 10 | 263 0 1 | 1,484 16 2 | 62.62 | 259 0 5 | 162 4 1 |
| Auckland .. | 296 | 9,128 9 8 | 63,482 14 3 | 6,690 2 2 | 46,842 9 11 | 73.79 | 398 5 10 | 293 17 11 |
| Napiер-Taranaи .. | 332 | 13,894 3 0 | 96,324 15 5 | 9,608 15 0 | 69,697 6 9 | 72.36 | 538 16 5 | 389 17 6 |
| Wellington .. | 92 | 5,284 15 1 | 37,786 7 10 | 3,490 14 3 | 26,739 9 6 | 70.76 | 762 15 4 | 539 15 5 |
| Total .. | 760 | 29,278 6 7 | 204,600 12 9 | 20,707 6 7 | 148,581 2 5 | 72.62 | | |
| MIdDLE ISLAND,— | | | | | | | | |
| HURUNUI-Bluff .. | 1,126 | 45,365 3 3 | 326,823 18 4 | 32,225 16 11 | 222,850 2 11 | 68.19 | 539 0 10 | 367 11 0 |
| Greymouth-Brunner | 8 | 2,128 5 0 | 12,055 17 6 | 815 12 8 | 6,038 14 6 | 50.09 | 2,798 13 9 | 1,401 17 0 |
| Greymouth-Hokitika | 24 | 679 12 4 | 4,332 18 11 | 314 10 10 | 2,141 8 8 | 49.42 | 335 5 9 | 165 14 2 |
| Westport .. | 31 | 2,780 9 5 | 18,388 11 4 | 1,342 3 7 | 7,925 14 3 | 43.10 | 1,101 12 5 | 474 16 3 |
| NELSON .. | 23 | 496 14 9 | 4,422 3 11 | 688 4 11 | 4,387 11 11 | 99.22 | 357 1 5 | 354 5 5 |
| PICTON .. | 21 | 323 8 4 | 3,512 11 6 | 496 0 9 | 3,961 7 0 | 112.78 | 310 12 9 | 350 6 6 |
| Total .. | 1,233 | 51,773 13 1 | 369,536 1 6 | 35,882 9 8 | 247,304 19 3 | 66.92 | | |
| Grand total .. | 1,993 | 81,051 19 8 | 574,136 14 3 | 56,589 16 3 | 395,886 1 8 | 68.95 | | |

A. C. FIFE,
Accountant, New Zealnd Rallways.
H. J. H. BLOW,
Under-Secretary, Rallways.

Railway Department, 10th November, 1896.